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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
5
In Allentown Herbert Mitch recalls two armed hold men at his gasoline station who demanded money. He told them he was poor and they fled after finding little to take. Estimated damage to his bees and hives reached about $200. Erwin Taft, 30, received 60 days suspended. his companion jailed 60 days and fined $30.
Federal agents traced the scheme to a cornfield on the county poor farm where a crude furnace and moulds produced counterfeit nickels, quarters, and half dollars. The discovery exposed how the Chester County poorhouse was laundering fake currency.
Two men who burglarized Hiram C. Ordway’s apiary in Hornell were caught and fined by Justice of the Peace C. E. Hunt. The thieves escaped stings from the bees but suffered a sharp legal sting for the raid.
In Princeton Wisconsin Peter Refakes paid fifty dollars plus court costs for a pie made of robins after a game warden testified to bird shooting. A Justice of the Peace handled the case. Minneapolis plans heat for unemployed using 1200 obsolete boxcar wood from wrecking yards while metal sales fund the railroad.
Baltimore driver injures John Cook 65 as two men flee in a car. They offered to take him to a hospital. About an hour later a passerby heard groans from a roadside ditch three miles away and found Cook.
Rev. R B Nelson spoke on religion and recreation at a Kiwanis meeting in the George Washington hotel. He urged a liberal view of wholesome sports like baseball while avoiding church conflicts. The club voted $5 for an observation tower on Mutten mountain, and to sponsor an attendance contest from Sept 19 to Oct 31 with six teams led by captains Windell Goode et al. Visiting members included Guy Skidwell and Arthur Bevan.
In Cedar Grove Virginia on September 13 local bee lovers cut a pin oak for honey but misidentified the occupants. They felled two logs and opened a hole only to discover bees and yellow hornets sharing the nest and a chaotic scene of insects and improvised labor.
S M Griffin of Bainbridge Ga led the Democrats ticket in the Decatur county primary to win a seat in the Georgia House. Griffin is editor of the Post Searchlight. His father in law Robert S Smith county treasurer received the news by wire. The elder Smith had served in the Georgia General Assembly for over 25 years.
Funds totaling 126.50 are ordered paid from the dog fund by the Board of Supervisors for sheep and fowl losses. Claims include Reardon six sheep killed 40, Shade colt damaged 15, Rosenberger three sheep and four lambs killed 38, Clevenger one sheep and three turkeys killed 11, Loy one sheep killed and three crippled 11, Scrivener 11 turkeys killed 7.50, Coverstone one gobbler killed 4.00.
Residents of the Albin section report depredations to green growing corn by an animal with very large feet. The animal has not been seen, but reports to this office suggest a large dog is entering corn fields and eating corn off the cob.
Camp committee of the Boy Scouts meets tonight at 7 30 p m in the Handley Library trustees room called by chairman C S Hartman. All camp inspectors and committee members are requested to attend.
General John J. Pershing, commander of American forces in World War I, marks his 74th birthday at a French spring resort. He receives hundreds of congratulatory telegrams and letters and says he is benefiting from his health cure. He chairs the American Battle Monuments Commission while in France, overseeing 8 military cemeteries with 30,885 buried Americans and 21 battle monuments.
Andrew Bell of the Chamber of Commerce received the invitation from Frank D. Cox managing director of the fete for citizens of Winchester to join the annual Piedmont Dairy Festival at Manassas on September 28. Cox said officials are concentrating on one.
The organizer urged Handing band and cadets to join the parade and invited civic and business groups to enter floats or units. He suggested an Apple Blossom Festival float from Winchester would pair well with the allied dairy industry.
Rally Day is to be observed Sunday with special services at the Rest Church. A program is being prepared featuring anticipated speakers and music for the community event.
The article announces a Sunday evening program titled Builders with a feature music by a male quartet. The event runs September 16 at 8 o'clock and the public is invited to attend.
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