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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1929
Page
3
The senieh reporter Mrs Isabelle B Miller schedules contact by mail or phone. She will be on primary Friday and by telephone between 3 and 4 pm for the following day. Phone number 33.
The Lutheran Church in Orkney Springs Va hosted a wedding for Elizabeth F P Heistman Perry W Va and Berlitz B Bowers Jerome Va. Rev Russell P Knoebel performed the ring ceremony. The couple plans to house in Winchester after a yearlong service at the church. Attendants included Tirzah Hershman Perry and Kenneth Coffman Martineburg W Va.
Mr and Mrs John Munhall Jr plan to move from the George Washington Hotel to Stoneleigh Court on Connecticut Avenue and L Street in Washington. John Munhall ITT attended Shenandoah Valley Academy and will study at Tome Institute Port Deposit Md. He will arrive in New York Sept 28 aboard the S S. Harding abroad note and Apple Festival Princess story follow.
Mrs. W. Lee Fisher travels to Hagerstown Md for the funeral of Mollie M. Koogle. Kadgie dies from a fall from a fifth floor window at the Colonial Hotel Nask. William L. Ramsey, formerly in city business, now on tour with five furniture firms, visits. Lawrence V. Jolliffe returns from Harrisburg after attending the Middle Atlantic States Photographers Association convention at the Penn Harris Hotel.
Mr and Mrs L M Hartman, who have spent the summer at Bettie O Rear's North Loudoun street home, departed for Lakeland Florida where they maintain a winter residence.
Mr. Harry Reardon of Washington visits Winchester for the weekend with his mother on South Cameron Street. Mr. Hanson of the Brunswick Radio Company and Mr. Hughes of the Edison Radio Company were in town yesterday on business.
Mr J Wilbur Warner treasurer's representative of Potomac Edison Company Frederick Md was in Winchester yesterday on business. Rev and Mrs H E Richardson of Reliance Mr Philip Williams of Woodstock Mrs W J Gawhs and Mrs J E Harris of Berryville were here yesterday. Harold Darlington manager of the Western Union Telegraph office is on vacation. Alston relief manager acts during absence. Turner B Sencindiver ill with a carbuncle on the arm but improving. Mrs Katherine Rauhoff ill at National avenue and friends wish for a speedy recovery. Mrs We P Plindeke of New York City visiting Winchester with her parents. Mrs Ray Pool Mr and Mrs George Marling and Jack Fetter of Baltimore to be weekend guests of Mr and Mrs David Miller at Fort Loudoun apartment.
A Senate committee opened its inquiry into William B. Shearer's services for Shipbuilders at the 1927 Geneva naval parley. Clinton L. Bardo of New York Shipbuilding Company testified that Shearer was paid $25,000 to gauge the conference trend and denied any aim to influence Geneva talks.
Committee revealed expenditures totaling 143000 by shipyards including Trans-Oceanic Company, Newport News and Bethlehem Ship Building. Willam Shearer was sent to Geneva as observer with proposed 25000 payment to be shared among three firms. Bardo testified to a March 1927 New York agreement and payment carried out.
The Capitol Theatre presents Divorce Made Easy at Capitol today a 100 percent talking picture plus On With the Show premieres Wednesday night at 11 30 with doors at 11. The Wagon Show starring Kei Maynard plays at Colonial today and features circus tricks and stunt riding. A midweek premiere and subsequent showings promise drama, humor and a lively screen portrayal with Betty Compson and Sally ONeil among the cast.
The Christian Advocate reviews Stony Mead a sketch of life in old Virginia by Kath erine Glass Greene of Winchester. It weaves childhood memories around an Shenandoah homestead with early Scotch Irish settlers, Civil War letters, songs and local history for readers with Virginia ties.
In Charlotte and Gastonia authorities disclose a letter from a pardoned prisoner detailing threats to blow up sites and raise money to hire gunmen to target Solicitor John G. Carpenter former Congressman A L Bulwinkle Clyde R Hoey and other prosecutors tied to the murder case of Police Chief O F Aderholt. The plan links to protests by International Labor Defense locals nationwide in memory of Ella Mae Wiggins slain near Gastonia.
The forecast expects a disturbance off the south coast to move northward bringing rain at the start of the week followed by generally fair conditions and rising temperatures toward Friday. Motorists face several stop sign violations but few complaints about failing to heed go signs.
Harry F. Sinclair, after a May 6 exile, is due for release likely October 6 as Washington district jail doors open. Maj. W. L. Peak hails him a model prisoner and credits good behavior, detailing daily routine, diet, and a 15 pound weight loss while his pardon plea cites health and business impact.
The Agriculture Department imports four more shipments of parasites to combat the Japanese beetle as mechanical and cultural methods prove only partly effective. Parasitoids from Japan and the Yokohama bureau are released. experts hope biological control will limit damage, not eradicate the pest.
The Land of the Soviet aircraft, reported by Tass, landed early this morning on Attu Island in the Aleutians after departing from Petropavlovsk en route to New York. It covered about 750 miles via the Bering Strait at an average speed near 112 mph.
Walter G. Hillman, vice president and cashier of the Fiest National Bank of Delta, Colorado, shot himself with a rifle last night. The bank failed to open this morning as investigators reviewed the suicide and its impact on the institution and town.
Robert Wiedefeld, a 26 year old baritone from Baltimore, won the Caruso Memorial prize earning him a year of study of singing in Italy.
A bank bodyguard told police that after receiving securities he headed back to his office. About a block from the bank two dark skinned men in rough clothing seized him, forced him into a waiting car, and drove away. They traveled through Manhattan and Brooklyn for hours before dumping him in Brooklyn outskirts.
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