Carter Hall Estate Opens for Historic Home Tours
Impressive Carter Hall in Lee Valley near Blue Ridge and Shenandoah river hosts Garda Week tours from April to May 3. The 1790 house features a long brick structure with paired end wings, tall columns, and a terraced garden with a lily pool. Built by Colonel Nathaniel Burwell, it served as war headquarters and once hid silver from Blenker's army. Edmund Randolph died there in 1813. The estate, once 5 000 acres, was sold by J Townsend Burwell to Gerard Lambert of Princeton.
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Carter Hall
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River
Virginia
Garda
Stratford
Nathaniel Burwell
Blenker
Edmund Randolph
United States
Burwell
J. Townsend Burwell
Gerard Lambert
Princeton, N. J
Winter visitors return to Charles Town and Newport villas
Miss Mary Porterfield returns to her father John Porterfield Sr. in Charles Town after winter travels with Miss Elsie Murphy who plans a brief stay before sailing to Spain to visit Mrs. Robert Fletcher in Madrid. New York’s Snowden Andrews Fahnestock, son of Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, builds a summer villa at Newport near Ocean Avenue and rents Mrs. Arthur Train’s Red Cross avenue home for the season.
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Charles Town
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West Indies
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Robert Fletcher
Madrid
Snowden Andrews Fahnestock
Gibson Fahnestock
Washington
Newport
Sullivan Farm
Ocean Avenue
Fahnestock
Arthur Train
Red Cross Avenue
D A R Chapters Plan Tablet Unveiling at Montpelier Cemetery
D A R chapters and Madison descendants gather at the Montpelier cemetery in Orange County for a tablet unveiling marking the cemetery’s public opening. Virginia visitors include Belle Perkins Moncure and James Madison Macon IV with Harriet Scott. A keeper will supervise daily visits, and Boy Scouts will carry colors and sound taps.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Montpelier
Orange County
Dolly
Madison
William Byrd
D A. R
Marion du Pont Somerville
Virginia
Orange
Richmond
Belle Perkins Moncure
James Madison
James Madison Macon, IV
Harriet Scott
Douglas Neff
St. Thomas’ Church
John R. Saunders
Nathaniel Beaman
Norfolk
George L. Browning
Miss Cynthia Colemen To Wed Mr. Moorehead
Miss Cynthia Coleman, daughter of George Preston Coleman of Tuckerhouse, Wil Wa-ann, is engaged to be married to Mr. Moorehead, son of Dr. and Mrs. Warren King Moorehead of Andover, Mass. Moorehead is Harvard educated and linked with Williamsburg restoration architects. the wedding is planned at Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg.
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George Preston Coleman
Tuckerhouse
Wil
Cynthia Bow
Tucker
Bever Coleman
Old Bruton Parish Church
Williamsburg
Mrs Rouark to Give Concert in New York City
Invitations in Winchester announce a concert in the music and arts room at Grand Central Palace New York on Thursday April 24. Hanna Brooks will present artist-pupils including contralto Mrs Mary Rouark, a Martinsburg W V native and wife of M H Rouark Shenandoah Valley Attractions manager.
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Winchester
Home Making Center
Grand Central Palace
New York
Hanna Brooks
Mary Rouark
Rouark
Martinsburg
W. Va
Andrew Comrey
M. H. Rouark
Shenandoah Valley
Hanna Brock
No. 157
West Seventy-third Street
Motoring Trip To Famous Magnolia Bloom
Mrs. F. T. McFaden and her daughter Miss Frances McPaden along with Misses Sallie and Ellen Boyd and Mrs. Clifford D. Grim have returned home after a weeklong motor trip to Charleston, D C. They toured the Magnolia and Middleens in full bloom, attracting interest across the country, and reported pleasant weather most of the way.
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F. T. McFaden
Frances McPaden
Sallie
Ellen Boyd
Clifford D. Grim
Charleston
D. C
Clergyman Rev J C Hooks Returns to Winchester
The Rev. J C Hooks, noted spokesman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and former Frederick county pastor, has come back to Winchester after months with his son in Kansas City. He was placed on the retired list at the Bar Annual Conference, then the conference's only Confederate veteran in active ministry. He will visit Winchester friends before attending the 40th United Confederate Veterans reunion in Biloxi Mississippi.
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Frederick County
New Market
Winchester
Kansas City
Kans
Hooks
Bar
Biloxi, Miss
The
United Confederate Veterans
Funeral Held For Mrs Montgomery In Lynchburg
The Rev Dr F T McFaden returned from Lynchburg where he conducted the funeral of the late Mrs W B Montgomery, a member of a prominent Lynchburg family, who was killed in a recent automobile accident. Several local residents were noted in day’s activities including visitors and guests in town.
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F. T. McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Lynchburg
W. B. Montgomery
Slump In Steel Operations Fuels Brisk Market Selling
The New York stock market opened with early declines followed by gains as several issues recovered from losses. The day saw a mixed pattern with some stocks rising 1 to 10 points amid a volatile trading session and a general trend toward dullness in the afternoon.
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We Press
Cracksmen Hit Bel Air Shops Early On April 9
Three burglars raided Main Street stores in Bel Air Maryland and escaped with 817 dollars after forcing safes at the Frend Borman Company the Variety Stores Company and the American Stores Company. No tangible clues were left for authorities.
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Associated Press
Bel Air
Frend Borman Company
Variety Stores Company
American Stores Company
Dr. McFaden to Speak at Christ Church Lenten Service
The Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden will address a special Lenten service at Christ Episcopal Church tomorrow at 12 30. The meeting was postponed from yesterday due to a funeral call. The service ends about 12 55 p m. All are invited.
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Epworth League Council
Epworth League
Braddock Street
Methodist Church
North Braddock Street
League
Christ Episcopal Church
F. T. McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
M Cormick Leads By 150000 In Primary Vote Clash
The report describes Mrs M Cormick holding a 150000 vote lead over her opponent as voters go to decide nominations for U S Senate Congress state offices and local posts. A bombing and kidnapping attempt attributed to political rivalry sparked security measures in Chicago with guards deployed to tense spots. The piece recalls a 1928 primary slaying of Octavius Granady a candidate for ward committee man.
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Congress
General Assembly
Sheldon M. Gobier
Chicago
Octavius Granady
Iman
Overturned Phone Leads To Finding Of Two Bodies
In New York on April 9 a signal from an overturned phone led to the discovery of Dr. Maxwell Allen a 35 year old physician shot through the temple and a 35 year old nurse Miss Florence Lattile shot in the neck in his Sutton Place apartment police suspect the doctor killed the nurse then himself.
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Associated Press
New York
Sutton Place
East River
Maxwell Allen
Florence Lattele
Allen
Opposition To Hoover Plan Faces House Challenge
Opposition forms in the House to Hoover’s plan to consolidate government agencies and veterans affairs. Rep Knutson of Minnesota and Rep Gfrasque of South Carolina lead the debate against a bill that would place the pensions bureau and the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers under veterans affairs administration. Schafer notes Legion support. the consolidation was urged by the president.
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Hoover
Veterans Affairs
Ho.me
Knutson
Republican
Minnesota
Gfrasque
Democrat
South Carolina
Veterans and Pensions Bureaus
National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Administration of Veterans Affairs
Minnesotan
Pensions Bureau
Natson
Pensions Committee
Schafer
Wisconsin
American Legion
New Fire Safety Device Aids Movie Operators
A new apparatus expected to lessen fire danger in motion picture operator boxes uses an automatic electrical instrument. It releases when a film breaks or a strip tips, extinguishing the arc lamp and lighting the hall.
Youth Composed When Accused of Death Complicity
Salem, April 8. A Floyd county youth Harman remained composed as the commonwealth pressed to tie him to the death of Freda Bolt, a high school senior found slain on Bent Mountain last December. Witnesses, including relatives of the Bolt family, testified about sightings and conversations the night she disappeared, while Harman denied knowledge of her whereabouts and claimed a future marriage to Freca. Ten witnesses were examined today as the case unfolded.
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Salem
Bureau Harman
Floyd County
Commonwealth
Freda Bolt
Bent Mountain
Harman
Opal Bolt
Forest ‘Vaughan
Freda
Vaughan
Mr. Bolt
Bolt
Ore
Freca
Aranged
Price Wade
Floyd
Secretary Wilbur advocates focusing opportunities on top students
A quotation from Secretary Wilbur argues that educational opportunities should be reserved for the best students, reflecting a policy stance on elite access to education. The remark underscores a debate over equity and merit in national education strategy.
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Secretary of Interior
Wilbur
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