Front Royal Social and Personal News Highlights
Social and personal notes from Front Royal and Warren County report hospital visits and recoveries. Key names include Mr. Bryan Rudacille, Ernest Pearson, Mrs. W. A. Corron, Miss Arlene Lack, and others. Local events include Rotary Club meeting at Afton Inn, Warren County High School spring activities, and Easter visits with family in Winchester, Philadelphia, and New York.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Front Royal Rotary Club
Afton Inn
Abduction Trial in St Paul Involves McLaughlin and Murray
Among about a dozen defendants in the Bremer kidnapping case in St Paul Chicago center J J Ross McLaughlin and Edna Murray Kansas City kiss ban dit arrive with a federal agent at the federal courts building for the trial The scene depicts their arrival as the proceedings begin.
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St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
J. J. (Ross) McLaughlin
Center
Chicago
Edna
Murray
Kansas City
Federal Courts
Funeral Rites Conducted For Edward Ambler
Funeral services were held at Old Leeds Church near Hume Fauquier county for Edward Ambler 81 who died in Winchester Memorial Hospital. The Rev Freemont N Hinkle officiated and burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. pallbearers included Henry Marshall Markham Edward Marshall Henry Baxley W W Pearson and Philip St George Ambler. He was born at The Dell near Hume son of the late Dr Richard Cary Ambler and Mrs Susan Marshall Ambler and was a prominent farmer stock raiser and banker. He retired four years ago and lived in Warrenton and Front Royal. He is survived by one son James C Ambler Manassas and two daughters Mrs W Maddux Thompson Lyon Village and Mrs Carl C Gillespie Bluefield.
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Front Royal
Old Leeds Church
Hume
Fauquier County
Edward Amber
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fremont N, Hinkle
Henry Marshall
Markham
Edward Marshall
Henry Baxley
W. W. Pearson
Philip St. George Ambler
Charles Ambler
Mr. Ambler
Richard Cary Ambler
Susan Marshall Ambler
the Dell
Warrenton
Elizabeth Lyon
Brooklyn
N. Y
James C. Ambler
Manassas
Ginn and Company
W. Maddux Thompson
Commander Thompson
Lyon Village
Carl C. Gillespie
Bluefield
Funeral for Mrs. Emma Grim Held at Refuge
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Grim of Cedarville were held at Refuge in Frederick County this morning at 11 o clock following her death in Staunton on Saturday night. Interment took place at Refuge Cemetery.
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Grim
Front Royal
Emma Grim
Cedarville
Staunton
Refuge
Frederick County
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah Frances Henson
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Frances Henson were conducted this afternoon from the late home by Rev. Moorman Parker of the Warren-Iverton Circuit, with interment at Bennett's Chapel Cemetery.
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Henson
Front Royal
Sarah Frances Henson
Moorman Parker
Warren-‘iverton
Bennett's Chapel Cemetery
Funeral of Mrs. Gilkey at Front Royal Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Oscar E. Gilkey were held this afternoon at the Front Royal Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. H. W. Shannon. Active pallbearers included B. J. Hillidge Carl Stossel W. C. Deming Dr F E White George C Ramsey and Thomas S Melton. Honorary pallbearers were A. E. Whitesel L. S. Rohr Harold Stos sel Dr. W. W. Sonner and W. Lee Roy Corron.
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Front Royal
Oscar E. Gilkey
Front Royal Presbyterian Church
H. W. Shannon
B. J. Hillidge
Carl Stossel
W. C. Deming
F. E. White
George C. Ramsey
Thomas S. Melton
A. E. Whitesel
L. S. Rohr
Harold Stossel
Death notice for Joseph T. Wall
Joseph T. Wall of the Front Royal Remount Depot was notified yesterday of his father's death in Tamaque Pennsylvania. He left for Tamaque this morning and funeral services are to be held there tomorrow.
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Front Royal
Joseph T. Wall
Front Royal Remount
Tamaque
Man Fined in Court for Disorderly Conduct
Justice Walter G. Olmstead presided as Will Talbert faced a disorderly conduct charge and was fined five dollars plus six dollars and fifty cents in costs.
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Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
Will Talbert
Property Transfers Involving Burtsfield and Jenkins Near Bentonville
R W Burtsfield transfers three parcels on Front Royal Luray turnpike near Bentonville to Lester A Jenkins. Includes a 3 acre dwelling parcel, a 7 acre tract, and a 5 acre Bush Bottom Road parcel in the South River district. Deed recorded April 16 1935 for 1200 dollars.
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Front Royal
Warren-Rappahannock Trust Corporation
R. W. Burtsfield
Front Royal- Luray
Bentonville
South River District
Bush Bottom
Mary E. Burtsfield
Lester A. Jenkins
Diving Helmet Fails to Save Boy in Devil's Hole
Fourteen year old Larry Harper built a diving helmet from a gas drum and bicycle pump. He tested it by descending 29 feet in Devil's Hole at Fly Creek and tied a window sash to his arm. The air pump failed and two hours of resuscitation failed to revive him.
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Fairhope
Ala
Larry Harper
Devil's Hole
Fly Creek
Farm Mortgage Refunding Bill Approved By House Committee
The Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing measure, opposed by administration lenders, cleared the House agriculture committee without a record vote. Its fate rests with the rules committee or possible unanimous consent for debate and vote.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Rules Committee
Cases On To Grand Jury In Busy Morning
Two persons were sent to the grand jury in a busy morning featuring two drunken driving cases and several involving illegal liquor. Arthur Bowles, linked to a theft from Winchester Credit Corp garage, was sent to the grand jury after posting $1,000 bond. Carson Gregory of Martinsburg was sent for grand jury review on forgery charges. Others included multiple drunken driving fines, license revocations, and various disorderly conduct and liquor offenses.
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Arthur
Bowles
Winchester Credit Corporation
Carson Gregory
Martinsburg
W. Va
A. Harry Newlin
Harold Heflin
R. FP. D
Robert Wilt
Carlton Dyke
Kernstown
F. Ellis Jackson, Jr
Robert W. Wilt
Good Friday And You Way of observing the Holy Day
The Star calls Christians to observe Lent and Holy Week with worship meditation and prayer. It notes Good Friday Holy Thursday and Easter as sacred days and urges a reverent focus during the three hours Christ hung on the cross. The piece emphasizes worship over idleness and reminds readers of the Holy Day nature of Good Friday.
Plot Against Manuel Quezon Bared At Manila
In the Philippines a formal complaint filed in Tayabas province accuses seven Sakdal Society members of sedition with an alleged plan to assassinate Manuel Quezon, then in the United States. The charges target the group, not the seven individuals directly.
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Manila
P. I
Carlisle Man Is Killed When Plane Crashes
Lieut. Paul Boyer Wilson 26 of March Field Riverside Calif killed when his plane crashed near the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad station in Taylor. It spun while attempting to land in a plowed field. three bystanders fled as the craft fell short of the station. A Carlisle native a Gettysburg College graduate 1929 he was en route to Barksdale Field from Kelly Field. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs J H Wilson of Carlisle.
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Taylor
Tex
Paul Boyer Wilson
March Field
Riverside
Calif
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Wilson
Barksdale Field
Kelly Field
Carlisle
Gettysburg College
Pennsylvania
J. H. Wilson
Baltimore Livestock and Produce Market Report April 18
Cattle activity slow with mixed prices for steers cows and calves. Hogs and sheep also show modest declines and steady lambs with specific weight ranges noted for traders and buyers in Baltimore markets.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Stocks Rise Substantially Amid Light Holiday Trading
New York April 18 trading shows several specialties advancing while market leaders mostly held, aided by easing selling pressure before tomorrow’s holiday. Bonds softened slightly, primes held, grains, cotton flat to cautious, dollar firm against major currencies, call money at 0.25%. 2 p.m. quotes include Allied Chemical 142, American Can 120 1/4, GM 30, U S Steel 31 5/8, Woolworth 56 5/8, Union Pacific 87 3/4, Bethlehem Steel 25 3/8, Chrysler 36 1/8, Goodyear 18 7/8.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Johns Manville
Int. Harvester
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Stand. Oil of N. J
Penn. Railroad
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Grain and Wheat Price Quotations From Chicago and Baltimore
April market notes show closing grain prices with May July and Sept futures for wheat corn oats rye barley and fats lard bellies. Cash grain quotes cite No 2 red No 1 hard and other grades with prices. Baltimore wheat No 2 red winter costs 98 3 4 cents and local mill quotations list white and yellow corn prices per bushel and per barrel.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Holt's Election Is Contested by Hatfield
A contest against Rush D. Holt's election as Democratic Senator from West Virginia was filed in Washington. Henry D. Hatfield, Republican, argues Holt is ineligible because he has not yet reached the constitutionally required age of 30.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Henry D. Hatfield
Holt
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Queen Named At Winchester
N and W Ry promotes the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held May 2 and 3 in Winchester. Mile Nella Veverka a 20 year old daughter of the Czechoslovakian minister in Washington is named Queen Shenandoah XII with princesses and flower girls to lead parades historic floats cadets and bands in a two day celebration expected to draw about 100000 visitors.
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Mile
Nella Veverka
Washington
Winchester
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Committee On
Shenandoah-Cumberland- Potomac
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah XII
Mussolini to Head Conference in Rome This May
Premier Mussolini accepted the presidency of the important Daini conference to be held in Rome late in May. It will be the second meeting of statesmen if the Duce presides over it.
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Rome
Mussolini
Duce
Clemency Denied for Attacker of Woman in Robbery
FRANKPORT Ky April 18 Clemency for Willie De Boe 26 under sentence to be hanged at Smithland tomorrow night for an attack on a woman during robbery of her husband store was refused by Governor Ruby Laf fon today.
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Frankport
Willie de Boe
Smithland
Ruby Laffon
Local Markets Summary Note
The Star states daily market listings are correct but declines responsibility for typographical errors. It highlights no guaranteed accuracy for prices or items and advises readers to verify details locally.
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The
Star
Feed Price List From Local Mills and Markets
A dated price list shows 98 lb bags at 7.00 per bbl and 48 lb at 7.15, with 24 lb 7.20 and 12 lb 7.40 per bbl for Spring season grains. Shelled and cracked corn, corn meal, middlings, scratch feed, and egg mash priced per cwt or per 100 pounds along with butter prices and dairy fats.
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Rene Yee
Kasco
Dee Ebske
Pole Crash Off Valley Avenue Causes Car Overturn
A pole carrying an electric line snapped and an automobile overturned on Valley Avenue after 8 AM. Robert W. Wilt was fined 9.25 dollars for reckless driving as police court found his speed excessive. W. F. P. Ritenour backed into the highway, and the car damage exceeded 100 dollars.
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Valley Avenue
Robert W. Wilt
R. E. Bayliss
Wilt
Missionaries Evacuate Chinese Stations Near Yunnan Front
American and British missionaries rush to evacuate remote mountain stations northeast of Yunnanfu amid the Communist invasion threat. Missionaries at Kutsing and Hingchi in Kweichow are en route to safety as government troops under General Chiang Kai-shek push back Reds who entered Kweichow from Hunan.
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Yunnanfu
Yunnan
China
Here
Kweichow Province
Kutsing
Hingghi
Kweichow
Hiangsi
Chang Kai-Chek
Bremer's Father Breaks Down on Witness Stand
Adolph Bremer Sr., aged 66 and head of a brewery firm, sobbed repeatedly as he testified in the trial of ten suspects charged with complicity in Edward Bremer's $200,000 kidnapping. He confirmed he is the victim's father when asked by District Attorney George F. Sullivan.
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ST. Paul
Adolph Bremer
Edward Bremer
George F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Bremer
Miss Peery Named Queen for Bristol Dogwood Festival
Bristol Virginia April 18 Miss Nancy Letitia Peery daughter of Gov and Mrs George C Peery has accepted nomination to serve as queen of Bristol Dogwood Festival May 9 and 10 She is 19 and studies at Hollins College Roanoke Nineteen princesses from Southwest Virginia counties will assist.
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Bristol
Nancy Letitia Peery
George C. Peery
Miss Peery
Hollins College
Roanoke
Virginia
Modification of Social Bill Is Voted Down
The House rejected two major amendments to the administration's social security bill. The Townsend old age pension plan failed 206 to 56, and the Greenway proposal to raise the federal contribution to $20 a month was defeated 165 to 87.
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Washington
House
Coldest Place Is In Siberia
A Russian Arctic map lists Oime kon in Yakut, Siberia as the world’s coldest area with reported temperatures down to 75 degrees below Celsius. Verkhoyansk and Yakutsk were previously labeled the ice boxes of the globe.
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Leningrad
U.S
S. R
Oimekon
Soviet Republic
Yakut
Siberia
Verkhoyansk
Yakutsk
Appeals Cleared for Mortons Millen and Faber in Mass Case
Boston date April 18 the Massachusetts Supreme Court wiped clean the remaining appeals of Morton Millen Irving Millen and Abraham Faber the convicted machine gun killers ruling the trio must face the week of April 28 for final action and execution review
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Boston
Morton
Irving Millen
Abraham Faber
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Cabinet Reported Out In Bulgaria
Sofia correspondent for Reuters reports that the Bulgarian cabinet has resigned. The announcement came late tonight and follows political turmoil in Sofia.
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Bulgaria
London
Sofia
Reuter's
Textiles Complain Of Over Taxing In New England
Boston April 18. Belief that the present plight of the New England cotton textile industry is due to over taxation as well as over production is expressed in a symposium of manufacturers opinions given out today by the New England council.
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Boston
New England
New England Council
Chickens Tattooed For Identification In Maryland County
In Hagerstown Maryland on April 18 authorities note tattooing of poultry to aid identification after chicken thefts. Sheriff Max Malott urged farmers to brand their poultry and over 200 poultry raisers have adopted the practice.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Bes
Max Malott
Wrestler Traverses Blizzard Trail To Pike's Peak Summit
John Eareckson of Baltimore staggered 15 miles through a night blizzard from near Pike's Peak summit to a miner's shack near Cripple Creek Colorado. He said the storm struck suddenly while he aimed to climb the 14 000 foot peak and recover 30 to 40 stranded cars along the Divide Cripple Creek Highway.
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Colorada Springs
Colo
John Eareckson
Baltimore
Pike’s Peak
Cripple Creek
Divide-Cripple Creek
Eareckson
Trustee's Sale of Valuable Farm in Frederick County Virginia
Public auction of 146 acre farm with improvements located seven miles from Winchester on the Winchester Front Royal Road. The sale, conducted by The National Valley Bank as trustee, will occur May 18, 1935 at 12 o'clock noon at the courthouse front door in Winchester. Cash payment required plus all accrued taxes. property previously conveyed to Russell E Layman and then to The National Valley Bank of Staunton.
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National Valley Bank
Staunton
Russell
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
D. B
Fredrck County
Wincheser
Winchester Front Royal Road
Winchester
Opequon
Russell E. Layman
James Armel
National Valley Bank of Staunton
National Valley OF Staunton
Tru
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Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
Bryan Rudacille
Memorial Hospital
W. A. Corron
C. M. Hendley
Ernest Pearson
P. W. Anderson
Marshall
Arlene Lack
Johnson Nursing Home
William Coleman
Waugh Brothers
Warren County High School
Billy. Simons
Pittsburgh
Royal Parkway Orchestra
Leo Eshelman
Keselman
Stewart C. Payne
Memorial Hosital
Jasper Marlowe
Hubert Marlowe
New York City
Omar Maddox
Raymond Maddox
Buffalo, N. Y
Walter Boyd
Maddox
Newell Rand Claderwick
Hackensack, N. J
Sheriff
Royd. Collins
Mrs. Claderwick
Collins
George Duncan
Kenneth Simpson
Frank Simpson
Rockland
Elsworth Bower, Jr
Winchester” Memorial Hospital
Robert Sowers
Mildred. Sowers
Fredericksburg
Alice Sowers
State Teachers’ College
R. Lee Sowers
Doris Tottles
Savannah
Sowers
Obie Carter
J.J. Poster
Mary Foster
Monder
G. Tyler Miller
Warren-Rappahannock
Washington, Va
Charles Reeves
Billy” Smith
Deve Kendrick
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Henry Trout, Jr
Mrs
Froert Te? Miller
Brier
Federal
J. J. (Boss) McLaughlin
Edna Murray
Geo. W. Kurtz
Edward Ambler
Gilkey
Shaasmul
Alvisa Trau
Committee For
Grand Jury
Rowles
Clarence Grim
Clinton Grim
Henry Johnson
Ernest Bolton
George Patton
Indian Alley
Elizabeth Jones
W. H. Henderson
DeHaven
Harry Allamon
Jessie Henderson
Fred Nail
Charles Showalter
Rev
Snyder Alleman
Manuel Quezon
U. S. Dept.of Agr
Dogwood
Laura
Laura Ingalls
Los Angeles
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