Newspapers Prove Best Medium for National Advertisers
A 1935 bureau study shows newspaper space cost per reach beating magazines and radio. One auto ad plan reportedly hits about 1,000,000 readers for the price of 1.3 pages of paper, while radio and magazines show higher costs per million households. Howard Davis leads a Publishers' Association convention opening with Col. Robert R. McCormick and others speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bureau of Advertising
Bureau
Saar
One Automobile Company
Publishers’ Association
Howard Davis
Col
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
Verne E. Joy
Centralia
Atterbury Retires as Head of Pennsylvania Railroad
General William W. Atterbury retires after leading the Pennsylvania Railroad from October 1925. Martin W. Clement, 53, succeeds him as president after being acting president during Atterbury's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Atterbury
Penna. R
Philadelphia
William W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Martin W. Clement
Atterbury
Clement
Stines Chapel Class Heads to Welltown Church Sunday
The Sunday School class from Stine's Chapel will visit Welltown Methodist Church this Sunday for their regular meeting. Members gather at 9:30 at the chapel and travel together to the Welltown church. The mixed and male quartettes will provide music, and Bryan Stotler will preach the sermon.
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Stine’s Chapel
Welltown Methodist Church
Welltown Church
Bryan Stotler
Reprieve Sought in Alleged Wedding Dress Robbery Slayer Case
Harrisburg April 25 A temporary reprieve from electrocution is recommended for Sherman L Strawser a farm hand condemned to die next Monday in the wedding dress robbery slaying pending action against the parents of the girl he planned to marry The State Pardon Board acted amid charges by Attorney General Charles J Margiotti that the prosecutor was prejudiced District Attorney Henry J Sommers of Lycoming County reported Strawser sought funds to buy a wedding dress for 16 year old Zella Gill with plans to marry her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Sherman L. Strawser
State Pardon Board
Strawser
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Henry J. Sommers
Lynder County
Lester Gill
Zella Gill
Fire Destroys Dublin Plaza Building Known as Fortune House
In Dublin on April 25 a large blaze destroyed the Plaza building nicknamed the House of Fortune after an eight hour fire fight. Fire officials say the origin is suspected incendiary. The Irish hospital sweep stakes derby draw will proceed as scheduled per Joseph McGrath the sweep stakes managing director.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Plaza
House of Fortune
Joseph McGrath
Two Classes of Middies Are To Visit Europe
Midshipmen from the classes of 1936 1938 will sail on the Arkansas and Wyoming for a summer practice cruise. The ships will visit Edinburgh Oslo Copenhagen Gibraltar and Madeira before returning to Hampton Roads and the academy. The class of 1937 stays for summer instruction and then leaves August 30 for a month long break.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Scotland
Norway
Denmark
Madeira
Arkansas
Wyoming
Academy
Edinburgh
Oslo
Copenhagen
Gibraltar
Funchal
Hampton Roads
Banker And Lawyer Freed In Mail Fraud Trial
James F. McManmon of Tulsa Oklahoma oil man and banker and Ralph G. Crandall of Chicago attorney were acquitted by directed verdicts in the Missouri Kansas Pipe Line Company mail fraud case. Judge John P Barnes overruled motions for Frank Parish former company president and Samuel J Maddin Kansas City oil operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James F. McManmon
Tulsa
Okla
Ralph G. Crandall
John P. Bernes
Missouri Kansas Pipe Line Company
Barnes
Frank P. Parish
Samuel J. Maddin
Kansas City
B C Reliefs Monthly Aches In Three Minutes
A vintage advertising blurb promotes B C as fast relief for periodical pains. It claims pharmacist preparation and a blend of ingredients used by physicians to ease cramps, colds, headaches, neuralgia, muscle aches, fever, and nervous distress without habit forming drugs. Available in 10c and 25c packages at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Strange Bird Makes a Surprise Visit On Shore
A webb-footed polka dotted bird with a five inch bill appeared at Clarence P. Johnson's farm near Salisbury Maryland. Neighbors speculated it could be a Dodo Wampus Goofus or Loons expert William H Collier from the state game department identified it as a Loon. The bird tried to fight six cows before capture and is kept in a chicken coop awaiting taxidermy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Clarence P. Johnson
William H. Collier
State Game Department
Johnson
Collier
Two Grand Jury Cases Await Action in Rockville
Montgomery county officials weigh a possible special grand jury session as two major cases await action. The Rockville crossing bus crash case involves Percy Line charged with manslaughter after 14 schoolchildren died. The Lyddane murder conspiracy case includes Anne Lyddane and John Boland charged with plotting to kill her husband, with Carnell and Davis charged in a separate murder plot.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Rockville Crossing
Percy Line
Lyddane
Anne Lyddane
John Boland
Francis Lyddane
John Carnell
Edwin J. Davis
Josephine Beall
Darnestown
Man Admits To Shooting Another In Baltimore
James Darca, 37, laborer, was killed as Gestie Rallo admitted to shooting him. Rallo was held for a hearing in eastern police court after being picked up by a patrol crew following distribution of the suspect’s photograph. Acting Captain Alfred Cormack said Rallo confessed to the Sunday night shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James Darca
Gestie Rallo
Eastern Police Court
Alfred Cormack
Rallo
Dacra
Front Royal Council Refinance Bonds for Water and Electric
At the Front Royal Town Council meeting on Monday night the 1932 bonds for the town electric and water system totaling 25000 were retired. New bonds for the same amount will be issued at 4 percent interest, replacing the 5 percent rate on the 1923 issues.
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Front Royal
Town of
Streams Trout Stocked in Front Royal Region
April 25 note lists stocked trout streams in Northern Virginia counties. Open season runs April 15 through June 30. Stocked streams include Cub Run Jeremiah's Run Pass Run Pinkey Run Hazel Run Cedar Creek Laurel Run Paddy Run Passage Creek Little Stony Creek Big Stony Creek Boone's Run Briery Branch Dayton Lake Gums Run Dry Run with legal size trout.
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Front Royal
Virginia
Cub Run
Jeremiah’s Run
Pass Run
Rappahannock
Hazel Run
Shenandoah
Cedar Creek
Laurel Run
Paddy Run
Passage Creek
Big Stony Creek
Boone's Run
Briery Branch
Dayton Lake
Gum’s Run
Dry Run
Glass Presents Dictionary To Spelling Chief
W. W. Glass presented a miniature dictionary to the spelling head at a Lions Club luncheon. The event followed a recent spelling contest at Handley School with winners from the county and city prizes. Attendees included Frances Luttrell, Mary Hoover, Harry Sherman, and Henry Covington. Plans announced for May 7 joint meeting with the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and May 30 31 state convention at Ocean View. The Washington Post’s Clay Carr spoke on the international spelling bee with $1,750 in prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen T. Hawthorne
Lion Club
W. W. Glass
Sam Preston
Winchester
Lions
Handley School
Frances Luttrell
Benjamin Belchie
Mary C. Hoover
Lion James Snider
Harry Sherman
Hove Riley
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Ocean View
Washington
Winchester Club
Henry Covington
Northern Virginia Power Company
Curtis Poukett
Preston
Clay Carr
Washington Post
Carr
Handley
Amoco Sound Car To Parade For Winchester Festival
A new Amoco sound truck from the American Oil Company will arrive in Baltimore Monday and stay through the festival. Foster Downs will operate the truck which will broadcast across the surrounding countryside and participate in the feature parade. The machine is loaned to Director-General Read and is expected to boost publicity beyond the city to the Valley and outlying districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Oil Company
Baltimore
Foster Downs
Winchester
Read
Stay Supper Sandwiches Stay Supper Sandwiches
Quick family sandwich idea uses small sausages browned in a hot pan then split and served on buttered buns with mustard and dill pickle. Hamburger rounds can be prepared the same way. Fried oysters work in buns with catsup or chili sauce and pickle relish for zest.
Park Team Opens Season With Paramount Cabbies as Curtain
Daily practice for the Park baseball team continues this week as players gear up for the season opening Saturday. Ha gerstown's Paramount Cabbies will provide the entertainment in the curtain raiser. Misses Virginia Hughes Margaret Allen and Mary Jane Pickenscher visited Easter holidays with Misses Catherine and Marie Mudd and returned to Towson Maryland Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Cabbies
Hagerstown
Virginia Hughes
Margaret Allen
Mary Jane Pickenscher
Catherine and
Marie Mudd
Towson, Md
Court Scene as Mrs Le Gault Denies Murder Claim
Mrs Fay Le Gault leaped to her feet in a Los Angeles court shouting you lie as she faced murder charges in the death of her estranged husband Philip Le Gault. Billie Davis testified that Le Gault had threatened to kill him if he drank again and the defendant pleaded self defense while deputies restrained her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay le Gault
Los Angeles
Philip le Gault
Billie Davis
Many Horses Enter Charles Town Meet Stall Demand Soars
Charles Town Jockey Club reports fast entries for the May 29 to July 4 spring meet. General manager Al Boyle may add a new barn to house horses as owners from the East load in, with features named after Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and Ohio hunting clubs. Post time is 2 pm, seven races daily, Bahr stall gate used, and WV racing commissioners Beverley Brown Leslie J Combs Frank Brooke will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
Ohio
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
New Racing Commission
Beverley Brown
Charleston
Leslie J. Combs
Huntington
Frank Brooke
Insurance Suit Settled Out of Court in Baltimore
An out of court settlement ends Dr. I Herbert Tobias of Hancock and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co over a $5 000 claim tied to a double indemnity policy on Tobias son George Otis Tobias who died from a bullet wound three years ago in Maryland Federal Court proceedings featured Dr Homer E Tabler of Hancock now head of the State Roads Commission as a key witness The settlement terms were not announced and Tobias had sought an extra $5 000 arguing the death was accidental and thus covered by double indemnity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
I. Herbert Tobias
Hancock
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Tobias
Tabler
London Mayor withholds Jubilee salute over cost
Ber mondsey borough council backed Mayor Weightman in declining to greet King George on his jubilee. The mayor cited that funding a meeting with the king would deprive 30 crippled children of a week at the seaside.
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London
George
Bermondsey
Weightman
U D C Historian Comments On John Brown
A reader sends items about John Brown and his history. The note cites Hills Peebles Wilson and claims Brown had 17 murders in Kansas before Harpers Ferry. It quotes critics calling Brown criminal and compares him to Bolshevik leaders, alongside Lincoln related remarks from 1846 to 1857.
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Times-Dispatch
John Brown
Kansas
Brown
Hills Peebles Wilson
Harpers Ferry
Confederate Veteran
M. P. Andrews
Mr. Wilson
Russia
Lincoln
Lyon G. Tyler
Tyler’s Quarterly
Co. L. C
Supreme Court
South
Buchanan
Stephen A. Douglas
New York
Stephen
Nicolay and Hay
Abraham Lincoln
Look Was Enough No Rope On Pole At City Hall
A young man volunteers to climb the flagpole at city hall to thread a replacement rope for the Apple Blossom Festival. He reaches the top but deems the footing too dangerous, leaving the pole still without a rope.
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City Hall
English Scientist Urges Eight to Midnight Sleep Routine
An English scientist declares eight o'clock to midnight as natural sleep hours and advises insomniacs to retire early and obtain as much rest as possible before twelve.
Weather Improves for Farm Work This Spring
John R. Weeks of the local weather bureau reports the past week was the first favorable period of spring for field operations. Dry and mostly clear with abundant sunshine except on Easter Sunday, the week’s average temperature was normal. Plowing, planting of early potatoes peas vegetables truck and garden and sowing of oats were resumed.
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Baltimore
John R. Weeks
Local Weather Bureau
Genius Class at San Jose State Sets High Output
The Genius Class at San Jose State College under Dr. Carl Holliday produced 14 poems, four articles, and one story from a group of 25 sophomores and juniors. A full-length drama by a member was staged three times, and the class delivered about 41 000 words across meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
San Jose State College
Carl Holliday
Holliday
Change Grant for Front Royal Municipal Building
The Town of Front Royal moves from a $35,000 loan and grant to a grant of $9,900 for a municipal building. Bonds had been sold privately, making the grant non repayable by the town.
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Front Royal
Recent Transfers In County Realty
The county clerk records show several recent deeds. Messick to Commercial and Savings Bank cover two tracts totaling 105 3 4 acres and 60 acres off the Martinsburg pike for 15000 dollars. Davis to Lowe involves 38 acres east of Stephens City on Dunkard Church road for 2053 74 plus interest. Orndorff to N G Orndorff covers 98 acres on Limestone Ridge road for 2500 dollars. Larrick to George H. Eagle includes 26 acres and improvements along Berryville Avenue in Winchester for 7000 dollars. Lemley acquires a house and lot in Stephens City for 850 dollars, and Lemley to G W Lemley covers two lots west of Stephens City on Marlboro Road for nominal consideration.
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David Messick
Commercial and Savings Bank
Stonewall District
Martinsburg Pike
Clyde E. Davis
Robert F. Lowe
Stephens City
Dunkard Church Road
A. T. Orndorff
N. G. Orndorff
Limestone Ridge Road
N. G. Larrick
George H. Eagle
Winchester
Berryville Avenue
Burr P. Harrison
Martha E. Lemley
G. W. Lemley
Marlboro Road
Spared Hand Still Produces Masterpieces After Torture
A Sixteenth century Spanish painter, suspected of killing his wife, was tortured for a confession but his right hand was spared to continue making his art, according to the report.
Apple Truckers Rely on Route 7 for Apples
Apple truckers in the area primarily use Route 7 for transporting apples with 10 to 20 trucks daily. When weather worsens they divert to U.S. Route 50 via Paw Paw West Virginia, while many hope for Route 7 improvements to avoid mountain passes and streamline deliveries from Uniontown Johnstown and Pittsburgh buyers from western Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro Pike
Apple
Winchester Cold Storage Company
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation
Cee
Apple Storage Company
Pennsylvania
Augusta
W. Va
Paw Paw
Uniontown
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Clinic To Be Held April 27 For Cripples
The next orthopedic clinic for crippled persons will be sponsored by the District Nurse Association Saturday, April 27, at the association offices near the Court House from 9 30 a m to 1 p m and 2 to 3 p m. Dr Robert V Funsten of University Hospital Charlottesville will direct. The clinic is for children and young people with deformities needing appliances or operations and offers free exams and professional advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Association
Court House
Robert V. Funsten
University Hospital, Charlottesville
Claims State Has Right To Decede
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder states the state retains the right to secede from the Union. The market bulletin carries a footnote to a longer piece by Linder contrasting the Democratic administration in Washington with the Russian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tom Linder
Georgia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Market Bulletin
Linder
Washtartans
Fish Lives in Hot Water Springs in Lucania
Lucania browni, a fish species, inhabits hot springs with year round water at 136 degrees. The creature thrives in this extreme habitat, adapting to constant heat and mineral-rich conditions.
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W. Penna
Daily Press
Stines Chapel
Welltown
Fortune House
Europe
B.C
Glass
Handley Spelling Bee
Amoco
Mrs. Fay le Gault
King
King George’s Jubilee Trust Fund
Prince of Wales
County Realty
Western Pa
Truckers Anx
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U. S
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