Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County
Royal Va April 26. A Hales of Norfolk will arrive Friday night to spend the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs B H Potts. Turner Slaughter has recovered from measles. There is a benefit dance to support the baseball team in Updyke Hall. Elliott Marshall was a visitor in Berryville. Walter Olmstead left for Washington for several days. Patsy Coe will spend the weekend with her parents, Prof and Mrs H C Coe. Kenneth Simpson recovering from pneumonia. R Lee Sowers visited Rockland Edinburg Woodstock. Edward H Stokes visited Washington. Mrs Oslan of New York accompanied her sons on return from Easter holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Was Royal
Es A. Hales
Norfolk
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
B. H. Potts
Patsy Coe
H. C. Coe
Miss Coe
Goshen
R. Lee Sowers
Rockland
Robert
Edinburg
Woodstock
Mrs. Oslan
New York
William
Jack
Stock Market Sees Silver Surge With Mixed Session
New York markets on April 26 saw silver prices spike to 15 year highs while grains rallied in Chicago on the silver push and fallout from a major firm failure. Bonds held steady and call money rose to 0.25 percent. Foreign exchange showed sterling at 4.8134 and French franc at 0.0640. Selected 2 pm stock list includes Allied Chemical 144, American Can 122.75, Bethlehem Steel 25.75, General Electric 24.875, U. S. Steel 33, Union Pacific 93, Woolworth 58.75.
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New York
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch., Topeka
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Johns Manville
Int. Harvester
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand Oil of N. J
Grain Quotations and Cash Prices Across Markets
Chicago and Baltimore report closing grain prices with May July and Sept contracts for wheat corn oats along with lard and bellies. Cash grain bids list No 3 red wheat No 1 hard and various corn and yellow varieties with per bushel and per barrel values.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Winchester
Franco Russian Pact Reported Reached in Paris
In Paris on April 26 Ambassador Vladimir Potemkin of Soviet Russia said he and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval reached an agreement on the Franco Russian pact.
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Paris
Vladimir Potemkin
Russia
Pierre Laval
Farmers Hear Huey Long Aide At Holiday Convention
Milo Reno president of the National Farmers Holiday Association finalizes plans for the third annual convention titled Huey Long's Party. Louisiana senator will speak on Campaign Promises You Make Us Make Them and You Make Us Break Them tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
Huey Lone
Louisiana
Car Top Burns In Indian Alley
Fire damaged the Marquette roadster owned by L. T. Conner parked beside a trash pile in Indian Alley behind Montgomery Ward and Company. The blaze started at about 3 o clock this afternoon and caused slight damage to the vehicle.
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Marquette
L. T. Conner
Indian Alley
Montgomery Ward and Company
Philadelphia and regional markets report livestock produce values
Livestock and produce markets show cattle steady with steers 6.50 to 12.00 and hogs 8.05 to 9.00. Calves and sheep ranges listed. Philadelphia live poultry and dressed poultry prices noted with butter and egg values and U S Dept of Agriculture price standings.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
U. S
Local Markets Listings For Flour Dairy and Feed Prices
Local markets list wholesale flour and feed prices with multiple bag sizes and brands. Prices cover patent and short patent brands, corn meal, middlings, mixed feed, dairy feeds, eggs, butter, and live animals including cattle and hogs with varying quotes.
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The
Star
Aes
Ateonees
Seveeus
Kasco
Cilyinae
Winchester Golf Club names new committees for 1935 season
The Winchester Golf Club has announced its 1935 committees led by W. Nelson Page. The Bi-State League season begins May 18 with ten-man teams from Winchester Opequon Martinsburg Belle Haven and Purcellville. The club reports good course conditions and a newly painted swimming pool ahead of summer activities.
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Winchester Golf Club
W. Nelson Page
Winchester Club
Opequon Golf Club
Martinsburg
W. Va
Belle Haven Country Club
Alexandria
Loudoun County Golf Club
Purcellville
F. A. Read, Jr
J.P. Hayley
D.L. Weems
Virginia Hunter Boyd
Delmar H. Robinson
Frank Armstrong
J. T. Engle
Clarke’Cooper
B. M. Knight, Jr
Ee.e. Stone
Edward C. Goss
E. C. Parker
Lester D. Arnold
H. B. McCormac
Wendell B. Goode
B. B. Dutton
Mary Miller
Stewart Elting
J. W. Arthur
Philip Williams
Frances Page
Virginia T. Boyd
Paul Rutledge
H. R. Kern, Jr
W. H. Bosserman, Jr
H. F. Byrd, Jr
John F. Rodman, Jr
L. M. Allen
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Thomas A. Gibson
Robert Riley
J. K. Wheeler
Cherry Bloom Reaches Peak at Nicodemus Orchard
Twelve hundred cherry trees in the Nicodemus orchard two miles north of the city report the heaviest and most beautiful bloom in the orchard history. Visitors are welcome to see the trees before the bloom ends over the weekend. Reach the orchard by driving a quarter mile west from Martinsburg Pike at York's filling station along the Welltown pike.
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Martinsburg Pike
York
Welltown Pike
Mission Group Elects Officers At Woodstock
The twelfth annual convention of the Women s Missionary Society of the Winchester Conference of the Lutheran Church met at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock. Officers elected were Mrs C J Rice president Mrs J P Derrick vice president Mrs John Fray secretary and treasurer and Mrs Joseph Fry statistical secretary. Reverend Victor Mc Cauley of the India Lutheran Mission spoke, and the program included music and a dialogue titled Wave Length. Twenty two delegates attended from Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society
Winchester
Lutheran Church
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Woodstock
C. J. Rice
Mount Jackson
J. P. Derrick
John Fray
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Joseph Fry
Wardensville
F. B. Lingle
Strasburg
Victor McCauley
India Lutheran Mission
Plan Hearing In Injury Of Local Youth
Leon Brannon is summoned to appear in police court at 10 oclock tomorrow morning for a hearing into an accident that injured Ralph Kern eight, son of Mr and Mrs Hunter Kern of Cork street. The child is in a local hospital with injuries from being struck by a car while at play at Highland avenue and Kern street. His condition is described as not serious and he is recovering satisfactorily. The driver who struck him took him to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Brannon
Ralph Kern
Hunter Kern
Cork Street
Highland Avenue
Kern Street
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Endorsed by Norfolk Woman
Mrs. R. V. Murder of 1704 Lovett Ave Norfolk Va recommends Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for tired weak women. She says it helped her after childbirth and she praises its效果 the medicine is sold in tablet and larger forms with free medical advice through the Dr. Pierce clinic in New York.
Officer Killed Another Wounded Chasing Bandits
In Cincinnati on April 26 a detective sergeant was killed and a detective wounded after a failed payroll robbery at Crane-Breed Casket Co. Pursuing two robbers, Det. Sgt John Cameron died from head and stomach wounds. Det John Schmitt was wounded in the arm. One robber fled on foot, the other, later captured, sped away in a car after alarm signals caused pursuit and a curbside confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John Cameron
John Schmitt
Crane-Breed Casket Company
Cameron
Schmitt
Bana
Plenty Of Peaches Survive The Cold
J. W. Larrick Jr of Chambersville shows a peach twig in town to prove many peaches survive the cold snap. He notes a large majority of buds remain green and growing on his 75 acre orchard of peach and apple trees despite some losses.
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J. W. Larrick, Jr
Chambersville
Mr. Larrick
Mystery shootings claim two lives in home incident
A former friend and two guests quarrel in a residence leading to multiple gunshots. Howard, an instructor tied to a law program, died after a back shot while Bolte, the occupant, survived with authorities considering mistaken identity. The other victim, Paul Ivar Wharton, a fashion designer, died from three bullets as investigators note a prior probation violation restricting his driving.
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Bolte
Berry
Howard
Karl Schlichter
Norris Stensland
Sheriff’s Office
Quarrel
Wharton
Paul
United States Navy
Mrs. McPherson
Flea in amber dated at five million years old
A flea preserved in amber from East Prussia is estimated to be five million years old. The discovery highlights ancient life and insect preservation in fossil amber.
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East Prussia
Church Sisters To Look After The Dionne Sisters
Judge J A Valin said sisters of a religious order will replace the nurses tending the Dionne quintuplets. Mme Luise de Kiriline asked to be relieved. guardians named include Oliva Dionne and Dr A R Dafoe.
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North Bay
Ont
J. A. Valin
Mme. Luise de Kiriline
Ontario
A. R. Dafoe
Oliva Dionne
Madame de Kiriline
Dionne Leroux
Patricia Mullins
History of Va to Pass by in Fifth Division
Proportionate allocation governs relief projects with work area numbers guiding allotments. The progress division will track figures and inform other divisions, ensure workers come from relief rolls, set area security payments, and aim to locate projects near workers’ homes.
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Progress Division
Works Progress Division
Galilee Church of Christ Services at Welty Road
Rev. F B Sapp leads Bible School at 10 with Charles E McVay as superintendent. Preaching at 11 followed by communion. Young People's meeting at 7:30 pm on "A Shepherd Preaches" and another sermon at 8 pm. The Greens won last Sunday in the Bible School contest. Willing Workers’ Class had the largest attendance. Everyone invited.
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Welltown Road
F. B. Sapp
Charles E. McVay
Young Peoples
Greens
Funeral Rites For Wm. Henson Law
Afternoon services for William A. Henson a about sixty year old farmer who died after ill health from tuberculosis will be held at his Middletown area home. Rev. F B Sapp will officiate with burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery. He leaves a widow a son Leonard W and three grandchildren along with four sisters and three brothers.
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Middletown
William A. Henson
F. B. Sapp
Walnut Springs Christian Church
Mount Carmel
Henson
James and
Jane Mowery Henson
Leonard W
Susan Ritenour
Saumsville
Lula Thurston
Martinsburg
W. Va
G. M. Racey
Strasburg
Vergie
Oranda
Robert
Harry
Love
Double Explosion Wounds Eleven In St Louis Sewer
In St Louis near the grand boulevard viaduct an underground gas explosion left at least 11 workers burned and many trapped in a sewer. Firemen faced smoke as crews rushed injured to city hospital and manholes were guarded for rescues.
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ST. Louis
Grand Boulevard
McElroy Pleads Governor to Spare McGee Life
Mary McElroy appeals Governor Park to spare Walter H. McGee, leader of the kidnapping gang that seized her for 30 000 ransom nearly two years ago. She seeks peace of mind and adheres to mercy while noting the case would warn others.
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Mary McElroy
McGee
Jefferson City
Guy B. Park
Walter H. McGee
Walter McGee
Miss McElroy
Mothr and Son Sentenced for Slaying in Delaware Jail
Mrs Mary Carey 52 and son Howard Carey were sentenced to be hanged in Sussex county jail on June 7 for the killing of her brother Robert Hitchens. Another son James Carey 23 received life imprisonment. Jury urged mercy but judge declined. Insurance motive cited in Frankford area case. Records show no prior Delaware female hanging.
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Mothr
Son
Delaware
Farmer
Georgetown
Del
Mary H. Carey
Howard Carey
Sussex County
James Carey
Robert Hitchens
Frankford
D. G. Layton
Ciate
Eskimo Dogs Scarce in Native Communities
The article notes very few Eskimo dogs in native communities as many other breeds suit climate and dense settlement better. It adds that dog fanciers let the hardy breeds dominate the north where only tough canines survive. Also explains alabaster as a gypsum mineral resembling marble and its oriental form is harder, found in Egypt and used historically for jars and urns.
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Egypt
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Front Royal
Warren County
Turner A. Slaughter
Updyke’s
Elliott Marshall
Berryville
Walter G. Olmstead
Washington
Julian N. Major
Pittsburgh
O. W. Carper
Charlottesville
Walton
Kenneth Simpson
Frank Simpson
Edward H. Stokes
Washington, D. C
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Galilee
Chuch
Christ
Wm. Henson Law
Mexico
Napoleon III
France
Maximilian
H. F P. McElroy
Kansas City
Goodyear Speedways
Buncutter Tire Co
S. Braddock St
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