Illness Fatal To Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown aged 56 of deliecture died last night at Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since April 15. She was the wife of George Brown of Middleburg and survived by a son and a daughter. The Browns came to this country from Scotland years ago. Mr Brown is a landscape engineer.
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Elizabeth Brown
Memorial Hospital
Brown
George Brown
Middleburg
Son
Mrs. Brown
Scotland
Mr. Brown
Lights and brakes defective in truck violations
Front Royal April 30 In a morning session Trial Justice Walter G Olmstead fined D L Walton and Wesley Walton five dollars plus four forty five costs each for operating trucks with defective brakes James Fox driver for A B Stokes was fined five dollars plus costs for operating a truck with improper lights
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Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
D. L. Walton
Wesley Walton
James Fox
A. B. Stokes
Third Hog Program Payment Distributed for Front Royal Area
An official county agent notice announces the third and final payments for the 1934 hog program in Front Royal and Cedarville districts. A total of 78 checks are being issued amounting to $2,689.29.
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Front Royal
Cedarville
Dance Benefit Nets for All-Stars Club in Front Royal
A Friday dance in Front Royal raised 66 dollars for the All-Stars baseball club. Organizers announce another benefit dance planned for May 9 or 10 in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
All-Stars Baseball Club
Front Royal Rotarians to hear tuberculosis methods
Dr. Lyle F. Hansbrough county health officer will address the Front Royal Rotary Club on Modern Methods of Fighting Tuberculosis at the regular weekly dinner meeting, moved to tomorrow due to the Apple Blossom Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Lyle F. Hansbrough
Soviet Scientists Grow Desert Crops Without Irrigation
Soviet researchers report successful cultivation of wheat, rye, and barley in the Kara Kum desert without irrigation, marking a notable advance in arid land agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kara Kum Desert
Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County
Misses Lillian McFall and Helen Simons returned to Washington DC after a weekend in Front Royal. Visitors included Marguerite Michaud and Roger Emmert from DC, plus Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weaver of Richmond. Local residents and guests shared weekends with families, with travel to and from Washington and Richmond noted. A Sunday IC O F service at First Baptist Front Royal will be attended by lodge members, with Rev. H J Parker from Richmond delivering the sermon.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Lillian McFall
Helen Simons
Washington, D. C
Marguerite Michaud
Roger Emmert
R. F. Emmert
Lawrence Weaver
Richmond, Va
Mrs
Brooke Weaver
Virginia Avenue
First Baptist Church of
H. J. Parker
Richmond
Body search for Bradford Cook in Shenandoah River continues
The rescue effort for Bradford Cook persisted along the Shenandoah River near Riverton with Captain John L. DeWitt and sixteen CCC men using boats and grappling hooks. No body had been found by 1 p.m. and Lloyd Cook's funeral plans await the recovery of Bradford Cook, who died in the Riverton disaster.
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Front Royal
Bradford Cook
Shenandoah River
Riverton
John L. DeWitt
Lloyd Cook
Scott and
Stokes
Hold Negro in Theft of Automobile
Front Royal April 30 Robert Holmes colored has been arrested and confined to the Warren county jail on a charge of the theft of a car property of Miller Saffell of this place Holmes was arrested early this morning by Sergent E C Smith and officer Will Henry His trial will be held tomorrow before Justice Walter G Olmstead Cody Knight of this county is being held on a charge of possession of stolen goods
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Front Royal
Robert Holmes
Warren County
Miller Saffell
Holmes
Sergent
E. C. Smith
Will Henry
Walter G. Olmstead
Auks Used as Bait on New England Coast
In colonial New England cod fishermen chopped great auks for bait and the species disappeared from America by 1840.
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Auks
New England
America
Frank Walker Begins Spending 4 Billion for Relief Jobs
Frank C. Walker, former motion picture executive, starts a massive program to spend 4 billion dollars to create jobs for relief recipients. He is to work with Federal Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins and Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, forming an equal three way leadership trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Walker
Harry L. Hopkins
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Samuel Leibowitz seeks pardon for Scottsboro defendants
Samuel Leibowitz, defense counsel for the Scottsboro case, sent a pardon request to Alabama Governor Bibb Graves for full pardons for all defendants. He also proposed a fact finding commission to study the case and report back if the pardon is denied.
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Lal Ala
Samuel Leibowitz
Scottsboro
Bibb Graves
New York
Alabama
Mooney Billings Resolution Stands in Assembly Vote
In Sacramento on April 30 the Assembly refused to reconsider its earlier passage urging Governor Merriam to commute the life sentences of Tom Mooney and Warren K Billings to time served by a 33 to 44 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Assembly
Frank F. Merriam
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Eva Coo Loses Appeal in Murder Conviction
New York Court of Appeals upholds Eva Coo's first degree murder conviction for killing her cripple handyman Harry Wright. Coo, Ostego county roadhouse proprietor, awaits execution at Sing Sing.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Court of Appeals
Eva Coo
Ostego County
Sing Sing
Harry Wright
U S Steel Directors Declare 50 Cent Dividend
New York April 30 Directors of United States Steel Corporation ordered a dividend of 50 cents on the preferred stock. Quarterly payments have been made at this rate since January 1933 when the dividend was cut from seven dollars a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Missouri Relief Funds To Stop
Wallace Crossley Missouri relief administrator said federal relief activities in Missouri will stop tomorrow due to the Legislature not providing funds to match government appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Wallace Crossley
Lawyer Found Dead At Garage In Baltimore
Richard H. Pleasant a 70 year old attorney was found shot to death in the rear of his Baltimore garage after being missing since yesterday. Al len Williamson discovered the body while dumping ashes near the garage and a pistol lay beside the victim. Police said Pleasant had been in ill health for months.
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Baltimore
Richard H. Pleasant
Allen G. Williamson
Pleasant
Couple Escape Death By Jump In Train Crash
Major Ziba L. Drollinger and Mrs. Drollinger escaped death when their car skidded into a train during a heavy rainstorm. The gasoline tank exploded as the wreckage burned, but the couple jumped free.
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Aberdeen
Ziba L. Drollinger
Norfolk Pastor To Speak Here
Rev. Roland Wagner, pastor of the Baptist Church in Norfolk, has been secured to address the Kiwanis Club at the George Washington Hotel luncheon tomorrow. Wagner, a noted speaker, had multiple invites refused due to conflicts but will speak now, with a large turnout expected. He attended a Clarke county conference and was near Winchester, enabling his acceptance.
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Roland Wagner
Baptist Church
Norfolk
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Wagner
Funeral Services for Gertrude Dokes Held at Cedar Hill
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Cedar Hill in Frederick county for Gertrude Dokes colored widow aged 48. Interment followed in the Cedar Hill graveyard.
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Cedar Hill
Frederick County
Gertrude Dokes
Buddhist Exorcism In Tokyo Station Reported
Collier's Weekly notes a ceremonial exorcism performed by Buddhist priests at Tokyo Station to drive out a malignant spirit blamed for crises, assassinations, derailments, and other accidents within the facility.
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Tokyo
Collier's Weekly
Sister in Toils Charged in Futile Jail Break Conspiracy
A Dedham Mass case shows Mary Goodman escorted from Dedham jail as sister of the Millen brothers faces conspiracy charges. The Millen brothers and Abe Faber await execution in Massachusetts state prison for the murder of a policeman during a holdup.
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Irving
Morton Millen
Dedham
Mass
Mary Goodman
Millen Brothers
Abe Faber
Massachusetts
Market in stocks dips as mining leads dull session
New York April 30 quiet trading seen as mining issues failed to advance, prompting scattered selling across sectors. Bonds mixed, grains soft, cotton soft, and sterling weak while gold currencies firm. Call money 0.25%, closing prices include Allied Chemical 144 and U S Steel 32 1 4 among others.
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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
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Grain quotations show differing futures and cash prices in Chicago
April 30 reports list futures in wheat corn oats rye and barley with May July and Sept bids. Cash grain in Chicago cites No 3 red No 2 mixed yellow and white corn price ranges. Baltimore wheat prices reflect spot red winter bids while Winchester markets list mill-delivery quotes.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Maybe He Is Right Rolks Go Fistin
Uncle Eben suggests Rolks should fight in order to save face and enjoy the moment, as some men sit and stew over things they are too angry to discuss. The quotation conveys local dialect humor and social observation.
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Uncle Eben
Three to Die in Charlestown Electric Chair Case
Three condemned men bound for Charlestown death house in Massachusetts are set to be executed by electric chair next week at the state prison. The trio Abe Faber Irving Millen and Morton Millen are pictured en route from the Norfolk county jail in Dedham.
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Charlestown
Mass
Folk County
Dedham
Abe Faber
Irving Millen
Morton
Livestock And Produce Markets Report Steady Cattle Prices
Market notes show cattle steady with steers 6.50 to 12.00, heifers 4.75 to 10.00, cows 3.50 to 7.50, bulls 4.00 to 7.50. Calves 60 lower, hogs 250 lower with various weight brackets, packing sows 5.90 to 8.15, pigs 7.70 to 9.45. Spring lambs 7.00 to 11.50. Philadelphia poultry and butter prices steady. eggs around 27 1/2 to 28 for whites and browns, 25 1/2 to 26 for lower grades.
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Philadelphia
U. S. Dept
Winchester Fete To Be Heard On Texaco Program
A Texaco program from 8 30 to 9 00 tonight on WEAF New York and WRC Washington will announce the Winchester Festival in the Shenandoah Valley. Ed Wynne with Eddie Duchir’s orchestra will star in the Texaco Hour which reaches millions nationwide.
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WEAF
New York
Winchester
Texaco Company
Washington
WRC
Texaco
Ed Wynne
Eddie Duchir
Shenandoah Valley
Quail Declared Most Useful Insectivorous Bird
A regional note contends the quail is the most useful insectivorous bird in the country, highlighting its value across the land and its beneficial role in controlling pests.
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour Prices Note Errors
Local markets list wholesale flour prices by patent brand and bag size. Prices range from 6.25 to 7.15 per barrel for patent and short brands, with mixed feeds corn meal egg mash and dairy feeds shown. diverse livestock prices for cows sheep steers calves and pork indicate a bustling regional market.
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Branco
Sree Ae Sae
Dieteenerar
Sane
Eaee
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Henry Bush
Randolph- Macon College
Ashland
James Tennett
Herman Midgett
Norfolk, Va
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Dave Cloyd
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Aubrey G. Weaver
Long Beach
California
Joseph Watson
Cheese” Oden
Rappahannock
Aubrey Berryman
Jack Hale
A. W. Hale
Roger Emmett
Mrs. Bean
Russell Sonner
Edward Shotwell
C. BE. Gladstone
Huntington
W. Va
James Spencer
Edith Samuels
Body of Cook Youth
Cody Knight
Frank Walker
Roosevelt Administration
Walker
State Relief Administrator's Office
Trenton
N. J
Mooney-Billings
U. S. Steel Co
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Needham
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Star
South Loudoun
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