DeGrange Describes Record Chute Jump From 14800 Feet
Lt DeGrange recounts a high altitude jump from 14 800 feet lasting 13 minutes 30 seconds. He details the cold air temperatures, helmeted flight, wind shifts, and a controlled descent to a farm clearing near Berryville with a safe landing verifying parachute viability at altitude.
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DeGrange
Front Royal
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Douglass
Ibnle
Sunnyside
Duke
Berryville Road
Zabari Poole
Walters Named District Secretary of Capital Kiwanis
Frank B. Walters, president of the Roanoke Kiwanis Club, was elected secretary of the Capital District Kiwanis International. He will serve until January 1 to fill the late Asa W. Howard’s term, following a vote by lieutenant governors and 19 applications. The October district convention will be at Hotel Roanoke, which recently reopened after renovations.
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Frank B. Walters
Roanoke Kiwanis Club
Capital
Kiwanis International
Walters
Capital District
Roanoke
W. Carey Wheatley
Lynchburg
Ralph R. Repass
Marion
John H. Frischkorn, Jr
W A. Barksdale
Charlottesville
MS. Reifsnyder
Westminster
Andrew Bell
Winchester
Asa W. Howard
Youth Drowns Near Sharpsburg Community Tragedy report
Richard Kerfoot a 14 year old boy son of Mr and Mrs Richard D Kerfoot of Virginia avenue was drowned in the Potomac river near Sharpsburg while swimming with four companions during a camping trip. His body was not recovered in the afternoon. It marks the fourth drowning of the season in the county.
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Hagerstown
Richard Kerfoot
Richard D Kerfoot
Virginia Avenue
Potomac River
Sharpsburg
Kerfoot
Farm meeting on August 13 in Frederick county court house
John East, member of the State Agricultural Conservation Committee, will address Frederick county farmers at a mass meeting Saturday at 2 o'clock in the court house. He will discuss crop insurance in Frederick county with E. M. Punk as supervisor.
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John East
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Frederick County
E. M. Punk
Record jump ends as wind tears chute and wires record
The jumper thanks all connected and spectators at the airport for their support and generous contributions that funded the record attempt. He notes the wind tore the chute apart but celebrates a world record of 1342 minutes and expresses gratitude to helpers and backers.
Mrs. Ellen Cornwell Died at White Post Home
Mrs Ellen Arminto Cornwell died at 4 30 this morning at the home of her niece Mrs Sam R Shiley White Post Va She widow of Harvey Cornwell who died eighteen years ago Funeral services will be at Macedonia Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 o clock Burial will follow The Rev Mr Mitchell Greenway U B Church assisted by the Rev George Waters Macedonia Church officiated The remains may be viewed at Mrs Shileys residence
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Ellen Arminto Cornwell
Sam R. Shiley
White Post
Harvey Cornwell
Macedonia Methodist Church
Macedonia
Mr. Mitchell
Greenway U. B. Church
Cornwell
George Waters
Macedonia Church
Shiley
Miss Blair Reports Frederick County 4-H Achievements
Miss Madeline Blair, Frederick County home demonstration agent, returning from Blacksburg Virginia, praised Frederick County 4-H Club members at the annual Institute of Rural Affairs and 4-H Club Rally. Linda Dailey won blue in work dress, Jean Johnson red in sport dress, Harriett Adams white in party dress, with Adams chosen to lead a senior discussion group on Farm Family Faces The Facts.
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Madeline Blair
Frederick County
Blacksburg
Institute of Rural Affairs
Blair
Linda Dailey
Jean Johnson
Harriett Adams
Miss Adams
Green Spring road plan approved by board of supervisors
The board approved grading and shale surfacing for Secondary Route No. C 671, Green Spring road, from Route 38 at White Hall to Route 682. The Department of Highways to relocate fences and clear obstructions, with a 30 foot right of way guaranteed. Clerk William Van Meter resigns to attend school in Washington, D C in September.
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Board of Supervisors
W. C. Poston
Green Spring
White Hall
Department of Highways
William van Meter
Trial Justice Court
van Meter
Washington, D. C
Superintendent of Public Welfare
Tipton merchant offers help to burglars in two-night break-ins
J. S. Harris of Tipton Georgia announces in the local paper that after two successive burglaries at his home he will meet the intruders at his Main Street store to provide them with what they seek, offering a helpful hand despite the break-ins.
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Tipton
J. S. Harris
Main Street
Park Swamps Washington Cardinals 12-3 in decisive win
The Park team routed the Washington Cardinals 12 to 3, with Lefty Michael pitching seven innings before Reid Lunsford finished. Lenry Kilmer had three hits in five trips, while McDernott and Burch each added two hits.
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Washington Cardinals
Lefty
Michael
Reid Lunsford
Lenry Kilmer
McDernott
Burch
Kilmer
Strike Costs In 1937 Little Steel Dispute Put At Over Four Million
Senate civil liberties committee estimates the 1937 Little Steel strike cost Republic Steel 1.95 million and Youngstown Sheet and Tube 1.593 million plus Ohio National Guard 315 thousand and Pennsylvania Railroad 96 thousand. Total losses exceed 4 million across Ohio and seven states. Committee secretary Robert Wohlforth testified, noting 7,000 workers guarded sites. The panel plans to press strengthening the National Labor Relations Act.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
State of
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert Wohlforth
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Wohlforth
Monroe
Mich
Republic
Sheet and Tube
Ohio National Guard
LaFollette
Sixty Probably Dead In Wreck
Jamaica's worst railroad wreck likely costs at least 60 lives. Fifty two bodies recovered near Balaclava 70 miles northwest of Kingston since Saturday. Seventy injured taken to hospitals. All 300 passengers natives. Lack of coordination between two locomotives caused the crash as the second engine rammed the lead after a curve.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Balaclava
Here
Frederick County 4-H Encampment Set at Camp White Rock
Frederick county 4-H Clubs plan their annual encampment at Camp White Rock from August 16 to 20 under Miss Madeline Blair and I. Fred Stine. Registration deadline August 8. camp costs total 3.25 dollars plus a 1 dollar food contribution. L. S. Gibbons of VPI will lead the conservation program replacing W. R. DeGarmo.
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Frederick County
Camp White Rock
Madeline Blair
I. Fred Stine
Miss Blair
Mr. Stine
L. S. Gibbons
W. R. DeGarmo
Pickers Tickets For Winchester Event
Winchester Evening Star advertises buy now for picker tickets with emphasis on readying orders. Promotional copy highlights urgency and ordering options for a local event. Tickets are framed as essential for participants in a forthcoming picking activity.
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Winchester Evening Star
Sinclair Lewis acts in own play rehearsal for Cohasset drama
Author Sinclair Lewis rehearses Doremus Jessup in a stage adaptation of It Can’t Happen Here. The summer theater at Cohasset Massachusetts stages the production with Lewis performing in the role.
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Sinclair Lewis
Doremus Jessup
Cohasset
Mass
County Boys Raise Quail Seek State Conservation Camp Scholarships
Nelson Carpenter of Round Hill and Adrian Morrison of Gore, Frederick County youths, earned scholarships to the State Conservation Camp in Jamestown Virginia August 8 to 13. County Agent J Fred Stine says both will likely accept, covering only transportation. Miss Madeline Blair to appoint a 4 H Club girl speaker. Carpenter, a camp alum, has 21 quail reared this year while Morrison has eight. Quail will be released at 10 weeks old by Game Warden F W Pingley for propagation.
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Nelson Carpenter
Round Hill
Adrian Morrison
Gore
Frederick County
Jamestown
J. Fred Stine
Madeline Blair
Carpenter
F. W. Pingley
150 Shopmen Are Given Work
Approximately 150 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shopmen at Cumberland round house and backshops returned to work today after months off. Some had been unemployed nearly a year. This is the largest recall since layoffs began amid the current depression. Continued employment depends on business conditions.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Train Kills Clarke Youth in Berryville
Last rites were held for Harry Clay Lichliter 29 whose body lay on Norfolk and Western tracks near Boom road Berryville two days after he vanished at midnight He was a Clarke Shenandoah county native mechanic for Ralph Richardson and survived by ten siblings with services by Rev W O Lutras at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Berryville
Harry Clay Lichliter
Norfolk and Western Parlway
Lichliter
Charles William Lichliter
Shenandoah County
Alice Boy
Clarke County
Ralph Richardson
John
Clarence
LaFayette
James
Charles
Ethel Anderson
Florence Grim
Alice White
Myrtle Fitzmoyers
Emily Lichliter
W. O. Luttras
Methodist Church
Green Hill
Bandits Rob Banco di Napoli Branch In New York Heist
Four gunmen robbed the Banco di Napoli Trust Company branch at First Avenue and Twelfth Street. They fled with 50000 dollars in cash while customers and nine employees were cowed. The guard was absent for lunch. money was to be moved to the main Broadway branch later. John Salvo, the branch manager, witnessed the seizure.
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New York
Banco di Napoli Trust Company
First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Lower Broadway
Lower East Side
John Salvo
Salvo
Prompt Delivery CoD Postal Tilegraph in Winchester
Run to receive your Evenine Star in Winchester for prompt delivery with no charge for this service.
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Winchester
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Commercial I Small Loan & Finance Co., Inc
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RH Locke
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Sennen Yeakle
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St'lager
M'D'ott
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Lunsford
TAK A
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Brad
England
British Oil Company
Middle Yangtze
Hankow
Japan
Train Kills
Clarke
Harry C. Lichliter
Touch East Side Bank
Virginia
Richmond
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Culpeper
O'Connell
Braddock Si
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