Engagement of Miss Cooley Announced in Front Royal
Front Royal Virginia August 2 An engagement of much interest was announced by D G Cooley Berryville to Dorothy Von Beck daughter and Elliott DeJarnette Marshall of Front Royal The couple will wed in September Miss Von Beck a Berryville High School and Fredericksburg State Teachers College graduate taught at Berryville High School Marshall son of James Marshall is a Randolph Macon Academy and VPI alum with a George Washington University law degree He is a member of the Warren County Bar Association Rotary Club Citizens National Bank director and Calvary Episcopal Vestryman
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Front Royal
D. G. Cooley
Berryville
Dorothy von Beck
Elliott DeJarnette Marshall
von Beck
Berryville High School
Fredericksburg State Teachers’ College
Marshall
James Markham Marshall
Randolph-Macon Academy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
George Washington University
Washington
Virginia State Bar
Warren County Bar Association
Shenandoah National Park
Federal Housing Office is Opened in Front Royal
B F Watson announces J L Dickinson of Front Royal and Warren county is appointed federal housing clerk. His office is in the Ford building with hours 10 30 to 12 morning and 2 to 3 afternoon. Residents seeking FHA loans for improvement repairs modernization new homes or mortgage refinancing are asked to see him during those hours.
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Front Royal
B. F. Watson
Federal Housing Administration
J. L. Dickinson
Warren County
Dickinson
Ford
Front Royal All-Stars Cancel Game With Majestic Radio Club
The Front Royal All-Stars announce the cancellation of the tomorrow afternoon game against Majestic Radio Club of Washington D C after a wire from the visiting club. The All-Stars instead played Chesapeake here this afternoon and have Heurich on Sunday, a strong opponent.
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Front Royal
Front Royal All-Stars
Majestic Radio Club
Washington
D. C
Wallace Thompson
Front Royal All- Stars
All-Stars
Chesapeake Nine
Heurich Nine
Heurich
Front Royal Cornerstone Plan Likely Postponed
The planned August 17 laying of cornerstones for the Front Royal Municipal Building and Warren County Court House by the Front Royal Lodge of the Masons will probably be postponed as a health measure due to infantile paralysis.
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Front Royal
Warren County Court House
Front Royal Lodge of the Masons
Warren County official finds rare 1913 nickel in soil
Aug 2 at Front Royal H Coe assistant principal Warren County high school found soil from the courthouse basement near his First Street home containing a 1913 nickel. He noted the five cent piece series is rare and he does not yet know its value.
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Front Royal
H. Co. Coe
Warren County High School
Warren County
First Street
Coe
Arthur Family Pays Visiting Call in Harrisonburg
Mr and Mrs Charles D Arthur and their daughter Miss Frances Arthur of Columbia South Carolina arrived by motor to visit the former's parents Mr and Mrs B F Arthur Sr at their home on the Northwestern grade They will also visit friends in Harrisonburg Virginia and tour the Shenandoah National Park area and other points in the Virginia Valley
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Charles D. Arthur
Frances Arthur
Columbia
S. C
B. F. Arthur
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia Valley
Valued Wergild Reflects Medieval Teutonic Custom
The midney or wergild set a monetary price for a slain man under early Teutonic law. It established a fixed compensation paid to the victim’s relatives to avert further feuds.
Condition of Rivers Improves for Fishing
Rivers are cloudy but clearing with improving clarity. Conditions suggest favorable fishing expected tomorrow as flow stabilizes and weather remains mild.
Shenandoah Valley League Results and Schedule
Staunton defeated Charlottesville 14 to 0 in yesterday’s Shenandoah Valley League action. Standings show Front Royal 4 1 while Waynesboro and Harrisonburg sit 3 2 and 2 2 respectively. Upcoming games include Heurich at Harrisonburg and Orange at Harrisonburg Friday.
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Staunton
Charlottesville
W. L
Front Royal
Waynesboro
Harrisonburg
Dan Ad
SAT
Orange
Heurich
SUN
Culpeper
Softball Scores From Last Night Bouts
Billy Smith and Palace Barber Shop defeated Schwarzen bachHuber 7 to 3. Harmony Hollow CCC routed Riverton Lime and Stone 20 to 10. Green Hill CCC extended its winning streak by crushing Front Royal Lions 31 to 1.
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Front Royal
Billy Smith
Palace
Schwarzenbach-Huber
Harmony Hollow C. C. C
Riverton Lime and Stone Company
Green Hill CCC
Front Royal Lions
Pet Green
Hill
Frigidaire
Harmony Hollow
Lions
Riverton Lime
James C. Sharp
Blairsville
Rotary
James Peffer
Front Royal Social Notes and Local Visits
Front Royal residents welcome relatives visiting from Baltimore and New York while planning trips to West Virginia. Local families host guests at homes like Mt Zion Milldale and Riverside, with others returning from Lexington and Watertown visits. A church service is scheduled, and a local softball score highlights community activity and weekend events.
Willingham To Go To Hawaii
Melvin H. Willingham of Berryville enlisted at the local Army recruiting office for the infantry. He is sent to Fort Slocum New York and will sail soon for Hawaii where vacancies exist per the local office.
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Melvin H. Willingham
Berryville
United States Army
Infantry
Hawaii
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Sugar to Omaha After Saratoga Triumphs
Sugar to Omaha award thoughtful gesture by trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons at Saratoga stable. Three year old champion receives sugar prize following remarkable victories this year. Omaha set to race next in the Travers Stakes.
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Omaha
Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons
Saratoga Race Track
The Congressional Medal of Honor Origins
The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest U.S. valor award in two forms the army and navy. Instituted in 1862 it had 1722 awards before World War I and 90 American World War I awards plus six for unknown soldiers of allied armies. Uncle Eben offers a folk remark on fools and rascals and reform.
Market Summary of Livestock and Produce in Baltimore and Philadelphia
Cattle about 125 head with top around 11.80 for 140 200 lb Good to choice vealers. cows and calves steady to higher. Sheep and lambs about 700 with good to choice ewes and wethers 8.75 to 9.25. slaughter ewes 2 to 3. late loads of choice rail lambs at 9.25. Philadelphia reports unchanged prices for live poultry and dressed poultry. butter tops 26 1/4 to 29 1/2. eggs steady at 2,575 p.m. prices unchanged.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept
Philadelphia
Grain quotations and cash wheat prices across markets
Chicago closing grain prices show wheat near 90 to 94 a bushel for Sept through May contracts with corn around 62 to 78 cents. Oats and rye also listed with varied futures figures, while lard and bellies trade in mid to low teens. Baltimore and Winchester markets report spot wheat around 80 cents and yellow corn near 90 cents per bushel with nearby ranges at mills.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Italo Ethiopian settlement talks widen rift and delays
Mussolini rejects parts of the peace formula as Britain France and Italy press for a council debate on the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Laval, Eden and aloisi push for a public session if accord holds, while ethiopian observers fear concessions.
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Mussolini
Great Britain
France
Italy
Il Duce
Premier Laval
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Ethiopia
Laval
League of Nations Council
Aloisi
Market roundup boosts stocks as utilities lead gains
New York August 2. Utilities and selective specialties kept bullish momentum with power stocks improving on Washington developments. Some favorites faced profit taking as trading slowed. Bonds steady and currencies firmer. call money 0.25%. Closing prices included Allied Chemical 159, American Can 14454, General Electric 28, U.S. Steel 4234, Union Pacific 105, Woolworth 61, Md. Fund bid 16.51 asked 17.85.
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New York
Washington
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil
N. Jfi
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
Woolworth
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour and Feed Prices
Local and wholesale markets list flour brands and bag sizes with prices in 98, 48, 24 and 12 pound bags. Also shown are cracked corn, scratch feed, corn meal, dairy feeds, eggs, butter and livestock items with unit prices and per hundred weights.
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Star
Kasco
Uesseuess
Suspect in Mutilation Nabbed After Pursuit
A man suspected in a mutilation case was apprehended after being taken into custody by detectives. He wore an old gray tweed suit and a dark cap bought at a West Madison street second hand store. In his pockets detectives found four dollars and twenty dollars more. He was not eTOCs mig.
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Fage
West Madison Street
Stoe
Etocs Mig
August Evening Services at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
During August the evening worship at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church shifts to 6.45 PM with an organ meditation at 6.35 PM by Mr. Barnes. Special music and youth participation accompany a vesper style service ending at 7.30 PM. sermon topics focus on guidance power refuge and victorious living with Rev. E B McGukin preaching at Highland Avenue Church when Rev. R B Campbell is absent.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Barnes
Vic
R. B. Campbell
E. B. McGukin
Highland Avenue Church
Funds Alloted For U. S. Projects In This State
The Works Administration reported that $12,189,256 in Federal Works funds were approved for Virginia projects from nine of 27 applications, with a total request of $27,526,845. The approved list includes building decoration and related works across government agency submissions without location specifics.
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Washington
the Works Administration
Virginia
Treasury and agency expense figures in 503 filing summary
The document outlines various departmental expenditures including the Treasury and agencies. It lists amounts for the CDC plant cases 108 620 a Agriculture pest control 84 525 forest service 278 796 Conser vation work 8 470 000 CCC and total liquor inspection 7 547.
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Treasury Department
CDC
Department
Agriculture Pest Control
Depositions in Mooney Case Set for Eastward Trip
San Francisco attorney A E B Shaw, appointed by the State Supreme Court to take depositions of four out-of-state witnesses in Tom Mooney's habeas corpus case, prepared to depart for the east. Mooney, serving a life term for the 1916 preparedness day bombing, which killed 10 and injured 40.
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San Francisco
A. E B. Shaw
Tom Mooney
East
Mooney
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Alexandria
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Mattie Brown
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Earl Norford
Friends
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Fort
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West Virginia
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Riverside
Lexington
Eston Cooke
Dave Satterfield
Dave
Richard
Richmond
John B. Earle
Mt. Zion
Milldale
Albin Haley
Pierre B. Cardial
Springfield
Cardiol
John Harper
Stuarts Draft
Edward L. Brown
Charles Brown
Carolyn Rohr
Ronald Rowland
Calvary Episcopal Church
Shirley
Front Royal Rotary Club
Frances Hale
Godfrey Boyd
Mrs
John Collins
Grafton
Willingham
Jim Fitzsimmons
Eben
Addis Ababa
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Teele Hawariate
MD. Fund
U. S
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Cretonnes
L.r.smith. Inc
P. Klompus
North Main St
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N. Main Street
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