Social and Personal Entertainments at Hillside Farm and Romney Home Coming
Winchester society notes detail a surprise birthday dinner at Hillside Farm for Mr. Miller with many Martinsburg and Winchester guests. Romney aims for a big August home coming, with West Virginia festival involvement and strong Virginia representation. Also covered are Los Angeles visitors making a cross country trip, visits from Dr. and Mrs. Bocock of Georgia, Confederate Daughters meeting, a weenie roast at Opequon Lake, and numerous local social movements, hotel stays, and travels around Winchester and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Miller
G. A. Miller
Hillside Farm
Miller
Matthe A. Grubb
Maggie Payne
William Grove
Clarence Frye
Elsie Keller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Gleason
C. C. Finfrock
John Hubbard
Mary
Alice Newcome
Luther Miller
Romney
M. G. Saunders
W Va
M. L. Heatwole
Laura L. Haines
National Avenue
West Virginia
Virginia
E. O. Quinn
V. O. Quinn
Los Angeles
California
Cumberland woman visits Pen Mar for a visit
Mrs. Helen Hoff of Cumberland Maryland left yesterday to spend time with friends in Pen Mar before returning home. Messrs. Harry Beck and Mr. Barnes of Hagerstown Maryland were in town yesterday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McGowin
Philadelphia
Roanoke
Fred Glaize
East Piccadilly Street
Alexander Hamilton and Son
Hagerstown, Md
John Riley
Harrisonburg
Keating
Parkersburg
W. Va
H. H Startzman
Potomac Edison Company
Hagerstown Md
Edward Raemer
Baltimore
Helen Hoff
Cumberland. Md
George Kern
Pen Mar
Messrs
Harry Beck
Mr. Barnes
Hagers To
Germans Set New Endurance Record by Junkers W 33
Cor nelius Edzard and Johann Risticz landed at 10 13 a m in Dessau to cap a 52 hour 23 minute world endurance record, flying 6 040 kilometers between Dessau and Leipsic. Bellanca plans a new trans Atlantic flight to reclaim the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dessau
Germany
Cornelius Edzard
Johann Risticz
Earth
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Bert Acosta
Edzard
Risticz
Leipsic
Junker Company
Bellanca
New York
G. M. Bellanca
Chamberlin
Coliseum Club Moves to Block Dempsey Tunney Bout
The Chicago Coliseum Club led by D E B Clements plans to sue to stop the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight title fight set for September 22. The group cites a 1926 contract Dempsey made with Harry Wills and argues no other match should proceed in the interim. Tex Rickard dismisses the action as publicity seeking and says New York attorneys will defend if it reaches court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago iColiseum Club
D. E B. Clements
Ralph Rosen
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Rosen
Dempsey
Harry Wills
Clements
Horn
New York
Chicago Coliseum Club
Tex Rickard
Negro shoots and kills officer in Baltimore street
Baltimore on August 5 reports Patrolman William Doehler aged 39 of the northwestern district was shot and killed after arresting an unidentified Black man in a pawn shop. As Doehler turned to call the station the prisoner shot him in the back and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William Doehler
Northwestern
Biddle Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Army's New Fokker Bomber Soars on First Flight
Army test pilot Lieut. Harry Johnson piloted the new giant Fokker bomber in its initial tether free flight from Peterboro New Jersey. Johnson said the craft was satisfactory in every detail and then continued to Curtiss Field for additional tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peterboro
N. J
Army
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Curtiss Field
Lindbergh Lands at McCook Field in Dayton
Charles Lindbergh arrived at McCook Field in Dayton Ohio this afternoon at 1 o clock en route from Wheeling West Virginia. He circled the city several times before making the landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Col
Chas. Lindbergh
McCook Field
Wheeling
W. Va
Detroit To Brazil Flight To Be Tried Likely Saturday
Brunswick Ga Aug 4 It was reported here that the planned Detroit to Brunswick flight of Paul Redfern the Georgia aviator set for tomorrow had been postponed but probably would be attempted Saturday The flight aims to set the long distance non stop air record Brunswick to Brazil about 4300 miles The plane built at Detroit by Stinson works will land on the beach at Glynn Isle and local National Guardsmen help police patrol the beach to prevent accidents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Detroit
Iail
Redfern
Brazil
Glynnisle
Quake in California Causes Little Damage
A California quake struck Los Angeles area for ten to forty five seconds but caused minimal damage aside from a broken water main. The event interrupted a long period of regional seismic quiet and affected thousands of residents. Leonardo da Vinci is noted for illustrating early principles of flight in a separate reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Earthcrest
Naval Parley Closes Without Agreement on Naval Limits
Geneva talks among United States Great Britain and Japan adjourn without a cruiser destroyer and submarine limitation pact. British, American and Japanese leaders praise Gibson while Kellogg states resumed work is possible for an early agreement on auxiliary naval vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Gibson
W. H. Bridgeman
Viscount Oshii
Geneva
London
Reuters
Hugh
W. C. Bridgeman
Hugh S. Gibson
Washington
Kellogg
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Bocock
Athens
Winchester
Presbyterian Manse
North Braddock Street
Bocock
University of Georgia
Confederate Daughters
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Herbert Larrich
West Clifford Street
The
United. Brethren Church
L. D. Grubb
Opequon Lake Park
R. Gray Williams
Virginia Beach
State Bar Association
Lucy Strasnider
Myrtle Fuller
Charles Town
Myrtle Barr
F. H. Gray and Son
Suffolk, Va
George Washington Hotel
Martha Sanford
Clyde DeHart
Portsmouth
W. R. Bailey
E. C. Hewitt
Sanford
Bailey
W. C. Stephenson and Son
William Stephenson, Jr
Lewis Allen Nuckols
Lloyd Agnew and Son
A. B. Marple
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
John Fisher
Hagerstown
Colonial Hotel
Westernport
Dorothy McCann
Lou Hollis
Shenandoah River
Adrian Mason
Lily
Jule Mason
Holiday’s Cove
Dorothy Winkfield
Northern Virginia Power Company
Irene Mathews
Maybell Kemp
Hampton
K. W. Adams
South
Boston
Mrs. Adams
W. T. White
F. R. White
George R. Cook
Princeton, N. J
John S. Brown
William Cochran
David H. Hartman
Fred Macebone
Archie Carey Randolph
Middleburg, Va
Pearl Grim
Rockville, Md
Edward Brown
E. C. Haislip
G. F. House
Marion Elliott
Cambridge, Md
Boyd Headley
City
B. J. Hillidge
Front Royal
Rotary
John Williams
Washington, D. C
H. D. Fuller
George Smith
Atlantic City, N. J
Mr. Allen Peery
John H. Seal, Sr
E. B. Butler
Clarke County
Negro
Oficer
Baltimore Street
Lindbergh
Calif
Leonardo da Vinci
Mt. Cabin
Los
Garber Mfg. CO. S. Braddock St
Charlestown
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