County 10 Meet City 10 Confer for Jail Relief
Frederick County supervisors moved to form a committee to confer with Winchester City Council on jail relief. Plans include an annex or a new jail, with concerns over parking and county property. Other actions included road fund borrowings, treasurer settlement, and a WV road extension resolution.
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Board of Supervisors
Fred ‘Ik
Winchester
Frederick Plaza
Stonewall
Gainesboro
Shawnee
Opequon
Crek
Robert 5. Smith
General County Fund
Smith
West Virginia
Virginia State Highway Commission
Moorefield
W. Va
Baker’s Run
State Line
Virginia
Mountain Falls
West Virginia Highway Commission
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Wardensville
Virginia State Line
Virginia Highway Commission
G. H. Richard
E. W. Adams
Messrs. Richard
Scott Grant
Adams
Branner
Catholic Church Plans Yard Party Fundraiser
Sacred Heart Catholic Church trustees convened a meeting to stage a lawn party for church support. The event is planned for August 21 and 22 in the rectory garden with separate women and men committees appointed to arrange activities.
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Congregation of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Auction Sale at Shenandoah Hotel in Cameron
Household goods and china to be sold at a public auction at the Shenandoah Hotel in Cameron on August 8 at 2 o clock. Mrs. B F Clark conducts the sale with items listed on one page.
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Shenandoah Hotel
N. Cameron
China
B. F. Clark
Farmers Union Picnic at Gainesboro
The Farmers Union picnic will be held at Gainesboro on Thursday August 16. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Farmers’ Union
Gainesboro
Opening of Northwestern Pike Celebration in West Virginia
Cumberland Md Chamber of Commerce joins Northwestern Turnpike Association for the Aurora West Virginia event on August 9. Governors Gore and Ritchie plan to attend as the last West Virginia link of the scenic roadway through the Alleghenies from Parkersburg to Winchester is opened.
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Cumberland
West Virginia
Alleghenies
Parkersburg
W. Va
Winchester
Oakland
Red House
Aurora
Orphan Home Children Give Fine Concert in Lynchburg
The Odd Fellows Home for Children in Lynchburg Virginia staged a concert at Handley High School Auditorium. The orchestra and glee club performed classical pieces and ragtime sketches, featuring skilled youth like Mr Gresham and Miss Finkelstein.
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Glee Club
The
Odd Fellows’ Home For
Lynchburg
Handley High School
Gresham
Mr. Lloyd
Name Contest Nears Deadline for New Shenandoah Theatre
One week remains to submit a name for the Shenandoah Valley Theatres Corporation project. Entrants must include a 50 word or fewer justification for the proposed name. A three month theatre pass awaits the winner. Judges will be announced soon.
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Shenandoah Valley Theatres Corporation
Welltown Yard Party Benefit Aug 16 at Church
A community yard party is planned at Welltown on Thursday August 16 to benefit the church. If rain interrupts, the event will move to Friday night.
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Welltown
Benefit of Church
Winchester Steam Laundry Advertisement
Modern Equipment The best of service. Phone 28. Winchester Steam Laundry offers reliable laundry care with prompt pickup and delivery options.
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WINCHESTER _STEAM LAUNDRY
Rouss Fire Company invited to parade in Washington DC jubilee
At the Charley Rouss Fire Company monthly meeting delegates accepted an invitation to join the Firemen's Parade Committee in Washington DC for Labor Day celebrations on September 3. The unit will march with a sixty piece band and drum corps, aiming for prizes with over two hundred men in line. They declined a Silver Springs Maryland demonstration and will send delegates to Lexington Virginia for the 1929 convention.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
Washington, D. C
Serg
A. J. Bargagni
Rouss Company
Reuss Company
Lee M. Lamp
Marvin E. Gore
L.S. Bowers
D. F. Hottle
Wm. Armel
Augusta Haines
Rouss
Virginia State Firemen
Ocean View
Lexington
Silver Springs
Broadcast Farewell To Comdr Byrd on Seventeen Stations
Seventeen broadcasting stations will simulcast a farewell program for Commander Richard E. Byrd and his Antarctic expedition tomorrow night. The program starts at 7 o clock EST and runs for one hour as the party plans to sail south within a few weeks.
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Associated Press
New York
Richard E. Byrd
Up and Downs Of Stock Market Rally Turns To Losses
New York stocks reversed course after a brisk morning rally. Early gains of 1 to 6 points faded by afternoon as selling intensified. Call money rate rose from 6 to 6.5 percent after about 20 million dollars in bank loans were called.
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Associated Press
New York
W C T U to Hold Thursday Business Session
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet Thursday at 3 PM at Friends Meeting House. Members should bring dues for the year ending August 31. A large attendance is expected.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Friends Meeting House
Come
Closing Quotations On Chicago Grains 1900s
Closing quotations from the Chicago grain market as supplied by W. R. Spielman and Company list Wheat September 1.1314 December 1.18. Corn September 0.98 December 0.74. Oats September 0.38 December 0.40. Rye September 0.97 December 1.90. Baltimore cash wheat 1.29.
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Chicago
W. R. Spielman and Company
General Stock Brokers
North Loudoun Street
Baltimore
Summer Bible School Closes at First Brethren Church
The Summer Bible School at First Brethren Church has closed. A Thursday night 7 45 demonstration will show the work completed. Rev and Mrs Emerson Rohart led the program with teachers Mrs Hugh Ritenour Miss Thelma O Rear and Mrs Jesse TM Bly assisting.
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First Brethren Church
Emerson Rohart
Hugh Ritenour
Thelma O’rear
Jesse ™. Bly
Foot May Not Be Amputated for Miss McKee
Miss Alice McKee, the injured daughter of Mr and Mrs Purcell McKee of North Avenue, remains at Memorial Hospital after a car accident on the Millwood pike. Surgeons hope the foot can be saved if blood vessels are not severely ruptured, despite a compound leg fracture and crushed bones.
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Alice McKee
Purcell. McKee
North Avenue
Memorial Hospital
McKee
Miss McKee
Grocery Stock Damaged By Fire and Smoke in Smith Store
Fire last night at 413 North Kent street damaged L. W. Smith grocery stock valued in the hundreds of dollars and caused building damage also cost several hundred. Bill Dunlop saw flames in the rear and an alarm drew all available ice apparatus to town. Insurance partly covered the loss.
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L. W. Smith
North Kent Street
Bill Dunlop
Smith
Mrs Stone Files for Divorce in Baltimore Circuit Court
Mrs Alma L H Ruggles Stone a Baltimore social figure filed July 13 for divorce from Emory A Stone broker of Baltimore in the Circuit Court. The suit rests on statutory grounds and she is reportedly staying with Mrs Raymond T Baker at Lenox Massachusetts or Saratoga Springs New York.
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Alma L.H. Ruggles Stone
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
Circuit Court of
Emory A. Stone
Stone
Raymond T. Baker
Lenox
Mass
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Baker
Reginald Vanderbilt
Isaac E. Emerson
Burford Apartments
Miles & Edgett
Walter P. Montague
Virginia C. Tyson
Eorge Barnett
George Barnett
United States Marine Corps
Marines
Washington
Wife Admits Knife Killing of Husband in Queens
Mrs Francis Kirkwood was charged with murder after her husband Glenn a 26 year old veterinary surgeon died from knife wounds at a Long Island City hospital. Police say she confessed stabbing him with a bread knife at their Woodside home after a quarrel over alleged infidelity.
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Associated Press
New York
Francis Kirkwood
Long Island City
Glenn Kirkwood
Quarry Accident Costly Eye Injury At Stephens City
Charles Herbaugh, an employee of the M. J. Grove Lime Company at Stephens City, is in Memorial Hospital for surgery to remove an eye after a rock spall in the stone quarries nearly split the eyeball. The operation aims to preserve vision in the other eye.
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Charles Herbaugh
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
Women Broadcast What Platforms Of Parties Mean
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will interpret Republican and Democratic platforms on prohibition in a national broadcast tonight at 6 oclock EST. The program is part of the National League of Women Voters voters service. Willebrandt is assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition cases and Roosevelt chairs Governor Smiths advisory committee for women.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Broadcasting System
National League of Women Voters
Voters Service
Willebrandt
Roosevelt
Smith
Tropical Storm Strikes Florida
A sixty mile an hour wind and heavy rain hit Jupiter Florida today with no damage reported. Radio operators at the naval station reported Nassau Bahamas was also affected yesterday and the wind there had abated. Miss Joanna Rodgers of Front Royal Virginia is staying with Mr and Mrs Julian Rodgers at their home here.
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Associated Press
Jupiter. Fla
Naval Station
Nassau
Bahamas
Joanna Rodgers
Front Royal, Va
Mrs
Julian Rodgers
Hihteir
Pierce Arrow and Studebaker Plan Cooperation
Stockholders approve reorganization with Studebaker taking a substantial interest. Studebaker to invest 2 million dollars for all class B stock and back Pierce Arrow sales, aiming to raise output to 15 000 units annually and form a top four manufacturing group with assets near 200 million dollars.
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Buffalo
Pierce Arrow Motor Company
Studebaker Corporation
Studebaker
Pierce Arrow
All United States Swimmers Reach Semi Finals Except One
All American men and women swimmers qualified for the semi finals in the Olympic event. Thomas Blankenburg of Oakland was eliminated in the first heat of the 200 meters backstroke semi finals. George Kojac of New York set a new world record of 1.0945 for the 100 meters back stroke. Tommy Lown, U S boxing captain, defeated Sanini of Argentina in welterweight elimination. California eight car crew beat Italy in Olympic regatta quarter finals, their third such victory after Belgium and Denmark.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Thomas Blankenburg
Oakland
Cal
George Kojac
New York
Strge
Tommy Lown
United States
Saninfiini
Argentina
Landini
University of California
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Man nsfield Golf Club Forfeit Threat in Tri-State Title Chase
The Mannsfield Hall Country Club eight man team arrived in Harrisonburg for the Tri-State Golf Association tourney but faced a no show from their scheduled opponents. If Belle Haven and Alexandria sides falter, Mansfield could clinch the championship with a forfeit win lifting their score to 71 1 2 points and drawing within reach of Belle Haven at 64.
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Mannsfield Hall Country Club
Harrisonburg
Tri-State Golf Association
Blue Ridge Country Club
Boyce
Mannsfield Club
Fredericksburg
Free Lance
Belle Haven Country Club
Belle Haven
Marrisonburg Country Club
Tri-State Association
Mansfield
Miss Emma Robinson Visits Sister in Berkeley Springs
Miss Emma Robinson has spent several days with her sister Mrs. J. N. Fries at her home in Berkeley Springs West Virginia during a short visit.
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Emma Robinson
J. N. Fries
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Rescue men reach F-14 sub amid dangerous Adriatic salvage
Rescue teams labored through the night to air the crippled Italian sub F-14 in the Adriatic after a collision with a destroyer. Divers attached an air pipe and a hull cable while maintaining submarine communications as crews race to refloat the vessel.
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Rome
Adriatic
Gulf of Pola
Rombe
Giuseppe Missori
Air. Jones
Brindfest
Murdered In Bed By Men Believed To Be Gangsters
Gaetnno Binetti was killed by four men posing as police at his Los Angeles home after midnight. Binetti died from shotgun wounds while his wife was wounded and her relative Maria Binetti reported the killers claimed revenge for an alleged liquor theft. Witness said the assailants wore badges and commanded the scene.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Gaetnno Binetti
Binetti
Maria Binetti
Miinight
Miss Edna Hartley Returns Home to Stephens City
Miss Edna Hartley, after staying with relatives in Martinsburg West Virginia for several weeks, has returned to her home in Stephens City.
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Edna Hartley
Martinsburg
W. Va
Stephens City
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International Illustrated News
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National Elks’ Home
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Richmond
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Richard Walton Tully
International Minstrated News
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