Park Officials Inspect Skyline Drive Section
A seven member inspection team from the National Park Service and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads reviewed the northern ten miles of Skyline Drive from Front Royal to Compton's Gap. The drive, though paved, has no surface treatment and is not yet open to general traffic. The project between Compton's Gap and Panorama remains under construction with completion expected soon.
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Front Royal
National Park Service
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Skyline Drive
Compton's Gap
W. M. Austin
Public Roads Bureau
J. R. Lassiter
Shenandoah National Park
H. P. Benson
Scudder Griffing
A. C. Haggard
Shenandoah Park
Robert Williams
Benjamin G. Atwood
Philip W. Turner, Jr
Compton’s Gap
Panorama
Warren primary yields large turnout in Front Royal
In Front Royal and Warren County, 1900 plus voters cast ballots in the county primary, with Marvin Trout-nominate for clerk of court and Stephen Boyd for commissioner of revenue winning as incumbents. Ernest Marlowe, Roy Collins, Sam Winsboro and Jubal Maddox contest sheriff. John Earle leads Cedarville on the board. Wade Hunt dominates Fork. Randolph Updike leads River. Leland Mathews is the South River Republican choice.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Marvin 4. Trout
Hubert H. Marlowe
Stephen D. Boyd
George Wilkinson
Commissioner of Revenue
Ernest E. Marlowe
Roy Collins
Sam Winsboro
Jubal E. Maddox
Board of
John B. Earle
Harry E. Martin
Cedarville
Fork
Wade Hunt
G. W. Duncan
Randolph Updike
Local Driver Found Guilty for DUI in Royal Court
Frank Alger of this county was found guilty of driving under the influence. He received 60 days in jail, a $100 fine plus costs, and a one year revocation of his driving permit by the trial justice court this morning.
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Front Royal
Frank Alger
Horses Sold at Front Royal Auction Draws Buyers
Buyers from Shenandoah Frederick Clarke Warren Page Rappahannock and Fauquier counties attended the Wallihan and Lewin Stables sale in Front Royal yesterday. More than 30 horses were bid in with prices from 75 to 150 dollars and an average above 100 dollars.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Page
Rappahannock
Fauquier
Wallihan and Lewin
Sion
Post and Rogers Take Alaska Flight Without Mrs Post
Wiley Post and Will Rogers departed Seattle at 9 15 a m for Junceau Alaska in a plane cruise. Mrs Post chose not to fly with them saying the trip may be too strenuous and preferring to stay behind.
Shenandoah Valley League Standings and Results
Results from yesterday include Charlottesville 6 Staunton 4 and Front Royal 0 Harrisonburg 1. Standings show Front Royal 8 2 0.667, Harrisonburg 4 3 .571, Staunton 5 7 .125, Charlottesville 4 4 .500, Culpeper ? ? ?, Waynesboro 4 2 .667, Orange ? ? ?. Week schedule lists Culpeper at Waynesboro, Heurich at Orange, Front Royal at Charlottesville, and more across Thu to Sun with multiple city matchups.
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Charlottesville
Staurston
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
W. L
Culpeper
Biese
Waynesboro
Staunton
Heurich
Orange
Thurs
Hutchison Delivers Second Two-Hit Shutout In Four Days
In Harrisonburg Lefty Hutchison pitched a brilliant 1 0 victory over the league leading Front Royal All stars. Stankus matched him with two hits allowed, but a fourth inning run on Bob Baker's RBI single decided the game.
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Front Royal
Lefty Hutchison
Harrisonburg
Front Royal Allstars
Lefty Stankus
Hutchison
Wills
Leaver
Bob Baker
Baker
Paints Gloomy Picture of U S Export Trade
Former Congressman J N Norton, now AAA special field representative, told 5 000 to 6 000 Frederick County farmers at the annual picnic that there is no near term export demand for surplus grain or meat. He urged production curtailment as a consequence. The event drew members from the Frederick County Farm Bureau County Grange Frederick Rural Women's Clubs and the Farmers Club.
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Frederick, Md
Frederick County
J.N. Norton
Norton
Nebraska
AAA
The
Frederick County Farm Bureau
County Grange
Frederick Rural Women’s Clubs
Farmers’ Club of
County
Mackall Resigns as Maryland PWA Director in Baltimore
John N. Mackall resigns as Maryland director of the Public Works Administration. In a letter to Harry Hopkins he says the new federal Works Progress Administration will be more unsatisfactory than the original CWA. He cites failure to approve his Baltimore works program as another reason.
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Baltimore
Federal Works Progress Administration
CWA
John N. Mackall
Maryland
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
MacKall
Farmer Fatally Wounded In Election Dispute
Alvin Cannon, 45, a Mississippi farmer, was fatally wounded late last night after a dispute that began at the city hall during a crowd gathered to observe vote counting after yesterday's state wide Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert. Miss
W. T. Haynes
Alvin Cannon
Increase of 11 Cases of Paralysis Reported In Day
Richmond Virginia August 7 Eleven new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the State Health Department bringing the total since August 1 to 90. Albemarle county accounted for seven of the new cases with three in Charlottesville. One case each came from Botetourt Brunswick Greene and Mecklenburg counties. Mecklenburg and Brunswick were among the first counties to report in the current outbreak. Total polio cases in Virginia since July 1 now stand at 336.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Albemarle County
Albemarle
Charlottesville
Botetourt
Brunswick
Greene
Mecklenburg
Virginia
Bodies Recovered After Colorado Train Wreck
Salida Colorado August 7 three men were recovered from the wreckage of a narrow gauge freight train that derailed on a curve and tumbled down a mountain side seven others were injured and officials warned more may be found R K Bradford Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad said the wreck was caused by a broken air line and engineer L R Ren reported his brake would not work properly as the train began the steep descent.
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Salida
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
R. K. Bradford
L. R. Ren
Markets Report from Baltimore and Philadelphia Aug 7
Livestock and produce prices rise on cattle good and hogs higher with top hogs at 11.40 and calves 8.50 to 9.00 per cwt. sheep and lambs slow with declines. Philadelphia eggs firm at 5,564 establishments with butter unchanged and poultry steady.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Philadelphia
U. S. Dept
Local Market Prices in Daily Star Listing
Prices for patent and cracked grain feeds, corn meal sacks, bran and middlings, mixed feed, and dairy feeds in 16 and 24 percent, with per barrel rates and weights. Livestock quotes include cows steers heifers lambs spring lambs and live hogs with approximate ranges.
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Uys
Fascination for Gold Fish Blamed in Death In Bride Case
A continued examination seeks the exact cause of death in a case linked to a bride. James, 39, owner of a beauty shop, recalls his second wife Wiona dying similarly in 1932 in Manitouch, Colorado. His first wife Vera May Vermillion of Kansas had divorced him.
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James
Wiona
Manitouc
Colo
Vera May Vermillion
Kansas
Market Mixed As Stocks Edge Higher In Parts Of Session
In New York on August 7 the market showed mixed signals with industrials and metals rising to new 1935 highs while oil shares stayed weak and rails and utilities held back. Wheat and cotton barely held ground as foreign exchange showed uneven moves. Notable closes included Allied Chemical 158 3 4 and U S Steel 41 1 2 with a Maryland fund bid 15.67 and asked 17.92.
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New York
Chicago
U. S
Holland
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
Futures and Cash Wheat and Other Grain Quotations
Chicago Aug 7 closing grain prices show wheat Sept 90 3 4 to 7 8 Dec 92 1 4 to 1 2 May 94 to 94 1 8 corn Sept 75 7 8 to 76 Dec 59 5 8 to 3 4 May 61 1 4 to 3 8 oats Sept 30 3 8 Dec 32 1 8 to 3 8 May 34 7 8 rye Sept 44 1 8 Dec 47 May 50 3 8 barley Sept 40 Dec 42 lard Sept 15 80 Oct 15 55 Dec 13 92 Jan 13 50 May 12 90 bellies Sept 18 65 Baltimore Wheat Baltimore Aug 7 P Wheat No 2 red winter garlicky spot domestic 80 3 4 Aug 80 3 4 Winchester Markets Wheat 75 cents bushel yellow corn 90 cents bushel 4 50 barrel white corn 93 cents bushel 4 65 barrel All quotations based on deliveries at mill
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
French Naval Arsenal Employes Return To Work
Brest August 7 under gendarmes soldiers and sailors the employes of the naval arsenal returned to work today. Many wore bandages after injuries in two days of rioting in which one man was killed and about 50 injured. Reinforcements of gendarmes were added to the guard.
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Brest
France
Holt Apperston Edge In Close Primary Win
Voters surged to the polls in yesterday's Democratic primary as Saxon Holt and Apperson battled for the General Assembly nomination. Holt leads with two precincts yet to be counted, while Holt is described as veteran and president pro tem of the Senate.
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General Assembly
Saxon Holt
Senate
Close Virginia primary yields mixed results in 1933 races
Richmond area leads with S. Bernard Coleman defeating H. H. Walton by 15 votes in the 27th district while E. R. Fuller and Hill Montague win in Richmond for the Senate. In statewide returns Norfolk and Roanoke regions show close contests for several Senate seats and House nominations amid a volatile Democratic primary.
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H. H. Walton
Mineral
W. Worth Smith, Jr
E. R. Fuller
Hill Montague
Richmond Provindence
R. I
Rhode Island
House of Representatives
Charles F. Risk
Saylesville
Antonio Prince
Woonsocket
Risks
Prince
Richmond
State Senate
House of Delegates
Walton
Gordon B. Ambler
Senate
Morgan R. Mills
Hunter Miller
Bedford
G. E. Heller
H. B. Apperson
Roanoke
Leonard G. Muse
Hal C. Tyler
Radford
John W. Rust
Fairfax
Hugh Reid
Arlington
Reid
L. C. Painter
Woodson
J. Belmont Woodson
I. Paul Wailes
Robert W. Paniel
Brandon
State Board of Education
David A. Harrison
Hopewell
Petersburg-Dinwiddie
Benjamin Muse
Petersburg
Robert Gilliam
Charles Moses
Samuel L. Ferguson
J. Kent Early
Charlotte
Charles FE. Burks
Lynchburg
Norman R. Hamilton
Portsmouth Star
Roosevelt Triumph Moffat
Portsmouth
Political shuffle and primary results across Virginia districts
In Alexandria and surrounding counties several incumbents were unseated as Maurice Regenburg and others won nominations. Notable races included Emma Lee White’s defeat in Gloucester Mathews by John T. Duval, and Harrison Eadie and B. E. Chapman securing seats in Roanoke. In Staunton Augusta, Herbert McK Smith and C. G. Quesenberg led to the House of Delegates with Neff losing a seat. Moffett moved to the Senate.
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J. Fred Birre
Alexandria
Maurice Regenburg
B. C. Goodwin
Clifton Forge
Alleghany
Lucian H. Shrader
Amherst
A. Mitchell
Mathews
Emma Lee White
Gloucester-Mathews
John T. Duval
Gloucester
White
Leon M. Bazile
Legislative Reference Bureau
Hanover
King William County
E. T. DeJarnette
R. Dixon Powers
Henrico
Harrison Eadie
B. E. Chapman
Salem
J. Sinclair Brown
Roanoke County
Brown
Augusta
Staunton
Herbert McK. Smith
C. G. Quesenberg
Waynesboro
Augusta County
House of Delegates
John D. Neff
Greenville
Quesenberg
Smith
Neff
House
Stuart W. Moffett
Senate
Moffett
W. H. East
Tumulty Testifies About Payments From Utility Firms
Joseph P. Tumulty former Wilson secretary and now attorney testifies he was paid by several utility companies for advice on the Wheeler Rayburn bill. He names American Waterworks Public Service of New Jersey Commonwealth and Southern and City Service Corporation totals 33500 with 2500 payments to two associates and 5000 to Moses. He calls the associates and Moses old friends and sought a congressional viewpoint on the legislation.
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Tumulty
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
Wheeler-Rayburn
Black
American Waterworks
Public Service of New Jersey
Commonwealth and Southern and
City Service Corporation
Moses
RNH
Hurley Faces Subpoena as Hopson Hunt Intensifies
Clashes unfold on Capitol Hill as Patrick J. Hurley refuses to reveal Hopson's whereabouts. House Rules Committee subpoenas Hurley while Senate probes lobbing amid a gas and electric fight. Investigators search Hurley's Belmont estate and press offices for the missing Hopson and related records.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Congressional
Capitol Hill
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
House Rules Committee
O’connor
Hurley
Belmont
Leesburg
Hopson
O'Connor
Senate Lody
Associated Gas and Electric
SGN Vest
William Collins
House Committee
White House
Collins
Basil O’connor
Chairman O'Connor
Roosevelt
E. A. Pierce
Mr. Hopson
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Bureau
Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
North Fork
South Fork
Shenandoah Valley League
Front Royal News
James Mars
Alice
Virginia Sowers
Rockland
Doris Tootle
Mendes, Ga
Robert and
Henry Gasawaye Sowers
Hedgesville
W. Va
C. Jett Cunningham
Warren County High School
Winchester City Men’s
Edward Willey
Edward, Jr
Mr. Willey
L. C. Willey
Kathleen Warren
Miss Warren
Washington, D. C
Ford Hallam
Little Son
W. C. Deming
Addye Yates
Miss Hallam
Gladys Cook
Margaret Reeves
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Nannie Porter
Mary Burress
Mape Shade
A. F. Clarke
Lillian Skyles
Catonsville, Md
Tucker Watkins Tayloe
Calvary Episcopal Church
Palatka
Florida
Tayloe
Theodore Massaeus
Canada
Brookside Dairy
Johnson and Johnson Sanitary
Front Royal, VA
Farmer
Star
MD. Fund
Holt
Apperson
Clarke County
Wwtt
Barbner Eee
Crampton
Greenster
Hardesty
Levi
Thomas
Reid An Aeeee
Sheriff
Feltner Tener
Rutherford Fete Ween
Long Marsh
Rutherford
Rust
Reid Alexandria
Prince William
Alexandria City
Associated Gas & Electric
P. J. Hurley
Valu
Congress
Col. Pierce
Mr. Hurley
Pierce
Rocems
Fairmont Avenue
Loudoun Street
Peyton Street
Cork St
Davis Grocery
South Braddock St
S. Braddock St
Loudoun St
E. Piccadilly
E. Piccadilly St
Kernstown
Pike
S. Kent Street
Martin Wisecarver
Parker Armature Co
S. Main
Roger
Gerrard St
Chambers Gas
Monmouth St
N. Kent
York
J. W. Keyser & Co
Army and Navy
Shawnee Ave
S. Cameron St
Care Star
M. H
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jack
Stewart Inn
S. Stewart
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