Swimming Pool Cleared by Health Officer in Winchester
Dr. Lewis M. Allen, health officer, announced the Winchester-Frederick Red Cross pool is clean with ongoing chlorine testing. The pool attracts small crowds, 175 members enrolled, with memberships priced at 3, 2, and 1 for successive family members. Guest rates are 15 cents for children under 14 and 25 cents for others. A water pageant is planned after season end in September, and beginner and adult classes run on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with sizable attendance.
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Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Lewis M. Allen
Star
Allen
Helen Wright
Winchester
Éhilirén
Roosevelt son takes department store job in Boston
John Roosevelt, youngest son of the President, will work at William Filene's Sons department store after returning from a wedding trip with Anne Lindsay Clark. He will start at the bottom at a modest salary, with a tentative $18 a week figure cited by a store attache.
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Boston
John Roosevelt
the Dent
William Filene
Anne Lindsay Clark
John
Anne
Ton
Bermuda
Abandons Hunt For Giant Clipper
The Japanese steamer Canberra Maru reports it will stop the search for the missing Hawaii clipper due to bad weather. The vessel was ordered to search around Douglas reef, near the last sighting on July 28, while en route from Australia to Japan.
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Tokyo
Hawaii
Winchester and Frederick County Highlighted in Valley Guidebook
Shenandoah Valley Inc. produced a new guidebook with Winchester and Frederick County featured. The pamphlet showcases historic sites, apple industry prosperity, Washington’s early ties to Winchester, and regional growth including roads, schools, hotels, and the annual Apple Blossom Festival drawing thousands of visitors.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Frederick
England
Neck
Virginia
West Virginia
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Lord Fairfax
South
Fort Loudoun
Lord Loudoun
James Wood
F. W. M. Holliday
Harry F. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Old Dominion
United States
Death Calls John Fenton
Funeral services for John M. Fenton a Clarke county farmer were held at the Church of the Sacred Heart Berryville. The 75 year old died at home after a two week illness. Survivors include two sons John M. Fenton Jr Edward D Fenton a daughter in law Mrs Hunter Childs and one grandson Blaine Childs. He also leaves brothers Thomas and Dr James Fenton and sister Mrs Dennis Driscoll.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
John M. Fenton
Clarke County
Berryville
Charles Comaskey
Fenton
Sacred Heart
Thomas
Neil
William Fenton
Thomas Kain
Thomas J. Trier
Winchester
John Fenton
Baltimore
Dennis
Mary Fenton
Mary Collins
John M. Fenton, Jr
Edward D. Fenton
Hunter Childs
Blaine Childs
Thomas Fenton
James Fenton
Dennis Driscoll
Captures Reduce List of Enemies
Washington August 9 Public enemies list cut to four bank robbers and three kidnapers after the arrest of Charles Bird and his wife Barbara in Baltimore. Bird of Cleveland’s Bird gang and his armed wife were arrested by Baltimore detectives near a hide-out. The three kidnappers remain unknown and unsolved.
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Washington
Charles Bird
Barbara
Baltimore
Justice Department
Bird
Cleveland
Bird Gang
G-men
High Flier. Buffalo Woman’s Hen Builds Aerial Nest
Mrs Sherman Dill of Buffalo Missouri reports her hen as a fearless builder choosing a tree for a nest. She rescued one brood hatched aloft and now Biddie is incubating a second clutch in a new aerial nest.
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Buffalo
Sherman Dill
Death Takes Mr Ramburg Ramsburg of Berryville
Berryville Va August 9 David L Ramsburg prominent merchant and bank director died at his home after months of illness He was 56 and brother of the late Charles W Ramsburg Also a long time Berryville magnate he built a mercantile empire and served on the First National Bank board Born October 12 1881 in Vanclaresville West Virginia survived by wife Laura Snyder and children George W Oscar Charles Ramsburg Charlotte Anne Rose Ellen Ramsburg and others Funeral Thursday 10 30 am from his home with Rev L A Parker and burial in Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed among local church and bank officials.
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Berryville
David L. Ramsburg
Charles W. Ramsburg
Winchester
Ramsburg
First National Bank of
William 8. Dix
Mr. Ramsburg
Vancleavesville
W. Va
Laura Snyder
Martinsburg
Julian Berlin
George
Ralph Ware
John T. Lindsey
Alfred Kerfoot
Edward Thoma
Louis Stolle
Frank Humston
Leona Krouse
Maurice Longerbeaen
W. A. Bradford
Roy Potts
George N. Hardesty
Joseph Moore
Il Duce Leads In Abruzzi War Games With Troops
Premier Mussolini marched with his men in a sham battle during army maneuvers in the Abruzzi rugged mountains. King Vittorio Emanuele Crown Prince Umberto the general staff and foreign attaches watched from a stand as Mussolini joined a division for an hour and a half advance through rough terrain aided by machine gun and grenade fire near Tagliacozzo.
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Taglizcozza
Italy
Mussolini
Abruzzi
Vitorino Emanuele
Umberto
Il Duce
Tagliacozzo
Apenines
Briancon
France
Kilmer Yearlings Bring $107 300 At Saratoga Sales Paddock
At Saratoga Springs August 9 a sale of 46 Kilmer Yearlings from Sharpeer's Court Manor in Rockingham county Virginia opened week two of nightly auctions. Total receipts reached 107 300 dollars with an average of 2 333 per head. Top price was 12 000 dollars. Sun Beau, a leading sire from Court Manor, is highlighted for its money winning progeny and a rising line of Sun Briar descendants noted for high earnings and strong racing showings.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Sharpeer
Binghamton
Virginia
Nécayr
Neddie
Sun Briar
Court Manor
Rockingham County
Sons and Daughters of
Sun A
Toys
Suns
Sun Beau
Lions Picnic Planned at Elizabeth Furnace Grounds
Lions Club plans its annual picnic on Tuesday afternoon August 16 at Elizabeth Furnace grounds in the George Washington National Forest near Strasburg. July attendance averaged 96.6 percent with activities including a 25 dollar appropriation for Boy Scout Troop 21 and a 50 dollar grant to delegates for the international convention in Oakland.
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Lions
Elizabeth Furnace
Lions Club
George Washington National Forest
Strasburg
Martinsburg
W. Va
Oakland
Amos L Pugh Remembered As County Old Guard and Banker
Funeral services for Amos L. Pugh 86 were held at Capon Bridge Methodist Church in Hampshire County with large attendance. Rev B F Coe and Rev Preston Sartelle led the simple service. Nine Wolford children carried floral tributes reflecting Pugh’s love of children. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with committal by Rev Dr W W McIntyre. Pugh served nine terms as sheriff and helped organize the First National Bank of Romney and the Southern Methodist Church at Capon Bridge.
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Hampshire County
W Va
Capon Bridge
Amos L. Pugh
B. F. Coe
Preston O. Sartelle
Presbyterian Church
Connie
Candy Wolford
Mr. Pugh
Dorothy Lee
Alma
Willetta
Peggy Sue
Joan Marie
Virginia Mae
Maxine
Janice Wolford
First National Bank of
Romney
Southern Methodist Church
Last Rites Held For Miss Sowers 19
Miss Dorothy Mae Sowers 19 of Clarke County died last Saturday night at 11 in Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was daughter of William Lester Sowers and Lillie Jane Marlowe Sowers and survived by five sisters. Funeral was at 2 PM in the Methodist Church with Rev. W. O. Luttrell. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Dorothy Mae Sowers
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
William Lester Sowers
Rockingham County
Lillie Jane Marlowe Sowers
Evelyn Gaunt
Letitia Marlowe Sowers
Eliza Thomas Sowers
Naomi Flota Sowers
Julia Lee Sowers
Oe Methodist
W. O. Luttrell
Green” Hill Cemetery
Obituary for Rev Amos Clary Baptist Minister of Virginia
The Rev Amos Clary a prominent Virginia Baptist clergyman died Sunday in a Richmond hospital at age 62. He served in Front Royal Natters Bridge Caroline County Bowling Green and Calvary Liberty Bethel and Providence churches and wrote for church papers. Survived by Julia Jackson and two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Jackson Clary. Funeral held at Calvary Church Bowling Green with interment Lakewood Cemetery.
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Amos Clary
Virginia
Richmond
Mr. Clary
Gaffney
S. C
Front Royal
Naturs Bridge
Caroline County
Calvary
Liberty
Bethel
Providence
Bowling Green
Clary
Virginia Baptist Convention
Winchester
the Star
Julia Jackson
Elizabeth H
Mary Jackson Clary
Clay Carr
Boyce
Clarke County
Eugene B. Jackson
Calvary Church
Lakewood Cemetery
Flying Forts Return From Good Will Mission
Three United States Army Flying Fortresses arrived in Bogota on a goodwill mission. They departed at 9.5 a.m. today for the Panama Canal Zone on their way back to the United States after a non stop flight from Miami. They had landed Friday and escorted Edouardo Santos during his inauguration.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States Army
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Miami Fla
Edouardo Santos
Cornwell Rites Held for Mrs Helen Arminta Cornwell
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Arminta Cornwell who died August 1 at her niece’s home in White Post were held at Macedonie Church South. She was the widow of Harvey Cornwell and aged 85. Interment in the family lot at the local cemetery. Survivors include son R. H. Cornwell of Frederick Maryland a sister G W Haddox of this city three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Hllen Arminta Cornwell
Come
White Ps
Macedodie Ha. E. Church
South
Harvey Cornwell
W. D. Mitchell
Reenway A. B. Church
Bushrod Buckley
Eliza Clark Buckley
White Post
R. H. Cornwell
Frederick
G. W. Haddox
Eliza Spielman
Lillian Brown
Baltimore
Clark Cornwell
Near Whites Post
Cooperative To Convene Annual Farmers Meeting in Winchester
The Winchester area hosts the Southern States Cooperative annual meeting at 8 p m on August 19 in Sarah Zane Fire Hall North Loudoun Street. Advisory board members J W Larrick A W Wright Lee Dick J H Funkhouser and E D Prank announce the program featuring talks by J H Punkhouser Mrs A W Wright Dr T K Wolfe and R V Rice with music by Luther D Pifer String Band. Prizes contests refreshments and entertainment are planned as 210 meetings unfold nationwide this summer with John W Larrick presiding.
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Patrons of
Southern States Cooperative
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
North
Loudoun Street
J. W. Larrick
A. W. Wright
Lee Dick
J. H. Funkhouser
E. D
Winchester
J. H. Punkhouser
T. K. Wolfe
Richmond
R. V. Rice
L. E. Spe
John W. Larrick
Association To Recognize Winner In Boxing Title Fight
Edward C. Foster said the National Boxing Association would recognize the tomorrow night winner of the Hi Armstrong Lou Ambers bout as the world welterweight and lightweight champion. Armstrong holds featherweight and welterweight titles. Ambers is the current lightweight champion.
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Providence
R. I
Edward C. Foster
National Boxing Association
Armstrong-Lou Ambers
Armstrong-Ambers
Ambers
Arm Strong
First official US surveys by Peter Jefferson
Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson, conducted the first official surveys in the United States. He was employed by Lord Fairfax to map his royal grant holdings as far as the headwaters of the Rapidan, Potomac, and Rappahannock rivers.
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Peter Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Lord Fairfax
Rapidan
Potomac
Rappahannock
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L. M. Allen
Bear
Pittsburg
Regional Chamber of Commerce
Hopewell
Stephenson
Kernstown
Cedale
Middletown
Kerns
Cedar Creek Battlefield
W. Inn
Old Stone Fort
Belle GA
Shenandoah County
Fort Bowman
Harmony Hall
Higigig
Firestone Auto Supply
N. Main St
Clarke Co
Death
Mr.Ramburg
Kilmer
Saratoga
Miss Sowers
Floyd Ash
Stephens City
Fur Shop
Cornwell
Macedonia
Sarah Zane Engine House
Association To Recognize Winner
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
Braddock St
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