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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1934
Page
7
Thousands of Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks march in Hagerstown for a mammoth parade ending a three day convention. More than 2000 delegates choose Havre De Grace for the 1935 gathering.
In Forest Hills, Sarah Palfrey of Brookline Massachusetts looked to reach the Women's National Championship final, with Helen Jacobs or Carolin Babcock as likely semifinal opponents. Betty Nuthall’s upset loss to Maude Levi opened Palfrey’s path, while Jacobs and Babcock faced a potential Friday semifinal clash in the lower half of the draw.
Film fans may expect a hilarious Palace Theatre opening today with Pat Patterson and Herbert Mundin in Call It Luck supported by Georgia Caine Gordon Westcott Theodor Von Eltz Ernest Wood Ray Mayer and Susan Fleming The show runs Wednesday and Thursday and features Buster Keaton in The Gold Ghost
Warner Bros Capitol presents a clean fun comedy “Shoot The Works” with Jack Oakie and Doroth Dell as it closes its three day run. A double feature follows with “His Greatest Gamble” and “The Great Flirtation” starring Richard Dix Elissa Landi and Adolph Menjou, tracing a father’s risky gambles and a famed theatrical romance.
The Colonial Theatre announces a big Saturday double feature with Private Scandal starring Zasu Pitts Phillips Holmes Mary Brian Ned Sparks and Lew Cody plus Fighting Hero with Tom Tyler. Chapter 7 of the serial Vanishing Shadow completes the program.
Leesburg plans a sesqui centennial celebration of American Methodism at the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1922. The opening service features the baptism of Herbert Gray Hobbs by Reverend Jesse Hobbs using Jordan river water. A pageant titled The Romance of Methodism will be staged with 75 characters and a chorus of 100 Negro singers. The church traces to the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1772.
Local golf day drama as Fred L. Glaize Jr. reportedly hit a ball that disappeared after a fine drive from the seventh tee. The ball was found in a temporary green cup, prompting questions whether a true hole in one occurred.
Maryland marks its 300th birthday as a two day pageant in Baltimore on October 5 and 6. About 2,500 participants are scheduled to take part, coordinated by Matthew Page Andrews, chairman of the Tercentenary Commission.
A doctor at a recent inquest warned that cat scratches and bites are serious and often lead to septic infections more than those from any other animals. He emphasized the heightened risk compared with dog bites.
Paul de Gaston a concert violinist denies responsibility after Irene Eilert 28 a blonde died at his Hollywood residence following a visit for coffee. Police quoted a casual acquaintance as the cause of collapse but charges remain.
Bernard and Paul Allen, reunited after his acquittal under unwritten law, start a honeymoon with their two children. The couple plans to return home soon. Mrs. Allen testified about her relationship with James Ryland Wilkinson, who was shot five times on July 4.
Mr Caldwell Daffin of Gerrardstown West Virginia has been spending a few days as the guest of friends at Kernstown.
Nebraska cattle will be pastured and fattened in Alabama Georgia Mississippi and nearby states to feed people on federal relief rolls. Farmers receive pasture rental and hundreds gain work in canneries turning cattle into canned beef.
Melvin H. Purvis, a U S. Department of Justice agent, ends his Dillinger pursuit and plans a vacation in Timmonsville South Carolina. The piece notes his prior assignments in Texas and the Carolinas and shows photos from his time entering service and a current close up after the Dillinger case.
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