Front Royal Sets Tentative Budget For Fiscal Year
Town Manager L B Dutrow presented a tentative budget showing $39 000 in total expenditures and $59 000 in estimated revenues for the year starting Sept 1 If adopted and revenues meet the estimate the town would maintain strong finances Revenue sources include $34 000 from power and light $12 000 from the water department $9 000 from taxes including bank tax $2 300 from licenses $700 from the justice of the peace office and $1 000 from ABC store profits A public hearing is set for Monday night Aug 26 at 730 pm Information available from council members.
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Front Royal
L. B. Dutrow
Water Department
Trial Justice Office
ABC
Council
V. F. W. Contributions To Local Groups Highlight Meeting
At FRONT ROYAL Aug 15 the Col Samuel R Millar Post 1860 VFW voted 10 to Parent Teachers Association and 25 to Virginia College Eaton Rapids Mich. E W Grant presided due to Sid Johnson illness. E E Marlowe nominated sheriff. Stephens City Serenaders provided music. Post urges eligible veterans to join and meets first and third Mondays.
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Front Royal
Samuel R. Millar
Veterans Foreign Wars
Lions Delegates Report From Mexico City Convention
Front Royal Lions Club heard delegates Percy L. Rogers David Wa Kendrick and Joe Biggs describe highlights of the Lions International Convention in Mexico City Mexico Patterson Franklin Forsyth II received a diamond pin from the club for his early leadership and dedication Rogers praised Mexican culture and the Arts Palace in Mexico City noted next convention to be held in Providence R I and urged attendance Hay guest of the club also spoke briefly.
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Front Royal
Front Royal Lions Club
Arts
Providence
R. I
Rogers
David Kendrick
Joe Biggs
B. K. Hay
Transfer of Five Prisoners from Local Jail to State Farm
The wagon from the State farm arrived at Front Royal and took five prisoners from the local jail to the farm. Those removed were Eddie Showers James McDonald Melvin Mason Ed Perkins and John Black. The last three named are colored.
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Front Royal
State Farm
Eddie” Showers
James McDonald
Melvin Mason
Ed Perkins
John Black
Shenandoah Valley League Standings and Schedule
Shenandoah Valley League standings show Culpeper leading at 9-2 with a .818 pace, followed by Front Royal 6-2 and Harrisonburg 4-6. Week schedule features Staunton at Orange and Charlottesville at Culpeper among five games including Waynesboro at Front Royal.
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W. L. Pot
Culpeper
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Waynesboro
Orange
Staunton
Weavers
Sun
Harrisonburgh
Front Royal Social Notes Hit With Guests And Travels
Front Royal Va Aug 15 Mr M O Simpson Jr hosted a watermelon party at Pine Crest for many friends. Attendees included Roberta Fleming Rachell Fleming Mary Frances Simpson Polly Slaughter and Mrs Burgess Clark plus Maury Kilby Maurice Bowen W Carron Robert Sowers and others from nearby towns. The item also lists visits and travels of locals and notes on health and transportation from Winchester to New York and Canada.
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Front Royal
M. O. Simpson, Jr
Pine Crest
Roberta and
Rachell Fleming
Nineveh
Mary Frances Simpson
Rockland
Polly Slaughter
Burgess Clark
Maury Kilby
Rappahannock
Maurice Bowen
W. Carron
Robert Sowers
Ockland
Bessie Peyton
Edgar Browning
Flint Hill
Washington
Henry Cook
Madge Cook
Canada
Mary Williamson
New York
Convict Escapes Reported From Two Virginia Camps
Front Royal readers were told that two convicts escaped local camps on Tuesday. One man named George Taylor, from Petersburg, was captured later that afternoon. Police continue to search railways and highways for the other escapee still at large.
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Front Royal
Megro
Rileyville
Luray Front Royal
John Marshall Highway
George Taylor
Petersburg
Two Draw Year In Assault Case
In Front Royal Giles Lockhart and Lynn Ramey were found guilty of assaulting Aubrey Chadwell. They received 12 months in jail and a $25 fine plus costs. Both sought an appeal to the circuit court, but by 11 this morning neither posted bond and remained confined.
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Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
Aftenoon
Giles Lockhart
Lynn Ramey
Aubrey Chadwell
Lockhart
Ramey
Harmony Hollow CCC Tops Riverton Lime and Stone
Harmony Hollow CCC defeated Riverton Lime and Stone Co in a 9 to 3 softball victory last evening. Shirley's Frigidaires edged the Lions 6 to 5 in another game. Standings show Harmony Hollow 4 1 .800 and Frigidaires 3 3S with Lions 2 3 .400 amid a Busy slate.
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Front Royal
Harmony Hollow CCC
Riverton-Lime and Stone Co
Shirley
Frigidaires
Lions
Green Hill
Palace
Harmony, Hollow
Silk Mill
Riverton
Rotary
Mechanics At Cincinnati Ask Union Wages
In Cincinnati on August 15, business agents of building trades unions reported WPA project workers refused to work for wages below union rates. About 600 men were on 16 local projects, with 110 painters scheduled to start. Union leaders Fred Hock and E C Bundy gave no estimate of number involved.
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Cincinnati
Building Trades Unions
WPA
Fred Hock
Buildtime Trades Council
E. C. Bundy
Painters’ Union
Massachusetts Lawmakers Challenge Nazi Persecution
Baron von Tippelskirch, German consul general in Boston, urged Saltonstall to veto a resolution denouncing Germany’s racial and religious persecution. Governor Curley defended the legislators saying they voiced American sentiment and called the Nazi program abhorrent to right-thinking people worldwide.
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Baron Kurt von Tippelskirch
Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Germany
James M. Curley
Curley
Baron von Tippelskirch
Markets Show Mixed Activity Amid Choppy Trading
The New York market opened with selective buying and scattered gains while profit taking trimmed gains elsewhere. Closing quotes highlighted diverse stock performances with broad activity in chemicals, steel, autos, and utilities, alongside dull foreign exchange and steady call money conditions.
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New York
Ceeeene
Anc
U. S
France
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Arch Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
Genreal 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
Local Market Prices Note Miscellaneous Feed Items
The Star lists daily market figures with numerous feed items in different bag and barrel units. Prices show Cracked Corn at 1.95, Scratch feed 1.90, and Egg mash around 2.25 to 2.30, plus corn meal and mixed feeds with various price points across bag sizes and sacks.
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ILOUR
Cece
Betas
Wecuke
Baltimore Livestock and Produce Markets Report
Baltimore market notes show steers weak to 25 lower with dull late trade, calves weak, hogs steady with top 12.80, sheep active and steady. Philadelphia eggs and butter steady with modest price levels, dressed poultry unchanged.
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Baltimore
Dept. Agric
Philadelphia
U. S. Dept
Grain futures and cash prices quoted in Chicago and Baltimore
Futures and cash quotations for wheat corn oats rye barley and lard and bellies listed for Sept Dec May months. Chicago prices show wheat 87 3 8 to 1 2 and 89 1 2 to 3 4 with other grains and lard futures. Baltimore quotes No 2 red winter wheat 80 1 2 and local wheat and corn prices with delivery basis at mills.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Oldest Court Records in Virginia and Arctic Daylight Facts
A fragment notes that northern Europe avoids daylight saving time with near midnight sun near the Arctic circle. It also mentions game fish diets and growth, and claims Feastville Virginia holds oldest continuous court records dating to 1682 with Accomack as possibly second oldest.
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Europe
Sweden
Norway
Scotland
Arctic Circle
Feastville
United States
Accomack
Best sellers in ladies apparel and gloves sale
A notice advertises blouses in sizes 14 to 52 and 32 to 44 in sheer voiles organdies batistes and prints. It mentions 100 blouses in the lot and urges early purchase. Also washable white gloves in mesh with organdy cuffs and sample gloves sold in broken sizes, plus sandals at 9c and 10c.
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Warren County
Bureau
The
Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
Ort
Shenandoah Valley League
North Fork
South Fork
Front Royal News
Richard Mudd
Winchester
A. J. Bowen
Eliott Marshall
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Billy Shannon
H. W. Shannon
Mrs. Wales
Sweet Briar, Va
B. V. Atwood
Mary Pritchard
Elzora Finnell
Beverly Fielding Browne
Short Hills
N. J
Roy Mitchell
Tork
O. W. Carper
Dr. Carper
New Castle
Fred Hamilton
Jean
Harold Smith
Hamilton
New York State
von Remount Station
Marion I. Vorhees
Front Royal Remount
Fortress Monroe
Old Point Comfort
S. Byrne Downing, Jr
Old Re Packing Company
Gilbert H. White
Fairlawn Inn
West Main Street
White
Oscar W. Carper
C. C
Harmony Hollow
Carlisle
Dr. White
A. N. Carrol
Court House
Hi Ho
Chinatown
Curley Baron von Tippelskirch
Ma. Fund
Star
T. F. Timberlake
Batiste and
Dimities
Moling & Cather Phone
P. Klompus
North Main St
Ving
Hamburger’s
Bevin
Oxfords
Better Hat
Vier Brassieres
Loudoun St
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