Textile Workers elect McMahon as president amid strike threat
In New York on August 17 Associated Press reports Thom as F. McMahon was re elected president of the United Textile Workers of America. He urged President Roosevelt to force textile leaders to conference and warned General Hugh Johnson is not high enough to avert a general strike. Debate over whether the strike will be called by Sept 1 continues with Francis J. Gorman and William F. Kelley also elected to key posts.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Roosevelt
McMahon
United Textile Workers
Hugh Johnson
NRA
General Johnson
United States
William F. Kelley
Philadelphia
MAKE ME OFFER For Three Shares of Stock Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Offer sought for three shares of Farmers and Merchants National Bank stock in Winchester. Respond to Box 227 Strasburg Virginia. IP-1T
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Strasburg
Jack Frost Sunday Special Ice Cream Offer
The ad promotes a Sunday special offering one pint sherbet free with each quart of ice cream. It lists a price of 30 cat and includes a cryptic tag ip-1it, suggesting a limited time promotion from a local shop.
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Jack Frost
Prison Break Leads to Full Penitentiary Investigation
Richmond Va Aug 17 Major Rice M Youell superintendent planned a complete investigation of the escape of five convicts from the state penitentiary. Leader was Bill Lynn 27 serving 45 years for a Lees county bank robbery who took Guard Coffey's pistol. Five men fled yesterday four captured within three hours the fifth later. They were trapped in woodland about 30 miles from the penitentiary after abandoning a stolen car. None offered resistance.
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Associated Press
Richmond
State Penitentiary
Rice M. Youell
J. W. Coffey
Edward Veal
Lynn
Claiborne Layne
Paul Austin
Wellford Hayden
Hard Rocks of Mountain Delay Skyline Drive Opening
Senator Byrd told by Thomas H. MacDonald that little more than the Panorama to Skyland stretch of Skyline Drive can be opened this fall. The parkway in Shenandoah National Park faces delays due to hard Blue Ridge stone not packing, delaying asphalt topping until after winter.
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Associated Press
Washington
Byrd
Virginia
Thomas H. MacDonald
Public Roads Bureau
Skyline Drive
Panorama
Skyland
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia Recreational
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Roosevelt
MacDonald
A. E. Demary
Blue Ridge Mountain
Rain Delay Pushes Event to August 17 at Clearbrook Church
The event scheduled for Friday evening at 5 p.m. at Clearbrook Presbyterian Church is moved due to rain. Organizer Ip-11 confirms the revised timing and location remains the church grounds.
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Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
Coffman fatally shoots self after note to wife found
Jacob Coffman of the Airport Filling Station in Shenandoah County fired a .22 Stevens rifle at about 11 AM, wounding himself in a suicide attempt. He left a cardboard note to his wife Harriet Seabright Coffman and asked Mrs. Fletcher to watch for his return. He remained hospitalized in critical condition at Memorial Hospital afternoon.
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Jacob Coffman
Millwood
Front Royal
Memorial Hospital
Coffman
Shenandoah County
Emory
C. Lee Barr
Ernest Dove
Charles R. Anderson
G. G. Snarr
Harriet Seabright Coffman
Mr. Fletcher
Fiddle and Jew's Harp Artists At The White Top Folk Festival
Hundreds of Virginians and neighbors gather for the fourth annual White Top Folk Festival in White Top Mountain Va. Performances open with Winston Wilkinson and Marie Wilkinson at Marion College. Maryland Pennsylvanian fiddlers and Jew's harp artist David Orebaugh join Virginia, North Carolina entrants with tunes like Billy in the low ground and Speed the plough. A festival message from Lady Nancy Astor arrives. Roosevelt party ties noted.
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White Top
White Top Mountain
Virginia
Winston Wilkinson
Marie Wilkinson
Marion College
Mountains
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
David Orebaugh
Rockingham County
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nancy Astor
Dr Myers Hosts Rotary Club Meeting in County
Dr Walter Myers hosted the Rotary Club gathering at his home on the Northwestern Grade last evening at 6 30. The summer event drew many members for a relaxed program featuring Nail's Orchestra with stringed instruments. Members shared humorous experiences and no business was transacted. supper was served by Tokes of the Tokes Inn.
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Walter Myers
Rotary Club
Nail
Tokes
Tokes Inn
Dairymen Defy Charlottesville Milk Board in Protest
Charlottesville Aug 17 Independent dairymen refuse to raise prices as commanded by the State Milk Commission. Albemarle Independents' Association president L A Ward calls the board monopolistic and socialistic. Local dairyman T R Moore debates accepting a post on the new local milk board while criticizing the milk act as unfair.
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Associated Press
Charlottesville
State Milk Commission
L. A. Ward
Albemarle Independents’ Association
T. R. Moore
Albemarle Dairyman
Modern Glasses Add Dignity and Comfort to Wearers
Modern glasses bring dignity and charm while reflecting current styles and offering eye comfort. Prices are lower than competitors. Hodgson and Brown, lo 11, registered optometrists.
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Hodgson. & Brown
Public Auction at Court House on August 18
A public auction is scheduled at the Court House on Saturday at 12 o'clock. Items include 20 shares Potomac Edison Preferred and 10 shares Virginia Apple Storage Common. Dunn & Duvall, auctioneers. Additionally catalog notes special values in Holeproof Hosiery at Moling & Cather's.
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Court House
Potomac Edison
Virginia Apple Storage Common
Dunn & Duvall
Moling & Cather’s
Yard Party at Red Bud School House Set for August 22
A yard party benefit is planned at Red Bud School House on August 22 with funds directed to the Church. Organizers urge community turnout for a social event featuring local support and activities.
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Red Bud
Benefit Church
Republicans To Name Delegates On August 23
Winchester and Frederick county Republican committees call a mass meeting at 8 p m in the courthouse on Thursday August 23 to name delegates and alternates to the Seventh District convention in Harrisonburg August 30. Delegates are based on Hoovers 1932 vote with Shenandoah county receiving 50 units the largest. State Chairman McCormac of Winchester will speak and a Republican club is growing locally. The Harrisonburg meeting aims to nominate a candidate to oppose Representative A Willis Robertson.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Harrisonburg
Hoover
Shenandoah County
McCormac
H. B. McCormac
A. Willis Robertson
Marlboro Fair Adds Five Days Of Horse Races And Exhibits
UPPER MARLBORO Ma Aug 17 Five days of horse races and exhibits of every description are listed as attractions at the annual Marlboro Fair which will run August 28 to September 1 in Marlboro.
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Associated Press
Upper Marlboro
Marlboro Fair
Local Stocks at Auction This Saturday Noon
Local stocks to be sold at auction Saturday August 18 at 12 noon. Listed holdings include 15 shares Colonial Brick Corp 57 shares City Service common 32 shares Geo Washington Hotel Corp preferred and 26 shares common 200 shares Gray and Sheetz Inc. Bond of $500 in trust. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall.
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C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Corp
Colonial Brick Corp
City Service
Geo. Washington Hotel Corp
Gray & Sheetz, Inc
Dunn & Duvall, Aucti
Rouss Company Wins Honors In Annual Parade
The Rouss Fire Company led by 152 uniformed members and supported by about 50 Sarah Zane members won the largest contingent prize in the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association parade at Waynesboro. Rain delayed the event but eight bands and four drum corps joined five companies in the procession. The $100 award recognized the largest number of participants, with Mechanicsburg claiming best line, Newport best distance, and other honors awarded to various teams and equipment.
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Winchester
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Wawnesboro
Penna
Rouss
Sarah Zane Company
Newport
M. D. Weaver
Reuss
Seagrave
la France
Ryneal Company
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Rescue Hose Company
Greencastle
Independent Hose Company
Frederick
Mechanicsburg
Good Will
Chambersburg
Junior Fire Company
Shippensburg
Cumberland Valley Hose Company
Junior Hose Company
Ella M. Reichard
L. Shank
Ellis
Landis Machine Company
William and
Frank Crider
Roving Gentry To Be Sent To State Roads
Chief Hollis orders police to arrest roving gentry on vagrancy charges and send them to state roads for hard manual labor as a partial solution to the vagrancy problem. Over recent days 21 vagrants have been sent to the highways, with three road sentences yesterday. Some strangers, including several black women, were escorted out of town with warnings not to return. Continued on page six.
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Hollis
Willie
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Roosevelt must avert textile strike declares union chief
World News at a Glance reports Thomas F. Mc Mahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, warning that only President Roosevelt can avert a general strike in the cotton textile industry. Other items note Sam Holley killed in Cabon Hill Alabama, Byrd told Skyline Drive access may be limited, Huey Long criticized by Dr Hiram Evans, Labatt ransom under $50,000, Hitler asserting peaceable aims, and protests against Gov Pearson’s regime in St Croix.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Roosevelt
Cabon Hill
Ala
Sam Holley
Washington
Byrd
Panorama
Skyland
New Orleans
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Huey Long
Toronto
John Labatt
London
Hamburg
Hitler
Germany
St. Croix
Paul M. Pearson
Klan Aims to Remove Huey Long Says Imperial Wizard
ATLANTA Aug 17 Huey Long labeled a menace to organized society by Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Dr Hiram W Evans who said the call to remove the senator has been sounded and that Louisiana Klansmen will act while the national organization stays out of Louisiana. Evans claimed strong Klansmen in Louisiana ready to move at the first opportunity. In Baton Rouge Joe Messina a Huey Long aide and highway police member arrested F Edward Herbert and Leon Trice for contempt of the Senate finance committee but the arrest was not pressed and the two were released.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Huey Long
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
National Organization of the Klan
Louisiana
Evans
Dr. Evans
Cus
Police Halt $150000 Kidnapping Payment Plot
Police authorities prevented a ransom of 150000 demanded by kidnappers. The victim, claimed unharmed, prompted officials to explore angles as the case marked a first in Dominion history. Investigators consider possible links to Detroit's Purple Gang.
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Dominion
Purple Gang
Detroit
Uncertainty About Ransom Being Paid
Toronto reports probe into John Labatt kidnapping shows two rival claims. One says less than 50,000 dollars paid for his release after 65 hours in captivity. The other says the full 150,000 dollars demanded was posted. Police and officials pursue suspects amid cooperation concerns.
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Toronto
John
Labatt
London
Brewer
Hamilton
John Labatt
Hugh
A. W. Roebuck
Man
Rainy day reminiscence and rattlesnake tale
A narrator recalls yesterday's heavy rain and playful paddling in the streets. He jokes about farmers giving thanks and teases a newspaper for overdramatizing snake stories, recounting a Pa Frederick rattlesnake on the porch with 31 rattles and a peculiar button.
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Pa Frederick
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T. F. McMahon
Johnson
Youell
Dillinger
Federal Bureau
Senator Byrd
Clifton Emory
The
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller
Mary French
Greenwich, Conn
Ira Hill Studios
Woodstock
Inset
John D. Rockefeller, Jrs
John D
Dr. Myers
County
Dairyman
Defy Milk Board
Rouss Company
World News
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