Camping Season Closes For Boy Scouts On Capon River
Boy Scouts Troops 2 3 21 and 40 of Winchester closed a two week encampment at Camp White Rock on the Cacapon river with a banquet and camp fire. Six former Eagle Scouts were honored, and awards and camp letters were presented by Shenandoah Area Council staff.
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Capon River
Boy Scouts
Winchester
Camp White Rock
Cacapon River
Eagle Scouts of
Fred Stine
E. B. Cooper
Rotary, Kiwanis
Lions and Legion Clubs
Joseph C. Ritter
White Rock
Shenandoah
William Jaynes
Eagle Scout
Baltimore
John 8. Scully
Flaming Arrow
Preos
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Ray Garfabrandt
Wilfred Cather
Green Bar Patrol
Lawrence Jones
Troop
Ray Garrabrandt
Shenandoah Area Council
Joynes
Mr. Jones
Ray Gerrabrandt
James Botts
Methodism In High Hopes Over Church Merger
Chicago reports United Methodism seeks to reunite the three branches under a single constitution. Approval by a joint commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church moves toward a merger affecting 8 million communicants, 20 million adherents, and a billion dollars in church property. Decision rests with 20 million Wesley adherents with conferences over six years.
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Chicago
United Methodism
John Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Church
Serious Oil And Gasoline Shortage In U S Feared
San Francisco August 18 experts warned of a serious petroleum and gasoline shortage in the United States within five to eight years. Dr Benjamin T Brooks and geologist L C Snider said imports would rise and prices would climb as consumption grows, with a shift to smaller low powered cars expected.
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New Chemical Society
Benjamin T. Brooks
New York
L. C. Snider
Henry L. Doherty & Company
Dr. Brooks
The
Society
Brooks
Energy policy talk cites reserves, substitutes and imports
A official statement argues five years of supply, regardless of proved reserves at 10 or 15 years. The speaker notes substitutes such as shale oil and coal-derived oil by hydrogenation will supplement imports.
High Lights In News of World Over Week End
Domestic items report White Horse Yukon bodies returned to the United States. Washington eyes early Congress adjournment as President attends conference. Republicans press westward 1936 nominating poll, Borah leads. Banks purge $1.13 trillion in questionable paper. San Francisco foresees petroleum gasoline shortage next decade. Chicago housewives strike may spread over meat prices. Hopkins Missouri judge guarded amid possible farmer violence. Foreign notes Paris-Italo Ethiopian talks collapse. Geneva talks anticipated in September. Duce urges troops to stand ready. Ethiopian royalty prays for halt. Koenigsberg minister denounces Jew baiting as harmful to German business. Liverpool fog-bound steamers collide. six sailors killed.
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Yukon Territory
Post
Rogers
United States
Washington
Congress
West
Borah
Lucag G. O. P
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U. S
Chicago
Hopkins
Paris
Geneva
Tr Duce
Koenigsberg
Germany
Reich
Liverpool
Irish
Banks Cleared of Stamp Debris in Federal Sweep
The FDIC reported a vast bank consolidation of losses in 1934 affecting 14,124 insured banks, with 1,664 exempt lenders. Banks wrote off 1.13 billion dollars in asset write downs as capital rose 650 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Fired loans and investments totaled 550 million of the write offs. Net earnings stood at 445 million with 290 million recovered from prior write offs.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Reconstruction Corporation
New Janitor Makes A Startled First Day Arrival
A rushed police response followed a call about a new janitor arriving at 3 am. He stated he would wait until 6 am for the regular start, and the scene settled as a patrol car arrived to assess the situation.
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Mont
Circus Clowns Read Congressional Gags in Washington
Circus clowns will read the congressional for new gags in Washington as part of a playful effort to entertain lawmakers and showcase comic routines during a legislative session.
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Washington
Congressional
Garmer’s Tin Taken by Vice President Visiters
The passage notes Earl Shipley, a young chalk-faced vaudeville performer, being introduced to Garner by Representative Maverick of Texas. Garner proposes Maverick show Shipley the House in action, suggesting it could yield earnings to aid Shipley’s business ventures.
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Garmer
Earl Shipley
Washington
Garner
Maverick
D.-Tex
Shipley
End of Egypt’s Independence and Ring Belief
Egypt ceased to be an independent kingdom in 525 B C when Pseamtek III was deposed during Persian conquest. It later fell to the Greeks and Romans, becoming a Roman province in 30 B C. An old ring belief warns that a ring placed by another brings bad luck if it is removed.
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Egypt
Pseamtek III
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