Berryville Horse Show Opens With Allen Entries Dominant
In Berryville Virginia opening events eight entries from Dr L M Allens Clifton Farm placed and seven from Llangollen Farm also figured in the top positions. Entries from Springsbury Farm Thomson Sowers White Post and others were among those placing as rain threatened later races.
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Berryville
John Hay Whitney
Llangollen
L. M. Allen
Clifton Fai
Allen
Dr. L. M. Allen
Clifton Farm
Springsbury Farm
Thomson Sowers
White Post
Graham Dougherty
Ray E. Fields
Round Hill
Richard Moler
Charles Town
C. E. Norman
Purcellville
J. W. Orrigan
Waterford
Ayreshire Farm
Upperville
Alfred and
Kenneth Jones
Summit Point
W. van’ Ann Clay Bayly
Middle
Llangollen Farm
Pete
White’ Post
Llangollen _Farm
Arch
Tom DeBois
Hunter
Ralph R. Richardson
Gayard
Winchester
Springbury Farm
Peach Brothers
Camelot
Ann Clay Bayly
Middleburg
Victorian I
Brownie
Jack Lee Payne
Silver Bow
W. Va
Hunter Hacks
Winchester Anticipates County Fair Season Arrival
MA Winchester notes the county fair season opens soon highlighting rural joy in displays of stock poultry hogs fruits grains handicrafts jellies pastries and delicacies. New farm equipment will be showcased and social and amusements provide relief for workers and youth alike.
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Shenandoah County
Page County
Frederick
Hangar Site Recommended For Municipal Field
Major McMullen of the Airport Division recommends a hangar at the Municipal Airport east of Winchester. The site lies east of the south end of the northeast southwest runway to avoid interfering with future field development. Steel for the new hangar is on the field awaiting Washington approval on location.
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Major McMullen
Airport Division
Department of Commerce
Winchester
McMullen
Washington
Cholera Plague Grips Hongkong
Cholera spreads through Hongkong with daily new cases and high fatality. Vaccine supply is disrupted by Sino-Japanese war in Shanghai. China National Airways planes carried 600 pounds of serum to aid Hongkong. Singapore to receive vaccine by air via Imperial Airways.
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Hongkong
Shanghai
China National Airways Corporation
Far
Singapore
Bandoeng
Imperial Airways
Far East Health Bureau
Brookings Plan for Housing Agency Merge Attacked
Chairman John H. Fahey of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board called a Brookings Institution merger proposal for federal housing agencies wholly impracticable and said its savings estimate was unsound. He warned the plan would cause large government losses and told the Senate committee on governmental reorganization. Brookings experts had urged consolidating the Home Loan Board with the Federal Housing Administration.
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Washington
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Brookings Institution
Senate
Brookings
Home Loan Board
Federal Housing Administration
Twins Recovering From Operations
Marilyn and Reay Chadwick, 18 year old twins from Baltimore, underwent appendectomies in the same hospital within three days of each other. Both are recovering and have previously convalesced together from a bout of influenza.
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Baltimore
Marilyn
Reay Chadwick
Reay
Carload of used pipe for sale by Winchester Junk Co
Just arrived carload of used pipe in all sizes for every purpose. Guaranteed. We also buy iron metal rags and similar items. Winchester Junk Co located at 13 Fairfax Lane between Main and Braddock telephone 254. July 29 1p Thursday edition.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Main and
Braddock
Graves wife in line for Alabama Senate vacancy
Mrs. Dixie Graves 55 wife of Alabama governor Alabama lawmakers say she would be appointed if vacancy created by Hugo L Black resignation. The couple traveled from Montgomery by air to Washington and conferred with President Roosevelt aide Marvin McIntyre but did not discuss the Senate appointment.
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Washington
Dixie Graves
Alabama
Atlanta
Drunken Drivers Face Permit Delays After Suspension
State Officer R E Bayliss said about 20 re instatement applications for drivers with DUI suspensions are on hold as insurers refuse to cover vehicles owned by the driver. The law requires proof of insurance even for partly owned or non owned cars, and insurers show little willingness to insure convicted drunk drivers. Continued on Page 3 Col 5.
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R. E. Bayliss
William Hofmeister Left Big Estate
William Hofmeister of Baltimore died April 21 at 87. The first estate account tallies nearly 600000, with potential total up to 1000000. Executor Morris A. Rome, attorney, lists Fred Henninghausen as coexecutor. Hofmeister had theatre business ties and earlier merchant and restaurant work in East Baltimore.
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William Hofmeister
Baltimore
Baltimore Orphans
Morris A. Rome
Fred. Henninghausen
Rome
Hofmeister
South
Linwood Avenue
Yard Party Benefit Plans Partial Sale of Damaged Supplies
A yard party announced for Friday August 20 from 5 to 9 at the Lutheran parsonage 605 S Stewart St to benefit church debt. Damaged wallpaper and paints from smoke must be sold before storeroom repairs workmen. Prices cut on wallpaper and enamel paint. varnish promotional details included. Gardner B. Hillyard listed.
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Lawn Lutheran Parsonage
S. Stewart St
Gardner B. Hillyard
Robert Taylor Defends Manly Image Amid Beauty Label
In New York on August 19 Robert Taylor arrived at Grand Central Terminal as hundreds of fans chased him for autographs. Asked if he thinks he is beautiful he replied that he resents the label and affirmed he is a red blooded man with hair on his chest.
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New York
Robert Taylor
Grand Central Terminal
Pointblank
Philadelphia Sailor Sacrifices Life to Save Shipmates
W T McCallum water tender second class aboard the Cassin died from burns after rushing into a steam filled fire room to shut a broken valve. Six civilian workers also perished. A naval board investigates the cause as repairs had just been completed in dry dock and steam tests were underway.
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Philadelphia
W. T. McCallum
Navy Yard
McCallum
Naval Board of Inquiry
Navy
St. Agnes Hospital
Civvlian
Marshal
Willam W. Behrens
W. T. Cluverius
Champagne spraying taints Cannes mayor feud
Paris police refused to discuss any investigation into who sprayed champagne on the Cannes mayor. John Roosevelt denied involvement, saying two others could be blamed as the mayor reported the incident to U.S. Ambassador Bullet by phone.
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Paris
Surete Nationale
France
Cannes
John Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
U. S
William C. Bullet
Mr. Roosevelt
Grace Lutheran Men to Hold Annual Picnic Tonight
The Men's Bible Class will hold its annual outing at H. B. Dunlap's on Berryville Avenue at 5 PM. If it rains, the event moves to the church social room to avoid extra expenses from postponement.
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Grace Lutheran Church
H. B. Dunlap's
Berryville Avenue
Lost Envelope Recovered Reward Notice at Amherst Street
Missing an envelope from Brown Farmers and Merchants Bank between Republic Filling Station and 326 Amherst Street contained one $5 note four $1 notes and 75 cents in silver. Reward offered. Contact 326 Amherst Street. Pure Food Store advertises modern shopping.
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Republic
Cor. Water & Amherst
Amherst St
Brown Farmers, and
Merchants Bank
Senate passes tax avoidance bill sent to House
The Senate approved the administration tax avoidance bill aimed at curbing use of personal holding companies foreign corporations and multiple trusts to dodge income tax. It was sent back to the House after minor Senate amendments and adopted without a record vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harrison D,miss
Senate Finance Committee
Nater Bridges
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Harrison
Page County Fair Seeks Permanent Charter
S Frank Rosser, manager, announced that Page County Fair has filed with the State Corporation Commission for a charter to place the fair on a permanent basis. He noted the fair’s growth and predicted a remarkably fine event next week for the third consecutive year.
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S. Frank Rosser
Page County
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Rosser
Vaudeville Revival May Boost Hoofers Across Nation
New York Aug. 19 A nationwide revival of vaudeville envisions ending hard times for jobless hoofers jugglers acrobats and henna haired sister singers. A 27 week vaudeville circuit in 20 cities from the east coast to the Mississippi river will operate after a closed shop pact between Isse Hirst of the Hirst circuit and Ralph White executive secretary of the American Federation of Actors. Whitehead said operators in other cities clamored for acts long absent from the boards. Sophie Tucker president of the federation sent congratulations from Hollywood.
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New York
American Federation of Actors
Mississippi River
Isse Hirst
Hirst
Ralph Whitehead
Whitehead
Buxom
Sophie Tucker
Hollywood
Boyish Hamerly Faces Preliminary Hearing For Airline Kidnapping
Houston: Aug 19. Boyish Jack Hamerly 19 awaits a preliminary hearing on charges he kidnapped an airplane pilot while at 2000 feet. The hearing is set for Monday before Justice of the Peace J. M. Ray. complaints say Hamerly also abducted taxicab driver.
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Houston
Texas
Jack Hamerly
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Ray
Hamerly
Bob Hunt
U S Refuses To Move Its Ships From Whangpoo River
US authorities reject Japanese and Chinese bids to move ships on the Whangpoo River. They insist traffic must remain unimpeded to evacuate Americans from Shanghai, signaling that the cruiser Augusta and other vessels will stay near the harbor. British and French officials adopt a similar stance.
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U.S
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
United States
Augusta
Asiatic Fleet
Clarence F. Gauss
Kiyoshi Kasegawa
Whangpoo
Nanking
China
Portugal Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Czechoslovakia Over Arms Order
The Portuguese government in Lisbon announced it severed diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia over an unfulfilled machine gun order. It charged Prague yielded to outside influence, blocking arms delivery, and Cairio de Noticias called Czechoslovakia a Russian stronghold on the central European peninsula.
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Lisbon
Republic of
Czechoslovakia
Portugal
Cairio de Noticias
Iberian Peninsula
Europe
Requests To See Execution Denied
William J. Robinson was refused permission to witness the execution of Major Green for his daughter Mary’s murder. Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing Prison said the request violated custom and law. Robinson noted that Frank W. Case, the husband of New York, also sought to witness the execution.
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Lancaster
William J. Robinson
Major Green
Mary
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Robinson
Green
Lawes
Frank W. Case
New York
Saturday Sale Final Clearance Hats
Margaret L Hodgson lists a sale event with hats priced at $1.00 and 50 cents in a final clearance. The notice notes dates and pricing details for Saturday sales.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Army air corps probes crash that killed two airmen
In Virginia a two seat attack plane wreckage is studied at Bolling Field to determine why Col. William C. McChord of Lebanon Kentucky and Staff Sergeant Michael J. O Connell of Alexandria Virginia died. Powhatan county coroner J E Tilman cites air crash and fire with engine trouble as a supplement. War Department says the crew was on routine cross country flight to Atlanta Georgia.
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Maidens
Army Air Corps
Bolling Field
Washington
William C. McChord
Lebanon
Michael J. O’connell
Alexandria
Richmond
Army
Powhatan County
J. E. Tilman
War Department
Atlanta
Property of late Daniel Metz to be sold Saturday
The property at 503 N Loudoun Street including a large brick house and two building lots will be auctioned in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday August 21. The notice lists the late Daniel Metz as the owner.
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Daniel Metz
Loudoun Street
Court House
Painting and panel Sane Gardner B Hill Yard
Wanted to find home at once for white female collie pup about five months old. Phone 1182.
Shanghai Battle Report Signals Chinese Pressure on Japanese
Chinese infantry attacked Japanese shorelines in eastern Shanghai forcing lines back toward the Whangpoo river. The assault aimed to isolate Japanese forces in Hongkew as reinforcements arrived and plans for a broader front faced disruption.
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Whangpoo
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Ward Road
Yangtzepoo Road
Kiangwan
Hongkew
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Astor House Hotel
Japan
Yangtze
Richmond boy shoots himself with cartridge in street
A 9 year old Richmond boy named Henry Frostick shot his ankle with a cartridge found in the street. He removed a hammer from a tool box and struck the shell, embedding the bullet in his ankle bone. a doctor removed it. His mother is active in Parent Teacher work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ripley
Henry Frostick
O. B. Frostick
Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations
Henry
South Laurel Street
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Sistant
U.S. Senate
Governor and Wife Party
White House
Bankhead
Wm. Hofmeister
Lillian Hillyard
W.T. McCallum
Callum
Police of
U.K
Page County Fair To Seek Charter
Charge
Tientsin
Tangku
Sane Gardner
B. Hillyard
Mason’s
N. Main Street
Tokyo
Lihua
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