Harrisonburg Tops Champs From Top Ring
Harrisonburg defeats Culpeper 2 to 1 at Culpeper behind Lefty Hutchison in front of scouts and with Shenandoah County All Stars event planned. Hutchison pitches four straight wins with six strikeouts and no walks. Lacy and Baker collect key hits for Harrisonburg.
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Wills
Rapp
Schmidt
Hutchison
Culpeper
Lewis
Lowery
Baker
Campbell
Gacy
Metheny
Hash
Baltimore Orioles
Shenandoah County League
Hack Wilson
Friddile’s
City News
Culpeper Campbell
Brown
Rgman
Bergm
Wallath
Boris
Kibler
Wallach
Amee
Colvin
All-Stars Prep for Final Valley League Games
Front Royal All-Stars travel to Orange for a game with the Orange nine in the Valley League. They then go to Staunton to try for a seventh straight win over Augusta county before returning to face Orange in the season finale.
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Front Royal
Front Royal All-Stars
Orange
Orange Nine
Staunton
Augusta County Nine
Orange Club
All-Stars
Hotel Sponsors Authorize Plans for Front Royal Structure
Front Royal directors and stockholders of the tentative hotel corporation authorized preparation of architectural plans for a new modern hotel. Harry R. Loveless of Washington, D. C., involved in two hotels there, attended and voiced support for a modern fireproof hotel of at least 50 rooms in the near future.
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Front Royal
Harry R. Loveless
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah Valley League Standings and Schedule
The Shenandoah Valley League reports results from yesterday Harrisonburg 2 Culpeper 1 and lists standings with Harrisonburg at 9 4 692 Charlottesville 6 7 462 Waynesboro 6 455 Staunton 6 428 Front Royal 8 2 Culpeper .066.10 3 769 Weavers 182 and Orange 6 8 428. This week’s games include Culpeper at Front Royal and Harrisonburg at Waynesboro on Wednesday.
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Harrisonburg
Culpeper
Charlottesville-Staunton
Front Royal
Charlottesville
Waynesboro
Orange
Staunton
Gasons
Weavers
SUN
Rotary Defeats Green Hill CCC in Softball Clash
Front Royal August 21 Rotary club snapped a winless run by beating Green Hill CCC 8 to 3 marking their first victory of the season. Harmony Hollow CCC also defeated Riverton Lime and Stone Co 11 to 8 with upcoming matches set between Harmony Hollow Lions and Riverton Lime Green Hill CCC.
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Front Royal
Rotary Club
Green Hill CCC
Green Hill Boys
Rotarians
Harmony Hollow CCC
Riverton-Lime and Stone Co
Harmony Hollow
Lions
Green Hill Giuk
Palace Ms
Peegee Harmony Hollow
Silk Mill
Riverton Lime
Rotary
Visiting Ministers to Preach at Old School Baptist Church
Services at the Old School Baptist Church in Front Royal start at 8 PM with Elders W. F. Pruitt of Ruffin NC and J. P. Bass of Woodlawn delivering the sermons as visiting ministers.
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Front Royal
Old School Baptist Church
W. F. Pruitt
Ruffin, N. C
J. P. Bass
Woodlawn
Annie Range Dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital
Annie Range of Flint Hill dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital at age sixty three. She is survived by her husband William Turner and many children. Funeral plans pending as relatives arrive from out of state.
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Annie Range
Front Royal
Flint Hill
Winchester Memorial Hospital
William Turner
Man admits train wreck to rob mail car in Ohio
James Thompson of Hanging Rock Ohio confessed to wrecking a Norfolk and Western passenger train at Haverhill Ohio on the night of April 12 1982 to steal mail. He also confessed to killing 74 year old Mrs California Rogers at her Ironton Ohio area farm in 1933 according to Iron ton Sheriff Bernard Monte.
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James Thompson
Hanging Rock
Norfolk & Western
Haverhill
Bernard Monte
Ironton
Thompson
California Rogers
Shanghai Gateway to Yangtze Valley Trade Flows
Shanghai serves as a gateway for the Yangtze valley home to about 200 million people, roughly one in nine of the world’s 1.8 billion population, highlighting Shanghai’s role in global commerce.
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Shanghai
Great Gateway
Yangtze-kiang Valley
China
Edgewood Hosts and Local Social Roundup in Front Royal
Front Royal society notes over several days with guests at Edgewood Mrs F R Slaughter hosting Joseph McCoy of Washington and others from Brownsville Martinsburg Reform and Strasburg. Notables include Mr Teddy Mathews recovering from an appendicitis operation in Winchester Memorial hospital and Judge A C Carson spending a day in Richmond.
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Front Royal
F. R. Slaughter
Edgewood
Joseph McCoy
Washington
W. H. Licklider
Rockland
Ollie Brown
Licklider
Brownsville
George Garrett
Martinsburg
W. Va
Marston Turner
Salem
Homer Turner
Lillian Turner
Reform
Aubrey Stokes
Arlene Jones
Teddy Mathews
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Funeral rites in Maysville for Wiley Post
Wiley Post is remembered in Maysville Oklahoma, where mourners gathered as his body was carried to the Baptist Church for ceremonies. The town paused on its main street while a single hearse bore the casket amid the quiet, reflective procession.
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Maysville
Okla
Wiley Post
Post
Little Baptist Church
Sherman Indicted For Wife Murder
Fitchburg Mass August 21 Newell P Sherman 26 former church choir singer and scoutmaster indicted by Worcester county grand jury for murder in the first degree in the drowning of his 23 year old wife Alice mother of two children accused of overturning a canoe to drown his wife amid alleged infatuation with a 17 year old girl.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Newell P. Sherman
Worcester County Grand Jury
Alice
Sherman
Apes Resemble Natives Writ Large in Sumatra Tale
Maurice M. Feuerlicht reports in Collier's Weekly that a Sumatra ape closely resembles certain natives. The piece notes the government has decreed killing such an animal would be murder, with corresponding punishment.
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Sumatra
Maurice M. Feuerlicht
Chicago
Tfl
Collier’s Weekly
Parsifal name origin traced to Pecedor
The name Parsifal from Wagner’s opera derives from forms like Per cival and Parzeval, rooted in Welch Pecedor meaning searcher for the basin or cup. The plot centers on the quest for the Holy Grail the cup used at the Last Supper.
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Percival
Parzeval
Warren County invites bids for two school buildings Front Royal Riverton
The Warren County School Board in Front Royal Virginia invites sealed bids by 11 am August 24 1935 for two school buildings at Front Royal and Riverton. Plans are at Eubank Caldwell Roanoke and the superintendent’s office. 5 percent bid bond required with bonds for financing and insurance. The board may reject any or all bids.
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Front Royal
Riverton
Warren County
Virginia
G. Tyler Miller
Eubank & Caldwell, Inc
Architects & Engineers
Roanoke
County School Board
County School Board of
Downy Woodpecker Notes and Historical Swords Mention
The article surveys the Downy Woodpecker highlighting male red patch on head and bark-clinging feet, and describes decayed tree trunks where it perches. It also surveys Damascus swordcraft, noting ancient sharpness and enduring relics. It includes a note on constitutional amendments, and a legend about the peony linked to Apollo and healing in antiquity.
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Damascus
E ‘Her’s
Jilted lover accused in plot to abduct and kill
Joseph Hathaway was arrested after allegedly confessing to a plot to kidnap and murder Ann Fergus. Police found a rope ladder and shovel with Hathaway and he was ordered held for the grand jury on a charge of attempted abduction.
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Ann Fergus
Joseph Hathaway
Hathaway
Grand Jury
Charlie Chan in Egypt at Hables Palace Today and Thursday
Warner Oland stars as Charlie Chan in Egypt at Hables Palace today and Thursday. The film follows a 3000 year old cruise mystery with Stepin Fetchit as Chan’s reluctant aide. Special pictures include Will Rogers and Wiley Post plane disaster and Andy Clyde in I am a Father.
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Charlie Chan
Egypt
Warner Oland
Hables Palace
Stepin Fetchit
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Andy Clyde
I Am
A Father
Every Night At Eight heads to Capitol Theatre
Warner Bros Capitol announces Walter Wanger's musical comedy drama Every Night at Eight starring Alice Faye Frances Langford Patsy Kelly with George Raft. Radio chief Raymond Paige praises the trio after a pre preview. The rom com follows three mint julep factory workers rising to radio stardom with tunes like I'm in the Mood for Love Then You've Never Been Blue Take It Easy Speaking Confidentially.
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Capitol Wed
Alice Faye
Frances Langford
Patsy Kelly
George Raft
Walter Wanger
Paramount
Capitol Theatre
Raymond Paige
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Paige Becam
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Warren County High School
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