Orville Willey Named President At Tri-County Odd Fellows
Tri County Odd Fellows Association in Middletown Va elected Orville B Willey of Middletown as president for the coming year with other officers named Joseph B Funk C A Menefee W E Edwards and John A Fisher. Front Royal will host the October meeting. Col Parker Deans urged neighborliness and brotherhood beginning at home and extending outward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Col. Parker
Deans
Tri-County
Odd Fellows Association
Claude B. Stickley
Virginia Odd Fellows
Marsh Run
Col. Deans
Odd Fellows
Willey
Orville B. Willey
John B. Bywaters
Madison Lodge No. 6
Winchester
Joseph B. Funk
Stephens City
C. A. Menefee
Front Royal
W. E. Edwards
John A. Fisher
Berryville Horse Show Closes With Rising Attendance
Berryville Horse Show ends as crowds swell and 2000 plus spectators pack grandstand and mid ring areas. Mrs Whitney rides her own entries including Bon Diablo and Einpril lis while Langollen Farm takes several victories in three year olds and hunter classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langollen Farm
Little Ann Bayly
Whitney
Llangollen
Virginia
Purcellville
Belmont Farms
D. C
L. M. Allen
Tips on staying cool from a magazine editor and army doctors
A magazine editor relays tips to reporter Chamberlain on beating heat. Army doctors favor hot corn bread for easy digestion and advise meals like chops and liver, plus vinegar or lemon juice to quench thirst. They stress eating heartily, wearing cool colors from white to light blue, and keeping peace to avoid heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Tropics
U. S. Army
Lions elect C F Schenck president in Winchester
C F Schenck of Winchester has been installed as president of the local Lions Club. Under his leadership the club plans to push its service program focusing on aiding the blind and other community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Schenck
Winchester
Lions Club
Mr. Schenck
Lions
Black Hoods Indicted in Detroit Case
In Detroit on August 21 Circuit Judge Moynihan set August 31 for trial of 11 of 14 Black Legion members charged with murder in the Poole execution last May 12. Virgil F of Lima Ohio named national head among 21 indicted for criminal syndicalism for advocating terrorism to pursue industrial or political reform. Conspiracy charge carries up to five years. maximum penalty 10 years and $5,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joseph A. Moynihan
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Virgil F
Lima
Ohio
C. McCrea
Hooded Order
James E. Chenot
Effinger
Quail Season Sought Closed in Clarke County
A Clarke county petition seeks to close the quail season this fall to protect dwindling birds. Backers argue West Virginia counties closed their seasons, risking invasion and further quail loss. Ralph N. Dorsey supports conservation, and the plan will go to the State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Jefferson
Berkeley
West Virginia
Clarke
Ralph N. Dorsey
State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
For Sale Fresh Peaches From Cedar Creek Grade
FOR SALE Peaches No 1 and No 2 by F J Marshall Cedar Creek grade Phone 24F31 8 19 1p 3t. SWEET CORN fresh picked hourly Millwood Pike opposite Baseball grounds 8 20 1p 6t. Tele phone Stephens City 18 F 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood Pike
Stephens City
F. J. Marshall
Cedar Creek
Anniversary marks 32 years of Winchester Bell service
Celebration notes Southern Bell and Telegraph Company history in Winchester from 1904 to present. Edwin C. Hill cites growth from 125 instruments to over 2,600 phones serving 16,000 daily calls. Key local staff include Edgar A. Crowl and Charles H. Smith with supervisors Mrs. Louise V. Pingley and Mrs. Hazel M. Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Winchester
Edwin C. Hill
Washington
Winchester Telephone Company
Clarke County
Bell
Evening Star
United States
Bell Telephone System
L. J. McElligott
Bell Telephone Office
Harry F. Byrd
Annie Hollis
Willetta Wierman
A. A. O'Leary
McElligott
Edgar A. Crowl
Charles H. Smith
Louise V. Pingley
Hazel M. Nelson
Frederick County
Arabian Nights Code Smuggling Ties to Trotzky Plot Trial
In Moscow Aug 21 a trial of 16 confessed plotters featured testimony about using a copy of the Arabian Nights as a secret code between T Smirnoff, head of the Moscow Trotzkyites, and Svedoff, Leon Trotzky's son in Berlin. Holzmann described the coded exchanges, including a remark by Trotzky about removing Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Edward Solomonovich Holzmann
T. Smirnoff
Witness claims confession in hotel murder under duress
Martin Moore testified he signed a confession to Helen Clevenger’s murder after a threatening man from New York allegedly promised to kill him. Defense called Moore first as it seeks to avert gas chamber for murder and first degree burglary. State presented two witnesses including a fingerprint expert who noted bloody smudges on a lampshade in the hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
New York
George Garrison
J. F. Clevenger
Great Kills
Staten Island
N. Y
W. L. Clevenger
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Council Meeting Set For Tonight
A special Common Council session was postponed to this evening due to lack of a quorum. Absent members and other constraints kept many away while debate centers on land purchase for a dump or building an incinerator and the meeting is not expected to last long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Dr and Mrs Miller Vacation in Virginia Beach
Dr James A Miller and his wife are on a ten day vacation in Virginia Beach. Dr Miller will return to his office on Tuesday, September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. and
Mrs. Miller
James A. Miller
Virginia Beach
Dr. Miller
Martinsburg Blue Sox at Winchester Park game details
Lat at Winchester Park features Hack Wilson's Martinsburg Blue Sox. Bleachers 15c and grandstand 25c. Public notice promotes attendance at the local baseball event with pricing per seating area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park
Hack” Wilson
Martinsburg “Blue Sox
Grandstand
Welcomers Prepare For Unified Virginia Conference Week
The city gears up for September 14 events with welcomers, toastmasters, and pastors invited to open the Vernon conventions of the League of Virginia Municipalities, Police Executives Association, Building Officials Association, and Weights and Measures Association. Marshall to deliver welcome at Municipal League opening with invocations by Dr Sydenstricker, and toastmaster Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Virginia Municipalities
Virginia Police Executives Association
Virginia Building Officials Association
Virginia Weights and Measures Association
Morton L. Wallerstein Ereasens
Baelfice
Peyton J. Marshall
Common Council
Mr. Marshall
Municipal League
Hubert Sydenstricker
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Richmond
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Philip Williams
17Th Circuit
W. W. McIntyre
South
Donald Weems
Police and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
R. B. Nelson
John H. Rosenberger
George Earle Owen
Andrew Bell
Sale of E. J. Snapp properties at courthouse noon
Brick residence at 319 East Piccadilly Street and concrete block home at 690 Berryville Avenue will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on August 22. See sale bills 8-18-1p-41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Snapp
East Piccadilly Street
Berryville Avenue
Court House
Ten Thousand Guardsmen Parade Before Army Officers
INDIANTOWN GAP Pa Aug 21 Ten thousand National Guardsmen of the Twenty-ninth Division paraded for Gen Malin Craig and Maj Gen Milton A Beckford after two weeks of summer training Distribution of pay checks marked the final day The Virginia units head home by rail and motor to Baltimore Alexandria and other stations with return dates set for Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
Twenty-ninth Division
United State Army
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Milton A. Beckford
Malin Craig
James Bowley
Third Corps
Heavi
Fifty-fourth Field Artillery Brigade
Baltimore
Officers of Company to Reach Home Tomorrow
Paul R. Hartman captain and Lawrence C. Hollis first lieutenant of Head quarters Company announce they will reach their home here some time tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Hartman
Lawrence C. Hollis
Roosevelt to Convene Drought Conferences Across West
President Roosevelt dispatches invitations to Gov Landon and several state governors for drought conferences starting August 27 in Bismarck and Des Moines with a large regional tour. He will meet officials in North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan and Ohio before a Sept 5 Hyde Park return. Landon says he will attend the Des Moines meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Landon
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Des Moines
Washington
Bismarck
N. C
Welford
North Dakota
Goveror Holt
Montana
Berry
South Dakota
Miller
Wyoming
Pierre
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Rochester
Minn
la Crosse
Wis
la Follette
Hannibal
Indianapolis
Governors McNutt
Indiana
Chandler
Kentucky
Davey
Ohio
Fitzgerald
Michigan
Meade Memorial Service Sunday at White Post Church
The Meade Memorial Service will be held next Sunday morning at Mead Memorial Church in White Post conducted by Rev. Dr. C. T. Warner of St. Albans Washington D C. Sunday School is at 10 o'clock and there will be no kindergarten class this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Memorial Church
White Post
C. T. Warner
St. Albans
Washington, D. C
Yard Party and Winchester Milling Auction Notice
Yard party set for Friday August 21 from 8 to 10 p m at the lot adjoining Ed Lupton at 625 58 Stewart Street. Also notice of Hiett Sale of Winchester Milling Corporation on August 22, 1936 with details on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lupton’s
Stewart St
Hiett
Winchester Milling Corporation
Livestock Sale Notice at Winchester Livestock Sales
Saturday August 22 livestock owners urged to bring all stock for bids at Winchester Livestock Sales. Auction seeks strong prices and brisk demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Livestock Sales
VFW Fourth District Rally Includes Van Zandt Address
The Fourth District VFW rally is set for next Sunday with National Council Member F. C. Devericks in attendance. He will be accompanied by A. Lee Coble of Winchester Post as presiding officer, and James E. Van Zandt, commander in chief, will deliver a feature address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth District
F. C. Devericks
National Council
Devericks
A. Lee Coble
Winchester Post
James E. van Zandt
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Landon Opens Speech Tour Aboard Train En Route East
Gov. Alf M. Landon opens his campaign tour aboard the train heading east after an Omaha stop. He notes a drought conference called by Roosevelt and plans seven platform stops in Iowa before continuing toward Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Mount Rushmore
Des Moines
Iowa
Hannibay
Springfield
London
Omaha
Neb
Alf M.landon
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Landon
Alf M. Landon
N. Y
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Nebraska
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Winchester Junk Co Ad Lists Iron Rags Metals Purchases
Heavy duty 39 plates priced at 3 98. Auto Stores advertises. Wanted iron rags and metals shipping now. Winchester Junk Co located at 13 Pairfax Lane between Main and Braddock seeking buy offers with a sequence of dates in the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Auto Stores
Winchester Junk Co
Public Auction at County Court House for Hotel Bonds
In front of the County Court House at noon Saturday August 22 the George Washington Hotel Corporation sells three $500 5 percent bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel Corporation
Coal Bids Sought By City Of Winchester
Winchester invites bids for coal with information available at the City Manager's office, deadline September 5. Bidders may inquire at the B-21-1p-21 filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Sacrifice Sale Pierce Arrow Sedan Demonstration
Pierce Arrow sedan offered for sacrifice sale is fully equipped and guaranteed mechanically perfect. Demonstration planned by the owner, contact at 1029-W. Auction details are not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Arrow
German Spanish tensions spark naval protest and clashes
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler summoning Admiral Raeder to discuss the Spanish crisis as German ships move toward Spanish waters. Madrid is urged to apologize for a Spanish cruiser search on a German merchant ship, with Berlin also filing protests to Moscow. In Burgos the Spanish Legion leader Astray reviews 2000 fascist followers and orders a march on the Sierra front. Britain warns of warplane activity while denying a blockade. Rebel forces exchange moves toward Madrid with fresh Moroccan troops arriving, as Madrid seeks to avoid international entanglements. Mediation efforts collapse in Hendaye as diplomats discuss a possible settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Madrid
Moscow
Germany
Burgos
Spain
Spanish Legion
Milan
Soma Sierra
Ma Range
Pri ‘Od Rivera
London
Goaina
Acheve
Italy
Britain
Seville
Granada
Loja
Iran
State Department
Hendaye
France
Garcia Mancilla
Madison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tri-County Odd Fellows
Orville Willey
Berryville Horse Show
Mrs. Whitney
Detroit, Mich
Clarke Co
Southern Bell
Joseph Stalin
Holzmann
Trotzky
Copenhagen
Stalin
Kim- Andrey Vishinsky
Carolina Negro
Marshall
Horner of
Dakotas
Pierre Sore
Peaches Albin
W. A
Hitler
Raeder
School House
Benefit Ladies’ Aid Society
Little Mt. Church
Ifrainy
Valladolid
Emilio Mola
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