All Land Marks Broken By Cobb Railton Red Lion
In Bonneville Salt Flats Utah on August twenty second John R. Cobb of London drove his 24 cylinder Railton Red Lion over the measured mile at more than six miles a minute clocking 369.23 mph for the north run. He could not complete the return trip within the hour due to motor trouble and tire delay, so the official record was not set.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
Cobb
George E. T. Eyston
England
Saddleback caterpillar found on Charles Street
A saddle back caterpillar known as a sibine stimulea was found in front of 370 Charles street by Jean Thornton, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Thornton. She asked if this was the location of the bug office, and it was.
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Charles Street
Jean Thornton
John Thornton
The
Star
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include year 1914 Lead 4 James L. Fly The Maginot Line Central Asia Chameleon Frank Parker Sa chem not sach em Squabs 128.
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James L. Fly
The
Maginot Line
Central Asia
Frank Parker
Calotabs touted as a cure for biliousness in heat
An old advertisement promotes Calotabs as a nausea free calomel product to relieve torpid liver from hot weather. It claims to cleanse the system, improve digestion, and restore appetite with one or two tablets at bedtime. The ad warns to buy genuine Calotabs in a checker-board package and offers trial and family sizes.
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Eee Timor
Winchester Junior Boarders Picnic Tonight
Members and friends of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade will gather at Sunnyside on Route 7 for the annual picnic starting at 5 o'clock. Chairman Ray Garrabrandt reports food by cooks Bob Ann and Bob Lewis ready and a softball game with Loudoun County Junior Board of Trade planned along with badminton bingo horseshoes and group singing.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Sunnyside
Here
Ray Garrabrandt
Bob Ann
Bob Lewis
Loudoun County Junior Board of Trade
Massanetta Bible Conference Attendance Rises
Attendance and interest at Massanetta Springs Bible Conference grow daily in its final week as additional delegates arrive. United Brethren Day featured about 20 ministers and hundreds of laymen with keynote Dr. Walter N. Roberts addressing “What Religion Means To Me,” while Dr. Robert E. Spear spoke on World Missions and the unity of the Christian faith. Dr. Wm. Evans, a renowned Bible teacher, leads daily book outlines to assist ministers.
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Massanetta Springs
United Brethren Church
Walter N. Roberts
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
J. W. Wright
Harrisonburg
Spear
Robert E. Spear
World Missions
Foreign Missions
Dr. Speer
Universal Christian Fellowship
Japan
China
Dr Speer
Church
Wm. Evans
Death of Clarke farmer W B Johnson at Upton farm
William Benjamin Johnson known as W B Johnson, 177, a Clarke county farmer, died after hospital surgery related to a fall on his Berryville area farm known as Upton. He was born March 14, 1863, survived by two sons Mayo and Orlane, daughter Isabelle Whirley, and siblings. Funeral at Upton home, 2 p m Wednesday, burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
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William Benjamin Johnson
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Upton
Berryville
Mr. Johnson
Frank
Mary Willingham Johnson
Warren County
Belle Cooper Johnson
Johnson
Mayo
Orlane Johnson
Isabelle Whirley
Walter Johnson
Waverley
Fla
Benjamin Johnson
Berry’s Ferry
Luther Gordon
Washington, D. C
Green Hill Cemetery
Dr Clinton Lions Luncheon Features Peace and Industry Calls
Dr James R Clinton of Philadelphia addressed the Lions Club luncheon urging a real peace movement, revival of intelligent religion, and improved capital labor relations. He noted Timber Ridge Church services and was introduced by Rev Robert Whitten. Guests included M E Bushong, Michael Wagenheim, Wiley Wood, William Schenck, Hack Hildreth. The group planned the Halloween Ball at the George Washington Hotel on October 30.
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James R. Clinton
Philadelphia
Central Congregational Church
Lions Club
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Clinton
Timber Ridge
Lions M. E. Bushong
Upper Darby
Michael B. Wagenheim
Norfolk
Virginia State Association of Elks
Wiley W. Wood
Norfolk Lions Club
William Schenck
C. F. Schenck
Hack Hildreth
Washington, D. C
E. G. Ayers
Hallowe’en
George Washington Hotel
Revival Invite For Brucetown Church Members
Congregation of the Galilee Church of Christ is invited to attend the Brucetown Methodist revival service on Wednesday evening. Seats will be reserved for them and they should meet at the church by 7 45 o clock.
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Congregation of the Galilee Church of Christ
Brucetown
McCormick Named Director of Richmond Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Board announced the appointment of Charles P. McCormick, president of McCormick and Company, Baltimore exporting firm, as a director of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank. His term runs through 1941.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Charles P. McCormick
McCormick and Company
Baltimore
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
Called Back From Leave In Netherlands
Coast and border troops on leave in the Netherlands were recalled to their units according to a government communique issued today.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Flying Mayor Gurkin Leads The Way In Aviation Talk
Mayor Gurkin, an eight year flyer, touts his Fairchild aircraft and cites travel from Norfolk to New York in a recent conference. He notes the need to address stream pollution and relief projects as major municipal challenges across Virginia.
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Louise Gurkin
Gurkin
Seaboard
Mayor Gurkin
Norfolk
Fairchild
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Virginia
Refugee Ship Beached Near Tel Aviv
The refugee ship Parita, flying the Zionist flag, was beached on Tel Aviv’s shore by its all-Jewish crew. About 70 passengers, mainly German and Czechoslovak refugees, remained aboard as 125 jumped ship for the shore. Police and troops disembarked the rest and prepared to move them to Sarafand concentration camp.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Sarafand
Non-Aggression Pact Provisions Reported
A reliable informant said the Soviet German non aggression pact would allow denunciation if either side commits aggression against a third country. It would include abstaining from aggression, neutrality if one is attacked, and possible denunciation by the other party. Some pro Soviet circles saw no clash with a future Anglo French Russian alliance.
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Rome
England
France
Russia
British Railmen Vote for Strike Across England Railways
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's executive committee decided on a strike on England's four main railroads to start Saturday after companies failed to raise the minimum weekly wage from 45 shillings to 50 shillings. The union, with over 55,000 members, warns all labor will be withdrawn if no agreement is reached. The National Union of Railwaymen postponed action while renewing its demand for 50 shillings.
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London
England
Associated Sociey of Locomotive Engineers
Feirmen
National Union of Railwaymen
Oslo group gathers in Brussels for quick ministers meeting
Seven small European nations led by Belgium host a swift Oslo group conference in Brussels. The talks, likely to last under 48 hours, aim to discuss subjects of common interest and neutrality in war, without mediating. Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Netherlands Luxembourg attend.
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Oslo
Belgium
Munich
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Foreign Ministry
Leopold
Foreign Office
Poland
Germany
Russia
Britain
Leopold III
London
Japan Seeks New Friendship With Uncle Sam
Tokyo observers expect Japan to press for renewed U S ties amid the German Soviet nonaggression pact news and rising Soviet activity on Sakhalin and in Outer Mongolia A Asahi report says a full battle has begun along the Khalka river boundary between Manchoukuo backed forces and Sovietized Outer Mongolia The effect on the China war hinges on Russia and the pact is not seen as altering Tokyo's relation with Britain France or the United States unless there is a major policy shift.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sakhalin Island
Outer Mongolia
Asahi
Khalka River
Manchoukuo
China
Russia
Britain
France
United States
British and French Cabinets Weigh Russo German Pact
London and Paris debated a possible voiding clause if aggression occurs while assessing a potentially excluded Russia from the British French front. Officials warned Britain would stay steadfast and favor negotiations to settle Poland Germany disputes without force.
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Russia
Britain
France
Poland
Germany
Danzig
Pomorze
East Prussia
Egg shaped like giant eye found by Buff Lick road
Norman Lockhart, a smiling real estate agent, presented a funny egg from his Buff Lick road property. The Rhode Island Red laid the egg, colored to resemble a large eye and appeared to wink upon close inspection.
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Norman Lockhart
Buff Lick Road
Rhode Island
Elks Convention Honors Snider and Elects Officers
Snider honored by Elks lodge in burg as Alexandrians win third trophy securing permanent possession. Officers installed including Wagenheim as president elect with plans to assign lodges to vice presidents. Delegates toured Shenandoah Park and Skyline Drive. open house at Elks Club. Banquet and dance at George Washington Hotel featured. Williams warned of threats from aliens and anti liberty groups while praising the middle class. Senator Byrd welcomed delegates. A J Craft recalled Will Rogers and invited to Crisfield. Dr Raymond Kerlin led banquet and Purple and White Ball.
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Wagenheim
Shenandoah National Park
Skyline Drive
Elks Club
George Washington Hotel
R. Gray Williams
The
Elks
Mr. Williams
America
A. J. Craft
Richmond
Will Rogers
Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Association
Crisfield
Raymond Kerlin
Ribbentrop Heads To Moscow For Pact Talks
Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop left Salzberg by plane at 4 20 p m on the first leg of a trip toward Moscow where tomorrow he is to seal a German Russian non aggression treaty a reliable informant said. Hitler’s private Focke Wulf Condor and Captain Baur piloted the flight back to Berlin for a brief stop before continuing to Moscow.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzberg
Moscow
Russia
von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer Hitler
Hitler
Baur
Convicts escape Missouri State Prison by disguising guard
A long term inmate led two others to freedom from the Missouri state prison by walking out through the main gate. One accomplice wore civilian clothes and flashed a forged pass. A guard detected the escape when alerted by a convict on outside duty. An immediate search followed with no results.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Action Aplenty In War's Games
Plattsburg New York August 22. Black force of about 6000 regular army troops holds its ground amid a fierce blue offensive. Eastward 20 miles two national guard formations of 16000 each prepare for a decisive clash. Seventh Cavalry gains tempo by striking toward the blues flank and disrupting the 16th and 18th Infantry regiments pursuing earlier gains.
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Plattsburg
Seventh Cavalry
Seventh
Frontier Closure Near Gibraltar Briefly Pauses Border
The Anglo-Spanish frontier at Gibraltar was closed for about an hour today without a stated reason. Extra British guards and civil policemen were on duty during the shutdown and resumed patrols after the border reopened. Travel across the frontier then continued.
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Gibraltar
Great Britain
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