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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1935
Page
8
The band of the 111th Field Artillery Virginia National Guard gave two concerts to large local audiences. One recital occurred on General Gardner Waller’s lawn featuring classical pieces and marches. another at the camp drew many neighbors with the Jolly Fellows waltz earning strong applause.
In Front Royal last evening Billy Smiths Palace Barbershop trounced Silk Mill 15 to 4, creating a two way tie for second in the league. The Rotary Club also posted a second win by beating Shirleys Frigidaires.
Rivers North Fork runs muddy while South Fork is muddy and high, prompting caution for travelers and local plans.
Shenandoah Valley League results show Harrisonburg 2 Culpeper 1. Standings list Culpeper 10 3 .769, Harrisonburg 9 4 .692, Charlottesville 6 7 .462, Waynesboro 5 6 .455, Staunton 2 3 .231, Weavers 1 8 .182. This week’s games: Culpeper at Front Royal, Harrisonburg at Waynesboro, Front Royal at Orange, Culpeper at Staunton, Harrisonburg at Staunton, Charlottesville at Harrisonburg, Weavers at Waynesboro, Culpeper at Orange, Front Royal at Staunton, Weavers at Culpeper, Orange at Front Royal, Waynesboro at Charlottesville.
Warren-Rappahannock schools will not start on September 12 as planned but are postponed to the later part of September. Superintendent G Tyler Miller said the State Board of Health allows the shift since the county is free of infantile paralysis, with local boards coordinating to choose the most advisa ble opening date.
Front Royal reports the All-Stars travel to Staunton for a Valley League game and seek their seventh win over the Augusta club this season. Sunday features a doubleheader with Orange. Stankus Jewett and Cassell are tipped to start on the mound for the locals.
Made Synthetic Diamonds Moisson, a French chemist, was one of the first to produce synthetic diamonds. He mixed pure carbon and iron and subjected the mixture to the heat of an electric furnace. After being kept at a temperature of about 4 000 degrees Centigrade for a short time the solution was plunged into cold water.
Mrs. Arthur Coates returns tonight from Brunswick Maryland after two weeks with the Logues. Guests include Ashton Kelly from Horntown and visits by C T Brown and family, with several couples traveling to Washington DC for events. Local church activities feature Rev Ronald Rowland leading services and music by William Taylor.
Poor visibility at Langley Field Virginia forces postponement of a dual motor Martin bombing plane speed record test begun with Gen. F M Andrews aboard. After about 30 minutes aloft, Andrews returned to base and officials said the attempt could resume later today if conditions improve.
The piece notes a copper mine in Dalecarlia Sweden described as the oldest chartered industrial concern in the world. It has been owned by a single family since 1220 and has yielded so much ore that its excavations could hold the Cheops pyramid.
The event lists multiple winners led by Mrs. John Hay Whitney in several classes including ponies and hunters. Winners include Emnprillis and Spring Miss in top stakes, plus Royal Wonder and Madrigal Tom in hunt classes. Miss Anna Hedrick suffered a spill but escaped serious injury as Madrigal Tom flipped. she recovered and walked off.
Baltimore August 23 Aged and partly paralyzed witness John MacDonald, in the Tom Mooney case, was taken to Washington by the Mooney defense committee. He will state his testimony to Representative Caroline O Day and likely to President Roosevelt. MacDonald testified last week he had perjured identification of Mooney in the 1916 San Francisco bombing that killed 10.
President Roosevelt selects John G. Winant former New Hampshire governor as chairman of the new social security board with Arthur J. Altmeyer and Vincent Morgan Miles named as members. Officials expect about 10 000 jobs to administer the new law starting in 1937 as the agency grows to handle pensions and tax accounts.
The banking bill gains power for the Federal Reserve Board. Congress reaches a final coal bill with a code for soft coal and an anti trust ban for compliant producers. The Frazier Lemke mortgage moratorium bill passes the House to aid farmers in bankruptcy with three years relief. A neutrality resolution is pushed through the House with limited debate.
Thirteen CCC workers from South Philadelphia were dismissed at Camp No. 2356 in Amherst Virginia for allegedly inciting about 100 workers to strike. Names include Pasquale Anastasi Frank Francione Charles Franks Marion Graele Leo Janick John Gormley Joseph Lederer James Quick John Ritchie Samuel Roth Leonard Studley Clayton Truax and George Van Note. They were sent by train to Philadelphia after being observed as agitators for several days.
The 111th Field Artillery, camped at Elizabeth Furnace Powell's Fort, may pitch tents near the city for several days next week. City officials have extended an official invitation, which may be accepted. If moved, the camp would be near Rouss Spring.
George E. Petley returned from Germany and spoke to the Rotary Club on 1935 Germany. He, a director of the American International Trading Association and of Petley and Cather, Inc., said conditions in Germany were better than feared, with restored agriculture and self confidence under Hitler. He warned that U S failure to buy German goods could harm trade, noting Germany has no gold to pay and must accept goods in payment.
The Winchester Rotary Club met presided by secretary Fred L. Glaize Jr in place of president Peyton J Marshall. Visitor F Asbury Kern from Ellenburg Washington, a Winchester native who practices law and grows apples in the northwest attended.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Baltimore to pilot the giant clipper No. 7 on test flights. He landed at the Glenn L. Martin Company field where the four‑masted flying boat, licensed NC14714, carried 50 passengers during afternoon tests.
Two city trucks collide near National Avenue causing damage to a porch at James Winefield residence and to both trucks. John Patterson drove the Winchester Wholesale Grocery Company truck and Ralph Grubbs drove the Anderson's Meat Market truck. No injuries reported.
The article portrays Finland as steadily claiming vast virgin territories from flood waters and Arctic and Baltic seas over thousands of years. It notes peaceful expansion akin to Venus rising from the waves, paralleling Dutch reclaiming efforts.
In MISHONGNOVI Arizona on August 23 the Hopi ended a nine day rain prayer with a downpour. Hundreds watched the rite known as the snake dance a tradition dating back a thousand years. Attending was Mrs Harold L Ickes wife of the Interior Secretary.
Addis Ababa reports Ethiopian officials suspect Italian spies in consulates as Haile Selassie offers to sell Aussa province to Italy to avert war. Britain studies sanctions and reinforces imperial defense while Ramsay MacDonald leads an official watch on the Italo Ethiopan crisis.
Baltimore August 23. Joe Cambria owner of the Albany Senators says Alabama Pitts is performing well and will not be sold or traded. He praises Pitts after six years in Sing Sing and expects great things this season and next.
Rail lines in Wilmington Delaware were halted for several hours after a train derailment blocking both tracks. In San Diego California a display of 416 Navy planes is set to begin. Battleships Wyoming and Arkansas with 735 midshipmen return from a European cruise that started June 7.
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