Stephens City backs organizing a volunteer fire company
At a mass meeting in Stephens City a committee was appointed to plan a permanent volunteer fire department. About 50 residents aged 15 and up enrolled to form the company as three demonstrations by South End Hose Co. of Winchester showcased hose lays and water streams, with support voiced by residents and Mayor Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
South End Hase Company
Winchester
Harry D. Warren
W. Lomax Parker
J. M. Newell
F. Grove White
M. K. Sandy
Gervis Lemley
R. E. Ayler
South End
F. B. Cadwallader
Harry W. Warren
South End Company
Main Street
Marlboro Road
Hinkle
Accused Man Tells Experience In Security Sales
ROANOKE Aug 23 Charles M Cox formerly of Roanoke and Carver A Graves of Charlottesville pleaded innocent to mail fraud and securities violations in federal court. Cox described his years as a securities salesman and testified a Italian count joined him in disposing Cimarron Petroleum Trust units. He denied knowingly misrepresenting units and said statements in the prospectus were presented as he presented them. Spielberger spouses and Roland H Spielberger pled nolo contendere. Graves said he never asked the Spielbergers to send false information. Other witnesses included Col Henry B Goodloe and Dr J E Topping both providing character or business context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Charles M. Cox
Carver A. Graves
Charlottesville
Federal District Court
Cimarron Petroleum Trust
Cox
Walter P. Spielberger
Roland H. Spielberger
Graves
Samuel R. Price
Spielbergers
Trust
Col
Henry B. Goodloe
Crozet
J. E. Topping
Goodloe
Charges Laid Against Woman In A Shooting
Wytheville reports two warrants charging Lettie Wright with intent to maim disfigure disable and kill after she opened fire on Main street wounding Elbert Shelton and Janie Pauley. Shelton in critical condition at Pulaski hospital. Pauley hurt in leg. Preliminary hearing and bond to be set later depending on Shelton recovery. Sheriff Kincer notes Pauley’s prior convictions for relations with Wright's husband.
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Wytheville
Lettie Wright
Janie Pauley
Commonwealth
Paul Parsons
Little Squadron Takes On Supplies In Case Of War
The United States navy small squadron consisting of the cruiser Trenton and destroyers Jacob Jones and Badger loaded coal oil and other supplies at Marseille to be ready for any emergency orders in the European crisis. It sails for Villefranche tomorrow under Rear Admiral Henry Ellis Lackey and will remain in touch with the Paris embassy while awaiting radioed orders. The three ships have about 775 officers and men aboard.
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Marseille
France
United States Navy
Trenton
Jacob Jones
Badger
Ville Pranche
Henry Ellis Lackey
Navy Department
Paris
Malta Boosts Defenses As Air Warnings Are Tested
Malta's defenses were manned and air raid warnings tested amid rising European tension.
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Malta
Europe
Farm Hand Burned Alive In Fire At White Post
Wiley Weeks, a farmhand on the Joseph Funkhouser farm near White Post, rushed into a burning barn to save a calf and was found burned to death as debris was cleared. The blaze began around 9:30 p.m. Weeks was last seen entering a rear window and was not missed until after the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Post
Funkhouser’s
Wiley Weeks
Joseph Funkhouser
Weeks
Indian Villages Buried Deeply Discovered by Field Museum
The Field Museum reports an archeological expedition in the southwest found ancient Indian villages buried for centuries. Dr. Paul S. Martin states Coronado’s 1540s traverse passed deserts without knowledge of these sites across Spanish trails in New Mexico.
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Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Southwest
Paul S. Martin
New Mexico
Coronado
America To Hear Speech Of Hitler
Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler is scheduled to deliver a speech at Tannenberg Sunday. NBC CBS and MBS will relay the address coast to coast in the United States with English interpolations and an English summary at the end. The broadcast is set for 5 am EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reichschancellor
Adolf Hitler
Tannenberg
NBC
CBS
MBS
Treasury receipts and outlays on August 21
The Treasury reports receipts of 13,419,096.41 and expenditures of 30,497,316.94. Gross debt stands at 40,864,068,304.23, an increase of 3,066,606.37 from the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Legionnaires of Maryland Hold Annual Meeting
Legionnaires of Maryland opens its 21st annual convention in Baltimore with a memorial service for World War dead and a formal welcome by Mayor Howard W. Jackson. Early arrivals campaigned for department commander candidates W. Ray Tabler of Centreville and James Fitzgerald of Bethesda to succeed Herbert Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Legionnaires of
Maryland
Department of the American Legion
Howard W. Jackson
Herbert Rhodes
W. Ray Tabler
Centreville
James Fitzgerald
Bethesda
Conococheague Sports Club Prepares Trap Shoot Tourney
Washington county members of the Conococheague Sports men's Association finished preparation for their annual outing and trap shooting tournament on Thursday at Miller's Mill Maryland. Marksmen vie for the Roger Q Cook trophy while fishermen contest for prizes and invitations have been extended to sportsmen in Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Miller's Mill
Washington County
Conococheague Sportsmen's Association
Roger Q. Cook
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Gets Life Term For An Attack
Appomattox Virginia judge sentences Troy Reed 25 to life imprisonment for criminally assaulting a young Appomattox woman. Dimps Ricker 34 faced a verdict overturn motion. death in the electric chair set for October 20. Clyde Ricker, brother of Dimps, is convicted of assault and battery and given six months on each count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appomattox
Robert F. Hutcheson
Troy Reed
Appomattox County
Dimps Ricker
Reed
Ricker
Clyde Ricker
London Mutters What Is Next
London readers weigh the threat from Germany as cabinet ministers gather at Whitehall and Europe alerts. Citizens from bank clerks to farmers share a common worry that Russia has betrayed England, leaving the country to face an expanding German threat with France and Poland as allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whitehall
Europe
Russia
Clark
England
Germany
France
Poland
Yard Party at Round Hill School House
Benefit by 4-H Club announced for rain date August 23 at Round Hill School House. Funds support club activities and local youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Hill School House
Dies committee to probe communist groups next week
Washington August 23 The Dies committee will extend its inquiry from Nazi and fascist activity to communist organizations in the United States. Rep Dies said Gen W G Krivitsky, ex Soviet military intelligence official and author of recent articles, will testify. The witness also described links to German and Italian embassy officials and a network aiming to "fight Jewish Communism."
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Washington
Dies
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
W. G. Krivitsky
Krivitsky
Henry D. Allen
Pasadena
Calif
Allen
Silver Shirts
America
American White Guard
California
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Romania
Leslie Fry
Glendale
Conrad Chapman
Smoke Hole Caverns to Be Developed for Tourism
Petersburg WV officials announce a state charter for Smoke Hole Caverns Inc to develop caverns west of Petersburg in Grant and Pendleton counties on State Route 4. Plans call for winter development and spring tourist access. four incorporators named including W C Mooman, J B Grove, O B Harman, B A Smith, and H G Muntzing.
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Petersburg
W. Va
Smoke Hole
Grant
Pendleton
Smoke Hole Caverns, Inc
W. R. Erwin
W. C. Mooman
J. B. Grove
O. B. Harman
Seneca Caverns
B. A. Smith
A Lumber Company
Moorefield
H. G. Muntzing
Man Finds $70 After Dip in Surf in Wildwood Crest
Earl Calleway found 700 dollars in the surf at Wildwood Crest New Jersey and a note telling him to go home and take a bath in the tub. The quirky discovery followed a seaside dip and sparked local curiosity about the source of the money and its note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood Crest
N. J
Earl Calleway
Rural Carriers Urge Virginia Road Improvements Across State
Randolph Aug 23 Rural Letter Carriers Association calls for full highway funding to widen and improve secondary roads. W L Hamersley chair stresses danger of narrow surfaces and cites a planning survey showing many roads under 12 feet wide and few over 22 feet.
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Randolph
Virginia
W. L. Hamersley
Virginia Rural Letter Carriers Association
Hamersley
Institutions Of State Preparing For Wintertime
Budget Director Rowland A. Egger said Governor Price approved 521000 in conditional appropriations to 15 state institutions to fund equipment needs for hospitals and education as winter preparations. The release is part of 2431500 appropriated in 1938 with remaining 1910500 unaffected. Amount includes 18000 for Madison College Harrisonburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Rowland A. Egger
Price
Egger
General Assembly
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Marines Acquitted in Norfolk Hotel Beating Case
A Norfolk corporation court jury cleared Wallace E. Miller and Lawrence M. King two 19 year old Marines of murder charges stemming from the July 24 beating of F. T. Jennings 55 of Augusta Georgia in a downtown hotel. King testified Jennings made improper advances and Miller struck with a beer bottle. Miller is from Johnson City Tennessee and King from Columbia Mississippi.
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Norfolk
Corporation Court
Wallace E. Miller
Lawrence
M. King
F. T. Jennings
Augusta
King
Columbia
Miss
Jennings
Miller
Johnson City
Tenn
Nerve centers begin wartime air raid precaution setup
London Aug 23 a group of key officials have moved to a control nerve center in a Whitehall basement to oversee Britain air raid precautions. They reportedly hold ready telegrams to initiate nationwide civil defense upon government order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Control
Whitehall
Hormones In Skin Offer Fresh Health Implant Study
Hormone crystals the size of seeds implanted under the skin at Mt. Sinai shown to release health compounds over months. In 10 cases women with life-change symptoms benefited with less hormone needed than injections, avoiding costly daily treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Science
Udall J. Salmon
Robert I. Walter
Samuel H. Geist
Mt. Sinai
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list items including the House of Representatives and Kentucky. It notes an inexperienced purchaser of securities and a collision with an iceberg. Paul V. McNutt is mentioned in the Dutch East Indies. Other items include thirteen and multiple year references.
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House of Representatives
Kentucky
Paul V. McNutt
Dutch East Indies
George VI
England
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B. F. Line
North America Assurance Society
Shenandoah Valley
Carter
Merves W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Stephens City High School
C. O. Watson
Martha
Star 7
Anderson
Lena R. Riley
Charles R. Anderson
George W. Riley
Blue Ridge Mountain
Page County
Shenandoah National Park
Luray
Virginia State Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission
Lou Ambers
Henry Armstrong
Armstrong
Yankee Stadium
Lou
Herkimer
Hitler
Bell Clothes
Legionnaires of Maryland
Conococheague
Riverton
North Fork—Clearing
SILCO
Baker's Drug Store
Miller's Drug Store
Peoples Drug Store
Grant and
Pendleton Counties
Freemont Church
MO. S. Solenberger & CO
Loudoun St
New York Hospital
John W. Rosenberger and CO. Quality Building Supplies
Victor A Bread
C. I. Brumback
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