Local absurdities and a youth’s accident in Kenosha
In Kenosha Donald Newport rigged a rope in a tree and swung over imagined dangers. he crashed through a windshield suffering serious cuts. In Chicago Joseph Burns, 17, faces police trouble over stolen jewelry and a revolver after a prison doctor noted a rare heart condition. In Yugoslavia Mehmed Meskovich, 92, absconded with 81-year-old Meiri Spouch, but after a brief three day honeymoon the groom left her, now she sues for breach of promise.
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Donald New
Donald
Chicago
Joseph Burns
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Mehmed Meskovich
Here
Meiri Spouch
Meskovich
Here Comes the Navy film contest at Capitol Theatre
The Star invites readers to submit a correct list of Navy voyage questions to win a free Capitol Theatre ticket for the Warner Bros film Here Comes the Navy. Contest ends tomorrow at 10 a.m. Monday with prizes for accurate names ships river anchorage and duration details.
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Navy
New York Harbor
Pacific
Capitol Theatre
Uncle Sam
Star
State Banks Report Growth in Resources to $197 Million
Virginia incorporated state banks total resources reach 197146495.69 as of June 30 per Bureau of Insurance and Banking SCC statement updating a December 31 1933 report. The figures show about 16 million increase in assets.
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Virginia
Bureau of Insurance and Banking
State Corporation Commission
Chicago Bank to Pay Off and Quit
The Sixty third and Halsted Streets Savings Bank will close and pay all depositors. About 7,000 depositors are affected with total deposits around 700000 dollars. President C. H. Denning says there are no profits in banking under present conditions and directs officers to complete the wind down.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sixty-third
Halsted Streets
Community Notes Include Birthdays Relatives Visit
Cedar Grove Virginia residents attend family gatherings and church events. A surprise party celebrated Miss Josephine Kirk’s second birthday with gifts and cake. Revival services begin at Pleasant Valley Joined Brethren Church and Little Mountain Church plans centennial observance in September. Local residents visit friends in Winchester Hagerstown and Washington with church and social activity noted.
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Cedar Grove
Mattie Clark
Walter Johnson
Strasburg
Raymond Kirk
Josephine Kirk
Jessie Lewis
Frances
Julia
Marjorie Lewis
Betty
Edna Miller
Pearl
Kathryn
Leona Murray
Leona
Luther
Helen
Evelyn Kirk
Clara Ashton
Geraldine DeHaven
Irene Chapman
May Fries
Gegina Kenlchner
Herman Lewis
Hubert Kelchner
Miss Kirk
Eppa, White
Leah Nosset
Miss May Fries
Lula Lamp
Washington
Elmer Melester
J. W. Anseld
Esther Rickard
Hagerstown
Mollie Gray
Charles Town
W. Va
Zelda Barrett
H. K. Dick
W. H. Crim
Frank Barrett
William Hershberger
Pitcairn
Roy Royston
Berryville
Murchel Lamp
Leo Lamp
Washington, D. C
D. A. Smith
W. O. Parlett
Winchester
Albert Halvosa
Ernest Webber
Harold Barrett
Blacksburg
Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church
F. G. Senger
Little Mountain Methodist Episcopal Church
Charlie Braithwaite
Middletown Notes From Grace Church and Local Visits
Mrs Walter B Little is ill at home in Middletown Virginia. Mrs James I Larrick and Mrs Albert Conner with daughter travel to Washington to visit Mrs Larricks daughter Mrs Jack Brown for two weeks. Grace Methodist Church South repairs memorial windows by Cumberland craftsmen through Ladies Aid Society. Russell and Clyde Cayson of Fruitland Park Florida visit W D Walker family. Mrs Verse and children from Donnellan New Jersey visit sister Mrs James Smitty.
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Walter B. Little
James I. Larrick
Albert Conner
Washington, D. C
Fruitland Park
Fla
W. D. Walker
Verse
Herbert
Martha
Mildred
Freddie
Donnellan
N. J
James Smitty
Ray Butler Improves in Albin Hospital Update
Albin Virginia notes Ray Butler, hospitalized, shows signs of improvement as friends express hope for a swift recovery. Local social updates report Mrs Ruth Hawkins and Mr Charles Scott hosting guests in Easton, plus visits from Mrs Dave Hartman of Baltimore.
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Albin
Ray Butler
John Clayton
Carrie Clayton
Star Hawkins
Easton
Charles Scott
Scott
Ruth Hawkins
Dave Hartman
Baltimore
Willie Cochran
W. A. Buncut
Staunton Plans Big September Festival Parade
Staunton announces the Staunton Autumn Festival in September to coincide with the League of Virginia Municipalities convention. The four day event opens September 16 with a central parade led by forty delegate cars, joined by Glenmore Hunt Club Stonewall Brigade Band local units American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps and Boy Scouts among others. Committees include Harry Lovett Major E W Opie Charles Ker Ruff Chief Davis S E Mathews William Perry Boyd Whitlock Earl Jones Paul Hays Gilpin Wilson A V Keeley Harold Killigham Joseph Moomaw Major C S Roller John Crowie Jack Forney George LeBonte Beverley Shultz.
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Staunton
League of Virginia
Glenmore Hunt Club
Stonewall Brigade
American Legion
Modern Woodmen
Fire Department
Boy Scouts
Harry Lovett
E. W. Opie
Charles Ker
Ruff
Davis
S. E. Mathews
William Perry
Boyd Whitlock
Earl Jones
Jewish Leaders Advance Plans for World Congress
In Geneva on August 24 1934 Jewish leaders moved ahead with establishing a World Jewish Congress committee to organize an international Jewish congress in August 1935 in Geneva. The meeting set the time and place for the event.
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Geneva
World Jewish Congress Committee
Scout Troop 1 Meets in Lutheran Basement on Aug 17
The Troop 1 meeting led by Scoutmaster Cooper reviewed summer camp activities. Tom Rodman earned the camp honor medal and near Eagle progress while Bill Kern announced camp letters and patrols earned standard ratings. Troop 40 met at the Reformed Church with pledges, dues, and a welcome for Merlin Bly.
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Cooper
Bill Kern
Green Bar
Tom Rodman
Rodman
Wolf Patrol
Wilfred Cather
Trap No. 1
Troop 40
American Legion
the Reformed Church
William Isherman
Robert Jones
Merlin Bly
World Jewish Congress Need in United States Urged
Mendel Fisher of St. Louis, a delegate to the third World Jewish Conference in session, says American Jewish leaders must sell the idea of the World Congress to the broader United States Jewry as a whole.
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United States
Mendel Fisher
St. Louis
New League Won't Get Any Place, Thomas Predicts
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma dismissed the American Liberty League as anti Roosevelt and full of die-hards who oppose the new deal without offering alternatives. He described the league as comprised of gold dollar men and reactionaries.
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League
Thomas
Associated Press
Washington
American Liberty League
Senator Thomas
D-Okla
Roosevelt
Rappahannock County Visitor in Town Yesterday
A business visitor from Rappahannock County spent time in the town yesterday, meeting local officials and discussing potential commerce opportunities. Details on the visitor’s identity and agenda were not disclosed in the brief report.
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Yester
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