Fire Threatens Town As Roof Is Destroyed
Front Royal Virginia August 24 fire threatened the district when a chimney sparked a blaze on the Albert Bower Jr building on Main Street. Sparks from the Warren Cleaners boiler fell onto tar paper roofing causing damage and a new roof is needed. The Relief Fire Department battled the flames before a crowd of hundreds. A small blaze at Locust Pin Company the previous afternoon involved shavings from a conveyor and a heated boiler.
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Front Royal
Albert Bower, Jr
Main Street
Warren Cleaners
Locust Pin Company
Art Of Stained Glass Topic Of Rotary Talk
G Wilmer Gettier of Massanutten Lodge spoke to Front Royal Rotary on stained glass from 999 A D to modern times. He noted diamonds were used for cutting and now wheels help, colors evolved from red yellow and blue, and America could become a center for stained and colored glass. Edward I Williams Jr guest of the club with visitors including Rev Charles Warner and Captain G C Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
G. Wilmer Gettier
Massanutten Lodge
Rotary
Afton Inn
America
Edward I. Williams, Jr
Edward I. Williams
Warren County High School
Jack Morgan
Charles T. Warner
D. D
Washington
Allen J. Saville
Richmond
A. R. Keller
Accomac County
G. C. Dean
Front Royal Band
Randolph-Macon Academy
Black Widow Spider Captured Near Front Royal
A black widow spider, among the deadliest species, was captured by H. G. Morrison in Front Royal in the Blue Ridge Distillers building equipment. The insect, slightly larger than a house fly, is jet black with a red heart mark and eight legs, one of the first of its kind found in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
H. G. Morrison
Blue Ridge
Local Jail Inadequate Prompted Rotary Discussion
Front Royal aug 24 the Warren County Jail was described as inadequate for the number of prisoners confined there at a Rotary Club meeting yesterday endorsement of expanding jail facilities was deferred to the club board of directors.
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Front Royal
Rotary Club
Warren County
Club
Marriage Licenses Issued in Warren County
A license was issued Thursday in Warren County to Edward H. Renner of Rippon West Virginia and Margaret Merchant also of Rippon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R. B. Clagett of the Front Royal Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County
Edward H. Renner
Wilmington
Del
Rippon
W. Va
Margaret Merchant
Berryville
R. B. Clagett
Front Royal Methodist Church
Palace Barbershop Beats Silk Mill In Softball Rout
In Front Royal last night Billy Smith's Palace Barbershop topped Silk Mill 15 to 4 to move into a two way tie for second place and claim their second win of the season after also defeating Shirley's Frigidaires.
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Front Royal
Billy Smith
Palace Barbershop
Silk Mill
Shirley's Frigidaires
Shenandoah Valley League Standings and Schedule
Standings show Culpeper leading with 4 wins 3 losses and Harrisonburg 11 4 1 3. Orange and Waynesboro trail as Charlottesville and Front Royal sit midpack. This week games include Weavers at Culpeper Orange at Front Royal and Waynesboro at Charlottesville.
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Culpeper
Harrisonburg
Front Royal
Orange
Skocaveac
Waynesboro
Charlottesville
Weavers
Stanton
Ill wild boar baffles Updyke at Browntown farm
Front Royal Aug 24 Edgar Updyke reports one of eight wild boars captured months ago on his Browntown farm is very ill and he suspects illness from captivity. The seven other boars remain reasonably domesticated though the sick animal refuses much food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Edgar Updyke
Browntown
Municipal building advances as iron work nears completion
Aug. 24 in Front Royal the Municipal building shows iron work nearly finished and stone laying underway. The courthouse also progresses rapidly with structural steel work advancing.
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Front Royal
Local doubles as Front Royal hosts Orange in Valley League
Fans from the area are expected for a double header in Front Royal tomorrow afternoon as the locals face the Orange team in the Valley League. Joe Stankus and Cassell are slated to start on the mound for the locals in the two games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Orange
Orange Nine Alays
All Stars
Joe Stankuss
Cassell
Page Canneries Begin Operations For The Season
Seven Page County canneries and one in Rockingham County prepare to start tomato processing by week’s end. About 1500 workers will be employed at peak, with roughly 2000 acres devoted to tomatoes and a smaller share to corn and beans. Wilt and blight may trim output. conservatively, the crop remains promising with total value around 300000 dollars.
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Page County
Dover
C. D. Price
Alma
Virginia State Canners’ Association
Dovel
Luray
Mr. Price
Hubert Lucas
Stony Man
Charles Graves
Stanley
Frank Koontz
Leaksville
Claudene
Jacob
Massanutten
Front Royal Social Notes One Weekend in August
Miss Irene Strode hosts a delightful party at her Boyce home with many guests from Front Royal and nearby counties. Visitors include Misses Higgins Downing Young Ward Shannon Kerfoot and Messrs Forsyth Jett Cunningham Sowers Fleming Browne Bierer Moore and others. garden club activities and weekend guests highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Irene Strode
Boyce
Barbarba Higgins
Virginia Downing
Elsie Young
Mary Ward Shannon
Elizabeth Kerfoot
Frank Forsyth
II. Manlyee Oe
C. Jett Cunningham
Hedgesville
W. Va
Alice Sowers
Henry
Motz To Speak On Foreign Market Outlook For Fruits
F A Motz, USDA foreign markets specialist, will address apple growers in Harrisonburg on Tuesday night at 7 30 in the courthouse assembly hall. Motz, familiar to Virginia orchardists, has studied U S and foreign fruit markets and will share first hand production and market outlooks for this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Harrisonburg
F. A. Motz
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Court House
Motz
England
United States
Rockingham
Shrine Along Skyline Drives Sparks Interdenominational Plan
The Rev J J Scherer proposes an interdenominational shrine for God's worship along Skyline Drive with Lutheran Synod of Virginia backing the project and pledging initial funds. He asks the Virginia Conservation Commission to authorize a committee to raise money and oversee construction of a sacred way, dedicating it to the God of our fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skyline Drive
State Conservation Commission
J. J. Scherer
D. D
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Scherer
Hall
Commission
Ashington
Virginia Conservation Commission
Shenandoah National Park
Dr. Taylor
Arthur James
B. L. Hummell
J. R. Hutcheson
Baltimore Livestock and Produce Market Report August Update
Cattle trends steady to mixed with grassers at 8.75 to 9.75, beef cows 4.50 to 6.00, calves mostly 7 to 9. Weanlings 7 to 8.50, hogs scarce with some sales 11.90, lambs 9.50 top, ewes 9.25 to 9.50, slaughter sheep 2.00 to 3.25. Philadelphia poultry and egg prices listed with small boxed figures and steady creamery butter prices also noted.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Philadelphia
Market Slump After Strong Industrials Sell Off
New York August 24 Some strong industrials reversed as profit taking hit stocks led by utilities power issues decline in final hour Volume around 1,100,000 shares with mixed bonds and steady foreign exchange The dollar outlook and anticipated effects of utility bill provisions weighed on investors while cotton grains and other groups showed weakness Closing prices included Allied Chemical 161 American Can 138 American Smelters 45% American Tel Tel 135% Bethlehem Steel 37% Chrysler 59% General Electric 30% General Motors 42% Goodyear 19% U S Steel 44% Woolworth 60%
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New York
Congress
Commission House
Eee
U. S
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol Gas
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Stand. Oil of
N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Local Markets and Base Market Prices Listing
Local wholesale flour and feed prices listed for patent and local markets. Includes 98, 48, 24 and 12 lb bag prices for flour, cracked corn, shelled corn, corn meal and mixed feed. dairy and livestock notes interspersed. Prices shown per barrel or per hundred pounds as read.
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Kasco
Cese Sovcceee Lad Vly
Ee Wceccconsevetons
Obeeen
Cess
Viess
Lambs
Tive Fog
Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Closing grain prices list futures and cash quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley in Chicago with Sept Dec May contracts and lard bellies and Baltimore wheat notes. Regional markets in Baltimore and Winchester show spot prices for red winter wheat and yellow and white corn with mill delivery baselines.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Leiber Hits Two Homers In One Cubs Inning
Han Leiber tied the major league record by hitting two home runs in the second inning of the Cubs game as Mel Ott also homered for the Giants, who scored eight runs. Leiber connected with Tex Carlton on the mound for the first shot and with Mark Koenig on base for the second.
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New York
Han Leiber
Cubs
Mel Ott
Giants
Leiber
Tex Carlton
Mark Koenig
Shaun
Chicago
Lobby Inquiry To Be Resumed
The Senate lobby committee will resume its inquiry into utility lobbying in the fall after a short recess following Congress adjournment. The panel intends to continue examining lobbying practices and influence in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Homers Fail To Save Phillies In Cincinnati Win
Cincinnati rallied with seven runs in the seventh and ninth innings to defeat the Phillies 9 to 5 in the opener of a doubleheader. Dolph Camilli hit consecutive homers for Philadelphia in the fifth as Johnny Moore also contributed.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Phillies
Johnny Moore
Dolph Camilli
Intensity of Ultra-Violet Rays Across the Day and Year
The UV intensity is about eight times higher in August than in January. It rises rapidly from sunrise to noon and falls sharply until sunset. Noon intensity is nearly twice that at three in the afternoon.
Sage chicken: largest American grouse of the West
The sage chicken is the largest American grouse, differing from the prairie chicken and living westward where sagebrush grows densely. It ranges where food and shelter are abundant and blends with blue gray, black, brown and white under sage bushes, remaining hidden from hawks and hunters until very close.
Syria Becomes Independent State Under Sevres Mandate
The text notes Syria as a former Turkish province turned independent by the Sevres Treaty on August 10 1920, placed under French mandate effective September 20 1920, with Syria divided into Lebanon and Syria republics and Beirut as the mandate center while Damascus serves as Syria's capital.
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Syria
Sevres
France
Syria i
Repub
Lebanon
Beirut
Damascus
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The
Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
of Stained
Board’s Ice Cream
Woodstock
North Fork
South Fork
Shenandoah Valley League
Page Canneries
Front Royal News
Mary and
Margaret Lowe
Llangollen
Emma Carron
Tom M. Kerns
Richard Dunstan
Ossining
Justice
Walter G. Olmstead
Lynn deLashmutt
Nancy Swimley
Mrs. I. G. Bierer
Jack Moore
Bureau of Public Roads
Middleboro
Garden Club
Warren County Garden Club
Warren W. Whiteside
Front Royal Remount Depot
William E. Carson
Scudder Griffing
Griffing
Carson
Beverley F. Browne
I. G. Bierer
Parker Hitt
Lawrence Weaver
Brook Weaver
Baltimore Calvert
Edgar Poulton
W. E. Johnson
Englewood, N. J
B. V. Atwood
Raymond Weiser
Mrs. Weiser
Maple Shade
Mary Burruss
Mabel Branson
S. B. Downing, Sr
Bel Air
Labor Day
Carroll Burruss
Annie Macatee
George Macatee, Jr
Elliott Marshall
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lola Silman
Walter Boyd
Buffalo, N. Y
C. Oma Maddox
Plymouth Rocks
Swagger
P. Klompus
North Main St
Lorett Tog
A. B. C. and
Pueblo
Lorett Toggs
T. F. Timberlake
the Linen Store
N. Main Street
Philco
Philcos
Rome
Rio
Cue Melebourne
Madrid
Frederick, Warren
Clarke Counties
H. & W. Figure Shaping Garments
Moling & Cather
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