Social Calendar of Club Meetings and Performances
A sequence of weekly club luncheons meetings and performances across local organizations. Lions Kiwanis Rotary American Legion Elks and church choirs hosted gatherings at First Baptist Grace Lutheran United Brethren Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal and other venues. Highlights include a watermelon party at West Piccadilly Street and a three act play Expressing Willie at Capitol Theatre with a semiformals at Winchester Golf Club.
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Lions’ Club
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Hotel Drusilla
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
American Legion Post
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Little Theatre Organization
Capitol Theatre
Winchester Golf Club
Little Theater
Personnel changes in Virginia American Legion Auxiliary officers
The Virginia American Legion Auxiliary plans to operate with most officers reappointed after the Bristol convention. W P Mathews of Richmond was reelected department president for a second year, and W W Townes of Petersburg became secretary. A full slate of reelects plus new appointees across vice presidents, treasurer, historian, chaplain, and committee roles were announced, with district leaders also reappointed. Martha Staton of Norfolk was introduced as grand chapeau of the 40 and 8 auxiliary group, which supported 139 children and gave $1,052 to child welfare programs.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Virginia
Bristol
W. P. Mathews
Richand
W. W. Townes
Petersburg
Felix Parker Froaneke
Frances Beverley
Winchester
N. O. Akers
Abingdon
Mae F. McKinney
Harrisonburg
C. Is Shepperson
Alexandria
C. M. Emmett
Clifton
Forge
American Legion
Poht No. 110
Norfolk
Bennett and Anderson Wed in Yellow Springs ceremony
Announcement of Miss Margaret Bennett and Mr Ray Anderson marriage after a Saturday ceremony at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North Avenue. Rev George W Stover officiated. The couple reside in Yellow Springs, W Va, with Mr Anderson in the West Virginia timber business.
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Margaret Bennett
Ray Anderson
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
George W Stover
Charles H. Bennett
Yellow Springs
W. Va
Edward Anderson
Anderson
West Virginia
Out of Town Guest Attends Rosemont Orchard Picnic
Mr. M. Chislow of The Packer New York office attended the annual orchard picnic at Rosemont. It was his first visit to the growers meeting and he said he thoroughly enjoyed his stay before departing Saturday evening for Richmond and Washington.
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Rosemont
M. Chislow
New York
The
Packer
Dinner Guests At Home Of Mr. and Mrs. Butler
Guests for dinner at the West Clifford street home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Butler included Mr. and Mrs. Glover of Liverpool England and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Barr of Winchester. Others named were Mr. Lane of Georgia Mr. Wesson of Tennessee Mr. E. A. Thomas Mr. Jack Lowery and Mr. A. R. Strauderman who drove to Cumberland Maryland last Friday to visit Mrs. Strauderman in hospital where her condition remains the same.
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Snarr
G. H. Snarr
Crystal Caverns
F. E. Grove
H.h.snarr
Anna Belle Snarr
W. B. Little
Alma Laure Little
Middletown
George G Snarr
Reba
George Snarr
B. B. Snarr
Winchester
L. L. Snarr
C S Grove
Alice
Jane Ramey
Sonny” Snarr
Small
Philip Small
Martinsburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dennis Dean Small
Lucy Keyes Dean
Charles E. Dean
National Avenue
Dunlap
D. E. Dunlap
Memorial Hospital
Front Royal Road
Butler
Harry W. Butler
West Clifford Street
Glover
Liverpool
Eng
Herman Barr
Lane
Georgia
Mr. Wesson
Tennessee
E. A. Thomas
Jack Lowery
A. R. Strauderman
Cumberland
Jeanne Stuart White
B. Mitchell Knight, Jr
West Leicester Street
Marjorie Trotter
State College
Elsie Rosenberger
South Washington Street
Durham
N. C
Pennsylvania
Local residents travel to Chicago Washington and nearby cities
Mrs. Fred W Forney and son Lester travel to Chicago for the World Fair with visits planned to Worthington Ohio and relatives in Zanesville. Miss Connie Wyndham and Miss June Bean depart for Washington to visit relatives. Others head to Chicago for the Chi Phi Congress and Century of Progress Exposition with several residents returning or awaiting events in Buchanan and Baltimore.
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Fred W. Forney
Lester Forney
Miss Vhurday
Chicago
Forney
Joseph S. Patterson
Worthington
Ohio
Zanesville
Ralph Smith
Connie Wyndham
West Boscawen Street
June Bean
South Stewart Street
Washington
Paul Rosenberger
South Washington Street
Chi Phi Fraternity
Lindberghs Guarded at Copenhagen Hotel Amid Autograph Rush
Police posted guards in front of the Copenhagen hotel housing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife as crowds of autograph seekers pressed for access. The Lindberghs, who arrived Saturday after a staged Atlantic flight from the United States, faced flood of letters and telegrams. Lindbergh later inspected his plane at the naval seaplane station ahead of a planned overhaul after miles flown since leaving America.
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Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Atlantic
United States
Lindbergh
Naval Seaplane Station
America
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Reported
Closing quotations in Chicago and Baltimore grain markets show September at 87.34, December 91.44, May 95.% in Chicago. Spot wheat 91.34 in Baltimore. Winchester Spot wheat 80 as supplied to The Star via Winchester Milling and Stickell Sales Corp.
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Chicago
Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
States Prepare to Vote on Repeal and Washington Election
Washington voters face a statewide repeal referendum on Tuesday while Texas moves toward ratification. States including Virginia Kentucky and Kansas schedule action in September October and November as leaders predict repeal momentum may reach the required 36 ratifications. In Texas Senator Norris Sheppard urges renewed Prohibitionist hope despite the large Texas vote against retention.
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Texas
Farley
New York
Hower
Slavertons
Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia Assembly
Kansas
Landon
Allen
Lonsiana
Cooney
Montana
Shand
Hope
Dallas
Tex
Norris Sheppard
Cirys
Sheppard
Texas Election Bureau
Washington State
Seattle
Washington
Moley Quits State Department to Edit Astoria Weekly
Raymond Moley resigns as Assistant Secretary of State effective Sept. 7 to edit a new national weekly published by Vincent Astor. Roosevelt regrets the move. Hull congratulates Moley yet hints policy split as Moley’s influence on foreign policy wanes after London conference tensions.
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Moley
New Astoria
Hyde Park
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
State Department
Hull
Astor
London
Columbia University
White House
Hoover
Raymond
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rotary Cordell Hull
Virginia
America
Brain Trust
Washington
Tennessee
Executive Mansion
Miss Edith Harlee Returns From Richmond Visit
Miss Edith Harlee arrives home after a month in Richmond visiting her uncle Mr. Julian M. Lillis.
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Edith Harlee
Richmond
Julian M. Lillis
Mejnoun and Leilah Tale Echoes Eastern Romance
A note frames the Persian love story Mejnoun and Leilah as a famed romance akin to Romeo and Juliet, highlighting its notoriety in Eastern literary tradition.
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Mejnoun
Leilah
Nurse's Suit Settled Out of Court
Washington Aug 28 A breach of promise suit for 100000 by Mary Wirt a Denver Naval Hospital nurse against Percival Hunter Jr former Annapolis midshipman has been settled out of court The attorney for Wirt filed for dismissal and declined to reveal terms He said his client would go to the Orient as a missionary
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Associated Press
Washington
Mary Wirt
Denver Naval Hospital
Percival Hunter, Jr
Annapolis
Miss Wirt
Hunter
Orient
World War Added Thousands of Words to English Language
The article notes that World War I contributed a substantial influx of new vocabulary to English, estimating just under ten thousand new words entering common usage during the conflict era. It highlights the war's lasting linguistic impact on culture and communication.
Public Works Official Visits Storm Hit Virginia
Col. H. M. White deputy public works administrator flew to eastern Virginia to inspect storm stricken areas and assess relief needs.
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Washington
H. M. White
Public Works
Virginia
In 1767 First English Work Titled Political Economy
Noted passage highlights Sir James Steuart's 1 300 page work titled Political Economy from 1767. It mentions a modern claim from Hi Ho of Chinatown about distant communication yet imperfect mutual understanding. Muskrats support a fur firm with 3 000 000 dollars in annual business. The firm handles dressing curing and dyeing of furs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stewart
Roosevelt Holds Wide Range of Economic Strategy Meetings
President Roosevelt met with aides and foreign experts to tackle domestic and global economics. Ickes joined to review the $3.3 billion public works program while Jesse Jones discussed credit for recovery. He planned talks with Montagu Norman and George Harrison on currency stability and foreign exchange. The President will tour upstate bridges near Albany and Troy.
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Associated Press
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ickes
White House
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hudson
Albany
Troy
Rise of Ankara as Turkey’s Capital in 1922
Constantinople known as Istanbul and Turkish leaders confirm that the capital moved to Ankara in 1922 when Turkey became a republic. The prior seat of governance, Istanbul, officially relinquished the capital status as Ankara took over.
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Constantinople
Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Angora
Violation of N R A Is Laid To Communists
Four people accused as alleged Communist pickets were arrested in Brooklyn for violating N R A regulations in a test prosecution. The action follows Grover Whalen’s claim that Communists aim to block the N R A and would be punished for picketing. New York also suspended its anti trust law to enable full operation of the National Recovery Act during the act’s duration.
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New York
Brooklyn
Grover A. Whalen
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Herbert H. Lehman
Mexico Strong for Tobacco Industry
Mexico grows tobacco in virtually all regions and the industry ranks third in manufacturing importance.
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Mexico
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South Braddock Street
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East Piccadilly Street
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W Va
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Elkins
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Robert Blatter
Robert McNally
J. E. Marshall Jr
Buchanan
J. E. Marshal
Marshal
Garland Baptist
Tom Cooksey
Col. Lindbergh
Hi Ho
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