Christmas Savings Clubs Payout Totals Reported
Total Christmas Savings Clubs received December 1 by club depositors amounting to 63 07667 were sold in full and are now on hand at the four local banks. Sums paid out by the Shenandoah Valley National Bank 20521 67 Commercial and Savings Bank 18555 70 Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust 17000 Union Bank of Winchester 7000.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust
Union Bank of Winchester
Prosperity Tide Reported in the South by Baltimore Merchant
Baltimore businessman F. Highland Burns, just back from a Southern tour, reports a revival and more money in the region. He says sentiment has shifted from artificial to genuine and notes farmers have more real dollars than in years past.
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Baltimore
South
F. Highland Burns
Burns
Chicago Sees Surge in Crime and Executions
Chicago and Cook County officials report rising crime figures with nine murderers sentenced to death, seven executed in ten months, and large shares of burglary and robbery cases convicted. The State's Attorney highlights 1933 comparisons and seeks a public reputational revision.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
Cook County
Woman Slayer Of Imbecile Son Has Life Spared
London authorities reprieved Mrs May Brownhill a 62 year old mother sentenced for mercy slaying her imbecile son. Labour leader George Lansbury had urged clemency and the Home Office acted swiftly after the reprieve application was filed.
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London
Home Secretary
George Lansbury
May Brownhill
Lansbury
Home Office
Revival Meetings at Stines Chapel Herald Next Week
Stines Chapel hosts a union revival starting Sunday December 9 at 7 30 p m and runs nightly all week with speakers Cephas Fahnestock C E B Seastrunk Allen Jones C G Russell C H Anderson S J Goode F G Senger A Christian Endeavor will meet that Sunday at 7 p m with speaker W R Legge vocational teacher at Handley School and music by the Albin Quartet.
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Sunday School of _ Stines Chapel
Cephas Fahnestock
C. EB. Seastrunk
Allen Jones
C. G. Russell
C. H. Anderson
J. Goode
F. G. Senger
Christian Endeavor
Stines Chapel
W. R. Legge
Handley School
Albin Quartette
Supreme Court Upholds Military Training at UC and Land Grants
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the University of California and other land grant colleges may compel students to undertake military training. Justice Butler delivered the decision affirming the universities action to suspend two students who refused the training on conscientious grounds.
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Washington
University of California
Supreme Court
Butler
Investigation Of Mountain Tragedy To Be Continued
Carlisle Pa December 4 1931 state police chief Major Lynn G Adams pledged the inquiry into the babes in the wood tragedy would go on until every detail is cleared up He identified Elmo J Noakes of Roseville California as the possible killer of his relatives The three girls were buried Saturday while the man and woman lay in an Altoona morgue awaiting relatives arrival
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Carlisle
Lynn G. Adams
Adams
Elmo J. Noakes
Roseville
Cal
Winifred Pierce
California
McVeytown
Altoona
Navy grid games draw 309667 in six cities
The Naval Academy football team attracted 309,667 total fans across six cities this season, averaging 34,407 per game in nine games. Five home crowds were sell-outs versus Army, Maryland, Columbia, Washington and Lee, and Pittsburgh, while 1933 had only Army at capacity.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Maryland
Columbia
Washington and Lee
Pittsburgh
Army
Telephone Rates To Be Studied By State Commission
In Virginia the State Corporation Commission will review telephone rates after completing current electric power company studies. H Lester Hooker says the commission will update the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 1926 valuation and assess rates across all telephone companies. Federal actions meanwhile press for rate reductions in Washington and Baltimore.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
H. Lester Hooker
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission of
District
Recent Transfers of City Realty
Shawnee Realty Company transfers include Shawnee Heights Addition lot to S. T. Newlin for 10 and valuable considerations. G. A. Jackson to James B. Winkfield, Lot 10 on revised Gray Lea plat for 10. S. T. Newlin to Lora L. Newlin, Shawnee Heights lot for 10. Sophia Smallwood to Louis L. Baker et al, Lot 20 Block F for 10.
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Winchester
Shawnee Realty Company, Inc
S. T. Newlin
Shawnee Heights
G. A. Jackson
James B. Winkfield
Gray Lea
T. Newlin
Lora L. Newlin
Sophia Smallwood
Louis L. Baker
Frederick youths have thrilling ride on river
Frederick, Md. youths Ralph G and John Ebert recounted a hair canoe trip down the Potomac from Harpers Ferry to Point of Rocks amid flood damage. They beat a car by three minutes, navigating rocks and rapids when the river was high. Flooding in the Middletown Valley left a 25 mile stretch from Wolfsville to Lander submerged and losses running into thousands.
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Frederick
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Ralph G
John Ebert
Frederick County
Middletown
Wolfsville
Lander
Catoctin
Settlement Terms In Shawnee Heights Agreement
The document records consideration of $10 and valuable considerations between Lora L Newlin et al and Margaret P Massey regarding Bot No 1 Shawnee Heights with formalizing notes.
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Lora L. Newlin
Et Air
Margaret P. Massey
Bot
Shawnee Heights
Convict Labor on Virginia Highways Questioned
Richmond Virginia December 4. Walker Cottrell chairman of the State Prison Board argues against removing convict labor from state road work. He cites a $1.6 million loss to the state and warns that abandoning road assignment would require buying five or six farms costing $1 million to $1.5 million to employ convicts.
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Walker C. Cottrell
State Prison Board
Cottrell
Aee
Prison Board
White Hall Junior League Names Officers
The White Hall Junior League and the Red Cross were reorganized with officers: Margaret Dike president Mildred J Smith vice president Esther P Barrett secretary Edgar I Snake Jr treasurer and Mrs Melvin Brown faculty sponsor. League meetings are weekly and projects include school grounds cleanup.
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White Hall
The
Red Cross
Margaret Dike
Mildred J. Smith
Esther P. Barrett
Edgar I. Snake
Melvin Brown
Hicks
Winchester
Frederick County
Elmer Snarr
Lebanon Church
W. S. Brown
Shamrocks: Ireland’s Ancient Clover Symbol and Lore
The shamrock, a form of clover, ranks among Ireland’s oldest plants. White blossoms are common but its leaves are revered in holy tradition, noted by the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Ireland
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Junior Class To Present Play On December Fifth
The Handley Junior Class will stage an amateur play on Wednesday December 5 at 2 30 pm. About twenty one actors and actresses will perform a lively entertainment priced at ten cents for students and twenty five cents for adults. The production features comedy and light drama under the title Come up and get us At the Fountain.
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Handley
Divorce Action by Desertion Filed in Frederick Court
Kenneth James Hills sues Hilda Hills in Frederick County Circuit Court for divorce a mensa et to desertion. Defendant not a Virginia resident. ordered to appear within ten days after publication. Case to be advertised weekly in Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posted at courthouse. Clerk to mail copy to defendant.
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Circuit Court
County of
Frederick
Kenneth James Hills
Hilda Hills
Virginia
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
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