Lions Club meeting reports in Front Royal
Lions Club board met at Secretary P L Rogers home in Central City. Reports covered attendance membership and committees. Thanksgiving charity donated 172 dollars with minor bills pending. A special Christmas charities committee was appointed. Board to meet first Friday each month.
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Front Royal
Lions Club
P. L. Rogers
Central City
Comrat W. C. Deming
Warton Peffer
Toms-Johnnie Marchi
Gollins
Drick
Dinner To Honor Rev. T. Eugene West
Front Royal Baptist Church hosts a testimonial dinner for Pastor Rev. T. Eugene West who will depart for Charlottesville at the New Year. The event is planned for December 7 at 6 PM in the church social room with speakers from organizations he served. Bryan Rudacille chairs the program committee awaiting further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Front Royal Baptist Church
T. Eugene West
Charlottesville
Ember
West
Bryan Rudacille
Shopping Guides In The Mail For Front Royal Area
Seven thousand Christmas shopping guides were mailed to residents by the Retail Merchants Association. The twelve page circular includes eleven ads from local tradesmen and invites all to free shows Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am and 2 pm. Sponsors include Ace-Hi Dept Store Boston Bar Store Burke's Restaurant Dick Collins Crigler's Hardware Front Royal Motors Johnson's Jewelry Store Kilby's 5c to 1 Store M. H. Leiberman G. Marchi M. & M. Store Murphy Theater D. Pender Geo C. Ramsey Rohr's 5c to 1 Store Royal Motor Co. M. L. Scheuer P. M. Shirey Stokes Furniture Co. J Bryan Stokes Haberdashers Model Shop Trout Drug Co. Venable's Drug Store Warren Furniture Co. Weaver's Dept. Store
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Retail Merchants Association
Ace-Hi Dept
Boston Bar- Store
Burke’s Restaurant
Dick Collins
Crigler’s Hardware
Front Royal Motors
Johnson’s Jewelry
Kilby
M. H. Leiberman
G. Marchi
Murphy Theater
D. Pender
Geo. C. Ramsey
Rohr
Royal Motor Co
M. L. Scheuer
P. M. Shirey
Stokes Furniture Co
J. Bryan Stokes
the Haberdashers
the Model Shop
Trout Drug Co
Venable’s Drug Store
Warren Furniture Co
Weaver's Dept. Store
Warren County Educators Appointed to State Program
Warren County school officers attended the Virginia Education session in Richmond last week with G. Tyler Miller leading the resolutions committee. Leslie Fox and Q D Gasque served on executive committees, Stephen M Boyd Jr elected secretary treasurer of the school trustees, signaling well earned recognition for local educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County
Virginia
Richmond
G.tyler Miller
Leslie Fox
Q. D. Gasque
Stephen M. Boyd, Jr
Church Board Holds Meeting at River ton Methodist Church
The River ton Methodist Church Christian Education board met at Rev. R. Moorman Parker's home on Virginia Avenue. A representative group discussed plans for a White Christmas. Officers for the year include Mrs. R. C. Thomason as chairman, H. H. Bowman as vice chair, and Emmett Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Church Board of Christian Education
Riverton
Salaaming at Karachi Crocodile Pool Heats Up
In Karachi the croc pool draws worshipers who dye their forearms red to greet the oldest reptile among the surface sightings. The ritual, described by witnesses, underscores a local tradition centered on reverence for the ancient creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocoile
Karachi
All Americans Shooting Match at Cedarville Saturday
Local shooting event announced for Saturday at Cedarville starting at 10 o clock. Prizes include turkeys pigs beef and Leroy Franklin listed among organizers or sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedarville
Leroy Fpranklin
Front Royal Social and Personal News
Front Royal Warren County society items note Billy Simons and Harley Cooper to Pittsburgh for schooling. Greenwich Conn Husteds as guests. local visits include Husted Goodwin Bowers Winchester. bridge club hosted. families visiting in Waterlick Markham Washington Philadelphia and Baltimore. St Elizabeth Guild events Turkey Supper and apron sale. illness Bill Sewell with scarlet fever. many brief social calls and travels across U.S. towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Billy Simons
Harley Cooper
Pittsburgh
Simons
Cooper
Front Royal Merchants Hold December Meeting
Front Royal Retail Merchants Association met at the Royal Club Inn with 18 members present. President J. Bryan Stokes led reports from the advertising committee on a Christmas Shopping Guide and the Carson testimonial dinner. Next meeting set for January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Front Royal Retail Merchants Association
Royal Club Inn
J. Bryan Stokes
Carson
Tularemia In County Reported With Several Illnesses
The county reports tularemia or rabbit fever affecting multiple residents. At Riverton Midd Jordan shows rapid improvement while Elmer Boyd of Browntown improves after a two week illness. Giles Henry of Karo is also improving after the first reported case.
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Front Royal
Riverton
Midd Jordan
Elmer Boyd
Browntown
Giles Henry
Karo
Court Tries Hit and Run Case From Night of Crash
Willis faces trial as witnesses describe a fatal road incident. Testimony details a blood pool glass fragments and a dragged body marks. Willis claims no knowledge of striking anyone and misreads a brick or hole as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcome
Willis
Samuel O’neal
Jack O’neal
Jack O'Neal
Commonwealth
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Clayton Walter
O’neal
Fannie Willis
Carl O’leary
John Jenkins
Claude Cooley
Hammack
John
Ste Phens City Residents Testify For Willis In Trial
Welch and Henry Hartley testified to Willis good community reputation at Lemleys lunch room. Other witnesses included Belle Larrick Richard Hatcher Richard Golightly P E Lineburg E L Humston Amos Lillard. Evidence finished at 2 45 as lawyers moved to Williams chamber for instructions. Raymond Roe pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in Gore county with eight prior offenses. Judge Williams reserved sentence. Carter Orndorff and Calue Ramey face moonshine appeal in circuit court tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Roe
Daniel Morgan
Walter Mason
Gore
Roe
Williams
Carter Orndorff
Calue Ramey
Trial Justice Court
Plane bound for Hawaii reported lost in Pacific
Airmail reports Ulm’s plane the Ulm Monoplane Star of Australia vanished about 275 miles from Honolulu en route to Hawaii. Flight time since Oakland takeoff at 3 41 p m 21 hours fuel at 28 gallons per hour with 605 gallons aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Coolidge
Star of Australia
Ulm
Honolulu Globe Wireless
Kyg
Oakland
Immediate Monthly Cash Revenue Trust Certificate Offer
An advertising note for J Edward Jones Royalty Trust Certificates promising average returns of 18 percent per annum. Offers details on request from 1103 Vershont Ave Dist 3590 Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Jones Royalty Trust
P. C
Vershont Ave. Dist
Washington, D. C
Man Tallying With Robinson Is Suspicious
In Marinna Florida Sheriff Chambliss said a man matching the description of Thomas H Robinson Jr charged with kidnapping Louisville socialite Mrs. Alice Stoll is held for fingerprint checks with Kentucky authorities. The arrestee, booked as Rufus Clark, attempted to flee when ordered to halt. Clarke claimed he was bound for Bristol Tennessee.
Arms Makers Knew Early of Great War, Senate Hears
Evidence presented to the Senate munitions committee shows arms manufacturers believed as early as 1908 that a vast European conflict was brewing. The World War began in 1914 six years later. The committee also heard that the U S government shifted some munition contract deliveries to the British Navy from 1914 to 1916.
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Washington
Dec
Europe
Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Mummies Found By Hancock Party In Galapagos
The G Allan Hancock expedition located the mummified bodies of two shipwreck victims on Lonely Marchena Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. Expedition members had not identified the bodies, and they have visited the islands annually for five years.
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Los Angeles
Marchena Island
Equator
Galapagos Archipelago
G. Allan Hancock
Velcro
Probe planned into Huey Long leadership in Louisiana
Dr. Guy E. Snavely of Birmingham secretary of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools said the association's executive committee will investigate charges that Senator Huey Long is running Louisiana State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Guy E. Snavely
Birmingham
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Huey Long
Louisiana State University
Higher Court Sustains Carew in Custody Case
New York December 4 appellate division refuses to compel Justice Carew to issue a final order in Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt habeas corpus action seeking custody of her 10 year old daughter Gloria from aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Supreme Court
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Harry Payne Whitney
Dr Francis P Gaines III Ill With Septic Throat at W and L
Dr Francis P Gaines III president of Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia was described as very ill by physicians after a diagnosis of septic throat. He became ill Saturday night and was initially thought to have a severe tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Quarrel Over Chair Blamed For A Killing
In Peete Pennsylvania a fatal kitchen shooting is ruled accidental after a quarrel over a chair between brothers Lawrence Ganz three and Clayton five. Deputy Coroner F B Good lists the incident as accidental and notes the mother was away momentarily while Elmer Ganz father hunted in northern Pennsylvania.
Thousands Gather In Moscow For Kirov Body Viewing
Thousands of mourning workers line the snow before the Union House to view the body of Sergei Kirov, assassinated Soviet official, arriving from Leningrad and lying in state. Authorities announce 71 White Russians arrested for alleged terrorist acts against Soviet officials.
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Moscow
Union House
Sergei Kiro
Leningrad
Sverdlov Square
Red Square
Kiroff
Three Towns Leveled in Octepeque Earthquake
Sinuapa reports total 6500 residents likely left homeless as three towns in Ocotepeque Department were destroyed by October quake. Officials note.Conditions described from official message from the new capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Octepeque
Sinuapa
Ocotepeque
Russian Labor Camps Unsettled
Berlin dispatch reports Mittags Zeitunz says anti Bolshevist agitation grew in Russian labor camps between Leningrad and the White Sea, in a densely wooded area, causing concern among authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mittags Zeitunz
Helsingers
Finland
Lenigrad
White Sea
Private funeral for Elizabeth Morrow Morgan
Elizabeth Morrow Morgan daughter of Dwight W. Morrow and sister of Mrs. Lindbergh will have a private funeral at her mother's estate in Englewood New Jersey. Only family members may attend and the hour is to be kept private.
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Morgan
Englewood
N. J
Elizabeth Morrow Morgan
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Germany May Rejoin League
Geneva diplomats hold higher hopes that Germany may return to the disarmament conference and to the League of Nations. A Franco German agreement in Rome over the Saar basin created optimism for a general Franco German understanding vital to Europe’s peace and Germany’s return to Geneva.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Rome
Saar Basin
Long Said to Have Cursed Editor at LSU Row
A student, David R. McGuire, testified that Senator Huey P. Long cursed Jesse H. Cutter, editor of LSU's Reveille, and threatened to fire any student opposing Long, in a campus dispute over censorship. The testimony came as four students were dismissed.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Jesse H. Cutter
Reveille
Louisiana State University
Huey Long
David R. McGuire
Snow Deluge Brings Fatalities In Midwest
Southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin recover from a second heavy snowstorm in three days. Nearly a foot fell in many areas. Two deaths reported, one in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin, as residents dig out.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Woman Suspect In Helen Gillis Poised Arrest In Toledo
A woman matching Mrs Helen Gillis widow of gangster George Baby Face Nelson was arrested in Toledo Ohio after police traced her from Lagrange Indiana. She was with another woman and a man in a car with a Michigan license. Gillis was thought to have been with Nelson when he shot two DOJ operatives near Chicago last week. Nelson later died from his wounds.
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Toledo
Helen Gillis
George
Baby Face
Chicago
Nelson
Stocks Hold Steady as Markets Show Mixed Upside
Markets mostly steady with rail and aviation issues showing moderate gains. Grains and cotton rise while U S government securities gain on favorable December borrowing outlook. Currency moves include dollar strength against sterling and foreign currencies. Key stock prices at 2 p m show Allied Chemical 135 to American Can 106 and others including Bethlehem Steel 31 12 and Union Pacific 108 percent.
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U. S
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Tel. & Tel
Atcth
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand
N. J
Union Pacific
U. 8S. Steel
Woolworth
Apple Market Votations and Shipping Point Update
Shipping point information for Saturday from Winchester to Martinsburg shows demand slow and market steady with car lots offered f o b under plain pack and oil paper at mostly five cents per bushel. Cold storage sales include barrels Yorks U S No 1 priced at 3 1/2 dollars per car and Ben Davis No 1 at 3 1/4 to 3 1/2. bushel baskets Yorks No 1 2 1/2 min per car 1.22.
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Winchester-Martinsburg
Yorks
U. S
Ben Davis
Grain Prices and Cash Wheat Quotations Across Markets
Chicago closing grain prices show wheat futures for December at 99% and May near 1.00 3/4, with oats and rye figures listed alongside barley and bellies. Cash wheat in Chicago No 4 red at 99 1/4, No 1 hard at 1.0834, and various corn grades cited. Baltimore spot wheat at 99 with December 99. Winchester spot wheat 95 cents. white corn old 90 cents, yellow new 70 cents with barrel quotes.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Congress To Be Asked To Change Taxation Laws
FRENCH LICK Ind Dec 4 The National Association of State Tax Administrators urges Congress to pass a bill letting states tax incoming interstate shipments The association seeks a Roosevelt backed resolution presented at its final meeting session Fred E Stewart Sacramento Calif is up for re election as president and spoke on tax relief plans
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French Lick
Ind
Pasage
Congress
Fred E. Stewart
Sacramento
Cal
National Association of State Tax Administrators
Roosevelt
Stewart
California State Board of Equilization
Livestock And Produce Market Overview And Philadelphia Prices
Market report shows steady cattle and hog trade with Slough steers 6.25 to 7.50 and cows 2.00 to 3.50. calves and calves values noted. Philadelphia live poultry and dressed poultry prices listed, with eggs at 5,526 and varied butter and egg values across grades.
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Philadelphia
Herriery
Local Markets And Wholesale Flour Prices Listed
A scanned market page lists wholesale flour prices for patent brands in various bag sizes, shelled corn and mixed feeds, dairy feeds, and related commodities. It also notes egg, butter, and meat item prices with scattered figure entries and typographical inconsistencies.
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Tocal
Ceveesers
OTM Veedines Ivs
Sabe Ponerse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
W. B. Thomason
Telephone Front Royal 213
Rev
T. E. West
Educators
Mills H. Husted
Greenwich, Conn
Allen Goodwin
Dan Bowers
Lyle Hansbrough
Catherine Hall
Mrs. Taz Hall
Waterlock
Arthur Miller
Amos Manuel
Clarendon
E. R. Rudacille
Katherine Jones of
Markham
Louise Shirey
Billie
Major
W. H. Sewell
Tyler Miller
George Morton
A. D. Cone
Mrs. Cone
John Neate
Mary Magruder
Eva Marshall
Dick Light
James Marshall
Ensign
Tom Bowers
Elizabeth White
St. Elizabeth’s
Guild
Baldwin Harnsberger
Mrs. Tyler Miller
Aubrey Weaver
Mrs. Dennison
Roanoke
St. Elizabeth’s Guild
Strickler House
L. H. Dudley
Alexandria
Charles Keyser
Linden
Fred Wayland
Rosalie Evans
Leeds Manor
C. G. Bumgardner
Donnie
Claude Stokes
Berryville
Virginia Kingee
Pacific
Robinson
Arms Makers
Hancock
Dr. Gaines III
Duke of Kent
King George
Queen Mary of England
Princess Marina
Dover
Paris
Trousseau
Swears Long
Senator Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
James Couzens
Michigan
C. C. Dill
St Nicholas
APPLE
Byrdie
California
Community Oil Service
Manor Avenue
Front Royal, Va
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