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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1934

Page

8

Man Arrested for Altering Car Tag in Front Royal

Daniel Woodward, claiming Culpeper address, is jailed in Warren county on charges of changing the date and numbers on a Washington DC tag 8378 from 1934. A Pontiac receipt misled officials. the painterly crack in paint exposed the fraud as officer Slaughter and Bayliss investigate.

Front Royal Wiebe Daniel Woodward Culpeper Warren County T. A. Slaughter Woodward Upstate Richard P. King King District of Columbia Bayliss Winchester

Town Electric Outage Darkens Front Royal Area Two Hours

Front Royal and nearby territory experienced a two hour blackout from 8.28 to 10.18 as a fuse wire blasted during rock blasting on East Side Highway caused a short circuit. Linemen from Front Royal and Luray traced the fault to near Rileyville. the wire was removed and service restored. The outage disrupted theatres and patrons bought candles with some sales reported.

Front Royal Jim Derflinger Luray Rileyville Theatres de

Testimonial Dinner For Rev T E West

The First Baptist Church in Royal invites Rev T Eugene West to a testimonial dinner in the church social room starting at six o clock. An after dinner program in the auditorium will follow with remarks from church leaders and a feature address by Dr Henry Alfred Porter of Charlottesville Church.

First Baptist Church T. Eugene West Mr. West Statton Hammock H. H. Marlowe West Henry Alfred Porter Charlottesville Gse

Lions Inter-City Meet Attended by Front Royal Group

Front Royal Lions Club members and guests gathered at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester for the Inter-City meeting last night. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. Bryan Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kerns, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis, Benjy Atwood, Johnnie Marchi, Aubrey Smith, Wilbur F. Trout and William Herring.

Front Royal Front Royal Lions Club George Washington Winchester J. Bryan Stokes Thomas M. Kerns Frank Lewis Benjy Atwood Johnnie Marchi Aubrey Smith Wilbur F. Trout William Herring

Claims King Killing Hatched in America

Fragmentary article notes denouncing a Hunzvarian government with Eckhardt replying that the avs designation was not...

America Hunzvarian Eckhardt Avs

Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County

Front Royal social notes list Mrs Henry Frank Dail C. enjoying a lunch with friends. Mrs A E Whitesell hosts dinner for Mr and Mrs Wallace Simpson returning from their wedding trip. Miss Evelyn Kendrick returns from Birmingham Alabama after visiting her brother. Miss Roberta Kerfoot travels to Boyce to visit Miss Virginia and Miss May Burch. Capt and Mrs Young and Mrs Eugene Davis in Washington visiting Major and Mrs Peake. Miss Margaret Coleman arrives from Norfolk after weeks away. Mrs Channing Delaplane returns to Delaplane Manor. Mrs Roger Payne hosts a Silver Tea for Ladies Aid Society. Mrs O R Bowen and Miss Coe spend day in Washington. Lieut Hamilton with Capt Young in Fauquier and Loudoun counties. Mrs Joe Williams of Flint Hill visits town. Mr Edward Williams visits Washington. W C Campbell of Washington spends day in town. Miss Carolyn Carson and Mrs John Hedrick attend races in Charles Town. Miss Maizie Rust of Delaplane visiting Mrs Lucy Turner of Flint Hill spends day in town. Mr Lee Long, visiting sister Mrs Henry Downing, returns to Harrisonburg. Mrs Arthur Miller of Washington shops in town. Reuben Brady and George Sloat plan weekend in Harrisonburg. Miss Sally Ambler leaves Saturday for Washington. Mr and Mrs Frank Forsythe spend day in Washington.

Yugoslav Hungary clash over King Alexander murder

Geneva reports Yugoslavia accuses Hungary of aiding terrorists in the murder of King Alexander. Croat gatherings in Youngstown and Buenos Aires cited as sources, while Hungary defends its border policy and seeks League of Nations mediation to avoid severed relations.

Hungary Youngstown Geneva Alexander Yugoslavia Tibor Eckhardt League of Nations Associated Press Buenos Aires Youngstown. O DeLonttie Pisadtit Buen Foreign Office League Foreign Budapest Ataes Szeged Maribor Rome Itlian Council of the Boglyub Yevttch League of Nations Council Yevitch Marseille Hunry

Yugoslavia Calls for League Justice Over Terrorism Threats

Yugoslav foreign minister urged the League to act justly regarding terrorism and warned that failure to deliver satisfaction could shake confidence in the United Nations system. He appealed for public attention to perils that threaten peace and international understanding.

Fesquirose Yetvich Yyusoslavia League Yugoslavia

Crushed Dust Improves Street Near Ri Methodist Church

A side street beside Ri Methodist Church received a new surface of crushed dust to ease travel after heavy rainfall. The road, widened last summer, had been nearly impassable. other streets from the summer program also remain in good condition.

Front Royal Ri Methodist

Aid Society Meets at Riverton Church Home

The Aid Society of the Riverton Methodist Church met yesterday at Mrs H H Bowman home for visitors day. Fancy work was on sale and the group discussed Christmas charities they will support. Refreshments were served by the hostess after the business meeting.

Front Royal Aid Society Riverton H. H. Bowman Bowman

Nursery School Opens With 20 Enrollees at Middletown

The Middletown Nursery School began today with an initial enrollment of 20 and more expected. Mrs. Orville Wake leads the program with Miss Lula Lauck as assistant. Miss Mary Katherine Aulick serves as nutritionist and health supervisor and also teaches PE at Winchester Institute. Mrs. Orion Hopkins oversees the Stephens City nursery school after Mrs. Wake’s transfer.

Middletown Orville Wake Lula Lauck Mary Katherine Aulick Aulick Winchester Institute Orion Hopkins Stephens City Wake

Wheat Checks Arrive at County Agent Office

All wheat checks for 1934 arrive at the office of County Agent Fred Stine. The first installment pays 20 cents per bushel, totaling 9149 dollars for yesterday. Earlier this week the 1933 reductions contract payment arrived, covering five and eight tenths cents per bushel, the remaining unpaid amount.

Fred Stine

Funeral Rites Planned Sunday for Mrs Malone

Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Katherine Malone 62 native of Star Tannery and widow of John M Malone will be held Sunday afternoon. A 12 30 a m home service precedes a 1 30 p m church service at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church conducted by Rev C E Seastrunk with burial at the churchyard. She is survived by four daughters two sons one sister and three brothers.

Margaret Katherine Malone John M. Malone Marlboro Gravel Springs Lutheran Church C. E. Seastrunk Martha Garrett Orndorff

Michigan killer given life for 12 year old Leone Love murder

Leroy Carson, 24, a former convict who confessed to abducting and shooting Leone Love near Lansing, began a life term at Marquette prison less than 36 hours after the crime. He admitted waylaying the girl, making advances, and shooting her with a hunting rifle when she cried.

Leroy Carson Leone Love Lansing Mich Marquette Prison Carson

Market in Stocks Mixed As Volume Shrinks

Stock leaders hold to a narrow range as trading volume drops from the prior session. Investors await incentives to expand commitments while grains firm and bonds stay firm early. Call money returns to 1 percent. British pound opens at 4.95 and francs steady. Selected NYSE prices include Allied Chemical 137, American Can 106 1/2, Bethlehem Steel 3 1/2, Chrysler 40, General Electric 20, U S Steel 38 1/2.

New York New York Stock Exchange Allied Chemical American Can American Smelters American Tel & Tel Arch Topeka & S. Fe Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol Gas N. Y General Electric General Motors Goodyear Int. Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward N.Y. Central Penn Railroa Stand Oil Union Pacific U. S. Steel Woolworth

Elab orate program to mark meeting continues in Virginia

Pennsylvania officials and Keystone Quartet join in the civic club meeting in Virginia. Delegates including J W Rambeau and W S Merrick discuss blind assistance and district survey plans to report at the Ocean View convention next May. The Handley Glee Club attended as guests.

Paxe One Pennsylvania Railroad J. W. Rambeau W. S. Merrick Keystone Quarter Pennsy” Lines G. C. Hallman J. C. Mainwaring J. Curtis Hartell A. E. Rodig W. G. Harshaw Harry Butler Robert Y. Conrad Post Legion Baxnes Legge Rotary Club H. Cc. Sheetz Kiwanis Club A. Vesperman Hagerstown Harrisonburg Front Royal Civic Clubs Sam Preston Winchester Lions Riley Wicker Virginia Ocean View Keyston York Thomas Coffee Company Glenn Garrett Bill Ketterman Frank Quigley Lee Martin Roy Rinehart Glee Club Hove Riley 24Th Handley Glee Club

Bunk House Historic Site Torn Down

The article traces ownership of the bunk house site in Winchester from its 1819 grist mill and distillery era through transfers to Major William Davidson, John Richardson, Hugh Holmes, Joseph C. Baldwin, James Stackhouse, and finally the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company. It notes water rights, buildings, and the connection to Captain George W. Kurtz who learned cabinet making there.

Berland Valley Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad William Davidson John Richardson Hugh Holmes Joseph C. Baldwin Holmes Baldwin James Stackhouse Stephen Stackhouse Cumberland Valley Railroad Company Florida Stackhouse Winchester George W. Kurtz John Kerr

Historic mill rumors stir local memory of river works

Observers recall the old mill and race near town, noting tales of activity at the site. It is said that during summers people would approach the mill race and take shower baths under the water wheel, paying five cents per person for the experience, as part of local lore.

Quotations in Apple Market for Wednesday

Shipping point information lists Winchester and Martins as steady. Carloads fob are under usual terms. Sales from cold storage include Winesaps and U S No 1 with 2 1/2 inch minimum and car price $4.25 per bushel. Era Works U S No 1 2 3 4 inch minimum, few $1.20.

Winchester U. S

Livestock And Produce Market Report From Baltimore And Philadelphia

Baltimore market shows steady cattle with varied classes and prices across steers cows calves hogs and sheep and lambs. Philadelphia activity notes unchanged dressed poultry butter and grade prices across several categories.

Baltimore Philadelphia

Local Wholesale Market Prices for Patent Brand and Feed Items

Prices listed for Patent Brand flour in 98, 48, and 24 pound bags with per barrel rates, plus 12 and 24 pound bags. Includes Shelled and Cracked corn, mixed and dairy feeds, egg mash, corn meal, middlings, screenings, brans, and butter products with various per barrel or per hundred weights. Also notes hog, sheep, and cattle components with corresponding prices.

Eere Countey

All Americans Shooting Match Saturday Cedarville

All Americans shooting event set for Saturday December 8 at ten o clock in Cedarville with prizes including turkeys pigs beef and a 3 5t item.

Cedarville

Stenographer Awarded 16009 in Suit Over Promise

Miss Bessie Vandermeulen a 37 year old stenographer of His ville Kentucky won a verdict of 16009 against Thomas L Barrett a 56 year old bachelor and wealthy clubman in a breach of promise case. Barrett denied in court that he had promised to marry.

Clubman Barrett Miss Vandermeulen

Radio schedule highlights across major networks

Daily Philco Radio Program listings show 6:00 to 11:30 blocks across WEAF WOR WJZ WABC with musicals, talk, news, drama and serials. Included are program notes for Olympian talks, Amos n Andy, Lone Ranger, Burns and Allen style acts and university lectures.

WEAF WOR Uncle Don WJZ Berger WABC Gale Page Billy Batchelor Lowell Thomas Margaret Brainard Wabc—Press Henry Morgenthau, Jr Mort Marge Plantation Echoes Hirsch Red Davis Paul Keast Uncle Ezra Boake Carter Weaf—Bourdon Orchestra Grantland Rice Lone Ranger Dick Liebert Edwin C. Hill Wor—Katzman Goodman Court of Human Lyman Hillbilly Harris March of Time Weaf—Bonime Weaf—Bonime Orchestra, Wor—Lum and Abner. Wjz Phil Baker Hollywood Hotel Dick Powell Jane Williams Ted Fio-Rito Orch Aa Se Lombard Geot Garber Larry Taylor John L. Lewis United Mine Workers of America Israel Jonah B. Wise Kate Smith George H. Holmes Washington I N Wjz—Denny Orchestra Wabc—Nelson Orchestra Ferdinando Orch Moonbeams WMCA

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