Scout Hunter Given Award by Boy Scouts Court Honor
Sheriff McCann lauded the Boy Scouts as the greatest organization for keeping boys on track at the Court of Honor. Charles R. Anderson Jr. award for courtesy honesty and sincerity was presented, with a list of recipients from Troops 1 and 2 and Tribe 14 White Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Sheriff McCann
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Charles R. Anderson, Jr
Andrew Bell
Ber of Ree
Theederal Bureau of Investigation
Eugene B. Cooper
South America
George Craig
Edwin Snider
Howard Cather
Emory Tinsman
Kenneth Flly
Lester Arnold
Dan Beard
Red Cross
Billy Barnhart
Whitney Caulkins
Wayne Whitham
Robert Anderson
Levi Anderson
Paul Hana
Henry Pitzer
Walter Cain
Charles Harper
Troop
Neil Babb
Paul Hunter
Charles Anderson
Fred Bame
Chorus Rehearsal Set for Capitol Theatre Sunday
Floyd W. Haines directs a 2 o'clock Sunday rehearsal for the Chanters and chorus groups including the Euterpian Club Old Dominion Choir and other singers at Capitol Theatre. The Shepherds Prayer Christmas presentation follows Sunday December 20 at 3 30 pm and 9 pm with new music and scenery. About 100 cast and chorus members perform. no admission, silver offering to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpian Club
Old Dominion Choir
Floyd W. Haines
Capitol Theatre
Treasurer Smith Slightly Better in Frederick County
Robert 8. Smith treasurer of Frederick County has shown slight improvement from a serious illness at Memorial Hospital since midweek. Friends report nausea spells have subsided but condition remains serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 8. Smith
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Mostly Fair Coming Week Weather Outlook
Washington dispatch reports the week beginning Monday will be mostly fair across the North and Middle Atlantic States with precipitation midweek. Temperatures are expected near normal early, turning colder toward the end of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Rosa Ponselle Bride Sanday of Carle Jackson
The opera star Rosa Ponselle is to marry Baltimore businessman Carle Jackson in New York tomorrow. The ceremony will be followed by a Canada tour. Mayor and Mrs. Jackson and relatives plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Ponselle
Sanday
Carle Jackson
New York
Canada
Jackson
Miss Ponselle
Baltimore
Carmela Ponselle
Roosevelt Sends Happy Message To King George
President Roosevelt cabled felicitations to King George VI as the British monarch changed. The note, sent from the cruiser Indianapolis, expresses sincere wishes for a long and happy reign on behalf of the U S government and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
King George
Washington
George VI
United States
State Department
Indianapolis
Rosevelt
Robert W. Bingham
London
British Foreign Office
Royal Salutes Mark King George VI Birthday Soon
London reports royal salutes of 21 guns will be fired from ships and garrisons as flags fly to mark the forty first birthday of King George VI three days after his accession. There will be no trooping of the colours or an honors list this year due to timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Edward
George
Anniversary of wireless signal across the Atlantic
Rome observes the thirty fifth anniversary of the first wireless signal. Guilielmo Marconi marked the occasion noting the historic moment when the Morse letter S crossed the Atlantic from Poldhu England to Signal Hill St Johns Newfoundland signaling a new era in intercontinental communication.
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Rome
Guilielmo Marconi
Atlantic
Marconi
Poldhu
England
Signal Hill
St. John's
Newfoundland
Felicitations From France To King George Printed
Paris dispatch reports President Albert Le brun sending a message of felicitation to King George. He states friendship between Britain and France rests on common ideals efforts and sacrifices for the general welfare and aims at peace built on respect and mutual understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Great Britain
France
Albert Lebrun
George
Edward VIII unlikely to visit United States says British consul
New York December reports quote Sir Gerald Campbell, British consul general in New York, stating it is extremely unlikely former King Edward VIII will come to the United States. He has heard rumors of possible residence in Baltimore or Virginia but remains in the dark about his destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sir Gerald Campbell
Edward VIII
United States
West States
Sir Gerald
Gerald
Baltimore
Virginia
Three Killed By Chlorine Fumes At Mill Blast
In Berlin New Hampshire on December 12 a valve burst releasing chlorine gas at the Burgess Paper Mill. Six workers were relining an 80 foot vat. three men died from exposure, two inside the vat and one shortly after reaching fresh air leaving six others unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
N. H
Burgess Paper
Round Table Replica Reaches Winchester for City Gift
A 21 inch diameter oak replica of King Arthur s Round Table was delivered to Dr Charles R Anderson mayor of Winchester Virginia It will be placed in Handley Library as a gift from Winchester England to Winchester Virginia The table features a carved Arthur figure Tudor Rose and names of 24 knights including Galahad Launcelot and Ganeyn The original table hangs at West Gate Castle Winchester England and the replica was carved in Winchester England and shipped via New York customs with minor transit damage repairable according to Dr Anderson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Winches
Charles R. Anderson
West Boscawen Street
Anderson
Handley
Winchester
England
King Arthur
Galahad
Launcelot
Ganeyn
Perryvale
Garethe
Lucane
West Gate
War Reporter Tells Of His Experiences
Webb Miller, United Press correspondent, recounts years in Chicago Mexico during Villa era World War in Europe and Ethiopia with Italians. The lively memoir highlights his war and revolution reports across four continents and his native sensitivity. Handley Library offers the book for borrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
Michigan
Chicago
Mexico
Villa
Europe
Ethiopia
Handley Library
Double Western Features At Palace And Peg Theatre
Palace shows include Hable and Bob Allen in Ranger Courage with Buck Jones and Pal horse Everything Is Thunder. Also Constance Bennett and Douglas Montgomery in Everything Is Thunder headlining Monday and Tuesday at the Peg Theatre with a thunderbolt romance and a crime chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Allen
Courage
Buck Jones
Bob
Pal
Palace Men
Constance Bennett
Douglas Montgomery
Peg Theatre
Baltimore and Philadelphia Markets Report Dec 12
Live animal and dairy values mixed across Baltimore and Philadelphia markets with butter and poultry pricing listed. Cattle and hog quotes show gains and variances from week to week, plus local flour and feed prices and no sheep receipts in Chicago.
Local Markets Price List From The Star Daily
Local wholesale market prices for bagged feeds and grain products, including 98 and 48 pound bag rates per barrel, shell corn, cracked corn, corn meal, egg mash, dairy feeds, baby chick feed, poultry pricing such as leghorn hens and broilers, and small animal values. Numerous items show per barrel or per 100 weight pricing with mixed letters and OCR errors, reflecting a domestic market listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saeeces
Ecsatesens
Decesecs
Kasco
Sivas
Stock Market Report Mixed Gains On Friday Trade
New York stock traders favored farm implements and amusements yesterday with leaders rising about five points at best while some issues resisted. Transfers hit around 1.1 million shares as buying cooled later with weekend offerings causing obstacles. Foreign exchange saw the franc and sterling steady with francs at 4.66 1 4 cents and sterling at 4.90 1 4 dollars. Selected closes included Allied Chemical 233, Am. Can 110, Am. Radiator 24 1 4, Am. Smelters 95 3 4, Gen. Electric 51 1 2, U S Steel 76 3 4, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allied Chemical
Can
Radiator
Am. Smelters
Tel. & Tel
Anaconda
Balti
Ohio
Beth Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Edison
Corn Products
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Mont. Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
South. Railway
Stand. Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Grain Quotations and Cash Prices Across Wheat and Corn
Closing grain prices show wheat at Dec 1.28 5-8 to 3-4 and July 1.12 1-8, corn Dec 1.06 1-2 to 3-4 with May and old contracts, oats Dec 49 1-4, May 49 1-8 to 1-4, July 44 5-8 to 3-4, soybeans Dec 1.44 and May 1.45 1-2, July 1.44 1-4, rye Dec 1.03 3-4, May 1.01, July 96, barley Dec 90, May 83. Lard and bellies trade at Dec to July futures, cash chg noted. Chicago cash grain lists No. 1 hard wheat 1.32 1-2, corn No. 4 1.00-01 1-4, No. 3 yellow 1.03 1-2 to 07, No. 3 white 1.07 3-4 to 08 1-4, oats No. 1 white 52 1-4, soybeans No. 3 yellow 1.44 1-4, barley 60-88 nom, making 1.00-37 nom. Baltimore wheat No. 2 red winter 1.33 spot and December 1.33. Winchester market lists wheat at 1.29 per bushel, white corn 80c, old corn 1.05, all based on mill deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
St Paul A M E Church Services This Sunday
At 11 am the pastor preaches The Holy Ghost On Earth and at 6 pm Allen C. E. League meets. Sermon at 8 pm with theme The Inner Light. All are invited to attend these services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Allen C. E. League
George Sixth Crowned by Grace of God King of Great Britain
The article records the oath and proclamation naming Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George as King George the Sixth by the grace of God. It notes the formal recognition of his title and the transition to the new sovereign, reflecting the ceremonial language of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George
King George the Sixth
King George VI Receives Dominion Envoys at Palace
King George VI greeted loyal dominion representatives after his accession proclamation. He welcomed envoys from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, India, and Southern Rhodesia, while the Irish Free State envoy was missing. He thanked them and asked messages of goodwill to be shared with their governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Marlborough
Glocester
Kent
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Chester Ship Building Plant Reopens Amid Strike Turmoil
Rioting flared as Chester Ship Building halted operations amid a strike. Police used sticks, tear gas, and riot control to disperse clashes between workers and pickets. One man injured as the plant, normally closed Saturdays, faced renewed tension during the reopening attempt in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Sun Shipbuildfet
Trance
Enga
Duke of Windsor New Title for Former King Edward
London dispatch reports that George has chosen Duke of Windsor as the new title for his brother, the former King Edward. An official announcement was expected later today confirming the name change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Windsor
London
du of Windsor
George
Edward
Pope Is Up Continues Mass And Pace At Bedside
The pope was assisted into a private chapel adjoining the sick room to hear mass again this morning. Vatican sources say he may deliver his year end joys and sorrows in a Christmas eve talk from his bedside by microphone. Attendants monitor his pulse as swelling in his lower limbs due to sluggish circulation persists. He spoke for nearly an hour yesterday with the archbishop of Toledo, the longest activity since his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Father
Vatican
Toledo
Spain
Fire destroys stockyards pens in Chicago blaze
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. A large fire started in a wooden sheep barn at the stockyards and spread to a block long area, destroying sheep and cattle holding pens. Deputy Fire Marshall Anthony J. Mullaney estimated the damage at $50,000. Fire alarms of 46 pieces of apparatus responded after multiple calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pireme
Anthony J. Mullaney
John Dove Royal Arch Chapter Social Meeting
Members of John Dove Royal Arch Chapter No 21 and families held a social program after the monthly meeting directed by Brady W Largent. Refreshments, welcome address by Charles P McVicar, and performances by Historical City Four and guests with instrumental and vocal solos followed by a closing message from W B Hewitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady W. Largent
John Dove
Royal Arch
Charles P. McVicar
Historical City Four
Eugenie Russell
Henry Keller
Robert Snapp
Robert Legg
Catherine Hewitt
Government Is Restrained From Collecting Windfall Tax
Judge John Paul in United States District Court here halted N B Early Jr withholds on the windfall levy aimed at 22 Western Virginia millers until the act’s constitutionality is decided. The measure would have taken 80 percent of processing tax refunds to mills unable to prove they passed taxes to customers. First reports due Dec 15. The government argued mills could seek refunds as in other tax cases after previous rulings. A total of 260000 in processing taxes was repaid to 30 millers in the Western District of Virginia following the Supreme Court’s last January decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Early, Jr
Virginia
Internal Revenue
John Paul
United States District Court
Paul
Genting the Junction
Supreme Court
Broadcast Draws Crowds as Radio Keeps World Awake
Millions listen as bars, offices, and homes halt activity to hear a Windsor Castle broadcast. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt rides listening in a taxi while crowds fill hotels and stores. A valued beauty contest, Miss Shenandoah Valley 1935, unfolds with 21 contestants, a silver cup, and local dignitaries in Shenandoah Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Broadway
Madrid
Central Hotel
America
Windsor Castle
Braddock to defend title against Schmeling in June bout
James J. Braddock today signed to defend his heavyweight boxing championship against Max Schmeling of Germany on June 3 at Madison Square Garden in Long Island City. The bout will feature the reigning champion facing the challenger in a high profile city arena. Schmeling, the German challenger, earned the shot after a string of notable victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Braddock
Max Schmeling
Germany
Madison Square Garden
Long Island City Bowl
De Valera seeks Dail ratification of Edward abdication
Dublin report states President Eamon De Valera urged Dail Eireann to ratify Edward VII's abdication act after his government had already abolished the British king's representative post in the Irish Free State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
Edward
Monday Is New King's Birthday
New York Dec 12 Canada observes King George VI birthday with a market holiday. Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges the curb exchange and Canadian commodity exchange in Montreal and Winnipeg grain market will close December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George VI
Toronto
Montreal
Curb Exchange and Commodity Exchange
Winnipeg
Miss Shenandoah Valley Crowned Miss Winchester Rival
Judges featuring Capt. Benjamin King crown Miss Shenandoah Valley as Miss Winchester. Miss New Market takes second, Miss Shenandoah Valley crowned in Endless Caverns throne scene. Pathe News captured events while RKO Paramount and Fox reps judged at theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wolford
Winchester
Benjamin King
Washington
Caverns
Pathe News
Albert Folliard
RKO
Vincent Dougherty
Paramount
R. H. Campbell
G B & Fox
France welcomes ex king with tense harbor vigil
Guards swarmed Boulogne harbor as two lines of police and longshoremen crowded the quay. Five French Secret Service detectives were among the party accompanying the former king toward a possible Switzerland journey. Rail officials indicated a stop at Zurich with paths to Austria or Italy. The car was reserved only to Zurich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulogne
Secret Service
Switzerland
Two Killed In Highway Crash Near Bradford
Bradford Pa Dec 12 An automobile collided with a Penn Niagara bus 12 miles southeast of Bradford, killing Roy Schultz 25 of Center Mo and Alfred Johnson 42 of Smethport Pa. Bus driver Melvin McGuire Linesville Pa said the car was on the wrong side of the road and the wreck was unavoidable.
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Bradford
Penn-Niagara
Roy Schultz
Center
Alfred Johnson
Smethport
Melvin McGuire
Linesville
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C. R. Anderson, Jr
Smith
Eng
Dr. Anderson
Palace Hable’s
Philadelphia
Baltimore Livestock
USDA
Chicago Livestock
U. S
The
Star
Stock Market Report
St. Paul A. M. E. Church
George Sixth
Chester Ship Building
Lenéoun St
Royal Arch Chapter
Courtney Jones
John Hottel
Louis Knitting
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
J. W. Morrow
Scott Atkinson
Morrow
Charles W. Caulkins
E. M. Brown
Braddock
Maxie
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