Gift Matinee for Community Tree Service at Park
The Warren County Bureau of the Winchester Evening Star and the Park Theatre host a Gift Matinee on December 19. Admission is a non perishable gift to aid the King’s Daughters annual tree service, with Joe E Brown’s You Said a Mouthful and other family friendly fare.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Winchester Evening Star
The
Park Theatre
King’s Daughters
Beauford Armel
Scott Reid
Joe E. Brown
League of Decency
Wil
Santa
Veto of Unified Public Building Plan Stuns Front Royal
Front Royal reports the engineering department blocked a request to erect three public building plots under Public Works Administration in a single unit. Council authorizes Hillidge to seek a $35000 federal loan for the principal building.
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Front Royal
Vem
Engineering Department of Administration
At Con
Hillidge
Peecipal
Roll Call Goes Over The Top In Warren County
Warren County exceeds its Red Cross roll call quota by joining 437 people plus extra contributions. County chair Mrs. C. L. Melton and a corps of canvassers are praised for their persistent efforts to keep Warren County high on Virginia's county honor list.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Red Cross
C. L. Melton
Boyd To Head Front Royal Zoning Commission
Stephen M. Boyd Jr. was chosen to lead the Front Royal city planning and zoning commission by Mayor B. J. Hillidge. The organization meeting also elected L. B. Dutrow as secretary and named Mrs. W. W. Sonnier Geo. N. Buck and Ky Davis as members.
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Front Royal
Stephen M. Boyd, Jr
Front Royal City
B. J. Hillidge
Boyd
L. B. Dutrow
Wi W. Sonnier
Geo. N. Buck
Ky Davis
Thomason Couple to Celebrate Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Front Royal residents Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomason of Riverton issue an At home invitation for Saturday December 22 from seven to eleven PM in honor of their silver wedding anniversary.
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Front Royal
R. C. Thomason
Riverton
Mrs. Thomason
Engagements announced for Evelyn Kendrick and Phyllis Eastham
Mrs W J Kendrick issues engagement for her daughter Evelyn Rebecca to Philip St George Ambler of Front Royal. Mrs Philip Byrd Eastham announces Phyllis Eastham to Cary Cecil Harrison of Fort Worth Texas.
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Front Royal
W. J.kendrick
Evelyn Rebecca
Philip St. George Ambler
Philip Byrd Eastham
Phyllis
Cary Cecil Harrison
Fort Worth
Texas
No Small or Large Eye in Fact Says Specialist
A specialist states there is no small or large eye as all eyes are similar in size. Perceived differences arise from the aperture through which eyes are viewed. the varying opening creates an illusion of different sizes aboard. Burned paper leaves about two percent ash with a good grade of paper.
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Asaleum
Front Royal Social and Personal News Highlights
Judge A C Carson and W C Armstrong Jr spent Tuesday in Harrisonburg. Charities get proceeds from dances by Paul Rudacille and Grover Hillidge at Updike's hall on Christmas night and New Year’s Eve. The Front Royal Glee Club performs at Damon Gasque’s tonight. Mrs Beverley Browne won at bridge. Several residents travel to Winchester and Baltimore for events and holidays.
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Front Royal
A. C. Carson
W. c. Armstrong, Jr
Harrisonburg
Paul Rudacille
Grover Hillidge
Updike
Tuberculosis Association
Rudacille
The
Front Royal Glee Club
Damon Gasque
Christmas Benefit Show at Murphy Theatre
The first of two Christmas benefit shows will be held tomorrow at the Murphy Theatre. Admission is a toy to be donated for distribution to Christmas recipients. Sponsored by the King’s Daughters with theatre management, the program features The Most Precious Thing in Life with Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, and Richard Cromwell plus a comedy and novelty act. Shows begin at 3 7 15 and 9 p.m.
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Front Royal
Murphy Theatre
Ange
King’s Daughters
Jean Arthur
Donald Cook
Richard Cromwell
Bridgewater Girl Crowned Miss Shenandoah Valley
Frances Whitesel a Bridgewater High School student was chosen Miss Shenandoah Valley at a beauty contest in New Market Theatre among fifteen valley towns. Elsie B. Grove was runner up Miss Dayton. Judges weighed score cards to break a potential tie. Silver cups were awarded to Whitesel and to Vivian Elinor Schaeffer for Miss New Market.
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Frances Whitesel
Bridgewater High School
Shenandoah Valley
New Market Theatre
Civic League of New Market
Miss Grove
Gordon Contee
Warner Brothers
Jos. Ginns
Universal Pictures
Vincent Daugherty
Paramount Pictures
Washington
Whitesel
Bridgewater
Carroll Maloney
Margaret Moore
Bryan Driver
Miss Whitesel
Miss Schaeffer
Miss Dayton
Patsy Burkholder
Vivian Schaeffer
Patsy Funkhounser
Juanita Buhl
Charlotte Bushong
Jean Riggleman
Juanita Kingan
Mary Baker
Mayo
Edward M. Brown
Shenandoah Vatley
Endless ‘Caverns Falmhouse
Hall Poised to Lead New Conservation Commission
Richmond December 12 The Times Dispatch reports delegate Wilbur C Hall of Leesburg likely to be named chairman of Virginia s new conservation and development commission to take office January 1. He has met with the Governor and other leaders in Richmond amid legal business and discussions of the State Corporation Commission.
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Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Wilbur C. Hall
Leesburg
House, Finance Committee
Commission On Conservation and Development
Hall
State Corporation Commission
Price Control To Take Profit Out Of War
Washington views a new plan to curb wartime profits. Bernard Baruch is named to head a White House group to map war profits legislation, with Hugh Johnson and other officials present. Nye Committee skeptics warn against premature conclusions as events unfold. Secretary Dern will confer with Nye before the next hearing. A 1920 Penrose letter touching the Du Ponts is cited at the session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Old War Industries Board
Hugh 8. Johnson
Blue Eagle
White House
Senate
Nye
North Ie
War Policies Commission
Baruch
Johnson
War Industries Board
Dern
Swanson
Morgenthau
Douglas MacArthur
Tugwell
Agriculture Department
McGrady
Labor Department
Navy
Congress
Vandenberg
Rmich
Clark
D-Mo
War Department
Boise Penrose
Dawes Predicts Real Recovery Next Summer
Chicago December 12 Charles Gates Dawes predicted a real national recovery next summer after an exhaustive study of the economy. He told the Chicago Association of Commerce the upturn will begin with a rush for durable goods around June or July and cited graphs of pig iron steel and prices to support his view. He emphasized that heavy durable goods demand rises fastest as prosperity returns and showed historical patterns from 1873 1893 and 1929 to illustrate his point.
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Chicago
Charles Gates Dawes
General Dawes
Christmas Lights Grow Into Neighborhood Tradition
A short history notes how home decorating evolved from a single doorstep glow to widespread use of electric lights and trees. It counsels practical choices like weatherproof wire, flood lights, and ready made wreaths to create tasteful festive displays.
Forecast Of Food Costs For This Winter
A consumer alert from the AAA offers guidance on expected food cost trends this winter. The counsel emphasizes budgeting and prudent purchasing to offset rising prices.
When the Nation Sees Full Economic Recovery Loom
The record shows a five year six month arc from each stock market collapse to the productive end of the country. The chart implies that by June or July next year a great sustained demand will begin and mark the start of full business prosperity.
Ickes Adheres to Original Scenic Highway Plan
Secretary Harold L. Ickes told C. G. Quesenberry of the Waynesboro Chamber of Commerce he will stick to the original routing of the scenic highways south from Shenandoah National Park. He said the requested adjustment in the line through the Royal Orchard property of Eric W. Scott would be considered only if necessary.
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Harold L. Ickes
C. G. Quesenberry
Waynesboro
Early Start Planned for Shenandoah Parkway Segments
The Interior Department chief said right of way issues delay the first 4 miles and require months for resurvey and new designs. Resolutions from Charlottesville, Staunton and Waynesboro chambers urged an early start from Jarman’s Gap to Rock Gap near Waynesboro. Ickes announced funds for the first eight miles of Skyline Drive south of Swift Run Gap, with bids soon and surveys done on the remaining 25 miles to the park’s southern limit.
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Sary
Cementicette
Interior Department
Charlottesville
Staunton
Waynesboro
Chambers of Commerce
Jarman’s Gap
Rock Gap
Swannanoa
Ickes
Shenandoah National Park
Swift Run Gap
Reading One Chapter A Day Through Bible in Three Years
A person who reads one chapter daily would complete the Bible in three years and 94 days. This plan spreads the book into manageable daily portions, outlining a long-term reading pace for steady progress.
Philco Radio Program Schedule from Miller and Anderson
Daily broadcasting timetable listing station ties and hosts for WEAF WOR WJZ WABC across evening slots from 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM. Highlights include Cugat Orchestra, Uncle Don, Coakley Orchestra, Press News, Amos n Andy, Easy Aces, Vallee's Varieties, Lum and Abner, and William Borah speech remarks at the Republican Committee Meeting. Also notes Leading Events on Friday with Bach's Mass in B Minor and Sir Austen Chamberlain address.
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WEAF
Cugat
Uncle Don
WJZ
William Lundell
WABC
Buck Rogers
Billy Batchelor
Lowell Thomas
Wdjzz
Larry Taylor
Wabc—Itroopers
Shirley Howard
Boake Carter
WABG
Fray and
Braggiotti
Homer S. Cummings
Washington
Wabc—Johnson
Capt
Henry
Wabc—Gray
Lum
Abner
WJIZ
Robert Childe
Waring
William E. Borah
Idaho
New York Republican Committee
WOR
Enene Music Hall
Hollywood
Wwor
Nicholas Murray Butler
Fats Waller
Wjz—Madriguera
Jesse Crawford
Moonbeams
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Westminster Choir
London
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs
Frances Perkins
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Warren County Bureau
B. Thomason
Telephone Front Royal 213
George Reinburg
Winchester
Music Lovers Club
Alfred Kerfoot
Beverley Browne
Bridge Yelay
Mrs. Prank Forsythe
Rolfe Millar
Baltimore, Md
Nancy Fletcher of
Sperrywire
Drayton Hite
Strickler House
Jee Oe
Egargee Spen Terday
W. P. Davis
Joe
Joe Biggs
Chester
Stovall
N. C
James Golden
Sunset Lodge
Messrs
Floyd Labell
Richard Green
Richard Horton
Harold Kennard
Glenridge
N. J
Edward Williams
Kennard
Williams
Helen Stokes
Mrs. Bryan Stokes
I. O. Kibler
Baltimore
Boyd Graves
Orange
Blackwell Cary
Harley Cooper
Grassland Manor
Linden
Wee Friends
Pittsburgh
Allie Pullen
Anna Maddox
Jackson Street
W. E. Carson
Nye Committee
du Pont Company
Pennsylvanian
Watson
Indiana
Dawes
Jean Prentice
New York Daily Mirror
Consumers’ Counsel of
AAA
Veo Stables
SWE
Rth
Deane
Itrus Ruits
Japple
Philco
Miller & Anderson
Miller
Anderson
Philcos Om
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