Front Royal Plans A Holiday Battle Of Music
Front Royal residents and Warren County fans attend Charles Town races amid bad weather. Local social notes list Christmas visits and weekend plans for residents including Foster Latimer Leach Weaver Cook Sonner Pochon and several others. A unique Battle of Music features Bob Riley orchestra Winchester Royal Troubadours and Virginians from Harrisonburg and Baltimore.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Charles Town
Bob Riley
Orchestra
Winchester
Royal Troubadours
Ray Fry
Virginians
Harrisonburz
Johnnie Sylvester
Blue Rythm Boys
Baltimore
Farmers Receive 11000 for 1924 and 1935 AAA Contracts
Wheat checks for Warren County farmers arrive at county agent D. M. Cloyd’s office in Front Royal. The payments finalize 1924 contracts and begin 1935 crop payments totaling 11000 dollars. Farmers may pick up checks at Main Street office.
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Front Royal
Warren County
D. M. Cloyd
Local Concert Program Set For Park Theatre Benefit
Front Royal Virginia announces a Sunday afternoon Park Theatre program to aid the Community Christmas tree fund. Plans include audience sing along America with band, soloists Rev Arthur Wake and Mrs Eleanor Haley, Warren County High School band, address by Lieut Caulkins, violin and piano performances, mixed quartet, and master of ceremonies W C Deming.
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Front Royal
Park Theatre
Community Christmas Tree Fund
America
R B. Claggett
Arthur Wake
Warren County
Lieut Caulkins
Eleanor Haley
George Sylvester Carl
C. A. Duke
Lillian Cooley
Walter Olmstead
E. Barr Samsell
Peggy Shiner-Payne
Ruth Beaty-Gasque
W. C. Deming
Baptist Youths Rally in Front Royal Baptist Church
Frontier Royal Baptist Church hosts a Sunday rally by the Shenandoah Baptist Association Youth Union at 2 30 pm. Rev E K Wright secretary of the Virginia Baptist Young People Union will give the feature address with Rev Co Vel of Boyce presiding.
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Front Royal
Baptist Young People’s Union
The
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Baptist
E. K. Wright
B. Yo Py U of
Virginia
Co. V. el
Boyce
Court To Be Opened Monday
The December session of Cor poration Court will be convened Monday by Judge Philip Williams. He is expected to adjourn to Front Royal to convene Warren Circuit Court where Wilbur Trout of Front Royal faces a murder case involving Harvey Safety. Forty veniremen have been summoned for possible jury duty in the Trout case.
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Corporation Court
Philip Williams
Wiliams
Front Royal
Warren Circuit Court
Wilbur Trout
Barrett Sentenced to Hang for Murder of U S Agent
George W. Barrett of Kentucky was sentenced to hang in Marion county jail on March 24 for the killing of Nelson B. Klein, a Department of Justice agent, at College Corner Indiana on August 16. The jury imposed the mandatory death penalty under a 1924 federal law with no mercy recommendation.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Kentucky Mountaineer
Marion County
Kentucky Feudist
Nelson B. Klein
Department of Justice
College Corner
Ind
Barrett
Congress
Bullitt Returns to Moscow After Holiday Visit
Ambassador William C. Bullitt visited Washington to confer with state department colleagues and said he will return to Moscow on January 29 after a holiday in the United States. He denied reports he planned to resign to take a state job in Pennsylvania.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
State Department
Bullitt
Pennsylvania
Will Appoint Canvassers At Monday Meeting
The Little Theatre will hold a special meeting Monday night to appoint teams to canvass for memberships and to discuss plans for introducing a city children’s professional. The season’s program will include three three act plays. The group met last night in the Handley Library.
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Little Theatre
Handley Library
First Baptist Church Reports Strong Year and 1936 Nominations
The First Baptist Church held a yearly meeting with about ninety percent present. Officers for 1936 were nominated across boards including Executive, Deacons, Sunday School, W M A, and treasurers. Building fund receipts reached 13,979.47 with total income 13,?19.71. The report noted $113,311.71 total building program contributions since 1927 and invited members to participate in the Every Member Canvass on Sunday afternoon.
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First Baptist Church
Kirks Hawthorne
Committee On Organization
C. W. Knight. Smith
J. K. Wheeler
A.T. Hawthorne
B. H. Potts
F. L. Woore
J. C. Oakes
Douglas Sale
Board of Deacons
S. D. Preston
E. G. Ayers
J. W. Morrow
Lawrence Herrell
Jesse Willey
G. W. Miller
Lewis Hudson
C. F E. Burke
Lee Brown
Katie Knight
Mason
Earl Mason
Lucy Ritenour
Andrew Bell
Virginia Knight
F. L. Woore Building Fund
B. E Russell
Eleanor Carver
Mary Louise Sartelle
Lillian Oakes
Eulalia Nalley
Elizabeth Grim
Edgar W Albin 69 Dies After Long Illness
Edgar W Albin 69 longtime Shenandoah Valley National Bank building custodian died after months of declining health. He was a United Brethren Church member and Sarah Zane Fire Company member. Survived by widow Cordelia V Lewis two daughters Ada Parlett and Mary Anna Casilear a stepson Elmer H Lewis and brother Harry D Albin. Funeral Monday at 2 from United Brethren Church with Rev George W Stover officiating. Interment in Green Hall Cemetery near Aln.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
United Brethren Church
Sarah Zane Fire Company
M. H
Nora Keefe Albin
Hagerstown
Cordelia V. Lewis
Ada V. Parlett
Mary Anna Casilear
Leesburg
Elmer H. Lewis
Harry D. Albin
Washington, D. C
George W. Stover
Geen Hall
Aln
Thio Pay Fines For Not Having Hunt Licenses
Newark men L. L. Campbell E. J. Korn and C. H. Wardan were convicted for hunting without licenses. Campbell paid 25 dollars plus 19.25 costs. the others 10 dollars plus 19.25 costs each, with 15.25 license costs included in totals. Arrests were by F. W. Pingley with Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner.
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Thio
L. L. Campbell
E. J. Korn
C. H. Wardan
Newark N. J
A. J. Tavenner
Campbell
F. W. Pingley
Czechs and Poles Put Off Paying War Debt Installments
Czechoslovakia and Poland informed Secretary Hull they will default on the December 15 war debt payments due the United States. Czechoslovakia owes 9,548,149 dollars and Poland 32,535,988 dollars as the regular semi annual installment, with their diplomats in Washington conveying the decision.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Poland
United States
Hull
Britain Seeks Closer Ties With Hitler
The British government expresses openness to an aviation pact and reduced air armaments, while Sir Samuel notes willingness to seize any chance to improve relations with Hitler, reflecting urgency in easing tensions.
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Hitler
Sir Samuel
House Nephew Dies of Wounds in Waco
Thos William House Jr 31 nephew of Col E H House New York died at his home in Waco Texas today from pistol wounds. No inquest verdict was given. He was a vice president of Texas Long Distance Telephone Company and a son in law of Charles D Deneen of Chicago former governor of Illinois.
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Waco
Tex
William House, Jr
E. H. House
New York
Texas Long Distance Telep’ Company
Charles D. Deneen
Chicago
Illinois
Ladies Night Of Clubmen Enjoyed At Local Club
The annual Ladies Night at the Men's Athletic Club drew a large crowd with dancing bridge and ping pong. Guests praised the new equipment and refreshments of sandwiches and punch were served about 11 30. Miss Edna Holland organized the refreshments with Bryan Harper serving as program chairman.
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Edna Holland
Bryan Harper
Flying boat lands in Natal after solo Atlantic flight
Lieutenant De Vaisseau, Paris's premier flying boat, completed a flight across the south Atlantic ending at Natal. The historic landing marks a milestone for France's aviation efforts as the craft arrived from the western sea.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Lieutenant de Vaisseau
Paris
France
Natal
Afoe
South
G Man Appointed Cleveland Safety Director Youngest Ever
The new safety director in Cleveland, nicknamed G Man, is the youngest to hold the post. Eliot Ness, 88, led the federal alcohol tax unit in northern Ohio before his transfer from Chicago last year, where he helped uncover evidence against Al Capone.
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Cleveland
Ness
Ohio
Chicago
al Capone
Not Concerned With Kidnaping
AKRON, O., Dec. 14. James Di Louis and James Kirkham said a prisoner in their custody is not being returned to New Jersey in relation to the Lindbergh case. The prisoner, Joseph Schaz, is wanted on a robbery charge. The officers planned to leave by train tonight for Trenton.
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Akron
James di Louis
Trenton
N. J
James Kirkham
New Jersey
Joseph Schaz
Walsh Leads Florida Open After First Round
Frank Walsh, veteran Chicago pro, shot 70 at the Miami Biltmore course to lead the Florida Open after 18 holes. He parred the final nine with three under and stood one under for the day.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Frank Walsh
Chicago
Body Thought To Be Comer's Wife Found In Gulley
Edmond Oklahoma December 14 officers said the body found in a roadside gulley about 342 miles northeast of here matches the missing second wife of Chester Comer Oklahoma City hitchhiker slayer.
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Comer
Edmond
Okla
Chester Comer
Oklahoma City
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