Front Royal Community News and Holiday Gatherings
The Front Royal Lions Club met at the Royal Inn. A Parks Theatre toy drive drew a large crowd. A Christmas tree was lit on courthouse lawn. Community events include a Murphy Theatre show and a Washington VA benefit dance. Local residents and travelers share holiday visits and family plans across Front Royal, Washington, Middleburg, and Richmond.
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Front Royal
Front Royal Lions Club
the Royal Inn
Parks Theatre
Murphy Theatre
Major Millar Reports Arrival for War Department Duty
Rolfe Millar of Front Royal Virginia National Guard received an appointment with the War Department General Staff in Washington DC and will report for duty January 5. Major and Mrs Millar will depart for Washington at the start of the month.
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Rolfe Millar
Front Royal
Virginia National Guard
War Department General Staff
Washington, D. C
Final Approval Given Contracts
Front Royal town manager L B Dutrow reported the Federal PWA has awarded Ira Henry and associates a contract for additions to the Front Royal filtration plant and water mains extension. The A G Crankleton Electrical Co of Greencastle Pa received approval for a modern lighting system on Royal and Manor Avenues.
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Front Royal
L. B. Dutrow
Federal
PWA
Ira Henry and Associates
A. G. Crankleton Electrical Company
Greencastle
Royal Avenue
Manor Avenue
Funeral services for eight year old Natalie Johnson
Funeral services were held for Natalie Johnson eight daughter of Mr and Mrs James Robert Johnson of Washington DC who died Monday at Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg after several operations. Burial was in Best Cemetery Amissville. Survived by parents two sisters and attended by Mrs Emma Johnson. Services led by Elder A L Harrison of the Old School Baptist Church.
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Front Royal
Natalie Johnson
James Robert Johnson
Washington, D. C
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Amissville
Emma Johnson
A. L. Harrison
Old School Bautist Church
Highway crew repairs Shenandoah river floor at Riverton
State highway maintenance workers repair the floor and guard rails on the South Branch of the Shenandoah river at Riverton. Traffic is stopped briefly while a new floor is installed.
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Front Royal
South Branch
Shenandoah River
Riverton
Morris announces Morris daughter marriage to Aleshire
Front Royal announces the marriage of Anna Warthen Morris to Isaac Carson Aleshire. The ceremony occurred in Charles Town West Virginia on November 9 with Mrs. T S Morris and Rubin Walton in attendance. The couple will reside in Front Royal Virginia.
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Front Royal
T. S. Morris
Anna Warthen Morris
Isaac Carson Aleshire
Riverton
Charles Town
W. Va
Rubin Walton
Reserve Decision In Shaffer Case Recalled Warrant Hearing
Carson Shaffer faced trial on a warrant accusing him of tossing a lit match into a gasoline container, causing severe burns to Melvin Cooley. Trial Justice A J Tavenner heard witnesses and reserved decision. Shaffer remains jailed locally before transfer to Woodstock jail for a separate auto theft term.
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Carson Shaffer
Melvin Cooley
Mountain Falls
A. J. Tavenner
Strasburg
Two Negroes Wounded in Fauquier County Ambush
Joe Jackson about 50 and Ward Wilkins were seriously wounded near Linden across the Fauquier line in what authorities call an attempted hold up. Nimrod Creed Combs was arrested and jailed in Front Royal. Bayliss said Jackson fought back and Wilkins was shot as Combs reportedly gained the gun. The cabin showed a violent struggle and was ransacked.כים
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Fauquier County
Linden
Joe Jackson
Ward Wilkins
Wilkins
Memorial Hospital
Jackson
Nimrod Creed Combs
Front Royal
R. E. Bayliss
Combs
Bayliss
Warrenton
Seernne Wilkins
Lace Fashion Among Seventeenth Century Gentry
The article notes lace’s rise among gentlemen in royal and aristocratic circles in the seventeenth century. It cites King Charles I of England as a peak figure, claiming he had 1,800 feet of fancy lace ruffles on his night clothes, per Louis Baker in Collier’s Weekly.
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Louis Baker
Washington, D. C
Collier's Weekly
Charles I of England
Sonora Town Under Military Rule In Mexico
Agua Prieta and other Sonora cities were placed under partial or full martial control as Gov. Jesus Gutierrez shifted power, removing police chiefs and asserting a new semi military government. Col. Palermo Lopez did not explain the Agua Prieta move.
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Nogales
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Jesus Gutierrez
Ramon Barhos
Cananea
Palermo Lopez
Federal Army
City council debates tax rate cut and surpluses
The council weighed lowering the levy from 1.20 to 1.00 while preserving surplus funds. debate focused on using existing surplus to aid taxpayers versus borrowing costs and city needs. Final budget actions included funding for contingency and emergency workman compensation under the self insurance plan.
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W. A. Baker
R. Frank Barr
Henry
Ralph Snapp
Anderson
Frank Krebs
Snapp
W. Dellinge
Dr. Anderson
E. J. Snapp
Messrs
Marshall
Barr Barnett
Coble
Forney
Hable
Miller
Ralph
Dellinger
Percy Miller
Fred Forney
Mr. Forney
Middleburg Begins New Water and Sewer Project
Special to The Star reports Middleburg Virginia has started a complete water and sewerage system with working contracts issued under mayor George Vogel and town clerk C Yost. Project supervised by PWA aims to finish within six months, including Ridgeview annexation and civic improvements. Middleburg, famed for horse racing and foxhunting, hosts a thriving local economy and notable residents and institutions.
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Star
Middleburg
George Vogel
C. Yost
PWA
Ddieburg
Horse and Hunt
Blue Ridge
Bull Run
Ridgeview
Ee New Water and Sewerage
National Bank
M. J. Baptist
Winchester Drug Stores
Virginia
Washington
Northern
William Ziegler
Katherine Hitt
Isabelle Dodge Sloane
Paul Mellon
J. S&s. Phipps
W. C. Seipp
William Phillips
D. C. Sands
James and
Jack Skinner
John Hay Whitney
Rbert S. Clark
T. B. Davis
William Langley
Foxcroft School
Fox
Width of Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean spans about 6,000 miles at its greatest width.
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Indian Ocean
Hoffmans doubts on Lindbergh case hinge on missing fingerprints
In Allentown, Governor Hoffman questions the Lindbergh kidnapping case. He notes five hundred ladder prints and no Hauptmann prints, no nursery prints, and gaps in Rail 16 evidence. He says a lie detector test requires court order and cites Hauptmann’s attic ladder claim.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Allentown
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Bruno
Hoffman
Gov Hoffman Questions Lindbergh Ransom Handling
The governor cited a $17 ransom exchange at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York tied to J. J. Faulkner. Officials hovered nearby as doubts emerged about missing funds and a deposit slip, while Hauptmann’s defense team works on a pardon petition to seek commutation to life imprisonment.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
J. J. Faulkner
Department of Justice
New York
Czechs Elect Benes President
Eduard Benes was elected second president of Czechoslovakia by the National Assembly to succeed Dr. Masaryk who resigned. Benes won 340 votes to 24 for Bohumil Nemec, who withdrew from the race.
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Praha
Eduard Benes
Republic of
Czechoslovakia
National Assembly
Thomas G. Masaryk
Benes
Dr. Masaryk
Bohumil Nemec
Czech Agrarian Party
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Warren County
Bureau
The
Winchester Evening Star
Gussie McFall
Telephone Front Royal 149-R
Front Royal News
Court House
Community League
Washington, Va
Henry Weaver
Town
Senator Aubrey G. Weaver
Duncan Gibb
University of Virginia
B. Ney Scheuer
Charles Reeves
Joe Borden
Tom Johnson
Lyle McFall
Lyle Hansbrough, Jr
Mrs
Lyle Hansbrough
A. C. Carson
Caroline
John Hedrick
Anne Kerns
Virginia Boyd
Winchester
M. W. E. Carson
New York City
G. V. Stuart
Wyndham Lee
Mr. Triplett
Major
Mrs. Rolfe Miller
Mrs. Amos Sweet
Alfred Pochon
Mrs. Pochon
Beverley F. Browne
Baltimore
Julian N. Major
Riverview
Florence Millar
Harry Oxenham
Mrs. Rolfe Millar
Richmond
W. W. Whitside
Rappahannock County
Emma Fulton
Mercersburg, Pa
Cc. C. Proctor
Mosby
Nashville
Tenn
Charlie Melton
E. H. Keyser
Millar
North Fork
South Fork
Shaffer
Fauquier
Ee A. Baker
Council
Osborne
Ladder Ball
Shenandoah Electric Appliance Co
S. Loudoun ST
Lane
Ign
Winchester Furniture Co
Main St
Big Features
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
George Washington Garage
Hamburger’s
N. Main Street
Boscawen St
Priscilla
Candlewick
Hassock
Moling & Cather
Geo. Wash
T. F. Timberlake
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