Winter Season of Fox Hounds At Millwood Notes
Blue Ridge Hunt Club held its meet at Millwood with members including Mrs. George H. Burwell and Miss Virginia Ja and others. The chase ran toward Byrd woods and Annefield then Opequon, with a hunt breakfast at Woodsley. A Farnley meet followed and announcements mention Miss Mary Dougherty returning home. A fundraising sing for tuberculosis aid is planned at Emmanuel Chapel Boyce on December 31.
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Percy Randolph
Virginia
Kar
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Graham Dougherty, Jr
Avon School
Emmanuel Chapel
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Agnes R. Page
Greenway District
Glen Burch
Chapel District
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Richard Dole
Mary Lewis
Joseph Lewis
Earl Boy-Ed
William B. Watkins
Thomas Nelson Carter
Dorothy Gilpin
Washington
Edward Jenkins
Red Gate
Virginia Jacobs
John Chew
Scarsdale
New York
Rescue of Sisto Passengers Off Ireland Ends Safely
Seventeen crew and passengers aboard the Norwegian freighter Sisto faced a sinking, but the liner Europa and accompanying ships New York Aurania and Mobiloil aided her. The Sisto stayed afloat long enough for lifeboats and a search by rescue ships, while anxiety rose among Europa passengers watching the peril.
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Europa
Ireland
New York
Cherbourg
Aurania
Mobiloil
Sisto
Week of Prayer Arranged by City Pastors
Clergy of the city plan an interdenominational week of prayer to address local needs the nation and the world. They urge transcending past failures and seeking guidance through collective prayer and reflection.
Test Flight of Big Flying Boat Postponed in Baltimore
Train of gloom and misfortune seeps from Baltimore as the initial test flight of the giant flying clipper No. 7 is postponed due to lowering skies and zero visibility. The craft only undergoes taxiing tests at Glenn L. Martin plant with a ramp launch planned into Middle River. Martin says Lindbergh and Juan Trippe will not attend today after a call with New York.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Middle River
Martin
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Juan Trippe
Pan-American Airways
Japs Confident They Can Meet Any Situation
Tokyo reports the Japanese government moves to scrap the Washington naval treaty and form a new pact. The powerful council urged abrogation to Emperor Hirohito who is expected to approve swiftly. The government pledges to seek a replacement naval treaty guaranteeing Japan security and a favorable ratio.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Rouss Statue Decorated for the Holiday Season
Garlands of evergreens wrap the two pillars and the base of Charles Broadway Rouss statue in Rouss City Hall. The white marble figure draws visitors daily and the wreaths honor one of the city’s closest friends.
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Charles Broadway Rouss
Rouss City Hall
Presbyterian Sunday School Cantata to Be Held Thursday
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Sunday School will present the cantata Why the Chimes Rang Thursday at 7 pm. The story follows pilgrims and gifts awakening the chimes through a child’s act of love and service. Music will be directed by William Barnes with Dr. Robert McC. Glass chanting and Miss Lillian Sheetz directing.
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Loudoun Street
Little Brother
William Barnes
Robert McC. Glass
Lillian Sheetz
Mary Bush
Miss Earhart May Make Flight From Honolulu
Amelia Earhart may fly the Honolulu to California water route after sailing for Honolulu next Saturday. Her husband George Putman will accompany her to Hawaii and may join the return flight if plans firm up.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Amelia
Earhart
Atlantic
Honolulu
California
George Palmer Putman
Motion Picture
Hawaii
Putman
Special Program At Round Hill Methodist Church
A special program will be held at Round Hill Methodist Church at 11 o clock Sunday morning led by Mrs. Wesley Shiley. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Round Hill Methodist Church
Wesley Shiley
Tax Returns Forms Arrive Early For City Revenue Office
Santa Claus has been to see you early a visitor remarked to Charles P. McVicar commissioner of revenue upon seeing a large wooden box at his office door. There are 5,100 tax return forms in that box. The forms were received somewhat earlier than usual this year. Each contains six pages which must be filled in and filed prior to next June 1.
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Santa Claus
Charles P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
Mr. McVicar
Skeleton of Mammoth Whale in Charleston Museum
The municipal museum in Charleston displays a 90 000‑pound whale skeleton captured in the harbor in 1880. Mercury in Egyptian tombs dates from 1500 to 1400 B C and is reported found in ancient sites.
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Charleston
Missing Mrs Schaffner Searched In Carmel Rugged Country
Carmel California December 19 1930 searchers combed rugged beaches and headlands for Mrs Eliot Boke Schaffner 39 member of a wealthy clothing family abducted from her seaside home She wore a nightgown slippers and fur coat as police bloodhounds from Berkeley aided the hunt Her husband Joseph H Schaffner director of Hart Schaffner and Marx flies from Chicago to Carmel and sister Marion Todd arrives to help پی
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Carmel
Calif
Eliot Boke Schaffner
Monterey Hospital
Joseph H. Schaffner
Hart, Schaffner and Marx
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Here
Marion Todd
Mrs. Schaffner
Mrs. Todd
Pageant by Red Bud group heralds Christmas Spirit
The Red Bud United Brethren Sunday School led by Miss Esther McDonald presents a pageant titled We Have Seen His Star on Friday at 7 30 p m. The event features a Bethlehem backdrop and lighting to enhance costumes with roles including Spirit of Christmas Star Wise Men Mary Spirit of Faith and Angels. Public invited by Rev Franklin G Senger and the Red Bud community.
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Red Bud
United Brethren Sunday School
Esther McDonald
Bethlehem
Franklin G. Senger
Philadelphia Man Fined for Drunken Charge
Sanford Birch of Philadelphia was fined $10.25 in Police Court this morning for being drunk and was remanded to jail after he could not pay the fine.
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Sanford Birch
Philadelphia
Hall's Expectorant Promises Quick Cough Relief
Coughs due to colds are said to clear quickly with Hall's Expectorant. It soothes irritated membranes, warms the throat and chest, and purportedly makes you feel better. Available in three sizes 35c 60c and 1.00 at Peoples Drug Store 9 N Main Street.
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Peoples Drug Store
N. Main Street
Old 97 Comes Home in court decision
David Graves George, a Southern Railway employee, wrote The Wreck of Old 97 in a pump house and won a federal court ruling asserting authorship and entitlement to profits from Victor Talking Machine Company. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court, potentially yielding a million dollars or more in profits.
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David G. George
David Graves George
Southern Railway
Victor Talking Machine Company
George
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Middletown League Meeting To Feature Third Grade Christmas
The Middletown Community League meeting Thursday night at 7 30 will feature a Christmas program by the third grade under Mrs A B Cadwallader in the high school auditorium A brief business session precedes the program and candy and cake will be sold at intermission All patrons and friends are invited The room with the most parents wins a dollar for its use.
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Middletown
A. B. Cadwallader
Weather Mix Signals Snowy White Christmas Hopes
A morning blend of snow sleet and rain began the day as forecasters hoped for a white Christmas. Snow ended by daybreak with a light mist and then moderate rain, icing windshields and coating roads. City crews cleared sidewalks and crossings to ease travel hazards.
British Mocked Our Congress in Capitol Chamber
A historical note recalls British soldiers once staging a mock congress in the House of Representatives chamber in Washington Capitol, using the hall for satirical proceedings.
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House of Representatives
Capitol
Washington
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