Christmas Pageants Aglow In Front Royal Churches
Christmas entertainments filled Front Royal churches Sunday night as Methodist groups in Front Royal and Riverton staged a pageant The Sweetest Story Ever Told with local youths in period costumes The Riverton cast included H H Bowman Rebecca Lee Steed Bertha Cameron Mildred Cameron and others A quartet led by Rev and Mrs R Moorman Parker Mrs R C Thomason and H H Bowman performed two numbers The offering supported the Methodist Home for the Aged in Gaithersburg Md Food donations were also collected for the home Local youth cast members included Gladys Dutrow Bradford Reid Billie Johnson Margaretta Burke and others Four tableaux with lighting accompanied the pageant The offering was sent to the Gaithersburg home
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Front Royal
Riverton
H. H. Bowman
Rebecca Lee Steed
Bertha Cameron
Mildred Cameron
Jack Kathleen Derflinger
Mattie Henry
Kathleen Baker
Sammy Rhodes
Marie Thomason
Joyce Willis
Gladys Dutrow
Bradford Reid
Billie Johnson
Margaretta Burke
Alice Johnson
Dorothy Stokes
Thomas Owens
Frances Ritenour
Evelyn Boyd
Godfrey Boyd
Nancy Hale
Margaret Cassidy
Waldo Herr
Durston McIntosh
Arthur Peffer
Dudley Echardt
Janet Willey
Charlotte Santmyers
Elizabeth Son
Winners Named In Warren County Farm Exhibit
List of awardees from Warren County High School vocational agriculture show includes William Davison and Charles Haynie Jr among corn and egg winners, Gail Updike and Hazel Ewan among canned goods, with Robert McCarty and others placing in poultry and butter events. Officials praised the exhibit and promised a larger event next year.
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Front Royal
Vocational Agriculture Department
Warren County High School
William Davison
Arthur Davison
Walter Davison
Charles Haynie
Gail Updike
Robert McCarty
R. T McCarty
Charles Haynie, Jr
R. T. McCarty
G. W. Mills
Smith Baldwin
C. A. Haynie
Richard Seckford
Holiday Trade Shows A Gain
FRONT ROYAL December 26 The Democratic theme song of 1932 seems to have come true at last. Happy days are indeed here again if the volume of pre holiday business done by Front Royal merchants can be used as a barometer of prosperity. In the words of one of the town's leading businessmen they came they saw and they bought plenty. The merchant gave credit the extensive advertising campaign carried on early in December for a large measure of their successful season.
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Front’ Royal
Front Royal
Christmas Service At Methodist Church In Front Royal
The early service drew a good crowd as Dr. Early Fox of Randolph Macon College spoke. Misses Katherine Carter and Muriel Coe led the intermediate group in arranging the service.
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Front Royal
Methodist Church
Early Fox
Randolph-Macon College
Katherine Carter
Muriel Coe
Social And Personal News Of Front Royal and Warren County
Front Royal and Warren County social items note holiday visits by Horace Atwood to Blue Ridge Avenue parents and many relatives hosting or visiting in Riverton Central City South Riverton and nearby towns. Multiple guests from Washington Martinsburg Staunton Orange and Alexandria join local families for Christmas gatherings and carol singing with churches and inns featured.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Horace Atwood
B. V. Atwood
Blue Ridge Avenue
Phillis Richardson
Washington
Fred Shank
Staunton
Benefit Dance At Up dike’s Hall Draws Crowd
Front Royal hosts a well attended benefit dance at Up dikes Hall drawing about 200 couples. Kentucky Night Hawks provided music pleasing all ages while Mr and Mrs Santa Claus joined the dancers. Proceeds support the Tuberculosis Association coffers.
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Front Royal
Updike’s
Kentucky Night Hawks
Santa Claus
The
Tuberculosis Association
R L Miller rites held in Frederick County
Funeral services for R L Miller of the Double Toll Gate area Frederick county were held this afternoon at White Post. He was 66, a farmer, unmarried, son of the late Jos A and Mary Spangler Miller, born and raised in Frederick county. Survived by sisters Mrs D S Hughes Charles Town WV and Mrs Virginia Jeett Nineveh and siblings Addie Miller and Thomas Miller at home.
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Front Royal
R. L. Miller
Frederick County
White Post
Miller
Jos. A
Mary Spangler Miller
D. S. Hughes
Charles Town
W. Va
Virginia Jeett
Nineveh
Addie Miller
Thomas Miller
Sealock Rites Held For Mrs Martha Sealock
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Sealock aged 68 who died at her Central City home Monday were conducted this afternoon at Linden Methodist Church by Rev. B D Dullabaum. Survivors include brothers George Showers Front Royal and Henry Showers Afton plus several children and grandchildren.
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Front Royal
Martha Sealock
Central City
Linden Methodist Church
B. D. Dullabaum
George Showers
Henry Showers
Afton
Episcipalians Hold Midnight Christmas Service
A large crowd attended a special midnight Christmas Eve service at Calvary Episcopal Church in Front Royal. The service was conducted by Rev. T. W. Tayloe.
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Front Royal
Calvary Episcopal Church
T. W. Tayloe
Old People Not Wanted The Tarahimara Cliff Execution
A passage describing Tarahimara Indians in Mexico who abandon elderly relatives by lifting them over a cliff once they can no longer work. The text emphasizes the sacred value placed on the right to work and the harsh fate of incapacitated elders.
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Mexico
Fiscal reforms praised by Southern governors in 1934 review
Governors Futrell Ehringhaus Talmadge Shultz and Allen report state debt paydowns tax cuts and spending cuts. They cite refunding highway debt, improved revenues, and plans to boost education and oil royalties into 1935 as signs of recovery across Arkansas North Carolina Georgia Florida and Louisiana.
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J. M. Futrell
Arkansas
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Highway Department
Dave Shultz
Florida
Aas
O. K. Allen
Louisiana
Roast Pig Roasts Front Page In Cuba Christmas Day
Havana December 25 reports show Christmas spirit easing fears with a feast focused on roast pig palm nuts and Spain wines. Stores sold record holiday goods while churches filled for midnight mass. President Mendieta freed 194 prisoners to celebrate with families as he and his wife visited friends and relations.
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Havana
Spain
United States
Mendieta
Nurse Betty Gow to Testify in Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial
Betty Gow the Lindbergh baby's nurse arrived on the Aquitania to testify in Bruno Hauptmann's murder trial. She declined to discuss the case, smiling and saying she was sorry as reporters identified her aboard the liner. The scene near the ship involved Mrs. Lindbergh's mother Mrs. Morrow and others as Gow prepared to stay at the Morrow home in New Jersey.
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New York
Betty Gow
Charles Lindbergh
Aquitania
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Immigration and Customs Offs
Beatrice Calloway
Dwight Morrow
Ollie Wheatley
Hopewell
Lindberghs
Miss Gow
George Washington
Morrow
America
Scotland
Gow
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Haurtmann
Hunterdon Courty Jail
Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Wilentz
Trenton
Edward J Reilly
Brooklyn
Frem‘ueton
Hunterdon County
Anthony M Hauck Jr
Whitacre family yields 1050 pounds pork from three hogs
Homer Whitacre of the southern city area raised three large hogs fed mainly on kitchen slop. The trio produced 1050 pounds of pork, despite a fourth hog dying during fattening. He hauled slop by wagon, making 240 trips and walking 540 miles in eight months, with a $13.50 cash outlay.
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Homer Whitacre
Whitacre
Palace Scoops Theatres with Bright Eyes Pre release
Hable's Palace Theatre touts Shirley Temple in Bright Eyes as a nation scooper. Fox produced the film and releases December 28 in Washington and New York theatres. The pre release arrives by air to Washington and by special truck to Winchester, with the last local showings tomorrow.
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Hable
Palace Theatre
Shirley Temple
H. H. Hable
Fox
Washington
New York
Winchester
Market In Stocks New York Dec 26 1930s Trading Update
Wall Street reopened in fair spirits after the holidays though utilities fell and left the list unsettled. Industrials advanced lightly while bonds held up. Commodities saw corn and hogs rise unevenly and cotton barely steady with call money at 1 percent. Prices include Allied Chemical 133 American Can 110 1 8 American Smelters 37 3 8 and others like General Electric 20 1 4 General Motors 32 1 2 U S Steel 36 3 4 Woolworth 52.
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New York
Wall Street
Santa Claus
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Gas of N
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Grain futures and cash prices close mixed in Chicago
Chicago December 26 closing grain prices show wheat at around 98 to 99 with May futures near 99 and July around 94. Corn quotes feature near 93 to 90 for December and May. Oats and rye move within mid to high forties and low seventies respectively, while lard and bellies trade with small spreads. Baltimore notes spot wheat at No. 2 red winter around 98 to 99. No quotes in Winchester due to Christmas holiday closure.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour Prices Listing
Local wholesale and retail market prices listed for flour brands 8 to 98 pounds per bag, various bag sizes per barrel. Includes shelled corn, mixed fodder, dairy feeds, corn meal, screenings, middlings, young chickens, turkeys, butter, eggs, and live hogs with assorted price points.
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The
Star
Gloote Cave
Cessseeree
Livestock And Produce Market Prices Report
Philadelphia Markets date December 26 show live poultry and dressed poultry prices with fowls, broilers, ducks and geese listed. Butter and eggs hold firm while cattle hogs sheep and lambs report higher bid ranges across weight classes and grades.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Maryland
Physician Held Charged With a Woman's Death
Dr. John H. Becker Jr a stocky grey haired physician was held without bail in Jamaica magistrates court on homicide charges in the death of 19 year old Loretta Wilson. He pleaded not guilty and hearings set for January 3 after six hours of questioning. The nude body was found in woods near Port Jefferson. Authorities say an illegal ration contributed to her death.
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New York
John H. Becker, Jr
Loretta Wilson
Jamaica
Port Jefferson
Betker
Wilton
Payroll car robbed of eighteen thousand dollars
Lancaster South Carolina December 26 a payroll car along the Lancaster to Chester route was held up by highwaymen who escaped with about eighteen thousand dollars. The money was in charge of Walter White a paymaster employee and two constables. The bagged funds were being moved from the Lancaster bank to the Springs textile mill complex near Chester with three units.
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Lancaster
S. C
Chester
Walter White
Bank of Lancaster
Seven Killed As Train Hits Auto Near Harvey Crossing
Chicago December 26 seven people believed to be Illinois emergency relief station workers in Chicago Heights died when their automobile was struck by the International Limited of the Grand Trunk Line near a Harvey area crossing. The car was driven by John Burk of Chicago, an employee of the relief station. Victims include Mrs Ruth Greenberg Mrs Hope Hines Mrs Harvey Friedmann Mrs Marion Riggs Miss Mary McCann and Wendell Tarkoff all of Chicago. Four bodies and two men were taken to a Harvey undertaking establishment and police said another body may be trapped under the locomotive.
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Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Heights
International Limited
Grand Trunk Line
Harvey
John, Burk
Ruth Greenberg
Hope Hines
Harvey Friedmann
Marion Riggs
Mary McCann
Wendell Tarkoff
Harvey Undertaking
Steel output climbs as business activity strengthens
Washington December 25 reports the Federal Reserve Board notes higher than usual steel production and overall activity as holiday demand grows. The report highlights early winter output and a stronger than typical level of industrial activity amid pre holiday shopping momentum.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Board of Health probes wine waste dairy contamination
In New Orleans on December 26, the City Board of Health investigated reports that wineries dumped pressed grape residue into dairy pastures. Cows fed on the refuse allegedly flavored milk, prompting officials to address the health hazard and protect public milk supplies.
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New Orleans
City Board of Health
Board of Health
Radio Schedule Highlights for Thursday Evening
A detailed NBC/ABC radio lineup lists programs on WEAF WOR WJZ and WABC from 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM including orchestras stars and serials. Notable items include the Shadow Amos n Andy Buck Rogers Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Lone Ranger and Byrd Expedition broadcasts with varying musical and talk segments.
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WEAF
Cugat
WOR
Uncle Don
WJZ
WABC
Buck Rogers
Three X Sisters
Billy Batchelor
Lowell Thomas
Gabriel Heatter
Wabc—Press
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Lone Ranger
Edwin C. Hill
Wayne King Orch
Lenny Ross
Everett Marshall
Fred Allen
James Melton
Nino Martini
Sandra Sweenska
John Charles Thomas
Garber Orchestra
Lombardo Orch
Mme
Sylvia
Variety Musicale
Denny
Mary Eastman
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Winchester Evening Star
W. B. Thomason
Royal 213
Riverton and
Methodists
Eants
Mrs. Allyton Stokes
Martinsburg
Mrs. Stokes
Mrs. W. S. Brown
Faye and
Claytor Steele
Cherrydale
Mrs
B. C. Steele
Julia Ward
C. A. Stokes
Deneal Grant
Will Hoskins
Harry Ewing
Farmville
R. F. Mcintosh
South Riverton
Mrs. John Lée
Mrs. Lennis Skelton
Royal Avenue
Mr. Wilton Millar
Orange
Town
R. B. Holbrook
Oma Maddox
Mr. Alfred McKay
Mrs. L. B. Downing
Buddy Dodd
Alexandria
Corrine Dodd
Mark Reid
Manor Avenue
Mr. L. R. Treat
Helen Payne
Afton Inn
W. E. Santmyers
Bryan Brown
Margaret
Stewart
Monroe Derflinger
Kathleen
Agnes
Howard Grim
Earl Catlett
Carl
Ralph
Frank Bailey
Matilda
Frank, Jr
Brandell Burke
Reuben Brady
George Sloat
Harrisonburg
Strasburg
B. R. Armel
Shenandoah
J. L. Baker
Mrs. Baker
Mrs. J. C. Owens
Mrs. Owen
Elizabeth Grubbs
Thomas Ryan
Arthur Carroll
Culpeper
A.N. Carr
Cuba
Herr Whitacre
Palace
Rye
Philco
Miller & Anderson
James A Farley
ILCO
Generous Tore Lam du
Boscawen Street
Winchester, Va
Philcos
Philco Radio
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