Engagement Announced for Louise Mason and Humphrey Harnsberger
Mr and Mrs Guy Mason of Washington announce the engagement of their daughter Louise Urquhart Mason to Humphrey Peake Harnsberger son of Mr and Mrs John Bald win Harnsberger of Front Royal The wedding will be held in Front Royal with Rev and Mrs Carroll Burress of Washington in attendance Various social visits and local happenings accompany the announcement including guests at homes of Front Royal residents and trips to Richmond Culpeper and Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Guy Mason
Washington
Louise Urquhart Mason
Humphrey Peake Harnsberger
John Baldwin Harnsberger
Wilill
Arthur Leake
Middletown
Rotary Club
A. D. jCone
Richmond
Carl ‘Rohr
Syracuse
N. Y
Barry Stewart
G. W. Stewart
Randolph-Macon Captain to Return from Chase City
Capt Roberts of Randolph-Macon College will return to Front Royal tomorrow after spending the holidays at his Chase City home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Roberts
Randolph- Macon
Chase City
Front Royal
Visits and school reopenings noted in local items
Mr Roy Rolbrook of North Carolina visits the Maddox home. Mr and Mrs Ralph Bowman of Washington DC plan a weekend visit with Mrs Bowman's sister Mrs Mark Reid. Randolph Macon Academy will reopen January 2 and Warren County high school reopens January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Guthrie
Washington
Mr. Roy Rolbrook
N. C
Mrs
Oma Maddox
Ralph Bowman
Washington, D. C
Randolph-Macon Academy
Warren County High School
Program Set For Sunday Night at Front Royal Church
The Front Royal Presbyterian Church will present its annual Christmas program on Sunday night at 7 30. Entitled Christmas in Story and Song the program features a children's chorus carols and Christmas stories. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Front Royal Presbyterian Church
Chinese Report Another Invasion Heads Toward Chinese Frontier
A Manchukuoan army aided by Japanese planes advances across Cha har province threatening to sever territory from Chinese control. The push drives toward Shangtu on Chahar's western frontier, potentially isolating the province's northern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Chahar
China
Shangtu
County Officials Post Their Bonds
Frederick county commissioner of revenue Lee N Whitacre has subscribed to the oath of office and posted a 3000 bond with New Amsterdam Casualty Company as surety. Other officials complying before year’s end include Phil H Gold supervisor Stonewall district with 1000 bond J B Snapp justice of the peace Back Creek district and A R Rinker justice of the peace Gainesboro district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee N. Whitacre
Frederick County
New Amsterdam Casualty Company
Phil H. Gold
Stonewall
J. B. Snapp
Back Creek
A. R. Rinker
Gainesboro
Six more treated as bootleg liquor toll rises in Aliquippa
In Aliquippa Pennsylvania authorities report six more men treated for alcohol poisoning as moonshine fatalities reached six since Christmas. Police and agents conduct door to door checks warning residents about the holiday bootleg liquor danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliquippa
Ethiopia accused of using explosive bullets by Italy
Italy sent the League of Nations photographs of bullet fragments found in Italian soldiers wounds as proof Ethiopia used dum-dum bullets. Medical reports from front doctors stated the wounds resulted from projectiles forbidden under international conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Italy
League of Nations Today
Name Mahaffie To Head I. C. C.
Charles D. Mahaffie, a Democrat, was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission to succeed Hugh M. Tate. The 51 year old will serve one year under the commission rotation plan. he was appointed to the ICC by President Hoover in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles D. Mahaffie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hugh M. Tate
Tennessee
Mahaffie
ICC
Hoover
39 Dead in Typhoon Toll Across Luzon Provinces
The typhoon killed 39 people as reports arrived from isolated Luzon provinces south of Manila. Among the fatalities are seven from falling trees and twelve fishermen drowned off Siruma, with deaths spread across six provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manlia
Luzon Island
Manila
Siruma
Two Men Fined in Police Court Morning Session
Paul Ridder of Kitzmiller Maryland paid 14 dollars for failure to weigh coal on city scales. Charles J. Kelly paid 15 dollars 25 cents for being drunk and disorderly in police court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ridder
Kitzmiller
Charles J. Kelly
Markets Report from Baltimore Chicago and Philadelphia
Livestock prices mixed as cattle hogs and sheep show varying moves across major markets. In Baltimore, cattle and calves rise for some grades while hogs ease. Chicago trends weaker on fat steers but lambs firm. Philadelphia eggs butter poultry hold steady with price lists for local goods and dairy products.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Philadelphia
U. S. Dept
U. S
Local Markets Update From The Star
Markets report daily performance with standard caveats about typographical errors. The Star notes it does not assume responsibility for any such mistakes in the market listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Flour Prices and Feed Rates
A list of wholesale prices for flour bags of various sizes and brands, plus crude feed costs. Includes 98 lb, 48 lb, 24 lb, and 12 lb bag rates, cracked corn, shelled corn, scratch feed, corn meal, egg mash, middlings, mixed feed, and dairy feeds with percentages and unit prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasco
Biggs
Chaiette
Grain quotes mix futures and cash values in Chicago and Baltimore
Chicago futures close with wheat May 99 1 4 to 3 8 cents July 1 2 to 5 8 Corn May 60 1 8 to 1 4 July 61 8 Oats May 28 1 4 July 28 5 8 Rye May 53 3 8 July 53 3 4 Barley May 43 1 2 Lard Dec 11 75 Jan 11 70 Mar 11 70 May 11 72 July 11 72 Cash wheat No 2 red 1 03 No 4 mixed 54 1 2 No 4 yellow 55 3 4 Baltimore spot wheat 99 Winchester Wheat and corn prices and local quotations also listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Blossom Queen Betty Brady Killed In Michigan Crash
Betty Brady 19 and Franklin Hasen 20, both identified as festival participants, died when their coupe veered into a truck near South Haven Michigan. The Blossom Festival figure known as Miss Benton Harbor 1954 was among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brady
Benton Harbor
Franklin Hasen
South Haven
Mich
Famous Rhone on a Rampage
In Nimes France on December 28 flood waters from a heavy storm isolated Aramon and the Roquemaure plain. The Rhone reached a flood stage of twenty feet with no signs of abating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimes
France
Rhone
Aramon
Roquemaure
Market In StockS New York Dec 28 Stocks end quiet with mixed losses
The New York market closed modestly heavy on December 28 as profit takers trimmed gains and rails and aircrafts held steady. Supplies are scarce as retailers face January demand, with foreign exchange showing minor moves and key shares such as American Tel Tel and General Electric posting varied results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Radiator
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
American Woolen
Arch Topeka & 5S
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Store Manager Shot In Robbery At Altavista
Altavista Virginia December 28 two masked bandits shot and seriously wounded Wirt Wilbourn the grocery store manager as they grabbed a satchel containing 945 dollars Wilbourn was carrying into the store Police pursued the robbers five minutes after they escaped in a light coach with yellow wheels through town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altavista
Wirt Wilbourn
Wilbourn
Mean Elevation and a Grim Table Claim
The text asserts the continental United States has a mean elevation of about 2,500 feet above sea level and presents a provocative claim that at a table of thirteen people one will die within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Continental
United States
Carroll Davison Lifelong Farmer Dies in Morgan County
Carroll C Davison a longtime farmer from Angers Store Morgan county West Virginia died at his daughter Mrs Cleo Bohrers home last night He was about 70 and had retired due to age He is survived by three sons Melvin Lester and Samuel two sisters and a nephew Funeral services will be held Monday at two from Greenwood United Brethren Church Morgan county with Rev Wolf of Berkeley Springs officiating Interment in the same cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll C. Davison
Angers Store
Morgan County
W. Va
Cleo Bohrer
Davison
Major Davison
Virginia
Melvin
Lester
Berkeley Springs
Samuel
Washington, D. C
Philip Shade
Siler
Edward Ashton
Deana
Ind
Walter M. Shade
Wilter Davison
Greenwood United Brethren Church
Mr. Wolf
Servces
Mother of Local Man Passes Away in U. Va. Hospital
The death of Mrs. Emma Turner, 67, wife of Marcellus Turner of Charlottesville, and mother of McKinley Turner, occurred at 6 p m Thursday at University Hospital Charlottesville after illness since December 19. She was a Greene county native, daughter of the late Benjamin and Lou Southard Oliver, and survived by her husband, a Charlottesville daughter Mrs Wood, and her son in this city. The funeral was held today at the Episcopal Church in Standardsville with interment at the Turner burying ground there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Stores To Close On New Year Day
The Retail Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce reports most city stores will close all day on Wednesday January 1. Grocery and drug stores were excluded from the survey. Banks and the post office will also observe New Year’s Day as a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Bell
Good Children Are Vaccinated
James W. Good in Rock Enon area complied with compulsory vaccination and attendance laws. A warrant for failure to vaccinate and school attendance was nolle pressed after he agreed to vaccinate his children and place them back in school. Justice A J Tavenner ordered vaccination via a doctor to be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Good
Nolle
Good
Rock Enon
A. J. Tavenner
Justice Tavenner
Will Open Three More WPA Classes In City Monday
Weston O. McDaniel announces five WPA emergency education classes will operate in city and county. Ada T. Oppie reopens home economics class on Highland avenue. Rose Pinkett and Elenora Finley lead two elementary adult classes for colored people on Kent street and East Pall Mall. Amanda Crossen reopened an adult class near Whitacre. A colored adult class forms at Stephens City.
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WPA
Weston O. McDaniel
Ada T. Oppie
Highland Avenue
Oppie
Virginia
Kent Street
East Pall Mall Street
Rose Pinkett
Elenora Finley
Amanda Crossen
Whitacre
Stephens City
Italian Air Bombard Ethopian Forces Near Afgaga Pass
Italian official reports say aerial squadrons bombed Ethiopian detachments as northern front skirmishes continued. Ethiopian troops reportedly fled under air attack and attempted to cross the Takaze river into the Tembien sector after defeats near Afgaga Pass and Abbi Addi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbi Addi
Makale
Rome
Afgaga Pass
Takkaze
Amba Alaji
Takaze River
Tembien
Asmara
Eritrea
Laval Faces Narrow Confidence Vote Amid Foreign Policy Debate
Paris dispatch reports Premier Pierre Laval contends with a tight confidence vote as the Chamber resumes debate on policies to curb the Italo Ethiopian war. Critics accuse Laval of weakness and misreading the League Covenant while the cabinet fears an overthrow could trigger domestic crisis and threaten the franc and stability.
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Laval
Italy
Austria
Germany
Hitler
Paris
Pierre Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Yvon Lebros
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
Geneva
London
France
Britain
League of Nations
Hoare
Leon Blum
Socialist Party
Rights clash as Laval defends policy against war threat
In a tense debate Blum challenges Laval's right to threaten war over policy. He argues France should back Britain and the League of Nations in the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. Interjections from the right and protests from the left interrupt the session until it is halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laval
Blum
League of Nations
France
Britain
Italy
Milne Confesses Hoax Kidnapping Plan to Federal Agents
Caleb Milne admitted orchestrating a hoax kidnapping to gain publicity. He wrote three letters sealed in envelopes, traveled via bus and train, staged a ransom demand, and left clues from Gracie Square to Grand Central, later retracting with investigators.
Kidnapping Hoax Grips Youth Near Doylestown
Caleb J Milne Jr. told federal agents he was kidnapped by four men and held in a cabin near Doylestown where narcotics left him in a stupor. Motorists who found the boy rushed him to a hospital in a dazed condition. none of them were involved in the hoax. he later returned to Woodstock and then New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Caleb
Feee
Caleb J. Milne
Germantown
Doylestown
Hoover
Uth
Woodstock
New York
Smith Invited To Break Bread With Roosevelt
The piece notes former governor Smith, praised as the Happy Warrior in 1928, opposing the Roosevelt program and criticizing New Deal policy. His speech at Liberty League dinner marks a rare public foray into politics since 1932 campaigning, with earlier alignment and later divergence from Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Roosevelt
Fror
Houston
Liberty League
League
Chicago
Bernard M. Baruch
Hable's Palace Big Double Western Show At Palace Today
The Palace Theatre screens a double western bill featuring Bob Steele in No Man's Land and Tom Mix in The Miracle Rider today only. A cartoon Failed Again and musical selections accompany the program. Alice Faye in Music Is Music comes Monday and Tuesday with songs including Music Is Magic and Honey Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Bob Steele
No Man
Alice Faye
Honey Chile
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Warren County
Bureau
Winchester Evening Star
Gussie McFall
Telephone Front Royal 149-R
North Fork
South Fork
Front Royal News
Carroll Burress
Rev. Burress
Mary Burress
Frances Sterrittt
Nannie Porter
Evelyn Higgins
James Higgins
John Donaldson
Francis
Gretta Wallahan
Martha Brent Burress
John Morgan
Memorial Hospital
Culpeper
Henry Downing
Byrne Downing
Lewis Holliday
Millie
Lynchburg
Bedord
John C. Boggs
John, Jr
Blackstone
Capt. Lockman
Randolph- 1
Macon
North Corona
A. L. Harrison
Old School Baptist Church
Chilton Weaver
Reedville
Brook Weaver
John W. Morgan
Morgan
Winchester Hospital
Seaman Borden
J. L. Borden
John Johnson
Aubrey G. Weaver
Elliott Marshall
David Kendrick
Robert Massie
Washington, Va
Harry Ewing
Farmville
Mrs. McIntosh
Roland Thrush
Charleston
Mr. Thrush
H. H .Thrush
Alfred Pochon
Charles, Kauf
Harrisonburg
Co. C. Proctor
Jane Brower
Isa
Will
Annie Camp
Elizabeth Major
Julian Major
Carroll Davison
U. Va
City
Gracie Square
Milne
Green
Grand Central Station
Albany
Grand Central Annex
Poughkeepsie
Young Milne
Trenton
Lambertville
N. J
Delaware River
New Hope
Doylestown Road
Hable’s Palace
Goodyear Service
Buncutter Tire Co
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