D SHIPS SET NEW AVIATION MARKS IN YEAR OF VENTURES
Aviation editor Oscar Leiden reports a year of notable feats with Graf Zeppelin journeys and a round trip by Kingsford Smiths crew, the Dornier flying boat polar work, the Columbia flights, the Question Mark nonstop, and the Apache altitude records led by Lieut Soucek.
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Oscar Leiding
Ashington
Air
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Ger
Comenenyt
Sir Hupert Oi Wilkins
Kingsford-Smith
California
Honolulu
Suva
Fiji
Australia
New Zealand
Engad
Dornier
Folfgang von Gronau
Germany
United States
Columbia
J. Errol Boyd
Harry P. Connor
Newfoundland
Tresco Island
Eng
Land
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
New York
Isleben
Dieudonne Coste
Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Paris
Coulart
Apollo Soucek
Lieut. C. C.champion
Lieut. Soucek
Soucek
Remember the Defenders of U. S. In Time of Need
Letter from Winchester Virginia dated December 31 1930 urges national unity to relieve soldiers and families suffering from drought. It argues wealth should not hinder cash relief and calls for action now to benefit the nation and God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
the Star
Alexander Spootswood Dandridge
Winchester
Rainfall Eases Drought Across Central States
Rain fell December 26 and 27 across a broad area easing a long drought in central states. J B Kincer of the Weather Bureau notes heavy rains in Virginia and Pennsylvania with 0.8 to 2 inches, while southern Ohio saw lighter rainfall not fully relieving water shortages.
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Central States
J. B. Kincer
Division of Agricultural Meteorology
The
Weather Bureau
Washington
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kincer
John S. C. Murphy Retires Today From W U Telegraph Co
John S. C. Murphy retires today from the Western Union Telegraph Company after a long career with special assignments including President Wilsons honeymoon at Hot Springs and Tafts Panama Canal inspection. He was stationed in Winchester years ago as telegraph operator for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and later for Western Union. He married Miss Essiett Coontz of Glen Owen near Millwood in Clarke County Virginia and visits Winchester frequently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Te Qrapn Company
Wilson
Hot Springs
Taft
Panama Canal
Murphy
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Miss Essiett
Charles W. Coontz
Replanting 137 Poles On Staunton Winchester Line
The Chesap ean Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia has authorized pole relocations on the Staunton to Winchester line due to highway improvements. The $7,280 project covers 137 new poles 40 crossarms 12 miles of wire and removal of similar facilities.
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Staunton-Winchester
Chesa—— and Potomac Telephonempany of Virginia
Richmond
Virginia
J. T. Yates
Last Rites For Miss Olivia Jones in Boyce Virginia
Funeral services for Miss Olivia Jones will be held at 11 tomorrow morning at her brother R Osborne Jones Model Farm in Berryville with Rev R L Butsler officiating. Interment follows at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. She died after a short pneumonia illness at 55, survived by sister Edith and brothers Osborne and Stuart. Related by proximity to Mathew and Doral Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Olivia Jones
R. Osborne Jones
Model Farm
R. L. Butsler
Berryville Methodist Church
South
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Methodist Church
Edith Jones
Osborne Jones
Stuart Jones
Colorado
Mathew Jones
Clarke County
Doral Jones
Trade in your OKc Stove for a Sunbeam Cabinet Heater
Advertises trading in old stoves for a Sunbeam Cabinet Heater. Claims the heater warms five to seven rooms upstairs and down, improves comfort, and saves money by reducing fires.
Transfers of City Realty Admitted for Record
Real estate transfers listed in the Corporation Court clerk records include Frank H. Taylor to William J. Lockhart for four lots in Harris East Orchard Tract and nominal consideration. Other transfers cover Shawnee avenue land with improvements, a No. 122 North Cameron Street brick dwelling for $7,000, and several other parcels with nominal or stated sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court Clerk
Frank H. Taylor
William J. Lockhart
Harris East Orchard
Shawnee Avenue
B. M. Carter
Als
Marie E. Robinson
North Cameron Street
D. McFadden
James E. Robertson
South Stewart Street
Shirley Carter
F. L. Glaize
K. W. Adams
West Cork Street
J. L. Harman
N. W. Harman
North
Loudoun Street
Merton W. Kremer
Northern Virginia Power Company
A. C. Oates
W. M. Richards
Loudoun Manor
C. A. Wisecarver
F. I. Pritchard
Saute Pike
Louie D. Morris
Elmo Cooper
Montague Avenue
Shawnee Realty Company, Inc
Margaret M. Newlin
London Laundry Exhibit to Open with Shirt Tear Ceremony
A new laundry exhibition set for London will likely be declared open by the guest of honor tearing a shirt, as noted in the Passing Show.
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London
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Southern Cross
Charles Smith
Ireland
Newad
Con
Oakland
Calif
Welliam
Jouns
Batten, Barton, Darstine & Osborn, Inc
A. B.C
Audit Bureau of Circulations
America
Casa
Fr. M. Lawrence
Batten, Batten
Duarstine & Osborn, Inc
A. B. C. Informa
Ion
Cerchulati
Chicago
Bott’s Boot Shoppe
North Main Street
APA
R. M. Swimley
East of Geo. Washington Hotel
John S. C. Murphy
W.U. Telegraph Co
Mussolini
Monte Carlo
Sunbeam
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
City Realty
Betty Shoppe
West Boscawen St
Moling & Cather
Lupton Orchard Service CO
N. Loudoun St
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