Rotarians Mark Anniversary With Winchester Club History
A Winchester Rotary Club anniversary program recalls the founding of Rotary International and the club’s 1921 formation. W. W. Glass read minutes, Rev. Clarence Woods’ December 1921 letter, and a 1919-20 effort led by local leaders to establish Rotary here.
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Rotary Club
Rotary International
Winchester Club
H. Douglas Fuller
Rotary
John Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
John Ward
Roanoke Club
Chesley R. Perry
Richardson
Glass
Harrisonburg
Fred E. Clerk
C. Vernon Eddy
Hugh
R. Fletcher
R. Ray Brown
Harrisonburg Club
Public Auction At Court House February 24
Public auction scheduled for Saturday February 24 at noon at the court house. 20 shares 7 percent National Fruit Product Co and 20 shares Union Bank of Winchester Virginia offered. Auctioneers are Dunn and Duvall.
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Court House
Prof
National Fruit Product Co
Union Bank of Winchester
Dunn and Duvall
Army Mail Pilot Dies In Ohio Airmail Crash
Lieutenant Durward Lowry, army mail plane pilot, was killed when his aircraft carrying mail from Chicago to Cleveland crashed into woods near Napoleon Ohio. He likely became lost in an early morning fog and snowstorm marking the first fatality since airmail service began.
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Durward Lowry
Army
Chicago
Cleveland
Napoleon, O
Lowry
Air Mail Pilot Forced to Jump and Plane Lost
Army air pilot Norman Burnett bailed out seven miles north of Freemont Ohio after a blizzard, suffering a broken left leg and exposure. He was found at 7 a.m. by farmer Irwin Bowersox and sent to Memorial Hospital. The wreckage of the mail plane was later sought amid heavy snow with weather favorable at departure.
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Associated Press
Freemont
Army Air
Norman Burnett
Tinal Cleveland
Chicago
Irwin Bowersox
Burnett
Bowersox
Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Army
Fredericksburg
Caroline Musante
Stafford County
O—Army Air
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Senate
Roger Touhy
John Factor
Washington—Post Office
Yonkers
N. Y
Eign Brussells
Leopold III
Managua
Seige
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
Paris
Albert Prince
Doumergue
Md Truck Held After Accident On Welltown Pike
Joe Hilliard injured after riding on running board of Daniel McKeevy’s truck on Welltown Pike near Grimes. Hilliard treated at Memorial Hospital for scalp wounds and bruises and discharged. State police inspector held the Maryland license truck pending injury extent.
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Joe Hilliard
Memorial Hospital
Welltown Pike
Grimes
Daniel McKeevy
Baltimore
Hilliard
McKeevy
R. E. Bayliss
Maryland
Be Smart Drink the Best Neuweilers Creamale
An advertisement promotes Neuweilers Creamale as a delightful beer option from Gunther and Free State, urging shoppers to try it at leading retailers or by phone.
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Gunther
Free State
Leopold III enthroned king of the Belgians in Brussels
Leopold III was crowned king of the Belgians after swearing to defend the constitution before Parliament. He rode to the chamber in full regalia on a brown horse as thousands cheered. Queen Astrid did not attend the procession due to her expected child. Queen Elizabeth was not present.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Leopold III
Albert I
Chamber of Deputies
Royal
Laeken
Leopold
Astrid
Royal Castle
Fredericksburg Girl Hurt in Stafford County
Fredericksburg Virginia 14 year old Stafford county school girl Musante rests in hospital apparently unharmed after an incident.
Kidnapping Plot Ends in Suicide in Chicago Hotel
Charles Clyde Phillips alias Fred Mayo of Cleveland hanged himself in a Chicago jail after confessing a plot to kidnap Emanuel Phillip Adler, 61, Davenport Iowa publisher, and hold him for $40,000. Adler, who was attacked in a Chicago hotel, survived with a head wound. Phillips was captured after the cries for help.
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Charles Clyde Phillips
Fred Mayo
Cleveland
Chicago
Emanuel Phillip Adler
Davenport
Adler
Phillips
House Passes Racing Betting Bill In Virginia Assembly
The Virginia House of Delegates approved horse racing and pari mutuel betting bills by 54 to 43 and 63 to 28 respectively. A separate Moffett Quesenberry measure allowing evidence in defamation cases against publishers passed 71 to 7. The governor’s power to cut general fund appropriations now limited to five percent of original appropriations.
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Associated Press
Richmond
House of Delegates
Hall
Moffett- Quesenberry
Court of Justice Committee
Dovell
State Board of Education
Pollard
House
Montague-Fuller-Wicker
Lcensed
Moffett-Quesenberg
Courts of Justice Committee
Senate
Montague
Rogers
Highway Commission
Big Saving Outlined For Air Mail Costs
The House Post Office committee voted to set a fixed air mail rate per pound with no bidding. The figure likely about two mills per mile, compared with 4.2 mills in 1932, potentially cutting air mail expenses from 19 million to about 9 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Post Office Committee
Meade
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Mead
Rev William White Dies in Raleigh Former Resident
Telegram confirms the death of Rev. William McClanahan White D D in Raleigh North Carolina from a heart attack. He helped establish 12 rural churches and led the Raleigh charge's growth. Survived by widow Lorentz and four children. Funeral set for February 24 in Raleigh at 11 o'clock.
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William McClanahan White
D. D
Raleigh
N. C
White
Weee White
Henry M. White
Loudou Street Presbyterian Church
Williams McC. White
McFaden
N.C
Southern Presbyterian Church
Southern Prsbyterian
Fairfax Hall
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Washington and Lee University
Union One Seminary
Richmond
Lorentz
Carl Hudson
Lorentz White
Benjamin R. Lacy
McCauley
Moorefield
W. Va
Hugh M. White
China
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Reported Daily
Closing quotations show Chicago May 88 4 and July 86 3 percent for wheat with September at 87. Baltimore spot wheat quoted 95. Winchester spot wheat 93. Mr John Hoover remains at his home on South Cameron street after a severe cold since Monday evening.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
Cash
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
John Hoover
South Cameron Street
Virginia liquor control bill sent to governor in Senate amendments
Richmond Va Feb 22 The dispensary liquor controls bill goes to Governor Peery after the House concurred in Senate amendments. Delegate Wilbur Hall analyzes upper House changes and contemplates a conference committee or House concurrence. Only 11 working days remain in the session as major matters include redistricting and school tax proposals.
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Richmond
Peery
House
Senate
Wilbur Hall
Hall
House Appropriations Committee
Dr William H Thompson Denies Lynching Involvement
Dr William H Thompson a local druggist denies taking part in the October lynching of George Armwood at Princess Anne He wired Senator Frederick Van Nuys to testify before the Wagner Costigan anti lynching bill hearings Attorney General William Preston Lane Jr named Thompson among alleged mob leaders but Thompson vows to fight libel suit and to bring fifty witnesses to Washington to prove his innocence
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Associated Press
Princess Anne
William H. Thompson
Frederick van Nuys
Senate
Wagner- Costigan
William Preston Lane, Jr
Thompson
George Armwood
Considring
Lane
Washington
Mrs Harrison and Miss Conrad Visit Washington Doctor
Mrs Thomas Harrison and Miss Georgia Conrad traveled to Washington to visit Miss Conrad's mother Mrs Bryan Conrad. She is receiving treatment at Walter Reed Hospital and is expected to undergo an operation there Monday.
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Thomas Harrison
Miss Georgia Conrad
Washington, D. C
Miss Conrad
Bryan Conrad
Walter Reed Hospital
House Kills Bill To Settle Warren County Claim
Virginia House of Delegates votes 19 to 57 to uphold the governor's veto on a bill allowing Warren County supervisors to settle claims arising from the death of A. L. Warthen former county treasurer. The Senate had passed the measure despite the veto.
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House
Bill
Warren Co
Associated Press
Richmond
House of Delegates
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
A. L. Warthen
Senate
Aubrey G. Weaver
Co. C. Louderback
Page- Warren
Vivian Page
Norfolk
Ashton Covell
Commonwealth
Virginia Girl Kidnap Victim Found After Second Tying
Virginia girl Carolina Musante was found by federal agents after midnight near her home, bound, gagged, and exposed. Three ransom notes demanding 1500 dollars were found near her home, and authorities say her abduction mirrors a February incident.
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Beed Press
Carolina Musante
Cee
Federal Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Musante
Carolina
Elbert B. Gough Dies After Lingering Illness
Elbert B. Gough 30 died at his father John H. Goughs home near Braddock Street following a long illness from pulmonary tuberculosis. He is survived by his father and widow Pauline Ann Maumaw. a brother preceded in death. Funeral service tomorrow at 2 pm from the home with Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker in charge. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers P W Wines James Sawyer Linden Pingley Arthur White Marion Vanscay Clayton Sherman.
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Elbert B. Gough
John H. Gough
Gough
Pauline Ann Maumaw
Hubert Sydenstricker
D. D
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Mount Hebron Cemetery
P. W. Wines
James Sawyer
Linden Pingley
Arthur White
Marion Vanscay
Clayton Sherman
Executor's Sale of Personal Property Announcement
The personal property of the late Laura M. Bayliss will be sold at auction at 2 o clock p m Friday March 2 at the residence of Mr M O Hawkins. See sale bill on page 5. 2-23-1p-2t
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Laura M. Bayliss
M. Oo. Hawkins
Luncheon at Christ ie Parish House February 26
A luncheon will be held Monday February 26 from 12 to 2 at Christ ie Parish House. Tickets priced 50 cents with preserves sold at 25 cents for a 1 to 2 pound jar. Pure Food Store advertises the event and preserves for sale.
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Christie Parish House
Chimney Fire Destroys Homes in Gri? Village
Fire near mid afternoon wipes out the J. A. Grimes home and the six room D. L. Affleck house. The Orndorff post office and store burn as high winds hinder suppression. Nearby Hensell homes are under threat and the Avi Zane Fire Company battles flames with dry cisterns and inaccessible wells. Total loss and insurance estimates pending.
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Gri
A. 8
Orndorff
Grimes
J. A. Grimes
D. L. Affleck
Mr. Affleck
Nelson Hensell
Charles Hensell
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Lois Beauty Shoppe Advertises Hairdo Special
Saturday special offers a shampoo and finger wave or marcelle for 1.00 at Lois Beauty Shoppe located at 145 Wash. phone 662. Free dancing Saturday night with orchestra at Oak Haven.
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Marcelle
Lois Beauty Shoppe
Oak Haven
Auction Notice Potomac Edison Stock Shares
Court house listing announces auction of 15 shares of Potomac Edison 6 percent preferred stock in lots of five. Auction scheduled for Saturday February 24 at 12 o'clock. Dunn and Duvall, auctioneers.
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W. W. Glass
Winchester Rotary Club
Army Mail
Lieut. Durward Lowry
Leopold iI
Albert
Mellwaine
Charles Phillips
Emanuel Adler
Ters
Presby
Terian Church
Virginia
Bulletin
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