Local Citizens Welcome New Year With Social Events
Front Royal residents marked the New Year with a sequence of social functions. A public dance and church watch services were followed by private dances at homes along Vir Avenue West Street and Sunset Lodge. Notable hosts included Judge and Mrs W G Olmstead Captain and Mrs James Golden and Mr and Mrs J Frank Force. Miss Golden, a Baldwin School Bryn Pa student, was honored at the Sunset Lodge event.
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Front Royal
W. G
Updike
Trial Justice Hears Cases In Warren County
Lat est cases heard in Trial Justice W. G. Olmstead's court involved Alonza and Blanche Waters of Warren county. Aloza was fined $5 and costs on a charge of drunkenness while Blanche was found guilty of disorderly conduct and given a like fine.
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Front Royal
W. G. Olmstead
Alonza
Blanche Waters
Warren County
Aloza
Blanche
Front Royal Social and Personal News Roundup
Miss Laura Trout visits Richmond this week. Mr and Mrs Lynn de Lashmutt of Washington stay with Judge and Mrs W G Olmstead on Virginia Avenue. Faye and Claytor Steele host friends near Riverton. M C Richardson of Washington visits relatives here. Henry Bush and Thomas Johnston Jr Randolph Macon students return tomorrow. Warren County High School basketball teams to play Boyce Agricultural Friday at Randolph Macon gym 7 30 pm. Richard Price hosts guests at Riverton Thursday. Franklin Clem returns to Rocky Mount NC after holidays. Mrs J C Trice and Miss Alice Nesbit visit Roanoke friends. Ellsworth Beck returns to New York after visit with the Corys. Thomas J Hite A P manager attends northern VA managers meeting at Lyon Village. Virginia Carson and guests Randolph Garnett Griffith Dodson Jr attend Leesburg dance. Carson testimonial dinner at Randolph Macon Academy tomorrow. over 60 invitations issued. Alexander Yurgaitis of Frederick MD visiting brother Vincent Yurgaitis on Cloud Street. C B Samuels expected back from New York for Carson dinner. Ernest Echardt says High School baseball will play a fourteen game spring schedule, ten already booked.
Hold Rites For Mrs. Thompson
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Taylor Thompson 65 Bentonville citizen were held at Bentonville Union Church with Elder A L Harrison officiating. She died Sunday after about six weeks confinement following an automobile accident. Survived by husband Charles F Thompson four sons Basil Richard Marion and Walter all of Warren county two daughters Mrs Giles Cook and Miss Jessie Thompson both of Bentonville and she was a sister of Weaver Front Royal and R C and C M Weaver of Bentonville.
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Front Royal
Ellen Taylor Thompson
Bentonville
Bentonville Union Church
A. L. Harrison
Thompson
Charles F. Thompson
Basil
Stockertown
Richard
Marion
Walter Thompson
Warren County
Giles Cook
Nineveh
Jessie Thompson
Weaver
R. C. and
C. M. Weaver
New Year Dance Draws Large Crowd in Updike's Hall
Despite bad weather a large crowd attended the New Year's Eve dance at Updike's Hall. Attendees came from Warrenton, Winchester and nearby towns. Hal Thurston's orchestra provided music while Bob Ross and his Bell Haven orchestra were unable to perform due to illness.
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Front Royal
Updike’s
Warrenton
Winchester
Hal Thurston
Bob Ross
Bell Haven
Front Royal Man Held Over Car Collision
Pearl Smith, a colored man from Front Royal, jailed in Warren County after failing to stop following a collision with a second Front Royal driver named Berryman. No major damage reported to either vehicle.
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Pront Royal
Pearl Smith
Front Royal
Warren County
Berryman
Four Rescued After Adirondacks Airliner Crash
The crash stranded four men for two days on a snow covered Adirondacks mountainside near Little Falls New York. A snowshoe party guided by another plane rescued Ernest Dryer the pilot and his brother Ernest co pilot both from Cleveland. Also aboard was Robert W Hambrook a Federal Bureau of Education official and passenger. The fourth man was J H Brown American Airlines pilot riding as a passenger.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Adirondack
Ernest Dryer
Ernest
Cleveland
Robert W. Hambrook
Federal Bureau of Education
Washington
J. H. Brown
American Airlines
Roanoke Marks New Year With Dynamite Explosions
Roanoke Virginia woke to three dynamite blasts on hillsides near the city. Investigators reported holes in the ground and a powder odor, tied to a stash of 300 sticks stolen from a Salem quarry. Residents were startled as glass and lamps shattered.
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Roanoke
Salem
Ben Bell
Democrats Move to Change Rhode Island State Rules
Providence January 1 report shows Rhode Island legislature opening with Democrats holding all elective offices and a House majority, near Senate control, threatening to uproot Republican traditions and seize court power in a historic shift.
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Rhode Island
Providence
R. I
House
Senate
Far Market Sparks Call to Move State Capital
Agitation arises to relocate the state capitol from Atlanta to Macon or Marietta amid the battle between Atlanta and Fulton County over the farmers market. Governor Talmadge told the attorney general to seek dismissal of the injunction against abating the market, hinting at possible martial law.
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Atlanta
Macon
Marietta
Fulton
Eugene Talmadge
M. J. Yeomans
Fulton County
Talmadge
Farmer Hanged In England For Slaying Child
In Leeds England on January 1 Frederick Rustworth a 29 year old farm hand was hanged at Armley Prison for the murder of his baby. He and Lydia Binks a 24 year old domestic buried their child alive. Her death sentence was commuted to life after a large petition urged clemency.
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Leeds
England
Frederick Rustworth
Armley
Lydia Binks
Home Office
Will Decide On Type Prayer Meets
Rev. Ivan R. Smith of the Congregational Christian Church announces a prayer service tomorrow night at 7 30. He urges all friends and members to attend as plans and suggestions for the coming year's prayer service work will be discussed. An official board meeting follows the service.
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Ivan R. Smith
Congregational Christian Church
Mr. Smith
Four Die in El Paso Gasoline Blast
Four persons burned to death when a frame building used as a home and garage was destroyed by fire. Firemen said an overheated stove and gasoline line explosion caused the tragedy.
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EL Paso
Tex
Lawyer Found Frozen To Death In Sierra Summit
Blair S. Shuman a San Francisco attorney was found dead near Mt Lincoln in the high Sierras. He apparently froze to death during a long hike after traveling to the mountain region.
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San Francisco
Blair S. Shuman
Mt. Lincoln
High Sierras
Woman Dies After Removal of Giant Abdominal Tumor
Sophie Johnson, who carried a 125 pound tumor for a month, died after a second operation to remove a drain tube and close the old incision. The tumor, one of the largest on record, was removed before 60 doctors and students watched. She weighed 350 pounds at admission, and 175 pounds after drainage. Eight gallons of fluid were drained from the growth.
Philadelphia Banker Surrenders for 75500 Defalcation
William Delaney, 24, of Philadelphia, walked into a San Francisco police station on New Year’s Day to surrender for a $75,500 defalcation from October while employed by the brokerage firm of Robert Glendenning in Philadelphia. Police say he lost the funds at race tracks and asked that his wife and two children be notified. He said the surrender was to start 1935 with a clear conscience.
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San Francisco
William Delaney
Philadelphia
Robert Glendenning
Delaney
New I C C Recommended To President
Washington January 1 A plan for a new Interstate Commerce Commission would be recommended to President Roosevelt. The plan envisions a super agency of transportation with authority over rates on land sea and air and a greatly enlarged scope. Its membership would represent the various transportation fields.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Roper
Committee On Transportation
Girl Killed While Coasting In Cumberland
Miss Aurora Adams aged 21 from Wellersburg Pennsylvania was instantly killed when her sled struck a culvert while descending a steep grade in Cumberland. Her companion Miss Betty Kennell 13 also from Wellersburg was severely injured and hospitalized at Allegany Hospital with a not serious condition.
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Cumberland
Aurora Adams
Wellersburg
Betty Kennell
Adams
Allegany Hospital
Local Markets Review Noting Daily Market Updates
The Star presents daily market updates noting that while the local markets are corrected, it does not assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
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The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Flour and Dairy Prices Across Bbls
The listing shows Patent Brand and Local Wholesale Market flour prices by bag size in barrel units, with 98 lb and 48 lb bags ranging from 6.25 to 6.90 per bbl, 24 lb and 12 lb bags from 6.45 to 7.15, plus shelled and cracked corn, mixed feed, various dairy feeds, egg mash, corn meal in sacks, middlings, and prices for butter, creamery butter, country butter, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other farm goods. Some OCR errors appear in units and headings.
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Ak Market
Snewee
U. S. Steel May Take N. R. A. Case To High Court
Washington Jan 1 Observers forecast a possible legal battle if negotiations fail a steel labor truce the United States Steel Corporation may appeal to the Supreme Court The Steel Labor board ordered elections to determine bargaining representatives at the Duquesne Pennsylvania and McDonald Ohio Carnegie Steel Company plants a U S Steel subsidiary Officials had indicated they would not surrender payrolls to form eligibility lists for elections
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
United States Supreme C
Steel Labor As
Duquesne
McDonald
Du Pont Til Marries Margaret Dudley Chapman Secretly
Eugene du Pont Til of Greenville Delaware and Margaret Dudley Chapman of Lake Forest Illinois wed in secret on September 15 at Bar Harbor Maine. Til belongs to the prominent Du Pont powder family.
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Eugene du Pont Til
Greenville
Del
Margaret Dudley Chapman
Lake Forest
Bar Harbor
du Pont
How Rabbits Spread Warning When Alarmed
The Milwaukee Journal notes rabbits stamp their hind feet making a sound heard at a distance. The noise serves as a danger signal to other rabbits, prompting them to scamper to safety.
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The
Milwaukee Journal
Ritchie Holds His Last Open House
Albert C. Ritchie today held his last open house as Maryland governor before his term ends. He met with Maryland Guard officers and state residents, then hosted a buffet luncheon followed by a public New Year reception long held annually since 1920, with brief pauses for his mother's illness and mourning.
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Albert C. Ritchie
Marylandere Guard
Noted Woman Educator Dead At 85 In Florida
Dr. Cornelia M. Clapp 85 longtime Mount Holyoke College science professor died at her winter home in Mt. Dora Florida on January 1. Her career spanned four decades shaping women’s science education.
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MT. Dora
Fla
Cornelia M. Clapp
Mount Holyoke College
Massachusetts
R F C Head Sees Building Boom Ahead
The RFC head predicts a strong construction surge over the next 12 months driven by industry growth. He notes substantial activity and a wave of new projects likely to begin soon.
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Dustry
Beaver Officer Slain Man Arrested After Crisis
Beaver Pennsylvania January 1 Nighttime incident ends with Officer Lawrence Leif shot by Robert W Mor bry 36 who then commits suicide After the disturbance Mor bry and the officer Mor bry were headed to the police station two people were present at the scene and MOR Bryce Mor bry is in custody. investigation continues into motive and circumstances of the shooting.
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Lawrence Leif
Polite Department
Robert W. Morbry
Sule
Morton
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Riverton
Mr. M. C. Richardson
Henry Bush
Thomas Johnston, Jr
Randolph- Macon College
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Franklin Clem
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Ernest Echardt
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