Social Ball Tragedy: Three Die in Silk Dress Fire
A grand March at the Phantoms Club ball ends in tragedy as flames engulf dancers wearing fancy dress. Three women, Mrs. Alston Keith, Mrs. Tyler Wilby Cleveland, and Mrs. T. G. Gayle, die, with others injured. A match struck to light a cigarette sparked the blaze, igniting highly flammable rus sian costumes and kitchenwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alston Keith
Tyler Wilby Cleveland
T. G. Gayle
Bernard Reynolds
Edge Still
Arnold Stewart
Pro Teams Tangle as Washington Pros Beat Parkways 13 to 7
Washington Pros of the Dixie Football League defeated the Brooklyn Bay Parkways 13 to 7 before 4,000 in Richmond. Floyd Sexton led the halfback surge, while Frank Cumberland connected on multiple passes to Pepco Barry and Willis Benner. Cumberland and Benner sparked a third-quarter rally as Washington edged ahead and Oliver scored late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Washington Pros
Brooklyn Bay Parkways
American Association
Floyd
Cocky
Oliver
Executor's Sale of Personal Property at Dean Residence
Auctioneer Brumback offers the estate of the late Mrs. Sarah E. Dean two miles west of Stephens City along Marlboro Road on Wednesday January 6 1937 at 10 o'clock. Personal effects include piano bureaus corner cabinet dining table range beds carpets dishes and utensils plus a Buick sedan farm tools livestock corn hay fodder and straw. Cash terms, no removal before payment. M M Lynch executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Dean
Stephens City
Marlboro Road
M. M. Lynch
Co. I. Brumback
Plan Extension Work for Week
Home demonstration agent Miss Elizabeth Farrar outlines the week of January 4 9 with 4 H club meetings leader and executive committee sessions office work and conferences. Activities include Gore Gorek 4 H and Miller 4 H events plus staff conferences with district home agent Miss R Belle Burke and other club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Farrar
Kernstown
Ethel Fisher
Farrar
R. Belle Burke
Blacksburg
Virginia
Ac Tive
Middletown
Ellen Brumback
Gore
Lodge
Miller
White Hall
4-H Club Council
Ofce
Road workers reported killed in Mexican TNT blast
Twenty or more highway workers died when thirty boxes of TNT exploded on the Bermejillo el Palmino road in Coahuila. Horrific details described bodies hurled into the air and found in trees and poles, with one corpse said to be blown 800 yards from the camp. The blast followed a truck unloading explosives at a warehouse tent where workers rested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon
Coahuila
Mexico
Bermejillo el Palmino
Public Works
City Commissioner Forgives Debts as New Year Gift
Lubbock Texas city commissioner A J Richardson, an auto dealer, cancelled $900 in debts owed to him by 21 friends. He said he grew tired of waiting for payment and would settle the matter by paying the debt himself as a New Year present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock, Tex
A. J. Richardson
Richardson
International Prize Novel At The Library
The Street of the Fishing Cat by Johan Fordes is the all nations prize novel story. Originated in 1934 with thirteen countries entering England France Canada Germany Hungary Denmark Sweden the United States Spain Italy Holland. Jolan Foldes Hungarian born studied in Vienna and Paris taught French in Paris became secretary to a film company head. International prize amounting to $19,000. The book may be borrowed at the HandLey Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johan Fordes
England
France
Canada
Germany
Hungary
Denmark
Sweden
United States
Spain
Italy
Holland
Jolan Foldes
Vienna University
Paris Sorbonne
Paris
Handley Library
Snowbound Navajos Stranded as Rescue Party Strives
In Gallup New Mexico rescuers tackle 60 miles of drifted mountain trails to reach about 50 Navajo families south of Zuni Ramah and Inscription Rock. Supplies crawl forward behind a snowplow as tribesmen reportedly eat horses to avoid starvation amid eight foot drifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
N. M
Earry
Zuni
Here
E. R. Fryer
Indian Service
Ramah
Inscription Rock
Accidents Take New Years Toll
Staunton reports a five year old son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Eagle was killed instantly in front of his Jennings Gap home around 5 pm A truck driver Everett S Hoy 31 Staunton Route Five is jailed on involuntary manslaughter and hit and run charges with a $2 bond The Roanoke incident saw William B Wootton 38 held on manslaughter after striking H L Rhodes 55 then hitting Vice Mayor James A Bear near the country club early New Year’s morning Wootton released on $10 000 bond pending hearing and his wrecked car seized in a residential garage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Bobby Eagle
Ivan Eagle
Jennings Gap
Everett S. Hoy
Roanoke
William B. Wootton
H. L. Rhodes
Country Club
James A. Bear
Wootten
Salem
H. W. Clark
H. C. Hamblin
Grim Couple Celebrates Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
LURAY Jan 1 Mr and Mrs James A Crim of Luray marked their fiftieth anniversary Though scattered grandchildren prevent a celebration they hope for a seventy fifth milestone Married after eloping from a Winchester masquerade the bride was eighteen and the groom twenty six He ran a cigar factory in Luray and the couple lived there fifty one years They have nine grandchildren and several children across Baltimore Fairfield Washington Petersburg Roanoke
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luray
James A. Crim
Winchester
Griffith
George Grim
Crim
William Kyle
Baltimore
Frank Williams
Fairfield
Pennsylvania
Lewis Johnson
Washington
Raymond Truitt
Goldsworth Crim
Petersburg
Accidents Rise in Virginia Industries in 1936
Virginia the state industrial commission reports 44,709 industrial mishaps in 1936, up from 39,357 in 1935. About 8,100 injuries caused more than seven days off work as compensation claims, with medical and indemnity costs totaling roughly $1,850,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Industrial Commission
Virginia
Wife preservers cereals by warming to crisp and palatable
A household tip advises reheating cooked cereals in the oven for a few minutes before serving. This technique firms texture and improves flavor, making the meal more appetizing for families reluctant to eat cold cereals.
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Warner
Mickey Mouse
Iow
Warner Powell
Victor Moore
Ciena Farrell
See Dixon
Osgood Perkins
Rosalind Annes
Busby Berkeley
Marty Werren
al Dubin
Harold Arlen
E.Y. Marburg
Lloyd Bacon
North Kent Street
Milliard
Endicott
Keystone Shoe Store
Lupton Orchard Service Co
Santa Claus
Henry T. Goode General Insurance
Court Sq
Chatham Homespun
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Gray & Sheetz
Miss Fisher
Mr. and
Mrs. Grim
John Wayne
Buck Jones
Hable
Bie
Rosby
Madge Evans
Edith Fellows
Louis Armstrong
Columbia Picture
Moustea
Sweet
FOX “News
J. E. Keffer
Star
Wilmer F. Shryock
Loudoun St
Method Books
For All
Miles Music Co
S. Loudoun St
Capitol
Shenandoah Elec
Ap. Co
Ing
J. V. Arthur Insurance
Eugenia
Rhodes Drag CO
Distributors of
Schick Electric Razors
Hansbrough & Carter
Hardie
Omps’ Funeral Home
Parlett’s Funeral Home
N. Brad
W. B. Snider & Son
MOP Sale
Hamman
George W. Kurtz
AUDIT
TAX Service
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
State Planters Bank
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