Front Royal Notes of Local Residents Return Home
Front Royal Virginia reports a long row of brief updates. Dorothy Gore returns to Winchester from holidays. Miss Helen Symons heads to Washington. several locals travel for study, work, or family visits including Julian Major and Elizabeth Clarke. Mary Thomas is born to Claude and wife at Johnson Hospital. Junior League official Freida Koontz visits. Retail Merchants plan a Monday meeting at The Fairlawn.
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Retail Merchants Association of
Front Royal
Fairlawn
Warren County schools to reopen Monday across counties
Warren County high school and all Warren and Rappahannock schools will open on Monday. Mr and Mrs Bill Fray who had been visiting relatives in Culpeper have returned to their home.
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Larry Spille
Philadelphia
Alfred White
California
Mrs. C. H. White
Nellie Henson
Berryville
Afton Inn
Henson
Warren County High School
Warren County
Warren and
Rappahannock Counties
Bill Fray
Culpeper
Martinsburg Team Defeats Front Royal in Local Bowling Match
The Front Royal bowlers lost to Martinsburg W V by 2690 to 2667. Weller led Martinsburg with a 138 high game and Crown followed at 131. Thomason topped Front Royal with 552 in a set and 124 pins in a game. Front Royal meets Winchester on January 8 in Winchester.
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Front Royal
Martinsburg
W. Va
Weller
Crown
Thomason
Winchester
New Cadets At R M Academy Enroll 151 Cadets
Randolph Macon Academy resumed classes with 151 cadets enrolled and eight new boarding cadets joining from Canada New York New Jersey Kentucky Washington and West Virginia for the session at Front Royal.
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Front Royal
Randolph-Macon Academy
Canada
New York
New Jersey
Kentucky
Washington
West Virgnna
Weaver To Leave Monday Morning For Richmond Legislation
Front Royal Jan. 4 State Senator Aubrey G Weaver will depart early Monday for Richmond to attend the legislature. He will travel with Howard Duncan the future Senate Postmaster and Mrs Helen Morgan a Senate stenographer. A P Ferguson of Front Royal will join as a House committee clerk.
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Front Royal
Aubrey G. Weaver
Richmond
Howard Duncan
Senate
Helen Morgan
A. P. Ferguson
House
Death of P F Gatling in New Jersey
P F Gatling longtime Riverton Lithe and Stone Company employee and Riverton native died in Bogota New Jersey on December 26 at his son R J Gatling Jr home. He leaves a wife and son and was a descendant of a prominent family including the Gatling gun inventor. Interment took place in Petersburg. He left Riverton for New Jersey about a year ago.
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Front Royal
P. G. Gatling
Riverton Lithe and Stone Company
Riverton
Bogota
N. J
R. J. Gatling
Petersburg
Gatling
Gatling Gun
New Jersey
Pastor R. B. Clagett Injured in Ice Fall at Parsonage
Rev. R. B. Clagett, pastor of the Methodist Church in Front Royal, broke a rib and sustained a head blow after slipping on icy steps at the parsonage Thursday morning. He continues his duties though uncomfortable and in pain.
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Front Royal
R. B. Clagett
Methodist
Turner Arrest Expected Soon In Floyd County
Sergeant Brent at Gonvict Camp No. 29 near Cross Junction reports Floyd County poised to arrest Jim Turner who escaped the camp. State Officer P Nowlin and Deputy Sheriff E R Hill close in after Turner was spotted Wednesday but blocked by bad roads. Turners suspected of killing his former partner Leo Wyatt in Martinsville, Patrick County, last Monday night.
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Brent
Gonvict
Nowlin
Turner
Leo Wyatt
Wyatt
Martinsville
Patrick County
Lindberghs Arrive at Morgan Home in Wales
The Charles A. Lindberghs arrived tonight at the home of J. L. Morgan in Llandaff Wales by automobile. Morgan is the father of Mrs Lindberghs brother in law.
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Llandaff
Wales
Charles A. Lindberghs
J. L. Morgan
Bonus factions in agreement on veterans bonus bill
In Washington on January 4 the Patman and Vinson bonus factions united behind the bonus bill. They aligned with three major veterans organizations to push the measure in the House.
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Washington
Jan
Patman
Vinson
House
Veterans
Markets Report from Chicago and Baltimore Livestock Sections
U.S. Department of Agriculture notes mixed cattle and hog markets in Chicago with fat steers higher than last Friday but below prior peak, and hogs 10-15 cents lower with top around 9.50. Sheep and lambs show varied changes, with yearlings firm and feeding lambs strong. Baltimore reports lighter cattle declines, steadier calves, and firmer hogs with prices listed for multiple weight ranges and grades.
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Chicago
U. S
Baltimore
Local Markets Update From The Star Listings
Daily market notes show prices for seeds and feed including patent Seers 98 Tb bags at 6.00 per bbl and 48 Tb bags at 7.00. Cracked corn 1.55 per unit and shelled corn at 2.10. Dairy feeds, middlings, and mixed feeds priced. live hogs and turkeys listed with regional terms and brands.
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Magnolia
A. Sapehe
Kasco
Cahonae
Oscia Ce
MCR Diet Co Ce
Rotas Oc
Veteran Confederate Colonel Dies in Leesburg at 89
Leesburg Virginia January 4 Colonel Magnus S Thompson 89 Confederate veteran died early today He was one of two War Between the States survivors in Loudoun County His widow presides over the Loudoun Chapter U D C He was born and raised in Stephenson Frederick County
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Leesburg
Magnus .S. Thompson
Loudoun County
Loudoun
Thompson
Frederick County
Stephenson
Winchester
Market Stocks Slip In Early Session After Mixed Tape
New York traders saw rail shares rise 1 to 2 points while overall prices moved mixed. The President’s message to Congress drew calm reactions with unclear impact on equities as carriers led a late rally. foreign exchange opened weaker on French franc. Closing quotes show notable moves in Chrysler, Gen Electric, Gen Motors, International Harvester, Johns Manville, Union Pacific, Westinghouse and Woolworth among others.
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New York
Congress
Eee
al Chem
Can
Tel. & Tel
Ai Water Works
A. T
Beth. Steel
Chrysler
Gen
Elec
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Gen Mills
Int Harvester
Johns Man
Mont. Ward
Va Central
R. R
Bid. Oil of .N.J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. B. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Chicago Wheat Prices Driven by European Tensions
Chicago wheat rose on fresh European war fears despite Winnipeg market resistance. May wheat closed at 102 3-8-1-2, with other grains mixed. cash grain quotes listed for No 2 red wheat and various corn and oats grades.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Canadian Government Wheat Board
Lord
Chicago Cash Grain
Winchester
Man Hurt In Fodder Cutter Accident
William H. Wisecarver of Shenandoah County is in Memorial Hospital with a badly lacerated forearm after his arm was caught in a fodder cutter while cleaning refuse. Doctors say muscles are severely cut but should heal without permanent injury unless complications arise.
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William H. Wisecarver
Lebanon Church
Shenandoah County
Memorial Hospital
Wisecarver
Charles Town Warehouse Is Robbed Again
The Baltimore and Ohio freight depot near a grocery in Charles Town was entered in a bold theft. Three locks were broken and four cigarette brands along with two sacks of beans were taken. West Virginia state police searched for fingerprints. A similar robbery occurred nearby in Winchester the night before.
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D.C
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Winchester
Miss Chapman Injured In Auto Accident
Miss Lyda Chapman of 9 West Clifford street is recovering from shock and injuries after a pedestrian accident on North Loudoun street this afternoon. She was between two parked cars when a vehicle driven by Miss Alice Maphis struck the backing car, pushing it into Chapman. She was taken to Timberlake's store for treatment.
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Lyda Chapman
West Clifford Street
North Loudoun Street
Chapman
Alice Maphis
North Main Street
Clarence
Illness Fatal To Mrs Brill
Mrs Annie C Brill died after a lingering illness at her Mount Williams area home. She was 80 and born March 25 1855. Funeral services are planned for Monday at 1 pm at St John Lutheran Church with Rev C E Seastrunk officiating. Burial will follow in the nearby cemetery. Survived by husband William K Brill one son Brown Brill Linden Va two daughters Mary Cain Ida Brill Keyser W Va Grace Brill Keyser along with 22 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and three brothers.
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Annie C. Brill
Mount Williams
William K. Brill
Brill
Brown Brill
Linden
Mary Cain
Ida Brill
Grace Brill
Keyser
W. Va
Funeral Rites Held For J. S. Brumback
Funeral services for Joseph Samuel Brumback 15 prominent farmer of the county were held at his Middletown home at 2 PM with Elder E T Powers and Rev W A Clark officiating. Interment was in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Pallbearers were his nephews Byron O Cletus Ashby Staige Fred and Dan Brumback. Attendants from Luray and McLean Va included Edward Hershberger Mrs Ella Kibler and daughters Misses Jessie and Ruth Spitler and H W Brumback with three daughters.
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Joseph Samuel Brumback
Middletown
E. T. Powers
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. A. Clark
Methodist Church
Mount Carmel
Byron O
Cletus, Ashby
Staige
Fred
Dan Brumback
Edward Hershberger
Ella Kibler
Jessié
Ruth Spitler
Luray
H. W. Brumback
McLean, Va
Fire destroys cabin. three die in Tennessee blaze
Oley Costner, his wife, and their 15 year old son Whitlow perished in a Christmas Day style blaze that consumed their two room log cabin six miles southeast of Loudon Tennessee.
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Loudon, Tenn
Oley Costner
Whitlow
Loudon
Troops Ordered Out by Riots in Cloquet Strike
National guard troops were ordered to Cloquet Minnesota to intervene in a labor dispute at Herbst Forest Dixiefield Company wood products factory. One hundred men from a field artillery unit were en route after threats by strikers to burn the plant last night.
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ST Paul
National Guard
Cloquet
Minn
E. A. Walsh
Herbst Forest Dixfield Company
Walsh
Roosevelt Calls for Neutrality and Strong Defense in State of the Union
President Roosevelt delivers a forceful State of the Union address urging Congress to protect the nation from foreign autocrats and domestic groups seeking to erode liberties. He touts a balanced budget, warns against fear as a weapon, endorses a twofold neutrality, and calls for adequate defense while criticizing entrenched greed and anti New Deal sentiment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
New Deal
American Liberty League
Senate
Treasury
Congress of the United States
Congress Moves to Fast-Track Soldier Bonus Debate
House leaders and Roosevelt administration worked to speed passage of the soldiers' bonus. After a joint meeting, Republican leaders planned to confer with President Roosevelt as soon as possible to push the issue through the Senate.
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Robinson
Roosevelt
Senate
Bonus legislation eyed in finance committee session
Robinson forecast a week of bonus bills could be voted by the finance committee. He predicted the measures would reach executive approval after prompt consideration at the end of the session.
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Finance Committee
Robinson
Luther Brill Real Estate Sold at Public Auction
Four tracts from the late Luther Brill of Star Tannery were auctioned. The 223 acre Gravel Springs farm went to Hollis Reynolds for 1, 500, the 102 acre timber and mountain tract at Paddy's Run sold to Robert Peer for 150, and a one acre lot with a five room house went to Walter Brill for 100. Total value of the estate listed at 5,350.
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Ote
Luther Brill
Star Tannery
Hote Lace
Race P Tansnéry
Ef P. Bager
Gravel Springs
Hollis Reynolds
Robert Peer
Paddy
Walter Brill
Roosevelt program eyed in European oil crisis talks
An article notes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s international appeal and his oil export policy amid European war tensions. It cites Britain’s view on embargo timing, potential Geneva debates, and Italian estimates of oil allocations if exports stay at peacetime levels.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Paris
London
Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
Italy
America
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the Plains
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George Wilkerson
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Staunton
Elizabeth Clarke
Joe Clarke
George Long, Jr
Miss Kitty Stokes
Sue Reid
Alice Rhodes
Riverton Lime and Stone Company
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Mae Burke Fox
Quicksburg
Miss E. Vanderslice
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R.M. Academy
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