Illness and family news from Mount Falls and nearby towns
Mary Ellen Clowser of Mountain Falls at 68 is gravely ill after years of illness and a severe cold. She is mother to ten children, with nine living, and her friends hope for recovery. Also reported are student Miss Sarah Margaret Lupton visiting Harrisburg and returning to Annville to study at Lebanon Valley College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Clowser
Mt. Falls
W. O. Clowser
Mountain Falls
Sarah Margaret Lupton
Harrisburg
Community Club Meetings This Week Schedule
Social calendar lists Winchester Lodge Elks meeting Wednesday at 8 00 p m Choir practice Grace Lutheran Church 15 p m Rotary Club luncheon Thursday at George Washington Hotel Delphian Society at Handley Library 230 p m Shawnee Garden Club at Mrs Howard 439 Handley Ave American Legion Friday 1230 p m Lions Club lunch Tuesday 1230 p m George Washington Hotel Modern Woodmen of America Camp 15 510 8 00 p m at Hall 136 North Loudoun Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Delphian Society
Handley Library
Shawnee Garden Club
D. J. Howard
Handley Avenue
Lions Club
Modern Woodmen of America
North Loudoun Street
Virginia road billboards face public scrutiny
Mrs Janet Stuart Durham, chair of the Virginia Council for the Protection of Roadside Beauty, argues in The Commonwealth that highways should be scenic not cluttered by billboards. She notes a 1934 Virginia General Assembly bill proposed a billboard tax and cites garden clubs urging beauty along roadsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Stuart Durham
Virginia Council For the Protection
The
Commonwealth
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
General Assembly of
Garden Clubs
Old Dominion
Mort pledged to Delta Epsilon at Brown University
Charles F. Mort of 110 West Boscawen Street entering Brown University Providence R I from New York Military Academy has been pledged to the Delta Epsilon fraternity. Mort is the son of Mrs Mae McCarty of this city. Delta Epsilon is among Brown Universitys oldest and strongest fraternities. A total of 186 freshmen at Brown have been pledged to 20 fraternities on campus. Mrs Gilmer Jackson has returned home after attending her aunt Mrs Samuel Hornet s funeral at New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hack
Frank N. Hack
New York
Charles F. Mort
West Boscawen Street
Brown University
Providence
R. I
New York Military Academy
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Samuel T. Arnold
Mort
Mae McCarty
Delta Epsilon Fraternity
Brown
Gilmer Jackson
Gray Avenue
Samuel Hornet
New Market, Wednesay
Farley Pushes Ocean Air Mail Expansion and Alaska Service
Postmaster General James A. Farley urged Congress to fund transoceanic air mail within the year, likely over the Pacific and possibly the Atlantic, and to improve Alaska service. His annual report shows a fiscal year profit of 12,161,415 after deducting contractor subsidies, with air mail lines earning 12,992,911 and ocean mail 28,692,458, plus other deductions including congress franked mail 776,000 and county newspaper service 545,227.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Sportmaster
James A. Farley
Congress
Alaska
Farley
Air
Ocean
Welfare Board Sets Jan 16 Meeting to Review Year
The Board of Public Welfare will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday morning January 16 at 10 o clock. Officials will present annual reports on the past year along with other organizational business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Welfare
Brooks Pharmacy Promises Prompt Prescription Service
Our first thought and service to you registered pharmacists in constant charge. Bring us your prescription or phone 766 and we'll call for them. Brooks' Pharmacy Prescription Druggists.
Rampage killer George Collett dies after deadly spree
Mount Vernon Ky January reports say George Collett killed seven people including his wife and her relatives, wounded another, then died by suicide to avoid capture. Victims listed include Mrs Collett 28, Lola Helton 23, Howard Helton 26, Julian Borders 52, and others. Authorities blamed a land dispute and attempted car theft as motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
George Collett
Collett
Copper Creek
D. C. Clark
Clark
Collet
H. H. Denhardt
Frankfort
Harrodsburg
Colett
Mista Collet
William Helton
Lola Helton
Howard Helton
Julian Borders
Crab Orchard
Industry Given Opportunity To Present Evidence
Washington January 9 NRA gave industry its last chance to present evidence before the Recovery Administration lays out new policies. About 250 code executives and business men attended an open hearing on NRA problems to argue for price control maintenance while officials push for greater price flexibility to boost production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
The
Recovery Administration
National Industrial Recovery Board
Blue Eagle Agency
Sure Way To Curb Doping Of Race Horses
Washington January 9. Government chemist Dr H J Wollner and Harry Anslinger urge delaying payoffs until horses are tested. Current saliva tests delay winnings and allow doped horses to be paid. A quicker lab test called the mousetail test uses a horse saliva sample to curl a mouse tail into an S shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. J. Wollner
The
Treasury
Harry Anslinger
Bureau of Narcotics
Cold Trail For Sleuths Searching For Bandits
SCOTTSBLUFF Neb Jan 9 A cold sandy trail confronted officers searching for four masked gunmen who held up and robbed the Scottsbluff National Bank of 11600 yesterday afternoon. Eight airplanes and a sheriff s posse led by Sheriff W S Ramsey joined in the search as the robbers fled toward the Black Hills of South Dakota with seven hostages used as shields and later released unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff, Neb
Scottsbluff National Bank
Sherif W. S. Ramsey
Black Hills
South Dakota
Foreigners Eligible for Instruction at U S Military Academy
Foreign governments may select representatives to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy. Congress can authorize their graduation by special act, but these men do not receive commissions in the U S Army.
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U. S
United States Military Academy
Congress of the
United States
Congress
United States ‘Army
Cedar Cutting Gangs At Work Across the County
Two cedar cutting crews operate in Shawnee and Gainesboro districts under federal relief funds with no county cost. Foremen Walter Haymaker and Paul Braithwaite guide about 15 workers to clear cedars near orchards, including three sections around Ridge and Reynolds Store. Farmers are urged to contact Braithwaite to have cedars cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Haymaker
Shawnee
Front Royal Pike
Paul Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Gainesboro
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
R. L. Omps
Ridge
W. Va
Virginia
Reynolds
Directorate Reelected At Boyce State Bank Meeting
Boyce Clarke county directors who served last year were reelected at the annual stockholders meeting. Kenneth N. Gilpin was named president with George H. Burwell as first vice president and E A Lindsey as second vice president. Cornelius Vandeventer became cashier and secretary to the board, W D Burtner assistant cashier, and Mrs Vandeventer clerk. The bank reported a year of conservative, growing business with increased deposits. paid-up capital is 25 000 dollars and surplus 7 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce State Bank
Boyce
Clarke County
Harry K. Benham
George H. Burwell
J. L. Carper
Kenneth N. Gilpin
E. A. Lindsey
H. P. Mitchell
M. L. P. Reed
Benjamin O'F. Randolph
R. P. Whiting
C. E. Wisecarver
W .B. Watkins
Cornelius Vandeventer
W. D. Burtner
Vandeventer
Local Wrestling Team Prepares For January Meet
J B Redmond announces the wrestling team will face the Hagerstown Y M C A in Maryland on Saturday January 26 with a return bout set for February 23 in the local arena. Fourteen hopefuls auditioned including Edwin Lillis Charles Lillis J B Redmond Rudolph Crisman and Happy Dunlap with tryouts at the Men's Athletic Club on West Boscawen Street. Other locals are invited to report to Redmond to join the squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Redmond
Hagerstown
MD. Y
Edwin Lillis
Hershberger
Charles Lillis
Bowman
Charles Johnson
Rudolph Crisman
Boone and Carroll Ward
Kenneth Strewbridge
Lawrence Fries
Dick Fauver
Lee Garber
Happy Dunlap
University of Virginia
R G A Elects Carper and Names New Officers
R G A members elected L C Carper as president with B W Largent as vice president and Cecil C Bailey treasurer. Hoye L Riley remained secretary and R C Jasper assistant secretary as W P Anderson retired outlining past year activities and cooperative progress for merchants and the community. Bailey reported all bills paid with a substantial balance on hand. Riley reviewed year’s accomplishments and proposed plans to enhance value for merchants and city housewives through buying and advertising cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Carper
Retail Grocers’ Association
B. W. Largent
Cecil C. Bailey
Hoye L. Riley
R. C. Jasper
W. P. Anderson
Hoye Riley
Transportation Crippled by Dense Fog Across East
A thick fog disrupted Atlantic shipping with seven vessels waiting off New York and ships idle in Massachusetts. The Arcadia was held in Boston, and East River ferries faced groundings and delays. Air travel halted from the East to Chicago as visibility collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Harbor
Massachusetts
Arcadia
Boston
Chicago
Socialism in 1835 and the Owen association
In 1835 an English society named the Association of All Classes of All Nations was founded under Robert Owen. The terms socialism and socialist entered circulation during debates related to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of All Classes of All Nations
Robert Owen
Statue of Ivory and Gold in Athens Parthenon
At Athens during its peak, the great statue of Athena stood eight feet high and crafted from ivory and gold inside the Parthenon. Today nothing remains of the statue except the site, now marked by dark limestone patches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athena
Parthenon
Bank official swears to accuracy of financial statement
State of Virginia Frederick County. I J H Yost cashier of the bank solemnly swears the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. The document notes 100000.00 and 3000.00 with a 5000.00 entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
County of
Frederick
J. H. Yost. Casier
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Soldier
Tennessee
Baltimore
Johnson City
Tenn
Allen Jones
Opequon
Kernstown
Catherine E. Gregg
George Gregg
Willey Rush
Middletown
Memorial Hospital
Marie Love Rush
Rush
William S. Love
Winchester
O. B. Shade
Ray Robinson
Edward Merritt
Mass
Elizabeth Dame
John Hunter
Robert M. Ward
South Washington Street
Richmond
Minette Kennerly
White Post
American Legion
Mrs. Durham
Delta Kappa Epsilon
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Welfare Board
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists
Lovett’s
N. Loudoun St
Carper
Riley
Fidence
F. N. Shepherd
American Bankers Assoc. Journal
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Gratefu
Harter
Farmers & Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of
Eles
McCemver Jr
LVI
Banking House
Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Treasurer
Eee
Government
Postal Savings de
Pam
Total Capital Account
J. H. Yost
Attes M
Mary G. Hershberger
Loudoun St
Demanad
Haldeman’s
Capitol Theatre
Underwood
Telephone
Crosley Radio
R. M. Swimley
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Geo. W. Kurtz
North
Cameron Street
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