Front Royal Lions Honor W. E. Carson With Testimonial Dinner
Front Royal Va Jan 9 The Lions Club hosted Mr and Mrs William E Carson at a meeting presenting a leather bound book with messages from presidents Hoover and Roosevelt and other notables The event highlighted the Carson connection to Skyline Drive Shenandoah National Park and Warren County The program featured remarks by John Downing Mark Turner Dr W W Sonner and Charles B Samuels The estimate of park expenses was discussed showing 1 088 tracts totaling about 181 578 acres and a $2 258 909 72 expenditure with most paid to landowners and about 400 000 for overhead costs
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Front Royal
Front Royal Lions Club
William E. Carson
Carson
Conservation and Development Commission
Randolph-Macon Academy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
United States
George Dern
Warren County
W. W. Sonner
Mark Turner
John Downing
H. H. Bowman
Co. B
Lion W. C. Deming
Lions Club
Mr. Downing
Lions
Turner
Mark B. Turner
Old Virginia
J. Bryan Stokes
Samuels
Charles B. Samuels
Mr. Samuels
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah National Park
Lion Wilbur Trout
Trout
Virginia
Hoover Road
Virginia Conservation Commission’s park land purchase effort
The Virginia Conservation Commission is praised for eight years of land acquisition begun in 1926. It notes average annual overhead around $50,000 while comparing Shenandoah costs to Great Smokies in North Carolina and Tennessee. Final purchases total 181 578 acres across 1 088 tracts, with deeds now held by the national government.
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Virginia Conservation Commission
Great Smokies National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia Commission
North Carolina Commission
Tennessee Commission
Shenandoah
Smokies
Congress
Currency Plates Guarded In U S Treasury Engraving Bureau
Currency plates in the engrav ing bureau of the United States treasury are numbered and counted nightly. Worn plates are destroyed in view of a special committee. Only one man in federal engraving history ever became a counterfeiter.
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Engraving Bureau of the
United States Treasury
Federal Engraving Bureau
Woman awarded 2000 verdict in breach of promise suit
A Warren County circuit court jury awarded Miss Lucy Deavers two thousand dollars against Lawrence Updyke for breach of promise with the trial held behind closed doors. Judge Philip Williams presided with Wilbur F. Trout for the plaintiff and A Ga Weaver for the defendant. Hilliary Henry admitted guilt to attempted assault and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. Clarence Stryker pled guilty to grand larceny and received a one year sentence.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Philip Williams
Lucy Deavers
Lawrence Updyke
Miss Deavers
Wilbur F. Trout
A. Ga. Weaver
Hilliary Henry
State
Clarence Stryker
Bank's Business Shows Big Gain
Mark B. Turner told Bank of Warren officers and stockholders at the annual meeting that the bank’s cash condition was the strongest in ten years. He reported a gross earning of 12.25 percent and a net earning of 5.6 percent for 1934, with all current officers and directors re-elected for 1935.
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Front Royal
Mark B. Turner
Bank of Warren
City Official Ends Life in Alexandria Police Judge Duvall Dies
Washington dispatch reports Detective sergeant Edgar Sims learned from police judge Fred G. Duvall that a city official planned self harm. Sims rushed to the hotel but found Duvall unconscious from poison and died in a hospital. Duvall, born in Maryland, served on Alexandria's municipal police and civil court bench since 1933.
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Washington
Edgar Sims
Alexandria
Fred G. Duvall
Sims
Duvall
Maryland
Scientists Watch For Eruption Of Hawaii Volcano
In Hila Hawaii visitors stayed away from the Halemau mau fire pit as Hawaii National Park scientists monitored Kilauea for signs of eruption after a fresh earthquake. A seismograph at the crater rim recorded tremors and cracks opened along the pit while shocks continued for two days, suggesting potential volcanic activity.
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Hila
Hawaii
Kilauea
Halemau~ Mau
Hawaii National Park
France Italy May Bring Germany Into Arms Pact
Rome January 9 An authority said France and Italy view the Mussolini Laval accord as paving the way to open disarmament talks with Germany. The basis would be the Italian memo of January offering partial rearmament if Germany returns to the League and joins the Franco Italian non intervention pact for central Europe.
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Rome
France
Italy
Germany
Feernier Mussolini
Pierre Laval
League of Nations
Europe
Salvage of Ward Liner Havana Prolonged Task
Salvage of the Ward liner Havana, wrecked near a coral reef 60 miles off the Florida east coast, was expected to be prolonged after a wrecking master reported holds filled with seawater. Test pumps would determine leakage, and cargo likely removed on lighters before flotation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Havana
Florida East Coast
Front Royal Social And Personal News Highlights Local Figures
Social notes record visits and activities in Warren County. Dr L F Hansborough hosts Bridge Club. Col Carroll Menefee visits from Berryville. Rev T W Tayloe vacationing in Florida. Thomas Ewers returning home for two months. Lions Club dinner honors Hon W E Carson. Theresa Carroll hosts birthday gathering. Charles Johnson to Hot Springs after two weeks with relatives.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Charles Johnson
Hot Springs
Hauptmann Faces Accuser As Kidnap Note Tied To Case
In Flemington New Jersey on January 8 1935 two witnesses confronted Bruno Hauptmann accusing him of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Amandus Hochmuth identified Hauptmann from a car in the Lindbergh lane and cab driver Joseph Perrone testified Hauptmann delivered a ransom envelope. The court struggled with admissibility of a kidnapping ladder as evidence while Dr John Condon looms as a forthcoming key witness.
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Joseph Perrone
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Flemington
N. J
Charles A. Lindberghs
Bronx
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Amandus Hochmuth
John F
Jassie) Condon
Dr. Condon
Ladder
Edward J. Reilly
Supreme Court
Trenchard
Hochmuth
Perrone
Reilly
Wilentz
Trial testimony ties Hauptmann to car note delivery and Bronx route
Key witness Perrone testified he drove for a Civil Works program and delivered a note to Dr. Condon’s home, matching an outline of Hauptmann’s route from the Bronx. The cross examination focused on Perrone’s memory of the night of March 12 and details of the hat and envelope. Hauptmann denied knowing Perrone, while Reich described a secret meeting at Woodlawn Cemetery linked to the abduction case.
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Hauptmann
Dr. Condon
Bronx
CWA
Reilly
Perrone
Anak
Jassie
Greenwich Street
Anna
Reich
Woodlawn Cemetery
John
Revolt Flare Against Huey Long Plots Rise in Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge parish officials reject the Louisiana dictator's seizure of local control. A police jury resolution condemns the act as unconstitutional and blocks provisions. Judge Borah issues a temporary injunction against New Orleans sewerage and water board formation, while Sheriff Pettit loses deputy appointments. Blue shirt plans emerge from the defiant leaders for statewide organization.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana
Long
United States
Borah
Sewerage and Water Board of
New Orleans
Public Work Administration
Robert L. Pettit
Pettit
Square
Two Prisoners Escape From State Prison
Two convicts slugged two guards and escaped from a state prison in Boston before other escapees were caught while trying to scale a wall. The fugitives were at large for several hours before recapture efforts succeeded.
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Boston
State Prison
Travel from Afar To View Trial At Hunterdon Court
Crowds line up for the Hunterdon courthouse as spectators travel long distances to watch a trial. Douglas Culbert of Brockville Canada drove two days while Washington D C law student A E Meacham reached the scene after an all night trek. A deputy sheriff notes about 350 people were in line by 6 am.
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Flemington
Hunterdon
Douglas Culbert
Brockville
Can
Washington, D. C
A. E. Meacham
Meacham
Salt Lake
First National At Berryville Has Good Year
Stockholders of the First National Bank at Berryville reported improved business with deposits up nearly ten percent and payment of usual dividends. Over eighty percent of stock was represented, and all directors and officers were re elected. Directors named J T L Jones J L Humston J T Lindsey D L Ramsburg Alfred M Kerfoot and Frank M Wray were retained. The meeting re elected Jones Humston Ralph M Ware cashier and Lewis F Stolle assistant cashier. The annual stockholders meeting of the Bank of Clarke will be held at Berryville tomorrow.
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First National Bank
Berryville
First National
J. T. L. Jones
J. L. Humston
J. T. Lindsey
D. L. Ramsburg
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Frank M. Wray
Ralph M. Ware
Lewis F.stolle
Bank of Clarke
Three Shot As Garage Strikers Smash Window
MINNEAPOLIS Jan 9 Three men were shot today as police fired on about 300 garage mechanic strikers and sympathizers who broke the front window of the McDonald Gulfill an Motor Company Claire Hogan 29 of St Paul was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the left leg his wound not serious Police guarded the site as demonstrators gathered and officers anticipated trouble
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Minneapolis
McDonald-Gulfillan Motor Company
Claire Hogan
St. Paul
New Strategy to Keep Congress in Line on Spending
Washington today revealed a Democratic plan to force Congress to decide on new tax legislation by withholding action until late in the session. The aim is to see whether Congress passes the $7.2 billion cash bonus bill or appropriations above the President’s budget. The plan signals possible tax increases if the bonus passes or if budget targets are exceeded.
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Washington
Congress
Tech
Senate
House
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Riverton
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Eo Home
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C. B. Samuels
New York
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M. C. Vent
Warren Furniture Co
Mrs. L. F. Hansborough
Bridge Club
Col. Carroll Menefee
T. W. Tayloe
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Thomas Ewers
T. M. Hiltsheimer
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Richmond
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