Social Calendar of Weekly Meetings and Events
A series of weekly and one time events listed across venues including the George Washington Hotel First Baptist Grace Lutheran Winchester Lodge Elks Rotary Club American Legion Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church Music Lovers Club Lions Club Kiwanis Club and church choirs with times from 12:30 p m to 8:30 p m on various weekdays. Attendees include members of Jewish Woman's Club Rotary Club Kiwanis and city civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Woman's Club
George Washington Hotel
Young Peoples
First Baptist Church
Winchester Lodge Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
American Legion Post
Young Peoples’ Choir
Braddock Stret Methodist Episcopal Church
Music Lovers
Lions’ Club
Nine nurses named to staff state health program in Dover
A Dover press dispatch says the State Board of Health appointed nine nurses to work under board supervision in public schools at various points with combined Co W A and state funding. Kathryn R Anderson and Alice West of Delaware Hospital are named among the selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Anderson
Dover
Del
State Board of Health
Co. W. A
Kathryn R. Anderson
Alice West
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Anderson
Nina Glynn Anderson
Winchester
New York Welcome for Hacks After European Trip
A New York City dispatch reports Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Hack, residents of this city, were among those landing in New York Sunday January 7 aboard the United States lines Washington after four months in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
O. C. Miller
Greenwood
Lindy
Oscar Miller
New York City
New York
United States Lines
Washington
Frank N. Hack
Europe
Ebenezer Church joint Ladies Aid and Missionary meeting
The Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies of Ebenezer Church of Christ plan a joint meeting at Mrs. Mellon Adams home near Gainesboro on Thursday night January 11. All members are urged to attend as important matters will be considered and visitors are welcome. A concurrent men’s church business meeting will be held at the same time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Societies
Ebenezer Church of Christ
Mellon Adams
Gainesboro
Richmond to Host Week of Grand Opera Revival
The San Carlo Grand Opera Company brings back Richmonds Grand Opera Week with six evening performances from January 22 to 27 at Mosque Auditorium. Operas include Aida La Tosca Carmen Madam Butterfly Lohengrin Il Trovatore with two matinees Faust and Hansel and Gretel. Noted artists from major companies headline, and advance subscriptions are sold at the News Leader building lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
San Carlo Grand Opera Company
Mosque Auditorium
Faust
Hansel and Gretel
Metropolitan
Philadelphia Opera
News Leader
Bridge Club Reschedules Friday Meeting for Joint Luncheon
The Friday bridge club will meet Thursday at Mrs. B. B. Dutton’s home on South Washington street for a joint luncheon with the Thursday club. Miss Georgia Wakeman, Memorial Hospital student nurse, underwent an appendicitis operation yesterday. the operation was successful and she rests comfortably. Miss Wakeman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl H. Wakeman of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
B. B. Dutton
South Washington Street
Georgia Wakeman
Memorial Hospital
Miss Wakeman
Pearl H. Wakeman
Middletown
Local social notes and hospital update from town
Miss Betty Williams of Nash ville Tennessee visits Miss Virginia Cover Russell on South Stewart street. Fred L Stryker Jr of near Berryville rests more comfortably at Memorial Hospital after a severe cold led to pneumonia. Sam Scott Hansbrough returns to Charlottesville as UVA student after holidays with his mother on North Braddock street. Mrs Floyd Harris invites guests to a Friday luncheon at Stoke near Aldie in honor of Mrs Fairfax Harris of Belvoir. Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd of Amherst street will be among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Leslie Russell
Berryville
Lee Massey
North
Loudoun Street
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
John Hay Whitney
Llangollen Farms
Upperville
Betty Williams
Nashville, Tenn
Virginia Cover Russell
South Stewart Street
Fred L. Stryker, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Stryker
Fred Stryker
West Cork Street
Sam Scott Hansbrough
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Garland M. Hansbrough
North Braddock Street
Floyd Harris
Stoke
Aldie
Fairfax Harrison
Belvoir
Prince Alexis Mdivani proposes 5000 mile honeymoon voyage
In Seattle, Prince Alexis Mdivani and heiress Barbara Hutton announce a plan to sail separately to Yokohama, with Alexis sailing on Hikawa Maru and Barbara on Tatsuta Maru. He aims to join her in Yokohama after evading California process servers seeking his appearance in Los Angeles as a witness in his brothers’ grand theft case.
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Seattle
Orient
Pacific Ocean
Alexis Mdivani
Barbara Hutton
Alexis
California
Los Angeles
David
Serge Mdivani
Yokohama
San Francisco
Processing Tax Removal Debate Reaches Washington
Washington January 9 4P The Roosevelt administration faces a possible move to end processing taxes from the farm adjustment act Secretary Wallace is asked to explain to the Senate Agriculture Committee He may appear this week Senator Smith opposes repealing the 4.2 cent lint cotton tax and does not plan to press such legislation Chairman Jones likewise says the processing tax features will stay Dr Wallace argues the taxes fund production control programs and should not be cut to shift treasury costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Treasury
Kin of Edsel Ford Testifies on Guardian Bank Probe
Ernest Kanzler a Detroit banker and Edsel Ford's brother in law testifies before the senate bank committee. The inquiry probes the Guardian bank group of Detroit amid a broad banking conditions investigation and related issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Kanzler
Detroit
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Washington
Senate Bank Committee
Guardian Bank Group of
Detrick Seized After Dillinger Gang Saga In Chicago
Walter Detrick, a proclaimed leader of the Dillinger gang, is photographed in Chicago after arrest following a fetch from the Indiana State Penitentiary in Michigan City. He was captured in a suburban bungalow where Jack Klutas, once a University of Illinois student and head of the Collegiate Band, was killed in a police battle.
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Walter Detrick
John Dillinger
Indiana State Penitentiary
Michigan City
Chicago
Detrick
Handsome Jack" Klutas
University of Illinois
Desperadoes
Armed Bandits Release Woman Near Hannibal Missouri
Four armed automobile thieves abducted Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Monroe City and held her for hours in a northeast Missouri crime spree. They abandoned her near Monroe City after a police chase that included exchanges of gunfire. officers pursued the robbers who fled north into the hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Roy Carpenter
Monroe City
Missouri
A. J. Schneider
J. O. Barker
Largest Pearl in Beresford Hope Collection Described
A four and a half inch circumference pearl weighing three ounces is highlighted as part of the Beresford Hope collection in the Museum at South Kensington London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beresford Hope
South Kensington
London
Treatment of Hemorrhoids Is Safe Simple and Painless
Dr Logan Clendening explains hemorrhoids are common, caused by vein enlargement from straining or pressure, and range from suppositories to surgical removal. Modern local anesthesia allows quick recovery, with many patients back to work in a week and fully healed in two weeks. Six pamphlets offered for ten cents each by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
Clendening
Budget debate highlights 82 million two year plan
The article outlines a state budget for the next biennium totaling 82,119,548 with 49,975,842 from various taxes and federal aid. It notes a 337,525 decrease from the prior period and a separate 6,000,000 secondary road grant affecting totals, plus increases in criminal costs and other items. It also reports Virginia delegation endorsements for Fishburne to the Federal parole board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Fund
Treasury
Fishburne
Washington
Virginia House
John W. Fishburne
Charlottesville
Federal Parole Board
Roosevelt
Cummings
Stock Market Shows a Firm Cheerful Tone
Stocks moved at a porpoise like pace with prices generally firm and cheerful. Wall Street watched for a Washington cue on the next major market move as volume stayed light and commission houses hesitated to predict. Roosevelt reportedly favored sinking funds for railroad bonds and regulatory support for fund payments, aiding carrier shares and bonds. Sterling cables opened at 5.08 and call money stood at 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Washington
Roosevelt
Financial District
Sterling Cables
Time for Shorter Hours Urged by Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben argues for shorter working hours to give people time to vote and manage the growing amount of voting duties, urging reforms to ease civic participation.
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Uncle Eben
Yost Elected President of Strasburg Bank
The First National Bank of Strasburg held its annual meeting after a luncheon with wives. D. F. Yost was welcomed as president during the meeting where deposits and annual results through December 30 were reviewed. Directors elected include Samuel L. Burgess and others, with Yost to serve as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Strasburg
Banking House
D. F. Yost
Fred D. Maphis
Samuel L. Burgess
Charles E. Chandler
Ezra W. Folte
Jesse H. Funk
Henry A. Funkhouser
George S. Hinkins
Williamf. Lichliter
John Lockstampfer
Otis M. Smith
William H. Spiggle
Curtis C. Vann
David F. Yost
Royalists Riot Over French Pawn Shop Scandal
Paris crowds roared near the Chamber of Deputies protesting the 40 million dollar Bayonne pawn shop collapse and the death of its founder. Police faced attacks as women and others filled Place De La Concorde while Premier Chautemps signaled police reforms amid a searing political storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Bayonne
Place de la Concorde
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Lions
Colonial Theatre
Bessie Manuel
Rosalie Headley
Pauline McFarland
Catherine Bradford
Frances Chapman
Margaret Carper
Marie Carper
Catherine March
Virginia Smith
Elizabeth Keckley
June Bean
Helen Patton
Margaret Baker
Gladys Buckman
Martha Tucker
Connie Wyndham
Margaret Price
Jane Flood
Mary Cather
Helen Ritter
Edna Lamb
Lois Walker
Bernadetta Sullivan
Anna Kiracoff
Mary Sullivan
Gladys Patton
Alma Walker
Jane Mudd
Edna D. Holland
Virginia Ann Huntsberry
Philomena LaRue
L. R. Smith, Inc
Miss Peery
Peery
George Peery
Jefferson Hotel
Henry Lester Hooker
Monument Avenue
James Murray Hooker
Stuart
Hooker
John Garland Pollard
James H. Price
Kiwanis Club
Corporation Clerk’s Office
Frederick County
Baltimore
Mattie Ewan
Huntsberry
Mrs. Hack
Adams
Brooks
Price
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Mdivani Dodge
Ford
Owl’s .Hall
Carpenter Home
Carpenter Yard
Schneider
Pres. Strasburg Bank
Beulah M. Lemley
Edgar F. Loving
Lena R. Hill
Icks VapoRus
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Commercial & Savings Bank
U.S. Postal Savings Depository
Chautemps
Serge Stayisky
Chamonix
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
Hershey
R. M. Swimley
Big Joe
Margaret L
Hodgson
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