Large Guns To Be Placed At The Courthouse
Commander Sydney Johnson and Coplin Tip Saffell of the Colonel R. Millar Post of Veterans of Fox Wars brought back two 25 foot long 4.7 calibre artillery guns from Aberdeen Proving Grounds. The guns will be placed on the lawn of the new courthouse as World War trophies. Three weeks are needed for shipment on special flat cars.
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Front Royal
Sydney Johnson
Coplin
Tip” Saffell
R. Millar
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Mr. Saffell
Front Royal Bowlers Score Early-Year Victory
Front Royal bowling team defeated Bureau of Roads by a large margin. Johnson led with 329 over three games, followed by Licklider 325 and Smith 324, Campbell 320. Team total 4,578 to 1,375. Next opponent is Luray on Tuesday the 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Bureau of Roads
Johnson
Licklider
Smith
Campbell
Royal
Broad Social Security Program Outlined In Debate
Senate and House focus on routine business as nine Supreme Court justices study the legality of suspending gold payments. Roosevelt cites a Federal Commission finding public utility bond holdings of insurers exceed pre 1929 levels by about 100 million dollars. Carter Glass urges minimal banking legislation this session to let existing laws take effect.
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Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Lie
Federal Commission
Congress
Carter Glass
Virginia
Banking Authority
Principals In Trial Receiving Theatre Offers
In Flemington New Jersey January 14 principals in the Hauptmann murder trial are flooded with offers to tell and act their parts in the Lindbergh case. Dr John F Condon is offered thousands of dollars to disclose his story while he has not indicated acceptance though previously he would take up to fifty thousand to return the ransom. The jury is said to be offered appearances and a vaudeville boxing agent plans to pay the principals three hundred dollars weekly to tour as a group show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
John F
Jassie) Condon
David T. Wilentz
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Betty Gow
Flandin Seeks New Deal to Rebuild French Industry
Paris January 10 Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin presented a government plan to the Chamber of Deputies described as a modified American New Deal. The measure aims to adjust industry to emergency conditions, fight poverty, and lift France from its industrial doldrums with producer agreements guided by Commerce Minister Paul Marchanden and aligned with Roosevelt style recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
France
Chamber of Deputies
Landin
Paul Marchanden
Roosevelt
Indust
Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County
Front Royal and Warren County items recap local arrivals departures entertainments and moving notices. Sidney Fox returns to Asheville N C Turner Slaughter travels to Washington with his mother while Mrs Slaughter visits Fairfax. Mrs Simpson and Mrs Blackwell Carey host bridge four tables. P A Triplett hosts dinner in Middleburg with expected guests Wyndham Lee Stewart Coleman Ambler. Bryan Duncan announces birth of daughter at Fair View Courts. Senator Aubrey Weaver in Washington on business. Theresa Carroll hosts seventeenth birthday party for about thirty guests on West Main Street. Ticket sales committee for the President's Birthday Ball meets at G Tyler Miller. Virginia Carson to spend weekend at University of Virginia. Lt Robert Boyer Jr and wife return from Philadelphia. Dr E H Keyser moving to Updyke at Blue Ridge Avenue. Randolph-Macon Academy basketball opens season tomorrow vs Gas School at academy gym. Paul Shannon improving from flu.
Bank of Clarke Directors Named At Berryville
At a Berryville meeting with strong stock representation, Bank of Clarke stockholders named directors and officers for 1935. Deposits rose about 17 percent over the past year. Directors: W. A. Bradford, J. M. H. Clagett, E. G. Coiner, Ralph N. Dorsey, E. Blackburn Moore, B. Whiting, J. Garland Williams. Officers: Lewis N. Glover, vice president. J. S. Spates, cashier. N. F. H. Morrison, assistant cashier. J. C. Glascock, bookkeeper. Dorsey is the only new director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Clarke At
Berryville
W. A. Bradford
J. M. H. Clagett
E. G. Coiner
Ralph N. Dorsey
E. Blackburn Moore
B., Whiting
J. Garland Williams
Local Markets Summary Note
Daily market listings carry typographical error disclaimers from The Star. No responsibility assumed for misprints in prices or items.
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The
Star
Rivers Continue Rampage Amid Cold Massachusetts Floods
In Boston on January 11, rivers surged with thawing warmth despite colder weather. One man, 86 year old S. A. Hebert, drowned after falling into Gas Brook at St. Albans. Highways iced over, fields flooded, and communities faced rising flood threats during the fourth day of the thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Hebert
St. Albans
New England
Market prices for livestock and feed products
A list of farm prices appears, showing per bushel or per cwt rates for shelled corn cracked corn and mixed feeds, plus dairy feeds, egg mash, corn meal, middlings, butter, lambs and hogs. Numbers include 1.90 to 4.00 range for various feeds and 0.64 to 0.66 for animal products.
Local Retail Market Prices for Bags and Feeds
Market list shows prices for 98 lb and 48 lb bags, plus smaller 24 lb and 12 lb options. Included are items such as shelled corn, cracked corn, screenings, corn meal, middlings, scratch feed, mixed feed, dairy feed, butter, and country butter with listed per-bag or per-bushel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atheke Uo
Chesee Ae
County Agents Outline Corn Hog Program Details
County agents and allotment committee members met in Harrisonburg to review the 1935 corn hog reduction plan under AAA. The program offers optional reductions in corn base by 10 to 30 percent with 35 cents per bushel paid in two installments, plus hog reductions at 10 percent with $15 per head in two installments. Educational meetings across the county will explain the plan and its rationale for controlled production in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Fredstine
Harrisonburg
Northern
Virginia
Miss Tidler
Frederick County
George Herring
Paul Shaffer
Henry M. Taylor
Agricultural
Stine
Takes Poison In Hotel Room
A 23 year old woman registered as Miss Dorothy Tanner of Henderson Virginia was found dead in her hotel room in Alexandria. Coroner Powell ruled death by own action. A note left directs belongings to her father Charles P Tanner of Henderson, formerly Staunton.
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Alexandria
Dorothy Tanner
Henderson
Lhevellyn Powell
Miss Tanner
Charles P. Tanner
Staunton, Va
Baltimore Livestock and Produce Market Report
Livestock prices hold steady with cattle and hogs showing firm ranges. Slaughter steers 4.25 to 8.75, hogs 7.60 to 8.60 per cwt, calves 5.00 to 9.00, sheep and lambs steady, Philadelphia live poultry and butter prices listed with eggs and cheese quotes in steady demand.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rock
U. S. Dept
Coal Weighing Ordinance Noted for Staunton Citizens
Inquiry from William A. Grubert, Staunton mayor, seeks a copy of the 1933 coal weighing ordinance. It requires sellers to weigh coal before delivery, use sealer designated scales, pay 10 cents per ton weigh-bill, and provide purchaser details. Violations carry a 10 to 25 dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Grubert
Staunton
Winchseter
Market in stocks and commodities nudges gains
Traders stayed cautious as markets opened with little incentive for equities while bonds and commodities rose. The dollar firmed against gold currencies and Dunn & Bradstreet noted stronger retail response to January clearance activity. Major stocks listed included Allied Chemical 136 and General Motors 31 3 4 among others.
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Dunn & Bradstreet
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Two Fined in Police Court for Drunkenness
Two persons, Reymond Crabtree and Sis Taylor, were fined and taxed costs totaling 10.25 dollars in Police Court this morning on drunkenness charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reymond Crabtree
Sis Taylor
Madeira Embroidery and Wine Boost Portuguese Isle Fame
Madeira embroidery and Madeira wine have helped make the Portuguese island famous, attracting visitors and regional interest in its artisan crafts and beverages.
Radiogram Congratulates Red Cross Chapter Officials
A radiogram to Winchester Frederick county Red Cross from John Barton Payne national chairman praises the chapter for its effective work in roll call. The message thanks Bertha Hicks secretary and the chapter chairman, noting volunteers and the organization’s fine efforts. Sent from amateur station W3FJ Richmond as part of the Army Amateur Radio network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Crabill
North Street
Winchester-Frederick County
The
Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Bertha Hicks
John Boy Payne
Richmond
Army Amateur Radio System
Radio Program Schedule Remains Dense Across Stations
A list of dense broadcast timing across WEAF WABC WOR and WJZ detailing nightly lineups from 6:00 to 11:00 PM with orchestras news programs acts and speakers including Marion McAfee Hale Page Amos and Andy and weekly specials like the Lone Ranger and Moonbeams Trio. Also notes about a 10:30 PM to 11:00 PM Commerce Secretary Daniel Roper speaking in Washington and a Patman related segment.
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Weaf—Cugar Orchestra
WEAF
WABC
Bobby Benson
Weaf—Press
WOR
Haupton
Wjz—Press
Marion McAfee
WJZ
Gale Page
Billy Batchelor
D W. Lowell Thomas
Beauty
Gabriel
Wabc—Press
Amos
Andy
Mort
Marge
Lum
Abner
Plantation
Bill
Hirsch
Red Davis
the O'Neills
Uncle Ezra
Boake Carter
Dick Leibert
Edwin C. Hill
Katzman
Goodman Orchestra
Court of Human Relay
Moonbeams
WMCA
Metropolitan Opera
Philco Radio Atlas promotion Rid Rand McN Co
An advertisement touts a free up-to-date Philco Radio Atlas from Rand McNally Co. The 20 page, 10 inch book lists world maps with short-wave stations, profiles of radio artists, foreign stations, country write ups, time charts, tuning tips, and a personal inscription space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philco
Rand Mc & Co
U.S. A
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Warren County Bureau
Winchester Evening Star
WM. Herring
Telephone Front Royal 213
Flandin
Warren County
Sidney Fox
Asheville
N. C
Turner Slaughter
Washington
Fairfax
Mr. Slaughter
Samuel Simpson
Blackwell Carey
P. A. Triplett
Middleburg
Wyndham Lee
G. V. Stewart
Margaret Coleman
Charles Ambler
Bryan Duncan
Fair View Courts
Aubrey G. Weaver
Thersea Carroll
West Main Street
G. Tyler Miller
Virginia Carson
University of Virginia
Robert Boyer, Jr
E. H. Keyser
Updyke
Blue Ridge Avenue
Randolph-Macon Academy
Academy Gymnasium
Gas School
Paul Shannon
Bank of Clarke
Boston
Nageenne
Veaeean
Ieee
Caedennecen
Our
Winchester Steam Laundry
Winchester
Radiogram
Payne
Miller & Anderson
Free Radio
ATLAS
Minstrel Monarchs
Lions Club
Capitol Theatre
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