Gustavus Adolphus influence and social notices blend in early festival era
A historic summary notes Gustavus Adolphus famed for restoring evangelical Protestantism in northern Europe and conquering territories with Munich as capital. It also lists a Lucerne travel talk, a Roanoke engagement announcement for Miss Boxley to Dr. Cooke, and a Shenandoah Valley birthday tribute to Rev J D Hamaker with community ties to Stover Camp and the Daughters of the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus
Europe
Germany
Rome
Paris
Munich
Austria
Gustavus Adolphus
Miss Chew
Lourdes
Italy
Naples
Bay of Naples
Oberammergau
Strasburg
J. D. Hamaker
Church of the Disciples of Christ of
Shenandoah Valley
Hamaker
Diuties
Ie Howeve
C. E. Crabill
Stover Camp
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Whitney noms two jumpers for Grand National race
Mr John Hay Whitney of Llangoen near Upperville nominates Easter Hero and Sir Lindsay for the ninety second Grand National in England. The pair aim for a strong showing after last year’s gruelling Aintree test. The 1931 renewal is set for March 27 with 84 horses listed including Shaunt Goilin and Mellerary's Belle.
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John Hay Whitney
Llangoen
Upperville
England
Shaunt Goilin
Mellerary’s Belle
Bright's Boy
Bally Hanwood
Great Span
Grakle
Huntsberry attends 1931 National Shoe Convention in Detroit
Mr E Rhodes Huntsberry junior partner of Huntsberry's returns from Detroit where he attended the 1931 National Shoe Convention. Business sessions were held in the Book Cadillac Statler and Teller Hotels with a 15000 seat style revue at the Masonic Temple. He plans to stock the latest mule styles at his North Loudoun Street shop.
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E. Rhodes Huntsberry
Huntsberry’s
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac, Statler and Teller
Masonic Temple
Huntsberry
Loudoun Street
Mrs Rosenberger Returns To Home In South
Mrs. Gilbert Rosenberger of Atlanta has returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jacob A Bean in the county. She was formerly Miss Odell Bean and was escorted to Washington by her brother Roland Bean and Mrs Louis Renner of this city.
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Rosenberger
South
Gilbert Rosenberger
Atlanta
Jacob A. Bean
Odell Bean
Washington
Roland Bean
Louis Renner
Apple Blossom Festival Chief In Richmond Talks Ads
Director General Richards in Richmond today confers with State Chamber of Commerce publicity chief Robert F Nelson on festival advertising matters. Richards likely returns late tonight. Miss Francis Carver and Mr Raymond Carper visited Washington yesterday.
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Richards
Richmond
Nelson F. Richards
Robert F Nelson
State Chamber of Commerce
Francis Carver
Raymond Carper
Washington
Local Church Circle Meets At South Cameron Street
Church Circle of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Cecil Bailey 41 South Cameron street. All members urged to attend followed by notes of local social visits and arrivals.
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Thureder_ Cliforo
BrAddocance
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Cecil Bailey
Cameron Street
Rail Market Slips as Heaviness Signals Slim Activity
A tired stock market moved lower with lighter volume as rails led declines. United States Steel failed to respond to favorable tonnage, shorts ramped up on expectations of weak Q4 earnings, and money funds traded at 12 percent as carriers and specialty shares suffered.
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United States Steel
Shorts
Virginia Denies Federal Power Authority Over dam project
Washington January 12 Chairman Smith of the power commission said Virginia asked the Federal Power Commission to rule on Appalachian Power Company’s 11 million dollar New River dam near Radford. The state contends the federal agency lacks authority to decide the application and the commission offered no comment.
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Washington
Smith
The
Power Commission
W. E. Carson
Viginia State Conservation Commission
Appalachian Power Company
Radford
Federal Commission
Time Served In Jail Not Deductible In Sentence
In Baltimore Judge Eugene O Dunne denied habeas corpus relief for Frank L Allers a Norris gang member ruling that time served before trial does not reduce a later sentence He spent 146 days in jail before trial and was sentenced to ten years for a home robbery after immunity in the Norris case The judge noted the term would expire next May making an earlier release due to jail time impossible.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Eugene O’dunne
Frank L. Allers
Norris
Allers
Medical progress lowers death rate, asks for action
A fragment reflecting on medical advances cutting death rates by half since 1900s and a call for action to address unnamed ODresludse. The readable text hints at hope for longer life and demand for decisive steps.
House Rules Panel Approves Drought Relief Measure
Washington January 11 House rules committee voted to grant special legislative status to drought relief as a Senate amend ment goes to conference. The panel adopted a rule to disagree with the Senate amended 15 million for food loans and set the measure for possible floor action tomorrow. Garner cited at least 150 members likely to back the Senate amendment while Republicans expected to force the Senate to recede. Hoover authorizes Red Cross drought appeal seeking about 10 million public funds. Payne says 5 million already set aside will dwindle and warns a formal proclamation for 10 million may come this week.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
House
Garner
Red Cross
Hoover
American Red Cross
Payne
Ood
People’s Lobby
Cong
Fig
The
People's Legislative Service
Four of Hoover Tariff Commission Confirmed by Senate
Washington January 12 four of President Hoover s six tariff commission nominees were quickly confirmed by the Senate. A contest was started against a fifth nominee Edgar B Brossard Republican Utah Those approved were Henry P Fletcher Pennsylvania Republican chairman Thomas W Page Democrat Virginia John Lee Coulter Republican North Dakota and Alfred P Dennie Democrat Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Tariff Commission
Senate
Edgar B. Brossard
Utah
Henry P. Fletcher
Pensylvania
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
John Lee Coulter
North Dakota
Alfred P. Dennie
Maryland
Change in spending banks on slump
A financier argues the business slump stems from altered consumer spending habits. The London Opinion notes that the shift in spending patterns is both a cause and effect of the downturn.
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London
Summer Camps Prove Value and Growth Through Time
The organized summer camp movement began about 50 years ago with Ernest Balch establishing a boys camp on Lake Asquam New Hampshire in 1880. The health educational and recreational value of camps for boys led to rapid growth and a girls camp movement followed as the idea spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Balch
Lake Asquam
New Hampshire
Woo
Four House election contests could decide next Congress control
Washington Jan 12 The House majority may hinge on four contests filed by incumbents and challengers from Indiana Illinois Oklahoma and Pennsylvania The cases challenge close results from November with contesters alleging irregularities and gang influence while the umpire selects testimony for reference to election committees and seating follows usual procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House
Farmer-Labor
Albert H. Vestal
Indiana
Claude ©. Ball
Vestal
Stanley H. Kunz
Ilinois
Peter C. Granata
Kunz
Granata
Charles O’connor
Oklahoma
William F. Disney
O'Connor
Disney
Everett Kent
William B. Coyle
Pennsylvania
William T. Page
Mrs Saeger Dies At Advanced Age In Los Angeles
Mrs Margaret C Saeger died Saturday morning in her Los Angeles home at an advanced age. She was daughter of the late Jackson and Emeline Robinson of Apple Pie Ridge and widow of Thomas Saeger of Saegertown. Survived by two brothers J A Robinson Red Oak Iowa and William N Robinson Sheridan Wyoming and one sister Miss Etta S Robinson of this city. Interment in Glendale California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret C. Saeger
Los Angeles
Jackson and
Emeline Robinson
Apple Pie Ridge
Thomas Saeger
Saegertown
Transportation By Air and Land Interfered With
A weather mix of rain and snow in Baltimore halted all air mail service and slowed bus and car traffic. Air mail pilot Larry Pabst turned back near Aberdeen. Clarence Chamberlin postponed his Jersey City to Baltimore flight. Roads were slushy and some injuries reported from vehicle crashes.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Larry Pabst
Washington
Philadelphia
Aberdeen
Logan Field
Clarence Chamberlin
Jersey City
Students enter colleges but graduation odds loom large
Four hundred and fifty thousand students will enter American colleges this fall and five out of seven, or three hundred twenty thousand, will never graduate. About one hundred thousand will get through the sophomore year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Magazine
Warren Hurd Laid to Rest in Montreal Funeral Service Held at American Presbyterian Church
Frederick Warren Hurd, formerly of Winchester and a McGill graduate, was buried in Northampton after a Montreal funeral attended by his mother Mrs. O. E. Hurd and sister Miss Louise Hurd. He was a noted half mile runner, McGill track captain in 1925, and a member of the Arts and Law faculties. He studied in Paris and Europe before returning to Montreal to join Atwater Beaurega.
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Montreal
Canada
Frederick Warren Hurd
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
The
Star
Hurd
American Presbyterian Church
O. E. Hurd
Louise Hurd
Northampton
McGill University
Arts and Law
Montreal Gazette
McGill
Withal
Warren Hurd
Westmount
United States
Virginia
Europe
Paris
Atwater Beaurega
Servenatiyy
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Rise on Declining Supplies
Wheat and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade reach new highs as visible supply estimates show larger than expected declines. All options gain, closing at the day’s top level despite NYSE securities weakness. Wheat March 82, May 84, July 664. Corn March 70, May 721/4, July 723/4. Oats March 33 1/2, May 34, July 3342. Rye March none, May 43, July 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Gas Explosions Drive Families From Homes in Philadelphia
A string of gas explosions in the 2900 block of South Sixteenth Street caused three houses to be wrecked and forced several families to flee in night clothes. Fire followed. police traced the blasts to a leaking street main and authorities said the structures must be torn down due to foundation damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
South Sixteenth Street
Power Commission to Proceed Under Hoover Backing
Washington Jan 12 With President Hoover backing the new power commission will continue its duties this week though three of its five members remain unconfirmed on the Senate calendar. Debate raged over whether to withhold salaries from the three confirmed commissioners as the fight over prior dismissals continued. The commission may hire Charles A Russell as Solicitor and William V King as chief accountant, whose terminations sparked the Senate challenge.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
New Power Commission
Senate
Rnne
Democrats
Republicans
Walsh
Montana
Smith
Draper
Garland
Wheeler
Charles A Russell
William V. King
Tradewind Flight Tests Atlantic Crossing Feasibility
Aviation expert Major Cropsey says navigator Lieut MacLaren could adapt route if fuel ran low. Tradewind’s plan from New York to Paris via Hamilton Bermuda Horta aimed to prove commercial transatlantic flying is practical. The flight faced fuel limits and navigational challenges near the Bermudas.
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Portugal
Azores
Horta
Associated Press
Paris
North Beach
N. Y
Atlantic
Hamilton Bermuda
Norfolk
Bermudas
Hamilton
Newark
N. J
Robert L. Cropsey
William S. MacLaren
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Isabelle FP
Misses Perry
John Perry
Mount Pleasant
Mary
Ruth Perry
Vivian Lamp
Eva Perry
Carrie Ritter
Mary Renner
Evelyn Rosenberger
Mary Perry
Gladys Rosenberger
Margaret Ritter
Geraldine Lamp
Bessie Perry
Hilda Hamilton
Louise
Lucille
Theodore Hamilton
Clarence Cochran
Luther Hamilton
Roy Rosenberger
Roy Lamp
Lewis Ritter
Eugene Orndorff
Lester Smith
Walter Hamilton
Levane Rr
Joe Roe
Se Noe Rosenfg Woodrow
Albert Lon
Edward
Harry Mamilton
Will Lamp
Bramson Myers
Harry Lamp
Oliver Hamilton
W. W. Boxley
Roanoke
William Latimer ‘Cooke
Newport ‘News
Beckley
W. Va
Cooke
Joseph Warren Hundrey
Miss Boxley
Mary Boxley
Shenandoah
Ann Boxley
Mr. Whitney
Mr. Rhodes Huntsberry
Hilda Henry
Wilmer C. Henry
Hilda May Henry
Betty Lee Perry
Mary Womeldorph
Genevieve Crismore
Margaret Henry
Bobby Womeldorph
Philip Collis
Bobbie Crismore
Jean Cochran
Leslie Shores
Julia Cochran
Buddy Perry
A. C Henry
Margaret Seymour
Wilmer A. Barrett
Hanover
Barrett
Revona
C. M. Barrett
New Oxford
Eula Affleck
Stephens City
Annie Preston Starling
Miss Affleck
Ella
Or O'Neal
Edgar O'Neal
Samuel D. O’neal
Vaucluse
E. Maurice Grim
Western Electric Company
Elkton
C. Frank. Grim
East Cork Street
Paul Braithwaite
Jeanette Braithwaite
Cross Janetion
A. B. Dicks
Cumberland, Md
Persell D. Plank
North Kentreet
John Enders
Berryville
Richard C. Rosenberger
University of Virginia
A. L. Rosenberger
Winifred Whitacre
Whitacre
C. S. Hurn
Paul Anderson
Valley Pike
F. Parsons
E. W. J. Meaty, Co
New York
Beverley Rice
Mrs
L. E. Rice
James Rich
Marietta
Elizabetth Nesbit
Lancaster, Pa
Donald Finfrock
Seo
U. S. Tariff Commission
Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch
Walter Damrosch
Sidney Howard
Warren Han
Massachusetts
S. W. Academy
Chicago
W. B. Hibbs & Company
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Telephone National
Pure Food Store
U. C. Sheetz
Major Cropsey
Maclaren
Canary Islands
Florsheim
Stauntor
Betsy Ross
Crystal Restaurant
Goodyear
W. A. Buncutter & Son
Albin, VA
Kaufman’s
Doresses
Coats
Cea Aeens
Loudsun ST
LOU Bernstein Co.ester
North Toole St
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