Bankers to Meet Here Monday in Annual Session
Winchester banks finalize plans for the twenty second annual Group Three Bankers Association meeting to be held Monday in the city. The program includes two sessions at Handley Library and a 1 p m dinner at the George Washington Hotel with speakers Dr Glover Hancock Judge Howard W Smith and Rev Dr Frank T McFaden among others. Approximately 200 bankers and friends are expected for the event honoring General Robert E Lee's birthday holiday.
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Winchester
Cote Ee Bankers’ Association
Handley Library
George Washington Hotel
Herbert
B. Nelson
Jana
P. W Anderson
Marshall National Bank and Trust Company
Cr. C. Barksdale
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Glover Hancock
Howard W. Smith
Alexandria
Virginia
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation Closure Notice
Legal public notice announces a closed holiday on Monday January 9 affecting the Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation. The document references a one page item labeled (1p-11) and designates the date for observed closure.
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Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Husband and Wife File Heavy Damages Suit in U S Court
August Fletcher and his wife Maggie of Winchester filed civil suits for ten thousand dollars each in the United States Court alleging humiliation and slander after a home search by three policemen failed to find meat hams. The action follows a Hampshire county theft case and names attorney Lauttrell of Martinsburg.
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August Fletcher
Maggie Fletcher
Chic City
Hampshire County
Fletcher
Acre
Sephoe
Hansme
Larne
Winchester
Weems
Mrs Stuart Payne Dies After Illness in Winchester
Mrs Stuart Payne of Front Royal dies at 23 after an illness of several weeks at Winchester Memorial Hospital where she had been treated. She was the sister in law of Miss Helen Payne who trained as a nurse at the same hospital. Funeral arrangements could not be learned.
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Payne
Stuart Payne
Front Royal
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Helen Payne
Henroost Raid Strikes Miller Newlin Farm
Miller Newlin of the Josiah Lantz farm on the Middle Road reports eighteen fine chickens stolen last night from a hen house. No clues left by the thief.
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Miller Newlin
Josiah Lantz
Middle Road
Infant Isaac Russell Silvious Rests After Death
The infant son of Mrs. Margaret R. Silvious died at Memorial Hospital from appendicitis. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the parents’ home 23 East German street. Rev. L. R. Williamson of the Christian Church conducted the rites. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Isaac Russell Silvious
Margaret R. Silvious
Memorial Hospital
No. 23
East Germain Street
L. R. Williamson
The
Christian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Important Valley of Virginia Fruit Growers Meeting
A very important meeting of the fruit growers of the Valley of Virginia will be held at the Court House in Winchester at two o'clock on Saturday January 24. Commissioner of Agriculture George W. Koiner will discuss next year inspection regulations and spray residue. All growers are urged to attend whether from Frederick County or not.
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Valley of Virginia
Court House
Winchester
George W. Koiner
Commissioner of Agriculture of
Virginia
Frederick County
Noonans Taxi Launches New Buick Service
Call Noonans Taxi for a new Buick service advertised with phone numbers 999 and 736. This brief notice appears on page 11 of the issue.
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Buick
New Passenger Train Schedule Changes on B and O System
A new passenger schedule goes into effect on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with Shenandoah division changes at Winchester. Key shifts include Train 51 leaving Harpers Ferry at 5.35 p m and arriving at 6.47 p m, and Train 55 from Harpers Ferry at 12.19 p m arriving 12.04 a m and continuing to Strasburg.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Shenandoah
Winchester
Harpers Ferry
Stras
No. 54
Strasburg
Washington
Baltimore
Fort Pitt
Martinsburg
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Chier
Capitol
National Limiteds
Weather forecast for North and Middle Atlantic states
AP reports the week ahead will start with rain from Monday through Monday night in the middle Atlantic and rain or snow in the north Atlantic. Except for Friday, weather should be generally fair with above normal temperatures, cooler midweek, and another cold spell toward week’s end.
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Associated Press
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Federal Apples In Cold Storage Reported By USDA
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows January 1 cold storage totals for apples, pears, and fruits. Apples: 1,196,000 barrels. 19,063,00 boxes. 5,912,000 bushel baskets. Pears: 1,661,000 boxes. 49,000 bushel baskets. Frozen and preserved fruits total 74,818,000 pounds, above January 1, 1930 and near five-year averages.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Miss Funkhouser Breaks Back in Fall From Window
Delores Funkhouser a 13 year old girl fell from a fourth floor window in her mother's home in Hagerstown Md yesterday. She sustained a broken back in addition to other injuries. An investigation was started. Her parents, estranged, and the father left New York by plane today for Hagerstown.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Delores. Funkhouser
Raymond Funkhouser
New York
White House Denies Mellon Quitting Rumor
The White House denied reports that Secretary Mellon resigned and that Ambassador Adams would become Republican national chair man and succeed him in London. Officials called the rumor groundless, comparing it to past denials and noting Hoover would not call an extra session unless appropriation bills failed.
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Washington
White House
Mellon
Ambassador Ones
Adams
London
Ambassador
Congress
Hoover
Week of Pray Ends With Two Union Services
The city week of prayer services ends Sunday evening with two union gatherings at 7 30 in Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church and First Baptist Church. Rev E A Lambert and Rev Dr L A Thomas will preach at the respective churches. Presbyterians heard Rev Dr F T McFaden at Centenary Reformed Church last night. No service tonight.
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Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
E. A. Lambert
L. A. Thomas
F. T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
Centenary Reformed Church
Injunction To Protect Employees Made Permanent
In Danville Virginia Judge Henry C Leigh made permanent a temporary injunction restraining strikers from interfering with entry and exit of workers at Dan River and Riverside textile mills. The ruling followed a November 1 grant and noted defendants had not demurred or answered the bill, which was taken as confessed.
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Associated Press
Danville
Dan River
Riverside
Henry C. Leigh
No Dog Tag Fine Fined in County Magistrate Court
Emmanuel Clark of Relief County was fined 10 dollars plus costs for failing to obtain a dog license tag. The summons was issued by Game Warden Pingley in the county magistrate's court today.
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Emmanuel Clark
Relief
Pingley
Tax Reports Ready for Filing by J. H. Seal Jr
State and federal revenue tax reports prepared and ready to file. J. H. Seal Jr. offers services for year end or upcoming tax obligations.
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J. H. Seal, JR
Park land plan advances as Shenandoah park lands eyed
Norfolk January 16 The State Commission of Conservation and Development moves ahead to acquire Shenandoah National Park lands after the Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the blanket condemnation law. The Tidewater site approved is about 5 000 acres at Cape Henry. Attorney Armstrong expects no federal appeal and says legal issues are settled.
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Norfolk
State Commission of Conservation and Development
Shenandoah National Park
State Supreme Court of Appeals
William E. Carson
Virginia
Supreme Court
Norfolk Tidewater Park Committee
Cape Henry
Tidewater State Park
Armstrong
Virginia Conservation Commission
Virginia Court of Appeals
Iowa man divorces. hires ex-wife as cook
A divorced Iowa man hires his ex-wife as a cook to ensure she leaves him. An office sage notes the joke that actors seek roles while producers seek pay, implying a manufactured departure.
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Iowa
Mr. Tavenner's Brother Stricken With Paralysis
Mrs A J Tavenner of Albin reports her brother Theopholis Clements of Washington DC is stricken with paralysis and unconscious at his home. She had visited him last Thursday and he helped her to the station. She will travel this afternoon to be at his bedside.
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A.j.tavenner
Albin
Theopholis Clements
Washington, D. C
Poland Orders Destruction of American Apples
In Warsaw on January 17 authorities ordered the destruction of all American apples in Poland. Health officials had earlier banned American apples over arsenic concerns, but contaminated fruit continued to reach markets, prompting nationwide extermination orders.
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Poland
Associated Press
Warsaw
America
Gas Explosion Traced to Tiny Wire Sparks at Theatre
A theatre incident at Winchester Dry Cleaning Works involved a gasoline washer explosion caused by sparks from minute wire fragments in a theatre usher's uniform. An expert from the Glover company examined clothes and found only the usher's trousers burned, containing a small vertical brading wire.
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Flower Washing Machine Company
Winchester Dry Cleaning Works
W. J. Graveley
Glover Company
Capitol Theatre
Sleepless driver to end endurance drive at 8 tonight
Stangle of California will stop driving the Graham Six at 8 oclock tonight in front of the Pine Motor Company South Braddock Street after 125 hours on the road His total distance since Monday afternoon is 1825 miles and the car has used no oil The Pine Motor Company touts the cars oil efficiency and full crankcase as a highlight of the trip
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Stangle
California
Graham
Pine Motor Company
South Braddock Street
T Sangle
R. M. Swimley
Treets Host Pleasant Evening Party for Forty Guests
Mr and Mrs L B Treets of the Front Royal road entertained at their home Thursday evening with about 40 guests. Delicious refreshments were served during the occasion.
Prisoners Take Correspondent Courses From UC
More than 1,000 San Quentin inmates enrolled in correspondent courses offered by the University of California for the past school year.
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San Quentin
University of California
Psat
Boonsboro Road Worker Killed By Truck Accident
Samuel Cline 22 of Boonsboro Maryland died when a truck overturned on icy roads near Marvin's Chapel Clarke County. He was crushed beneath the cab as coworkers lifted the vehicle and attempted rescue. Cline, unmarried, worked for Puffinberger and Mause on the Shenandoah River to Round Hill road project and was to be buried in Boonsboro after a Berryville morgue stay.
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Samuel Cline
Boonsboro
Marvin's Chapel
Clarke County
Cline
Puffinburger and Mause
Shenandoah River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Round Hill
Loudoun County
Marvin’s Chapel
Young Chine
Enders
Berryville
Sibert Cline
Bayonet Slaying of Harlem Club Member
In a Harlem political club, a bayonet fixed to an ornamental rifle killed 25 year old John Donnelly during a free-for-all. A Black porter was arrested as a suspect as police found the scene deserted with broken glass and debris strewn about.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem
John Donnelly
Patrick
Two Killed In Baltimore Home By Escaping Gas
In Baltimore on January 17 two people died and three others were overcome when fumes from a gas main escaped into a basement and spread to surrounding row houses on South Linwood Street. Fire crews found Claude M. Wolf and his sister Regina Wolf in bed. neighbors in the adjacent house were revived after being overcome.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
South Linwood Street
Claude M. Wolf
Regina Wolf
Orchardists May Benefit From Fund
Secretary Hyde pledged favorable consideration to a request by Senator Swanson that part of the 45 million dollar drought relief fund be opened to orchardists. Swanson said Congress intended orchardists could borrow from the fund.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hyde
Swanson
Virginia
Congress
Winchester Steam Laundry Ad Promises Gentle Cleaning
An early ad touts WE Wash clothes gently with scientific methods and economic use. It lists a contact number 28 or 29 at Winchester Steam Laundry and shows abbreviated business hours Monday Wednesday Saturday noon to one.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Refined Mother’s Helper Wanted at Country Home
Wanted refined, settled woman as mother s helper up stairs at country home. Address A B B care of Star.
Hoover Opposed To Federal Relief Fund Standoff
Washington January 17 The Senate debates a 25 million dollar Red Cross relief fund with President Hoover resisting a loan approach as Democratic and independent allies push for rapid passage. Robinson supports the 25 million in face of Red Cross campaigning concerns cited by John Barton Payne and others.
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Senate
Red Cross
Democrats
Senate Oyeronances
Werete
Interior Department
Senate Democratic
Hoover
House
McNary
Oregon
John Barton Payne
Lamont
Mills
Hope
The
Treasury
Robinson
Arkansas
Black
Alabama
Ford cuts prices on 15 models of cars and trucks
Edsel B. Ford, president of Ford Motor Company, announced reductions ranging from five to forty six dollars on fifteen Ford car and truck models. He said reports from branches and dealers worldwide suggest the auto business will show a perceptible improvement.
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Detroit
Mich
Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
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Virginia Bankers’ ‘Association
Winchester Banks
DR. McFaden
Gen
Robt. E. Lee
Mrs. Fletcher
Phil H. Gold
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Noonan
O.R R
Miss Funkhouser
Florida
Commission
Park Land
the Evening Star
Mr. Tavenner
Federal Fund For Relief
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