High Court Pays Compliment to Judge Williams
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals at Richmond affirmed Judge Philip Williams of Winchester in the Dr. J. I. Triplett will dispute. It copied his written opinion into the record, praising his handling of a complex case involving heirs, trustees, and a $1,000,000 estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Richmond
J. I. Triplett
Court of Appeals
Philip Williams
Winchester
Mount Jackson
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virgina
Pennsylvania
Florida
Pensylvania
Triplett
Williams
Supreme Court
Benefit Show for Charley Rouse Fire Co at Capitol
Ed Wynn stars in The Fire Chief at Capitol Theatre January 20 with ticket sales at Baker's Drug Store Hodgson Brown Rhodes Drug Store and Rouss Engine House. Company members also selling tickets. Lost white and liver colored German pointer dog reported. contact 1028-1.
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Charley Rouse Fire Co
Ed. Wynn
Capitol Theatre
Baker’s Drug Store
Hodgson & Brown
Rhodes Drug Store
Rouss
Closing notice for holiday plant closures under NRA code
Complying with NRA code all cleaning plants will close on all national state and local holidays. Friday January nineteenth Robert E Lees birthday is observed and plants will be closed.
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Robert E. Lee
Square Dancing Night at Miller's Dance Hall
Friday night December 19 at 9 PM, first class music from Winchester. Miller's Dance Hall near Front Royal offers admission 50 cents, free parking, and plenty of room.
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Winchester
Miller’s Dance
City Cedars Must Be Cut In Campaign
The state entomologist C. W. Witley says cedars planted in the city will be cut if owners do not voluntarily remove them. A cedar cutting campaign to protect apple orchards is under way in three county districts. Cedars found in Winchester yards will be felled as part of the cedar rust suppression effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Witley
Winchester
Air Mail Files Destroyed On Glover's Orders In 1933
Senate investigators heard that all W. Irving Glover files were burned in January 1933 by order of Glover while he was second assistant postmaster general. Paul Braniss testified that Walter Brown favored Transcontinental and Western Air for a Chicago to Oklahoma City route, after warning Braniss his planes were unsatisfactory. Braniss claimed his costs were about 1.50 per mile versus a government subsidy of roughly 0.80 per mile for the rival route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. L. John
W. Irving Glover
Hoover
Senate
Glover
Paul Braniss
Oklahoma City
Walter F. Brown
Transcontinental
Western Air
W. A
Braniss
House of Representatives
Brown
Peery seeks a million more for schools in Richmond
Governor George C. Peery asked today for a million more dollars for schools. The report summarizes his request amid various national and regional notes from Washington Rockville Huntsville New Orleans and Berlin with other brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
George Campbell Peery
Commonwealth of Virginia
Pirates Gold Show Riles Lions Club Reserved Section
A fragment notes a colored people reserved section at the Lions Club event titled Pirate Gold show. The readable text hints at seating policy and event branding but lacks complete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
Pirate Gold
Faith In God Theme of Rev Brashears at Church Service
The second night of Week of Prayer at the Church of Christ on West Cork Street featured Rev Wallace M Brashears, pastor of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church, delivering a sermon on Faith In God from Isaiah. He urged a God consciousness and noted God is present with all, including evil men, then addressed current trials and the need for faith, with next night's service at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South led by Rev C H Anderson on the theme Faith In Man.
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Church of Christ
West Cork Street
Emerson Rohart
Wallace M. Brashears
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Brashears
God
David
Hell
Enoch
Abraham
Moses
Isaiah
Hyssop
Italy
Germany
France
Japan
Jesus
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
C. H. Anderson
Robert B. Campbell
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Man
Wingold Cut Stringless Beans 2 Cans for 25 Cents
Advertisement from Pure Food Store promoting Wingold stringless beans priced at 2 cans for 25 cents. Includes promotional phrasing and pricing details for immediate purchase.
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Wingold
Notice Presbyterians Adv on Page Five
Winchester Printer and Stationers advertises a Presbyterian notice with page reference dated January seventeenth eighteen thirty one.
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Winchester Printer & Stationers
Style Show At Mrs Gearing Home On Courtfield
There will be a showing of Style O Month Sportswear at the home of Mrs Frank Gearing on Courtfield Avenue Thursday January 18 at 1 30 PM All invited.
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Frank Gearing
Courtfield Ave
Higher Virginia court upholds Bean loan case ruling
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sustains Judge Williams in Frederick County Circuit Court. E. C. Shank sued over 2415.10, claiming Bean owed more after hail damaged Shank’s 1931 apple crop and threatened foreclosure. Attorneys Reardon for Bean and Nachman for Shank are noted. Shank acknowledged church disapproval of civil suits and potential share if successful.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Philip Williams
Frederick County
E. C. Shank
Callison
Bott
Augusta County
E. P. Bean
Williams
Shank
Bean
Mr. Bean
Circuit Court
Calison
James P. Reardon
Joseph Nachman
Staunton
Woolen Mill Emerges From the Red in Wilson County
Winchester Woolen Mills reports stockholders that they have paid off 18000 in the red due last January and now show a black balance. The mill runs full time with about 120 workers on day and two thirds of a night shift. President C P McVicar says orders are strong and will sustain current hours through March.
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Winchester Woolen Mills, Inc
C. P. McVicar
Charles P. McVicar
Stuart Perry
W. A. Bailey
Elwood Smith
Percy Miller
M. D. Weaver
H. C. Sheetz
Bishop William McMurry Dies in St Louis Hospital
Bishop William Fletcher McMurry of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died in Barnes Hospital St Louis at age 69 from heart disease after influenza. He presided over the Baltimore conference, toured Kentucky western Virginia and the Baltimore district, built many churches and dedicated more than 500 buildings, and lived in Fayette Missouri where he served Central College as president until two years ago.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
Washington
Walter F. Brown
Rockville
Edward D. Shriner, Jr
Associated Press
ST. Louis
William Fletcher McMurry
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Barnes Hospital
Kentucky
Virginia
Baltimore
McMurry
Church Board of Extension
Board of Finance
Fayette
Central College
Bishop McMurry Led Baltimore Conference Meeting in 1932
Bishop McMurry presided over the Baltimore Annual Conference at Braddock Street Church in fall 1932 and was noted as a fine exponent of Methodism. He mingled socially with wit and anecdotes, and his Shenandoah Valley visit related to the Kingdom Extension Institute in Staunton.
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Baltimore
Bishop McMurry
Braddock Street
Valley
Shenandoah Valley
Kingdom Extension Institute
Staunton
Winchester Dentist J A Richard Improves at Baltimore Hospital
Dr J A Richard a noted Winchester dentist is reported improving at University Hospital Baltimore after several weeks as a patient. It is likely four to five months before he can resume practice and only for a few hours daily. He will remain at the hospital for some time before returning home.
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J. A. Richard
Winchester
University Hospital
Baltimore
Richard
Shriner Testifies in Breach of Promise Case Over 30 000
Edward D. Shriner Jr. testified in Rockville Circuit Court that he paid Miss Maud Stogner 30000 after she threatened to ruin his reputation. He described meetings from 1931 in Charlotte and New York and a diamond ring given at her request. He also said she later demanded repayment and planned to go to Europe, while he faced a possible prosecution.
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Associated Press
Rockville
Edward D. Shriner, Jr
Frederick
Maud Stogner
Rockingham
N. C
Charlotte
North Carolina
New York City
Braddock Heights
Frederick National Bank
Shriner
Europe
Texas Police Recapture One Escaped Convict
J B French, one of five convicts who fled during Clyde Barrow’s raid on Eastern State Prison Farm, is recaptured near the farm. He is serving twelve years for assault to murder robbery and automobile theft in Hunt County. Guards Major Crowson and Olen Boseman are wounded. Crowson hospital bound, Boseman convalescing.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Tex
J. B. French
Clyde Barrow
Texas
French
Major Crowson
Olen Boseman
Reserve Officers To Meet At Shenandoah Valley Academy
The Reserve Officers' School of Instruction will hold its next meeting at 8 o clock Wednesday evening at the Shenandoah Valley Academy with Col. B. M. Roszel in charge. The topic is the problem of attack followed by pursuit. Open to any interested in military training and preparedness, whether member or not.
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Reserve Officers’ School of Instruction
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Col
B. M. Roszel
Death Removes Mrs. E. K. Noonan In Washington
Mrs Emma Kiger Noonan 64 widow of Henry Noonan of Winchester died at Georgetown University Hospital Washington D C after an illness due to complications She was a native of Winchester daughter of Cornelius and Clem Dindell Kiger Her husband was killed in an automobile wreck on the Valley Pike She belonged to Braddock Street Methodist Church and resided in Washington Funeral services will be held at 2 oclock tomorrow at the Jones funeral home with Rev Hubert Syden Stricker officiating and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery She is survived by a sister Mrs Luther Faulkner and three brothers John Kiger Edward Kiger and Iye Kiger Pallbearers are Arthur Streit Lemuel Clark William Whisson Frank Dorsey Clifton Grimm and Harry M Seabright Jr
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Emma Kiger Noonan
Henry Noonan
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D.C
Noonan
Winchester
Cornelius and
Clementine Dindell Kiger
Valley Pike
George A
Theodore Windhell
South Braddock Street
Jones
South Loudoun Street
Hubert Syden- Stricker
Braddock Street
Methodist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Arthur Streit
Lemuel Clark
William Whisson
Frank Dorsey
Clifton Grimm
Harry M. Seabright, Jr
County Agent To Have Own Office
Workmen on the second floor of the County Court House are partitioning a room once used for meetings and class discussions to create an office for County Agent I. Fred Stine. The present occupier is Commissioner of the Regent Lee N. Whitacre. Completion is expected within a few days.
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County Court House
Fred Stine
Lee N. Whitacre
Realistic Permanent Wave Demonstration at Harper Method Shop
Miss James of Washington to present the Realistic Permanent Wave with demonstrations at the Harper Method Shop on Thursday and Friday. Public invited to see the new technique in hair styling.
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Harper Method Shop
James
Washington
Dinner at Burnt Factory Church for debt relief
The ladies of Burnt Factory Church hold a turkey and oyster dinner on Thursday January 18 from 11 30 a m to 8 30 p m. Proceeds benefit church debt and the congregation requests liberal patronage from the general public.
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Burnt Factory
Virginia Governor proposes higher school funding and new taxes
Governor George Peery urges $1 million yearly raise for public schools to restore 1932 funding level and backs a tax plan on utilities, buses, gas pipelines, telephone poles, and movie theatre admissions to finance the program. He also supports a state liquor dispensary and highway funding changes while downsizing other tax increases.
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John Garland Pollard
State Board of Education
General Assembly
Peery
Mutuals
Virginia
Dovell
Richemond
Ashton Dovell
Appropriations
Governor’s Advisory Commission
House
Williamsburg
Mey Fe
Dovel
Board of Education
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The
Berlin
Faith In God
Rev. W. M. Brashears
R. B. Campbell
Mary
Liams
Gore
Ladies’ Aid
MI Murry
Southern Methodist Church
Carolina
State
E. K. Noonan
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