Judge Williams backs new Warren County court house plan
Judge Philip Williams of the Seventeenth Judicial District released a public statement supporting the bond issue for a new Warren County court house to replace the inadequate, disrepair plagued present building. He cites lack of sanitary facilities, space, heating, and proper offices, urging voters to approve the project in the July 8 election.
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Front Royal
Philip Williams
Seventeenth Judicial District
Warren County Circuit Court
Warren County Court House
Williams
Warren County
Court House
Circuit Court
Commissioner of the Revenue
Trial Justice and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Commonwealth Attorney
Superintendent of Schools
Shenandoah Valley League Results and Standings
Staunton hosts Front Royal and Harrisonburg as Shenandoah Valley League play continues with Front Royal leading the standings at 9 1 followed by Culpeper Charlottesville Waynesboro Heurich Harrisonburg Orange Staunton and Waynesboro in the mix. Tomorrow features twogames sets including Culpeper and Harrisonburg with Front Royal at Staunton, Waynesboro at Staunton in a.m. and Staunton at Waynesboro in the p.m.
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Heurich
Harrisonburg
Orange Ae
Staunton
Front Royal Social Notes Include Visits and Camps
Front Royal news items list Carrolls and Misses Margaret Sowers and Marie Bumgardner visiting Culpeper and attending the Culpeper Horse Show. Nellie Cone from Dundalk Md returns to camp Wawamaisi a counselor for the summer. Families from Alexandria and Washington spend time locally, with picnics planned for Powell's Fort and various visits around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sowers
Marie Bumgardner
Culpeper
All-Stars Face Stiff Fights In Next Three Tilts
Front Royal All-Stars, Shenandoah Valley League leaders, face three tough games in succession. They play Harrisonburg Club tonight and Heurich Brewers in a doubleheader tomorrow at 1 30. New arrival Larry Boerner joins pitchers Joe Stankus, Bob Cassell, Murphy Huffihan, and Speedball Johnson as the club stays in the league after a meeting in Harrisonburg.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah Valley
Harrisonburg
Heurich Brewers
Larry Boerner
Boerner
All-Stars
Joe Stankus
Bob Cassell
Murphy
Huffihan
Johnson
Front Royal All-Stars
Loc
Aubrey G. Weave
B. J. Hillidge
Harold Smith
All- Stars
Lewin Eastham
Harvey Saffel
Chest Clinic To Be Held July 9
Front Royal health nurse Mrs. Hannah Weiser announced a chest disease clinic for adults, run by a State Health Department chest specialist, at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday July 9, in cooperation with Warren County physicians. Those with long standing lung coughs or tuberculosis deaths in the family should seek an exam, securing a written physician request and then meeting the tuberculosis nurse for an appointment.
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Front Royal
Hannah Weiser
Warren County
State Health Department
Masonic Hall
Weiser
Mrs Lula May Williams Dies at Western State Hospital
Mrs Lula May Williams wife of L J Williams of the Hayfield area Frederick county died at 6 o clock Monday evening at Western State Hospital Staunton Virginia where she had been a patient for two years She was 45 born June 6 1891 daughter of the late J Manuel and Mary Stot tlemyer Grim of Frederick county lifelong resident of the area She was a member of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South in Frederick County Survived by husband two brothers Howard L and Clark M Grim of the county and other relations in Baltimore Cumberland Md and Keyser W Va Funeral from Kuriz funeral chapel at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon with Rev Dr Hubert Sydenstricker officiating and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named
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Lula May Williams
L. J. Williams
Hayfield
Frederick County
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Williams
J. Manuel
Mary Stottlemyer Grim
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Outlines Relief Program Dividing Projects by Cost
President Roosevelt defines works relief rules dividing projects above 25000 dollars under the Public Works Administration led by Secretary Ickes and below that amount under the Works Progress Administration run by Harry Hopkins. He stresses that states and cities must contribute a share based on local labor costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Public Works
Works Progress Administration
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
Reverend Pope's Wife Dies at White Post Parsonage
Mrs Ida Pope wife of Rev George E Pope pastor of White Post Methodist Church Clarke county died after a weeklong illness at the parsonage. Survived by husband daughter Sylvia and three sons Virgil Rudolph Dillon. three sisters and one brother. Funeral at White Post Church tomorrow at 11 conducted by Rev H V Wheeler with interment at New Hope Augusta county Va.
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Ida Pope
George E. Pope
Methodist Episcopal Church
White Post
Clarke County
Baltimore
Virgil Leland
Rudolph Pope
Dillon Pope
Waynesboro
Mattie Propst
Mitchell
W. Va
Maude Moyer
Moyer
James Rexrode
Sugar Grove
Benjamin Eye
C E Program At Jubilee On Sunday Night
A Christian Endeavor program is planned Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Jubilee Church of the Brethren on the Front Royal highway. The topic Faith of the Average Citizen will be led by Miss Christina Bearam with a talk by P M Funkhouser and music by Mrs Ora Fultz and Miss France Se. The public is invited.
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Jubilee Church of the Brethren
Front Royal Highway
Christina Bearam
P. M. Funkhouser
Ora Fultz
France
Gibson Denies Allegations In Islands Probe
In a Senate investigation of Governor Pearson Charles H. Gibson a former Virgin Islands government attorney denied allegations from an Interior Department report stating he was not normal mentally read into the record. Gibson testified in Washington on July 3 denying the charges amid the probe.
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Washington
Interior Department
Charles H. Gibson
Virgin Islands
Senate
Paul M. Pearson
Gibson
Pearson
Vacation School To Close Friday At Round Hill
Vacation Church School at Round Hill Presbyterian Church ends with a Friday night program July 5 at 8 pm. It is organized with Round Hill Methodist Church cooperation. Rev. J. D. Russell and Rev. Allen Jones lead the congregations. Miss Mabel Hovey directs with assistants Mrs. Grover Carper Isabelle Rosenberger Bob Larrick Louise Corper and Mrs. Clayton Pingley. Total enrollment 40.
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Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Round Hill Methodist Church
J. D. Russell
Allen Jones
Mabel Hovey
Assembly
Richmond
Grover Carper
Isabelle Rosenberger
Bobs Larrick
Louise Corper
Clayton Pingley
Confidence Returns Could Free Billions, Bell Says
UNIVERSITY Va July 2 William B Bell president of the American Dynamics and Chemical Corporation told the University of Virginia Public Affairs Institute that if business could start a program offering about 85 billion dollars in durable goods demand no man seeking a job would be left unemployed. Sumner Welles spoke on good neighbor policy in the Caribbean and Cuba relations while discussing Central American treaties and trade. The evening included debate on social security and an announced probe into lobbying by utilities with a general review scheduled by the rules committee next week.
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University
William B. Bell
New York
American Dynamics and Chemical Corporation
University of Virginia Public Affairs Institute
America
Bell
Sumner Welles
Cuba
United States
Roosevelt
Caribbean
Vreles
Haiti
Panama
Huey Long
Father Coughlin
LaPollette
Welles
Costigan-Jones
White House
Brewster
Corcoran
Passamaquoddy
Fish
R-Ny
Bremster
Pettengill
D-Ind
Rules Committee
O’connor
D-Ny
Ole Miss Endurance Flight Ends Near Disaster
Meridian Mississippi July 3 Fred and Al Key recount 27 days five hours and 34 minutes in the air to set an endurance record. Fred says they narrowly escaped disaster when he dozed at the controls and woke to a tight spiral above the port hangar.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
al Key
Ole Miss
Warden Lawes Daughter Weds Florist in Elopement
Osining New York July 3 A three day belated honeymoon to Atlantic City followed the elopement of Chrystal Marion Lawes 24 daughter of Warden Lewis E Lawes of Sing Sing Prison and Jack Stratton Douvario of Mount Vernon a florist.
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Ossining
N. Y
Chrystal Marion Lawes
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Jack Stratton Douvario
Mount Vernon
Atlantic City
Urban Jobless Concentrated In 23 Cities
Almost two thirds of urban unemployed were concentrated in 23 cities per relief administration figures. Officials shaping Works Drive efforts to start programs in those localities. New York City lists about 339,645 families and roughly one million individuals on relief rolls. Los Angeles around 118,000 families. Philadelphia about 110,000. Pittsburgh about 88,000. Cleveland with a substantial but unspecified share.
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Washington
Relief Administration
Works Drive
New York City
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Pitee
Cleveland
Fire damages house of Mrs Adams in Stephens City
Fire discovered burning in a rear bedroom of Mrs L A Adams residence in Stephens City caused about 100 dollars in damages. Neighbors spotted the blaze between 5 30 and 6 pm and a bucket brigade acted quickly to subdue the flames.
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Adams
Rs. L. A. Adams
Stephens City
Senate panel to probe utility lobbying funds
Washington July 3 The Senate interstate commerce committee voted for a special five member Senate committee to investigate lobbying activities tied to the utility holding company bill. An appropriation of 150000 was approved to support the inquiry, mirroring the House inquiry already under way.
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Washington
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Black
D-La
Senate
Man and Woman Hurt in Md Car Truck Crash
HAGERSTOWN Md July 3 Walter H Franz accident Md seriously injured and Miss Anna Dempsky Nashville Tenn hurt in collision between a truck and an automobile at a road crossing on the National Highway at Huyetts Md Both were brought to the hospital Franz with a fractured skull and Dempsky with several broken ribs
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Hagerstown
Walter H. Franz
Accident
Anna Dempsky
Nashville
Tenn
Huyetts
Franz
Demsky
Pays Penalty For Slaying A Police Officer
BELLEFONTE Pa July 3 William Dini a gangland gunman died in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary early today for the murder of Policeman Harry J Donahue in Philadelphia. A wan smile appeared as he entered the death chamber his knees shaking as he was escorted to the chair. The killer claimed he thought Donahue a rival gangster out to kill him.
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Bellefonte
William Dini
Rockview Penitentiary
Harry J. Donahue
Philadelphia
Deni
Donahue
Potato Growers To Hold Meeting In Pocomoke
Potato growers on Maryland's southern Eastern Shore prepared to meet in Pocomoke City to decide action against low potato prices. Discussion focused on Maryland growers joining Virginians to push higher prices before shipping. Buyers gathered but small turnout halted decisions. harvests were light and no trouble was reported. The peak digging season was to come early next week.
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Pocomoke City
Maryland
Roosevelt Directs Move To Revive NRA Voluntarily
President Roosevelt directed government business negotiations on voluntary trade agreements to replace the NRA. At a White House conference with federal trade commissioners Attorney General Cummings and NRA chief James L. ONeill he ordered the commission to arrange fair trade practice agreements and to assist in voluntary provisions on wages hours and child labor. Further talks were set as to whether labor provisions would be included and if the commission would dominate the process.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
White House
Federal Trade
Cummings
James L. O'Neill
Congress
Commission
The
Trade Commission
Ewing L. Davis
Mount Vesuvius Erupts With A Loud Explosion
Mount Vesuvius erupted early today with a tremendous explosion shattering the crater cone and sending lava rivers and sparks across the sky. A new opening opened at the cone base as residents of Naples watched in alarm before dawn. The observatory issued a statement downplaying danger.
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Naples
Mount
Vesuvius
Wreck Victims Improve. Child Fracture Highlights Crash
Louise Moreland seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Moreland near Glengary WV, shows slight improvement at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a crash near Green Spring Sunday that fractured her skull. Her father remains jailed as investigation continues. Mrs Moreland back in West Virginia. J Clayton Sherman in Route 50 crash near Gore is unchanged and critically ill with three spinal fractures. companion George Grim unharmed.
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Louise Moreland
Homer Moreland
Glengary
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Greenspring
Moreland
Mr. Sherman
Miss Mary Sherman
Grain quotations and cash wheat prices dated July 3
Chicago and Baltimore grain prices listed for July with futures for wheat corn oats rye barley lard and bellies. Cash grain quotes show red wheat No 2 mixed and corn prices. Winchester markets record wheat and corn prices with barrel values.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Birthday Dinner for Mr O C Shirley Near Green Spring
A delightful birthday surprise dinner was held for Mr O C Shirley at his Green Spring home on Sunday June 30 marking his fifty fifth birthday. Guests included family friends from Gainesboro Cross Junction Siler and nearby towns. Late afternoon departures followed wishes for many more happy birthdays.
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O. C. Shirley
Green Spring
Garland Gardner
Hagerstown
Shirley
Minnie Shirley
Carl McIlwee
Ralph
Jeanette
Gainesboro
Stewart Taylor
Alvin
Eva
Rena
Mack
Thelma
Lee
Roy
Anna Gardner
Howard Shirley
Lester Loy
Mary Loy
Walter Mason
Cross Junction
Walter Leight
Andrew Leight
Siler
Market in Stocks Shows Narrow, Varied Moves
New York on July 3 sees holiday apathy. select motor accessory, public utilities, and New York bank shares post modest gains while broader market remains irregular. Foreign exchange steadies with the pound at 4.93 and the franc at 6.63. closing quotes list names like Allied Chemical, American Can, General Electric, General Motors, U S Steel, and Woolworth among others with bid and ask figures.
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NEW Yrk
New York
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & 8S
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
MD. Fund
Baltimore and Philadelphia Livestock and Produce Markets
Livestock and produce markets report in Baltimore and Philadelphia dated July 3 shows cattle at steady prices with slaughter steers 6.00 to 10.25, heifers 4.00 to 8.50, bulls 3.50 to 8.00, calves around 50, and hogs with packing sows 6.00 to 8.45. Sheep and lambs steady, spring lambs 5.75 to 8.25, buck lambs discounted, ewes 1.50 to 2.50. market closed July 4. Philadelphia reports live poultry prices for Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, dressed poultry prices for western chickens, eggs steady at 2,222 cases, butter unchanged.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
U. S
Local Markets Report With Mixed Feed Prices
Local markets list wholesale and retail prices for flour, corn meal, middlings, dairy feeds, and butter. Entries show patent and cracked flour bags, sack sizes from 12 to 98 pounds, live cattle and lambs notes, and various feed mixes with per barrel or per hundred weight pricing. Prices vary by bag size and brand, with several lines containing typographical errors from the source.
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The
Star
Kasco
Uae
Seriaorsiet
Official's Wife Obtains Divorce
Nina Gore Vidal, daughter of Senator Thomas P Gore of Oklahoma, was granted a divorce from Eugene L Vidal director of the commerce department bureau of air commerce, on grounds of extreme cruelty.
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Reno
Nina Gore Vidal
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Eugene L. Vidal
Commerce Department
Bureau of Air Commerce
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Alexandria
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H. D. Hite
Drayton Hite
Blue Ridge Avenue
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Mrs. Renolds
Mayme Brubaker
Kerr Glass Company
Calif
Baptist Church
John Jennings
John Jennings, Sr
Washington, D. C
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Charles Reeves
Raymond Weiser
Mrs. Kringold
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Mrs
Bree
Miss Schey
Maple Shade
Mrs.Burruss
Mrs. Potts
State Hospital
Aulick Burke
Petersburg
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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Associated Press
Mr. Pope
C. E
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Round Hill
Univ
Warden Lawes
Pocomoke
Mr. O. C. Shirley
Nelson Page
W. Nelson Page
Amherst Street
Lewis Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Abney Payne
Charleston
M. S. Wright and Sons
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Dick Wright
Macogdoches
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Ray Rinker
Wright
Boston
A. F. O'Linger
June
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Mount Jackson
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