Virginia peach crop outlook signals near failure
The Virginia peach crop is described as nearly a failure with June drop light and statewide estimates showing well below last year. District prospects vary from 22 to 44 percent of full crop with U S totals near 29 million barrels and California Oregon and others showing some gains. Carrot shipments are expected to be nil and peach shipments limited to express or motor truck only.
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Associated Press
Richmond
John A. Hicks
Mr. Hick
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South Valley
North Piedmont
Piedmont
Roanoke
Patrick
Southwest
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New York
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Oregon
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Idaho
West Virginia
Michigan
Colorado
Maine
Winchester Girls Hurt When Auto Hits Their Car
Mildred Baker 22 of Winchester Virginia a maid of honor at the Apple Blossom Festival suffered a broken arm in a collision on the Lee Jackson Highway near Chantilly Virginia. Virginia Thorpe 22 also of Winchester was injured. James Hughes said Garnett Horner of Potomac Mills drove the other car side swiped his vehicle. Both injured were treated and taken to Winchester. Horner erased posted bond for appearance before Justice of the Peace George Williams at Herndon on reckless driving charges.
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Washington Post
Mildred Baker
Winchester
Lee-Jackson Highway
Chantilly
Virginia Thorpe
James Hughes
Garnett C. Horner
Potomac Mills
Miss Thorpe
Miss Baker
Wilkem-Meyers
Herndon
Winihiester
Justice of the Peace
George Williams
City Water Notice Regulates Sprinkler Hours
City rules restrict sprinkler use to 6 to 7 am and 6 to 8 pm daily regardless of supply. No sprinkling during other hours. Violators will be fined. City Water Dept.
Slemp Eyes Senate Bid Not Taken Up By Slemp
The piece says Slemp refused a 1930 Senate bid in Virginia to keep his national committeeman post and G O P leadership. It notes his loyalty to Hoover interests, his role in Virginia victories in 1928, and speculation about the political risks of a GOP Senate race amid bleak prospects.
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Slemp
Virginia
United States
Old Dominion
Carter Glass
National Party
Penrose
Hanna
Mr. Slemp
Senator Edge
New Jersey
Senator Sacket
Kentucky
Senator Phipps
Colorado
Goff
West Virginia
Pollard
Hoovercaatis
North Carolina
Senate
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Local Men Fined For West Boscawen Street Fight
Tra Sirbaugh and James Elliotte of this city were fined 30 dollars each for causing a disturbance after a Thursday night fight in front of Nick's Restaurant on West Boscawen street. Wiley Clay Denny of White Post had charges dismissed as not the instigator. Elliotte was badly cut, needing hospital treatment.
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Nick
West Boscawen
Tra Sirbaugh
James Elliotte
Wiley Clay Denny
White Post
Rames
Denny
Sirbaugh
Reek
Elliotte
Max Dedubont
Dearmont
Edna
Harry R. Kern
Simbaugh
Burr - Harrison
Lost pony offered at reward by Mrs Byrd
Small brown pony missing with reward offered for return to Mrs R E Byrd at 336 Amherst Street. The notice mentions a new showing of Vacation Lodge and Cather’s items in the same column.
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R. E. Byrd
Amherst St
Oling & Cather's
Old Frederick County Court Seal Preserved in Glass Case
The Frederick county silver seal dating from 1758 and its old hand press are preserved in a glass case in the clerk of court’s office. Judge Philip Williams ordered a cabinet with glass to display the relics, noting the seal’s use from 1758 to 1908 and its role through wars.
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y_ clerk
Frederick County
Circuit Court
Philip Williams
Willams
Julian W. Baker
Court of
William Miller
Virginia
Old County Court
Board of Supervisors
Marian Ene
Flood Deaths Mount in Southern Korea Towns
Tokyo July 14. The flood toll in southern Korea rose as rain persisted. Known dead 103, 34 missing, 93 injured. A landslide in three Taikyu villages added to casualties. Scores of towns were affected and thousands left homeless.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Taikyu
Henry Harrison Dies At Seashore
Henry Sydnor Harrison 50 and a Richmond Virginia writer died in Atlantic City Hospital after an operation for a bladder condition. He passed away today at the seashore hospital in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Henry Harrison
Associated Press
Tlantic City
N. J
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Richmond, Va
Atlantic City Hospital
Balti WBAL Seeks Higher Transmitter Power
The Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore asked the Federal Radio Commission to modify WBAL’s license, increasing transmitter power from 10 000 watts to 15 000 watts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of
Baltimore
Federal Radio Commission
WBAL
Winchester Fair to Host Fort Hoyle Artillery Exhibit
Historic Winchester fair grounds will host a four day event August 26 to 29 with a Fort Hoyle battery from near Baltimore exhibiting artillery maneuvers. The display recalls Civil War fights around Milroy's Fort Fort Collier and Winchester Kernstown.
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Richmond
Fort Hoyle
Ware
Winchester
Uncle Sam
Winchester Fair
Baltimore
Milroy’s Fort
Fort Collier
Kernstown
Mrs McCormick Defends Her Big Campaign Fund
Ruth Hanna McCormick testifies before the Senate inquiry into Illinois Republican campaign expenditures. She defends spending of 252 500 with an additional 67 214 funded by volunteers, criticizing committee chair Gerald Page for mischaracterizing her totals. She cites three organizations and private contributions as sources for the extra funds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Senate
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Nye
Pope Warns on Bolshevism Spread in Audience
Vatican City July 14 Pope Francis warns to beware the spread of Bolshevism during an audience with Mgr John Augustine Ryan rector of the Catholic University of America Washington He cites London as an example of Bolshevik influence and urges awareness in the United States the pontiff says Bolshevism has advanced further than people realize.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Mgr John Augustine Ryan
Catholic University of America
Washington
United States
London
Fresh Airs to Bring Sunshine to Winchester Children
A local drive invites hosting 5 to 12 year old New York tenement children for summer stays in Winchester. Send blanks to committee members Mrs G C Rose Miss Nina Williams Miss Anna Amelia Seabright and others. many households already pledged support.
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New York
Winchester
America
G. C. Rose
Nina Williams
Anna Amelia Seabright
Nesty Pence
Ag Lovett
All Soloists Of Boston Singers To Perform In Winchester
The Boston Singers formerly the Varsity Club appear at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday at 8 30 for the crippled children fund of the Winchester Rotary Club. The ensemble includes George Wheeler Raymond Simonds Melvin Crowell Hudson Carmody and Reginald Boardman. Tickets are $1 with sales at Capitol Theatre and Bakers Drug Store.
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Boston Singers
Winchester
Colonial Theatre
Winchester Rotary Club
Varsity Club
South
George Wheeler
Raymond Simonds
Melvin Crowell
Hudson Carmody
Reginald Board- Man
Rotary Club
Muc
Rotary Kiwani Clubs
Childen
Frederick County
Rotary
Kiwanis
Capitol Theatre
Baker's Drug Store
Mrs. Wyndham Dies at Berryville After Illness
Mrs la Belle Wyndham wife of A B Wyndham noted Berryville merchant died at her home in Clarke county Sunday after a long illness. Born in Reliance she was sixty eight and survived by husband three daughters and one son and five sisters. Funeral details to be announced.
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la Belle Wyndham
A. B. Wyndham
Berryville
Clarke County
Yndham
Memorial Hospital
Reliance
Wyndham
Joseph Hammack
Warren County
Charles Eisenberg
Coraopolis
Louis Wilkinson
Shanghai
China
Cottie Wyndham
Howard Wyndham
Lucy Hammack
Ora Bly
Mollie Hammond
Sallie Hammack
Strasburg
Maude Cuppett
Jacksonville, Fla
Mrs Delaplane Dies After Illness at Local Hospital
Mrs Mary Channing Delaplane 67 widow of Chan ning Delaplane of Delaplane Fauquier county died Saturday night in Memorial Hospital after a recent operation in Baltimore. She was a Hot Springs Va native who spent much of her life in Fauquier and leaves son Channing Delaplane Jr. Funeral services were held at Delaplane Presbyterian Church with interment in Delaplane.
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Mary Channing Delaplane
Channing Delaplane
Delaplane
Fauquier County
Baltimore
Memorial Hospital
Hot Springs
Fauquier
Channing Delaplane, Jr
Delaplane Presbyterian Church
Sparks Circus Set for August 8 in Winchester
The advance agent for Sparks Brothers circus meets in Winchester to arrange an August 8 exhibition. If fair grounds are secured the circus will perform there, establishing one of the nation’s larger circuses in the area.
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Sparks Brothers’ Circus
Winchester
Banish Wash Day Worries Ad Turns To Steam Laundry
Lost Boston brindle bull terrier, female. Reward. Return 806 S. Stewart St or call 1030. Advertisement notes Winchester Steam Laundry promotion with contact numbers and dates.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Boston Brindle Bull Terrier
S. Stewart St
Lawn Social at Church of Christ Thursday July 17
A lawn social will be held at the Church of Christ on Thursday July 17 beginning at 8 p m Auspices Ladies Aid and parish members invite friends and neighbors to attend for fellowship and refreshments.
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Church of Christ
Ladies’ Aid
Rotary gathering to convene in Virginia delegates meet here
Rotarians from across Virginia plan a district assembly here next Thursday and Friday with leaders like John Poole and George Harris attending. District Governor Peter Jones will oversee events at the Handley Library Auditorium and George Washington Hotel with a Boston Singers quartet concert at the Colonial Theatre.
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Virginia
John Poole
Washington
Rotary International
George Harris
Diah Otter
Julian A. Burruss
Dent
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
John Weymouth
George Washington Hotel
Frank T. McFaden
Boston Singers’ Quartet
Colonial Theatre
Assembly
Hand‘ley Library
Winchester
Posse Fails to Find Father Son Wanted For Crimes
Sheriff Pannett of Frederick county and the Berkeley county West Virginia sheriff led a fifty-man posse yesterday along the border country between Frederick and Berkeley to search for Jacob Puffinberger and his son Ward. They sought the pair on charges of wholesale chicken stealing and house breaking but found no trace as the men were known to be in the vicinity and escaped into dense mountain cover. The Puffinbergers had been living outdoors in the mountains for weeks and avoid approaching strangers.
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Pannett
Frederick County
Berkeley County
W. Va
Frederick
Berkeley
Jacob Puffinberger
Ward Puffinberger
Youth Held For Brutal Slaying of Girl In Maine
Portland Maine July 14 A 22 year old youth James M Mitchell pleaded not guilty to murder in the slaying of 20 year old Lillian I MacDonald at a Congress street stationary store where both worked Officers say he confessed to slapping the woman striking her with a shaker and burning her body in a furnace The suspect was remanded without bail to await the September term of court
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Associated Press
Portland
James M. Mitchell
Lillian I. MacDonald
Congress Street
Mitchell
Ten Killed In Mexican Town Clash
La Prensa reports ten people dead and many wounded after an early clash between Cahauhau and Oyatalan in Ayupala Guerrero. The confrontation involved neighboring towns and prompted emergency responses.
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Associated Press
Ayupla
Guerrero
Mexico
la Prensa
Cahauhau
Oyatalan
Roanoke Men Charged With Forging Check
Roberts and two companions J H Donovan of New York and D A Vance of Richmond were jailed pending inquiry into alleged magazine agency representations. One check for 10 dollars passed at McSherry Pton. officers seek other party members and verify legitimacy of agency reps from Priscilla Company The Northern Magazine Distributing Company The Century Premium and Refa Bulletin. Local Legion officials say ads were not authorized.
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Fairfax
Regem P
Legion
Priscilla Company
L. Mass
Northern Magazine Distributing Company
New York
Century Premium
Baltimore
Ohio
Widow of Civil War soldier buried in Col city
Mrs. Melvina Elvira Davis widow of a Confederate casualty of Manassas is buried at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church following a service at Mrs. Oscar Taylor’s home. She died Friday night after a short illness at age ninety and is survived by her daughter Mrs John M Pyne of Wilkes-Barre and grandson John Jones.
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Melvina
Elvira Davis
Col City
Manassas
Oscar Taylor
Highland Avenue
Taylor
John M. Pyne
Wilkesbarre Pa
Wilkesbarre
John Jones
Pyne
John Payne Pyne
Efforts To Bid Up Stocks Halted By Profit Taking
New York reports investors refrained from heavy bidding as profits were taken after a recent decline. Traders bought near the bottom while selling was absorbed, leaving the market firmer overall. Call money moved from 22 to 2 percent and volume reached about 2.3 million shares.
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Associated Press
New York
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G. Peter Jones
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