Winchester hosts Roosevelt Garnet Tucker campaign club formation
A Winchester meeting at City Hall Auditorium formed the Roosevelt Garner Tucker Democratic Campaign Club to unify Democratic interests for the upcoming election. G Reginald Haines was elected president with officers James Moling and Charles McVicar, and W A Baker as treasurer. Ward co captains and precinct committees will recruit members and aim to maximize Democratic turnout. A Byrd letter voiced support but inability to attend.
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Winchester
Chicago
Congress
City Hall
G. Reginald Haines
Roosevelt-Garn’r Tucker Club
James N.moling
Charles P. McvVicar
W. A. Baker
Democratic City Executive Committee
W. Ritenour
Manchester
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Stray Puppy Seeks Help From Society
A caller reports a young stray puppy in need of food and care. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cannot act without a name or address and asks for full information to reach the secretary or Persell Plank.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Persell Plank
Stock Market Rises Quietly After Morning Sag
The stock market drifted higher in quiet trading as commodities improved and a fair bond market helped, with reports of an early congressional adjournment despite unresolved relief measure talks. Sterling cables were at $3.541/2 and call money at 2 percent.
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Associated Press
York
Congress
City man discovers he's a country hick in town
For sale 200 shares of Marion Fuel Co. stock offered in front of Courtony Saturday July 16 at 1 p m. Auctioneers Duvall & Dunn.
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Marion Fuel Co
Duvall & Dunn
City Officials Attend Virginia Round Table on Municipal Affairs
Local officials led by Vice-President Charles H Harper of the Winchester Common Council Mayor Charles R Anderson and City Manager P P Pilcher returned from Charlottesville where they attended the Municipal Administration Round Table. The conference sponsored by the League of Virginia Municipalities and the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs featured Spaulding Frazer of the New Jersey State League and centered on city problems and fair play for cities in state legislatures. Harper spoke on current city challenges and the session covered retrenchment emergency relief personnel policy and trends in municipal government.
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Charles H. Harper
Common Council
Charles R. Anderson
E.ec
Winchester
P. P. Pilcher
Charlottesville
League of Virginia Municipalities
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Harper
Farmington Country Club
Spaulding Frazer
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
Fraternity
Frazer
Commissionati
Virginia
Morton L. Wallerstein
Virginia League of Municipalities
Richmond
Clarence E. Ridley
International City Managers’ Association
Chicago
Ohio G O P Refuses To Vary From Platform
The Ohio Republican party will stand by the national prohibition platform. A minority report seeking repeal and local option failed 130 to 708 at the state platform convention. The convention adopted the majority report endorsing the national prohibition plan.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Republican Party
Ohio
Dabs Nose To Look Her Best Escaping Fire
New York July 15 The house was on fire but Mrs Jennie Schiller paused to dress and powder her nose Her husband escaped first assuming she would follow When she finally tried to flee the stairway was blazing She tied a clothesline to a table and slid to safety
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New York
Jennie Schiller
Epworth Chapel Church Saturday Night Event
Epworth Chapel hosts a Saturday night gathering on July 16 featuring all kinds of eats and a community meal from 3 to 3? The text lists times 15 1p 11 but core is a church food event at Epworth Chapel.
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Epworth Chapel
Omps Breaks Back in Fall from Hay Load
John W. Omps of Bloomery West Virginia suffered a broken back and severed spinal cord when a rope broke sending him from a hay load at 4 pm. He lies in Memorial Hospital in critical condition with paralysis from the waist down and is not expected to live more than a day. Omps, 58, is a member of a prominent Frederick County family and is survived by a wife Teenie Strother and seven children. he is related to several Omps siblings in Winchester Martinsburg Angers Store and nearby towns.
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John W. Omps
Frederick County
Bloomery
West Virginia
Memorial Hospital
Omps
E. C. Stuart
Hinckle
Teenie Strother
Austin Havermale
A. L. Omps
Albert Place
Winchester
Roosevelt Name Sweet To Canary
Excerpt from letters by Mrs Grace C Palmer describes Roosevelt headquarters praising a canary named Dicky Boy that finally sang after a year of silence. The piece notes Mrs Palmer and others jubilant at Roosevelt’s nomination and a brown dog Brownie reacting to the news with a rug.
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Mary Reid
Roosevelt
Dickey Boy
Dicky
Grace C. Palmer
Mr. Roosevelt
Brownie
Nine Flood Victims Found in Saltillo Flood
Nine bodies were recovered after a cloudburst and flood swept Saltillo in the state of Caphuila yesterday. The disaster flooded the city’s lower areas, destroying houses and leaving many victims feared.
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Mexico City
Saltillo
Richard L Omps and his Winchester connections
Richard L Omps of Ridge, a former Virginia House of Delegates member, is noted to have a large circle of friends in Winchester.
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Richard L. Omps
Ridge
Virginia House of Delegates
Omps
Winchester
Novel plane flies from New Market to Winchester
Benjamin King and Frank Wissler piloted an 896 pound Aeronca monoplane from New Market to Winchester at about 70 mph. They landed at Admiral Byrd Airport to visit friends, drawing curious locals. The two cylinder craft, costing 1800 dollars, achieves 30 miles per gallon and weighs little, enabling one man handling and easy hangar storage.
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New Market
Winchester
Benjamin King
Frank Wissler
Mt. Jackson
Admiral Byrd Airport
Aeronca
Aeronautical Corporation of America
Cincinnati
Henry Ford
King
Army Flying Corps
Endless Caverns
Virginia Caverns
Aif Couyter
Sale of bank stock at court house frontage
Lat July 16 11 30 in front of Court House 50 shares Shenandoah Valley 12 shares Farmers and Merchants offered small lots or as a whole to suit purchaser auction time and place indicated by description
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Court House
Shenandoah Valley
Special Jack Frost Ice Cream Prices Smack of 1920s Ad
Ice cream flavors offered at 25c per quart and 15c per pint. The ad notes address 20s Braddock Street and includes a 14-1p-2t line likely cataloging product items.
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S. Braddock Street
Sweaters on sale at Moling and Cather’s store
Advertisement notes crepe fabric at 59c per yard, down from 95c, with quantity and savings highlighted. Henry McKee listed with phone number 328 for the Commercial Hotel and fare promotion offering 2 for 25c in the city.
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Moling & Cather's
Henry McKee
Five gangsters sought in North Carolina manhunt
Police seek five men in a Studebaker sedan with Maryland or District plates linked to a raid and fatal gunfight. Chief Hollis asks NC agencies to report sightings since January and provide names and records of occupants if known. Cross Junction notes yield no new clues. residents watch foothills for escapes.
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Garber Manufacturing Company
South Braddock Street
North Carolina
Hollis
Castle
J Durin
Revnue
Raleigh
N. C
J. Lloyd Sharpe
Elm City
Studebaker
Maryland
District of Columbia
Lee D Butler, Inc
Washington, D. C
Knoid
Criminal Department of Justice
Cross Junction
Frederick County
South Washington Street
Borah Declines Third Party Presidential Run
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho says he is not a candidate for the presidency on a third party ticket after a meeting with Prohibition leaders. He states he never intended to seek the nomination on such a ticket. The Prohibition party had nominated former Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia.
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Associated Press
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
D. Leigh Colvin
Prohibition Party
Bananas Sold for 21 Children Case Dismissed
In New York on July 15 Mike De Maris sold bananas in a restricted area. He told Magistrate Casey he has 21 children, ten alive, needing to eat. The magistrate dismissed the case, noting the public should stay banana-conscious.
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New York
Mike de Maris
Casey
Silk shanting sale during Dollar Days noted
Modling and Cather advertise silk shanting at 39 cents per yard during Dollar Days. A large amethyst pin set in gold is listed as LOST with a flaw in the stone. Liberal reward offered. Contact 222 Amherst Street. January 15.
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Modling & Cather
Lpl
Amherst, Street
Gas Tanker Explosion Kills One Near New Orleans
A gasoline tanker named Raleigh Warner burst into flames after loading 40 000 gallons at the General American Tank Car Storage and Terminal Corporation wharf near Goodhope Louisiana. One man died, four are missing, and three others are seriously injured in the series of explosions. Crewmates and officials describe a chaotic scene as the blaze engulfed the vessel shortly after loading was completed.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Raleigh Warner
Goodhope
Mississippi River
Daas
General American Tank Car Storage and Terminal Corporation
Policy plan on prohibition campaign ahead of 1928 race
The national prohibition board of strategy received a proposed policy outline for the coming presidential campaign. It aims to summarize candidates records and prohibition positions for the board’s constituents without endorsing a candidate. Bishop Cannon and Dr Wilson oppose a Hoover endorsement and seek executive interpretation of the Republican prohibition plank, awaiting Hoover’s stated repeal stance.
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Assoniated
Washington
National Prohibition Board of Strategy
Hoover
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Clarence Wilson
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fruit Growers of Maryland Plan Ten Meetings Statewide
The Maryland State Horticultural Society will hold ten district meetings this year instead of a central gathering. Topics cover market conditions, foreign markets, insect damage, banker fruit relations, and farming comparisons. Notable speakers include J A Cahill Dr Ernest N Cory Dr Thomas B Symons Dr J H Beaumont W Paul Wakter and A P Vierheller. Meetings run July 16 20 and 22 at Gardenhour Orchard Ringgold Bel Air Havre de Grace and Easton with tours lunches and brief programs. Officers include G L Sy Carpenter G R Ganby and A F Vierheller.
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Maryland State Horticultural Society
A. F P. Vierheller
J. A. Cahill
Ernest N. Cory
Thomas B. Symons
J. H. Beaumont
W. Paul Wakter
A. P
Gardenhour
Smithburg
John Martin
Aaron Newcomer
Ringgold
Radebaugh
Bel Air
Radebaugh Herbert Hoopes
Haughay Orchards
C. & Bryan
Havre de Grace
Sanger Orchards
Easton
Sanger
Itryland State Horticultural Society
G*l Sy Carpenter
Hancock
G. R. Ganby
Ashton
A. F. Vierheller
Heat Wave Is Being Broken In Some Parts
Cooling breezes from the north along the northern Atlantic states and scattered showers in the middle west broke the recent heat wave. The Weather Bureau predicts warmer weather by weekend. At 8 am readings showed New York 68, Philadelphia 72, Washington 76, Chicago 80.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic States
Middle West Plains
United States
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Former DAR President Daisy Story Dies at 175
Daisy Allen Story wife of William Cummings Story and former president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution died at her New Rochelle home after a long illness. She had been honorary president at the time of her death. A note on federal offenses mentions kidnapping.
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Associated Press
New Rochelle
N. Y
Daisy Allen Story
Wiliam Cummings Story
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Flashes of Life Across Cities and Odd Incidents
A Vancouver lunch counter taps 12 cent meals turning steady patrons. In St Thomas Ontario an elderly man fears heat and wears an overcoat. Allegan Michigan an alleged sheriff candidate hides from authorities. In Buffalo a judge helps save a mother by administering an antidote. In Charleroi Pennsylvania a man impales his leg with a nail to illustrate socks.
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Moling & Cather’s
Coney Island
The
Evening Star
First Baptist Church
Hodgson P
Borch
Indiana
Indianapolis
John F. Ryan
Terre Haute
Fruit Growers OF
Vancouver
ST. Thomas
Ont
Thomas Taylor
Allegan, Mich
Lucille Morgan
Allegan County
Mrs. Morgan
Buffalo
Miss Devil Wiener
Children's Court
Frances Stefaniak
Charlerol, Pa
John Cosnik
Tony Costa
Tony
John
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