Correct Dress Contest Winners Are Announced
Frederick county 4 H Club and Christ Episcopal Church parish house hosted a joint dress contest judging. Winners span four classes for girls and boys with first place in each class listed, committee named for next year’s fair.
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County Council
Frederick County
4-H Club
Christ Episcopal Church
West Boscawen Street
C. C. Rhodes
Middletown
Stephens City
Frances Braithwaite
Whitacre
Richard Cather
Round Hill
Hugh Dailey
Whitcore
Ruth Larrick
Gore
Harriett Adams
Gainesboro
Nancy Harbaugh
Mountain View
Clovis Bucher
Kernstown
Mildred Snyder
Bryarly
Clara Carper
Miller
Dorothy
Community meetings set for Wheat Control members
Frederick County Wheat Control Association directs all districts except Opequon to send representatives to a July 27 meeting at 2 30 PM in the county courthouse. Opequon district will meet at Stephens City High School at 8 PM the same day to select community committeemen for the coming year.
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Frederick County Wheat Control Association
County Court House
Opequon
Stephens City
Bar committee attacks Hauptmann trial publicity
In a report for the American Bar Association the committee on cooperation between the press and the bar criticized coverage of the Hauptmann trial. It urged a national survey of publicity surrounding criminal trials and proposed a joint committee of lawyers and news organizations to study relations between press and courts.
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Los Angeles
American Bar Association
Committee On
Bruno Hauptmann
Press
Bar
Associated Press
The
International News Service
United Press
National
Columbian Broadcasting Companies
Head of Penn a Knights Templar Fatally Injured
George W. Sitgreaves of Easton Pa grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania died in a Abington Pa hospital from injuries in an automobile accident earlier the same day His wife was injured but not fatally Funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at St Marks Reformed Church Easton Knights Templar from across Pennsylvania and nearby states expected to attend
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Knicits Templar
Winchester
George W. Sitgreaves
Easton
Grand Commandery of
Pennsylvania
Abington
Sigeaves
Pittsburgh
St. Mark's Reformed Church
Knights Templar
General Electric Announces New Radio
The Shenandoah Electric Appliance Co. sales and service departments were summoned to Washington to preview General Electric’s Revolutionary Type Radio. The 1936 GE radio features a metal tube and other innovations that distinguish it from 1935 models.
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Shenandoah Electric Appliance Co
Washington, D. C
General Electric
House of Magic
Police Court Fines and Dismissals Reported
Several cases heard this morning on typical charges with standard results. Cal Tracey and Boyce were dismissed with warning for loitering. Henry F Clemons and Charles Stro snider fined $10.25 for drunkenness. Melvin Corbin given one month and costs for assault and battery. Dennis Dodson and James Dix fined $10.25 for drunkenness.
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Cal Tracey
Boyce
Henry F. Clemons
Gore
Melvin Corbin
Highland Avenue
Charles Strosnider
North Kent Street
Dennis Dodson
Little Washington
James Dix
South Kent
Eddy on Two-Week Vacation at Parents Home
John V. Eddy of Washington an assistant national bank examiner is spending his two week vacation at his parents home on Fairmont avenue.
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John V. Eddy
Washington
National Bank
Mrs. C. Vernon Eddy
Fairmont Avenue
Britain Moves to Avert War in East Africa
London seeks to prevent an Italo Ethiopian conflict by coordinating with France on possible moves while allowing British volunteers to enlist in the Ethiopian army. Mussolini orders another regular division and ten submarines as Italy boosts forces for East Africa.
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London
Paris
George Clerk
Pierre Laval
Clerk
Ethiopia
Geneva
League Council
Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Tr Duce
East Africa
Tl Duco
Air Force
Ministry of Propaganda
Africa
Sila
Regular Army
Bertini
Sila IT
National Defense Forces
de Michels
Attilio Teruzzi
Mussolini
Free
Short Course Is Cancelled As A Safety Measure
Blacksburg Virginia July 15 4 H program officials cancel the seventeenth annual state 4 H boys and girls short course set for July 22 27 after health guidance to avoid group gatherings. The 4 H all star conference July 19 22 is also called off though adult meetings remain. Between 800 and 1 000 children would have attended from across Virginia.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
John R. Hutcheson
I. C. Riggin
Virginia
Yard Party for Round Hill Presbyterian Church Benefit
A Yard Party at Round Hill Presbyterian Church is planned for Friday July 19 to benefit the Round Hill 4-H Club. Proceeds will support club activities and community projects.
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Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Round Hill
Benefit for Willing Workers at Highena Avenue Church
A benefit event is planned at Highena Avenue Church on July 16 to aid the Willing Workers group. Proceeds support their local charitable activities and community projects.
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Highena Ave
Concert by Fine Artists Sponsored by T B Society
The Music Lovers' Club hosts a Tuberculosis Association benefit at Capitol Theatre at 8 15 pm Sunday August 4 with Braze Wilson pianist and Nelson T Huffman tenor as guest artists. Admission 75 cents with student rate 50 cents. tickets via teachers.
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Tuberculosis Association
Music Lovers’ Club
Tuberculosis Fund
the Capitol Theatre
Braze Wilson
Nelson T. Huffman
Mastes
Will admits wife as administratrix in Seabright estate
The will of H. M. Seabright Sr. was admitted to record with Addie H. Seabright named administratrix without security, bond set at 5 000 dollars. Provisions include income to the widow, sale of property only with unanimous child consent, investment flexibility, a gold watch for H. M. Seabright Jr., furniture to the widow, and markers for graves. Appraisers named W. Baker W. L. Whisson George Burhnell Floyd Haines and William Breckenridge to serve by any three.
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C. M. Smith
George Bushnell
H. M. Seabright, Sr
Addie H. Seabright
Addie H. Seabricht
H. M. Seabright, Jr
W. Baker
W. L. Whisson
George Burhnell
Floyd Haines
William Breckenridge
Apraisers
City Court Is In Session Opens July Term
Judge Philip Williams convened Corporation Court for the July term this morning. Several motions were made by various attorneys. A number of criminal cases are pending and may be disposed of during this term but it has not been indicated whether a grand jury will be convened. There were no guilty pleas today.
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Philip Williams
Corporation Court
History of Old Church Group By Thomas S Cooper
Thomas S Cooper prepared a detailed historical sketch of the Gravel Springs Lutheran Church group in Frederick county. He gathered old pastorate records and statistics, correcting misattributions about the article’s authorship and producing a valued, first of its kind church history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
History of
Old Church
Thomas S. Cooper
Gravel Springs
Cooper
Frederick County
Nine House Members Ask Hearing on Alleged Lobbying Threat
Nine members asked the House rules committee to hear testimony in the investigation of the utilities lobby. They attended a conference before the House vote and named Brester and Corcoran in the dispute over Passamaquoddy project pressure. A Senate panel tentatively rejected a lobbying restriction bill, feared to bar many tax and customs experts. The House adjournment plea by Deen sparked applause as he urged a speedy end to the session.
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HOUSE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Brewster
R-Me
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Corcoran
Rankin
D-Mo
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wagner
King
Utah
Federal
Deen
D-Ge
Congress
Goek
Waller Urges Early Action To Get Armory
Adjutant General S. Gardner Waller of Richmond urges Winchester to act now to secure an armory for its two units. He requests return of armory plans and notes Newport News plans a 63000 armory with state and federal funding. Local officials seek federal or state funds and a suitable site, possibly exchanging the almshouse site for a Cameron and East Boscawen street lot.
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S. Gardner Waller
Richmond
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Waller
Winchester
Newport News
Cameron and
East Boscawen Streets
Bell
Benefit on Fred Robinson’s Lawn Hosted by C E Society
A community benefit event occurs Thursday night July 18 on Fred Robinson’s lawn at N Loudoun Street hosted by the Universal Bible Christian Endeavor Society. Proceeds support church activities and local outreach.
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Fred. Robinson
Dr. Thomas E. Green to Speak for Red Cross July 18
Dr. Thomas E. Green, a longtime public figure and Red Cross devotee, will fill in as guest speaker for the Red Cross meeting on July 18 after James L. Fieser was unavailable. Green's career spans clergy, diplomacy, and humanitarian work, including roles with national conventions, international peace efforts, and relief services.
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James L. Fieser
Red Cross
Washington
Thomas E. Green
Green
Episcopal Church
Iowa
Legion of Honor
France
Polonia Restituta
New Honor Legion of
Poland
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Fosdick
Victory Liberty Loan
European Relief Council
Europe
American Red Cross
America
Virginia
Fire Carnival Opens Tonight With Parade
Fire carnival begins tonight with a parade featuring Friendship and Sarah Zane Fire Company trucks departing the Friendship engine house at 5 o clock. Miller Brothers Shows and a free one ring circus open for a week at the fair grounds with most gross receipts split between the five fire companies. The show arrived from Harrisonburg and tents are set at the fair grounds amid favorable advance notices from Winchester visitors.
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Friendship
Sarah Zane
Friendship Engine House
Miller Brothers
Fair Grounds
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Hats Clearance Sale at Margaret Hodgson Store
A brief classified note advertises hats for sale at a dollar each under the heading Clearance Sale at Margaret Hodgson with a date line of July 15. Also lists a church event for Gainesboro on July 17 and a lost owner for a male fox hound, contact numbers provided.
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Margaret Hodgson
Mob Hangs Two Negroes Near Church After Apparent Attacks
Two young black farmers Bert Moore and Dudley Morton were lynched eight miles south of Columbus Mississippi after allegedly attacking a white woman near Zion church. Deputy Harris’s escape attempt failed as about 35 mob members seized them in six cars, hanged them from an oak, and left the bodies for the coroner. No arrests were reported.
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Columbus
Miss
Bert Moore
Dudley Morton
Parker Harris
Londes County
Zion Negro Church
Ofolumbus
Harris
Aberdeen
Seare
Capitol Hill Activity Snapshot
Senate in recess. Amended AAA amendments. Special committee opened power lobby investigation. House agreed to conference on utilities bill and passed many minor measures. Banking committee approved bill to bar gold clause suits.
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House
Banking
World News At A Glance
Domestic Baltimore begins a drive on gambling devices. President Roosevelt nominates Hoffman Phillip to be ambassador to Chile. A lynching of two Black farmers in Mississippi is reported. New Orleans politics group weighs removing Walmsley. Georgia Governor Talmadge seeks Democratic presidential nomination. Mussolini orders mobilization for Ethiopia. Vienna mourns Frau Herma Schuschnigg. German miners die in a mine disaster in Dortmund. Rome orders autopsy for Mrs May Kathleen Thompson and British companion H.N. Scott in an apparent poisoning case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hoffman Phillip
New York
Chile
Columbus
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Walmsley
Jacksonville
Fla
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Rome
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Vienna
Frau
Herma Schuschnigg
Dortmund
Germany
May Katherine Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
H.N. Scott
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