Baltimore Gov Nice narrowly escapes aboard State of Virginia
Gov Harry W Nice and about 250 passengers survived a collision between the passenger boat State of Virginia and the freighter Golden Harvest off Seven Foot Knoll on Chesapeake Bay. No serious injuries reported as passengers were brought to shore by the ferry Pittsburgh and coast guard Apache aided in the rescue. Governor Nice described the moments after the crash and noted the main salon was crowded when the collision occurred.
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Balt More
Harry W. Nice
Seven Foot Knoll
Chesapeake Bay
State of Virginia
Golden Harvest
State of
Virginia
Baltimore
W. S. Woodall
Coast Guard
Apache
William J. Wells, Jr
Baltimore Sun Automobile
Nice
Warren County to Celebrate 100th Birthday Next Month
Pa and Ma Frederick praise Clarke county for a century of achievement and now Warren county plans a three day celebration starting August 7 with a cake and a hundred candles marking a century of progress and community spirit.
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Ma Frederick
Clarke County
Clarke
Warren County
Virginia
White Palace Restaurant Sanitary Brief
An OCR fragment notes a sanitary air conditioned restaurant named White Palace dated 4 15 1p tf with unclear context. No further details on operations health inspection or specific findings are readable.
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White Palace
Commodity Prices Rise As Drought Bites Consumers
The 1936 drought hikes wholesale food costs and pushes retail prices higher, with dairy items leading the surge as producers cut output up to 25 percent. Milk cream and butter rise, eggs firm or higher, signaling prolonged relief unlikely for city shoppers.
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Franklin Mullin
Associated Press
Chicago
Noted Lawyer To Speak Here At Rotary Luncheon
Members of the Rotary Club will hear an address tomorrow at 1 o clock at the Winchester Golf Club. J Nelson Anderson, a prominent member of the Washington DC bar, will be the speaker and guest of the Rev. (Continued on Page Rient).
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Rotary Club
Winchester Golf Club
J Nelson Anderson
Washington, D. C
Band To Play Friday Night At Handley High
McIlw ee's Municipal Band announces the first summer concert Friday at 8 PM on the Handley High School porch. Organized last winter by Prof. W H McIlwee the band has about 50 players with over 40 regularly active. Their March Capitol Theatre concert drew praise and they recently accompanied the Rouss Fire Company in a Baltimore parade.
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MclIlwee
Handley High School
W. H. MclIlwee
Winchester
Capitol Theatre
Rouss Fire Company
Hagerstown
Yard Party Aids Rest Church On Ridgeway Lawn
The Ridgeway School hosts a yard party on the lawn Thursday July 16 to benefit Rest Church. Home made cats will be served beginning at 6 p.m. Proceeds support church activities.
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Ridgeway School Lawn
Benefit Rest Church
1936 Packard Four Door Sedan For Sale
1936 Packard Four Door Sedan with built in trunk radio and special paint. Driven from Packard dealer showroom Washington to ours. Trade in on two new Fords. Will make attractive deal to quick buyer. Can be financed very reasonable. Bickers Motor Co. Offices for rent over Wonder’s and Crystal furnished if desired. J. H. Henry.
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Packard
Washington
Bickers Motor Co
Hang Woman for Slaying
Exeter England July 15 Mrs Charlotte Bryant 33 mother of five was hanged for poisoning her husband Frederick John Bryant 39 last December She telegraphed a last appeal to King Edward asking pity on your lowly afflicted subject Love affair testimony pointed to a possible motive A weed killer can was found at the Bryant cottage but she denied guilt Dorothea Waddingham had been executed earlier this year for poisoning two patients in her nursing home
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Exeter
Eng
Charlotte Bryant
England
Dorothea Waddingham
Foreign Vets To Come Here
Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars elected J. Earl Jones of Staunton as commander and tentatively chose Winchester as next year’s encampment site. Jones replaced Major James Sipolski of Lexington. Winchester’s invitation requires $500 for parade and drill awards by September council meeting, with $200 already pledged. Rep. Willis Robertson criticized youthful veterans of future wars as foolish college boys.
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Staunton
Virginia Veterans
Foreign Wars Today
J. Earl Jones
Winchester
Jones
James Sipolski
Lexington
Willis Robertson
D-Va
Veterans of Future Wars
Edna Stipe Seeks Divorce From Marion Stipe
Mrs Edna H Stipe files for divorce in Frederick County Circuit Court against Marion H Stipe. Deposition proceedings set to begin July 30 in the plaintiff's attorney office.
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Edna H. Stipe
Frederick
Marion H. Stipe
Stipe
Bryarly Schoolhouse Benefit for Young Women's Class
Friday July 17 event at Bryarly Schoolhouse to support the Young Women's Class at Bethel Church. If rain, event postponed to the following night.
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Bryarly
Bethel Church
Women to Apply for Canning Factory Work
Applications of women seeking work in the canning factory will be received by Mrs. Lyman at the Scale House on Saturday afternoons July 18 and August 1. National Fruit Products Co. Inc.
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Lyman
National Fruit Products Co., Inc
Maltese kitten seeks home from caring owner
Wanted to find a home for a nice Maltese female kitten about two-thirds grown. Call 629-1 for details and adoption arrangements.
Relief Promised For Courtfield Water And Sewage Works
Courtfield area gains funds for new mains under $5 000 water line project and up to $4 000 for fire hose. Incinerator proposal eyed at $15 000. Sewage rules require immediate premise connections. plant disposal to be treated pre sewer. Goodwill gift to Winchester England, up to $150. Council debates municipal power survey. motion to fund survey stalled. Engineers expected this week for site checks.
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C. C. Brown
Greensboro
Courtfield Avenue
Greystone Terrace
Fu Daets Council Accused of Breaking Off
A local council is accused of breaking off a partnership with a company. The report notes disputed actions and mentions other parties involved in the disagreement. No further details available.
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Fu Daets Council
Postponed vote on Lewis ouster sparks labor feuding
Washington July 15 The United Mine Workers accuse the AFL executive council of siding with steel interests to block steel industry organizing while peace-makers push for delay in suspending the industrial union group. Two weeks are to seek a compromise as conferences end with no progress.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Steel Workers
Miners’ Journal
Federation Council
Miners
Council
Federation’ Secraft
Lewis
William Green
Federation
George M. Harrison
Polly Moran Rescued From Shooting After Disturbing Wails
Beverly Hills California July 15 Polly Moran's screams of dont kill me brought officers to her residence where her husband Martin Malone was restrained after a pistol was fired at her The jammed cartridge prevented a fatal shot and Malone was booked on assault with a deadly weapon as Moran begged for life.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Polly Moran
Comedienne
Martin Malone
Walter Schottmiller
Robert Jorgenson
Malone
Schottmiller
Robert Jorgeson
Miss Moran
Coroner's Inquest Set For Friday At 10 A M
Clarke county officials announce a coroner's inquest for Friday at 10 A M into the deaths of Mrs Susan Virginia Elsen Mrs May Smallwood Elbert Smallwood and Alkin Smallwood. Fingerprint results from the DOJ are expected to aid identification of the shooter and handling persons. Funeral services for all four were held today at Little Mountain Baptist Church with 400 to 650 attending.
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Berryville
Edward McC. Williams
Commonwealth
Clarke County
Susan Virginia Elsen
May Smallwood
Elbert
Alkin Smallwood
United States Department of Justice
Washington
D. C
Williams
Francis M
Winchester Police Department
Little Church
L. A. Parker
Berryville Baptist Church
Tragedy Follows Woman's Suicide in Front Royal Apartment
Mrs. Ola Collins of Front Royal killed herself with a bullet in her cousin's apartment in Front Royal. She left two letters believed to address her husband Floyd Collins and Mrs. Kelley, as funeral plans were made for tomorrow at 2 30 p m from her mother's home. Interment is set for Prospect Hill cemetery with brothers from Long Island and local survivors attending.
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Ola Collins
Front Royal
C. B. (Mae) Kelley
Roberta Maloney
Floyd Collins
West Virginia
Kelley
Kelly
Robert Showalters
Winchester
C. W. Hollis
Gifts for Winchester England token from City officials
At a Common Council meeting a special committee was created to decide on a goodwill gift to Winchester England. Up to 150 dollars was appropriated for the gesture, to be personally delivered by Mayor Charles R Anderson who will sail from New York with his family on the City of Hamburg. Committee members include Judge Philip Williams, Mayor Anderson, and John Rosenberger. A future meeting is planned with the possibility of presenting an official city flag as part of the goodwill.
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City of Winchester
Eng
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
R. Frank Barr
Water Committee
J. H. Henry
Light Committee
Common Council
Charles R. Anderson
New York
S. S
Hamburg
Philip Williams
Anderson
John Rosenberger
England
Judge Confirms Two Frederick County Property Sales
Judge Philip Williams has confirmed the sale in Frederick County circuit court. The Dan iel W. Lupton residence on North Washington Street sold to Union Bank of Winchester for $7,200, and an unimproved Kernstown lot owned by George W. Farmer sold to Roy M. LaFollette for $280.
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Philip Williams
Frederick County
Daniel W. Lupton
North
Washington Street
Union Bank of Winchester
Kernstown
George W. Farmer
Roy M. LaFollette
Food sent to ten drought states under relief program
The AAA announced 844 carloads of food and feed shipped to ten drought states for relief, purchased by the surplus commodities option and distributed free to state agencies. The weather bureau noted potential crop recovery if rain comes, while feed grain supplies remain tight and hay stocks are near 1934 levels.
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Washington
AAA
Arkansas
Colorado
North Carolina
Texas
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Weather Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Mrs. Mattie Ludwig Fractures Left Wrist at Home
Mrs. Mattie Ludwig widow of Rev. S R Ludwig sustained a fractured left wrist after a porch fall at her home 317 National avenue. The injured arm was placed in a cast after medical treatment and she is nursing at home following a stay with her son Harold Ludwig in Baker West Virginia yesterday.
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Mattie Ludwig
S. R. Ludwig
National Avenue
Harold Ludwig
Baker
W. Va
Weather in Winchester Readings From The Star
The Star provides Winchester weather readings courtesy of the Winchester Research Lab. Today’s high reached 76 and low 66 with humidity at 55 percent. Year ago highs were 92. Humidity then stood at 45 percent.
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Star Daily
Winchester Research Lape Ae
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J. Nelson Anderson
Handley School Porch
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Crystal
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Coombe
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Courtfield
Mr. Henry
Special Light and Finance Committee
Percy Miller
Lewis Ouster
Beverley Hills
Husband
Winchester Evening Star
Blue Ridge Mountains
Alkin
George Schecter
Star
Francis Funk
Mrs. Collins
Ohio River
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