Virginia and region endure worst drought in history
The United States Weather Bureau declares a severe drought across Virginia Maryland and nearby states with water sources failing in Frederick and Clarke counties and Shenandoah. Some areas like Middleburg remain green while others near Round Hill suffer similar drought conditions as residents haul water brace livestock and farmers cut pastures feed stock. Cattle are rationed and experts note rainfall since January stands 11.1 inches below the 19.3 inch normal, warning of potential famine if conservation fails.
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United States Weather Bureau
Virginia
Maryland
Bureau
Weather Bureau
Middleburg
Round Hill
Frederick County
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Shenandoah
Old Town
Winchester
Drouth
Winchester Research Laboratory
Virginia Experiment Station
W. S. Hough
Hough
Harrisonburg
Elkins Plans Wide Homecoming With Trail Opening
Business leaders from Elkins West Virginia met with Apple Blossom Festival officials Director General Richards and W W Glass to organize a three day homecoming October 30 to November 1. They aim to open Seneca Trail linking U S Routes 40 50 and 60 with state and national figures attending to boost Tygart Valley development.
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Elkins
W. Va
Richards
W. W. Glass
U. S
West Virginia
Tygart’s Valley
Glass
Elkinis
G. H. Dornblazer
A. Spates Brady
L. H. Buzzell
Business Men’s Association To
L. L. Cooke
Business Men’s Association
Credit Bureau
B. F. Groves
Speed Boat and Yacht Collision Tragedy Off Rogers Park
A speed boat named Whoopee carrying six youths and a pilot crashed into a 14 ton yacht Scarab off Rogers Park Beach Lake Michigan. Miss Betty Rogers, 18, was killed. six others and four men aboard the Scarab survived with one serious injury to Benjamin Marshall Jr. The Scarab owner George M Pulner and Freeman Higgins were aboard with two crew members. the yawl carried no running light.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Rogers Park
Lake Michigan
Betty Rogers
Benjamin Marshall, Jr
Wilmette
George M. Pulner
Washington
Oregon
Freeman Higgins
Marshall
Pulner
B. and B. Shows To Exhibit Here The Coming Week
The B. and B. Shows return to town for a week of carnival exhibitions at Rouss Park to aid the Sarah Zane Fire Company. The committee says the act is clean and wholesome and seeks funds to build a new hall on North Loudoun Street.
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Winchester
Rouss Park
Sarah Zane Fire Company
United States
Loudoun Street
Banish Wash Day Worries
Winchester Steam Laundry advertises a laundry service line with contact options by phone showing 28 or 39 and a schedule noting Monday Wednesday and Saturday with a 1 pm time slot. The brief notice aims to attract customers seeking convenient washing solutions.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Yard Party Benefit Drive at Welltown
Yard party fundraiser hosted by the Com League at Welltown Thursday evening with a rain date set for the next night July 31. Supporters invited to attend for relief and community gathering.
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Welltown Thurs
Three States Push Organizing of Highway Body
Representatives from Ohio and West Virginia advance a plan to designate Route No. 50 as the George Washington Highway an east to west coast route. The Winchester Chamber of Commerce endorses the idea as Winchester will lie on the route. Local efforts include letters to nearby towns and a mass meeting planned by the Northwestern Grade Highway Association with speakers arranged and a date to be announced.
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George Washington
Here
Washington
Ohio
West Virginia
Northwestern Grade Highway Association, Inc
A. A. Pickering
Rowlesburg
W. Va
D. A. Jackson
W. J. Kelly
Keyser
C. H. Powell
Romney
Chamber of Commerce
Bell
Col. H. J. Benchoff
Locals Meet Fast Nine in Baseball Showdown
The Hagerstown Raiders, undefeated nine from Hagerstown Maryland, visit Winchester Park Association's team in a 3 PM game at Rouss Springs diamond. The locals promise a strong display and urge a large crowd to support the Park Association.
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Hagerstown
Hagerstown Md
Winchester Park Association
Maryland
Rouss Springs
Sareare
Park Association Am
Lipton Yacht Encounters Gale Off Portsmouth
The Shamrock V ran into a gale an hour after leaving for New York and Newport. Captain Ned Heard weighs anchoring off Portsmouth if weather worsens while Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht pursues the American Cup bid amid fifth attempt.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Eng
New York
Newport
Ned Heard
Thomas Lipton
England
Ryde
Summer Sale to Aid Pleasant Valley Church Ladies Aid
Benefit Ladies Aid Society of Pleasant Valley Church holds a summer sale of sheer materials and curtains in D. A. Smith's meadow on Thursday night July 24. Location Moling and Cathers noted with details (1p-1t).
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D. A. Smith’s Meadow
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Pleasant Valley Church
Moling’ & Cather’s
Roller Rink dances at Winchester Fair Grounds
At the Winchester Fair Grounds roller rink on Tuesday night a greasy pig on roller skates is featured. The venue invites patrons to join Friday dances as well.
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Winchester Fair Grounds
Mid-Summer Festival at Hopewell Meeting House
A mid summer festival is announced at Hopewell Meeting House for Thursday July 24 with foods available. If rain occurs the event will move to the next night.
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Hopewell Meeting House
Miss Wall Drops Suit Against Thaw In California
Miss Forest Hope Wall former film actress drops a $100 000 breach of promise suit against Jon K Thaw in Superior Court. The dismissal, on motion by Wall s lawyers, leaves no out of court settlement and the July 30 trial date likely never called.
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Ange
Laguna Beach
Cal
Cepig Ge
Louise Wall
Thaw
Stephenson
California
Oomate
Winchester Man Is Apprehended With 26 Gallons Moonshine
Town officials nabbed Duke Campbell of Winchester after a chase along the Harpers Ferry pike. A Buick carried 26 gallons of moonshine as two companions fled, Campbell claiming no ownership of the car or liquor.
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Winchester
Expect Showers Tuesday and More Last of the Week
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic States calls for generally fair skies with showers Tuesday and again around Saturday. Temperatures will run above normal early in the week, with cooler midweek and warmer by Saturday.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Heat Honors Being Claimed By Keedysville City
KEEDYSVILLE Md July 19 The government weather observer s home here claimed the hottest spot in the United States with a noon reading of 103. Frederick reached 102 and Baltimore surpassed its all time mark by noon with 99.
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Associated Press
Keedysville
Government Weather Observer
United States
Frederick
Baltimore
State highway official fires report of firing on car
Baltimore July 19 a state road engineer E G Duncan said his automobile carrying him and his wife was fired on by two men claiming to be prohibition agents last Wednesday night. A lighted flash and two shots followed the pursuing car with a DC license tag. The men searched the car and allowed him to continue after finding no liquor. Duncan sent the letter to Attorney General Robinson and warned of further action. He is a prominent eight year road commission employee at Upper Marlboro near Washington.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
A_com- Gena
W.woodcock
Prohibition
E. G. Duncan
District of Columbia
United States Treasury Department
Duncan
Thomas H. Robinson
Road Commission
Upper Marlboro
Washington
Radio counts show Winchester housing 851 radios
Census officials led by H Russell Potts report Winchester has 851 radio receiving sets inside city limits with suburbs totaling about half that amount. The Southwest district tops wards with 219 sets, followed by Northwest 223, Northeast 206, and Southeast 103. Sales continue despite electrical interference complaints from some owners.
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Winchester
United States
Virginia
H. Russell Potts
Auto Driver Collapses From Heat Causes Baltimore Crash
Two men were injured when the car they rode in crashed into a telephone pole after the driver collapsed from the heat. The crash occurred as Baltimore endured a forecast 96 degrees, hotter than the previous day’s 93.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Father and Son Sentenced for Chicken Theft in County Court
In a county magistrate’s court, 76 year old Jake Puffinberger and his 17 year old son Ward were convicted of stealing fowls. Dayton Omps testified against them, receiving six months suspended. Jake Puffinberger got one year in jail and a $100 fine plus costs. Ward Puffinberger got one year plus six months for breaking into Jack Walls’s home. Attorney Edwards defended the defendants.
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Dayton Omps
Jake Puffinberger
Ward Puffinberger
Puffinbergers
Omps
Benedict Omps
Wade ‘Er
Jack Walls
Edwards
Puffinberger
Last Rites For Mrs Foley At 2 P M Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Jane Foley widow of Benjamin F Foley will be held at 2 PM from her daughter Lena Byrne’s home 515 South Loudoun Street Rev Dr L A Thomas Grace Lutheran Church will conduct the rites Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville Pallbearers Alfred M Kerfoot William Jones J T L Jones Shade Moore William Crampton Edward Helvestine all residents of nearby towns
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Orrow
Sarah Jane Foley
Benjamin F Foley
Lena F. Byrne
South
Loudoun Street
L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran
William Jones
This City
J. T. L. Jones
Shade Moore
William Crampton
Edward Helvestine
Berryville
Opening Foursome At Perfection Course Debuts
At 7 o clock this evening the first strokes will begin on the new Perfection Golf Course at the corner of North Kent and East Boscawen streets. The opening foursome features H. B. McCormac, Thomas B. Byrd, Mayor F. A. Shryock and Andrew Bell. Finishing touches were completed today with shrubbery limestone barriers water traps and electric lights ready for spectators.
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Perfection Golf Course
North Kent
East Boscawen
H. B. McCormac
Thomas B. Byrd
F. A. Shryock
Andrew Bell
Boy Scouts Quench Blaze Near Boyce
In Boyce Virginia on July 19 the local Boy Scouts rushed a Ford chemical apparatus to a fire threatening wood fencing and bluegrass fields on the Gilpin and Meade farms. They subdued the blaze after several tanks of chemicals were used.
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Boyce
Kenneth N. Gilpin
E. K. Meade
McCurdy family and Wells guests at Hotel Park
Dr. F. C. McCurdy and Mr. W. T McCurdy with Mr. and Mrs. Wells of Stone Mountain Georgia were guests last night at Hotel Park. Misses Charlotte Powers and Pauline Neville of Nineveh Presbyterian Church are spending a week at the Young People’s Conference at Massanetta Springs near Harrisonburg.
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F. C. McCurdy
W. T McCurdy
A‘ Wells
Stone Mountain, Ga
Hotel Patk
Charlotte, Powers
Pauline Neville
Nineveh Presbyterian Church
Young People’s Conference
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Typhoon Devastates Kinshi Islands and Korea Coastal Areas
A Japanese dispatch reports a cyclone driven storm sweeping Kinshi islands and across Korea. Deaths and injuries mount as hundreds are missing or homeless. Ships wrecked, landslides bury villages, and major ports endure extensive damage with electrical outages and widespread destruction.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Kinshi Islands
Japan
Korea
Korea Strait
Kiushu
Nagasaki
Rengo
Fusan
Kinshin Island
Kagoshima
Fukuoka
Kokura
Umanito
Omuta
Moji
Stafford Pemberton and Janet Helbigh Here Next Week
Stafford Pemberton and Janet Helbigh, noted Washington dancers, appear at the Capitol Wednesday and Thursday with an original dance presentation. They co star with the screen feature Song of the Flame at Warner Bros theatre, alongside actors Alexander Gray Bernice Claire Noah Serry and Alice Gentle.
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Warner Bros. Oetol Theatre
Stafford Pemberton
Janet Helbigh
Washington
Capitol
Alexander Gray
Bernice Claire
Noah Serry
Alice Gentle
Mr. Pemberton
Pemberton
Mae Murray
Helligh
Police Know Slayer Says Capone Quote In Miami
Chicago July 18 The police know who killed Alfred Lingle Tribune crime reporter according to Scarface Al Capone gang chief as quoted by a reporter in Miami Capone denied breaking with Lingle Brundidge St Louis reporter who interviewed Capone will testify before a grand jury about charges in his paper that Lingle was not the only Chicago newspaperman allied with crime and politics
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Scarface
al Capone
Miami
Capone
Lingle
Harry Brundidge
St. Louis
The
St. Louis Star
Scout Camp White Rock Camp Sees Two Weeks Of Outing
Troop No 3 scouts at Camp White Rock West Virginia endure two weeks of outdoor work and learning. A 40 foot pier to the river and a rising flag greet visitors while Scoutmaster William Brown oversees tests and a new camp program. Parents Day Sunday hosts a religious service by Rev Dr M D Mitchell and a talk by John H Naenesiene.
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White Rock
Calles Bridge
W. Va
Ing
John Parsons
William Brown
Boda Tondon Ingludine
Dssster
Camp White Rock
M. D. Mitchell
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
John H. Naenesiene
Giles County Shortage Exceeds Ninety Nine Thousand Dollars
Pearlsburg reporting unofficially to the Giles county board and to State Auditor C Lee Moore the two weeks audit shows a county funds shortage of 99632.33 from W W Walker the county treasurer for ten years under a 100000 bond. Steps will follow to seek reimbursement from Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.
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Pearlsburg
Board of Supervisors
Giles County
C. Lee Moore
Richmon
van Name
W. W. Walker
Walker
Giles Acacia
Moore
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Maryland
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Miss Wall
Buoko. Com
Han Mal
Martinsburg
Kenilworth
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Roger
Alger
Harpers Ferry Pike
Virginia State Line
Duke Campbell
Campbell
Woodcock
Evening Star
Boy Scouts
Loochoo
Kinshin
Joe Long
Murray Mitchell
Giles
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