Million Flock To Chicago Lake
Heat wave toll rises as Chicago area records deaths and sunstroke. Drownings and auto accidents accompany relief in temperate zones. Officials report temperatures above 100 in multiple cities with firefighting efforts ongoing in Maryland and Virginia.
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Chicago Lake
Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Ohio
Baltimore
Frederick
Government
Keedysville
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Washington
Mercury
State
Treasury Departments
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
W. Waether
Deaths Sudden to Mrs Roberts at Albin
Mrs Jennie Roberts widow of William Roberts died suddenly near midnight at her son Ray Butler’s home in Albin after a few hours of illness. Collapse of the heart named as cause. She was 75 turning 76 next month and leaves six children, two brothers and four sisters. Funeral at Bethel Lutheran Church with burial in Old Stone Church cemetery Greenspring.
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Jennie Roberts
William Roberts
Ray Butler
Albin
Bethe] Lutheran Church
H. S. Pifer
Katherine Pitcock
Salli Fahnestock
Julia Adams
Middletown
Robert Moore
Charles Moore
Charles Town
W. Va
Rose Jenkins
Loudoun County
Dollie Harwood
Frederick
Fannie Howell
Engle
Georgie Jenry
Shenandoah Junction
W. A
Bethel Lutheran Church
C. E. Seastrunk
Old Stone Church
Greenspring
Howard Luttrell
Sam Brown
Marshall Roberts
Phil H. Gold
D. A. Fries
M.S. Glaize
Byrd Medals Sought By Visitors On Tour
A fan recounts obtaining Richard E. Byrd medals during a city visit. The note thanks Patrolman B C Cline for organizing distribution by the Shenandoah Valley National Bank during Admiral Byrd’s recent tour and mentions sending one medal to relatives.
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Byrd
the Star
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Winchester
B. C. Cline
Cline
Ronne
New York
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Admiral Byrd
St Louis men pursue world endurance record
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson attempt to reclaim the world endurance record in a flight starting at 7 11 a m central standard time. The Hunter brothers hold the current record of 554 hours after an extended stay in the air in Chicago. The old mark by O Brine and Jackson was 420 hours set here a year ago.
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ST. Louis
Forest O’brine
Dale ’ Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
O’brine
Jackson
Death summons Mrs Mary Silver at advanced age
Mrs. Mary Ann Silver widow of Col. Frank Silver of White Hall Berkeley County died at 8:30 Sunday morning at her son Gray Silver’s home in Martinsburg West Virginia in her eighty ninth year born December 19 Funeral services will be held at Gray Silver’s Martinsburg home with Rev J B Bittinger and burial in Gerrardstown Presbyterian Church cemetery Berkeley County She survived by children Miss Martha Jane Silver Mrs Harper and two sisters Miss H Ida Gray and Mrs Bessie C Bowers She traced Scotch Irish ancestry and was a lifelong Presbyterian resident of Gerrardstown with a brief period in White Hall and Martinsburg
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Mary Ann Silver
Col
Frank Silver
White Hall
Frederick County
John M. Silver
Gray Silver
Martinsburg
W. Va
George M. Bowers
United States
James William Gray
Berkeley County
Martha Jane Gilbert
John Gray
Edinburg
Scotland
Jean Hyndham Gilbert
Ulster
Ireland
Presbyterian Church
Gerrardstown
His Honor And Knitter Lead Opening Foursome at Perfection Golf Course
The first foursome at the new Perfection Golf Course at East Boscawen and South Kent streets saw Mayor Shryock and H M McCormac win with a 52 53 score, defeating Thomas Byrd and Andrew Bell who posted 54 56. Spectators stayed to midnight as the course dazzled with lighting and features while finishing touches were rushed under manager W E Doran.
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Perfection Golf Course
East Boscawen
South Kent Streets
F. A. Shryock
H. M. McCormac
Virginia Woolen Company
Thomas B. Byrd
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Doran
Bishop Cannon Weds In London
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South wed Mrs Helen Hawley McCallum at Christ Church Mayfair last Tuesday. The couple are en route to Brazil via Madeira. The widow of New York, McCallum, was identified as the bride.
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Associated Press
London
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roller Rink Nights at Winchester Fair Grounds
At the Winchester Fair Grounds roller rink on Tuesday night locals chase a playful greasy pig on wheels. Friday dances are advertised as weekly entertainment.
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Winchester Fair Grounds
Mid-Summer Festival at Hopewell Meeting House
A mid summer festival at Hopewell Meeting House is announced for Thursday July 24 with a rain date the next night. The notice promises plenty of food and social gathering in a small community event.
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Hopewell Meeting House
Tragic Deaths Of Three Martinsburg Children In Quarry Hole
Bodies of Gertrude Virginia, Clafin W., and Boyd Preston Pott, aged 6 to 9, found in a quarry hole near Martinsburg after being strangled with cloth. Parents note vacation care by Kidwells though kinship unconfirmed. Bodies identified by none. likely slain elsewhere and dumped here.
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Associated Press
Tinsburg
W. Va
Taylor Pott
Martinsburg
Gertrude Virginia
Clafin W
Boyd Preston
Per
Kidwell
Charles Town
Charters Issued To Local Bodies By State Agency
The State Corporation Commission issued charters to Winchester Historical Society in Winchester, non stock, John M Steck president to promote historical study. Battletown Cooperative Fruit Exchange in Berryville, non stock, H C Warden president to market and pack agricultural products. Woodstock Cooperative Fruit Exchange in Woodstock, non stock, H Frank Boyer president to engage in activities for members.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Winchester Historical Society
Winchester
John M. Steck
John M Steck
Battletown Cooperative Fruit Exchange
Berryville
H. C. Warden
J. Edward Thomas
Woodstock Cooperative Fruit Exchange
Woodstock
H. Frank Boyer
Committees From Fire Companies To Meet Tonight
Four volunteer fire companies in this city will meet at 8 o'clock in the City Hall Common Council chamber to arrange invitations for the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association and the Virginia Firemen's Association to hold their 1931 conventions here. Local firefighters hope both groups will accept and meet in August during the same week. Representatives will extend the invitation during the Cumberland association's Shippensburg convention and the Virginia body's Phoebus meeting.
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Common Council
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Virginia Firemen’s Association
Cumberland Association
Shippensburg
Virginia
Phoebus
Auto accident leaves John Stuart badly hurt in Winchester
John Stuart son of Dr E C Stuart was struck on the Berryville pike and rushed to Winchester Memorial Hospital with severe head lacerations and possible skull fracture. A Kansas City man Robert C Dockery was arrested as the driver of the striking car and held to face possible charges.
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John Stuart
E. C. Stuart
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Berryville Pike
Stuart
Kansas City
Cline
Young Stuart
Pannett
Dockery
Three Found Slain By Police In Blazing House
In Geneva Illinois three people were found slain with axes in the home of Charles A Anderson. His 18 year old son was killed and his wife believed to have killed them before slashing her own throat and wrists and taking her own life. Neighbors extinguished the fire that followed. Sheriff Urch and the police chief noted the evidence points to the wife as the killer. Larsen a brother in law aided neighbors and was detained for questioning.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Ill
Charles A.anderson
Charles Larsen
Anderson
Urch
Larsen
Virginia magazine highlights Virginia themes and sights
The state chamber publication Virginia First in the Heart of the Nation covers travel, industry, and culture. Featured are historic Virginia homes and gardens, Apple Blossom Festival, gauge of Virginia streams, port trade, aviation, naval air service, Newport News shipbuilding, Williamsburg restoration, and Mount Vernon Memorial contributions.
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Virginia
Bester
Eterna
Naval Air Service
United Paiates
Hoover
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Williamsburg
Mount Vernon
Hollins
Stafford Pemberton and Miss Helbigh Dance Here
Stafford Pemberton and Janet Helbigh, famous Washington dancers, appear Wednesday and Thursday at the Capitol Theatre in a distinctive tour stop. The pair, high regarded for their Washington studio work and stage careers, will perform varied dances with new interpretations. The program also features the screen operetta Song of the Flame with Bernice Claire and other stars.
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Stafford Pemberton
Janet Helbigh
Washington
Capitol Theatre
Pemberton
Washington Studio of Dance
Mae Murray
Miss Helbigs
Mr. Pemberton
New York
Talking Screen
Bernice Claire
Alexander Gray
Noah Berry
Alice Gentle
Barn on Eddy Farm Destroyed by Fire Near Abrams Creek
A barn on the Eddy farm near Abrams Creek in east Frederick county was destroyed by fire shortly after noon. A call to Winchester for aid came too late to help. The barn lay just south of the Berryville pike.
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Eddy
Abrams Creek
Frederick County
Winchester
Berryville Pike
Yard Party at Welltown Benefit League
A yard party and charity benefit hosted in Welltown on Thursday night July 31 with a rain date of the following evening. Proceeds support the league and local community groups.
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Welltown
Loudoun Hunt Horse Show Highlights Local Exhitbition
The second annual Loudoun Hunt Horse Show drew about 3000 attendees to Wallace George’s Leesburg estate amid extreme heat. Winners spanned pony classes, green and handicap hunters, with Cham pion Gray Knight of Chilton Farms leading many divisions and Bobby Robey riding Golden Lady in the touch and out class.
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Loudoun
Sine Pirents Teas Boon Perenne Cireu Nly Oo
Trixie
Dark Dawn
Henry Ferneyhough
Warrenton
Sonny Boy
John Alexander
Leesburg
Golden Lady
Margo Couzens Chewing
Washington
Bobby Robey
Robey
Bean Beetle
Betty Couzens
Chilton Farms
Arthur White
Middleburg
Hunter Gray Knight
Hobby
Biddiebare Bie
B. G. Heith
Otto Furr
Jumping Jack
J. E. Keyser
Joseph Reid, Jr
Ohme
Asa Rush, Jr
Merry Leggs
Miss Nancy
Rose
Stanley Green
Melvin Cotto Farr
Gus Arthur White
Hunterbacks
Rapid Driver
Skinners Bros
Frost Anderson
the Plains
Pied Piper
Courtney H. Smith
Melvin
Otto Farr
Skinners Brothers
Margo Couzens
Turner Wiltshire
Skinner Brothers
Kitty
D. Bowman
Gray Knight
Commonwealth
Athenry
L. C. Leith
Middlebury
Melvin C
E. A. Miller
Reflexible
C.H
H. M. Crouch
Upperville
Corinthian
Chipwin Chilton Farms
Hobby E. A. Miller
Ilver Bar
Bean Bettle
Florence Nightingale
H. M. Cornwell
Purcellville
William Rogers
Hunter
Grak Knight
Chifton Farms
Winchester Sizzles as Temperatures Hit 104 Degrees
The city braved a 104 degree reading at 5 pm amid a heat wave that officials say could set records for intensity and duration. Citizens sought shade and cool spots, while water restrictions and drought concerns limited sprinkling and patrolled hours. Forest fires and livestock thirst intensified the crisis across Frederick County and nearby areas.
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Winchester
United States
Dettra
Drouth
Capon Bridge
Capon Mountain
Hunting Ridge
Frederick County
Bloomery
W. Va
Wanted Good Home for a Lovely Young Female Dog
Classified notice seeks a good home for a nice young female dog. Contact phone number 41-1 with reference code T-21-1patf for details and adoption arrangements.
Kernstown M E Church Benefit Evening July 23
Kernstown M E Church hosts a Wednesday July 23 benefit for the Epworth League. Homemade cats of all kinds are offered with ample parking and shaded grounds for attendees to enjoy.
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Kernstown M. E. Church
Epworth League
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On Pike
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Winchester City
Barber
Grim’'s Barber Shop
Winchester Steam Laundry
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