Boggs Speaks at Front Royal Rotary on School Enrollment
Colonel John C Boggs told Front Royal Rotary Club that Randolph-Macon Academy raised enrollment from 57 in 1933 34 to 123 in 1934 35, the largest gain among U S secondary schools. The academy has representation from 22 states and two foreign countries Haiti and Norway. Two Indian students join for fall terms. Dr F Herbert Snow of Harrisburg Pa attended as notable guest. Joseph L Borden Jr introduced by Dr Robert L Miller. Other guests included A G Leake and Dr A A Devine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
John C
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal Rotary Club
United States
Haiti
Norway
India
Boggs
F. Herbert Snow
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Joseph L. Borden, Jr
Joseph L. Borden
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Robert L. Miller
A. G. Leake
Middletown
A.A. Devine
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dental Gold Reported Stolen Front Royal
In Front Royal on July 27 an unusual theft occurred at the offices of Dr. Orville VanDeusen and Dr. Robert Miller in the Trout building. Dental gold valued at about $125 was stolen while the doctors were at dinner, with $75 from VanDeusen and $50 from Miller. The VanDeusen gold was platinum gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Orville VanDeusen
Robert Miller
Trout Building
VanDeusen
Miller
Front Royal All-Stars to Host Harrisonburg Nine
The Front Royal All-Stars meet Harrisonburg in a Valley League game at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the All-Stars' stadium. Harrisonburg has played fine ball all season and is expected to provide strong opposition, promising a thrilling contest for local fans.
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Front Royal
Front Royal All-Stars
Harrisonburg Nine
All- Stars
Harrisonburg
Begins Pastorate Here Tomorrow
The Rev. Ronald Rowland of White Post becomes rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Front Royal. He will lead morning services at 11 oclock tomorrow. A reception for Reverend Roland and Mrs. Roland was held at the Hotel Strickler by Calvary Church members last evening.
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Front Royal
Ronald Rowland
White Post
Calvary Episcopal Church
Calvary Church
Roland
Hotel Strickler
Ronald Roland
Episcopal Church
Strickler House
Relief Office Says Food Deliveries Set for Monday
From the Relief Office it was learned that families on the relief rolls will receive food deliveries on Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Condition of Rivers Floods Muddy Shenandoah Valley
Both forks of the Shenandoah River run muddy through the valley with water obscured by silt. Local observers report persistent turbidity affecting low-lying areas and streams feeding the river system.
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Shenandosh River
Valey
Valley League standings and upcoming games
Culpeper leads with 20 games won and a perfect 1.000 record followed by Front Royal and Harrisonburg at .1000 and .500. Staunton, Heurich, Waynesboro, and Orange trail with varied records as the schedule lists matchups including Orange at Front Royal and Culpeper at Heurich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpeper
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Heurich
Waynesboro
Orange
Charlottesville
Warren County School Properties Ordered Sold
The Circuit Court of Warren County has ordered the sale of seven Front Royal and Cedarville district properties no longer needed. Proceeds will fund improvements to Front Royal and Cedarville schools. Properties include the old colored school site and Howellsville Nineveh and Woodbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Circuit Court of
Warren County
Warren County School Board
Cedarville
Howellsville
Nineveh
Woodbury
Courthouse Foundations Underway at Warren County Site
Peters Construction Company began pouring concrete for the new Warren County courthouse foundation this morning. A large steam shovel moved onto the courthouse lawn for digging the deep boiler room as the old building is razed, with only one wall remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Peters Construction Company
Warren County
Rotarians Name Softball Team
At a Front Royal Rotary Club meeting W R Lee announced the softball squad members S Byrne Downing Jr L S Rohr Ray Jones F S Morgan Ed T Whitworth Dr Orville VanDeusen Roger W Payne and Hugh H Bowman will compose the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Justice Walter G Olmstead Named Agent For Courthouse Project
Warren County Board of Supervisors appoints Justice Walter G Olmstead as agent for the committee building the new courthouse. The action designates oversight and coordination duties for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Land Transfer in Front Royal for Unimproved Lot on Shipe Street
Helen Walter Johns transfers to Grayson T Rudacille an unimproved lot on Shipe Street Front Royal for 600 dollars. Deed recorded July 26 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Helen Walter Johns
Grayson T. Rudacille
Shipe Street
Front Royal Notes On Local Events And People
Front Royal residents hear reports on Confederate Veterans reunion in Sperryville. Washington visits, church receptions, hospital updates, and farm institute travel items fill a broad community update with local names and places.
Mrs Stanley to Teach Bible Class at Braddock Street Church
Mrs F W Stanley has accepted an invitation to teach the Margaret Collins Denny Bible Class of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South at 9 45 tomorrow morning. Women generally not affiliated other Bible classes are in v
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F. W. Stanley
Margaret Collins Denny
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Information booth reopens in Front Royal tourism drive
The Front Royal Chamber of Commerce reopened a tourist information booth after approval. Last weekend about ten percent of foreign cars requested information. The booth operates weekends and aims to guide visitors to Skyline Drive and local scenic routes in Front Royal.
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Front Royal
Wage Scale To Continue In The Soft Coal Area
Washington July 27 Appalachi an producers and the United Mine Workers agreed to extend the 1934 wage and hour contract to September 15 at President Roosevelts request. Negotiations for a new contract to replace the expiring July 31 stalled with the union seeking a 30 hour week and 10 percent raise while operators offered to renew the existing scale and a 35 hour week until next April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
Four Killed In Daring Explosion At Yale Refinery
Flames from exploding oil storage tanks killed four Yale Corporation Refinery workers. Ten tanks burned as firemen saved others. an unknown number injured including vice president Phil Fortin who burned in an acid pool. Welding spark touched oil vapor triggering blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Yale Corporation
Phil Fortin
Montcalm Defending General at Battle of Quebec
In the historical clash at Quebec Montcalm served as the defending general guiding French forces against the British. The confrontation highlighted his leadership as the key defense during the siege-like engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcalm
Quebec
Arrest of City Hall Attache Over Roosevelt Crayon Theft
New Orleans police chief George Reyer announced the plan to arrest Arthur Romaguera, a City Hall attache, on petty larceny charges for removing a crayon portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Choctaw Club, headquarters of the old regular Democratic organization. The complaint was filed by Ali J. Burke, manager of the faction led by Walmsley, who has split from Mayor Walmsley and aligned with Huey P. Long.
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New Orleans
George Reyer
Arthur Romaguera
City Hall
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Choctaw Club
Regular
Reyer
Romaguera
Ali J. Burke
T. Semmés Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Walmsley
Roosevelt
Senate Witness May Be Cited In Contempt Action
Lester P. Barlow, a consulting engineer for Yale and Towne of Stamford, Conn., testified before a Senate committee that the National Distillers Corporation runs a bootleg ring and risked citation for contempt if he refused to name his sources. He displayed a bottle design with a nonrefillable lock-top to support his claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Distillers’Corporation
Lester P. Barlow
Barlow
Yale and Towne
Stamford
Future Admirals Are At Gibraltar
The United States battleships Wyoming and Arkansas arrived from Copenhagen as the vanguard of the Mediterranean fleet sailed from Malta. They discharged 900 Annapolis midshipmen for fortification visits. The training ship Nantucket later arrived and bull fights with Spain’s leading matadors were planned for the midshipmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
United States
Wyoming
Arkansas
Copenhagen
Bri
Malta
Annapolis
Nantucket
Spain
Scouting Visit Highlights Red Cross First Aid Training
Dr W J Fenton M D and Bertha B Hicks visit Camp White Rock to start Berkeley Springs Troop 32 in a 15 hour Junior First Aid course. Over forty Scouts will be examined for Red Cross certificates as Camp director Ray Garrabrandt and Scout Executive Frank R Horton supervise. The article also notes National Jamboree plans for Shenandoah Area Council and a Camp Fire Court of Honor in August with awards orders from New York.
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W. J. Fenton
American National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Bertha B. Hicks
Red Cross
Frank R. Horton
Shenandoah Area
Camp White Rock
Boy Scouts of
Berkeley Springs
Fenton
Ray Garrabrandt
Winchester Scouts
Shenandoah Area Council
A. Lee Coble
Court of Honor
Winchester
Royal Wonder dominates Orange Show horse events in Virginia
Royal Wonder owned by Dr. L. M. Allen of Winchester secured the four-year old class as part of a dominant show. The standout horse added three blue ribbons and a yellow, with wins in green hunters and three-year-old hunters, while Gay Cockade won the open class in jumpers. Attendance was light due to rain and fears of infantile paralysis, but Allen also campaigned Clifton's Rose and other entries across multiple divisions.
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Orange
Royal Wonder
L. M. Allen
Winchester
Loggins
Culpeper
Gay Cockade
W. B. Bogert
Keswick
Allen Potts
Fay Ingalls
Small Wonder
Dickie Kelly
Richmond
Colbert
Allen
Clifton
Rose
Greystone
Edwin Vaughan
Dr. L. M. Allen
Santa Claus
North Fletcher
Yarrenton
L. R. Colbert
Fredericksburg
Clifton Farms
Royal York
James N. Andrews
Somerset
Meander Farm
Loecastdale
Cary Jackson
Bois Gris
Coleswood Farm
Keene
Long Beach
Hot Springs
Murphy
Mary Keogh
Sperryville
George Greenhalgh
Toledo
Ohio
J. J. McIntyre
Hollins
Silver King
Bassett Stables
Bassett
Sam T. Crockett
Wyetheville
William Mitchell
Middleburg
Pale Face
Edgewood Farm
Cobham
Jimmy Trigger
Katilka
T. Chadson
Shere Khan
Eldorado
Gordonsville
Gulf Breeze
Marjorie McLeod
Bethesda
J. J. McIntyree
Jack Lightning
Vernon G. Owens
Washington
Eros
Co. Archer Smith
Frederick
Paralysis Outbreak Reported in Virginia County
Officials note paralysis cases centering in Albemarle County with a new case reported in Fauquier. Two cases are confirmed in Warren County and none closer to Fauquier or Shenandoah counties.
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Albemarle CO
Fauquier
Shenandoah
Warrenon
Slavic peoples listed in historic regional roll
Among the Slavic peoples named are Russians Poles Bulgarians Serbs Croats Bohemians Moravians Slovaks Wends and Sorbs in a regional ethnography note.
Italy-Ethiopia tensions drive war prep and canal debate
The convocation Council stalls on frontier issues as Premier Mussolini seeks to revive conciliations. Eritrea is placed under martial law with a special Asmara tribunal under the military code. London debates closing the Suez Canal to Italian warships to deter conflict, urging it as a League action.
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Mussolini
Conciliations Commission
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Eritrea
Asmara
Emilio de Bono
Italy
East Africa
London
Suez
London “Law Times
League of Nations
Britain
Ethiopia
Law Times
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Africa
Thompson confession recounts fatal assault and disposal
The confession describes Thompson attacking the girl after restraining her, hitting her, and tossing her over an embankment into the Peoria river. He showed no concern for life, offered no life signs, and remained emotionless as investigators questioned him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Peoria
Maid of Orleans Joins Historic Hero Portraits
The article centers on Joan of Arc known as the Maid of Orleans and confirms her celebrated title within a lineage of historic heroines. The piece highlights her enduring nickname and significance in French legend and military history.
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Harisonburg
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Community Oil Service, Inc
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W. G. Wood
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John L. DeWitt
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Edith Walter
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Sstrawderman
W. Samonce
Little Son
Fort Ass Oxkla
O. W. Carper
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Charles Ernest Tait
Bim
Barrie Cook
Aubrey G. Weaver
Messrs. Lewin Eastham
Joe Biggs
Fred McKay
Alice
Baltimore
Mrs. McKay
S. Bryne Downing
Blacksburg
Farmers’ Institute
D. M. Cloyd
F. R. Simpson
Emanuel Stickley
H. F. Hughes
J. A. Trenary
Robert Leach
Mrs
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Child
Town
Baptist Church
Thurman Rickard
Mrs. Stanley
Harry Hammond
Billy Green
Fred Stine
Henry Pitzer
White Rock
Courtney Jones
Mr. Stine
Martinsburg Pike
Scribe Courtney Jones
James Lupton
George Haines
Charles R. Keeler
James Bott
Edgar Stultz
Hagerstown
Laurens Jones
Lions’ Club
Jordan Springs
Paul Behrens
Stephens City
Stephens
Robert A. Wall
Will Carn
Albin Tribe No. 17
Tribe 17
Bryarly School
Dr.Allen
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Eers
Philco
U.S
Battforce
Philcos
Miter & Anderson
Virginia
Goodyear
Faurot
Buncutter Tire Co
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