Headquarters Co Here Leader In Its Battalion Headqu
Headquarters Company of the Third Battalion, 106th Infantry, Virginia National Guard, Winchester, led by First Lieutenant Lawrence C. Hollis, received the highest rating at the 1932 Federal inspection among battalion headquarters. The unit scored 90.7 percent, with the Third Battalion at 94 percent, noted as next to the top. The report praised efficiency, morale, and vaccination coverage, with Winchester outperforming Roanoke and Alta Vista. Captain Paul Hartman’s Company I, Winchester, also rated highly at 89.3 percent, closely following other companies in the regiment. The inspector commended the regiment for officers and men protected by inoculations and good drill attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One Hundred and Sixtenth Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Winchester
Hieromel L. Opie
Staunton
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Old
Chase City
Roanoke
Alta Vista
United States Army
Paul Hartman
Harrison
Farmville
Preserve Now to Aid Needy During Winter
Community groups and churches are urged to organize a summer effort to preserve fruits and vegetables for winter distribution to the needy. A vegetable preserving recipe for string or butter beans is provided, detailing washing, cutting, boiling, jarning with sugar and salt, and boiling in a water bath for three hours.
Sunday Schools of Shawnee Set for August Fourth Convention
The twenty second annual Sunday School Convention of the Opequon District will be held at Stephens City Lutheran Church on Thursday August 4 starting at 10 a.m. The event features a children’s program, a lunch request, and a theme Working Together To Get Somewhere with morning and afternoon sessions and a detailed schedule led by S Headley H R Evans and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Committee On
C. S. Headley
P. E. Lineberg
F. Estes Kline
Snyder Alleman
Opequon
S. Headley
H. R. Evans
W. F. Shipe
Reliance U. B. Church
Myerly
Réfuge Sunday School
W. L. Rigglemen
Veterans in Winchester Reject Radical Picket Move
Local veterans and ex-service leaders in Winchester denounced the International Labor Defense plan for nationwide protest demonstrations at federal buildings on August 1. Lee Coble, state councilman, stated the veterans oppose picketing and prefer law and order, with many ex-service men backing the stance and rejecting the radical move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Defense
United States
Winchester
Lee Coble
International Labor Defense
Coble
Veterans’ Organization
Three Negroes Put To Death In Chair Of Felons
Three young negroes were executed in the electric chair at the state prison in Columbia for murder. Evans Wood confessed to killing a woman in Ohio in 1931 and sat calmly. Booker Copeland sobbed while praying as he was strapped in. Buster Tucker was silent before Tucker spoke and then Tucker claimed Copeland had no blame. Governor Blackford refused to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
Evans Wood
Ohio
Booker Copeland
Buster Tucker
H. C. McMillan
Colleton County
Tucker
Copeland
Mayor Walker Denounces Seabury Charges as Political Football
Albany July 28 Mayor James J Walker protests that he is treated as a political football in the Seabury investigation into city corruption. He demands Governor Roosevelt exonerate him from removal charges, accusing the inquiry of partisan motives and timing to influence national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Seabury Commission
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hough
Samuel Seabury
State Legislative Committee
New York City
Seabury
James J. Walker
Star Chamber
Paul Block
Block
Board of Transportation
Mr. Block
United States
New York
Russell T. Sherwood
Sherwood
Legislative Committee
Europe
Jone
Minors Urged to Take Driving Permit Tests in Winchester
Winchester police announce that all minors aged 14 to 16 who plan to drive must take driving permit tests. Examinations will be held next Monday afternoon from 1 to 5 at the police station and Friday, August 5, at the same hours, with applicants needing notarized applications, parental age affidavits or birth certificates, and a car for testing. A current 90 day inspection sticker on the car is required. No tests will occur after August 5 until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Francis Funk
Funk
Virginia
Three Volpe Brothers Killed In Pittsburgh Gun Battle
AP reports three Volpe brothers John Johnnie and Arthur long time liquor racketeers from Wilberdeen were shot dead in a Pittsburgh coffee shop near downtown. Five assailants opened fire, the brothers were killed instantly and police found a man named Sam Zara hiding behind the counter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
T Volpe Brothers
John
Johnnie
Arthur
Long Thalers
Wilberdeen
Johnny Volpe
Volpes
Pcli‘r
Sam Zara
Diet Study Links Monastic Diet to Blood Pressure
Experiments on monks in vegetarian monasteries including Trap pist Carmelite and Carthusian orders show vegetarian monks maintain normally low blood pressure even in old age. Meat-eating monks attached to Benedictine and Franciscan monasteries exhibit blood pressure as high as typical lay men despite monastic life.
Market Report and Price Listings from Local Markets
Local wholesale and retail market listings show prices for dairy feed, mixed feed, corn, middlings, scratch, butter, eggs, and livestock. Entries include prices for hens, chickens, steers, calves, hogs, shoats, cows, lambs, and various regional market notes with city references and at least one Baltimore wholesale line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Aon Ak Vay
Raeres Pious
Cielo
Assscoves
Sevces
Ssrn Rede
Baltimore
Fair Grounds Sale Confirmed in City Court
Court confirms sale of Winchester Fair Grounds. Funds to pay costs and debts, including 875 to bank and 16,000 mortgage, plus other charges. Remaining purchase money may not satisfy all judgments, leaving creditors unpaid. Old institution ends after 60 years with annual farm and horse events fading as public interest shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Board of Trustees
Od Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
James P. Reardon
Burr P. Harrison
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
T. W
John M. Steck
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and
Fhe
Handley Board
Harrison and Steck
Winchester Fair
Northern
Virginia
Winchster
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Hollis
By Jane Rogers
Noah
Robt Mhurman
Tucson
Arizona
Edla Sadler
Salmons Ky
Shawnee
Radical
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S. Royals
Herrell Sales Corp. Distributors
S. Loudoun St
R. B. Rogers
Dellinger Bros
Market Report
U. S
Patent Office
Stanley
Nou VE
Henworthy
Lee W. Stanley Central Press
Walter L. Mains
Fair Grounds
Downie Brothers’ Circus
Ickers Est
Uys
Ford
Shenandoah Motor Company, Inc
Handley School
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
H. W. Ebert
BUICK
Cammer Tire CO
Service
Ddock & Boscawen Sts
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