New Glass Sand Mines to Begin Working at Once
Frederick county and Winchester stand to gain over 600000 dollars annually with no material outgo. The Cold Run Valley plant near the Winchester and Western line will produce ten carloads daily, rising to twenty, employing many locals and feeding glass factories while railroads handle the raw sand. The 400 acre site includes a two mile long deposit from 200 feet high to 300 400 feet thick, with 300 to 500 years of supply at current rates. Water sufficient for a town will be available.
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Cold Run Valley
Winchester and Western Railroad
Winchester
Bevans
University of Virginia
G. W. Hohanness
Pageight
Livecchi Charged With Murder of Radio Announcer
Livecchi formally charged with murder in the slaying of radio announcer Buckley at the La Salle Hotel on July 23. He was arrested in a hotel room after gunmen fired eleven shots in the lobby. police pursue three unidentified assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerryckley
la Salle Hotel
Livecchi
Buckley
Sivecchi
Thomas C. Wilson
Free Water Offered to All by Lime Company
The M. J. Grove Lime Company of Stephens City Virginia announced that anyone forced to haul water due to drought may take as much water as they need from the plant. The facility pumps about 800 gallons per minute and offers drinkable water via a good hard surface road accessible day or night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Stephens City
Watering Schedule Adjusted by Water Committee
Water notice says sprinkler hours allowed Friday Saturday Sunday from 6 to 7 am and 5 30 to 7 pm due to reservoir improvements. Sprinkling pavements and streets is strictly prohibited. Official water committee notice dated 7 31.
Premium list for Winchester Fair released
The sixty first annual Winchester Fair premium list for August 26 to 29, under the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society, details about 100 pages of information, prize money including about 2000 for horsemen, contests like rolling pin throwing and apple pie baking, and departments for agriculture and Future Farmers of Virginia. Copies go on sale after 9 30 a m Friday from President Boyd R Richards at Shenandoah Valley National Bank building or local chambers and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Local Fair Association
Winchester Fair
Slace & Laree
Specia Oe
Fair Association
Future Farmers of Virginia
Farm Boys
Future Farmers of America
National Farm Boys’ Organization
Apple Department
Livestock Department
Boyd R. Richards
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Triplett Will Case Argued In Shenandoah Court
Attorneys argued in Shenandoah County Circuit Court via Judge Williams chambers over the will of J. I. Triplett of Shenandoah County Virginia. Heirs contest a million dollar estate with a college beneficiary. The executor seeks to move cash to Florida to pay mortgage debts and avoid foreclosure on Florida realty. Harrison and Harrison oppose the transfer to save the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Triplett
Shenandoah County
Triplett
Williams
Woodstock
Florida
Harrison
Record of July prison population to 97 inmates at local jail
Sheriff Pannett reports 97 prisoners in the local jail for July, the highest monthly total yet. Inmates are categorized by offense, jail costs scale with numbers, and 17 prisoners were moved to Berryville for overcrowding, described as appalling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannett
Berryville
Dallas
Frederick county apple crop nears one million barrels
Frederick county expects an apple harvest around one million barrels this year despite a dry spell. Boyd R. Richards, a leading grower, says overall conditions are satisfactory and picking will begin in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Boyd R. Richards
War on Big Operators Prompts Dry Enforcement Overhaul
Prohibition Director Amos W. Woodcock announced a reorganized enforcement unit will target commercial dry law violators with steady pressure. Plans include training 24 agents, district training, daily reports, uniform sentencing, and a focus on reducing liquor consumption nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prohibition
Amos W. Woodcock
Woodcock
McFaden Family Plans Virginia Vacation
Rev and Mrs F T McFaden and daughter Miss Francis Mc Faden accompany Mrs Natalie F Smith Mrs W H Bocock and Miss Natalie F Bocock to spend their vacation with relatives at North in Matthews county Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. McFaden
Francis McFaden
Natalie F. Smith
W. H Bocock
Natalie F. Bocock
North
Mathhews County
Firemen Favor Winchester For Next Convention
Waynesboro volunteer firemen support Winchester for the 1931 state convention. The local association cannot raise sufficient funds to entertain the visitors here next year, prompting the push to hold the meeting at Phoebus in late August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Winchester
Phoebus
Shrub Planting Begins at Winchester Fair Grounds
Workmen clear ground in front of the main building as evergreen shrubs are planted as the first step in a beautification plan for the Winchester fair grounds. The project, contracted to Titus Nursery of Waynesboro, Va., aims to enhance the grounds by opening day on August 26.
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Winchester Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Titus Nursery
Waynesboro
Winchester Fair Grounds
Clown Contest Draws Broad Youth Interest in Winchester
Thirty five children in Winchester will win circus tickets next week as The Star and Sparks Circus run a clown contest. Eligible entrants under twelve color makeup ideas mailed to The Star Clown Contest Editor. Free passes awarded for neatness and best color schemes. drawings due by August 6 with winners announced August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Sparks Circus
The
Star
Star Office
Officers Destroy Barrels of Mash in County Raid
Sheriff Pannett, Deputy A. J. Wigginton, and Magistrate A. J. Tavenner led a county raid yesterday afternoon along Foreman’s Run Hollow and found two barrels of mash. The mash was upset and the barrels broken. no arrests were made.
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Pannett
A. J. Wigginton
A. J. Tavenner
Foreman’s Run Hollow
Kernstown Community League Plans Regular Monthly Meeting
The Kernstown Community League will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o clock. Members and patrons are urged to be present as business of importance will be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown Community League
R-100 Heads Toward Montreal After Transatlantic Crossing
The British dirigible R-100, after crossing the Atlantic, cruises toward Quebec and Montreal. It left Cardington England at 9:45 p m Monday and landed near Belle Isle after about forty eight hours travel, with an expected arrival around 4 p m today at St Hubert outside Montreal.
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Associated Press
Quebec
Mar
St. Lawrence
St. Hubert
Atlantic Ocean
Montreal
Cardington Eng
Belle Isle
Labrador
Gulf of St Lawrence
City of
Canada
England
St. Hubert’s
Britain
Los Angeles
United States Navy
Germany
Police Patrol Chinatown After Tong Outbreak
Police reserves patrolled New York Citys Chinatown after a Tong war outbreak left Nap Ling dead and Soo Bock Ling wounded at two nearby Mott Street sites. Seven Chinese were jailed as On Leong and the Tong factions clashed, with a Boston killing tied to the same feud.
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Associated Press
New York
Chinatown
On Leong Tongs
Tongs
Boston
On Leong
Nap Ling
Mott Street
Soo Bock Ling
Sam Wong
Hun Wah Hong
The
Yard Party 31 Benefit Com League Tfrainy
Yard Party 31 event benefits a committee league with a transfer night referenced as Tfrainy on the listed dates 7 30 10 11. The fragmentary note mentions a social gathering for fundraising and a community group activity.
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Tfrainy
Winchester Banks See Success With New Service Charge
One month into the Winchester bank reform the system shows success with fewer bad checks and no hardships. A 25 cent charge applies for checks without funds when more than five are drawn in a month, lowering daily bad checks from up to 41 to six at one bank. Merchants report fewer bad and fewer good checks as balances average about 50 dollars monthly.
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Winchester
Mysterious fire consumes Cather packing shed
Mr. E. W. Cather, a county orchardist, reported a sudden blaze at his Cedar Creek road packing shed adjacent to A. B. Richards farm. He found the shed in ruins after returning from the orchard, with losses estimated at 2500 to 3000 dollars, insured only lightly. The 30 by 40 foot shed held spraying gear, crates, barrels, ladders and other equipment for his 384 acre orchard, with a large crop expected.
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E. W. Cather
Boscawen Street
Cedar Creek Road
A. B. Richards
Berryville Boy Slightly Injured In Auto Crash
Berryville Virginia July 31 William Clagett son of Mr and Mrs J M H Clagett was slightly injured when the car he rode in swerved from the Berryville Millwood highway and struck a post just south of Old Chapel. His companion John Dawnson Winters of Leland Mississippi was badly shaken. The car was badly demolished and Clagett received first aid before being taken home.
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Berryville
William Clagett
J. M. H. Clagett
John Dawnson Winters
Leland
Miss
Old Chapel
Young Clagett
A. P. Osborne
Clagett
Millwood
Baptist Meeting Lays Drouth 10 Forgetting God
Special to The Star reports a Baptist gathering in Berryville where sermons urged repentance as hundreds attend sessions on foreign missions temperance and stewardship. The second day covered Women's Missionary Union state work and an obituary report as leaders plan 1931 meeting location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Evans
C. L. Eubank
Stanley Baptist Church
Eubank
China
W. E. Salee
Women’s Missionary Union
John Brown
We Ramsey
Bentonville
Goodwin Frazer
Charles Town
A. T. Hawthorne
Winchester
G. T. Waite
R. P. Rixey
Leetown
W. Va
Colored Golf Course to Open on North Kent Street
Robert C. Kremer and E. Rhodes Huntsberry announce a new miniature golf course for colored players at 418 North Kent Street near the Elks home. The North End Golf Course will be built to the highest standard of miniature links and operated by local businessmen Kremer and Huntsberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Kremer
E. Rhodes Huntsberry
North Kent Street
Ett Elks
North End
Kremer
Huntsberry
Regular Meeting Notice of Sarah Zane Fire Co
Regular meeting set for Friday night at 8 o clock to finalize convention plans. Members not attending the convention should return caps and belts at this meeting. Signed RO Richard B Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Richard B. Brown
Wanted Lima Beans and Sweet Corn
Davis Grocery advertises for lima beans and sweet corn payment upon delivery. Seeking fresh produce for immediate purchase.
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DAVIS
U S Gunboat and Reds Fight for Hour at Shanghai
Five American sailors were wounded as the Palos repelled a Communist attack near Changsha. Reds reportedly prepared to evacuate Shanghai in a day or two amid looting and heavy fighting along shorelines. The state department reported most Americans evacuated. a few remained including Cameron. Navy officials debated reinforcing Asiatic forces beyond the current 6,000 sailors and 2,400 marines.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
U. S
Palos
Changsha
Edan
Aie
Omma
R. D. Pisdale
Bal
Sea One
St. Was
Washington
Allen
Lawrence
Kansas
State Department
Richard P. Butrick
aHakow
Cameron
Roy Worley
Walkersville
Hupeh
Hunan
Honan
Kiangsi
Pieping
Adams
Yangtze
Philippine Islands
Pittsburgh
Tsingtao
RousS Fire Co to issue uniforms next week
RousS Fire Co announces uniforms will be issued in Shippensburg on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. J Augustus Haines, Uniform Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shippensburg
J.augustus Haines
Uniform Committee
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Lime Company
S’hoto
R. 8. Booth
Pe Richards
United States
Atlantic
English Coast
North Atlantic Islands
Cather
Berryville Boy
Sir C. Dennistoun Burney
Baptist Meeting
Drouth
God
U.S
Nike
Rouss Fire CO
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