Commerce Body to Entertain Editors on Virginia Tour
A 250 member party will tour Virginia starting June 4, visiting Richmond and Winchester from June 13 to 15. The schedule includes union services, tours of historical sites and orchards, meals at Apple Pie Ridge, and transportation by Rotary Kiwanis and Lions clubs with planned stops in Front Royal and Frederick Maryland.
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Richmond
Virginia
Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Gregson
George
Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Green Orchard
H. H. Byrd
Nice Tried For Murder of Sirdar Are Found Guilty
Cairo June 2 All defendants in the Sir Lee Stack assassination trial are convicted of murder. Sentencing set for next Sunday. Stack, governor-general of the Sudan and British commander in chief, was mortally wounded November 19 in Cairo. The case reflects nationalist unrest and escalated demand for British withdrawal. Nine men, mostly nationalist students and railroad workers, faced trial after a wave of arrests and releases.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Lee Stack
Sudan
Sirdar
Egypt
Friendship Fire Company Regular Meeting Announcement
Friendship Fire Company No 1 holds a regular meeting on Thursday evening June 4 at 8 o'clock. The company will also take part in the Sixth of June Parade. Members lacking uniforms can obtain replacements at the engine house. Capt. Fred W Forney leads.
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Friendship Fire Company
W. C. T. U. Meeting Set at Handley Library
An interesting meeting of the W C T U will be held at Handley Library on Thursday June 4 at 3 o clock.
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Handley Library
Awning Listing for John Miller and Co
Auction notice or catalog item lists awnings for all purposes by John 8 Miller and Co with model codes ip 31 2 4 5. Names include John and Miller as company heads. details show product grouping and references to durable goods without explicit dates or locations.
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John
Miller’ & Bro
Garden Hose Ad From Snapp Foundry Inc
An advertisement from Snapp Foundry Inc listing standard garden hose at 10 cents per foot in any length. Contact address 61 North Market Street.
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Snapp Foundry, Inc
North Market Street
The Star Skips Saturday Edition for Confederate Memorial Day
The Star will not publish on Saturday June 6. Advertisers and subscribers are advised that all collections will be made Friday June 5. This notice reflects the newspaper’s usual observance of Confederate Memorial Day.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
Wanted furnished house for summer with modern comforts
Wanted furnished house for summer with modern conveniences. Preference for an upscale area but any suitable bungalow or cottage considered. Respond with full particulars to H. D. care Star, including location, rental terms, and available dates.
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H. D
Big Aluminum Sale Draws Largest Attendance Yet
The Home Grocery announces a major aluminum ware sale at 44 West Water Street promising huge turnout. Customers urged to arrive early and be ready to carry home every piece. Offers include only three slice prices, 39 cents and 89 cents, with no COD and no telephone orders.
Stephens City High School finals in progress
Stephens City Va June 2 preliminaries for the commence ment exercises were held with the senior class play Mammy's Lil Wild Rose and a baccalaureate sermon by Rev E O Graham. Finals begin with seven gyle commence ment. City Solicitor Philip Williams delivered the principal actress role. Commencement tomorrow night features Aubrey Weaver of Front Royal as speaker with valedictory by Miss Georgia Miller and salutatory by Miss Mary Graham.
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Stephens City
Stephens City High School
Mammy’s.Lil’l Wild Rose
E. 0. Graham
Johnson
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Seven Gyle
Philip Williams
Winchester
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Georgia Miller
Mary Graham
Miller
Graham
Adeline Albin
Lillie Graham
Hilda Flowers
Evelyn Lovett
Birdie Lam
Ralph Bauserman
Mitchell
James Galladay
Derrill Perie
American Dentist Shot in Shanghai Riots
In Shanghai on June 2 rioters fired from housetops at an American volunteer corps unit, wounding dentist Thomas G. McMartin who lay back after being struck and his horse killed. In Beijing, the cabinet ordered a note of protest to the foreign office over the firing on rioters by Sikh police.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
American Volunteer Corps
Thomas .G. McMartin
America
Iace
Peking
Foreign Office
Diplomatic Corps
Gettysburg Address Read At May 30 Memorial Exercises
Howard Shockey Jr a Hathaway High School graduate read Lincoln s Gettysburg Address during National Cemetery memorial exercises on May 30 He plans to attend the University of Virginia next year and is noted for his public speaking ability
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Lincoln
National Cemetery
Howard Shockey, Jr
Handley High School
Shockey
University of Virginia
U. S. Steel Hit by Bear Traders in Market Selloff
Bear traders pressed United States Steel common shares today as renewed selling appeared across the market. Baldwin and other issues also faced pressure while Maxwell motor and several electric utilities saw activity. Call money held at 4 percent. total volume around 1,350,000 shares.
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Associated Press
Dine York
United States Steel Common
Baldwin
Maxwell Motor
Roosevelt Party Penetrates Further In Central Asia
SIMLA India June 2 Col Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt leading the James Simpson Field Museum expedition to Central Asia have reached Leh in the Indus valley. They plan to move on to Cashgar East Turkistan. All members are reported well.
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Associated Press
Simla
India
Col. Theodore and
Kermit Roosevelt
James Simpson-Field Museum of Chicago
Central Asia
Leh
Valley of the Indus
Cashgar
Turkistan
General Uprising Report Roils Afghanistan Frontier
London, June 2. British forces in India move toward the Afghanistan frontier amid reports of an imminent general uprising against the Emir. The unrest is linked to activities of Soviet influenced groups said to have been active in the region over the past two years.
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London
India
Afghanistan- India
Afghanistan
Hanistan
Democrats Choose Primary Nominations for State and Local Posts
Democratic candidates for governor and state offices along with local posts will be nominated in a primary on Tuesday August 4 after a Democratic Executive Committee vote at City Hall. The committee also planned a follow up meeting to decide polling locations. No local opposition to reelection candidates yet. others may file petitions by midnight June 4.
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Democratic Executive Committee
D. W. Ritenour
Ritenour
M. B. Murnan
Adam Forney
Oscar H. Lewis
Fred Forney
House of Delegates
the Revenue
Los Angeles Arrives At Annapolis For Naval Academy Finals
The naval dirigible Los Angeles landed near Annapolis to pick up Washington newspaper correspondents for a flight during the Naval Academy graduation exercises. Plans changed and the correspondents did not fly. the ship remained moored to the Patoka before returning to Lakehurst.
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Annapolis
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Washington
Capital
Naval Academy
Chesapeake Bay
Academy
Naval
Heat Wave Slams Middle West Causing Fatalities Across States
A severe heat wave spanning Nebraska to Ohio leaves scores dead and many injured as records fall in Chicago Cleveland and Detroit with temperatures around 90 plus. Thunderstorms blast Nebraska and Iowa ending the heat spell in parts while Baltimore reports one heat related death at a clothing plant as the city hits 95 at noon.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nebraska
Ohio
Cleveland
Detroit
Iowa
Lake
Mississippi Valley
Baltimore
James H. Goldsbrough
Weather Bureau
Three Children Die In Fire On Maryland Farm
In Caroline County near Whitleysburg, three children ages one to five perished when a fire destroyed the Freeborn Elmanger family home as the parents worked on the farm. The mother suffered severe burns while trying to rescue the children, and the fire left the parents unable to reach them in time.
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Associated Press
Denton
Freeborn Elmanger
Whitleysburg
Caroline County
Death of Col Bennehan Cameron in Raleigh from pneumonia
Colonel Bennehan Cameron, 70, president of the Bankhead National Highway and a director of the American Automobile Association, died at his Raleigh home after a brief pneumonia illness. Survived by widow Sallie Mayo and two daughters Isaella and Sallie T. Cameron, he was a key figure in southern railroad and highway development and helped organize the Seaboard Air Line Railway and North Carolina Railroad. He returned from the Confederate reunion in Dallas shortly before his illness.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Bennehan Cameron
Bankhead National Highway
American Automobile Association
Cameron
Dallas
Texas
Virginia
Sallie Mayo
Richmond
Isaella
Sallie T. Cameron
South
Farmers’ National Congress
Southern Cotton Growers’ Protective Association
Aaw Agricultural Society of Engad
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Raleigh and
Augusta
Death of Colonel Cameron Reverberates in Winchester
Colonel Cameron, who married Sallie Mayo, died recently. He had many friends in Winchester who mourn him, with news reaching Clarke County last evening. He spent summers at Powhatan with his family. burial will be in Hillsboro, North Carolina where most of his kin lie.
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Clarke
Colonel Cameron
Winchester
Sallie Mayo
Peter H. Mayo
Penis
Pioihas Nelson Carter
Cameron
Clarke County
Hillsboro
N. C
Queen of Festival Returns Home From College
Miss Eleanor Chiles of Kernstown who was acclaimed queen of the Apple Blossom Festival came home for the summer from Baltimore. She studied English at Johns Hopkins and music at Peabody. She was joined by Miss Alverda Osborne and Mrs C M Gingrich of Baltimore who will visit for a time.
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Eleanor Chiles
Samuel M. Chiles
New Lives for Old at Paramount Delights Betty Compson Cast
Betty Compson headlines the Paramount feature New Lives for Old at the Colonial Theater with a strong supporting lineup led by Wallace MacDonald Theodore Kosloff and Sheldon Lewis. The WWI era romance follows a Parisian dancer masquerading as a Norman peasant girl who loves an American army captain and hides from German spies within the French secret service. Additional acts include Jack Joyce Margaret Seddon Joe Dowling Helen Dunbar Gale Henry Marvel Quivey and Ed Faust with Clarence Badger directing and Adelaide Heibron adapting. Brent Hayes will perform banjo at added vaudeville shows Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Dotterer
Betty Compson
Colonial Theatre
Paramount Picture
Betty
Secret Service
Wallace MacDonald
Theodore Kosloff
Sheldon Lewis
MacDonald
Paramount
Thy
Kosloff
Cecil Bcdmille
Lewis
Pug
Jack Joyce
Margaret Seddon
Joe Dowling
Helen Dunbar
Gale Henry
Marvel Quivey
Ed Faust
Clarence Badger
Adelaide Heibron
Brent Hayes
B. F. Keith Theatres
Winchester
Fort Loudoun Seminary Graduation and Recital Held
Fort Loudoun Seminary presented diplomas at a Presbyterian Church ceremony with six graduates Florence Bayliss Laura Bradley Jessie Haynes Jeanne Lord Ruth McLaughlin and Betty Sparrell. W W Glass delivered the address urging lifelong refinement and opportunity for women. A musical recital followed praising Katherine Glass Green and students Louise Glass Mary Steck Harriet Harris Virginia Russell and Charlotte Swimley for their standout performances.
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Fort Loudoun Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Florence Virginia Bayliss
Laura Gassaway Bradley
Jessie Beatrice Haynes
Jeanne Mansfield Lord
Ruth Annis McLaughlin
Betty Lou Sparrell
Roset
Glass
W. W. Glass
Virginia
Smith
Katherine Glass Green
Louise Baker Glass
Mary Virginia Steck
Harriett Harris
Virginia Cover Russell
Virginia Cover
Russell
Madeline Douglas
Charlotte Swimley
Frances Rannie
Mary Anne Middleton
Laura Bradley
Douglas
Court injunction against miners remains in effect
In Wheeling West Virginia June 2 a temporary injunction against United Mine Workers officials restraining organization of non union miners was kept in force by Federal Judge W E Baker after deleting a section on union meetings The court will decide on permanent status after final arguments The order continues to ban peaceful picketing by the union at the company mine despite a union bid to dissolve the injunction as modified to permit meetings.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Panhandle Coal District
W. E. Baker
Baker
Price of Corn Drops As Long Drought Breaks
Chicago June 2 corn prices fell sharply with some futures down more than five cents per bushel. December contracts slid to 93 cents from 98 to 98 1/2 cents the previous day as rains eased a long drought across a wide region.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Orvis Whitacre Dies in Gore Frederick County Leader Passes
Orvis C Whitacre aged about 68 died at his Gore home after months of illness. A longtime Frederick County figure and first director of the Western Frederick Bank his counsel aided the bank. Services set at 1 pm Thursday at his residence then Ebenezer Disciples Church with Rev Roy Schmucker officiating. Interment at the church graveyard. Survived by his widow Viola and six children Leslie G Ray Holmes Wingfield Lena Beulah Whitacre and others. Brothers include Charles B and Edward C Whitacre with many nephews serving as pallbearers. Directors of the Western Frederick Bank named as honorary pallbearers.
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Gore
Orvis C. Whitacre
Frederick County
Whitacre
Western Frederick Bank
Ebenezer Disciples’ Church
Roy F. Schmucker
Martinsburg
W. Va
County
Viola Whitacre
Leslie G. Ray
Holmes Whitacre
Mary Wingfield
Lena M
Beulah Whitacre
Charles B
Edward C. Whitacre
Douglas
Jesse
Basil
James
Carson
Andrew
Roy
Russell Whitacre
M. C. Garvin
B. A. Giffin
Herbert S. Larrick
W. J. Muse
Edgar Ka’ Hook
Ek, Bean
C.G. Davin
A. C. Oates
R. A. Shafer
C .W. Parish
A. D. Larrick
Funeral Services For Mrs Nagle In Lancaster Pa
Funeral services were held in Lancaster for Mrs Elizabeth Nagle 68 who died last Friday after a paralysis stroke. Formerly Miss McDonald of this city she was married to a baker whose business spanned years in Lancaster. Survived by six daughters Mrs Farmer and Edna Marguerite Mary Winifred Rebecca and three sons Fred Robert Luther all of Lancaster and one sister Mrs William L Wierman of near this city.
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Lancaster
Elizabeth Nagle
McDonald
Winchester
Luther Nagle
William Ll.wierman
American Legion Pool Opens For Summer
The big bathing pool at the American Legion building on North Street opens for the season to benefit R. Y. Conrad Post. Hours vary by group: 9 am to noon for boys, 1 to 4 30 pm for women and girls, and 7 to 9 pm on Monday Wednesday and Thursday for both men and women. Fees: 35 cents for men and boys, 15 cents for women and girls. Miss Sue Schlack oversees the pool. funds go to the legion. Tepid water, hot showers, a diving board and lockers are provided.
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American Legion
North Street
R. Y. Conrad Post
Sue Schlack
Legion
Admiral Nualton To Take President's Place In Movie
Washington reports that plans to have Ramond Navarro photographed receiving a dummy diploma from President Coolidge at the Naval Academy commencement were changed by Secretary Wilbur. Navarro will not appear in the regular exercises, and a similar scene will be enacted with the academy superintendent in place of the President. Coolidge says the office should not be used for advertising, but pictures at the academy may be made available for general use.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ramond Navarro
Coolidge
Naval Academy
Wilbur
Navarro
Academy
5. Pggren
Hair-raising crash near Bunker Hill leaves six youths bruised
June 2 report from Bunker Hill W Va recounts a head on collision Sunday night about 9:30 involving a Ford coupe owned by James Miller of Gere ardstown and driven by him with Harry Carter and a Butler family son. A Star touring car from Winchester driven by Mr Good and carrying two companions lost control after steering gear failure and veered into oncoming traffic. The Ford mounted the Star, both cars were wrecked and totaled but all six youths escaped serious injury with only minor bruises.
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Bunker Hill
W. van
James Miller
Gereardstown
Harry Carter
Ridgeway
James A. Butler
Mr. Good
Winchester
Calvin Peery
Ford
Bruce Eagle
May Lead To Finding Man Who Slew Girl
Newspaper text describes police following a lead after a witness report by Kane and Mr and Mrs James O Neill about a young man seen with a long armed woman around 12 30 Friday night. The body of Miss Kane was found near her home in Brooklyn early Sunday morning as detectives pursued the suspect.
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Florence
Kane
James O'Neill
Lyn
Miss Kane
Brooklyn
Knightly official loses plated sword in city incident
A past high ranking Freemason from Millsburg West Virginia lost a plated sword during Knights Templar services. Chief Doran said the blade probably dropped from a leather case on a running board of a car returning to town. The finder may leave it at a police station.
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Gramander A. C. Nadenbousch
Milinsburg
W. Va
Knights Templar
Doran
Nadenbousch
Burg
Robinson Ice
Visiting Band To Play Concert On Memorial Day
The Cumberland Valley division of the Pennsylvania Railroad based in Chambersburg will participate in Confederate memorial exercises this Saturday June 6. The band, noted for its high quality, will perform about one hour near Hall Plaza in the afternoon after spending the morning and late afternoon in activities tied to the memorial events.
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Cumberland Valley Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chambersburg
Satuday
Hall Plaza
Binge
Apple Blossomestival Iparade
Gastes Washington
Brigadier Barrett to Hold Special Salvation Army Service
Brigadier William Barrett of Washington will lead a Salvation Army service at 8 o clock Wednesday evening in the Court House Auditorium. Adjutant Rose serves as the people's secretary and aids the program. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Salvation Army
Court House
William Barrett
Washington
Adjutant Rose
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Commerce Body
National Association
Nice
Fred. W. Forney
the Home Grocery
West Water Street
U. S. Steel
Roosevelt
Associated’ Press
Middle West
Gol. Cameron
Peter
H. Mayo
Queen of Festival
New Paramount
Fort Loudoun
Orvis Whitacre
Nagle
Admiral Nualton
Star
Ker Hiel
Brigadier Barrett
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