Citizens pay last tribute to Michael A Doran
Morning funeral at Sacred Heart Church honors Michael A Doran longtime police chief. Honor guards from Winchester Police, civic groups, and officials attend as mourners fill the service and grave. Floral tributes, a cross of carnasions with police colors, and pallbearers reflect community esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael A.doran
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Michael A. Doran
Robert E. Hannon
Winchester
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Doran
Father Hannon
Father Meredith
Harrisonburg
Donald McFadden
Police Department
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Woodmen of the World
Friendship Fire Company
Chief Doran
Legionnaires
Fred W. Boland
O. L. Jamison
Donald L. Weems
B. M. Sullivan
J. Joseph Sullivan
James P. Reardon
Philip Williams
J Gray Beverley
W. A. Baker
Chas
W. Trenary
H. H
Luther Pannett
J. Fred Goss
Frank Dover
F. A. Sprinkle
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Miller
B. B. Dutton
Charles R. Anderson
David Hawthorne
K. W. Adams
Fred W. Forney
Arthur O'Leary
Carroll Smith
Edwin Snider
J. Mack Noonan
W. T. Gore
Walter E. Huntsberry
Russell Potts
Jacob H. Yost
Charles K. Over
Fred Shull
Albert Baker
Frank Lovett
John Dillis
Frank Gearing
L. E. Armel
Clay B. Carr
Frank H. Krebs
Harry Lovett
Andrew Bell
H. B. MacCormac
S. R. Atwell
A. R. Breckenridge
H. B. Grimm
J. B. Violet
Festival at Summit Point by Ladies Aid Society
A June 5 festival at Summit Point hosted by the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church features music by the Charles Town Band. Evening program promises entertainment and community fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Point
Ladies’ Aid Society
M._E. Church
Charles Town Band
Clarke High Schools Close Season With Honors
Clarke county schools wrap season with graduation, prize awards, and memorial ceremonies. Miss Virgie McFarland delivers valedictory while Miss Marian Stolle serves as salutatorian. Boyce High School finishes with seven graduates as Rev. Nelson presides. Memorial service at Old Chapel honors Confederate dead with Capt. Frank M. Wray speaking.
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Boye
Boyce High School
Robert B. Nelson
Winchester
Emmanuel Chapel
Boyce
A. F. Robertson
Sunnyside
Garland R. Quarles
Handley Schools
Mary Lou Fritts
Charles Hook
Virginia Trenary
Noda Royston
Arthur Golightly
Charles Royston
Wilbur Ginn Cobb
Alumni Association
Commonwealth
Clarke County
Registration Notice For Handley Grade Pupils
Registration for pupils in grades 1 to 3 at Handley Schools will be held at the John Kerr Building from Monday June 2 to Thursday June with entrance next year. Children must be six by Sept 15 to enter first grade unless they have completed a year of prior schooling. H S Duffey Superintendent.
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Handley Schools
John Kerr
Play at Littlemountain School Showcased June Rehearsal
A community play at Littlemountain School is scheduled in June with a repeat performance on the sixth at 8 o clock. The group Slick From Pun kin crick performs as a featured act noted with a 6-3-1p-3t code.
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Littlemountain School
Slick
Punkin
Crick
Blanket Fred To Headline Firemen’s Carnival Show
A local notice announces a blanket event headlining Fred Rouss at the Firemen's Carnival. The page references a 2 1/2 hour-mid event and a 21st date.
Half of State Apples Sent Abroad
Blacksburg Virginia June 3 The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics says between 40 and 50 percent of apples grown in Virginia are exported and 11 to 15 percent of the U S crop is sent abroad F A Motz a fruit marketing specialist travels the country to study foreign markets and advise growers He plans to return for the Rural Affairs Institute July 29 to August 1 Motz is based in London and covers Europe noting prices market desires and competition He is the department’s sole foreign marketing specialist with agricultural commissioners abroad for wider market reports He is a Virginia Tech graduate and former VPI staffer.
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Blacksburg
Uce
F. A. Motz
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
United States
Motz
Institute of’ Rural Affairs
Mr. Motz
Department of Agriculture
London
Europe
R. Metz
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon State Agricultural College
Firemen to Parade in Confederate Memorial Day Observance
The Friendship Fire Company voted to join the vets parade on Confederate memorial day June 6 and will march in full uniform. Members will meet at the hall at 10 o clock Friday morning for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Evening Star
Admiral Byrd Leaves For Colon From Canal Zone
Rear Admiral Byrd departed Balboa by train at 7 08 a m for Colon en route to board the City of New York for New York. His Antarctic expedition was prepared to depart immediately.
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Associated Press
Balboa
Canal Zone
Byrd
Colon
City of New York
New York
Byrd to Join Comrades at Colon
Panama June 3 Rear Admiral Byrd will leave for Colon to join his expedition ship which will sail immediately for New York.
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Byrd
Comrades
Colon
Associated Press
Panama
New York
Bishop Cannon Refuses to Answer on Anti-Smith Campaign
Washington June 3 Bishop James Cannon Jr declined a Senate subcommittee request to discuss his role in the 1928 anti Smith campaign. He called the inquiry persecution and refused to answer about Asheville anti Smith conference while answering on temperance groups. The exchange triggered laughter and concern among members as possible contempt measures hovered.
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Aicmond
Queeton
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate
Montana
Teo
Cannon
Walsh
Senator
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Asheville
Lineweaver Returns as Pastor in Baltimore Conference
The Rev. Norris A. Lineweaver is returned to Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church after a year away, announced at the Baltimore Annual Conference in Cumberland Maryland. Reassignments also include Frostburg Martinsburg and Frederick district postings, with Bishop McDowell slated to preside next year in Baltimore. The conference urges Methodists to support Hoover and sets next year’s meeting date for First Church Baltimore in June.
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Norris A. Lineweaver
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Cumberland
Eed
J. Tin. ’ Ter
Frostburg
S.wareee
Pr. Beeman Wes Vv
Frederick District
E.T. Mowbray
Steelman
Martinsburg
Trinity
Will of J. Taylor Lewis Probated in Frederick Circuit Court
The will of the late farmer J. Taylor Lewis, who died last week, was probated in the Frederick county Circuit Court clerk's office. The personal estate is divided equally to wife Margie V. Lewis and three children Ernest B. Lewis Anna M. Fries and Henry N. Fries. Real estate life use to the wife and staged divisions after her death allocate four acres to Henry N. Fries for life then to his issue with cash to Ernest B. Lewis, with the house and remainder to Anna M. Fries for life then to her issue, with Anna paying Ernest B. Lewis $125. Executors named are the wife and Henry N. Fries. Will dated June 5, 1924.
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J. Taylor Lewis
Frederick County
Margie V
Lewis
Ernest B
Anna M
Henry N. Fries
Ernest B. Lewis
Anna M. Fries
Twelve Salt Raiders Injured In Bombay Clash
Twelve salt raiders were seriously injured in Worli suburb during a clash with authorities. The fighting began when prisoners inside a detention pen rushed the barbed wire enclosure as a mob outside aided by volunteers hampered guards.
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Associated Press
Bombay
Worli
Without
Yard Party at Ridgeway Friday Night
Paynes Chapel Sunday School hosts a yard party at Ridgeway Friday night June 6. Attendees can expect community fellowship and refreshments.
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Paynes Chapel
Ridgeway
Forest Fires Rage Again In Frederick County
Wildfires break out in Frederick county spreading through hill country near Huffman's Hollow about 14 miles southwest of Winchester. Volunteers from Winchester and surrounding areas fought the flames overnight and today with dry conditions and night winds aiding spread. A fire threatened timber near Saistein Wiens Shaha se trees though only scrub undergrowth was damaged so far.
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Frederick County
Huffman's Hollow
Mount Williams
Wardensville
Winchester
Saistein Wiens
Attempt Made On Life of Rich Chicago Woman
Chicago reports an early morning attempt on the life of Mrs. Lottie Brenner Dechow a wealthy elderly widow who had filed perjury charges against her young husband the self styled count. An assassin fired twice through her bedroom window bullets pierced the bedcovers as she woke and returned to her room. Mrs. Dechow 55 years old inherits a fortune from the late Alderman Nate Brenner and had just learned of her sister May Gross's husband’s burial yesterday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lottie Brenner Dechow
Dechow
Nate Brenner
May Gross
Ten Struck by Lightning in Czech Storm Shelter
Ten boys and girls seeking shelter from a downpour under a tree in Blattnitz Czecho Slovakia were struck by lightning. Two boys and two girls were killed instantly, with others feared fatally burned.
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Associated Press
Blattnitz
Czecho-Slovakia
Police Chief Slain Mistaken for Intruder in Absecon
Absecon New Jersey June 3 Chief of Police William M Schoefflin 41 was shot and killed when mistaken for an intruder while investigating a disorderly house George Howard Much 31 Ventnor was arrested for the shooting Three other people including two women were held as material witnesses Much said he rented the place for a summer home He heard a knock at the door and a man in civilian clothes opened it Fearing robbery he fired intending to scare him off but Schoefflin fell dead
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Associated Press
Absecon
N. J
William M. Schoefflin
George Howard Much
Ventnor
Much
Schoetflin
Beacon Blanket Giveaway At Firemen's Carnival
Beacons blanket to be given away each night at the Firemen's Carnival on Rouss Avenue. Event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. with a blanket prize planned for attendees.
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Firemen’s Carnival
Rouss
Ave
Virginia to distribute auto tags through local officers
Virginia will replace private agents with county and city treasurers and other local officers for distributing 1931 auto tags starting July 1. The change aims to cut costs, limit fees, and curb perceived unfair advantages, with special agents only in large cities during peak periods.
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Virginia
T. McCall Frazier
Division of Motor Vehicles
Frazier
MBC
Insane felons stage flight from Michigan asylum
Thirteen inmates escaped from the State Hospital for Criminal Insane in Ionia Michigan after seizing knives and razors and freeing 24 prisoners. Guards were imprisoned, a night supervisor threatened, two escapees were soon recaptured, and a statewide search followed. Superintendent Dr. Perry C Robertson cited limited facilities forcing confinement of dangerous men in shared wards.
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Associated Press
Ionia
Mich
State Hospital
Perry C. Robertson
Bears Lose Ground Again After Bulls Retreat
The stock market opened with bears in control but failed to excel, showing heavy drops in spots while most losses were only one or two points. Trading volume was the lightest since August 1928, except for January 13 yesterday.
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New York
Bulls
Bears
Forty Bodies Recovered After Sunken Steamer Goenago Disaster
In Bogota on June 3 forty bodies were recovered after the passenger steamer Goenago sank in the Magdalena River following a boiler explosion. The captain perished with the vessel while thirty five crew members were saved, all severely burned.
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Associated Press
Bogota
Magdalena River
Desirable Sier property to be sold near Greenwood School House
A thirty three acre tract known as the Sier property will be offered at eleven o'clock on Saturday June 7 in front of Ca House. The sale location is described as 342 miles east from Winchester near Greenwood School House.
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Sier
Winchester
Greenwood School House
Ca House
Hoover Opposes Liberal Spanish War Pension Plan
President Hoover reiterated his stance against enacting the liberal pension measure for Spanish American War veterans over his veto. He favored higher pensions but opposed granting benefits to those with incomes or tied to dissipating habits and urged maintaining a poverty proof requirement akin to Civil War policy. Congress overrode his veto with wide margins, despite Democratic support and GOP defections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate
House
Veterans’ Organization
Quick Way Well Drilling and Wool Wanted Ad
Quick Way Well drilling experts with 30 years experience in water strata locate. Maurertown Virginia. Wanted wool paid in cash at highest price. Call J Jos Sullivan at 65. 5-30-1p-5t.
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J. Jos Sullivan
Graf Zeppelin Maintains High Pace On Atlantic Run
Graf Zeppelin sped eastward from Lakehurst toward New York with 24 passengers en route to Seville, averaging near 90 mph and aided by favorable winds. Dr. Eckener discussed plans for a regular transatlantic airship service with three ships carrying 24 passengers and 20 tons of mail and freight, aiming for a fall start.
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Associated Press
New York
North Atlantic
Nion
Lakehurst
N. J
New York City
Long Island
Seville
Friedrichshafen
City
Rope
Continents
Newark
Asbury Park
Metropolis
As Po
Asseriger
Hugo Eckener
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Azores
Frederichshafen
Four Indictments by Grand Jury in Frederick County
The June term of the Frederick County Circuit Court opened with Judge Philip Williams. The grand jury returned four indictments naming A. L. Mowery for theft, George Pingley for unlawful possession of liquor, William Walker for burglary, and Jennings Hottel for theft of a car. Mowery pled guilty to theft of beef from Little and Larrick, receiving one year in prison. Pingley pled guilty to unlawful possession, fined $50 and given three months, suspended on good behavior.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Philip Williams
A. L. Mowery
George Pingley
William Walker
Jennings Hottel
Mowery
Little and Larrick
Pingley
Fine Heater Estate Sale Near Middletown
A large 282 acre property with brick house known as the Heater estate will be sold Saturday at noon in front of the Court House. It is located a short distance south of Middletown along Valley Turnpike. The sale date is Saturday June 7.
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Middletown
Slong Valley Turnpike
Court House
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Dr. Eckener
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