Prohibition Laws in Winchester Face Revocation Vote
Winchester Common Council debates revoking city prohibition laws to try liquor cases under state statutes. They also pass a new tax ordinance due October 1 with penalties and discounts, and approve road oil tank permit and police court room upgrade.
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Common Council
Dent Fred L. Glaize
C. R. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
W. W. Dellinger
Fred W. Forney
H. H. Hable
Charles H. Harper
J. H. Henry
L. C. Hollis
P. J. Marshall
Percy D. Miller
W. Nelson Page
John H. Rosenberger
Page
Barr
Van Sweringens Started Empire With One Million
In Senate testimony O P Van Sweringen details that his group and brother invested one million dollars to acquire railroad interests, describing growth into a vast empire. Lawmakers approved a resolution to broaden access to Morgan partners income tax returns and stock transfers.
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Associated Press
Washington
O. P. van Sweringen
O. P. VanSweringen
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Company
VanSweringen
Morgan Partners
Fletcher
van Sweringen
Ferdinand Pecora
Ana Pe Einai
Ruby Jackson Shop Display at George Washington Gift Shoppe
Miss Ruby Jackson presents a display of ladies summer wear and accessories at the George Washington Gift Shoppe on Thursday June 8 from 1 to 11. Moling & Cather offer exceptional silk values in a separate display with ip-it.
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Ruby Jackson
George Washington
Moling & Cather
West Virginia Grants Ph D to Laboratory Expert
Ancell B. Groves, pathologist at Winchester Research Laboratory, receives the doctor of philosophy from the University of West Virginia Morgantown. His thesis is The Sooty Blotch on Apples. Groves is Oklahoma native with degrees from Oklahoma State Agricultural College 1926 and University of Arkansas 1928.
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University of West Virginia
Morgantown
Ancell B. Groves
Winchester
Virginia Experiment Station
University of Michigan
For Sale Ford Trucks and Pickup from Bicker Motor Co
Used car advertisement from Bicker Motor Company offering a 1931 Model A Ford Truck with 157 inch wheel base closed cab dual wheels platform body for 295 dollars and a 1981 Ford Pickup with new tires and low mileage for 250 dollars.
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Bickers Motor Company
Mint 6 Percent Bond Notice and Lost Collie Ad
6 percent coupon bonds with semi annual interest. Consult R Gray Williams trustee under mortgage or myself Fred L Glaize. 6 7 1p wed sat tf Wanted good home for pretty female Collie puppy Phone 41d 6 7 1p tf
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R. Gray Williams
Fred. L. Glaize
Orndorff Leader in West Virginia Business dies at 79
Harrison Riley Orndorff 79 a Hardy County West Virginia business leader died at home in Gore Virginia where he had lived since moving from Wardensville He built two dairy farms in Fauquier County and served two terms as Hardy County sheriff He was involved in several financial institutions and supported education and public welfare through extensive community work He is survived by three sons two daughters and eight grandchildren with funeral arrangements pending.
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Harrison Riley Orndorff
Hardy County
W. Va
E. Russell Hook
Gore
Mr. Orndorff
West Virginia
Wardensville
Hiram R
Mary Hershman Orndorff
Thomas Cover
Winchester
Cover
Narrows
Giles County
Capon Bridge
Reymann
Virginia
Maryland-Virginia Dairymen’s Association
Woodstock
Presbyterian Church
Orndorff
Lorena E. Calvert
L. W. Orndorff
Hoyt M Orndorff
Catlett
Cecil Orndorf
Strawberry Festival at Braddock Street Church Lawn
Community event hosted by Braddock Street Methodist Church featuring Priday from 4 to 10 with activities and refreshments on the lawn. Proceeds support church programs.
Mattern seen toward Chita as world flight covers Siberia
Jimmy Mattern, American round the world flyer, was sighted at Novo Sibirsk progressing toward Chita at 4.10 p m Moscow time. His speed averaging about 130 mph, he continued the fifth leg of his route despite a nine hour post at Novo Sibirsk altering Time-table gaps.
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Moscow
Novo Sibirsk
Jimmy Mattern
Chita
Siberia
Omsk
New York
Siberian
Post and Gatty
Mattern
Volume of Profit Taking Absorbed in Uneven Stock Trading
New York stocks moved uncertainly as investors absorbed a large volume of profit taking. The market overall did not add much to recent gains despite some inflation concerns from foreign exchange advances reaching new highs. Commodities were irregular and Sterling opened at 4.0554 dollars. Call money stood at 1 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Cream price raised by Jack Frost Ice Cream Co
Notice from Jack Frost Ice Cream Co states an 80 cent per quart price increase on cream due to higher costs. The notice cites higher cream and supply prices as the reason for the change. Households and retailers are advised to adjust budgets and pricing accordingly.
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Jack Frost Ice Cream CO
Deal, Candidate For Governor, Is On Platform Here
Former Congressman Joseph T. Deal of Norfolk spoke in Winchester at a Democratic primary campaign event. He outlined pledges opposing Prohibition, backing tax cuts, license tag reductions, and a short ballot with elected state officers by popular vote.
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Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
Virginia
Winchester City Hall
Mr. Deal
J. Ralph Jones
Deal
W. W. Glass
Winchester
Charles R. Anderson
Common Council
Stephens City Colored Woman Dies Suddenly
Aunt Nora Addison a famed Stephens City colored woman died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack while seated on her porch. She was widely known in the community and survived by two sons, three daughters, a brother, and many grandchildren and nieces. Funeral will be held Friday at 2 30 from the Methodist Church (colored) with burial in the colored cemetery.
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Associated Press
Nora Addison
Stephens City
Virginia
Ellis Robinson
Montclair
N. J
Samuel Addison
Winchester
Emma Parker
Frederick
Elizabeth Curry
Isabelle Humbert
Robert Robinson
Methodist Church
Colored
Diplomas Awarded to Berryville High School Seniors
Berryville Virginia June 7 annual commencement filled the school auditorium with graduates and guests. Valedictorian Douglas Polhamus and salutatorian Rosalie Newcombe led a list of 25 graduates receiving diplomas from Clarke County Schools Superintendent A F Robertson. Dr Thomas L Cline delivered the address on the Three T's of Wise Living Intelligence Industry and Imagination.
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Berryville
Berryville High School
Rosalie Newcome
Clinton Newcombe
Charles Ramsburg
Elizabeth Crawford
Elizabeth Withers
C. H. Young
Phillip Ricamore
E. Jaquelin Smith
Ramsburg
D. G. Cooley
Thomas L. Cline
Cooley
Roanoke College
University of Virginia
Princeton
Gettysburg College
Cline
Sing Sing
A. F. Robertson
Clarke County Schools
Douglas Polhamus
Rosalie Newcombe
Roberta Ayler
Kathleen Cadwallader
Emma Howell
Laurabelle Sinkabine
Pauline McFarland
Helen Moreland
Ernestine Willingham
Eleanor Withers
Preston
Willoughby Henshaw
Henry Kercheval
Howard Morris
Charles R. Ramsburg
Reginald Morrison
William Shenk
George Wilson
William Levi
C. O. Dearmont
Clarke County School Board
Virginia Allen
Virginia Stickles
Edith Racer
Rosa Ellen Locke
Vide Levi
Dorothy Hough
Elizabeth Locke
Betty Robertson
Charlotte Ramsburg
Mildred White
Theresa Wynkoop
Eugene Alexander
George Rackley
Meade Dorsey
Vernon Racer
Henry Stoke
Paul Wheeler
Edward McDonald
Robert Plybon
Gilbert Royston
Jack Russell
Craighill Burks
Beverley Whiting
Charles Payne
Robert Lee
Dalton
Frostburg Banker Indicted on Conspiracy Charge
A federal grand jury in Baltimore indicted Emory G. Hitchens president of Citizens National Bank of Frostburg on conspiracy to violate the National Banking Act. The accusation adds to three existing charges related to bank conduct.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Emory G. Hitchens
Citizens National Bank of Frostburg
National Banking Act
Hitchens
Frostburg
Slayings and deaths linked to campus crash events
In Milwaukee Wisconsin on June 7 a slaying and a death by own action followed an automobile crash near Waukesha after a party at Waukesha Beach. Leonard Nelson 29 janitor killed himself Gustave Peterson 27 janitor shot by Nelson Alvin Nielson 21 died of injuries Irma and Erma Nielson seriously injured the passengers in Nelsons car
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Milwaukee
Wis
Downer College
Executive School For Girls
Waukesha
Waukesha Beach
Leonard Nelson
Gustave Peterson
Nelsn
Alvin Nielson
Irma
Jeanette Rosvak
Erma Nielson
Alvin
Nelson
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 Banquet Honors Confederate Memorial Day
About 85 members and guests gathered at the Sarah Zane engine house for a Sixth of June Confederate Memorial Day banquet in Winchester. A. Lee Coble as toastmaster led remarks with humor as Andrew Bell of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce delivered the principal address.
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Winchester
Sarah Zane Engine House
A. Lee Coble
Coble
B. M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Bell
Veterans of Foreign Wars
F. Amos Shryock
Rock Island Road Seeks Bankruptcy
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court seeking reorganization. The filing aims to reorganize debts under federal bankruptcy law and reflects ongoing financial restructuring for the railroad.
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Rock Island Road
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Farmer Shot In New Milk War Flares In Erie County
A mill village farmer was shot and wounded, another farmer struck on the head, and about 200 gallons of milk dumped today as guns barked for the first time in Erie county’s ongoing milk price war.
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Associated Press
Erie
Erie County
Two Likely Fatalities In Western New York Storm
A violent electrical storm roared across western New York this afternoon, with a 52 mile wind and heavy rain. Two men were believed dead and at least five persons injured as damage reports poured in from numerous locales.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
New York
Hillman to Address Handley High Graduates In Winchester
Dr. James N. Hillman president of Emory and Henry College will speak at Handley High School commencement tomorrow at 8 p m. Supt Garland R will present diplomas. The program includes cadet band glee club class song and invocations. Pilgrimage to Mount Hebron and senior bonfire follow.
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Handley High School
James N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Garland R
Handley Hi School
Glee Club
F. T. McFaden
George W. Stover
John M Steck
Winchester School Board
Hillman
Mt. Hebron
Mount Hebron
Winchester
John Handley
John Kerr
Quarles
Handley Ro
Handley
Virginia Avenue
Handley Stadium
W. H. Mcllwee
Handley Band
R. Alexander
J. B. Maillochand
Hall
Meacham
Nelie Beverley
Sylvia Williamson
Harry Dieckman
Nelia Beverley
Walden
Evelyn Bywaters
Dr James A Miller Opens General Medicine Office
Professional notice announces Dr James A Miller opening a general medicine and surgery practice at 110 North Braddock Street with phone contact 112. The dated line 6 1 1p 1wk indicates mobile or schedule notes.
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James A. Miller
North Braddock Street
Yard Party at Ridgeway Benefit
A yard party fundraiser is set at Ridgeway on Thursday June 8 to support Paynes Chapel. Local residents invite community members to attend the event and contribute to the chapel's relief fund.
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Ridgeway
Paynes Chapel
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