Alumni Honor At Boyce School Banquet
Robert S. Walter of Washington spoke at Boyce and Alumni Association officials awarded the alumni medal to Miss Anna Carroll. Supt. Roberson and Dr. C O Dearmont handed out diplomas and certificates as the Glee Club and soloists performed delightful numbers. The Alumni Association banquet follows tonight at 8 in Parish Hall with graduates as special guests and a large turnout expected.
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Anna Carroll
C. B. Carr
Alumni Association
Supt. Robertson
C. O. Dearmont
Miss Lane
Local College Students Return Home for Summer Vacation
A large group of local students who attended college this year have come back to their parents' homes for the summer. Names and origins include Doris Reid Jolliffe from Virginia Intermont College Bristol. Marian and Louise Martin from Mary Baldwin College Staunton. Elizabeth and Mae Burch from William and Mary College Williamsburg and State Teachers College Farmville. Bromley McKay from Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg. Braxton Strode who graduated from Bliss Electrical School Takoma Park DC. Grace Johnston of Winchester who taught locally this past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Reid Jolliffe
Alex Jolliffe
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol
Marian
Louise Martin
H. J. Martin
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Elizabeth
Mae Burch
J. G. Burch
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
State Teachers College
Farmsville
Bromley McKay
B. B. McKay
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Braxton Strode
J. R. Strode
Bliss Electrical School
Takoma Park
D. C
Strode
Boyce Agricultural High School
Grace Johnston
Winchester
Mollison Plane Crashes at Croydon in Record Attempt
Captain James Mollison and wife Amy Johnson crash during takeoff at Croydon airport while pursuing three aviation records. No injuries. plane damaged with undercarriage and wings broken, propellers bent. engineers estimate about a week to repair.
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Associated Press
Croydon Airport
Eng
James A. Mollison
New York
Bagdad
England
London
James A. Mulligan
Amy Johnson
Croydon
Mollison
Lindbergh
United States
North Atlantic
Three Civilian Conservation Corps Units Move to Virginia Camps
Three CCC companies will move from conditioning camps to forest work in Virginia by week’s end under Third Corps orders. Units include No. 338 from Fort Monroe to Moorman's River Albemarle County, No. 1339 to State Camp 62 Green Bay Prince Edward County, and No. 56 Willis Mountain to Buckingham County. The corps set a 28,750 quota for the area, with about 21,000 men already in the field across 105 companies.
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Baltimore
Civilian Conservation Corps
Virginia
Third Corps
Fort Monroe
Moorman’'s River
Albemarle County
Willis Mountain
Buckingham County
Green Bay
Prince Edward County
Mello Glo Powder Advertises Fresh Skin Look
A Baker's Drug Store advertisement promotes MELLO GLO powder with a new French process for smooth spread, long wear, pore minimization, and no shine. Priced 50c and $1.00 tax free.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Industrial leaders to join Johnson board on trade acts
Washington reports three leading industrialists Walter C. Teagle Alfred P. Sloan and Gerard Swope ready to accept appointments with Hugh Johnson to aid administration of the industrial act as part of a ten member board drawn from industry and labor to oversee fair handling of the legislation ahead of Roosevelt's signing and Johnson's setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Hugh
Johnson
Roosevelt
General Johnson
Donald Richberg
Association of
Railway Labor Executives
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
National Association of Manufacturers
Richberg
Labor
Mitchell Denies Buying Stock To Defraud the U S
Charles E. Mitchell testified at his income tax evasion trial that buying 8500 shares of Anaconda Copper in 1931 did not aim to repurchase the same shares sold to W D Thornton to dodge 1930 taxes. Prosecutors say the Thornton sale was a sham to defraud the government. A parallel sale to his wife and repurchase aimed to dodge 1929 taxes.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles E. Mitchell
W. D. Thornton
Thornton
Mitchell
Eight Deaths In Day In State From Accidents
Eight people died in Virginia from accidents yesterday with three drownings and three auto crashes. Victims include Jennings Crge aged 12 in Shenandoah River near Shenandoah City Page county and Audrey Jean Shifflett 4 killed by a fall in Rockingham county. others harmed include Hazel Zanitz 25 and Jean Zanitz 7 near Alexandria. Dr. H E Whaley and family injured near Jetersville.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Jennings Crge
Shenandoah River
Shenandoah City
Page County
Charles Desboro
Frances Desboro
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
W. H. Lunsford
W. Lunsford
Bristol
Robert Simonton
H. V. Simonton
Five Forks
L. D. Richardson
Petersville
Audrey Jean Shifflett
Rockingham
Hazel Zanitz
Portsmouth
Alexandria
Jean Zanitz
Donald E. Elliston
Piasterco
Elliston
Lunsford
H. E. Whaley
John
Jetersville
Wheat market closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore
The Star lists daily closing quotations from Winchester Milling through Stickell Sales Corp. Chicago prices show July at 73½, September 75, December 77. Baltimore spot wheat at 79. Winchester spot wheat at 75.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Local Pupils Honor Benefactors At Graduation
Local pupils from the United Brethren Church and Handley orchestra presented diplomas at a ceremony led by Rev. George W. Stover. The Senior Class graduates included Winifred Anderson, Nancy Ashwood, Evelyn Athey, Ruth Atwell, Sarah Baker, Nelia Beverley, M Margaret Bauserman, Frances Brown, Evelyn Bywaters, Thelma Carpenter, Evangeline Clevenger, Mary Coontz, Ethel Cooper, Retha Cooper, Doris Cunningham, Margaret DeHaven, and many others.
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Sylvia Bernice Rappaport
Alma Lucille Renner
Sidney Alice Seabright
Helen Elizabeth Slifer
Martha Alice Stine
Grace Brown Thomas
Catherine Gilkeson van Meter
Phyllis Rebecca Whitmore
L. Gordon Armel
Harold C. Bell
George Langdon Brashears
Maurice Edwin Bowers
Ray Virginious Brumback
Harry Erving Dieckmand
Thomas Emmett Dorton
Miller Carey Fletcher
Carlton Ray Gatewood
Charles Hardy Grim
Carl August Haines
Wesley Woodrow Hawkins
John Bean Heltzel
Ivan Spottswood Kline
Leonard Sargent
Raymond Kinzel MacMillan
Miller Charles Lee McDonald
Will Larrick Owings
Robert Tilden Reed
John Walden Resseguie
James Kenneth Robinson
Richard Ellsworth Rush
Ernest Bruce Shade
Arthur Spaid
Marshall Allen Stine
Frank Lée Whitacre
Leslie Neill Woods, Jr
Raymond Cochran
Mattern Lands Suddenly From Gas Fumes
An airplane carrying an expert mechanic was dispatched from Novo Sibirsk to assist the Texas aviator Mattern after an emergency landing caused by gas fumes. Moscow officials sent urgent messages to the airline to provide aid. the exact time and reason for the landing were not disclosed.
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Novo Sibirsk
Moscow
Mattern
Post and Gatty
Prokopievsk
Pill To Deaden Pain Medical Ad
An old style advertisement praises a pill that supposedly relieves pain by acting on its causes. It claims regular use reduces monthly suffering and promises permanent relief with persistent use. Sold at drug stores, small size 50 cents.
Flight crew seeks large field after wing strut break in landing
The pilot needed a large landing field after cracking a wing strut during a landing at Omsk on a flight from Prokopievsk. The area has no regular airfield nearby. In Kuznetsk a metallurgical center, Chinese officials Su Ping-Wen and Ma Chan-Shan were briefly interned by Russians after fleeing Japanese forces in Manchuria last winter. Mrs. Mason Ambler and her daughter Mrs. Harold Crawford with family have returned to Parkersburg West Virginia after staying with Miss Minnie Baker on North Cameron Street.
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Omsk
Prokopievakics
Mason Ambler
Harold Crawford
Parkersburg
W Va
Minnie Baker
North Cameron Street
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Paramount
Miriam Hopkins
William Gargan
Jack LA Rue
McNamee News
Charlie Chase
Capitol
Alice White
Ralph Bellamy
Waree Bros
News & Fatty
Arbuckle
Robert S. Walter
Boyce
USA
Handley Graduates
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company
Hansbrough & Carter Loans
Hamman’s Dollar Store
E. Boscawen St
Teagle
Sloan
Swope
U. S
Lydia E. Pinkham
J.V. Arthur
General Insurance
Kouss Ave
Sheetz
Monte Collins
Terrytoon Comic
Vagabond Adventure
Equitable Pictures
Ginger Rogers
Lyle Talbot
Parnell Pratt
Arthur Hoyt
Lillian Harmer
Dorothy Burgess
Walter Byron
Alan Hale
Winchester Furnitiuire CO
South Main Street
Lieve
Essolene
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Esso, Inc
Essolone
Esso
Essolube
Pennsylvania
Standard Ol Company
Louisiana
Colonial Beacon Oil Company
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