Large Crowds Attend 13th Remount Horse Show at Front Royal
Front Royal Va June 8 Over 750 spectators flocked to the Remount Horse Show opening with 18 classes slated. Judges included General Leon B. Kromer and Dr Louis Allen who awarded Petite Poule third in working hunters as Clifton Farms entries were expected to dominate afternoon results.
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Remount Station
Dr. Allen
Front Royal
Leon B. Kromer
Henry Whitehead
DeForrest Morton
Courtland H. Smith
J. F. Wall
Louis Allen
Edgar Whiting
Winchester
Thomas Johnson
Gold Bug
Rockledge Hope
Henry L
W. Lodge Bowles
Broomstick
Golden Rod
Bay Beauty
Black Toney
Blushing Beauty
Vanderpool
Campfire
Grotae
Paul Rudacille
Ealry
Indian Star
Sir Carley
Carlaris
Frost Anderson
Denny Stone
J. G. Denny
Betty Stone
Rockport
John Waller
Harry Baker
Joseph Reid
Hunter
Harry L
Joe Reid
Moth Ball
Bryan Ray
Ben Ray
Textile
Joseph Reid, Jrn
Coy Gaulois
L. M. Allen
Russell Derflinger
G. L. Smith
Albert. Willis
Delphinium Wins Belmont Stakes in Rainy Crowd
Delphinium from Mrs Dodge Sloane's Broadmeade stable defeated several other two year olds in the National Stallion Stakes at Belmont Park. About 20 000 fans braved poor weather for the renewal of the 50 000 Belmont Stakes.
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New York
Delphinium
Rotary Club Grants Ten Dollar Gift to Front Royal Band
The Front Royal Rotary Club board met with the Town Manager and approved a $10 donation to the Front Royal Band.
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Front Royal
Social and Persona News From Royal and Nearby
Miss Carolyn Rohr plans a visit to Ohio then New York City to see friends. Mrs Edgar Browning departs for New Jersey for several weeks with relatives. Dr and Mrs O W Carper to Charlottesville for the weekend with Mrs Carper’s mother. Capt G C Dean and Mrs E Barr Samsell travel to Washington for Shrine Convention. John Bierer takes a job in Richmond. Dorothy Smith spends weekend in Luray with parents. C Spencer to return later for summer with mother. Laura Trout and Virginia Downing return from Richmond. Margaret Jenkins very ill near Happy Creek. Leon Jones hosts about seventy five friends for Lions Charity event. Frances Sterrett returns from Richmond. Francis Donaldson heads to Richmond for a few days. Mrs George Stewart and son Barrie leave Tuesday for California for a few months. Virginia Carson and Drayton Hite visit Washington yesterday.
Rotarians Hear Convention Notes from District Meeting
Front Royal Rotary Club met at the Afton Inn with G. Tyler Miller, Warren-Rappahannock schools superintendent, presenting a report on the 56th Rotary District convention in Richmond. Attending members included J. Grover Hillidge, E. T. Whitworth, Roger W. Payne, L. B. Rohr, Rev. H. W. Shannon, and club president. A committee was formed to draft a memorial resolution for former member Oscar Ettreel.
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Front Royal
Rotary Club
Afton Inn
G. Tyler Miller
Warren-Rappahannock
56Th Rotary
Richmond
J. Grover Hillidge
E. T. Whitworth
Roger W. Payne
Drunkenness Fined in Front Royal Court
Geo. Johnson of the county was fined five dollars with seven fifty costs by Trial Justice Walter G. Olmstead in Front Royal court for drunkenness.
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Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
Geo. Johnson
League Season Opens Tomorrow For All-Stars
Front Royal All-Stars host Harrisonburg Club in opener with Cassell Ven sin and Stankis in lineup. Stankis from William and Mary will join after the first of the week. Tomorrow the All-Stars start the league season against Heurich Brewing Company of Washington.
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All-Stars
Front Royal
Front Royal All-Stars
Harrisonburg
Cassell
Vensin
St. Mary Celtics
Joe Stankis
William and Mary
Stankis
Heurich Brewine Company
Washington, D
Two Drownings After Excursion Boat Capsizes
In Vinal Haven Maine the Belfast excursion steamer Castine struck a ledge in fog and listed. Two men and women from Rockland and Camden drowned as seventy five Grangers aboard were thrown into the sea and rescued by the North Haven liner’s lifeboats. Mrs. Wooster of Rockport and Mr. Wooster, about age 50, died. Mrs. Wooster remained missing.
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Vinal Haven
Belfast
Castine
Rockland
Camden
Pomona Grange
Vinal Haven and Rockland Steamboat Company
North Have
Charles Wooster
Rockport
Wooster
Parks Leaps Into Lead For Golf Classic
Parks, Jr. rallies from behind at Oakmont as he shoots 38 on the front and reaches 63 holes with 261 total. Jimmy Thomson of Long Beach falters after a strong start, dropping from a four stroke lead to trailing by one stroke with nine holes left in the United States open at Pittsburgh.
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Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Thomson
Long Beach
Calif
Sam Parks, Jr
Parks
Thomson
Quiet conditions after dynamiting in Kansas mine region
In Columbus Kansas on June 8 the tri state lead and zinc mine area remained quiet after dawn dynamiting of power lines. National guardsmen patrolled the area after striking miners forced a shutdown at the Beck mine in Boxer Springs.
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Columbus
Kas
Tri-State
Lead and Zinc
Kansas National Guardsmen
Boxer Springs
Mangan Breaks American Record in Three Quarter Mile Dash
Joe Mangan, former Cornell star, added starter in the three quarter mile event at the New York A C spring games, edged Chuck Hornbostel of Indiana in a dramatic finish, clocking 3:01.4 to set a new American record for the distance.
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New York
Joe Mangan
Cornell
New York A.C
Chuck Hornbostel
Indiana
Hoover Has Splendid Luck Trout Fishing
Former President Herbert Hoover enjoyed a productive fishing day at Lakota lake in Barnard Vermont. Secretary Lawrence Richey reported Hoover caught 19 trout and landed the largest fish, a 1.5 pounder measuring 15 inches.
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Newport
N. H
Herbert Hoover
Lawrence Richey
Lakota Lake
Barnard
Mr. Hoover
U S Debtors Expected To Default Again
Washington June 7 Great Britain notified the United States it would default on a war debt installment of 85,670,756 due June 15 and payments in arrears totaling a large sum, signaling possible new wartime debt settlement talks.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
British Embassy Note on Unpaid Past Payments
Sir Ronald Lindsay informs Secretary that the government provided a comprehensive explanation in a note from last June. The note states payments were made in the past while awaiting a negotiated revised settlement. The amount involved is roughly 380 million dollars.
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Ronald Lindsay
Tah
Porous Wood Varies by Type and Fiber Board
A brief note explains wood and fiber board porosity, with ebony at about 25 percent and balsam wood at around 75 percent. It also describes salvaging torn sheets by turning them into four pillow cases and mentions wives preserving materials.
Will They Play Ball With Pitts
Edwin Pitts, released from Sing Sing after five years for a New York holdup, draws national protest over an Albany International League offer. Fans and officials challenge Judge Bramham's ruling that Pitts on the Albany roster would hurt organized baseball. Pitts is shown leaving the prison with his mother, Emma Pitts Rudd, a former Sing Sing star in football and baseball.
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Sing Sing
New York
Edwin
Alabama
Bramham
Pitts
Albany
Emma Pitts Rudd
Secondary Roads Will Get More Highway Money
The Virginia State Highway Commission votes to increase the secondary highway budget to 7 million dollars for 1935 36, replacing worn county equipment and funding maintenance. The agenda notes federal aid for roads may require state matching later, with details on primary vs secondary allocations and upcoming project funding.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Virginia
Shirley
Thomas H. MacDonald
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Commission
Rhodes
Barrymore fights divorce claims over yacht imprisonment
In Los Angeles on June 8, John Barrymore answers the divorce case against Dolores Costello. He denies being a virtual prisoner aboard their yacht for more than two months and says she exerted a deadening influence prompting his departure.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Liquor Profits May Pay Debt in Virginia
From figures from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and budget director J. H. Bradford the News Leader predicts liquor profits will come within about seventeen thousand dollars of wiping out the state deficit by July 1 1936.
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Richmond
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
J. H. Bradford
News-Leader Today
Early Printing Origins From Beach Impressions
Fragmentary note suggests printing began with crude beach impressions used for children's amusement. It hints at a link between early letter forms and playful carvings on sand. No persons or organizations are named. The text conveys a speculative origin of printing techniques.
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Carolyn Rohr
Ohio
New York City
Edgar Browning
New Jersey
O. W. Carper
Charlottesville
G. C. Dean
E. Barr Samsell
W:ton, D. C
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Acca Temple
John Bierer
Dorothy Smith
Luray
Miss C Spencer
Laura Trout
Virginia Downing
Margaret Jenkins
Happy Creek
Leon Jones
Rene of the Lions’ Charity
Frances Sterrett
Francis Donaldson
George Stewart
Barrie
Califonia
Virginia Carson
Drayton Hite
Washington, D. C
Hoover
U. S
Moling & Cather
Muggs McGinnis
Wally
Kingie
Muggs
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Etta Kett
BY Paul Robinson
Ettas Beither
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Barrymore
Minnie
L. R. Smith, Inc
T. F. Timberlake
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
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