Training School enrollment nears nine hundred on first day
Front Royal Va June 18 The eighth session of the Baltimore Conference Training School for Pastors and Lay Workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opened with Rev Dr W F Quillian of Nashville delivering The Philosophy of the Christian Religion His remarks stressed service as Christianitys motive and growth through sharing it with others More than 190 registered this morning and over 140 attended last evening with a distinguished faculty introduced by Rev Dr H H Sherman The lineup included Rev Dr C A Bowen Prof C C Washburn Dr Norman E Richardson Dr Umphrey Lee Dr J Fisher Simpson Miss Mary DeBardeleben Mrs Paul Berger Prof George S Terry and Dr J E Crawford Officers announced were President Rev Dr E L Woolfe Vice President Rev R K Nevitt Treasurer Dr Hubert Sydenstricker Secretary Rev Charles A York Registrar Mrs E L Woolf Harrisonburg Hostess Mrs 8 R Neel Director D J Fisher Simpson and Dean Rev Dr Homer H Sherman The day began with reveille at 6 30 breakfast at 7 15 and a schedule of four one hour classes The afternoon featured dinner study recreation and evening programs with Bishop Edwin H Hughes expected to speak this week and Bishop Edwin D Mouton planned as platform speaker next week Also noted Front Royal district checker G W Harnsberger announced his checks of lands enrolled in the 1935 wheat reduction program.
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Front Royal
Baltimore Conference Training School
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. F. Quillian
Nashville
Tenn
Quillian
Board of Christ
Ian
H. H. Sherman
C. A. Bowen
Board of Christian Education
C. C. Washburn
Scarritt College
E. L. Woolfe
Harrisonburg
R. K. Nevitt
Mount Rainier
Hubert Sydenstricker
Winchester
Charles A. York
E. L. Woolf
R. Neel
Roanoke
D. J. Fisher Simpson
Nashville Tenn
Homer H. Sherman
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Methodist Church
Edwin D. Mouton
Charlotte
N. C
Three Are Guilty In Local Court
In court yesterday afternoon before Trial Justice Walter G Olmstead Elis Crenshaw of Meadow View Virginia was found guilty of reckless driving and fined 10 dollars plus costs Lyle H Lang of Fork district was fined 5 dollars with 4 25 costs for failing to due a new inspection ticket on car George Johnson of Front Royal was fined 5 dollars and costs for drunkenness
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Front Royal
Walter G.olmstead
Elis Crenshaw
Meadow View
Lyle H. Lang
The
Fork District
George Johnson
Unconscious From Skull Fracture At Maryland Warehouse
James R. Nicodemus a 10 year old night watchman at the J. W. Myers warehouse in Hagerstown Md remained unconscious this afternoon with no change in condition. He suffered a fractured skull from a fall down a flight of steps at the warehouse last Friday.
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Hagerstown
James R. Nicodemus
J. W. Myers
Nicodemus
Beauty Pageant To Select 1935 Miss Warren
The 1935 Miss Warren County pageant will be held at Warren Park Theatre on Thursday evening June 27. Organizer Tip Saffel said more than 35 entries have been received from local merchants and the post plans to fill at least 70 contestants. A dance will follow the selection of Miss Warren County.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Warren Park Theatre
Tip” Saffel
Samuel B. Millar
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Lions Will Name Officers Tonight
The Front Royal Lions hold a regular dinner meeting at the Fairlawn Inn on West Main Street where they will elect officers for the year and conduct other business.
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Front Royal
Front Royal Lions
Fairlawn Inn
West Main Street
Front Royal Municipal Band Concert Monday Evening
The first of a series of concerts will be held Monday at 8 o clock on the lawn in front of Warren County High School. Captain G C Dean director of the band says a concert program will be announced later in the week.
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Front Royal
G. O. P. Leaders Sees Politics In Works Billions
Representative Snell, House Republican leader, warned that Roosevelt's orders against political discrimination in public works spending may be an empty promise. He recalled past political use of public works funds and feared politics would influence the current program more than expected.
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Washington
Representative Snell
House
Roosevelt
Paris Riot Injures Ten Police in Embassy Clash
Paris witnesses a clash as twenty angry laborers protest outside the Polish embassy against France's expulsion of foreign workers. Ten policemen are reported injured in the confrontation.
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Paris
France
Federal bill proposes lottery to raise up to 1 billion annually
Washington June 18 A federal lottery commission would be created to raise up to 1 000 000 000 annually by lottery under a bill introduced in the House by Representative Kennedy of New Jersey. The measure sets a broad framework for nationwide lottery operations with federal oversight.
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Washington
Federal Lottery Commission
Kennedy
Geese Longevity and Varieties Worldwide and in America
Geese live unusually long lives with some over forty years. Domestic geese trace their ancestry to the gray leg wild goose. In America the common wild geese are Canada, brant or brent, and snow goose. The snow goose, nicknamed the laughing goose, is gray in its first year and white thereafter.
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America
Canada
The Shepherd Dog Description and Appearance
The shepherd dog is noted for a beautiful head with erect medium ears and a wedge shaped long muzzle conveying strength. It has almond dark brown eyes with loveliness and fire, stands about 24 inches tall, and features a smooth coat with wiry or long types being rare. The bushy tail reaches the lower joint.
Social and Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Mr. I O Kibler left yesterday for a business trip through North Carolina. Elder and Mrs A L Harrison returned after visiting Martinsburg West Virginia. Claude Rust Helen Smith Davis Rust and Douglas Compton visited Charlottesville Sunday. Mary R Simpson Virginia Massie spent winter in Winchester with Dr and Mrs Hubert Sydenstricker and arrive to spend summer at Edgewood. Theresa Carroll hosts a Friday party. Violet Collins spent yesterday in Washington DC. Parker Hitt Anne Turner attended Charles Town races. Rev T Eugene West of Charlottesville visited town. Carl West of New York City visiting friends. Mrs W E Carson and Mrs Harold Smith spent yesterday in Washington DC. E D Poulton returns from Hollins College Wednesday to spend summer on Chester Street. William Wilkins of Boyce weekend guest of A N Carroll. Front Royal Municipal Band rehearsals next Thursday at Warren County High School auditorium. Mrs Harold Smith entertained for a bridge gathering. George Duncan, formerly ill on Royal Avenue, now able to walk. Margaret Cassidy leaves Sunday for Pittsburgh to visit friends and relatives.
No Additional Appeal Considered For Hauptmann
C Lloyd Fisher one of Hauptmanns attorneys said the defense does not plan any appeal moves beyond the Court of Errors and Appeals hearing set for Thursday Hauptmann will not attend the hearing Egbert Rosecrans of Blairs town will open the defense using about half the time Frederick A Pope will conclude Fisher will be present but take no part in the hearing
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Trenton
N. J
C. Lloyd Fisher
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Hauptmann
Egbert Rosecrans
Blairstown
Frederick A. Pope
Somerville
Fisher
Grace Moore Cancels Concert in Brussels
Grace Moore, American soprano, says she must cancel her Brussels concert on June 20 on doctors orders due to extreme fatigue. The decision was announced in Paris after meeting the King and Queen of the Belgians.
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Paris
Grace Moore
Brussels
Oldest Armor Exhibit in Toronto Museum
The world’s oldest suit of armor dating to about 600 B C is shown at the Royal Ontario Museum of Archeology in Toronto. A British collector donated the priceless treasure. Discovered in Lake Trasimene in central Italy fifty years ago, the suit is formed from small bronzed scales overlapping to create a form fitting and strong garment.
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Royal Ontario Museum of Archeology
Toronto
Lake Trasimene
Italy
Lyddane Case Trial Put Off Till November
In Rockville Maryland the Lyddane murder plot case against bank secretary Mrs Anne Lyddane will not resume until November. A prior trial ended with a hung jury and John Martin Boland received a sentence of three years and nine months in Jessup. State's Attorney James Pugh stated another Lyddane trial is set for the November session.
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Rockeville
Anne Lyddane
Lyddane
John Martin Boland
Clara Phillips Paroled to Invalid Mother's Care
Clara Phillips, once known as the tiger woman for the 1922 hammer murder of Alberta Meadows, is paroled after twelve years in prison. She resides with her invalid mother, Mrs. A. H. Weaver, in a La Mesa cottage near San Diego, the parole report noting her first contact with the law since release from Tehachapi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Clara Phillips
Alberta Meadows
A. H. Weaver
la Mesa
Here
Tehachapi
Perjury Charge Held Victor For Tom Mooney
San Francisco reports the California Supreme Court granted a writ of habeas corpus to Tom Mooney challenging his 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction. Warden Holohan is ordered to show cause why Mooney should not be released, a notable victory for his counsel George T. Davis.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
California State Supreme Court
Mooney
James J. Holohan
San Quentino Prison
Relief Slices For State May Be Increased
Washington dispatch reports Virginia relief allotments under the new works program. State Director William A. Smith expects the Virginia man year average to dip below the 1200 dollar Roosevelt benchmark, possibly around 900 dollars, though he has no definite figures. He adds that any increase would lift Virginia’s federal activity average versus prior allotments.
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Washington
Virginia
William A. Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
Double wedding in airplane over Niagara Falls
A mother and her daughter from Detroit were married in a plane a thousand feet above Niagara Falls. Vella Gentle, 38, wed Police Officer Earl Barbee, 33, who then became stepfather and father-in-law as Capitola Gentle, 17, married Carl Hartfield, son of the groom, in the 21 minute flight.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Detroit
Vella O. C. Gentle
Earl A. Barbee
Barbee
Capitola
Carl Hartfield
Senate Nears Vote on Security Bill and Tax Plan
Senate considers a security bill with major terms intact. It would provide $152 monthly federal grants for needy seniors or the blind, funded by state matches, plus a payroll tax plan to fund unemployment insurance and old age pensions, aiming to raise about $3 billion yearly.
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Senate
House
380 Convicts Strike in Kansas Coal Pit
Mutiny at a Kansas prison coal mine left guards briefly hostage. Convicts seized the cage and gas could, Johnson fired from an armored box to keep access to the surface. Four guards aided by officials and reports say no food or weapons for the mutineers, with silence prevailing as talks of new legislature limits on good time surfaced.
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Johnson
Council Grove
Murray
John Christian
Fred Murray
Kansas City
Kas
John Stewart
Lansing
Graham
Nathan van Meter
John Heslop
Levi Day
Milt Gould
James Skahan
John Edwards
Gabe Kamershack
Davie White
James Wilson
Joe Studdard
Frank Sawaski
Kansas
Park Meeting Delegates On a Blue Ridge Trip
SKYLAND Va June 18 A three mile trip along the Passamaquady Trail high in the Blue Ridge Mountains today offered delegates to the fifteenth National State Park Conference a view of Virginia s Shenandoah Valley then they will begin business sessions Recreational experts will hear Richard Lieber describe progress of ten years in an address tomorrow Carson will speak on Virginia s early state park work Wilbur C Hall will outline Virginia s park plans as six state parks open to the public The President s camp at Rapidan will host the delegates tomorrow afternoon with a bonfire pow pow Governor Peery and A E Demaray welcome the delegates
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Skyland
Passamaquady
Blue Ridge Mountains
National State Park Conference
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Richard Lieber
Sesson
Rapidan
George Co. Peery
A. E. Demaray
National Park Service
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour Prices Listed
Local markets list wholesale flour prices by brand and bag size, with figures for patent and common brands. Also shown are feeds, corn meal, middlings, bran, egg mash, butter, and live stock notes, reflecting a broad rural market snapshot.
House Predicts Roosevelt Will Bear Standard
Manchester Mass June 18 Col Edward M House war time adviser of the late President predicts Franklin D Roosevelt will bear the standard in the forthcoming political contest House asserts Roosevelt will carry the party banner in the national campaign based on current political alignment and public sentiment
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House
Roosevelt
Manchester
Mass
Edward M. House
Roosevelt Predicted to Be Nominated for 1936 Standard Bearer
Wilson forecast Roosevelt will be renominated and carry the party banner in 1936. Colonel House, turning 77 on July 26, praised the President’s “courageous” administration, saying he has faced tougher issues than many prior presidents.
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Colonel House
Livestock and Produce Markets Across Baltimore and Philadelphia
Baltimore market reports show cattle dull with declines from yesterday, slaughter steers 6.00 to 10.60, heifers 4.50 to 9.75, calves 100 lower, hogs 200 lower with truck hogs 25 cents under quotes, various weight ranges listed. Philadelphia dressed poultry and live poultry markets steady, butter prices by grade ranging from 26 to 21 1 2 cents, overall prices irregular on extras, with 5 408 eyes recorded at 1 p.m.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
U. S. Dept. of Agr
Market in Stocks Mixed as Traders Hold Fire
New York June 18 stock market drifted higher but traders stayed cautious amid expectations of a technical reversal. Buying remained selective while many stood aside and funds provided the main support. grains rallied on delayed harvests and cotton also rose. bonds were mixed as foreign exchange saw pound at 44.92 and franc at 6.61 cents. Closing quotes included Allied Chemical 154, American Can 14012, General Electric 26, General Motors 315g, U S Steel 331%, Woolworth 6475.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel, & Tel
Atch., Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Pmn Eernlaw
Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Chicago market brief with closing prices for futures and cash grain on June 18. Wheat ranges from 81 1 2 to 84 1 3 with June July Sept Dec contracts. corn July to Dec quoted between 81 7 8 and 64 1 2. oats July to Dec around 35 5 8 to 1 2. rye July to Dec from 47 1 4 to 51 7 8. barley July to Sept around 45 and 42. Lard and bellies futures listed. cash grain prices shown for No 2 red wheat 82 with weevily, No 4 red 81 1 4, corn No 2 yellow 86 1 4 to 82. Winchester prices note wheat 80 cents, yellow corn 90 cents, white corn 92 cents per bushel with mill deliveries.
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Chicago
Winchester
Girl Killed In Motorcycle Fall In Baltimore
In Baltimore on June 18 a 24 year old woman Miss Frances Gracyk died after a fall from the rear seat of a speeding motorcycle. Private John Stacy of Fort Howard, operator of the motorcycle, was taken into custody by Dundalk police but said he did all he could to aid the injured woman. He was held for coroner action.
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Baltimore
Frances Gracyk
John Stacy
Fort Howard
Dundalk
Governor Cochran tightens grip as Omaha strike enters third day
Omaha under martial law as Governor R Cochran orders 1800 National Guardsmen to siege street tram lines. Arbitration rejected, buses spared, riots quelled, officials vow restraint though exiled trams remain in barns. Sam Reynolds nominated but rejected as arbiter. An effigy burned, violence last week cited.
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Omaha
R. Cochran
Omaha and
Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
National
Cochran
Sam W. Reynolds
The
American Légion
Frank Myers
Military Court
H. J. Paul
Roy N. Towl
Towl
Postmasters to Meet Next in Lynchburg
The convention closed as one of the most successful sessions with large attendance and much interest. Many attendees were first timers and delegates praised the Winchester reception and the Lynchburg visit for its cordiality and hospitality.
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Lynchburg
Winchester
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Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
Academy
G. W. Harnsberger
Warren
Lions
Geese
I. O. Kibler
North Carolina
Elder
Mrs. A. L. Harrison
Martinsburg
W. Va
Claude Rust
Helen Smith
Davis Rust
Douglas Compton
Charlottesville
Mary R. Simpson
Virginia Massie
Edgewood
Theresa Carroll
Voilette Collins
Parker Hitt
Anne Turner
Charles Town
T. Eugene West
Carl West
New York City
W. E. Carson
Harold Smith
E. D. Poulton
Hollins College
Chester Street
William Wilkins
Boyce
A. N. Carroll
Front Royal Municipal Band
Warren County High School
Bridge
George Duncan
Royal Avenue
Margaret Cassidy
Pittsburgh
Niagara
Blue Ridge
Commission
Carson
Star
Acosta
Ces
MIM Yoiti
Consol
General Electric
General Motors
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Muggs McGinnis
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