Virginia Delegates Plan Caucus At Philadelphia
Virginia Democrats prepare for a Monday night caucus in Philadelphia to organize for the Democratic National Convention. Senator Byrd backs full delegation arrival while Governor Peery opposes changing the two thirds rule.
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Richmond
M. A. Hutchinson
State Democratic Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Philadelphia
Hutchinson
Pennsylvania
Camden
N. J
Byrd
Peery
Washington
Wallace
Convention
Resolutions Committee
AAA
Hopewell Friends Meet to Unveil Bronze Tablet
Hopewell Meeting at Clearbrook marks the 200th anniversary with exercises tomorrow. A bronze tablet, set on a limestone boulder by U.S. Highway 11, records the founding of the meeting in 1734 and ongoing services since then.
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Hopewell
Clearbrook
Congregation of Friends
Hopewell Friends Meeting House
One Mile West
Mothers of World War heroes visit Wilson birthplace in Staunton
Mothers of American soldiers who died in action converge on Staunton Virginia for a three day pilgrimage to the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. One hundred and thirty gold star mothers from eleven eastern states have registered for the assembly with dignitaries including Governors McNutt and Peery and Major General Lejeune expected to attend. Additional delegations arrive from New York and other states.
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Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
George Peery
Virginia
Clifton Woodrum
John Lejeune
Wv. M. I
New York
West Virginia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Maryland
Connecticut
North Carolina
Tennessee
Delaware
District of Columbia
Manse
Opening Night at Edgewood Beer Dine and Dance
A Saturday June 20 event titled Edgewood Beer Dine and Dance held miles from Winchester along Front Royal Road with organizer Dick Mercier featured in the Monday edition.
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Edgewood Beer
Winchester
Front Royal Road
Dick Mercier
Mer
Yard Party Benefit for The Mite Society at White Palace
A yard party to be held Friday June 26 at White Hall to raise funds for The Mite Society. If rain, the event moves to the next night. Eat in a cool sanitary air conditioned restaurant named The White Palace.
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White Hall
Benefit of the
Mite Society
White Palace
Public Sale Notice for 1934 Chevrolet Sedan
Public sale set for June 20 at 11 A.M. for a 1934 Chevrolet Master 4 door sedan. Cash payment required. Dunn and Duvall listed as the contacts for the sale.
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Chevrolet
Dunn É& Duvall
Shannon Hill Property Sale Includes Eight Room House
A property near Berryville Avenue with an eight room residence on a 100 by 200 foot lot and two building lots is scheduled for noon Saturday June 27 in front of Court House. Sale bills provide details.
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Berryville Avenue
West Virginia Parkway
Court House
Raleigh Judge Denies Set Aside Verdict in Gattis Case
In Raleigh North Carolina on June 19 Judge M W Barnhill refused to set aside a jury verdict against Rev Eckie H Gattis for alienation of Mrs Hoke Paige affections Paige seeks 40000 dollars and Gattis plans an appeal posting a 100 bond and a 20000 stay bond The couple separated about a year ago with Mrs Paige testifying against her own allegations while denying any affair with Gattis
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Raleigh
N. C
M. W. Barnhill
Eckie H. Gattis
Hoke Paige
Gattis
Supreme Court
Barnhill
Paige
Virginia 4-H elects leaders after eleventh conference
Blacksburg Va June 19 Virginia's 4 H young farmers concluded their eleventh annual conference with James Via Ashland elected president for the coming year. Achievements night announced Via second in public speaking and listed winning livestock dairy poultry and crop judging teams to represent Virginia at national competitions.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
James Via
Ashland
North River
Warren Good
Mt Jackson
Woodrow W. Pruitt
Chilhowie
Charles Sabo
Emporia
Walter S. Newman
H. C. Groseclose
Robert Russell
Wicomico Church
Claude Swanson
Callands
Wayne la
Kidnaper Arthur Gooch Hanged in Oklahoma
Arthur Gooch, 27, convicted kidnapper of two Texas officers, was hanged at the Oklahoma State Prison at 5 06 a m He became the first person executed for kidnapping under the Lindbergh law A crowd of 350 plus witnessed the execution Gooch walked unaided to the gallows and spoke to his six year old son Billy Joe before the sentence was carried out He abducted Paris Texas officers R N Baker and H R Marks and brought them to Oklahoma where the death penalty applied
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Mcalester
Okla
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Rich Owen
Gooch
Okmulgee
Billy Joe
Daddy
Paris
Tex
R. N. Baker
H. R Marks
Oklahoma
Park Association Thanks Economy Machine Shop
John L. Shine chairman of the Playgrounds Committee of the Winchester Park Association praised Economy Machine Shop for assisting with concrete work and pipe lines at the playgrounds. He said their services were greatly appreciated and enabled badly needed improvements at the Park.
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John L. Shine
Winchester Park Association
Shine
Monument to be Dedicated for Hopewell Meeting Centenary
The 200th anniversary of Hopewell Meeting at Clearbrook will be celebrated in Winchester and Clearbrook tomorrow starting at 11 a.m. A monument near the meeting house will be unveiled by descendants of pioneer members. Dignitaries including Judge Williams Judge Ricks and M M Lynch will give addresses with prayers and readings throughout an all day program.
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Society of Friends
Quakers
United States
Winchester
Clearbrook
Hopewell
Pidgeon
Lewis Pidgeon
Laura Hoge
Walker McC. Bond
Susan T
John W. Wayland
J. Hoge Ricks
Louis Schmeling title bout at Yankee Stadium unlikely to be stopped
Promo ter Mike Jacobs said only a cloudburst could halt the 15 round heavyweight match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium. Weather overcast threatened rain as fans prepared for the big fight in New York.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
British labor leaders plan national protest over sanctions
London reports that on June 19 British labor leaders, angry at the Baldwin government's move to lift sanctions, planned a nationwide popular demonstration to protest the decision.
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London
Baldwin
Lumber firms sue railroads over freight charges
Nine Virginia lumber producers sue fifty railroads in District Supreme Court seeking 157000 dollars in damages for allegedly excessive freight charges on shipments to New York and New England since April 1928.
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Washington
Virginia
New York
New England
District Supreme Court
Receivers Signal 45 to 50 Percent Return for Bank Depositors
Receivers for the defunct American Bank and Trust Company in Richmond reported to the City Circuit Court that depositors may eventually recover between 45 and 50 percent of their accounts.
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Richmond
American Bank and Trust Company
Sacred Heart Church Robbed of Tabernacle and Altars Bread
Thieves broke into Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Norfolk Virginia last night, stole the tabernacle from the altar and escaped with a solid gold vessel containing 500 consecrated altar bread particl es.
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Norfolk
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
New March Begun Hankow Move Toward Yungchow
Kwangsi provincial forces began a northward march into southwest Hunan toward Yungchow amid ongoing fighting on the front.
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Hankow
Hunan Province
Yungchow
Senate Balks at Guffey-Vinson Coal Bill Move
Washington June 19. An attempt to bring up the substitute Guffey-Vinson coal bill in the Senate today met opposition from Senator Borah. The measure encountered resistance as negotiations continued.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Biraho
Dey Chosen To Head Virginia Bankers Group
Norfolk leader James B. Dey Jr is nominated for president of the Virginia Bankers Association at the 43rd annual convention in Virginia Beach. Milton R. Morgan is named vice president to follow Dey, with re elections set for secretary and treasurer C W Beerbower and Thomas B Neal. New executive council members named include G W Mumford R R Savage O C White G C Dickerson H H Cooley Harold G Brown R B Jarrett E S Shields F L Elkins A B E Anderson W G Waring and John T Duval.
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Norfolk
James B. Dey, Jr
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Virginia Beach
Dey
J. Sinclair Brown
Salem
Milton R. Morgan
Eagle Rock
C. W. Beerbower
Roanoke
Thomas B. Neal
Richmond
Brown
Executive Council
Lillian A. Kendall
J. Randolph Tucker
G. W. Mumford
Onancock
R. R. Savage
Williamsburg
O. C. White
G. C. Dickerson
Amelia
H. H Cooley
Round Hill
Harold G. Brown
Winchester
R. B. Jarrett
Clifton Forge
E. 8. Shields
Farmville
F. L. Elkins
Fries
A. BE. Anderson
Bristol
W. G. Waring
West Point
John T. Duval
Gloucester
Anniversary Sale at Rhodes Drug Co Friday and Saturday
Rhodes Drug Co hosts a two day anniversary sale with special pricing on Friday and Saturday. Store hours run 1 p 11. Restrictions or exact items not specified in readable text.
Hawkins Wanted on Three Counts
A warrant charged Rufus Hawkins with manufacturing illegal liquor possessing a still and carrying a weapon within a hundred yards of the still. The warrant followed a Wednesday raid that yielded a large capacity still, several tons of sugar and rye, and liquor. Hawkins’ whereabouts after the raid were unknown. officials noted he had been living with Otis Bennett on Dr. W. D. Myers county estate.
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Rufus Hawkins
A. J. Tavenner
Hawkins
Otis Benentt
W. D. Myers
Operaton
Frederick County
Asks Razor Owners To Install Units In Winchestr
E A Crowl chairman of the Radio Commission announced that about 20 electric razors are in use in Winchester but only three or four owners have the interference eliminator units. He urged immediate installation as efforts to curb static sources have been underway since early in the year. The ordinance requires approval of electrically operated equipment and carries a daily fine if not corrected after notice.
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E. A. Crowl
The
Radio Commission
Winchester
Crowl
Moling and Cather Promote Special Neckwear Value
Moling and Cather advertise a special value on new neckwear. The promotion highlights quality materials and a limited time offer. Details are sparse in the brief text, but the headline suggests a retail focus with emphasis on value.
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Moling & Cather
Senate Passes Subsidy Plan For Merchant Marine
Senate and House moved toward adjournment by Saturday with a Walsh Healy labor bill and a plan to subsidize the merchant marine via direct payments. Senator Robinson, certain of an early adjournment, packed his suitcase for home as talks on the tax bill and conferees’ agreement continued.
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Bulletin
Washington
Senate
Congress
Walsh-Healey
House
Merchant Marine
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
United States
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Robinson
Bay
Arkansas
Philadelphia
Senate House
Young Frank Loses Shirt Third Time
LONDON Conn June Roosevelt's son Frank lost his shirt for the third time under the Yale Harvard rowing custom when Harvard defeated Yale in the morning race on the Thames. Runus Easton of Albany No 6 in the Eli boat took Roosevelts shirt, continuing a sequence from prior years where he also rowed for Harvard freshmen and Harvard crew.
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London
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yale
Harvard
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Virginia Party
Evelyn Frechette
Chicago
John Dillinger
Central Press
Wilson
Governor McNutt
Woodrum
Shannon Hill
W. R. Legge
Mr. Gattis
North
Carolina
Winsome
Ister
Handley Band
Judge Williams
Judge Ricks
M. M. Lynch
Miss Elkton
Bulletins
Detroit
Winchester Evening Star
Daphne Sellar and
Radford Bascome, Jr
Daphne Sellar
Elizabeth Barrett
Robert Browning
Daphne
Hewlett, L. I
Bascome
Miss Sellar
Virginia Bankers’ Group
Rhodes Drug CO
Young Frank
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