Mail Handled Daily at Local Post Office Rotary Talk
Postmaster W Nelson Page told Winchester Rotary Club that about 15 000 pieces of mail are handled daily at the local office with 60 000 during Christmas. He urged residents to include street numbers and return addresses to avoid misdelivery and highlighted air mail, money orders, postal savings, and the growing first class post office.
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Rotary
Post Office Department
W. Nelson Page
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
B. B. Dutton
Winchester
Postmaster Page
Pare
Winchester Postoffice
Calfornia
Dimond
United States
Swiss Valleys Live by Mail and Mule Transport
Visitors note unusual scenes in Swiss valleys where railways and buses do not reach. Mailmen rule and sturdy mules haul supplies to toy-like hamlets perched on mountains. A limerick is defined as a five line verse with a specific foot and rhyme pattern.
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Ireland
Timerick
Rotary remarks honor post office and service
C Vernon Eddy contrasted the old and new post office systems praising present service and efficiency. He commended Postmaster Page for his work. Vice-president Dutton appointed a committee including Eddy and H D Puller to draft resolutions on the death of Rotarian Daniel Lupton.
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Postal Service
International Postal Guide
C. Vernon Eddy
Eddy
Page
Dutton
H. D. Puller
Daniel Lupton
Federal Armory Funds Sought for Virginia Project
Letter from Adjutant General S Gardner Waller to Mayor C R Anderson states federal officials including the President and Hopkins favor funding a Virginia armory. Funds may come as a PWA loan with 45 percent grant or as an outright grant for labor and materials up to 1100 per man year.
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S. Gardner Waller
C. R. Anderson
Hopkins
Virginia
PWA
Waller
Coffman Rides Four Winners In Day's Program
Charles Town jockey Coffman rode four winners at the West Virginia day program and also placed in a fifth race. His victories came with R. L. Hanna's twin in the third, Bonson in the fifth feature, Mischief Maker in the sixth, and Dark Eye in the last race. He also rode J T. Harris' Persian Star in the first.
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Charles Town
W. Va
C. Coffman
Coffman
R. L. Hanna
Twin
J. E. Simmons
Bonson
Mischief Maker
Dark Eye
J T. Harris
Waleys Ordered Back By Court To Enter Pleas
In Tacoma Washington the Waleys Harmon Waley and wife face federal kidnapping charges. They were arraigned yesterday and given counsel but were ordered back to enter pleas as co defendant William Mahan remains at large. The case centers on a $200000 extortion tied to George Weyerhaeuser.
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Waleys
Tacoma
Wash
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Lindbergh Kadnaping
Stephen J. O'Brien
Waley
William Mahan
William Dainard
Montana
Thurston County
Olympia
E. E. Cashman
Salt Lake City
George
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Hauptmann To Hear Decision Early Next Fall
Bruno Hauptmann waits as 14 judges study his plea for a new Lindbergh kidnapping trial. The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals will rule in late September or October on defense claims of legal gymnastics. If denied, the defense plans to seek the U.S. Supreme Court review.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Hauptmann
David T. Wilnett
United States Supreme Court
Allison And Jones Reach Queens Club Semi Finals
London June 21 Two more Americans joined Donal Badge of Oakland California as semifinalists in the Queens Club tennis tournament today. Wilmer Allison of Austin Texas ranked No 1 American defeated K C Gandar Dower 6 4 6 4 while D N Jones of New York former Columbia University star advanced when opponent J S Olliff scratched.
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London
Donal
Badge
Oakland
Cal
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Tex
K. C. Gandar-Dower
D. N. Jones
New York
Columbia University
J. S. Olliff
Freighter City of Victoria Grounds Near Cape Erimo
The Canadian freighter City of Victoria grounded near Cape Erimo Hokkaido at 8 10 p m. The wireless station at Hokkaido intercepted the message reporting no serious damage and expects the ship to be refloated soon.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
City of Victoria
Cape Erimo
Miss Caldwell To Head Young People's Group
Over 200 Presbyterians from Winchester Presbytery gathered at Berkeley Springs West Virginia for the annual Young Peoples League meeting. Miss Eloise Caldwell of Winchester was elected president with Miss Adah Glass Baker as vice president and Ted Van Metre as secretary.
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Winchester Presbytery
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Young Peoples’ League of the Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Sara Wood
Keyser
Virginia Lewis
Thomas
Martinsburg
Eloise Caldwell
Winchester
Adah Glass Baker
Opequon
Ted van Metre
Petersburg
Modena Tiles
Bobby Jones Condition Described as Good After Surgery
Atlanta reports the golfer Bobby Jones is in good condition after an appendectomy performed yesterday. He rested well overnight and remains under hospital care.
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Bobby Jones
Atlanta
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Iet Legal
Abond Ady
M-G-M
Robert Young
Evelyn Venable
Reginald Denny
Frank Craven
Hat Roach
Ee Ehingers
China
the Fairlawn
Front Royal
Violette Collins
The
Royal Club
Aubrey McKay
Club
Fairlawn
West Main Street
Front Royal, VA
the Limerick
Flanne Twill
Gray & Sheetz
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
Federal Reserve System
Shenandoah Electric Appliance Co
S. Loudoun Street
Weyerhaeuser
Allison
Jones
Miss Caldwell
Wallace Ford
Dickie Moore
Red Dog
Mickey Mouse
Kermit Maynard
James Oliver Curwood
Wilderness Mail
Baer VS
Braddock
Shenandoah Valley
James Dunn - Mae Clarke
Hansbrough & Carter Loans
Rhodes Drug Company
Alert Property Own
Ture Service
Surance
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Parker's
Stephens City
N. Loudoun &T
Lupton Orchard Service
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