Roosevelt not to sail to London amid world conference rumors
Portland Maine June 23 Associated Press Stephen T Early denied Roosevelt will cross the Atlantic to sway the world economic conference. Rumors tied to the cruiser Indianapolis near Eastport and Provincetown circulated as he vacationed aboard destroyers. MacDonald said progress at the conference plus eight committees tackle a monetary standard. France proposed a quota truce to shield imports while excluding agriculture from the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Portland
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
London
Atlantic
Indianapolis
Provincetown
Mass
Eastport
Maine
Rly
Lonon
MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
America
United States
France
Rev Dr Nelson To Preach Sunday at Christ Episcopal
The Rev Dr Thomas K Nelson of Virginia Theological Seminary Alexandria will preach Sunday at 11 am in Christ Episcopal Church while visiting his brother and sister in law on West Boscawen Street. He has wide circles of friends here and is expected to draw many listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Nelson
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Robert B. Nelson
West Boscawen Street
Christ Episcopal Church
Nelson
Yard Party Benefit at Welltown Church
A yard party benefit is planned at Welltown Church on Wednesday night July 5. organizers invite attendees to support church programs and enjoy community fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welltown
Grave Catches Fire in Chicago Cemetery Heat Wave
Mt. Olivet Cemetery superintendent Alexander Mulvenna reports a grave burned in extreme heat. The grave was filled with peat like black dirt, likened to bog fires in Ireland. Official readings hit 98 degrees, though heat inside the site was hotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Mt. Olivet
Alexander Mulvenna
Ireland
Boy Scouts Pay Tribute to Late Mr. Haines
The Boy Scouts of Winchester honor G. Reginald Haines a Scout official remembered for lifesaving heroism and devoted service as Rotary Boys Work chair and Scout finance head. He helped establish a Scout headquarters and trained executive, guiding about a thousand youths across ten Shenandoah Valley counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Winchester
G. Reginald Haines
Mr. Haines
Dan Beard
George Haines
Haines
Rotary Club of
Clubs of
Boy Scout
Rotary Boys Work
Scout Finance
Shenandoah
Beginning Monday Sour Cherries Sale at Orchard
Fruit sale item notes sour cherries 25 cents per gallon at the orchard. Bring containers and place orders now. Contact Elizabeth Henson of Bunker Hill West Virginia via Inwood 18F13 lp-1t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard
Elizabeth Henson
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Inwood
Windywold shop to offer homemade ice cream and more
Misses Polhamus of Windywold Martinsburg pike will open Saturday June 24 specializing in homemade ice cream cake sandwiches and soft drinks as the new local lunch and treat spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windywold
Martinsburg Pike
Busy Bee Restaurant Offers 25 Cent Breakfast and Lunch
A small ad notes BUSY BEE RESTAURANT serving breakfast and lunch at 25 cents each. The address line 23-1p-21 suggests a location marker common to classified layouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee
Widow of Loudoun County farmer dies after brief illness
Mrs. Alice L. Turner, 93, longtime resident of Winchester, after a brief illness died at her home 417 South Cameron street. She leaves a daughter, two sisters, two brothers, a granddaughter, and two stepdaughters. Funeral set for Sunday at 10 a.m. with Rev. E A Lambert. interment at nearby Ebenezer Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice L. Turner
Loudoun County
Cameron Street
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Gettysburg
Turner
Joseph R
Sarah E. Hill
Frederick County
Bluemont
Hill
Eppa Hunton
Charles B. Turner
Winchester
Old Valley Female College
John P. Hyde
Alice Turner Martin
Hugh Piggott
Purcellville
Annie Osburn
Washington, D. C
E. Lodge Hill
Joseph W. Hill
Dayton
Ohio
Anne Turner Martin
Earl Beale
Clarendon
Landon Wynkoop
Local Bankers Attending Virginia Bankers Meeting
Winchester financial interests were represented at the Virginia Bankers Association annual meeting at the Homestead Hotel Hot Springs. Harold G. Brown Shenandoah Valley National Bank John I. Sloat Commercial and Savings Bank and Clifford D Grim named to the mortgage bondholders committee opposing bond house plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia Bankers Association
Homestead
Hot Springs
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
John I. Sloat
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Shirley Carter
Clifford D. Grim
Messrs. Brown
Sloat
Grim
State Association
Wanted Experienced Orchard Foreman Box 1000 Star Office
Help wanted advertisement seeks an orchard foreman with proven experience and references. Apply by writing Box 1000 care Star Office. Referrals encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care Star Office
Bargains In Watches At Hodgson and Brown
Unclaimed watches offered for repair charges with sale seen in display window at Hodgson and Brown 122 to 21 Jewelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Winchester men convicted in Clarke County holds up case
Preston Madigan of Winchester was fined twenty dollars and jailed six months for gun possession after attempting to hold up Deputy Sheriff W. W. Smallwood in Chilly Hollow. The attempted robbery charge was sent to Clarke County Circuit Court. Maynard Orndorff and Clayton Golightly, Winchester, were charged with conspiring to commit larceny and given three months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Madigan
Clarke County
Justice’s Court
Berryville
Winchester
L. C. Rackley
Clarke County Trial Justice Court
Circuit Court
Madigan
W. W. (“Caps”) Smallwood, Jr
Brill Leads Discussion at PA Newspaper Conference
Brondell L. Brill formerly of Winchester and production manager of the Philadelphia Record took an active part in trade discussions at the AA NP A Mechanical Conference annual meeting in Pittsburgh. The Star and Hearst ties are noted, and Brill’s role linked to the Record’s ongoing circulation gains and strong Philadelphia position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brondell L. Brill
Winchester
Philadelphia Record
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Pittsburgh
Een Dee
Brill
John E. Martin
New York Sun
The
Star
Robert F. Brill
the Star
Hearst
New York
Record
Philadelphia
Missionary Percy Yett to Speak at Local Brethren Church
Rev. Percy Yett, a Brethren Church missionary returning from South America, will address the First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue in two services Sunday June 25. Pastor Rev. E J Rohart says Yett carries a strong message and will present a set of missionary scenes and pictures Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Yett
The
Brethren Church
South American
First Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
E. J. Rohart
Mr. Yett
Rohart
South America
Buck cross examination in Peggy McMath kidnapping case
Kenneth Buck faces blistering cross examination in Barnstable Superior Court over who directed the May 2 kidnapping of 10 year old Margaret Peggy McMath. District Attorney William Crossley questions Buck and his brother Cyril as they deny responsibility and claim a shadowy figure named Bill directed the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Barnstable
Mass
Kenneth Buck
Bill
Margaret
Peggy
John W. Barr's Rites Set for Tomorrow
Funeral rites for John W. Barr of New York will be held at 10 tomorrow from the home of his brother City Sergeant C. Lee Barr at 511 South Loudoun Street. Rev. E A Lambert will officiate and interment will follow at Mount Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers include Edward W. Grant Clark M. Smith James P. Reardon R. Frank Barr W A Baker and Coleman Dunn. Barr, a Winchester native, had been a stereotype foreman at the Manhattan plant of the New York Times and died in a Brooklyn hospital after months of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Barr
New York
C. Lee Barr
South
Loudoun Street
E. A. Lambert
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Edward W. Grant
Clark M. Smith
James P. Reardon
R. Frank Barr
W. A. Baker
Coleman Dunn
Mr. Barr
Winchester
Manhattan
New York Times
Brooklyn
Virginia Contends Over Federal Control Of River Power
R Gray Williams, special counsel for Virginia, argued in Asheville for state sovereignty in the power case challenging Federal Power Commission licensing of non navigable river plants. Virginia says federal rules stifle capital and deny state rights to develop water power on the New River near Radford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gray Williams
Asheville
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia
United States
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Williams
William Doran Improves After Critical Illness
William Doran of South Loudoun Street shows some improvement today following a serious illness that followed the collapse of a lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Doran
South Loudoun Street
Big Bad Bill Hefflin Set to Appear at Park Dance
Park plans four open air dances a week and features East and Mid-West musicians. Highlight is Big Bad Bill Heflin the diminutive tuba player famed for fun and talent. Gardner “Smoothie” Henry will also perform with lively tunes and crowd appeal at the Winchester event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Field
Washington
Winchester
The
Park Association
East
Mid-West
Bill” Heflin
Mr. Gardner
Henry
Gardner
Nile
Cretonne and Furniture Cover Prices Advance
Cretonne and furniture covers are raised to 10 cents and 19 cents per yard at Moling and Cather’s. The shop notes a modest jump in cost and urges customers to buy while the new rates apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretonne and Furniture
Moling & Cather's
Benefit at Parker's for Paul A. M. E. Church
Saturday event at Parker's 432 N Kent St runs from 5 to 11 p m to raise funds for Paul A M E Church. Public notice lists location and hours for the community benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker’s
N. Kent St
Benefit St. ‘Paul A. M. E. Church
Freighter Damaged by Blimp Off Chesapeake Bay
The Phillips Packing Company freight boat Andy, returning to Cambridge from Chesapeake Bay, suffered damage after a United States government blimp’s anchor snagged radio gear and tore into the steering house, injuring crew and forcing a partial blimp descent. The ship resumed its voyage to Norfolk after the Back River incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cambridge
Andy
Phillips Packing Company
Chesapeake Bay
United States
Norfolk
Back River
Youth Bicycle Crash Leaves Teenager in Critical Condition
Earl Polhamus a 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Polhamus was seriously injured when his bicycle collided with a car driven by McKee at the intersection of North Cameron and East Piccadilly streets. Police reported a probable base of skull fracture facial lacerations and a right arm wound. He is at Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Polhamus
Charles Polhamus
Charles
An Au McKee
410 Avenue
North
Cameron
East Piccadilly St
Young Polhamus
Piccadilly Street
Cameron Street
McKee
Polhamus
Memorial Hospital
George G. Snarr
Snarr
Western Union
Rev Sartelle to Teach Bible Class on Sunday
The Rev. Preston O. Sartelle will teach the Open Door Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 9 45 in the morning. He recently graduated from the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Dallas Texas and is a son of Mr and Mrs Harry M Sartelle. A solo by Taylor Barr with piano by Leona Peer will precede the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston O. Sartelle
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Evangelical Theological Seminary
Dallas
Texas
Harry M. Sartelle
Taylor Barr
Leona Peer
Barr
Sartelle
For Sale Potomac Edison 7 Percent Preferred Stock
Potomac Edison 7 percent preferred stock 25 shares offered for sale. sale held at Court House Saturday June 24 at 12 o clock. Dunn and Duvall listed as contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison
Little School to Open Summer Session July 3
The Little School announces a summer session from July 3 to August 25 with rates of two dollars per week. For enrollment call phone number 1478.
Goss Presents 12 Percent Gas Rate Cut in Winchester
Edward C. Goss of the Consumers Utility Company announced a new gas rate schedule in Winchester after state approval, reducing the old $2.25 per thousand rate by about 12 percent and saving domestic and other consumers roughly $5,000 yearly. The reductions, sought to satisfy the rate governing body, extend beyond the original request and affect 1,055 local users. Pilcher, city manager, was informed as officials awaited publication of the new rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilcher
Winchester
Consumers Utility Company
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Associated Press
Richmond
Star
Edward C. Goss
The
Corporation Commission
Consumers Utility
State Corporation Commission
Hooker
Goss
P. P. Pilcher
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McDonald
Dr. Nelson
Boy Scouts
A. L. Turner
Chilly Hollow
Bar of Justice
Brondell Brill
McMath
Estion
Gray Williams
United States Supreme Court
Big Bad
Bill” Hefflin
Stae Corp. Commission
Mr. Sartelle
the Little School
E. C. Goss
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