Engagement of Miss Sowers Announced in Rockland
In Rockland Miss M Lee Sowers and Mr. C Jett Cunningham announce their engagement. The party at Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Sowers home featured green balloons and heart napkins with the couple’s initials. Miss Sowers, Warren County High School 1934 graduate, attended State Teachers College Fredericksburg. Cunningham, Virginia Tech 1932 graduate, formerly managed Southern States Service in town and now works in Hedgesville W Va schools. The wedding is planned for late summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Robert Lee Sowers
Rocksland
M Lee Sowers
C. Jett Cunningham
Lynchburg
Miss Sowers
Warren County
State Teachers’ College
Fredericksburg
Cunningham
Henry Cunningham
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Southern States Service
Hedgesville
W. Va
Prisoners Moved From Warren County Jail to State Farm
A wagon from the State farm took five inmates from the Warren County jail to the farm near Richmond. The prisoners removed yesterday were Herman Richardson Gilmore Corder Wilbur Rose Eugene Haens and Elton Fat Reed Jones, all listed as sent to the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
State Farm
Warren County
Richmond
Herman Richardson
Gilmore Corder
Wilbur Rose
Eugene Haens
CCC
Elton
Fat Heed) Jones
Eva Coo to face electric chair at Ossining prison
Governor Herbert Lehman could commute or grant a stay of execution for Eva Coo who is scheduled to die on June 27 in Ossining New York for the murder of her handyman Harry Wright. The case draws renewed attention as clemency options are considered.
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Eva Coo
Ossining Prison
New York
Harry Wright
Herbert Lehman
Heavy Tax Levies by Egyptian Official in Last Century
A historical note claims an Egyptian tax collector drew 75 million dollars in a single year, surpassing the official revenue total of 50 million. The remark contrasts excessive levies with the state’s documented income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near East
Social and Personal Notes From Front Royal Va
Edward Willams returns from a business trip to the southwest L B Durrew plans a trip to Staunton to visit friends Justice and Mrs Walter G Owmstead enjoy time at their Shenandoah camp George Wilkinson recovers from a fall while in Front Royal John Galleher of Leesburg involved in national emergency council visit Dr M Cohn Bentonville visitors Walton of Charlottesville visits with Dr and Mrs O W Carper Snooky Weaver leaves for Richmond to take a new post Francis and Travis Dudley host friends B M Mills returns from Baltimore with social gathering honoring Mrs Bills birthday E D Poulton and son Jack in Washington Band practice for Friday concert at Warren County High School.
Shenandoah Valley League Yesterday's Resuits and Standings
In Culpeper 3 2 yesterday Shenandoah Valley League action saw Waynesboro at Charlottesville and Thursday and Saturday games listed. Standings show Culpeper leading, Front Royal and Waynesboro behind, with Heurich Harrisonburg Charlottesville Staunton and Orange in pursuit. Erin Ireland story notes Queen Hiri and Irish stone memory. Racine church oddity covers Protestant auxiliary to St Rose’s.
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Culpeper
Waynesboro
Charlottesville
Front Royal
Staunton
Heurich
Orange
Harrisonburg
Racine, Wis
St. Rose’s Catholic Church
Squirrel Case Is Continued In Shenandoah Park
Everett Fox faces charges of hunting squirrels in Shenandoah National Park as the commonwealth fails to prove the area is a state game sanctuary. The case, before Justice Olmstead, was continued for lack of sanctuary proof. co defendant Noah Walter remains jailed for unpaid fines.
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Front Royal
Commonwealth
Everett Fox
Walter G. Olmstead
Shenandoah National Park
William C. Armstrong, Jr
Fox
State Conservation and Development Commission
Noah Walter
Norman Shepherd
Walters
Warren County
Life Begins at 44 for Ira Henderson Graduate
Ira Henderson a 44 year old oil field worker from Waynesburg Pennsylvania recently graduated from Waynesburg College after a 26 year wait. He returned to study during low times in the oil fields supporting himself and his son by giving music lessons. He earned honors in psychology and now plans to become a high school teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Henderson
Waynesburg
Waynesburg College
Henderson
Man Guilty of Beating Child Faces Public Whipping
ALEXANDRIA Virginia June 26 Harry Gregory aged 37 was found guilty of beating his three year old adopted daughter. Judge James Reece Duncan offered 12 months in jail or a public whipping. Gregory chose the whipping option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Harry Gregory
James Reece Duncan
Gregory
Wisconsin Awards Hull Degree to Cordell Hull
Secretary of State Cordell Hull is awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He stands with Governor Philip La Follette and President Glen Frank, recalling his first law degree earned in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordell Hull
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Philip la Folette
Center
Glen Frank
Hull
Tuberculosis Clinic Planned in Front Royal Virginia
A state health clinic for tuberculosis screening will be held at the Masonic Hall in Front Royal on Tuesday July 9 1935 under the County Board of Health. Examinations are free but require a signed family physician request. Children under fifteen are not routinely examined.
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State Department of Health
Masonic Hall
Front Royal
Virginia
County Board of Health
Five more anti Catholic demonstrators fined in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh on June 26 five more anti Catholic protesters were fined 10 pounds each for disturbances linked to Roman Catholic Eucharistic celebrations. The sheriff warned future offenses would not earn only fines. Police maintained order as hundreds of mounted officers patrolled after the demonstrations. seven others were fined the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
Will Dedicate New Church on Sunday June 30
Highland United Brethren Church near Berkeley Springs West Virginia will be dedicated Sunday June 30 by Rev A P Haver Martinsburg conference superintendent. The Rev William E Walfe is pastor. The church replacement was built after a July 27 1934 lightning fire destroyed the prior building.
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Highland United Brethren Church
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
A. P. Havermale
Martinsburg
William E. Walfe
Highland Church
Resolutions To Dodge Bullets Are Approved
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved two munitions resolutions to keep U S citizens and funds from future wars. One would allow the President to deny passports to those seeking war zone travel. The other would bar private or public loans to belligerents in wars involving no U S participation.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Waley Wife to Face Trial as Court Prepare to Hear Defense
Mrs Margaret Waley 19 ready to take stand in her own defense in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case. Her husband Harmon Waley and Mahan are alleged to have carried out the abduction for a 200000 ransom. Waley pleads guilty and is serving 45 years at McNeil Island.
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Olympia
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
John F. Dore
Bim
Harmon M. Waley
William Dainard
Mahan
Waley
McNeil Island
Ellensburg
Dore
Weyerhaeuser
Seattle
E. E. Cushman
Machinists and Miners Clash Over Guffey Bill Change
Washington June 26 A new dispute erupts between the International Association of Machinists and the United Mine Workers over the Guffey bill to create a soft coal industry NRA style plan. Machinists seek an amendment allowing separate wage and hour deals for enlisted members in bituminous mines. UMWA President John L. Lewis vows to fight the amendment to the last ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Association of Machinists
United Mine Workers of America
NRA
Machinists
House
Ways and Means
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Former Seattle Mayor’s Counsel in Kidnapping Pleas
Former Seattle mayor was chief counsel for the Waleys, confessed kidnapers of George Weyerhaeuser, as they pleaded guilty to violation of the Lindbergh kidnaping laws in federal court in Tacoma Washington.
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John F. Dore
Seattle
Harmon Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Chemically Treated Bands Aid Codling Moth Control in Apple Orchards
Entomologist Harman of the New York Geneva Experiment Station reports that chemically treated bands placed on apple trees in July capture and destroy codling moth larvae as they seek cocoons. The bands, used with care on older bark, can nearly eliminate worms under the bands, reducing damage from the second brood and improving spray effectiveness.
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Harman
Geneva
N. Y
Prof. Harman
Mrs Mary White Dies After Long Illness in Virginia
Mrs Mary Elizabeth White 52 daughter of Thomas E and Alice Kidwell White died at 11 15 last night at No 18 North Kent St after a lingering illness She was born October 13 1883 and spent most of her life in Virginia Survived by her parents two daughters Virginia Sager and Elizabeth Irwin four brothers Edward Eppa Thomas and J Luther White and two sisters Edna Kirby Mamie White Funeral at 2 pm Friday in Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel with Rev Clark of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and burial in the family lot
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Mary Elizabeth White
Thomas E
Alice Kidwell White
North Kent Street
Virginia
Mr. Clark
Seventh Day Adventist Church
New Social Head Considered for Roosevelt Board
Clinton Anderson of New Mexico is named in Washington as one of three candidates to administer the Roosevelt social security program. An outstanding Democratic leader of the southwest he has a long background in insurance research and social problems.
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Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Washington
Roosevelt Social Security
Southwest
Anderson
Truax
Ohio
Roosevelt
Endeavorers Gather for Annual State Convention
The forty first state convention of the Endeavor Society will meet at Clarendon Baptist Church from Thursday night to Sunday with an all day program. State officers will be elected after a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel. Dr William Hiram Foulkes will speak on Sunday and new officers will be installed after a buffet supper. Local delegates from Winchester and Frederick county planned to attend. The International Christian Endeavor convention is set for July 2 to 7 in Philadelphia.
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An Endeavor Society
Clarendon Baptist Church
District of Columbia Union
Washington
Mayflower Hotel
William Hiram Foulkes
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarendon
International Christian Endeavor
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Side Steps Haste On Wealth Tax Plan
Washington moves stalled as Senate finance panel delays new levies while Treasury and drafting experts finish rate schedules. President Roosevelt signals readiness to act separately on wealth taxes and nuisance levies to meet Friday or Saturday deadlines, with House Democrats resisting tied extensions. The budget reform debate centers on higher incomes, inheritances and corporate taxes amid warnings of revenue losses and political backlash.
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West
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Legislative Drafting
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Byrns
Robinson
White House
Oller
Washington
New Deal
Harrison
Clark
D-Mo
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Chamber
Borah
R-Ida
Long
Dla
Finance Committee
Garner
Good Quality Wheat From Shenandoah Valley Shown In Mills
The 1935 Shenandoah Valley wheat crop is praised for quality as it is exhibited at mills in Winchester and nearby towns. Seasonal rainfall did little harm and grain size and straw growth are near normal. The crop provides jobs for many unemployed workers, with 1935 production near or slightly above last year under government contracts.
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Shenandoah Valley
Frederick
Holding Company and Weasel Color Change
A holding company is a corporation whose main business is owning stocks and securities of other firms and earning income mainly from dividends and interest. The weasel changes its coat twice yearly, taking forty to fifty days to molt from white winter fur to brown summer fur in fall and spring.
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Telephone Front Reyal
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Last
Beauty
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Edward Willams
L. B. Durrew
Justice
Mrs
Walter G. Owmstead
George Wilkinson
John Galleher
Leesburg
National Emergency Council
M. Cohn
Bentonville
Mr. Walton
Mrs. O .W. Carper
Mr. Francis
Travis Dudley
B. M. Mills
Baltimore
Bills
Mr. E. D. Poulton
Jack
Washington, D. C
Warren County High School
Shenandoah Valley League
Erin
Ireland
Hiri
Carmody
Ail-Na-Meeran
Dublin
Usineach
Wisconsin
Gov
la Follette
Glenn Frank
State Health Department Clinic
Mrs. Waley
McNeill Island
Waleys
New
York
Mary White
Endeavorers Gathering
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