Alexander To Command 116th Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel G M Alexander of Lynchburg named commander of the 116th Virginia Infantry, succeeding Colonel H L Opie who resigned. Major M T Warner of Staunton assigned to the 116th. Alexander led the first battalion in France and was wounded in the Argonne-Meuse push. Local units from Winchester Berryville and surrounding towns are noted as members of the regiment.
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G. M. Alex
Lynchburg
Infantry Regiment
Virginia Guard
Coli H. L. Opie
Staunton
Soenaaan
Aimneanes
Samuel
M. T. Warner
116Th
Alexander
116Th Infantry
France
Argonne-Meuse
National Guard of
Winchester
Col
Paul Hartman
Lawrence C. Hollis
Berryville
Amberjack II Lifts Anchor For Last Leg
President Roosevelt begins the final leg of his cruise to Campobello Island as fog limits visibility aboard the Amberjack II. Roosevelt and Ambassador Davis discuss disarmament and efforts toward a Geneva conference conclusion, with plans to report back in a week or ten days.
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Lakeman Bay
Roosevelt
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Lakemans Bay
Rogue Island
Ent
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
Mr. Roosevelt
Ambassador Davis
Europe
Davis
Summer patterns and pattern book from Marian Martin
The notice promotes pattern 9668 with sizes 36 to 50 and 45 percent yardage for 39 inch fabric. It advertises the Marian Martin book of summer patterns, price fifteen cents for patterns and twenty five cents for book and pattern, and instructs how to order by mail from Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department
18Th St
New York
N. Y
Year End Stock Sales Cited As Tax Practice By Otto Kahn
Otto H. Kahn testified before Senate investigators that end of year stock sales were an annual custom and urged repeal of the age gains clause. He said losses of 117000 were deducted in 1930 tax returns and that he later reacquired the stock from his daughter. Proceedings note no payment of taxes by Kahn in 1930 1931 and 1932 and mention a 16000 assessment later sustained on appeal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Company
Senate
Kahn
Maud E. Marriott
Kahn, Loeb & Company
New York Banking House
Ferdinand Pecora
Banking Committee
Benjamin J. Buttenwieser
Pecora
Board of Tax Appeals
Quivering Nerves and a Call for Lydia E Pinkham
An era advertisement urges anxious readers to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness and fatigue. It claims 93 of 100 women report benefit and promises renewed energy and life satisfaction with a druggist purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
British Prepare Compromise To Save Conference
The article reports on ongoing efforts to fix exchange rates and the dollar's impact on US prices, with discussions among American delegates and British authorities. It covers Moley’s remarks on American recovery, the French franc crisis, and Daladier Bonnet talks signaling devalorization and potential abandonment of the gold standard. A medical note mentions Rev. Dr. Frank T. McFaden’s recovery after surgery.
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Washington
United States
America
England
Paris
France
Daladier
Finance
Georges Bonnet
London
Great Britain
Local matron credits Natex for nerve relief and renewed health
Mrs. E. E. Hurt of Lynchburg testifies Natex eased her severe nervous condition and sleepless nights. She reports improved appetite, vanished back and shoulder pains, regular bowels, and restored composure, recommending Natex to other sufferers. The ad notes Natex is sold by leading druggists and Peoples Service Drug Store.
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Natex
E. E. Hurt
Lynchburg
Buchanan St
Peoples Service Drug Store
Uncertainty of Currency Halts Market Advance
Uncertainty in international currency markets dampens stock gains as dollar strength rises from gold bloc stabilization and French devalorization. Prices move little overall with wheat and corn down about two cents per bushel while oats rye and barley ease. Sterling opens at 4.414 dollars and call money stands at 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince of Wales Defeats Lady Astor in Parliament Golf Meet
At Walton Heath Surrey on June 29 the Prince of Wales overcame a seven stroke handicap to beat Lady Astor Virginia born MP by two and one in the final lead of the parliamentary golf tourney.
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Walton Heath
Surrey
Eng
Prince of Wales
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Aneen
Experts Think Mattern Fell Short Of Islands
Aviation experts in Khabarovsk believe American flyer Jimmie Mattern did not reach the Aleutian area on his Nome flight and must have ditched southwest of there. Soviet frontier guards and ships remained vigilant, assessing weather along the route to explain the missing pilot.
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Khabarovsk
Siberia
Jimmie Mattern
Nome
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Mattern
Survival Hope For Missing Pilot Mattern After Sea Crash
A pilot missing after a crash in the Seas of Okhotsk would face weeks before contact with the outside world. If he landed on an uninhabited North Russian island, he could survive longer, aided by provisions he carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okhotsk
North Russian
Mattern
Attempt to circle world ends in Khabarovsk departure note
A report notes an individual departed Khabarovsk with a substantial supply of cart ridges and fishing tackle as part of a planned flight around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khabarovsk
Presbyterians Plan Joint Proportions Gathering in Virginia Valley
Proportions to be held at Magsa netta Springs Friday August 18. All former moderators of the general assembly and synod of Virginia will be invited attend. Representatives of the synod of West Virginia also will be invited. An organization in the Winchester and Lexington presbyteries will be set up to bring together four or five thousand Presbyterians.
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Magsanetta Springs
General Assembly
Synod of Virginia
Synod of West Virginia
Winchester
Lexington
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Partment Ave
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Robinson Apts
Stewart Street
Water Street
Jno
H. Rosenberger
Berryville Ave
Davis’ Grocery
Loudoun St
North Loudoun
South
Parkway
S. Cameron Street
W. Cork
North Avenue
Shenandoah
Amherst Street
Livingston
Largas
Care Star
W. L. Kuhn
D. F. Hinkins
Otto Kahn
Moley
Raymond Moley
Frank T. McFaden
Loudoun Street
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Ro Ey Fr
Princes of Wales
Islands
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Brad
Presbyterians of the Valley
Houston
Penney’s
J.C. Penney Co
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