With Byrd at the South Pole at Capitol Theatre
A daring film record of the Byrd Antarctic expedition returns to civilization with all men in good health. The feature shows two photographers Joseph Rucker and Willard Vander Veer and was shot in Little America near the Bay of Whales, twenty months of peril and discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
South Pole
Capitol Theatre
Antarctica
Joseph Rucker
Willard Vander Veer
Daring Pole Flight Highlights Wartime Isolation
A film recounts twenty months of practical isolation and the daring flight across the pole as a major thrill of the story. It shows the work and play of the men during hardship and humorous incidents of daily life. An elderly man, age 85, had been critically ill with heart trouble for two months at his home.
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Pole
Brucetown Brevities Roundup of Local Visits and Attendances
Brucetown residents report visitors and travels including H B Boden calling on J R Smith. Winchester districtSunday School convention attendees listed with Rev C J Clark and Andy Whitacre family. Several trips to Baltimore Romney Charles Town and Williamsburg noted among local families. Rev Clark attended Front Royal teachers school.
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Brucetown
H. B. Boden
Bunker Hill
J. R. Smith
Winchester
Edinburg
C. J. Clark
Andy Whitacre
Rhodelle
Henry Jobe
M. W. Sperry
Washington
Mamie Tanquarry
Dudley Pierce
Julian Snapp
Baltimore
Robret Suter
Furman’ Bragg
Frank Lee Bragg
Little Son
Romney
Kathleen Pierce
Herbert Fisher
Charles Town
Russell Huyett
Reading
W. B. Timberlake
Corrie Swimley
Mary Whettell
Eve Faulkner
Dr H W Wiley Dies Renowned Food Expert
Obituary notes the death of Dr Harvey W Wiley famed for his pure food advocacy. The page also records a Virginia chancery divorce suit involving Geneva Ashby versus Hezekiah Ashby, with court orders for appearance and publication in The Evening Star Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
First Handley Foundation lecture speaks at Winchester
Dr. Wiley, longtime resident near Bluemont in Loudoun VA, opened the Handley Platform lectures in Winchester a popular series by prominent speakers inaugurated by the Handley educational system board.
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Handley
Wiley
Bluemont
Loudoun County
Winchester
Handley Foundation
Handley Educational System
Virginia Apple Growers Lobby to Hoover Over Tariff Effects
Francis Campfield secretary of the Virginia State Horticultural Society warns President Hoover and Congress against tariff provisions harming apple exports. He cites Virginia and Winchester as leading exporters and notes English markets demand stability, while Britain imposes 1930 import bans unless U S apples meet strict grades. The letter recounts prior calls, government responses, and potential impact on Fredericksburg region’s 1930 harvest.
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Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County
Campfield
Garber
Staunton
J. A. Garber
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
White House
Virginia State Horticultural Society
W. S. Campfield
U.S
England
Wales
U. S
Great York
Prosperity Seen Emerging From Economic Storms
John G. Lonsdale of St. Louis told Virginia bankers that the nation’s business depression may end by autumn with renewed activity in September. He said economic analysis acts as a microscope to remove guesswork, urged leadership in large corporations, and urged support for smaller bankers amid droughts floods and shifts toward big-city finance.
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Hot Springs
John G. Lonsdale
St. Louis
American Bankers Association
Virginia Bankers Association
Lonsdale
Progress
Bankers Association
Divorce by desertion in Winchester court order
In Chancery Mary Elizabeth Hoover seeks a bed and board divorce from George D. Hoover on desertion grounds. The defendant, not a resident, must appear within ten days of publication and the order will run weekly for four weeks in the Evening Star. Copies will be posted at the courthouse and mailed to the defendant. CORRINE BARNETT, W. R. attorney.
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Hezekiah Ashby
Geneva Ashby
Evening Star
Winchester
Court House
J. W. Baker
Warren Rice
Virginia
Corporation Court OF Winchester
Mary Elizabeth Hoover
George D. Hoover
Corporation Court
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Valley Pike
Herman H. Hable
Loudoun Street
Shenandoah Valley
Frank Gearing
East Piccadilly
Street Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Fashion Park
George MM. Meres Getty
Waldemar A. Kirkoff
Detroit
Houston
Texy
Winchester’s Own Son
Romance of Romance
Warner Bros
Capitol
Betsy Ross
Crystal Restaurant and Confectionery
F. Shryock
H. W. Wiley
Circuit Court
Vuvavey
Geneva
Ashby Vv
Fruit Society
Florida
American Bankers’ ‘Association
The
Corrine Barnett
W. R., Attorney
Valley Avenue
Farmers & Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Anerinear
ARIS
PDS
Palm Beach
Gray & Sheetz
Brown & Fisher “She Wern’s
George, Washington
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