Woodmen State Organization Opens Its Fourteenth Quadrennial Session
In Winchester the Woodmen of the World convenes the fourteenth quadrennial section of the Head Camp at the George Washington Hotel with over 100 delegates from Virginia and surrounding areas. Mayor F A Shryock delivers welcome, and Mrs Holloway of Alabama speaks on women’s circles. banquet planned at First Baptist Church with toastmaster Rev F T McFaden.
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Holloway
Alabama
Baptist Church
Virginia
George Washington Hotel
Hickory Camp
Thomas Parlett
W. Lee Fisher
T. Russell Cather
Irwin Carper
Joseph Hodgson
Old Dominion
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Winchester
F. A. Shryock
T. G. Smoak
South Richmond
Cyril Mee
F. T. McFaden
The
Presbyterian Church
Order
Charles H. Tumbleson
Norfolk
Evva Brouffer
Cat
George Washington
Roanoke
Ex Kaiser's Sister Named Defendant in Bankruptcy
In Bonn Prussia Princess Victoria sister of the former Kaiser faces bankruptcy proceedings. She resides at the palace and has declined to comment. Her marriage to Russian Alexander Bubkoff 34 years her junior drew scrutiny for his lavish spending and public excesses. She reportedly sold jewels from Queen Victoria to meet debts.
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Associated Press
Bonn
Prussia
Victoria
Kaiser
Pictoria
Alexander Bubkoff
Bubkoff
Queen Victoria
England
Bride accuses two men of assault in early evening case
Mrs. Mary March alleges Fred Mills and James Newlin assaulted her after leaving the Friendship Restaurant on South Loudoun Street. Police held Mills and Newlin on $1500 bail each for grand jury action. Elmer Fuller and Maurice Patton were taken as witnesses with $500 bail.
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Fred Mills
James Newlin
Justice Weems
Mary March
Corporation Court
March
South Loudoun Street
Newlin
Mills
Elmer Fuller
Maurice Patton
Pather Mill Road
Fuller
Patton
Mrs. March
South
Loudoun Street
Friendship
Dove
Harrisonburg
Former Champion To Play Billiards at Winchester Parlor
W H Clearwater former world champion will headline an 8 pm billiards exhibition at the Winchester Billiard Parlor 164 North Loudoun street. He plays a 100 ball match with Mr French then showcases fancy and trick shots. Admission is free and all billiards enthusiasts are invited.
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Winchester Billiard Parlor
North Loudoun Street
W. H. Clearwater
French
Jolson in Singing Fool Opens at Capitol Tonight
The Singing Fool stars Al Jolson and opens at the Capitol Theatre tonight with shows at 11 30 and 11 50. Tickets are on sale at the box office. Extra promotions include five Jolson records and a free Al Jolson photo at the Radio Shop for Capitol patrons.
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Jolson
Capitol Theatre
al Jolson
Capitol
Odd Fellows Tri County Meet Draws Guests from Several States
More than 250 Odd Fellows from Frederick Warren and Clarke counties plus Virginia Pennsylvania and West Virginia attended the Tri-County Odd Fellows Association gathering in Madison Lodge Hall. Mayor Shryock welcomed guests and Berryville Mayor Bell spoke for visitors as music and remarks followed including the grand master of Virginia and performances by Cyril Mee and Harry Windell. Stephens City Lodge invited the next meeting for early May and refreshments were served by Rebekahs Lodge ladies.
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Odd Fellows
Frederick
Warren
Clarke Counties
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tri-County
Odd Fellows’ Association
Madison Lodge
No. 6
F. A. Shryock
L. Hi. Bell
Berryville
Golden Rule Orchestra
F. T. McFaden
John M. Morris
Newport News
Grand Lodge of
Old Dominion
Mr. Mee
Cyril Mee
Harry M. Windell
Speans Tonight At A Masonic Meeting
Winchester Hiram Lodge of Masons meets at 8 this evening in the Masonic Temple. Jacob M. Goodyear attorney of Carlisle Pa a lodge member will give an address on a subject related to Freemasonry. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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Winchester
Hiram Lodge of Masons
Masonic Temple
Jacob M. Goodyear
Carlisle
Goodyear
Samuel Goodyear
Pennsyvania
Winchester Lodge
Winchester Steam Laundry Rough Dry Service Offer
Advertisement for rough dry laundry priced at 7 cents per pound with contact phone 28 aaa 2-1p- tf.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Coal yard moves offer of splendid coal in Jackson
Coal yard relocates to a new site in Jackson and advertises splendid coal for sale. Telephone contact listed as 156 W and 3Ua with a routing code (3-5-lp-60).
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Th. Jackson
Telephone
Mercer heirs crowd clerk's offices here
Frederick county residents claim descent from two Mercer brothers and swarm the county clerk's office seeking old marriage bonds wills and records to prove lineage for a promised distribution of a multi million Mercer estate.
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Mercer Heirs
Frederick County
Mercer
Philadelphia
Trederick County
Babb
Boy Who Loved Many Girls Goes To Death Bravely
Joseph Reginald Victor Clarke known as the boy with a hundred sweet hearts was hanged today for the murder of Mrs. Alice Fontaine mother of one of his sweethearts. Clarke 21 faced death bravely at the scaffold after boasting he would. He studied psychology and hypn otism and entangled many women while boarding with Mrs. Fontaine and courting her daughter. He fleeced her life savings before killing her.
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Liverpool
Eng
Joseph Reginald Victor Clarke
Alice Fontaine
Clarke
England
Virginia
Princeton University
Fontaine
Late Miss Miller's Funeral Wednesday
The funeral for Sallie L. Miller daughter of the late Dr. Lewis A. and Mary Elizabeth Miller will be held at 3 PM from 125 North Washington Street with Rev. F. T. McFaden and Rev. Dr. Charles D. Gilkeson officiating. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include P. W. Boyd Fred Boyd Robert Schultz William Miller Robert Bell Fred L. Glaize Sr. Godfrey Muller and William C. Miller.
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Sallie L. Miller
Lewis A
Mary Elizabeth Miller
North Washington Street
F. T., McFaden
Presbyterian Church
Charles D. Gilkeson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
P. W. Boyd
Fred &. Boyd
Robert W. Schultz
William R. Miller
Robert A. Bell
Fred. L. Glaize, Sr
Godfrey Muller
William C. Miller
Sewing Let Us Make That New Easter Frock
Advertisement inviting readers to sew a new Easter dress at Braddock Street location 8038 with a class or demonstration on August 12.
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Braddock Si
New Virginia Congressmen To Shape Patronage Policy
President Hoover has not disclosed patronage plans for Virginia. Three new Republican congressmen Shaffer Garber and Lankford will influence federal appointments in their districts, and will likely work in harmony with National Committeeman Slemp who welcomes their role in naming federal posts.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Slemp
Old Dominion
Hooper
Shaffer
Garber
Lankford
Norfolk
Mayor to Appear at Spelling Bee in Round Hills
Mayor will attend a spelling bee at Round Hills school house next Friday evening March 15 at 8 o clock. FY Surgock and C B Harlee head rival teams for the benefit event with admission charged. Refreshments will be served and a $2 50 prize to the winning team plus a $1 second prize.
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FY. A. Surgock
C. B. Harlee
Round Hills
Public Sale Notice for Household Furniture at 115 Peyton St
Public sale of household furniture to be held on March 20 at 1 o clock at 115 Peyton Street. Conducted by J Wesley Lakrick. Sale terms posted.
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Peyton St
Terme Cari
J. Wesley Lakrick
Apple Festival publicity goes to national magazines
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival receives widespread free publicity as stories and photos appear in magazines from Hoosier Motorist to American Legion Magazine. J Victor Arthur says state chamber backing reflects festival status. Roanoke chamber and Feigoke radio station will air spots in April.
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Winchester
J. Victor Arthur
Arthur
Robert F. Nelson, Jr
Richmond
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
The
Hoosier Motorist
Keystone Motorist
Outdoors Pictorial
Motor News
Motor
the Automobilist
Cleveland Motorist
Buffalo Motorist
Studebaker Wheel
Crest
American Traveler
Motorist
Rotary Intervational
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
American Legion Magazine
Darvel and Box
New York Packer
Fruitmen’s Guide
Moomaw
Roanoke Chamber of Commerce
Feigoke Radio Broadcasting
Larus Brothers
Wrvation
Lower Money and Higher Copper Start Market Up Again
New York on March 12 saw a general stock market advance aided by a cut in call money from 7 to 6 percent and a rise in domestic copper to 20 cents a pound. Trading was light as investors stayed on the sidelines amid unsettled credit conditions.
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New York
Two Convicts Shot While Attempting Escape
Richmond Virginia March 12 Major Rice M Youell said two white convicts were shot just before midnight as they tried to overpower guards and flee. Frank Deltwae serving 30 years for 1928 Richmond robbery received two bullet wounds through the left and Linton G Haggard of Suffolk with about a year of a 10 year term for house breaking was wounded in the arm. Both expected to recover.
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Richmond
Rice M. Youell
Virginia State Penitentiary
Frank Deltwae
Linton G. Haggard
Suffolk
Trespass Case Heard in Court in Baltimore Yard
Sydney Drummond, colored, faced a police court trespass charge on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property after a railroad detective testified. He received a suspended sentence and was warned not to be found in the railroad yards again with a bucket or while near coal cars. He claimed he climbed a coal car to talk to a man and that the bucket was unrelated, a coincidence.
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Sydney Drummond
Baltimore & Ohio
Sydney
Berkeley Springs Man Returns Home After Visit
Mr. Lester Stewart of Berkeley Springs has returned to his home after a stay with his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Greyson in town.
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Lester Stewart
Berkeley Springs
Ernest Greyson
Smuggling Plot Ends in Border Gun Battle
A late night arms and ammunition smuggling attempt at the U.S.-Mexico border sparked a gun battle near Cordova Island. Two border patrolmen, August Steinburn and Francis A. Scott, were wounded as reinforcements arrived and shots fired. In Washington, troops were sent from Fort Huachuca to Naco and Bisbee for border protection per Arizona authorities.
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Associated Press
HS Paso
Tex
August Steinburn
Francis A. Scott
Border Patrol
Cordova Island
Rio Grande
H. C. Horsley
Naco
Washington
Arigs
Bisbee
War Department
Lassiter
Eighth Army Corps
San Antonio
Arizona
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Tenth Cavalry
Fort Huachuta
Arizon
Borde
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Kiwanis Revue Ticket Sale Aids Winchester Fund
A large ticket sale was reported this afternoon for the Kiwanis Revue at 8 30 tonight at the Colonial Theatre Martinsburg Kiwanis Club presents the show for the Winchester club fund for under privileged and crippled children No reserved seats all seats one dollar G Bruce Geyer directs with Martinsburg's amateur players in the cast Many who missed last night’s packed Martinsburg performance plan to attend in Winchester tonight.
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Colonial Theatre
Martinsburg Kiwanis Club
Winchester Club
G. Bruce Geyer
Martinsburg
Winechester
Local Youth Injured in Car Crash Near Woodstock
Giles Walton of Toms Brook in Shenandoah County is in Winchester Memorial Hospital in serious condition after a Sunday night automobile accident. He suffered a possible skull fracture when his car struck an abutment over Pugh's Run north of Woodstock and was transported by Prof. M. S. Roller.
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Giles Walton
W. A. Walton
Toms Brook
Shenandoah County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Young Walton
Pugh
New Governor Named for Samoa
Washington March 12 Captain Gatewood S. Lincoln of Liberty Missouri has been named governor of Samoa and commandant of the naval station at Tutuila. He succeeds Captain Stephen Graham who is assigned to duty on a receiving ship in San Francisco.
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Associated Pléas
Washington
Gatewood S. Lincoln
Liberty
Samoa
Tutiata
Lincoln
Stephen Graham
San Francisco
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Nogales
Sonora
Mazatlan
Telephoto
Los Angeles
Woodmen's State Organization
Ex-Kaiser
Bride
Care Star
Morris
Speans
Wisuinz
Miss Miller
Mr. Slemp
R. M. Lynn
Winchester Seed CO
el Paso
Texas
Huachuca
Ariz
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