Camp White Rock Scouts Stage Variety Show and Spring Concert
Misses Lois Yost Thatcher and Rachel Jennings head a lively camp talent at Troop No 3 while Troop No 1 presents The Romance of Pokey-Hontas and Captain John Smith with Miss Charlotte Campbell praised for her reading. University violinist T Smith McCorkle to headline a valley wide little symphony on March 17 for Harrisonburg State Teachers College twenty fifth anniversary activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feeney
Lois Yost
Thatcher
Rachel Jennings
Maryanette
Troop No. 3
Elizabeth Massie
Shirley Williams
Janeee Betty
Alison Cooper
Jeanne Miller
Th Dunn
Troop No. 1
John Smith
Charlotte Campbell
Martha Stine
Bee Keeler
Louise Butsler
Winifred Browne
Anne Browne
June Bean
Martone Lupton
Margaret Bean
Virginia Butsler
Phyllis Oakes
Rosalie Oakes
Winifred Bailey
Henrietta Cornwell
Dorothy Lupton
Anne Yost
Miss Cornwell
Secral
Eugene Cooper
Fred Stine
White Rock
Girl’ Scouts
McCorkle
Little Symphony
T. Smith McCorkle
University of North Carolina
Little Symphony Orchestra
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Sybil Shover
Teachers’ College
Westminster Choir School
Princeton
N. J
Oleg
College Glee Club
Brahms
Huerter
Social Calendar Highlights Community Club Meetings
A dense schedule lists Thursday through Tuesday events in Winchester areas. Meetings cover Lions Club Rotary VFW and American Legion with luncheons and dinners at George Washington Hotel and Hotel Mimslyn Luray. Cultural events include choirs plays lectures and a Young Democrats dinner-dance at Hotel Mimslyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page County
Young Democrats Club
Seventh Congression District
Hotel Mimslyn
Luray
Girl Scouts Camp Reunion at Grace Lutheran Church
Girl Scouts gathered for a camp reunion at Grace Lutheran Church in the Sunday School auditorium. Miss Edith Vincent Cornwell welcomed attendees as Miss Margaret Richards led campfire singing and troop sketches entertained with humorous yet spirited performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Girl Scouts
Lutheran Sunday School
Edith Vincent Cornwell
Margaret Richards
Martha Lupton
Margaret Bean
Martone Lupton
Anne Yost
Gordette Shank
Wini
Mary Baldwin College selects Miss Caldwell as Apple Blossoms princess
Miss Caroline Caldwell of Grosse Pointe Michigan and formerly of Richmond is chosen to represent Mary Baldwin College Staunton among 30 college princesses in the Shenandoah Apple Blossoms Festival queen court. Caldwell, a Mary Baldwin junior, serves as campus chief marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Caldwell
Richmond
Grosse Point
Mich
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Miss Caldwell
E. C. Caldwell
Caldwell
Union Theological Seminary
Former Pastor Visits City and Funeral Service
The Rev C J Racey and Mrs Racey with daughter Ruth of Lacey Spring are guests in the city for a brief stay. The minister conducted funeral services for James Rosenberger in Winchester. The Brafidock Street Methodist Church youth choir meets tomorrow at 7 PM for practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Racey
Ruth Racey
Lacey Spring
Racey
Winchester
James Rosenberger
Brafidock Street Methodist Church
Miss Helen Ames to Debut in Washington and Baltimore
Miss Helen Ames Washington daughter of Mr and Mrs George L ton Overbrook Pa will be among the debutantes next season in Washington and will attend several parties in Baltimore during her debutante season Miss Washington is known in Winchester having been Queen Shenandoah of the Apple Blossom Festival last spring Mr Guernsey T Cross of New York Medisecretary to President Franklin D Roosevelt visited Winchester in the afternoon as a guest of Mrs Reardon Attends Meeting of Directors of Church Home The Rev Dr S L Flickinger pastor of Centenary Reformed Church is in Hagerstown Md attending a meeting of the board of directors of the Church Home For the Aged Mrs Frank Lovett returned to her North Loudoun street home from Baltimore due to her mother Mrs Reva Hyman s illness Mrs Hyman was reported improving this morning Winnie Duckworth left yesterday by motor for Lake Md to visit her aunt Miss Alma Amick Mrs Garland M Hansbrough and her daughter Miss Margaret Hansbrough left yesterday afternoon by motor for Harrisonburg to visit Mayor and Mrs Ward Swank
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Helen Ames
Helen Ames Washington
George L.ton
Overbrook
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore News
Winchester
Shenandoah
Guernsey T. Cross
New York
Jin D. Roosevelt
Ctate
James P. Reardon
Cross
Arster Reardon
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Hagerstown
Church Home For the Aged
Plickinger
Virginia Classis
Frank Lovett
North Loudoun Street
Reva Hyman
Hyman
Winnie Duckworth
Lake, Md
Alma Amick
Garland M. Hansbrough
Margaret Hansbrough
Harrisonburg
Ward Swank
Deposits Jump at Winchester Banks Amid Banking Reform Hopes
Reports show Winchester banks receiving deposits well above normal as confidence rises. Officials credit President Roosevelt’s program and the Senate Economy Bill for restored trust. The Treasury’s licenses to reopen banks are cited as a tribute to their soundness and solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Winchester
Uni States
Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Old Records Describe Poor House Inmates And Shared Ownership
Winchester and Frederick county officials welcome the rediscovered old clay records. They show that destitute families were taken to the poor house and include health notes on inmates. Some entries judge residents as old or useless or mentally unwell. The records support a 50 60 ownership split for the parish farm by county and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Baker
Steck
British Prime Minister builds new peace plan with disarmament hopes
Washington reports Norman H. Davis is named chairman of the American disarmament delegation. In Rome Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon head to discuss salvaging the Geneva talks with Mussolini. The secrecy and swift to Rome plan signal urgency for quick disarmament or a prolonged truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Rome
Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
Foreign Office
Geneva
England
Italo Balbo
Six Cardinals Are Inducted By Church Pontiff
Pope Pius conferred the red hat on six cardinals in a secret consistory and public ceremony at St. Peter's. Thousands attended including royalty and diplomats. The group included Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, former apostolic delegate to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vatican City
Pope Pius
St. Peter's
Holy See
Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi
Washington
James M Brown Dies After Long Illness
James M Brown dies after a long illness at home in Winchester. Survived by wife Minnie H Brown two sons Clarence and Harry J Brown of Winchester one sister Mrs Sarah E Brooks also of Winchester and seven grandchildren including James and Daniel Brown who lived with him Funeral arrangements pending as The Star went to press. Overproduction blamed for agricultural woes notes Arizona Producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trom
Brown
Minnie H. Brown
Clarence
Harry J. Brown
Winchester
Sarah E. Brooks
James
Daniel Brown
Mr. Brown
Ohio River flood halts Wheeling city transit
Flood waters 41 feet 4 inches in Wheeling flood the city as the muddy Ohio River rises. About one quarter of Wheeling relies on boats for transport while streetcars and westbound bus service halt. Seventh ward houses flood. schools closed. losses estimated at 100000 dollars or more. In Pittsburgh damage tops 300000 dollars with sunken boats and flooded cellars as the Ohio River recedes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Loop District
Seventh Ward
Eighth Ward
Pittsburgh
Coraopolis
Aleghany
Monongahela
Grovetown
Banks reopen in Virginia amid deposit withdrawals limits
The Pollard and Bagby Trust Company in Richmond and the Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Lynchburg were authorized to limit withdrawals. Checks in transit and state and ideal element checks will be paid. The State Corporation Commission approved 181 banks to open, with 101 authorized by the Federal Reserve Bank and more announced. Sam W. Keys praised the resumption as inspiring and a sign of depositor confidence across Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollard & Bagby Trust Company of
Richmond
Lynchburg Bank
Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of
Lynchburg
State Corporation Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
Virginia
Keys
Virgini
Tornado Toll Tops 90 in Tennessee and Kentucky
AP reports a Tennessee Kentucky tornado left 34 dead in state totals and more than 200 injured with millions in damage. Nashville led with about ten fatalities while Pruden Kingsport Lebanon Harrogate Rogersville Oswego Millpoint and Hancock County reported additional deaths as relief workers aided survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Red Cross
Salvation Army
National Guard
Tennessee-Kentucky
Mississippi River
Cumberland Mountains
Prucen
Kingsport
Rogersville
Lebanon
Harrograte
Mill Pount
Oswego
Hancock County
Maren
Tennessee
Arkansas
Muss Douri
Pruden
Cumberlands
Harrogate
Millpoint
Double Bill at Hables Palace Theater Tonight
Theatre patrons can enjoy a twin bill at Hable's Palace featuring Obey The Law from Columbia Pictures with Leo Carrillo Lois Wilson and Dickie Moore plus a Viking isle drama Is lands et ils a tale of forgotten Vikings. The program repeats from yesterday with both serious moments and light comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Yestrday
Thirtz
Brisk Stock Rally Follows Bank Reopenings In New York
March 16 report notes violent swings in cotton and wheat, then a broad stock surge on the market reopening. Prices rise one to three points in many issues as trading volume surges to the highest since September. Sterling opens at 3.4618 and call money sits at 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Chicago
New Orleans
Icc
National Metal Exchange
Roosevelt opts to withhold farm relief plan at Capitol Hill
Washington reports President Roosevelt delaying the emergency farm relief measure after a lengthy conference with the agriculture secretary. House leaders pledge to push the farm bill to the Senate by week’s end, with draft language ready following the president’s terse 609 word message. The plan centers on land leasing, surplus production, and a processing tax as key features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
White House
House
Senate
Wallace
Congress
New Row On Banking Issue In The Senate
Washington March 15 discovery that Senate approved legislation to help state banks obtain new currency without joining the Federal Reserve System caused a new row in the banking issue in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Market Gainers and Small Advances in Key Commodities
Futures rose about a cent a pound with smaller gains seen in staples including raw silk sugar coffee cocoa and crude rubber as traders weighed supply and demand signals.
Cleveland Plain Dealer Wheezes Through Old World Travel
A fragment references the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a wheezing old world journey as part of a travel or cultural note. The terse line suggests a column or feature about distant places or manners of travel.
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Mly Community League
Bryarly School
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Robert W. Ward
South Washington Street
American Legion T
Geo. Washington Hotel
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Handley High School
Music Lovers’ Club
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Young Pome
First Baptist Church
Girls’ Athletic Association
Handme High School Gymnasum
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge
North Braddock St
Rotary Club
Huntsberry
Driver
Warren Lee Driver
Kernstown
Bradley Bayliss Driver
Mary Bayliss
H. A. Bayliss
Chambersville
Victor Products Company
Versailles
Davis
Norman H. Davis
State Department
James M. Brown
Arizona
Brooks’ — Palm
Olive & Jasmine Soaps
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Double Bill
Palace
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Banks
Hun
DRED
Wall Street
Capitol Hill
State Bank
The
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nave
Soudound and
Boscawen Sts
Ike
Stetson
Margaret’ L. Hodgson
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