Radio Programs On Schools Are To Be Broadcast
Front Royal documents announce a series by the State Board of Education to explain public school policy in Virginia. Programs air Sundays 6 30 to 6 45 pm on WRVA starting March 24 with topics by Dr D W Peters Miss Mary Boyle R N Anderson Dr E N VanDot and S Lee Trinkle.
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Front Royal
State Board of the
Virginia Education
State Department of Education
Virginia
Department of the
Public Schools Oftaff
WRVA
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D. W. Peters
State Board of Education
Mary Boyle
R. N. Anderson
E. N. VanDot
Lee Trinkle
Virginia Ucation
State Board of
Front Royal All-Stars weigh league entry for season
Samuel Simpson Wallace Thomason and Dalton Johnson represented the Front Royal All-Star baseball club at a Harrisonburg meeting where a league for the coming season was organized Charlottesville Harrisonburg and Culpeper have decided to enter while Front Royal Winchester Staunton Orange and Weyersboro are considering entry The All Stars will meet at Frank Nesbits residence this evening and likely Thursday at the Court House for league discussions.
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Front Royal
Samuel Simpson
Wallace Thomason
Dalton Johnson
All-Star
Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Culpeper
Winchester
Staunton
Orange
Weynesboro
All-Stars
Frank Nesbit
Colored Woman Sustains Compound Leg Fracture
Annie Range a 59 year old colored resident of Flint Hill in Rappahannock county was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital about 11 PM after being struck by an automobile while crossing the street in her hometown. She suffered a compound fracture of a leg.
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Front Royal
Annie Range
Flint Hill
Rappahannock County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Mantha Fish Dies of Pneumonia at 70
Mrs Mantha Fish 70 of Browntown died at her home yesterday afternoon from pneumonia. She was widow of Frank Fish and daughter of Eliza Collins Fish and John Fish of Warren County. Survived by two brothers Steven Glen Echo and James Limeton and a sister Mrs G B Manuel Glen. Funeral services tomorrow at 2 30 at Glen Echo church conducted by Rev Mr Bittinger.
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Front Royal
Mantha Fish
Browntown
Glen Echo Church
Mr. Bittinger
Mrs. Jones Dies In Fauquier County
Mrs. Thomas T. Jones aged 16 and widow of the late Thomas Jones died yesterday at her Morrisville home in Fauquier county. Survived by sister Mrs. W. A. Corron, niece Mrs. H. C. Coe, and nephew W. LeRoy Corron, all of Front Royal. Funeral services were held this afternoon from the Morrisville residence.
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Front Royal
Thomas T. Jones
Thomas Oo Jones
Morrisville
Fauquier County
Dr Arthur C Watkins to Speak on Paris Peace Pact
Dr Arthur Charles Watkins author of The Story of the Paris Peace Pact will speak Tuesday afternoon at Warren County High School and Randolph-Macon Academy. His talk will cover aspects of international relations.
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Front Royal
Arthur Charles Watkins
Warren County High School
Randolph-Macon Academy
Named Special Officer Appointed in Riverton District
The Circuit Court of Warren County appointed J. M. Phillips as special officer for Riverton and vicinity with his term of office to expire October 1, 1935.
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Front Royal
Circuit Court
Warren County
J. M. Phillips
Riverton and
Vicinity
Maddox Announces Candidacy for Warren County Board
Mr. O. C. Maddox stated today that he is a candidate for the Warren County Board of Supervisors from the Front Royal district.
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Front Royal
O. C. Maddox
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Hit and Run Driver Fined Twenty Five Dollars
Glen Vernon Snapp of Hagerstown Massachusetts appeared before Trial Justice Walter G. Olmstead this morning. He was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail for hit and run driving.
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Front Royal
Glen Vernon Snapp
Hagerstown
Walter G. Olmstead
Britain weighs Hitler note and Sir John Simon visit
The administration seeks details from Berlin on Hitler’s possible peace plan and on Sir John Simon’s trip. A war office official urged Parliament to focus on defense readiness as Europe awaits Germany's reply. Sir Eric Phipps will present the note to Berlin for inquiry into security talks and future discussions.
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Hitler
Sir John
Europe
War Office
House of Commons
England
John Simon
House of the British
Eric Phipps
Berlin
Allies mull response after Versailles note leak warning
The signatories of the Versailles treaty plan a joint protest. Sir John will publish the note contents after German Foreign Minister Von Neurath reads it in London. Hitler announces a German conscript army as consultations with Italy and France conclude.
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Sir John
von Neurath
London
Has Affidavits To Back Charges In Ohio Relief Row
Washington reporters relay affidavits by Harry L. Hopkins supporting charges of corruption in Ohio relief administration. Governor Davey denies, while Charles C. Stillman assumes acting relief duties. President Roosevelt backs Hopkins and urges investigation amid political fallout.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio Relief Administration
Davey
Ohio
Hopkins
State Relief Administration
Relief Administration
Charles C. Stillman
Hopkin
Roosevelt
Maine
Ickes
Moonshiner Thomas Quisenberry Captured After Long Hunt
Federal and state officers cornered Thomas Quisenberry, 66, in a Loudoun County ravine after a two day chase ending near Leesburg. A wounded federal agent and Alexandria officer Clarence McClary were among the casualties in the pursuit.
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Winchester
R. E. Bayliss
George Miller
Virginia
Quesenberry
Carroll County
Antigo
Wis
Queenberry
George Kilpatrick
Loudoun County
Alexandria
Clarence McClary
Bayliss
Nicholas
Richmond
George
Mr. Bayliss
Leesburg
Miller
McClary
Charles McClary
Kirkpatrick
Allen
Galex
Hillsville
Floyd
Thomas Quisenberry
Coast Guard
Maryland
George Kirkpatrick
Fairfax
Clarence J. McClary
Weekend fires keep four city engines on alert
Fire bells sounded four times over the weekend with small blazes in each case. Charley Rouss, Friendship, Sarah Zane engines, and the latter two aided. A roof fire on 19 East Piccadilly street, a Gerrard street chimney blaze, and a Freemont street chimney fire prompted alarms.
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Charley Rouss
Friendship
Sarah Zane
East Piccadilly Street
Reuss
Gerrard Street
Friendship Company
Freemont Street
Princess Barbara Hutton to sail for Reno divorce
Princess Barbara Hutton MdIvani plans to sail from London on March 23 to return to the United States for a Reno divorce. She says the Georgian prince Alexis is very sweet and they will remain friends. Her father Franklin L. Hutton is yachting off the Bahamas. Mae Murray suggests Barbara marry an American and notes no settlement is planned for the prince.
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Associated Press
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Dime Store
Alexis
London
Prince Alexis
Franklin L. Hutton
Bahamas
Mdivani
David
Serge
Prince David
Mae Murray
Prince Serge
Pola Negri
Mary McCormic
Chicago
Barbara
Hopkins Charged With Criminal Libel in Ohio Warrant
Governor Martin L. Davey faced possible impeachment after Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins was charged with criminal libel. Davey cited a telegram criticizing Hopkins as evidence of political corruption in Ohio relief administration. The warrant was sworn in Newark Municipal Court.
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Columbus
Covernor
Martin L. Davey
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Newark
Operators And Miners Begin a Wage Meeting
Twenty eight mine union representatives and an equal number of soft coal operators started bargaining on new wage and hour contracts affecting nearly half a million miners. The current contracts expire March 31 and a nationwide strike is threatened if no agreement by April 1. The miners seek a 50 cent daily wage increase and a 30 hour week. The operators propose renewing the present contracts for one year. Meetings were held behind closed doors.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
John Lewis
Virginia Given $650,000 For March Relief
The Federal Relief Administration announced an added $67,575,313 for March relief, lifting total for the month to $129,732,527. No grants were issued to Idaho Maryland or Tennessee awaiting state government contributions. Delaware received $75,000, with other allocations including Pennsylvania $11,382,000 Virginia $650,000 and West Virginia $900,000.
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Washington
Federal Relief Administration
Idaho
Maryland
Tennessee
Arkansas
Delaware
Othr
Pennsylvania
Virginia
W. Virginia
The Penny Post Origins in Colonial America
The Penny Post, transplanted from London by Benjamin Franklin after 1753, grew from the post office but not a government function. In London profits went to a court favorite, while in America the earnings were perquisites of the postmasters and their chosen carriers.
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London
Benjamin Franklin
Colonies
America
Lawsuit to adminster estate and sell property in Virginia
First National Bank of Strasburg as executor seeks to administer the estate of Mary Robertson Adams in Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia. The suit aims to settle accounts and seek partition or sale of a Stephens City house and lot. Defendants are heirs unknown and Martinsburg and Wheeling residents ordered to appear within ten days and notice published in The Winchester Evening Star.
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Circuit Court
County OF Frederick
Pies
First National Bank of Strasburg
James W. Robertson
Mary Robertson Adams
Stephens City
Virginia
Luther Robertson
Ernest Locke
Queen St
Martinsboro
W. Va
Rea Hama Catro
Martinsburg
Wa. Va
Clara R. Locke
Winchester
Bessie Brannon
Livestock And Produce Markets Report Market Results
Market updates show bulls good beef 6.00 7.00 price ranges with calves around 400 and hogs 2 700 head trading slow. Sheep Lambs and poultry prices steady to down with various weight bands and standard eggs and dressed poultry listed. Philadelphia market notes butter fowl and egg quotes with U S Dept figures and standard grades.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Long Island
U. S. Dept
U. S
Plan inquiry in reports of sterilization
Martinez Calif March 17 Information concerning reports that women on relief in Contra Costa county were urged to undergo sterilization operations will be placed before the grand jury here tomorrow by District Attorney Francis P Healey. The prosecutor declined to confirm a report that a list of names of women sterilized on recommendation of the county welfare department was missing from his office. Mrs Puth McCord former welfare director had advocated sterilization of mothers of destitute families. She recently vanished after grand jury indicted her for embezzlement.
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Martinez
Calif
Contra Costa County
Francis P. Healey
Healey
Germany Prepares for War Says Soviet Press Comment
Moscow reports Pravda and another industrialization paper condemn Germany’s reintroduction of compulsory military service as proof of renewed aggression. The Soviet notices say Hitler declares the Versailles treaty void and warn that English policy indecision may boost German defense moves.
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Germany
Russia
Communist Party
Onzan Pravda
Hitler
England
Pravda
Berlin
Germain
Jess
Jason
Invention of Lace Linked to Barbara Uttman Tale
A tombstone at Annaberg notes Barbara Uttman died January 14 1875 and credits her invention of lace in 1561 as making her a Hartz Mountains benefactress. She learned pillow lace in exile and founded a workshop at Annaberg employing 80000 workers with French and Italian influences shaping regional lace making.
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Germany
Annabert
Barbara Uttman
Hartz
Barbara” Uttman
Annaberg
Bavaria
Market Stocks Slip As Prices Hit Lows In 1933 Record Era
The market edged down 1 to 2 points on a dull day with major issues like U S Steel Bethlehem American Telephone reaching new lows since 1933. Cotton and grains fell early but recovered part of losses while currency moves showed the belga up and sterling down. At 2 p m selected stock prices included Allied Chemical 125 American Can 11236 American Smelters 32% American Tel Tel 99% Atch Topeka S Fe 39% Bethlehem Steel 2252 Consol Gas of N 17% Corn Products 63 General Electric 21% General Motors 27% Goodyear 16% Int Harvester 3442 Johns Manville 39% Montgomery Ward 22% N Y Central 12% Penn Railroad 172 Stand Oil N J 35% Union Pacific 85% U S Steel 27% Woolworth 52.
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
American Telephone
Europe
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel & Tel
Topeka & S. Fe
S. Bethlehem Steel
Omyster
Consol
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Stand
N. J
Union Pacific
Woolworth
Futures And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Chicago market quotes show May wheat at 91 to 91 1 8, July 88 1 2 to 5 8, Sept 88 3 8. Corn ranges 80 1 4 to 70 1 8 for Sept. Oats 42 5 8 to 3 4, July 37 3 4, Sept 35 7 8. Rye May 53 7 8, July 55 1 4, Sept 56 1 2. Barley May 62, July 56. Lard May 12 30, July 12 27 to 30, Sept 12 27 to 30. Bellies May 15 97, July 16 10. Cash wheat No 2 red 92 1 8 to 93, No 3 yellow 79 to 81, No 3 white 84 1 2. Baltimore spot wheat 93. Winchester wheat 91 cents per bushel. white corn 95 cents, yellow corn 90 cents. barrels 4.50 to 4.75. Quotations reflect mill deliveries.
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Chicago
Cash
Baltimore
Winchester
Local Markets Prices and goods listing for feed and staples
The local market listing shows prices for patent and short patent brand feeds in bags of various weights, shelled corn, cracked corn, mixed feed, scratch feed, corn meal, middlings, dairy feeds, and eggs. Also listed are butter prices, live animals, and hogs, with multiple per-bbl pricing and per hundred weights where applicable.
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Telcos
AOS
BSG
Ios
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Henry Sowers
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Front Royal Parent-Teachers Association
Q. D. Gasque
C. N. Sheppard
Huntington
Thomas Sheppard
Margaret Mitchell
Buckton, Va
Polly Slaughter
Manor Avenue
Mr. L. B. Dutrow
Warren County Tuberculosis Association
R. E. Purdum
T. §. Melton
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E. H. Stokes
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Louis Milani
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H. R. Dunn
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