Engagem ent announced for Miss Evelyn Claybrook and Gordon Bowie
Cumberland Maryland announces the engagement of Evelyn Lightfoot Claybrook daughter of Mrs. Edwin B Claybrook to Gordon Lee Bowie of Cumberland. The couple met at a Baltimore luncheon and plan a early fall wedding. Claybrook teaches physical education at Park School in Baltimore and Bowie is a University of Michigan graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Brown Claybrook
Cumberland
Evelyn Lightfoot Claybrook
Gordon Lee Bowie
Baltimore
Miss Claybrook
William B. Lightfoot
Richmond
Edwin B. Claybrook
Westmoreland County
Sweet Briar College
Social calendar of local civic and church groups
A rundown of evening meetings this week includes the Christian Social Society executive committee at the United Brethren Church Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Circle No 5 of Braddock Street M E Church at 8 pm at Mrs. Robert L. Anderson’s home, Modern Woodmen Camp fifteen hundred ten at 8 pm, Kiwanis luncheon 8 pm at George Washington Hotel, Young People's Choir 6 45 pm, Winchester Lodge 867 BPOE at 8 pm at Ellis home, and Grace Lutheran adult choir practice 8 15 pm. Rotary Club luncheon Friday at George Washington Hotel, Civic League meeting 3 30 pm at Mrs. Melvin Green’s South Washington street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Oor Society
Ednesda
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge
Ellis
Piccadilly and
Braddock
Grace Lutheran Church
Washington
Civic League
Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Gardens Open To Public In Georgetown For Charity Tour
Georgetown invites garden lovers from Winchester and surrounding areas to tour eight gardens on May 9 and May 16 from 2 to 7 pm. Proceeds benefit Georgetown child welfare. Notables include Dumbarton Oaks and other prominent residents as hosts and tea on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Star Today
Edmonia Powers Whitehead
Twenty-eighth Street
Winchester
Whitehead
Thomas Bradley
28Th Street
Dumbarton Oaks
Robert Woods Bliss
R Street
Fulton Lewis
31St Street
John , Sevier
Q Street
Anne Archbold
Reservoir Road
Bernard Lane
Conduit Road
William McCain
Hugh Nicolson
Llewellyn Nicolson
Braithwaite Boy Recuperating From Pneumonia
Wilmer Braithwaite age 15 remains in bed after two weeks of pneumonia staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Braithwaite. Schoolmates send wishes for speedy recovery. Dr Ralph B Snapp attends Virginia State Dental Association meeting in Roanoke May 4 5 6 and returns to Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Braithwaite
Clarence Braithwaite
Ralph B. Snapp
Roanoke
Virginia State Dental Association
Snapp
Wincheston
Iss Inez Funkhouser
Shelby
N. C
Donald Bush
Walter Bush
National Avenue
Radio Highlights Schedule With Concerts and News
Radio highlights show a dense 1930s schedule across WJZ WEAF WOR WABC WEAF and others featuring News U S Army Band Amos n Andy Charioteers Quartet Luxurious orchestras and operatic and dramatic programs including Lionel Barrymore Romberg conductor and Shandor violin with Busse Orchestra plus Pulitzer prize coverage and March of Time segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WJZ
U. S .Army
Emor
Bobby Benson
Lowell Thomas
WEAF
Amos 'N' Andy
WOR
Rhythm Orchestra
WABC
Charioteers
Ted Husing
Hammerstein
Music Hall
Lucy Monroe
Lazy Dan
Armida
Guy Robertson
Robert Reade
Pick and Pat
WEAP
Gypsies
Howard Price
Romany Singers
Rubinoff
Jean Hersholt
Anita Louise
Sigmund Romberg
Lionel Barrymore
Clayton Hamilton
Harry Hansen
Fisk
Shandor
Busse
Spitalny
Ohman
Festival and social notes from Frederick and nearby towns
Mr H W Crider remains ill with influenza and developing a feverish condition at his Frederick county home. Washington DC visitors include Mr Lewis Lanham and others attended gatherings on National avenue. Apple Blossom guests included Miss Elizabeth Grubbs nurse from Hagerstown and others from Baltimore and Washington. Several local residents recover from illnesses while others attend the Virginia Gold Cup races and festival events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Loy
South Cameron Street
Charles Town
W. Va
Thomas Yiengst
W. H. Malone
W. H. Malone, Jr
Margaret Ann Malone
W. F. Lancaster
Richard Likin
Pauline Likin
W. B. Grove
Emily , Grove
William Grove, Jr
Kernstown
H. W. Crider
Frederick County
Lewis Lanham
Washington, D. C
George Jenkins
National Avenue
L. D. Grubbs
Elizabeth Grubbs
Hagerstown
Ethel Havey
Beulah Sheeley
Smith
Baltimore, Md
Miss Mamie White Dead After Long Illness
Miss Mamie E. White aged 48 died at her home 14 East Cecil street at 8 Sunday morning after a protracted illness. She was born July 15, 1888 and lived in Virginia all her life. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. White four brothers Eppe White Edward Thomas and Luther White and one sister Mrs Edna Kirby. Funeral at 2 tomorrow at Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel with burial there Reverend Clark of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Yates
Thomas Yates, Jr
Richmond
Yates
B. E. Russell
South Loudoun Street
Alexandria
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Lawrence Rowland
Winchester
Virginia Wall
West Clifford Street
Mamie E. White
Thomas E. White
South Kent Street
East Cecil Street
Virginia
Miss White
Eppe White
Frederick County
Edward, Thomas and
Luther White
Washington, D. C
Edna Kirby
Shenandoah County
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mr.Clark
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Attack on the legation and defense by bandits
Text of a message describes a morning assault on the legation with heavy fire at back gates. Defenders, aided by native servants and several radio men, repelled the attack after brief fighting. Several bandits were killed or wounded and the garrison noted its depleted manpower from early departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engert
Legation
Spencer
John Spencer
Grinnell
Iowa
Cramp
William M. Cramp
Philadelphia
Anslow
J. M. Anslow
Arlington, Mass
Tanner
Walter E. Tanner
New London
Fearless Pitt
William L. Pitt
Bristol
Cavanah
Cecil F. Cavanah
Hunter
Robert L. Hunter
Milbank
S. C
Hartman
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker’s Drug Store
Ethiopian capital under attack as legation inflames tensions
Amid a burning Addis Ababa siege, the American legation faces threats while Ethiopian officers and Italian forces close in. Ambassador Engert relays that civilians sought safety with British help as he and Haile Selassie’s government cling to dwindling defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Hull
Legation
Ethiopia
Navy
State Department
Engert
Haile See
Allocation deemed enough to finish Route 11 project
Virginia highway officials say a permanent, 194 400 dollar allocation for U S Route 11 north of Winchester should complete the road to the West Virginia line. Echols Brothers report satisfactory progress with grading nearly done and substantial stone laid for the three lane roadbed. Traffic uses a short section while the rest remains closed to vehicles despite yesterday rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Highway Commission
Winchester
Echols Brothers
Route 11
Muddy surface causes no major inconvenience
The epee surface had a solid foundation and aside from cars being spattered by the soapy mud, no inconvenience resulted.
Pilot Rans of Into Rough. Maryland National Guard Plane Crashes
Lieutenant Rowe piloting a Maryland National Guard aircraft from Logan Field Baltimore attempted a landing at Admiral Byrd Airport in rain. He struck rough ground near the old dumping area, the plane overturned but Rowe was uninjured and spectators gathered around the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland National Guard
Logan Field
Baltimore
Admiral Byrd Airport
Rowe
Lieut
Woodstock
Two V. P. I. Boys Hart In Crash
Two Virginia Polytechnic Institute students were seriously injured when their car crashed into the rear of a large freight van four miles from Roanoke on Williamson road. W. K. Yonkers of Richmond suffered a dislocated hip a fractured right forearm and other injuries while Garnett Williams of Culpeper sustained severe facial and head cuts with possible brain injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Williamson Road
Jefferson Hospital
W. K. Yonkers
Richmond
Garnett Williams
Culpeper
Independent Oil Dealers Hear Price Fixing Charges
Madison May 4 A special federal grand jury was convened at the request of Attorney General Homer Cummings to hear testimony on charges of price fixing and unfair trade practices in the oil industry Independent dealers charged that larger oil firms were maneuvering to drive them out by contract and price schedule manipulation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Homer
Cummings
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Ee Sree Om
Rook E
Marty Mr. B
Bowie A
Cornelia Larus
Roy Mitchell
Shenandoah XIII
Warrenton
Millwood
Mitchell
Miss Larus
Shanghai
China
Mary E. Xaria
Charleston
J. P. Hayley
Hayleys
Marshall Baker
Valley Avenue
Century Club
Gen. Kai-Shek
B. M. Roszell
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Sophie Baker
Chiang Kai-Shek
S. V. Lewis
Carnation Beauty Shop
West Piccadilly Street
Harry Ingham
R. W. Lewis
Chillicothe
Ohio
S. L. Thompson
Pittsburgh
Rotary Club
Frank Reardon
Federal Financial Service
Shippensburg
W. M. Brashears
Market Street M. E. Church
Marshall Shanabrook
Velda Harris
Shippensburg, Pa
Shanabrook
Mervin Shanabrook
Frank Harris
Christian Endeavor Group
The
Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church
H. D. Flood
Eleanor Flood
Thornhill Manor
Russell Clem
Shadyside
Elva Miles
Martinsburg
Helen Knight
West Gerrard Street
William Johns
Maggie Bentzel
University of Virginia
John S. Scully, Jr
South Stewart Street
Beverley Randolph
Messrs
Harry R. Kern, Jr
This City
Henry Post Mitchell
William Beverley
Milton Valley
Clarke
County
Randolph Welford
Beverley
Washington, D.C
Rebecca McGill
Robert A. Beverley
Davis Ritter
Joe Ritter
Handley High School
Mamie White
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Prescription Druggists
N. Loudoun
Baltimore Pilot
V. P.I
Hart
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hutch DeHaven
Weems Farm
Larrick’s
Hayfield
Kemp Farm
Lenore
H. W. Butler & Bro
Tavenner
Loudoun St
Margaret L. Hodgson
Huntaberry
Jacqueline Benson
Ada Benson
Chicago
Benson
Central Press
Commercial & Savings Bank
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Mokay Coffee
R. G. A. Stores
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
R. M. Swimley
East Geo. Washington Hotel
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