Rainfall Here Greatest Since 1923 Across Frederick Shenandoah Areas
General rainfall totals reached 2.6 inches with Winchester and vicinity posting the peak as farmers hope for spring flow. Across Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah counties in Virginia and Berkeley Hampshire in West Virginia the 12 hour shower swollen creeks and streams and boosted water supplies, prompting optimism for wells and springs as orchards and seed beds benefit from the moisture.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Virginia
Berkeley
Hampshire
West Virginia
W. S. Hough
Frederick County
For Sale Reconditioned 4 Ton 200 Inch GMC Truck
Reconditioned 4 ton 200 inch wheelbase GMC six cylinder truck with 4 wheel brakes closed cab 18 ft stake body 9.75 balloon tires and high stakes. Model 1929 ver hauled repainted. Suitable for apples livestock or long distance hauling. Easy terms to responsible party. See Gibson Baker at Ebert's Garage or write Miller Hoover Motor Co Broadway Virginia Districts.
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Gibson Baker
Ebert
Miller-Hoover Motor Co
Broadway
Virginia
Rose Bushes Special Sale at The Flower Shop
Special sale offer lists rose bushes at three for one dollar from The Flower Shop. Limited quantities and dates not specified in readable text.
For Sale Arthur G Jones Woolen Mills Equipment
Woolen Mills Corp holds auction for mills and machinery to be sold Saturday May 9. Advertisement appears in paper listing pickup details and terms. Potential buyers see equipment inventory and sale date.
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Arthur G. Jones
Woolen Mills Corp
Success of Big Festival in Winchester
Winchester editorial praises the Apple Blossom Festival noting hospitable residents and growing crowds. It lauds this year’s attractions and visitor numbers and predicts larger future festivals benefiting the sponsoring region.
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Winchester
Washington Times
Miss Evelyn Page Dies at Wayside Home in Millwood
Miss Evelyn Byrd Page of the Virginia Page family died at Wayside in Millwood at about 9 15 last night after months of invalidism. She was about 75 and survived by her sister Miss Celestine Davis Page. Funeral set for Sunday at 4 30 at Christ Church with Rev B D Chambers officiating. burial in Old Chapel family plot. Pallbearers named J Townsend Burwell George H Burwell Richard P Whiting Robert G Mitchell John Woolfolk Lewis B Meade.
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Millwood
Evelyn Byrd Page
Virginia
Wayside
Page
John Page
Lucy Ann Burwell Page
Upper
Longwood
Celestine Davis Page
Christ Church
Park Nine set to host West Virginia and Martinsburg clubs
Winchester Park Association baseball team hosts Gerrardstown All Stars from West Virginia on Saturday at 3 pm with Hirth pitching and Swanson catching. Sunday at 3 pm they face Moose Ball Club of Martinsburg with Guy Duff on the mound. Last weekend the Park boys won twice, 7-5 over Berkeley Springs Bottling Works and another win over Hagerstown Raiders. The club thanks fans and urges continued support for a new Winchester park.
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Winchester Park Association
Bottling Works
Oo. Hagerstown
Raiders
the Park Association
the Star
Winchester
No Quorum There There Council Meeting Postponed
A deferred regular session of the common council failed with only five members reporting due to rain. The meeting will likely be held next week. City Manager P P Pilcher attended for the first time since taking office and discussed future actions with the councilors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Pilcher
Mr. Pilcher
Five People Fined in Winchester Police Court
Crowds gathered for a two day blossom festival in Winchester while police court proceedings proceeded. Charles Carper faced reckless driving charges and paid a five dollar fine. Charles Huff and A G Mese were each fined seventy three dollars for illegal liquor possession and given 30 days in jail, suspended on payment of fines. George A Parker and James Washington were released after Huff admitted liquor possession. Abe Jenkins and Thurman Huff were arrested for fighting. Jenkins paid twelve dollars and Huff was released after it was shown Jenkins started the altercation. Sam Ray forfeited fifteen dollars collateral for disorderly conduct after failing to appear.
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Winchester
Judge Weems
Charles Carper
Charles Huff
A. G. Mese
Hagerstown
George A. Parker
James Washington
Huff
Abe Jenkins
Thurman Huff
Highland Avenue
Jenkins
Sam Ray
Home Made Cottage Cheese Sold by Phone
Cottage cheese produced locally offered at 25 cents per quart with contact by phone number 2021 F 2 and listed in the small ad section for quick sale.
Frederick county home demonstration April report highlights
Elizabeth Farrar reports April home demonstration activity in Frederick County with 30 meetings drawing 401 attendees and 14 adult meetings with 137 attendees. Four communities are ready for ongoing work focusing on gardening foods clothing and house furnishing. Forty clothing club girls entered a wash dress contest to be worn at a June county revue with winner advancing to the state contest.
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Frederick County
Elizabeth Farrar
Better Foods Clubs
Examiner urges dismissal of lake coal rate cases
Examiner Bardwell recommended to the Interstate Commerce Commission that the lake coal rate cases be dismissed. The Ohio lake cargo coal rate committee and others argued varying rates from Pennsylvania to Lake Erie ports for transshipments by vessels, but the examiner found no undue preference and urged the commission to refuse action.
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Washington
Bardwell Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Lake Cargo Coal Rate Committee
Pennsylvania
Ohio Mary
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lake Erie
Commission
Leo Brothers Denied New Trial in Tribune Murder Case
Leo V Brothers was denied a new trial for the murder of Tribune crime reporter Alfred Lingle. Judge Joseph Sabath sentenced him to 14 years in prison. Attorneys may file a bill of exception within 60 days to pursue an appeal.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Leo V Brothers
Alfred Lingle
Joseph Sabath
Brothers
Bread That Pleases Healthful And Tasty
An advertising copy extols B. and C. Bread as reliably pleasing and equally healthy and tasty, emphasizing consistent quality and good nourishment.
Best Results For Home Feeds In Winchester Milling Co Ad
An old Plymouth era advertisement notes Winchester Milling Co offering home feed deals. It emphasizes savings and value with a focus on reliability for rural customers and family farms.
Six Children Killed in Train Bus Crash at Grade Crossing
At Merced California on May 8 a school bus was struck broadside by a slowly moving freight train at a grade crossing. Six children died and two more plus the driver Douglas Creggar aged 59 were in critical condition. Twenty three children were hospitalized. Eye witnesses said the bus slowed as it approached the crossing then entered the train’s path.
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Associated Press
Merced
Calif
Douglas Creggar
Robert Fuller
Dolores Epsen
Billy Epsen
Dolores
Janette Ahr
Marshall Portel
Muriel Keller
Creggar
Goodyear Tire Attracts Attention at Apple Blossom Parade
R E Buncutter of Buncutter Tire Company secured the world’s largest automobile tire for Winchester’s Apple Blossom Festival. The 12 foot high, 4 foot wide tire weighs 3900 pounds and requires 45 minutes to inflate to three pounds pressure after a 48 hour travel from Chattanooga.
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R. E. Buncutter
Buncutter Tire Company
Goodyear Tire
Winchester
Chattanooga
Tenn
Buncutter
National Congress of Parents and Teachers Chooses Minneapolis
HOT SPRINGS Ark May 8 Minneapolis was chosen for the 1932 convention of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers by the board of managers to day An invitation from the National Education Association to hold a joint session on rural life development and education was accepted The meeting will be in Los Angeles in July.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Minneapolis
National Congress of Parents and Teacher
Board of Managers
National Education Association
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Los Angeles
Mother's Day Candy All Silk Pkg Chocolates
Brooks' Pharmacy advertises Mother's Day candy in an all silk package of chocolates available at the store.
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Mother's Day
Brooks' Pharmacy
Mother's Day Flower Orders From The Flower Shop
The Flower Shop promotes early ordering for Mother's Day with selections and delivery options. Consumers are urged to place orders soon to ensure timely delivery and avoid late shortages.
Famous Horses Slated To Race In The Preakness
Nine top three year olds were named for the fifty eighth Preakness at Pimlico with Green Tree Stable leading entries Grand, Surfboard and Anchors Aweigh. If the track is muddy Twenty Grand and Anchors Aweigh ride Greentree silks. Surfboard may replace Anchors Aweigh on fast track. Equipoise appears as second choice with Mate from A C Bostwick likely to back tough going. Other entries include Soll Gills Clock Tower Aegis Ladder.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Payne Whitney
Greentree Stable
Anchors Aweigh
Greentree
Aweigh. Co. Whitney
A. C Bostwick
Seagram Stables
Soll Gills
Morton L. Schwartz
Clock Tower
Walter M. Jeffords
Aegis
Walter Salmon
Ladder
York Heiress Doris Dempsey Runs Away to Write
Doris Louise Dempsey, a 15 year old heiress from York Pennsylvania, created a stir by disappearing and later being found in a New York rooming house. She says she ran away to pursue writing short stories and refused to return willingly. She was found with three men and another girl. her father a wealthy lumberman and Mrs. William W. Dempsey planned to bring her back.
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York
Doris Louise Dempsey
New York
Doris
William W. Dempsey
Shenandoah Valley National Bank and GW Hotel Stock Auction
On May 9, 1931 at 11:00 A M auctioneers Duvall and Dunn will offer for sale in front of the County Court House Winchester Va one hundred shares Shenandoah Valley National Bank stock and twenty shares George Washington Hotel preferred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
George Washington
Winchester
Duvall & Dunn
Memorial to Rev James Ireland Erected by Virginia Baptists
Baptists across Virginia plan on May 20 in Berryville to unveil a memorial for Rev. James Ireland second pastor of the Berryville Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. Garnett Ryland of the University of Richmond will deliver the principal address. Ireland, a native of Edinburgh born 1748, became a Baptist minister after coming to America and preaching in Culpeper and Frederick counties. He died May 5, 1806, age 58, buried in Old Buckmarsh Cemetery. The Virginia Baptist Historical Society and Berryville Church organize the monument with gifts from Baptists statewide.
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Berryville
Virginia
James Ireland
Baptist Church
Garnett Ryland
University of Richmond
Baptists’ of
Scotland
Edinburgh
America
Young Ireland
Culpeper
Frederick County
Lord Botetourt
Culpeper County
Frederick
Ireland
Williamsburg
Botetourt
Buchmarsh Baptist Church
Happy Creek
Warren County
Waterlick Church
Shenandoah
Buckmarsh
Charles Town
Muckmarsh Baptist Church
Berryville Baptist Church
Virginia Baptist Historical Society
Special Mother's Day Services At Rockland Church
Rev. R. L. Moore announces special Mother's Day services at Rockland Methodist Church South in Warren County. Services at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. form an all day meeting with many members planning to serve dinner outdoors.
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R. L. Moore
White Post
Southern Methodist Churches
Rockland
Public Sale Notice at Fishpaw Farm May 9 Ships Ex
Public sale of household goods fruit chickens and one share Farmers and Merchants Bank stock to be held at J M Fishpaw farm on Saturday May 9 at 1 30 p m. Ex J M Fishpaw listed as executor with L L Kline as witness.
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Farmers & Merchants Bank
J. M. Fishpaw
J.M
L. L. Kline
Rally Sunday Proposed for Thanksgiving of Rainfall
Nelson F Richards urges a Sunday rally across churches to thank God for seasonable weather and copious rainfall. A morning service and union vesper at Handley Stadium are suggested to celebrate Apple Blossom Festival. The Ministerial Union is to set the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Pra
Handley Stadium
Nelson F
Richards
Greenbrier Band Appreciates Winchester Hospitality After Apple Blossom Appearances
Major W. H. Beardsworth and the Greenbrier Military School cadet band left Winchester for Lewisburg after participating in three Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parades. They expressed deep appreciation for the courtesies shown to them and said they value the festival and Winchester's hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Beardsworth
Greenbrier Military School
Winchester
Lewisburg
W. Va
Beardsworth
Interwoven team to clash with Martinsburg in big game
The Interwoven team, unbeaten this season, meets Martinsburg in a highly anticipated contest. Company I, with Patton Rhodes Gene Lewis Balthis Racy Pingley and Bob Lewis, will provide batterys as Breckenridge supports the lineup. Public support is urged to back the strong local team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pany Iy
Martinsburg
Company I
Breckenridge
Patton
Rhodes
Gene Lewis
Balthis
Racy
Pingley
Bob Lewis
Bury
Martins
Festival Queen Visits Fort Loudoun in Winchester
Miss Patricia D. Morton festival queen toured Fort Loudoun in Winchester visiting the bastions and the old well dug under George Washington in the 1750s. She was hosted by Mrs. Katherine Glass Greene who presented a copy of Winchester and Its Beginnings.
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Winchester
Patricia D. Morton
Fort Loudoun
Katherine Glass Greene
Loudoun
Peyton Streets
Miss Morton
Glass
Old Fort
George Washington
Washington
James Wood
Morton
Virginia
Suit Dismissed At Plaintiff's Cost In Auto Collision Case
Vernon Dorsey sued Henry Grim for 550 damages after an automobile collision. A jury was summoned in the Corporation Court but, on motion by Attorney Harry K. Benham, the case was dismissed at the plaintiff’s cost. The defendant was represented by Jas P. Reardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Vernon Dorsey
Henry Grim
Harry K. Benham
Mr. Dorsey
A. H. Miller, Jr
Clifton H. Grim
H. B. Dunlop
Harold C. March
D. E. Hawthorne
George R. Theis
John V. Eddy
Robert D. Glaize
Jas. P. Reardon
Mr. Grim
Livestock Loading at B B O Yards Winchester
Notice states livestock loading will occur at the B and O Yards in Winchester on Wednesday May 13 instead of Thursday May 14 as previously planned. James Amick signs the notice dated May 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
James Amick
Private sale of Evans brick residence on North Loudoun
Notice of sale for the late E J Evans residence at 321 North Loudoun Street. M M Lynch, attorney, handles the matter. Sale details and procedures in the official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Evans
Loudoun Street
M. M. Lynch
Slayers Sleep Soundly After Capture Leaders Named
New York May 8 Two confessed killers Francis Two Gun Crowley and Rudolph Tough Red Duringer slept soundly after being captured in a dramatic gun battle. Police exchanged more than five hundred shots with gangsters as crowds watched. Crowley and Duringer were indicted for murder in separate cases, Crowley for Patrolman Hirsch’s death in Nassau county and Duringer for the Maine dancer Virginia Brannen’s murder. The scene included bombs and guns at Bellevue Hospital and a witness named Helen Walsh.
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Associated Press
New York
Rudolph Duringer
Frances
Crowley
Bronx
Virginia Brannen
Maine
Duringer
Nassau County Grand Jury
Frederick Hirsch
Francis
Rudolph
Law New
Nassau Grand Jury
Trolman Frederick Hirsch
Bellevue Hospital
Helen Walsh
Long Island
Hirsch
Bee
Mulrooney
Pears
Nassau County
Grand Jury
Mineola
Walsh
Edwards
Funeral Services Held for Samuel J. Moore
Funeral services were held at Gravel Springs Church for Samuel J. Moore 34 farmer from the Mountain Falls area of Frederick county who died Tuesday night after an appendectomy at Memorial Hospital Interment followed at the church cemetery He was born October 23 1893 in the county and is survived by his father Joseph L Moore and two sisters Mrs Lillian Pingley of Stephens City and Mrs Lucy Bucher of Winchester He was unmarried.
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Gravel Springs Church
Samuel J. Moore
Mountain Falls
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Moore
Joseph L
Hattie C. Peer Moore
Lillian Pingley
Stephens City
Lucy Bucher
Winchester
Lost Radio Test Meter At B O Yards Winchester
Lost radio test meter reported at B&O Yards Winchester on Wednesday May 13. Contact Pete at phone 1065 with details.
Reduction in All Home Feed at Winchester Milling Co
A brief notice notes a reduction in the home feed at Winchester Milling Company. The item lists the tally as 5-4-1p-5t and references the facility involved in the action.
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Winchester Milling CO
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Jane Filstrup
Opequon Creek
Clarke County
Evelyn Page
Park Nine
The
Leo Brothers
Cc. I Brumback’'s
B. & C. Bread
Winchester Milling. CO
Big Goodyear Tire
Education Board
Richmond News
Baptists
Warren, Clarke
Shenandoah Counties
Rockland Church
Greenbrier Band
Ft. Loudoun
Pete
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