Judge and Mrs Harrison Host Luncheon for Social Leaders
Judge and Mrs Thomas W Harrison hosted a buffet luncheon on a Wednesday for about 200 social figures from Boston Chicago Washington Richmond Warrenton Middleburg and Leesburg at their Washing ton Street home The lawn featured tables while guests viewed the grand parade from the verandas After lunch the crowd toured the hosting homes. Dr C B Harloe plans Virginia State Dental Association convention at Old Point Comfort May 11 12 13 with office closures for his absence The Sargent children gave Mrs Sargents 51st birthday dinner at her Whitacre home for about 25 guests Abney Payne who had stayed with Mrs W Nelson Page returned to Charleston West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Harrison
Boston
Chicago
Washington
Richmond
Warrenton
Middleburg
Leesburg
Washington Street
Edward J. Stroud
Winchester
England
Shenandoah VIII
Royal Johnson
Charles Consolvo
Baltimore and
Millwood
W. W Whiteside
John Hay Whitney
Middlebury
Richard E Byrd
H. F
T. B. Byrd
Robert T. Barton, Sr
W. D. Myers
C. B. Harloe
Virginia State Dental Asociation
Old Point Comfort
J. R. Sargent
Whitacre
Abney Payne
W. Nelson Page
Charleston
W. Va
Local Social Calendar Through Friday Meetings
The week lists events at Memorial Hospital and local clubs. Meetings include Woman's Auxiliary at the Nurses Home, Ladies National Memorial Association at Mrs. Willis home, Lions luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Century Club at Mrs. Massey’s Merriman Lane, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Choral Club at Christ Church Parish House, American Legion Post luncheon, and Braddock Street Methodist choir practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Memorial Hospital
Nurses’ Home
Ladies’ National Memorial Association
W. R. Willis
South Cameron Street
Lions
Ggorge Washington Hotel
Century Club
Carl Massey
Merriman’s Lane
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Christ Church Parish House
American Legion Post
Braddock Street
Fort Loudoun DAR Meeting Set At Mrs Hardy Home
Fort Loudoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution plans a 3 PM May 13 meeting at Mrs. W G Hardy 818 South Stewart Street with Miss Anna Briggs and Mrs. William W Glass assisting. Officers will be elected and reports from Continental Congress delegates read. An additional note mentions Winchester history and a Civic League order for True Stories of Winchester. Gainesboro Community League also to meet May 12 with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
William G. Hardy
South Stewart Street
Anna
Briggs
William W Glass
Winchester
The
Civic League
Daniel Morgan
West
Gainesboro
Virginia Dentists Attend Annual State Meeting At Old Point Comfort
Drs Ralph Snapp C B Har lee J A Richard E C Yost and W D Myers left today for Old Point Comfort to attend the Virginia State Dental Association annual meeting at the Chamberlin Hotel May 11 13 They expect to return late next week Snapp is president elect of the association this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Knight, Jr
Susan
Newport News
Knight
S. Charles F. Gillet
Virginia State Dental Association
New Chamberlain Hotel
Old Point Comfort
Ralph Snapp
C. B. Harlee
J. A. Richard
E. C. Yost
W.D. Myers
Chamberlin Hotel
Snapp
Local residents attend Apple Blossom Festival events in Winchester
A lengthy social notice lists Winchester residents and guests visiting during the Apple Blossom Festival. Attendees include Mrs. Robert Pearton and other local leaders, visitors from Virginia and West Virginia, and several Washington and Baltimore guests staying with local families and at homes on South Cameron and Valley pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kerlin
Herndon
Clarence Donovan
Moorefield
W. Va
Junior Oates
Capon Bridge
B. F. Liggett
The
Valley Pike
Warner P. Thompson
Westminister
Harry G. Spencer
Spencer
Baltimore
Thomas L. Schmidt
South Loudoun Street
Mr. Spencer
Market Street M. E. Church
Miss Preffit Rides Power Company Float at Apple Blossom
Frances Preffit represented Northern Virginia Power Company on a decorated float during the Apple Blossom Festival parade. A Handley High School graduate of 1929, she helped the float win one of the judge awards at the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Preffit
Power Company
Frances Preffit
Northern Virginia Power Company
Handley High School
Fair Grounds
Residents and visitors at Apple Blossom Festival and local events
Grace Walters and Kathleen Hoskins return to Baltimore after festival hosts John Fugitt. Mollie Samp sell and Lorena Samp sell attend N. A. Sampsell funeral in Williamsport. Ruth Sampsell, post major operation in Washington may improve. Many guests from Norfolk Lynchburg Washington West Clifford attendings. Donald Patton improves at home after hospital stay. Clark Williams and Edward Butler guests in Millwood with Mrs Butler hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Alabaugh
C. H. Kitzmiller
Max and
Eugene
Frank Williams
Ruth Williams
Elkins
W. Va
Anna Wymer
Washington, D. C
Daisy Rudolph
Billy
Zepp
Grace Walters
Kathleen Hoskins
Baltimore
John Fugitt
Ruth Sampsell
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Clark Williams
New York
Edward G. Butler
Millwood
Butler
Williams
Sugar Contract Signed By Seven Producing Nations
The seven great sugar exporting countries Germany Poland Czecho Slovakia Belgium Hungary Java and Cuba signed the Chadbourne international sugar contract in Brussels. The pact aims to restrain exports to raise prices and ensure fair profits for producers while protecting consumers from high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brussels
Chadbourne
Germany
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Belgium
Hungary
Java
Cuba
Thomas L. Chadbourne
New York
Demonstrations On Electric Cookery By Mrs West
Mrs. Rena West of the Universal Electric Range Co will hold cooking demonstrations and lectures at Solenberger's in North Loudoun street on May 12 and 13. Sessions start 2 30 PM daily with a 10 30 AM lecture for colored women on May 13. West, with 23 years in electric cookery, has toured extensively across the US and abroad teaching electricity cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena West
Universal Electric Range Company
New Britain
German Seaplane DO-X Fails To Lift Off In Guinea
The German seaplane DO-X could not take off near Bolama in Portuguese Guinea at 4 a.m. due to a heavy load. The craft was towed to the Orange Islands where another start attempt was planned later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
National Telegraph Today
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Orange Islands
Bank Robbery in Jackson Nets $17351
Two masked men robbed employees of the Deposit Guaranty Bank and Trust Company in Jackson before opening. They escaped with 17351 dollars. The heist occurred in Mississippi on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
Deposit Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Outboard Race Record Lowered By Football Star
Evans ton Illinois all-American football star from Northwestern University Wade Woodworth wins the 132 mile Albany to New York outboard race in 3 hours 11 minutes at 41.8 mph beating last year’s winner J E Wilkinson by 15 minutes 6 seconds. Marshall Eldridge of Boston finishes second, J Walter Petersen leads the inboard class, Miss Mildred Hickey of Shrewsbury wins among inboard runabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New
Wade
Red
Woodworth
Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Albany
New York
Woodward
J. E. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Marshall Eldridge
Boston
J. Walter Petersen
Brooklyn
Mildred Hickey
Shrewsbury
Mass
Remains of Mrs. Ella C. McKee Buried in Frederick County
Funeral held at Ebenezer Church in Whitacre for Mrs. Ella C. McKee wife of T B McKee who died at her Winchester home. Rev S J Goode led services attended by family and friends with six grandsons as pallbearers. Survived by husband five daughters and one son and by her parents Amos H and Frances Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiticre
Ella C. McKee
T. B. McKee
Winchester
Ebenezer Church
J. Goode
William Défibaugh
Russell McKee
Leslie Whitacre
Arthur Pugh
Roy Wingfield
Roy Whitacre
Floyd Davis
Charles Town
W Va
William A. W. McKee
Amos H. and
Frances Foreman
Frederick County
Jones Woolen Co Sold to Local Group
Local investors purchase Jones Woolen Co including three land tracts south of Winchester and multiple buildings such as a dye house machine shop and warehouse. The stock of materials covers 977 yards of finished cloth, substantial raw materials, and assorted dye goods reflecting prior mill operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Bankruptcy Sale Shifts Jones Woolen Mill Auction Direction
In 1929 creditors urged Judge McDowell to declare Jones Woolen Corporation bankrupt after a stockholders report. President Arthur Jones and VP treasurer Max Krol were charged with embezzlement. Jones served three years in state prison. The mill was declared bankrupt in 1930 and John Steck became trustee. The sale of the mill was conducted under supervisor Dunning Duval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atiow
Almae Uri
Leo Freedstein
Boston
Mass
American Cotton Products Company
Robeson Tn Company
Providence
MacDowell
Arthur G. Jones
Max Krol
Seling
Corporation
Krol
Jones
Bar of Justice
Virginia State Penitentiary
Judge McDowell
Burr P. Harrison Winchester
W. C Armstrong
Front Royal
Jones Corporation
Winchester
W. C. Armstrong
Chicago Wool Company
John M. Steck
Steck
Same
Dunning Duvall
Bail Denied for Legs Diamond in Firearms Case
Albany May 9 Supreme Court Justice Brewster denied bail for Jack Legs Diamond who faces illegal possession of firearms. Diamond had been free on 40 000 dollars bail when he was ambushed at the Aratoga Inn in the Catskills nearly two weeks earlier. He also faced an old narcotics charge with a 15 000 dollar bond and had been released in 25 000 bail in the Grover Parks torture case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
Brewster
Jack
Diamond
Aratoga Inn
Catskills
Aratoga
Grover Parks
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Edge Higher on Demand
Chicago Board of Trade grain prices rise as better corn demand and spring wheat weather lift values. Wheat futures for May July and September advance, corn oats and rye follow with modest gains across contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
Waits Years for Divorce From Deserting Wife
A Frederick County Circuit Court decree grants an absolute divorce to Nathaniel W. Ritter from Louise Rinker Ritter. They married October 29, 1914, and she deserted him the following November. Custody of their child Bessie Virginia Ritter goes to the mother, with monthly US government support directed to continue to the daughter through her guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Nathaniel W. Ritter
Louise Rinker Ritter
Bessie Virginia Ritter
United States
Plot to assassinate King Carol II uncovered in Bucharest
Reports from Bucharest say police uncovered a plot to kill King Carol II on the fiftieth anniversary of his accession. Authorities denied the claim, though an individual was reportedly arrested in connection with the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Carol
King Carol watched by family as concealed revolver scare erupts
A suspect hidden under a stand near a royal viewing area allegedly carried a loaded revolver. He fled when questioned and was pursued and captured but refused to identify himself or reveal motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Eo Oe
Tame
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steering Star
Judge
Mrs. Harrison
Nelson Page
W. G. Hardy
West Orders
Gainesboro Community League
Tidewater
Virginia
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Isaiah D. Wright
National Cemetery
Cne
Huntsberry
Dental Society
Presbyterian Church
Margaret Nelson
Atlanta
J. Victor Arthur
Nelson
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
West Virginia
Marshall C. French
Augusta
Gustavia Shanholtzer
Romney
S. J. Goode
Church of Christ
John G. Shanholtzer
Minor G. French
Carson
Lou Carson
W.E. Carson
Riverton
Remount Station
Anne Brooke Kern
Mary Greenway Russell
Joan Nichols
Burr Powell Harrison
Episcopal Church
Robert Pearton
W. A. Baker
Herberts. Larrick
Sophie Baker
A. S. Pennypacker
Samuel Hoshour
William Beverley
Fred A. Crisman
Pettitt
Float Frabhill
Jane and Ruth Newman
Woodstock
Cecil Barr
United States Army
Fort Humphrey
R. G. Clevenger
Clearbrook
Messrs
J. Harry Cline
Charles Cator
D. W. Cline
South Braddock Street
Cline
Florence V. Russell
Chas. W. Grim
W. P. Harader
Garry
J. D. Pine
Clarke County
Uniontown
W. B. Potts
Harry Sheppe
Charlottesville, Va
Gwendolyn Hardesty
Berryville
Alfred Hardesty
University of Virginia
Arthur D. Hening
Charles Chick
Joe Webb
Winston Grim
Mrs
Floyd Grim
Grim
Miss Elizabeth White
Turner
Betty Jane
Portsmouth
Ohio
Marguerite Rinker
Detroit
Mich
Jack Engle
Winchester Country Club
L. C. Snapp
Summit, Point,Va
Elsie and
Frances Preffitt
Selby Preffitt
Paul Kelchner
Denta McKlwee
Rockville
James P . Reardon
Franklin Rogers
Minnie Baker
North
Cameron Street
Martha E. Tucker
Eliza Tucker
Tucker
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Daniel Slaughter
Carrie Slaughter
Cameron Thompson
Culpeper, Va
Lee
Louisville, Ky
Anna Briggs
Misss
Mollie and
Lorena Sampsell
Williamsport, Md
N. A. Sampsell
Mary Lou Fritts
State Teachers College
Farmville
Boyce
the Revenue
C. P. McVicar
Handley Avenue
Elmer T. Hicks
Williard, Ohio
J. H. Bott
Loudoun Street
Florence Mitchell
Norfolk
Mary Ruth DeWitt
Mitchell
John Kerr School
Lyda Chapman
West Clifford Street
James R. Chapman
Martin Hughes
Martin McDaniels
Cherrydale
Walter J. Chapman
William
Virginia Chapman
Edward Chapman
Lynchburg
Donald Patton
Frank Patton
South
Missippi
County
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Shirley Carter
Loudoun St
Peyton St
Cameron Phone
Main St
W. Clifford St
Bailey Bros
Water St
S. Braddock St
J. E. Affleck
Woodstock Lane
S. Cameron St
W. Water St
Amherst St
Wright Motor Co
W. A. Dearmont
White Post
Carroll Willis
R. W. Ailes
Stephens Laakeare
C. B. Smalts
National Ave
Polhamus Stephenson
F. W. Magruder
N. Main St
Boyd Stickley
Strasburg
Nick Lingrin
J. R. Watkins
Bordeaux
Johnson Ave
Newark
N. J
E. Piccadilly St
Sanisene Service System, Inc
Michigan Square
Ill
Country Club
Middletown
Elizabeth Farrar
W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Hibbs Building
Telephone National
Goodyear Pathfinders
Buncutter Tire Co
Lovett Bros
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Cavalier &Lectcic
Cavalier
R. M. Swimley
J. Jos. Sullivan
Riley & Son
Coats
Kaufman's
Kauemans
Loudeunst
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