Byrd Predicts Virginia Leads South After Depression
Staunton Virginia May 12 Harry F Byrd told the Staunton Chamber of Commerce that prosperity will return and Virginia will lead southern progress. He cited higher tax receipts in 1931, Virginia as drought center, and substantial untapped resources. He noted Virginia retail sales decline smaller than national and lower unemployment relative to 48 states.
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Staunton
Harry F. Byrd
Staunton Chamber of Commerce
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Virginia
South
America
New England
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United States
West Virginia
Carolinas
Pope Pius to Broadcast Labor Speech from Vatican
Pope Pius will deliver a radio address on labor and unemployment next Friday from Vatican City. The pontiff plans an encyclical on labor to follow, likely as long and significant as his education and matrimony encyclicals, addressing 10 000 labor representatives worldwide from HVJ radio. The talk is set for 5 30 p m local time, about a half hour.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Leo XIII
HVJ
Leo XII
For Rent House Apply Frank Keckley Ip tl
For rent ad offers a house with modern conveniences. Contact Frank Keckley for details.
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Frank Keckley
Trooper Killed and Second Wounded by Insane Youth
In McConnellsburg Pennsylvania a youth identified as Marshall Lodge shot and killed State Trooper T. C. McCarthy and wounded Private Russell Neiss during a confrontation at Crystal Springs. Lodge, 20, barricaded his home and fired on officers who sought to serve a sanity hearing order. he fled into the mountains after a tear gas attempt. Sheriff Glenn Yonkers and deputies participated.
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Associated Press
Mcconnellsburg
Sargeant T. C. McCarthy
Marshall Lodge
Russell Neiss
Lodge
Crystal Springs
Sargeant McCarthy
Neiss
Glenn Yonkers
McCarthy
Plans for Winchester Woolen Company Formation
Local businessmen who bought the Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills at public auction last week elected to form a new corporation to operate the mills. The Winchester Woolen Company will seek a state charter with a minimum capital of 50 000 dollars, fully paid up. The charter applicants are C. P. McVicar B. M. Sullivan J. H. Yost W. A. Sale Burr P. Harrison Stewart Perry and Percy D. Miller. The sale was to McVicar and Sullivan acting for a group of local business men.
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Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Company
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Winchester Woolen Company
State Corporation Commission
C. P. McVicar
B. M. Sullivan
J. H. Yost
W. A. Sale
Burr P. Harrison
Stewart Perry
Percy D. Miller
Messrs. McVicar and Sullivan
Truck Collision Averts Train Crossing Accident
A freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Clearbrook sighted a truck with a trailer carrying four Chevrolets from Flint to Broadway, Virginia. The truck driver swerved to avoid the engine, hit a stone fence, but the automobiles and driver escaped injury. repairs were completed and the truck continued to its destination.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester
Clearbrook
Flint
Mich
Broadway
Fawley
SPECIAL LOW PRICES On Paints This Week
John W Rosenberger & Co advertises paint sale with limited week offer. Local shop promotes discounted prices for paints and related supplies, urging readers to visit for savings.
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John W Rosenberger & CO
Liquor Caravan Ambushed by Federal Agents in Maryland
Federal prohibition agents seized 250 cases of champagne benedictine and whiskey from a landing convoy near Cambridge on May 12. Seven drivers and four boat crew were arrested after an ambush, with a small arsenal seized and hearings set in Salisbury.
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Cambridge
Chesapeake Bay
Ocean City
Taylors Island
Canada
Bahama Islands
James Wilson
Benjamin Stearns
Philadelphia
Fred Webber
Timothy McCloskey
Benjamin Frye
New York
Joseph Underwood
Brooklyn
Thomas Kutte
Great Warships Of Navy Put Out To Battle Foe
The U S battle fleet from California sailed from San Pedro to train their guns on a phantom foe in a running battle. Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams aboard the Argonaut witnessed the display of gun power, with aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington and four large submarines accompanying the ships.
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Associated Press
U. S
California
San Pedro
Calif
United States Battle Force
Pacific
Charles Francis Adams
U. S. S. Argonaut
Violinist Eugene Ysaye Dies in Brussels at 72
Eugene Ysaye, renowned violin virtuoso aged 72, died in Brussels after months of illness. In 1929 he underwent leg amputation and shortly after his triumph with the Walloon opera Peter the Miner, which Queen Elizabeth attended in Liege and arranged a broadcast for Ysaye to hear from bed.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Eugene Ysaye
Ysaye
Peter the Miner
Elizabeth
Liege
DO X to Make Trial Flights Before Transatlantic Flight
The sea plane DO X now at Bolama Portuguese Guinea will conduct short trial flights there before a planned trans Atlantic trip to South America. Commander said the departure depends on weather and will be announced after the tests.
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Associated Press
Beplin
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
South America
Dornier
Spain Church Burnings Amid Mob Violence Across Cities
A nationwide report details mobs burning 21 church buildings across Spain including Seville Malaga Cadiz and Madrid areas. Ten more damaged. churches monasteries and convents destroyed as Vatican officials condemn the violence and expect a quick subside.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Seville
Malaga
Cadiz
Alicante
Zaragoza
Cordoba
Bilbao
Vatican City
Vatican
Directors to Convene at Winchester Memorial Friday
The Winchester Memorial Hospital board will meet Friday afternoon to discuss matters of business and policies for the coming year. Dr. Hunter H. McGuire, board president, said the session opens at 1 p.m. with a luncheon at 1:15 p.m. The meeting includes directors from all counties of Northern Virginia and nearby West Virginia.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hunter H. McGuire
Northern
Virginia
West Virginia
White Post Man Takes Own Life Under Oak Tree
John Hackley aged 60 a White Post Virginia resident for five years was found dead in Lee's woods with a .22 rifle across his lap a bullet wound to the forehead and death ruled a suicide by coroner Dr C H Iden. He had told a neighbor he contemplated such act and had recently bought but not long before sold the rifle. Funeral services are planned at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville tomorrow at 11 AM.
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White Post
John Hackley
Lee's Woods
C. H. Iden
Clarke County
Hackley
Lee Woods
Jake Shepherd
Charles O. Dearmont
Iden
Cook Welsh
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Cloudburst and High Winds Ravage Frederick County
A powerful storm in Frederick County last Thursday night brought a near cloudburst and cyclone like winds. C L Wright reports 5 inches of rain in his area and describes trees uprooted or snapped across woods from Fred Riding’s dairy farm to surrounding fields. Barns were torn and roofs displaced, with debris scattered over at least a half mile.
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Frederick County
C. L. Wright
Star
Winchester
Wright
Contribution Enclosed for Winchester Fire Dept Fund
Letter from a resident enclosing a check to support the convention fund at 152 N Loudoun St. The sender asks to be listed among honor roll contributors and signs with name and address.
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Winchester
Hove L. Riley Nominated for Lions' Leader in Winchester
Hove L. Riley, a well known merchant, is nominated for president of the Winchester Lions' Club at a regular luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. Other officers and directors were named, and the club learned its Apple Blossom Festival float won second prize.
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Hove L. Riley
Winchester Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Herbert Miller
Seibert Smith
P. R. Diehl
Herman G. Barr
Lyle Herrell
Lyle Herrell and Tail Twister
Eckard
Louis Keyser
A. C. Oates
D. H. Sencindiver
A. G. Elam
Herman S. Barr
Allen T Hawthorne
Aletha Copenhaver
Mildred Sargent
Madeline Miller
Bernatta Sullivan
Clarence W. Hensell
Staunton
Frank Feinberg
Hensell
Allen T. Hawthorne
Record Crowd Of Society Folk At Foxcroft Show
The Foxcroft School annual horse show near Middleburg drew a record crowd of society folk from the region and beyond. Notables included Mrs Woodrow Wilson Miss Edith Bolling and Mrs Mallory, former Senator Robert Bacon, and polo star Devereaux Milbourn. Ideal weather and strong performances by young riders marked the event with Jack Skinner winning multiple open classes. Polly Leiper earned the horsemanship award.
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Foxcroft School
Middleburg
Woodrow Wilson
Edith Bolling
Mallory
Washington
Robert Bacon
New York
Devereaux Milbourn
Philadelphia
Boston
Minneapolis
Polly Leiper
Jack Skinner
Lurman Stewart
Monkton, Md
Frederick Bontecoe
Millwood
N. Y
Compose
Rvace Oo Wickes
A. Whitehouse
P Leiper B. Buckner
P. Rathbone
Bills Advocated By Gov Pinchot Virtually Killed
Harrisburg May 12 The Senate judiciary general committee postponed indefinitely action on three fair rate board bills urged by Governor Pinchot effectively killing the measures for the present session. One bill would abolish the public service commission another would create a fair rate board named by the governor with Senate consent and the third would amend public utilities law. The action ends the bills for now. Myer Hamburger of Hamburger Specialty Shop travels to New York to buy merchandise for his store.
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Harrisburg
Senate Judiciary
Pinchot
Public Service Commission
Fair Rate Board
Senate
Bread with Distinctive Flavor From Our Own Recipe
Describes a bread made by a unique recipe and baking method producing a distinctive flavor.
Next Spraying in Orchards 10 Begin Tomorrow
Entomologist W. 8. Hough urges petal fall spray by the 13th or 14th in early blooming orchards. All varieties bearing fruit this year should be sprayed within six to eight days to combat codling moth and apple scab, using lime sulphur, hydrated lime, and lead arsenate in water.
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W. 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Virginia
Anniversary recalls the 1886 Winchest er hailstorm
Residents mark the 45th anniversary of the May 12 1886 hailstorm in Winchester noting shutters kept closed and glass shortages followed the city wide destruction. A repeat event on May 12 1888 brought less damage but reminders remain.
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Winchester
Firemen's Convention Committee Urgently Meets Tonight
All members of the Firemen's Convention Committee are urgently requested to meet at the South End Engine House tonight at 8 o'clock. Business of importance. H. H. Hable, President.
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South End
Ball Game at Fair Ground Between Winchester Gray Sox and Storer College
The Athletic Gray Sox of Winchester will play Storer College of Harpers Ferry W Va on Thursday May 14 at 2 30 p m. The visiting team will be entertained at Dad Finleys. All friends invited.
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Fair Ground
Gray Sox
Winchester
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Dad Finley
Pharmacists From Dozen Counties Gather in Winchester
Pharmacists from about a dozen northern Virginia counties will meet in Winchester for the first annual district meeting of Group No. 1 of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association at the George Washington Hotel. Walter S. Nicklin of Alexandria will chair the sessions with S. C. Brooks local chairman and master of ceremonies. The program lists registration, sessions, addresses, a luncheon, and papers on pharmacy topics, with notable participants from the association and related professions.
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Virginia
Winchester
Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
George Washington Hotel
General Association
Walter S. Nicklin
Alexandria
8S. C. Brooks
Brooks
Oon
Chai
Walter
Nicklin
G. C. Brooks
Song
America
Assembly
H. C. Littlejohn
Leesburg
Plans For Sixth Of June Will Be Completed Shortly
Due to church meetings across the state this week, plans for Memorial Day on June 6 will be made at the Turner Ashby Chapter U. D. C. meeting rescheduled to May 21. Stonewall Cemetery cared for by the Daughters of the Confederacy appears beautiful in spring flowers.
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Turner Ashby
Stonewall Cemetery
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ascension Day Masses Held at Sacred Heart Church
The Church of the Sacred Heart will observe Ascension Day tomorrow with masses at 6 and 8 o'clock celebrated by Rev. Father Robert E. Hannon.
Desirable Home Sold in Stephens City Front Court House
Late A E Funkhouser property in Stephens City to be sold in front of County Court House at noon Saturday May 16.
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A. E. Funkhouser
Steephens City
County Court’ House
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