Queen Shenandoah VIII and party visit Washington
Queen Shenandoah VIII Miss Patricia Morton and her mother Mrs Edward Stroud of Winchester England are entertained at Fox Theatre in Washington with motion pictures of the Apple Blossom Festival. They sail May 15 from New York aboard the S S Olympic to Southampton. Nearby, a surprise fiftieth birthday for Mrs Largent is celebrated at Whitacre with family and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Dacre Morton
Shenandoah VIII
Edward J. Stroud
Winchester
Eng
Washington
Fox Theatre
Miss Morton
New York
Lexington Hotel
Southampton
Richards
Queen Shenadoah
Mrs. Stroud
Eny
J. R. Largent
Whitacre
John Largent
Edna Nesmith
Melvin
Etta Christian
Walter Moore
Pauline
Kiwanis and club events across George Washington area calendar
Social Calendar lists Kiwanis meeting and luncheon at George Washington Hotel on Wednesday at 12 45 PM. Choral Club holds a very important meeting at Christ Church Parish House Thursday at 7 45 PM. A benefit play The Comical Country Cousins performs at Inwood, W Va Friday 8 PM. American Legion Post meets Friday 1 PM at George Washington. Young People's Choir rehearsal Friday 7 PM at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South. Winchester Shrine Club dinner Monday 6 30 PM hosted by McKinley Chapter O E S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Christ Church Parish House
American Legion
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Winchester Shrine Club
McKinley Chapter
O. E
Children as Witnesses At Second Marriage Wedding
A widower and a widow wed in a Presbyterian Church with their children from prior marriages acting as witnesses. Charles R. Rouse of Washington D C wed Mrs Cecile Porter of Norfolk Virginia with ceremony led by Rev Dr F T McFaden at noon last Saturday. Senator La Follette buys historic Collard estate near Groveton Virginia for bride living in Virginia. The 90 acre site features a 200 year old house once connected to Washington and Revolutionary era history. Senator La Follette plans to reside there during sessions. Miss Alice Funk from Stephens City visited Miss Jamesetta Glynn of Mount Williams over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Rouse
New York City
Washington, D. C
Cecile Porter
Norfolk
Palm Beach
Florida
Corporation Clerk
Clark M. Smith
Clerk Smith
F. T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
Philip Rouse
George Davies
la Follete
Virginia
Robert Marion la Follette
Wisconsin
Groveton
Potomac River
Hybla Valley
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Collard
Bob” la Follette
Percy S. Crewe
Falls Church
Crewes
Col. E. R. Beadle
Samuel Collard
Senator la Follette
Congress
Alice Funk
Stephens City
Jamesetta Glynn
Mount Williams
Women's Missionary Meetings And Local Social News
The Women's Missionary Association meets at Miss Maud Hollar's home this evening at 8 with a call for full attendance before the Harrisonburg convention on May 19. Braddock Street Church women gather at 410 National avenue with Circle No. 5 leading the program and a report from the Fredericksburg delegation. A party honors Jamesetta Glynn and Alice Funk with about 50 guests. The J W Schlack Bible Class will repeat The Comical Country Cousins at Inwood for Inwood Boys Band funds, with a concert. Mrs Faylor Lee Barr underwent appendicitis surgery and is reported recovering well. Guests from Altoona visited during the Apple Blossom Festival and returned home. Circle No. 6 of Braddock Street M E Church South sets a May 14 meeting at 2 pm at Mrs Laura Dispan nett's home. Eastern Star officers attend Richmond meeting. Local residents Charles E Brown family host visitors from New York and Washington during festival week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Howard Shockey
National Avenue
Circle No. 5
Fredericksburg
Inwood
J. W. Schlack
Best Church
W. Va
Inwood Boys
Social News Includes Local Visitors and Return Trips
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Luther Neff of Frostburg Md visited here. Virginia Baker and others returned from a visit to Miss Mary Sherman who is under medical care in Wash. Some hosted visitors at Greenwood and South Loudoun Street. Several back from Midwest and East trips, including Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington, with meals and stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Luther Neff
Frostburg, Md
Virginia Baker
Messrs
Clayton Sherman
Glen Vanscoy
R. L. Pangle
Mary Sherman
Washa
Richard Stickles
Baltimore
Mrs
Robert Grim
South Loudoun Street
Speeding Crash In Farm County Sparks Child Murder Alarm
A speeding automobile veered into a ditch causing a fatal crash that shocks residents and triggers a probe into a child murder angle, with investigators reviewing the circumstances and potential charges.
Pola Negri to wed again amid Hollywood buzz
Pola Negri plans marriage after returning to films from Europe. She asserts her fiancé is not among America’s top businessmen, though described as a multiple millionaire. She will marry only after completing a talate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Pola Negri
America
Ex Convict Sloane Killed by Shots From Car in New York
Roy H. Sloane 30 an ex convict who acted as his own lawyer to win a Sing Sing retrial was killed by shots from a passing automobile in front of a Dyckman Street cafe He dragged 50 feet before collapsing at a police officer's feet He died later at a hospital Police said he stole automobiles to pay college tuition after prison studies that earned him a new trial and an acquittal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Roy H. Sloane
Dyckman Street
Sloane
Sing Sing
Veterans of Navy Dirigibles Chosen For Akron
Six three enlisted men, all veterans of naval dirigibles, were named as the crew of the airship Akron nearing completion at Akron Ohio. A wartime complement of 75 is planned, but peacetime operations will not increase the number chosen today. The officers had been announced previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Akron
Ohio
Navy
Clara Bow’s illness opens break for Sylvia Sidney
In a New York stage to screen pattern, Sylvia Sidney steps into a major role as Clara Bow rests after court troubles with Daisy Devoe. Peggy Shannon is cast opposite Richard Arten in a part once given to Misa Bow who had a nervous breakdown just before work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clara Bow
Sylvia Sidney
Clara
Daisy Devoe
Peggy Shannon
Richard Arten
Misa Bow
Official of A Connecticut Town Slain In Office
Seymour first selectman Raymond E. Gilyard was killed in his town hall office by unidentified gunmen who fled. He died after attempting to call a doctor. The shooting followed threats tied to prosecutions of six black suspects, with two sent to prison and four discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Seymour, Conn
Raymond E. Gilyard
Seymour
Gilyard
Industrial And Utility Stocks Rally In Late Trading
Industrial and utility shares rebounded in late trading, trimming earlier losses. Railroad issues lagged with limited progress, as New York Central plunged 42 points to 92.54, its lowest since 1923, with overall quiet volume around 1.5 million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York Central
Flight to London Aims to Trace Lost Flyers
Commander Ronald B. MacMillan, Arctic explorer, starts Boston to London voyage to search for traces of Capt. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli who vanished on the 1927 Paris New York attempt. He plans a USA Europe crossing via Labrador Greenland Iceland and the Faroe Islands with pilot Charles F. Rocheville aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald B. MacMillan
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Paris
New York
Boston
London
United States
Europe
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Faroe Islands
MacMill
Charles F. Rocheville
Los Angeles
Army Plans To Abandon 20 to 30 Posts In Country
President Hoover announced the general staff would abandon 20 to 30 army posts nationwide to concentrate resources for economy. He noted 13 posts had been closed in the last two years and said a joint committee from the army Justice Department Agriculture Department and Veterans Bureau would study possible reuse of abandoned posts to cut departmental costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assompton Press
Washington
Hoover
General Staff
Army
Justice Department
Agriculture Department
Veteran’s Bureau
Balloon sales as prosperity sign in inland column
An inland columnist notes people buying toy balloons on the street as a sign of prosperity, joking that real signs would be balloons sold on Wall Street instead of apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Ill Timed Kick Triggers Los Angeles Styling Room Rift
Lilyan Tashman wife of Edmund Lowe faced a prosecutor after Miss Alana Marlowe sister of June Marlowe alleged a battery warrant for a kick that ousted her from Lowe's dressing room on the studio lot Miss Marlowe says the kick was unwarranted and Lowe only asked her to come in from the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilyan Tashman
Edmund Lowe
Los Angeles
Alana Marlowe
June Marlowe
Miss Tashman
Lowe
Miss Marlowe
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Rise On Liverpool Influence
Prices edged higher across Chicago Board of Trade pits with modest gains in wheat and corn. Rye futures led with notable advances on new buying power and short covering, while oats and rye contracts showed mixed improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Chicago Board of Trade
June Brides Offered Showers Before Marriage
Prospective brides attend pre wedding showers while facing upcoming expenses. After marriage they will then handle a deluge of bills and financial duties.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dan Ee
Mrs. Sargent
Huntsberry
Barr
Faylor Lee Barr
City Sargeant
C. Lee Barr
Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Wright
W. F. Flaig
Mildred Evans
Jerry Landis
Emily Flaig
Marvin Hart
Dan Mosher
Altoona
Alfred Wright
Braddock Street
M. E. Church South
Laura Dispannett
North Cameron, St
Elmer V. Hodges
O. C. Cassell
Walter M. Shade
Richmond
Grand
Order of the Eastern Star
J. R. Fletcher
Charles E. Brown
East Cork Street
O. C. Miller
Greenwood
C. 8. Miller
C. M. Barrett
Martinsburg
Effa Weimer
E. E. Carpenter
R. H. Carpenter
D. A Duncan
Turner Fries
Near Red Bud
Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Edward G. Butler
Millwood
Clark
Miss Rand
Newark
Harry K. Sloat
William Dicks
Willard, Ohio
R. L. Clevenger
East
Monmouth Street
Ruth
Margaret Tilbrook
Dick Albright
Irwin, Pa
Robert A. Grim
W. A. Brown
Philadelphia
Mrs. Scheffer
Altoona, Pa
Mrs. C. E. Brown
John Pitcher
Katharine
Dorothy Pitcher
Edward Pitcher
Virginia Wall
West Clifford Street
D. L
A. B. Wyndham
Pittsburgh
Emma Benson
Pikeside
Joseph Crigler
Bula Crigler
Culpeper
Lewis N. Springer
O. H. Dorsey
Wheeling, W. Va
Frank R. Gelhausen
Mary Hurlhihy
Chillicothe, Ohio
J. P. Haddox
Hattie Ray
Louise Burlson
Pola
Veterans of Navy
The
Atlantic Ocean
South Main Street
Chicago
W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Chi- Building, Washingc Oo. Telephone National
Prye
Lovett Bros
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Buncutter Tire Co
Knox Panama
Margaret L. Hodgson
J. Jos. Sullivan
Riley & Son
Kaufman’s
Coats
Ufa
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