Fire destroys Martinsburg Pike shop and damages nearby homes
A blaze at E J Vilwig antique shop near Martinsburg Pike scorched the Shade property and nearby W W Estep dwelling. Fire melted hose and halted water supply, with insurance absent on the main building and total damage estimated around $10,000. Telephone lines were swiftly restored by local company.
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Martinsburg Pike
W. W. Estep
E. J. Vilwig
Vilwig
Shade
Moneles
Wilwig
Geome
Earl Shade
Nehi
Allen Gray
Winchester Commandery
Martinsburg
Grand Conve
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
E. A. Crowl
Hagerstown
Baltimore
J. T. Yates
Public Auction of Bank Stock at Courthouse
Public notice announces an auction of five shares of Farmers and Merchants Bank stock on May 26 at 12 noon, to be held at the courthouse. Also listed are services for hair styling by Mrs De Vonde at 129 S Loudoun with reputation claim and a Winchester Steam Laundry contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants Bank
C. I. Brum
Arrest expected in Gettle kidnapping case
A Texas Ranger said an arrest in the June Robles kidnapping case was expected within 12 hours after an operative from Chicago arrived. June Robles, six, was abducted and rescued after 19 days in a desert hole, and authorities intensified efforts to capture her abductors. A bootlegger, farm hand and day laborer began life terms for kidnapping William F. Gettle in Beverly Hills, with Clyde Stoddard held on suspicion of related charges.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
D. E. Hamer
Texas Rangers
Robles
Texas
Chicago
Hamer
Tucson
Ariz
Carlos Robles
Los’ Angeles
Cal
San Quentin Prison
James F. Kirk
Roy A. Williams
Larry Kerrigan
William F. Gettle
Beverley Hills
Clyde Stoddard
William Bright
Sheriff’s
Stoddard
la Crescenta
Gettle
George Slater
Youth Prefers To Remain With His Abductors
Arthur Ferguson, nearly sixteen, favors staying with foster parents Ernest Lee Coyle and Sarah Coyle of Detroit who were convicted of kidnapping him in 1918 when he was twenty one months old. Edith Smart of Galion, the boy’s mother, pursued custody proceedings.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Arthur Paul Ferguson
Ernest Lee Coyle
Sarah
Detroit
Edith Smart
Galion
Conoge
Coyles
Square Dance at Reuss Park Pavilion
A square dance occurs at Reuss Park Pavilion starting at 8 30 this evening. The Apple Blossom Ramblers provide the music to benefit the Park Association.
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Reuss Park Pavillion
Apple Blossom Ramblers
Park Association
Many New Faces Seen in Cooking School Audience
Miss Louise Dixon, noted home baking economist, led the Star cooking school at the Palace Theatre drawing many new attendees and inviting audience questions. The morning featured a short musical program and emphasis on recipes, menu planning, and practical homemaking tips with a closing call to return tomorrow.
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Palace Theatre
Louise Dixon
Herman H. Hable
Miss Dixon
Dixon
School Officials Return From Richmond Conference
A delegation of school officials and State Senator T Russell Cather returned from Richmond after talks with state officials. They discussed relief work in the county including grading grounds for proposed consolidated school buildings and securing labor for construction. They learned Virginia Literary Fund money will be borrowed to erect the new buildings and that funds will arrive soon to pay all teachers' salaries for the session just closed.
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T. Russell Cather
Richmond
Virginia Literary Fund
Mrs. Luther Johnson Visits Gore Relatives
Mrs. Luther Johnson of Gore visits her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Oates at their Loudoun street home for a few days.
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Luther Johnson
Gore
Mrs
A. C. Oates
Loudoun Street
British Call On World To Stop a Bitter Warfare In South America
In Geneva on May 17 Great Britain urged the world to halt the Paraguay Bolivia conflict in the Chaco Boreal. Captain Anthony Eden urged the League of Nations council to cable seventeen nations to stop arming the warring states. France Italy Spain Argentina Australia and Czechoslovakia pledged support to the British initiative.
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World
South America
Geneva
Great Britain
Paraguay
Bolivia
Privy Seal
Council of the
League of Nations
France
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Stephens City honors year’s top students and certificates
Stephens City Va May 17 According to figures by R E Ayler principal the Stephens City Graded and High School reports a strong year with many students on the honor roll for 1933 34 Those named include High School Ollie Cline Hilda Boyd Wade Rothgeb Frances Lillard Kathleen Shryock Raymond Madagan Elizabeth Wolfe Harry Cook Vada Conner Julia Steele Eva Ritenour Henry Brumback Mildred Reid Helen Painter Lillian Cook Ross Lillard Calvin Ritenour Basil Larrick Grade Pupils Seventh Grade Lucille Carter Margueritte White Catherine Cooper Earl Beaver Anna Belle Riggleman Dorothy Lemley Sixth Grade Helen Carper Melvin Sandy Georgiana Neff Alatha Yates Kathryn Perry Alice Berryman Fifth Grade Martha Richard Helen Pappas Jane Hope Polhamus Anna Margaret Beaver Garland Parker Earl Clark Elmer Strosnider Eugene White Fourth Grade Irene Beaver Sylva Carper Sarah Cook Nina Stine Kathryn Venable Thornton Embrey Byron Harris Gail Robinson Third Grade Elwood Alleman Elsie Mae Painter Orville Perry Second Grade Kenneth Carbaugh William Sandy Ella Louise Sargent Ann Lemly Maggie Melvin
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Sephens City
R. E. Ayler
Stephens City
Ollie Cline
Hilda Boyd
Wade Rothgeb
Frances Lillard
Kathleen Shryock
Raymond Madagan
Elizabeth Wolfe
Harry Cook
Vada Conner
Julia Steele
Eva Ritenour
Henry Brumback
Mildred Reid
Helen Painter
Lillian Cook
Ross Lillard
Calvin Ritenour
Basil Larrick
Lucille Carter
Margueritte White
Catherine Cooper
Earl Beaver
Anna Belle Riggleman
Dorothy Lemley
Helen Carper
Melvin Sandy
Georgiana Neff
Alatha Yates
Kathryn Perry
Alice Berryman
Martha Richard
Helen Pappas
Jane Hope Polhamus
Anna Margaret Beaver
Garland Parker
Earl Clark
Elmer Strosnider
Eugene White
Irene Beaver
Sylva Carper
Sarah Cook
Nina Stine
Kathryn Venable
Near Relative Of Miss Dixon Dies of Injury
Dr. E Delia Dixon Carroll a 62 year old Raleigh physician and sister of author Thomas Dixon died from injuries after an automobile wreck Tuesday night. Her husband Dr N G Carroll was uninjured as a collision with T N Grice occurred in Raleigh. Carroll aunt of Miss Louise Dixon lecturer in charge of The Star cooking school at Palace Theatre.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
E. Delia Dixon Carroll
Thomas Dixon
J. Ernest Thacker
Norfolk
Clarence Dixon
London
England
Carroll
N. G. Carroll
T. N. Grice
Releigh
Grice
Public Sale Notice by Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers
A public sale is set for Saturday May 19 at 12 o'clock in front of the Court House. The items include 12 shares of Union Bank stock and 7 shares of Virginia Apple Storage stock. Auctioneers are Dunn and Duvall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Court House
Union Bank
Virginia Apple Storage
Dunn and Duvall
Betty Weakland Delivers Wit in Sermons at Market Street Church
Betty Weakland drew waves of laughter and tears as crowds welcomed her witty, candid sermons on the Omnipotent Christ at Market Street Methodist. she spoke of Jesus casting demons in Mark five and promised a future talk for the Lions Club audience on a "Preacher Unashamed."
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Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Betty Weakland
Betty
Front Royal
Randolph-Macon Academy
Christ
Jesus
Mark
Satan
Lions’ Club
Fifteen year old shoots father to save mother from attack
Midland Pennsylvania May 17 A 15 year old farm boy Steve Vrvas says he killed his father Lawrence Vrvas with a shotgun to stop him from attacking his mother with a pitchfork after a long day of plowing. The youth is held at Beaver Falls barracks pending inquest.
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Associated Press
Midland
Steve Vrvas
Lawrence Vrvas
Steve
O Sullivan Rubber Co Plans Home Game Sunday
The O Sullivan Rubber Co baseball team of the Blue Ridge League will host Frederick Md this Sunday at the new Fair Grounds diamond. Earlier they defeated Martinsburg W Va at home by a lop sided score, marking their first loss of the season for West Virginia Virginians.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Frederick
O'Sullivan
Fair Grounds
Martinsburg
Blue Ridge
West
Stiff Practices For Ball Players
Winchester Park baseball players urged to attend practice this evening and tomorrow to prepare for three games this weekend. Martinsburg Blue Ridge League team visits Saturday afternoon and Frankstown Maryland visits for a double header Sunday.
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Winchester Park
Martinsburg Blue Ridge
Frankstown
Silver policy debate deepens as Congress nears adjournment
At a White House conference President Roosevelt pushed a two point silver program amid Senate tariff fights and House trade bargaining disputes. The plan envisions permissive no construction of domestic silver stock and mandatory declaration that silver be purchased to reach 25 of monetary metal. Senator Borah voiced optimism that action will occur before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Senate Silver Bloc
Congress
Ae Group
Borah
Idaho
VMI Senior Undergoes Operation for Brain Pressure
James Monroe Troutt III, Virginia Military Institute senior, flown from Roanoke to Baltimore, had an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital by Dr. Walter E. Dandy to relieve brain pressure after a motorcycle accident on May 6. He is the son of Major J. M. Troutt Jr., an army medical officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
James Monroe Trottt
Virginia Military Institute
Roanoke
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Walter E. Dandy
J. M. Troutt, Jr
Funeral for Margaret Lavender Tomorrow
The funeral of Margaret Lavender wife of John W. Lavender colored will be held at 2 30 PM tomorrow from Shilon Old School Baptist Church services by Rev Laws and Rev Carter Interment will be in Orrick Cemetery The Star erred in yesterday's notice and had given the wrong date.
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Margaret Lavender
John W. Lavender
Pall Mall Street
Shilon Old School Baptist Church
Laws
Carter
Orrick Cemetery
Toy
Fire Destroys Old North Loudoun Building Once McVicar Carriage Shop
The frame structure on North Loudoun street was burned yesterday recalling its past as the R. T. McVicar carriage shop founded around 1875. The older McVicar family ties and a separate nearby shop also suffered fire damage decades ago, with horses from the Sarah Zane Fire Company injured in that earlier blaze.
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Loudoun Street
R. T. McVicar
Charles P. McVicar
McVicar
Charles W. McVicar
Charles P
Baker and
North Kent Streets
Baker
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Confident They Can Span Ocean East To West
Captain Pond and Lieutenant Cesarea set out from Port Mornock near Dublin by automobile on a return voyage to New York. They express firm belief they can conquer the Atlantic again, noting the outward trip taught valuable lessons for the hazardous westward crossing. The Irish Sea port town of Port Mornock is the chosen start point for the return flight.
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Associated Press
Ennis
Irish Free State
Atlantic
New York
Ige Pond
Cesarea
Dublin
America
Pond
Port Mornock
Irish Sea
Lions Club to Attend Weakland Services Tonight
Announcement says the Lions Club will be special guests at Betty Weakland evangelistic services at Market Street Methodist Church. All members are asked to meet at the church at 7:00 this evening and attend the services in a body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Betty Weakland
Market Street Methodist Church
York safe expert drills to open Farmers and Merchants vault
A York Pennsylvania safe expert required nearly a day to access the Farmers and Merchants National Bank vault when a time lock failed at nine o clock. He drilled a hole to reach the lock and manipulated the mechanism from inside after discovering a pin failure. The hole was sealed and welding restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Farmers and Merchants National Bank & Trust Company
14 Miners Die in Belgian Mine Disaster Recovery
BRUSSELS May 17 Fourteen men were killed today in the Paturages Au Fief mine by a fire damp explosion as they attempted to recover the bodies of three miners killed with 40 others Tuesday night. Relatives and crowd scenes at the pit head followed. King Leopold returned to the mine amid growing rescue difficulties and a fierce mine fire.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Paturages Au Fief
Leopold
Guffey Declares Pennsylvania Primary Endorses Roosevelt
Democratic nominee Joseph Guffey told President Roosevelt that Pennsylvania's primary results show broad support for the New Deal. Reed led Republicans with 576,926 votes. Pinchot 467,104. Guffey 385,238. Morris 95,223 as Reed faces Republican opposition amid sharp political clash and campaign illness limits.
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Washington
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Guffey
Senate
Reed
Pinchot
Roland Morris
Snell
New York
House
Delaware
Neiples
Farley
Vania
Britten
R-Ill
Arizona
Ashurst
Holland
Gifford Pinchot
Inflation Dip Spurs Mild Market Moves in New York
In New York on May 17 the stock market showed a mild inflation driven trend after Washington announced a tentative agreement with the silver bloc to expand monetary uses of silver. Wheat rallied slightly while cotton rose with silver sentiment and silver futures edged higher before profit taking.
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New York
Washington
Congressional Silver Bloc
Special sale pet rabbits at Miller's Drug Store
Miller's Drug Store advertises a special sale offering pet rabbits at 25 cents each. The notice is a compact old classifieds flier style item with a single store and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's Drug Store
REARDON'S Special Coffee Ground Fresh 30¢ Lb
Spit Pure Food Store advertises ground coffee at 30 cents per pound with state inspection note. Includes line about George Washington Garage and a date sequence 5 17 18 21 1p 3t.
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Reardon’s
George Washington Garage
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Alvin Shade
Walter M. Shade
Winchester Steam
Mrs. de Vonde
S. Loudoun
June
The
United States
Anthony Eden
Delia Dixon Carroll
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Sun
McVicar Carriage Factory
Penn
Pure Food Store
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