Prominent West Virginia Family Member Fatally Injured In Bowie Crash
Mrs. Marian Cornwell Harrison, wife of Dabney C. Harrison Jr., dies from skull fracture after a collision near Fairfax Virginia. The Ford driven by Miss Anne Kern struck a milk truck. Chester Benham and others injured. Funeral held at Pagebrook in Clarke County with interment at Mount Hebron.
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Pagebrook
Philip M. Walker
Boyce
Clarke County
Marian Cornwell Harrison
Dabney C. Harrison, Jr
Fairfax
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
Harrison
Mount Hebron
Archie Roberts
Washington, D.C
P.C. Randolph
Berryville
Richard
D. D. DeButts
Baltimore
Harry R. Kern, Jr
John B. McKee
Pender
Miss Kern
Mr. Benham
Alexandria Hospital
Harry R. Kern
Fairmont Avenue
Baptists Vote on Roosevelt Over Eighteenth Amendment
The Southern Baptist Convention circulated a resolution criticizing President Roosevelt for using his office to repeal the eighteenth amendment and for advertising the beer business. It calls for action tonight and includes a possible boycott of stores and filling stations selling legalized beer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Baptist Convention
White House
Social Service Commission of
Church
Berryville Auxiliary to Sell Poppies on May 27
American Legion Auxiliary in Berryville gives details of the May 27 poppy sale at Berlin's drug store and on Berryville streets during Field Day at the high school and Blue Ridge Hunt Club horse show. Delegate elections and Memorial Day services are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Berlin
Berlin
Ollie Thomas
Berryville
Hgh
Blue Ridge
Abduction Attempt Foiled by Scream From Child Witness
Denver police hunted a half-clad woman and a nude man after they tried to abduct Betty O U Dell, a 3 year old, from her bed while her parents were at a party. Elwood O Dell, 14, heard screams and saw the assailant, prompting the abductor to release Betty and flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Betty O'Dell
Betty
R. L. O'Dell
GORDS. Rice Aids in Murder Case Link To Two Slain Aides
Waxey Gordon, alleged New Jersey beer baron, admitted being at the Elizabeth Carteret Hotel on April 12 when Max Hassel and Max Greenberg were slain. He faced federal tax conspiracy charges and a $100,000 bail with trial in two weeks. Gordon denied knowledge of the slayer or any hiring of gunmen. He was captured May 21 in Sullivan County after eluding authorities, with bodyguards Hyman Pincus and Joseph Arendt. He is charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government of income taxes for 1930 and 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Waxey Gordon
New Jersey
Elizabeth Carteret
Elizabeth
N. J
Max Hassel
Max Greenberg
Gordon
United States
Raymond J. Mulligan
Hassel
Greenberg
Lake
Waxey Gorden
Sullivan County
Arnold Rothstein
Jack
Legs
al Capone
Three Treated At Hospital For Minor Injuries
Three people from near Winchester were treated at Memorial Hospital for bruises and cuts after automobile and motorcycle accidents. Ada Nichols of Charles Town suffered scalp lacerations from a auto crash and was released. George Condon and Kelso Hooper of Sykesville were treated for bruises from a motorcycle skid and went home the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Ada Nichols
Isaiah Nichols
Charles Town
W. Va
James Miller
George Condon
Kelso Hooper
Sykesville
R. F. Cline
Gandhi Seems To Be Fit Despite Continued Fast
In Poona India on May 22 Mahatma Gandhi completed two weeks of a projected three week fast and was reported to be well by doctors astonished at his condition. He is losing weight each day and physicians will monitor him closely next week and the following week amid fears of a sudden change.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma
Negro slain fleeing during burglary shootout in Baltimore
A black suspect identified as George or Gilbert Colvin was killed when he fled from Patrolman Otis Bradley during an attempted arrest. Police found jewelry and clothes worth several thousand dollars in the room he occupied.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Otis Bradley
George
Gilbert
Colvin
Roosevelt Peace Message Translated Into Geneva Action
At Geneva the Roosevelt peace message becomes a program of action as the United States abandons strict isolation. Norman H. Davis says Washington will consult on threatened peace and not hinder collective efforts if an aggressor is identified. The U S backs armament control and automatic participation in measures, favors keeping territorial status quo, and opposes rearmament.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Roosevelt
United States
Norman H. Davis
Washington
League of Nations
America
Mr. Davis
Davis
Ramsay MacDonald
Mussolini
Europe
France
Germany
England
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Rumania
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rome
Virginia Land Values Show Steady Decrease Across States
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports farm real estate values on March 1 down 27 percent from prewar 1912–14 levels, with Virginia at 88 and several southern states near 57 to 89, reflecting a nationwide decline as farm income halved since 1929.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Today
Bureau
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Machen accuses church board of spreading false doctrine
Pittsburgh May 21 Dr J Gresham Machen Presbyterian fundamentalist leader accused the church's foreign board of spreading un Christian propaganda. He criticized Pearl S Buck and asserted the board promotes propaganda through books and teaching in union institutions especially in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
J. Gresham Machen
Foreign Board of Missions
Pearl S. Buck
Point Breeze Presbyterian Church
Machen
Westminster Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
China
Splendid Service By Children’s Home Society Aided Homeless
The Children's Home Society of Virginia cares for deserted and homeless children. A foundling named Bobby was restored, studied, and placed with a loving family. The society has aided over 5,000 children in 32 years and now cares for about 1,000. A May fund drive in Winchester and statewide aims to sustain this work led by local chair Mrs. H. B. McCormac.
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Children’s Home Society
Children’s Home Society of
Virginia
Commonwealth
Richmond
Bobby
Children's Home Society
Winchester
H.B. McCormac
Mrs. Bettie Tyson Dies At Knoxville Home Widow of Gen. Tyson
Mrs Bettie Tyson mother of Mrs Kenneth Gilpin of Boyce Virginia died at her Knoxville Tennessee home following a stroke. She was born in 1865 and descended from prominent Tennessee families. Surviving are her daughter and two sisters. Funeral at St Johns Church Knoxville tomorrow afternoon with Bishop Gallor officiating. Interment in Knoxville.
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Boyce
Bettie McGhee Tyson
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Knoxville
Tenn
Tyson
Charles M. McGhee
Cornelia White McGhee
James White
Southampton
L. I
Charles McGhee Tyson
Naval Aviation Reserve Corps
George White Baxter
New York
James C. Neeley
Boston
Stocks Rally After Early Week Slump
Financial markets opened hesitant on May 22 as investors digested Saturday’s reaction. Stocks slipped fractions to near two points, then recovered part of losses with oils and mining shares higher. Wheat fell over a cent a bushel, cotton dropped over 50 cents a bale, corn held firm. Sterling opened at 3.98 percent and call money stood at 1 percent.
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Associatedress
New York
Rites Are Held For Mrs. Adams in Gainesboro
Funeral services for Frances O. Adams 78 were held at Gainesboro Methodist Church South with Rev. C. G. Russell officiating. Survivors include three sons Holmes Harry and Early Adams two brothers Reuben and Romanus DeHaven three sisters Jane Whitacre Mandy Lamp and Maity Baker and three half sisters Emma DeHaven Elsie Bowers Edith Strother eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers included E. E. Bayliss Dean Rogers F. M. Bageant Frank Flowers Ernest Adams and Opp Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
Gainesboro Methodist Church
South
Frances O. Adams
C. G. Russell
Harry
Early Adams
Reuben
Romanus DeHaven
Jane Whitacre
Mandy Lamp
Martinsburg
Maity Baker
Howard’s Chapel
Emma DeHaven
Elsie Bowers
Edith Strother
Adams
E. E. Bayliss
Dean Rogers
F. M. Bageant
Frank Flowers
Ernest Adams
Opp Adams
Quilts and draperies offered at sale prices
For sale notices list Moling and Cather offering quilts spreads and draperies at special prices. An electric fan nine inch blade is offered by Mrs. Van Huss at Star Office dated 5 22 1p 3t.
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Moling & Cather
van Huss
Star Office
More Than Two Thousand Five Hundred Bonus Men Join Forest Corps
About 2,500 veterans enrolled in the government's forestation corps as Fort Hunt closes its stay. The rest of the group, many leaders among them, plan to seek White House aid for transportation home. Fort Hunt will serve as a training base to prepare veterans for forestry work.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fort Hunt
Potomac
Virginia
White House
Union Services Begin Tonight In Lutheran Church
One week of union services for Winchester churches starts tonight at 8 oclock in Grace Lutheran Church. The Ministerial Association sponsors the series titled Our Fundamental Needs to elevate spiritual life in the community with ministers from Grace Lutheran Church and Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church leading portions of the program.
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Churches of Winchester
Grace Lutheran Church
Ministerial Association of Winchester
Winchester
W. L. Dudley
Church of Christ
Robert B. Campbell
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
God
W. M. Brashears
Man
Two Forest Conservation Corps Camps Open Near Cumberland
Two civilian conservation corps units moved into new camps in Maryland this morning. One group arrived at Hancock then Green Ridge near Fifteen-Mile Creek, the other to Oakland by train via Camp Humphreys and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, totaling 215 men assigned to Potomac State Forest 11 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cumberland
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hancock
Maryland
Green Ridge
Fifteen-Mile Creek
Camp
Installation At Nineveh Presbyterian Church
The Rev. R. B. Campbell will be installed as pastor of the Nineveh Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening by Winchester Presbytery. The neighborhood people and the general public are welcome to attend.
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R. B. Campbell
Nineveh
Public sale of household goods near Grimes
Household goods plus canned fruit and preserves offered at public sale on Thursday the 25th at 1 PM at the L. A. Cather farm near Grimes. Bruner.
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L. A. Cather Farm
Grimes
Grand Encampment Names F W Van Staden Grand Patriarch
The ninety sixth session of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Virginia opened in Winchester with about 1,000 attending departmental meetings. F. W. Van Staden of Richmond was elected Grand Patriarch. other officers were named, and sessions continue through Wednesday with a public meeting this evening in City Hall. The Children’s Home Orchestra from Lynchburg will provide music for the gathering and welcome addresses will be delivered by city and chamber officials.
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Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of Virginia
Winchester
Rebekah Assebly
Odd Fellows
Virginia
Brookneal
Grand Outside Sentinel
R. G. Lewis
Danville
Department Council of Patriarchs Millant
Order
W. B. Condrey
Portsmouth
G. R. Gaines
Alexandria
Leslie J. Montague
George Washington
Philomena Laren
Sylva Grim
Young
Kenneth Windle
City Hall
Rebekahs
Children’s Home Orchestra
Lynchburg
Charles R. Anderson
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
W. Erle Edwards
Madison Lodge
N. D. Clements
Winchester Steam Laundry Ad Washes Garments
Local laundry promotes washing of tubable garments with service available Saturday through Monday and daily options. Services emphasize thorough cleaning for household textiles.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
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D.C. Harrison, JR
Pike
Bowie
Harry K. Benham
Anne Brooke Kern
American Legion Auxiliary
George W. Costello
C. H. Iden
Auxiliaries
Robert Y. Conrad
W. A. Baker
T. W. Whitaker
John Brown
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
T. Carter Page
Green Hill Cemetery
Rice Levi
National Guard
Lloyd Williams Post
Fidac Committee
H. B. Harris
Gandhi
The
Ewosevelt
Norman Davis
Buck
Christ
Gen. Tyson
Ministerial Association
MNO
Bruner
F. W. van Staden
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