Princess Rahme Haidar Stages Healing of Naaman in Winchester
Princess Rahme Haidar of ancient Syria presented her second Winchester appearance at Grace Lutheran Church with a dramatization of The Healing of Naaman the Leper. She portrayed multiple Old Testament roles while Miss Lucille Burgess provided the Hebrew captive maid and music. a concluding evening will feature moving pictures Gems of the East and a Ruth and Naomi scene.
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Rahme Haidar
Syria
Winchester
Grace Lutheran Church
Naaman
Luther A. Thomas
Damascus
Antique
Israel
Marain
Elisha
Jordan
Rahme
Lucille Burgess
Miss Burgess
Palestine
East
Ruth
Naomi
Hoover outlines new projects in Senate appeal
President Hoover urged a broader use of manufacturers' excise taxes to balance the budget and finance relief. He proposed federal aid via the Reconstruction Corporation to fund states and industries, and called for action to cut government expenditures. Speaker Garner testified on direct relief measures, urging committee action on a $2.309 billion package as the Senate debated tax plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Senate Finance Committee
Reconstruction Corporation 50
Reconstruction Corporation
Garner
Capitol Hill
Finance Committee
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Snell Predicts Liberal Prohibition Plank in GOP Platform
Representative Snell, minority leader in the House, told reporters the prohibition plank in the Republican platform would be liberal. He said the plan would be satisfactory but did not elaborate, reiterating his own opinion and supporting dry measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Snell
House
Snell
Sharp Decline Sends Many Shares To Low Ground
After one of the sharpest declines in recent months the stock market recovered briefly as President Hoover urged budget balancing through a manufacturers’ sales tax. The list slid one to more than three points in morning trading amid disappointment over the Senate shelving the sales tax. Sterling cables opened 244 cents higher at 3.69. Call money renewed at 24 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Sterling Cables
Breckenridge Weekend Visit to Rosemont In Berryville
Col Henry Breckenridge and Major Lamphier of New York spent the weekend as guests of H F Byrd at Rosemont near Berryville. They arrived by airplane Sunday morning from New York and left after lunch yesterday. Breckenridge previously flew to Winchester last winter with Col Charles A Lindbergh and more recently with Wiley Post and Harold Gatty on a round the world flight.
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Col
Henry Breckenridge
Major Lamphier
New York
H. F. Byrd
Rosemont
Berryville
Colonel Breckenridge
Winchester
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Naval Ensign Missing From Peary Ship At Sea
Ensign D S Stillman of Milwaukee Wisconsin attached to the U S Peary disappeared Sunday while the vessel sailed from Manila to Chefoo China. A naval board of inquiry has not yet reached its decision on what happened to the ensign.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Ensign D. S. Stillman
Milwaukee
Wis
U. S. 5S
Peary
Manila
Chefoo
China
United States
Naval Board of Inquiry
Ensign
Men Convicted in Baltimore Raid Sentenced to Jail and Fines
John E. OConnor and Bernard Kenny, known figures in Baltimore court and gambling scenes, were each sentenced to six months in jail and fined 500 and 450 dollars respectively for their roles in a raid on April 9 at an east Baltimore establishment described as a book making and gambling resort. Both filed appeals as Judge Eli Frank handed down the verdict with four others.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
John E. O'Connor
Bernard Kenny
Eli Frank
High Court to Review Scottsboro Case and Delay Execution
The Supreme Court agreed to review evidence in seven African American defendants convicted of assaulting two white girls near Scottsboro Alabama. Executions scheduled for June 24 are likely postponed as the court sets arguments for October 10. The piece also notes the kit fox description, a western plains mammal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Ala
Western Plains
Saskatchewan
Wanted Goors Home for Beautiful Female Manx Maltese Kittens
Wanted for a loving home a pair of female Manx Maltese kittens described as beautiful. Contact by phone 41-1 with details. Advert shows a small personal pet placement notice with no additional context.
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Goors
Dry Forces To Hold Meeting In Lutheran Church
The Anti-Saloon League announces a true temperance meeting in Grace Lutheran Church in the Men’s Bible Class room. The assembly follows Wednesday prayers and targets broad opposition to alcohol and its political use amid calls to defend moral laws and homes.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Anti-Saloon League
Friends of Temperance
James W. Good property sale at 432 Highland Avenue
A desirable home at 432 Highland Avenue will be sold in front of the Court House at noon Saturday June 4. Sale bills provide details.
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James W. Good
Highland Avenue
Court House
Delightful gifts at reasonable prices shown by Moling and Cather
A local shop feature highlights a range of charming gifts offered by Moling and Cather with attractive pricing. The display draws attention to affordable options for shoppers seeking tasteful presents.
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Moling & Cather
Sale of Antiques at Brucetown Home
Auction set for Saturday June 4 at 1 PM at the home of the late S J Swimley in Brucetown. Listing includes antique items with catalog reference 1p 21 5 314 4 2.
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Brucetown
S. J. Swimley
Annual Confederate Memorial Day Observance Planned in Winchester
Committees shape the June 6 memorial at Stonewall Cemetery for Gen Turner Ashby death anniversary. Rev Dr F T McFaden will deliver the principal address with remarks by Maurice M Lynch and prayer by Rev Dr S L Flickinger. Confederate flags, wreaths from Florida, and a parade with veterans groups are urged.
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Winchester
Turner Ashby
Confederate Veterans’ Camp
Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Sons of Veterans
Ashby
Stuart
Cross Keys
Stonewall Cemetery
McFaden
F. T. McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Maurice M. Lynch
South
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Handley High School
Sons of
Virginia
Florida
Gen. Turner Ashby Chapter
Stonewall Memorial Association
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boy Scouts
Turner Ashby Camp
Boyd's Drug Store
People’s Bargain Store
George W. Kurtz
James M Lamp Dies After Stroke at 81 in Martinsburg
James Madison Lamp 81 of 427 South Raleigh street Martinsburg West Virginia died at his home after a stroke of paralysis in August and years of failing health. He was born October 31 1851 near DeHaven Frederick county and lived in DeHaven most of his life working as a farmer. He leaves his widow formerly Louise Shade ten children two sisters and twenty grandchildren. Funeral at his residence Wednesday at 3 pm with burial in Rosedale Cemetery Martinsburg.
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James Madison Lamp
Raleigh Street
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mr. Lamp
Frederick County
DeHaven
John Lamp
Lamp
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Frederick
Berkeley
Louise Shade
Adene Lamp
West Virginia Avenue
Herbert
Jesse
Guy Lamp
Clayton
Shepherdstown
Edith Lamp
Hugh DeHaven
Tennessee Avenue
Murchel
Othel
Ray Lamp
Washington
Ella Roble
Anna DeHaven
Shanghai
Fred DeHaven
Siler
Rosedale Cemetery
Neighbor buys evergreens from R. B. Kater
Neighbor purchases evergreens and shrubs from R B Kater prompting reader to consider their own landscaping. The brief notes contact via phone 802.24-1p-eod-3t for details.
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R. B. Kater
Reposchanged cars for sale by Winchester Credit Corp
Repossessed cars and trucks offered for sale with cash payment and monthly plans. Winchester Credit Corp advertises attractive prices and financing options.
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Winchester Credit’ Corp
Important Meeting At Boyce School Discusses New School Board
Clarke county taxpayers and residents are urged to attend a public meeting at Boyce High School auditorium. The gathering will address the School Trustees Electoral Board decision to name a new district school board member and inviting broad public participation.
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Clarke County
Boyce
Two Rum Runners Captured Off New England Coast
Coast guard boats seized two laboring rum runners aiming to smuggle about 1000 cases of liquor. The Idle Hour and the Mitzi were cornered after gun fire and towed to New London. Reports say the Mitzi suffered heavy damage and three crew escaped by swimming ashore while two were rescued from the water.
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Associated Press
Newport
R. I
Coast Guard
Idle Hour
New London
More Bonus Marchers Are Looked For
Washington May 31 Arthur Taylor commander of the Oregon veterans in camp here said thousands more will come to Washington to demand the soldiers bonus. The 300 Oregonians lined up for inspection and said they will not leave the capital until the bonus is paid even if Congress adjourns June 10. Merchants donated food as federal aid discussions continued and a hearing was planned on a bill by Senator Costigan to appropriate 75000 dollars for relief.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arthur Taylor
Oregon Unit of Veterans
Taylor
Congress
Costigan
Colorado
Warren County Endorses Byrd for Democratic Nomination
Democrats of Warren County convened at Front Royal electing 18 delegates to the Richmond state convention and passing resolutions endorsing Harry F. Byrd for the Democratic presidential nomination. Delegates were instructed to back Byrd loyalists for national convention delegates in Richmond.
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Warren County
Front Royal
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Los Angeles Navy Air Ship Sets 24 Hour Cruise
The naval air ship Los Angeles left Lakehurst New Jersey with 60 crew for a 24 hour cruise. Commander F T Berry led the mission and may extend southward if weather allows, routing over Norfolk Virginia this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Ship
Los Angeles
Norfolk
F. T. Berry
Famous Stallion Dead From Colic
Indiana trotter Senator died Sunday at a farm near Indianapolis after a bout with colic. The famed chestnut stallion, once owned by Thomas S. Taggart and later by C. J. Baker of St. Charles Illinois, was celebrated as one of Indiana’s greatest trotting performers.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
C. J. Baker
St. Charles
Ill
Thomas &S. Taggart
Bromley Heads West From Amarillo Flight
Harold Bromley a Dallas filer who was forced down in Amarillo yesterday on a proposed cross continental flight from New York took off at 8 50 am today for California.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
Texas
Harold Bromley
Dallas
Filer
New York
California
Garfield Acts 70 Harmonize GOP in Prohibition Talks
Washington May 30 Actual work on framing the Republican platform began in a White House Capitol conference. James R Garfield son of the late President was named chairman of the resolutions committee and met with Senate leaders to seek views. Borah discussed his prohibition plank while remaining silent on White House talks and may attend Chicago to press his plan Belfort.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Republican Resolutions Committee
Senate
Hoover
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Garfield
Watson
Indiana
Fess
Moses
New Hampshire
Henry W. Peabody
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Congress
Chicago
House
Two Stubborn Night Blazes Hit Hagerstown Firemen
Fire crews answered two blazes in downtown Hagerstown Maryland on May 31 believed incendiary. The Miller warehouse on South Potomac street and a nearby Halbach abattoir sparked separate fires, spreading to a Potomac Edison building and the Hose Company headquarters. Damage was estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 with residents evacuated in night clothes.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Charles D. Miller
Potomac Street
Samuel T. Halbach
Miller Warehouse
Potomac Edison Company
Bruce Hensel
Potomac Edison
Mrs Curtis Dies In Philadelphia Hospital
Mrs. Curtis H K Curtis wife of a Philadelphia publisher died at Jefferson Hospital after years of heart trouble. Curtis who had indigestion in New York last week lies there recovering. She died on the anniversary of her 1881 marriage to her first husband Harrison L Tillsbury of Muskegon Michigan.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Curtis H.K. Curtis
Jefferson Hospital
Curtis
New York
Harrison L. Tillsbury
Muskegon
Mich
Lost Greyhound Blue Missing With Reward Offered
Greyhound dog named Blue missing. Owner offers liberal reward. Contact telephone Boyce 77 for information. Last seen in the area around 5-30. Please respond with any sighting or details.
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Greyhound
Boyce
Delegates list for party meet certified here
Forty four delegates will represent the City of Winchester at the Democratic State Convention to be held in Richmond on June 9. W Nelson Page announced the delegation and noted that main session would be at the Mosque Theatre with Seventh District delegates meeting earlier in the day.
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Winchester
Richmond
W. Nelson Page
Mosque Theatre
Seventh Congressional District
Murphy's Hotel
D. W. Ritenour
Asmbly
H. F. Byrd
James N. Moling
Fred W. Forney
John M. Steck
Shirley Carter
D. Whitenour
J. H. Henry
W. A. Baker C
P. Mc Vicar
T. Russell Cather
James P. Reardon
Lester D Arnold
T. W. Harrison
M. A. Hutchinson
Democratic State Committee
Page
Murphy Hotel
Democratic State Central Committee
Virginia
Hutchinson
Registration for New Pupils at John Kerr and Virginia Avenue
Lola V. Moore announces registration for new pupils entering John Kerr or Virginia Avenue schools for September. Registration runs Wednesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at each building. bring birth certificate if possible.
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John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue School
Miss Harris
Lola V. Moore
John T Noonan of Winchester Dies After Stroke at 65
John T. Noonan a longtime Winchester resident and former police officer died at his son’s home following years of poor health. He was 65 and survived by his wife and family. A member of Sacred Heart Church he was known for his courtesy and wide circle of friends. He also served in the police force and later worked with the American Railway Express and a fuel station near Stephenson Frederick County. His passing leaves a deep void in the community.
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John T. Noonan
Winchester
Mahlon B. Noonan
West Piccadilly Street
Seon Teeaaie Ae Beni
Mr. Noonan
John
Mack Noonan
Old Taylor Hotel
Noonan
American Railway Express Company
Stephenson
Frederick County
Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Drought Turns Saskatchewan Lakes To Grain Fields
Canadian grain growers praise drought as lakes dry up leaving 2000 acres of Lake Tatgwa bed now planted with grain. In Weyburn Saskatchewan farmers convert waterlogged beds into productive cropland amid rainless months.
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Weyburn
Sask
Lake
Tatgwa
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Wilson lookalike writes prize poetry in Georgia
In Millen Georgia fifth grader at Perkins School in Jenkins County writes a prize winning poem about eating vegetables for the State Board of Health. In Chicago Robert N Winslow lost a ring on a 1918 French battlefield and a sergeant at a dressing station located it and returned it through a veterans organization.
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Millen
Woodrow Wilson
Georgia
Perkins School
Jenkins County
State Board of Health
Chicago
Robert N. Winslow
Winslow
Record Set at Tombs Court as 24 Hours Pass Without Business
New York reports a record at Tombs Court with Magistrate Erwin absent a case. Veteran attendants said it was the first time in memory that a full 24 hour period passed without any business before the court.
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New York
Tombs Court
Erwin
Budapest Mayor Orders Women to Learn Shorthand and Typing
The mayor of Budapest issues an ultimatum to all women city employees to acquire shorthand and typing skills within a set period or face dismissal. Local officials say the move aims to modernize government work and improve clerical efficiency.
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Budapest
Hungary
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Shenandoah Valley
Seattle
Wash
Allan T. Brown
Griffin
E. B. Griffin
Kearny, N. J
Gustave Nelson
Kearny
Nelson
Olympic Village
United States Postal Service
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