Executive Board Plans New Boy Scout Program
The Boy Scout Executive board for the Shenandoah Area Council met at Strasburg to outline a ten year plan from 1932 to 1942. Headquarters would be in Strasburg with seven committees and a new Endowment Trust Fund aimed at funding rent and office needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo
J. Nevin Kilmer
Martinsburg
Shenandoah
Machir
Strasburg
M H. Porterfield
Hubert Sydenstricker
Winchester
C. Vernon Eddy
Boy Scout Organization
Eddy
Commercial Savings Bank of
C. S. Hartman
Hartman
Woodstock
New Market
Edinburg
Jackson
Tom’s Brook
Visit of Homes By Housing Men Starts Monday
An unsigned letter prompts readers to sign their name as the Better Housing program launches a house to house canvass on Nov 26. Sam Chiles begins office hours at Court House and applicants are guided through Chamber of Commerce listings to find registered builders and loan financing with government guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Housing Acts
Better Housing
Certai
Re- Sang Exhhaan
Better Housing Administration
Sam Chiles
Court House
Chamber of Commercce
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Court House Square
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Actress Alice Brady Missing After Beverly Hills Dinner
Actress Alice Brady vanished after leaving her Beverly Hills home for a dinner in Hollywood three days ago. Authorities report she had recently received threats to kidnap by telephone.
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Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Alice Brady
Paraguay Moves To End Chaco War
Geneva reports Dr Ramon Cabellero Bedoya of Paraguay pledged immediate cessation of hostilities and orders to the armies as the first step toward ending the Chaco war. A lost ring notice follows offering a generous reward and requesting return to Star office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Ramon Cabellero Bedoya
Paraguay
League of Nations
Chaco
Betsy Ross
M” Care Star
Princess Marina Arrives in London for Royal Wedding
Beautiful Princess Marina of Greece returns to London for wedding preparations with the Duke of Kent set for November 29. Crowds pack the foggy streets as King George and Queen Mary greet the couple at the railroad station and Buckingham Palace, with royal relatives welcoming Marina on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdett Johns
Associated Press
London
Marina
Greece
Duke of Kent
George
Queen Mary
Dover
Buckingham Palace
Kent
Prince of Wales
Duke
Duchess of York
Palace
England
Balmoral
Paris
Prince
Miss Mathews Chosen as Delegate to State Teachers Convention
Miss Irene Mathews of the elementary school faculty has been selected as a delegate to the state convention of teachers in Richmond in the last week of November. She teaches the fifth grade. The convention will feature addresses by Governor Peery and Dr. Sidney B. Hall. Delegates representing the county teachers have not yet been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Mathews
Richmond
Miss Mathews
Peery
Sidney B. Hall
Berryville Doctor Iden Injures Right Arm
Dr H Carroll Iden Clarke county coroner and Berryville physician slipped on a door mat last evening and fractured the larger bone in his right arm above the wrist. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and returned home the same night. He will continue his medical practice despite the injury.
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H. Carroll Iden
Berryville
Clarke County
Iden
Memorial Hospital
Public sale of household furniture and antiques announced
Public sale of household furniture and antiques scheduled for Friday November 23 at 1 PM. Listing by Mrs. George W. Atkinson of Berryville Virginia. Also advertising rental options for a heated apartment through Ha ble's Real Estate Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Atkinson
Berryville
Hable’s Real Estate
Plateau Added To Byrd Expedition Maps In Antarctica
New plateau described as flat as Kansas was added to Byrd expedition maps from an eight hour aerial survey by Harold June. The discovery expands American claims toward the Edsel Ford Range and Marie Byrd Land as the flight spanned about 270 miles.
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Little America
Antarctic
Mackay Radio
Plains
Kansas
Richard E. Burd
America
West
Harold June
Edsel Ford Range
Marie Byrd Land
June
Plains of Kansas
Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Tierra del Fuego
Southern Ocean
Graham Land
West Antarctica
New Zealand
Names Receiver For Bank Run By Dawes Interests
Circuit Judge John Prystalski appoints William L. OConnell receiver for the Central Republic Trust Company in Chicago. The move follows a bill seeking dissolution of the Dawes affiliated trust, after the RFC filed suit to recover about 60 million dollars on an 80 million loan, with RFC holding title to assets worth 76.2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Prystalski
William L. O’connell
Central Republic Trust Company
Edward J. Barrett
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Old Central Republic Bank and Trust Company
Here Comes Charlie! 3 Act Play at Market Street Church
A community theater announcement for an 8 p.m. performance of Here Comes Charlie at Market Street Church on Friday November 23. Admission is 10 and 25 cents. The notice lists times and pricing, inviting local residents to attend.
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Market St. Church Fri
Shenandoah Electric Appliance Company Opens New Site
Shenandoah Electric Appliance Company expands from 19 Court Square to 15 South Loudoun Street. They become authorized General Electric household air conditioning dealers and continue Capitol Rock Wool home insulation. New sales manager Walter W. Pollard Jr and key staff Heltzel Boyer Jenkins bring GE training and RCA School background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Air Conditioning Company
No. 19
Court Square
Loudoun Street
Shenandoah Electric Appliance Company
General Electric
Shenandoah Conditioning Company
Capitol Rock
Walter W. Pollard, Jr
Miller and Anderson
Death summons Mrs Campbell at City Home
Mrs Minnie Love Campbell 65 widow of William Ray Campbell died at her home 374 Charles street at 10 last night after a year of declining health with heart attacks. She is survived by son Carl Campbell two brothers and three sisters. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Grace Lutheran. body to be interred Cedar Hill Cemetery in Edinburg. pallbearers named.
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Minnie Love Campbell
William Ray Campbell
Charles Street
Campbell
Lewis and
Sarah Elizabeth Clem Crisman
Kernstown
Carl Campbell
Wilbur
Philip Crisman
John Neumeter
Lewis Knapp
Mena Prelip
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Edinburg
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Douglas Cather
William Grove
Richard Carpenter
Melvin Dunlap
Godfrey Zirkle
Charles Tiedmann
Three Infant Bodies Found in Old Dusty Trunk
Police disclosed the discovery of three infant bodies in a trunk checked at a Brooklyn warehouse on July 15 1932. Ruby Clarke 36 of Rocky Road Upper Nyack NY identified the trunk as hers and is charged with homicide after authorities traced ownership and found the trunk unused for years.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ruby Clarke
Rocky Road
Upper Nyack
N. Y
Lexington Avenue
Miss Clarke
Mahod
Clarke
President Street
Borah to Speak at Harrisonburg Legion Banquet
Senator Borah of Idaho will address the Rockingham Post American Legion banquet in Harrisonburg on December 7. Senator Millard Tidings of Maryland and Col Watson Miller, chairman of the Rehabilitation Committee, are also slated as invited speakers.
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Borah
Idaho
Senate
Rockingham Post
American Legion
Harrisonburg
Millard Tidings
Maryland
Legion
Col
Watson Miller
American Legion Rehabilitation Committee
America
Europe
Park Restraining Order Postponed
Petitioners seeking a restraining order against Secretary Ickes to stop Shenandoah National Park land transfers were granted until November 27 to answer the government’s motion to dismiss. The extension came by agreement of counsel for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Shenandoah National Park
Mince Meat Special and Thanksgiving Oyster Offer
Pure Food Store advertise two pound mince meat at 29 cents this week and urge orders for Chrisfield oysters for Thanksgiving. Includes contact note for Mrs. Harry Keckley at 425 North Cameron Street.
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Chrisfield
Harry Keckley
N. Cameron St
Luttrell's Service Station Listing Near Gainesboro Pike
Neighborhood notice lists Luttrell's Service Station at 34 miles out Gainesboro Pike with a date range 11-20 to 11-21. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro Pike
Luttrell
Endowment Proposed by U D C for Needy Confederate Women
New York November 21 The United Daughters of the Confederacy urged a 50000 endowment to aid needy Confederate women at their forty first annual convention. Mrs William E Massey president general announced 1000 scholarships and an education fund totaling 500000 while delegates heard Mrs Massey stress Americanism and practical patriotism during the opening ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Daughters of the Confederacy
William E. Massey
Prank A. Denis
Eatonton
Rule Against Pine Firm Denied In U S Court
Harrisonburg Va November 21 The US attorney sought a temporary injunction against Pine Motor Company of Winchester for NRA trade violations Denied because the defendant had not been notified He may respond to show cause for injunction and formal notice will be served tomorrow by a US deputy marshal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
United States
Joseph H. Chitwood
Pine Motor Company
Winchester
NRA
United States District Court
John Paul
Winchester Company
Fascist Plot Probe Sealed In Secrecy By Congress
New York November 21 The congressional committee on Un American Activities summoned Gerald C Macquire a Wall Street bond salesman to testify further on Gen Smedley Butler s charge of a Fascist plot to seize control of the nation While Butler kept silent in Philadelphia the charge was mocked as a publicity stunt by prominent men named in the story
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congressional Committee On UN- American Activities
Gerald C. Macquire
Wall Street
Smedley D. Bukter
United States
General Butler
Philadelphia
Annual Supper Hosted by Clear Brook Auxiliary
Annual supper by Clear Brook Presbyterian Church Auxiliary at home of Mrs George Pitzer on Thursday November 22 from 5 to 9 PM. Price 35 cents. Event listed in church notices.
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Geo. Pitzer
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church Auxiliary
Price
Authorities In Conference Over Double Homicide
Richmond Virginia November conference discussed steps in the Philip Jones case held in Henrico County jail. Clifton Forge and Alleghany County officials traveled to Richmond with evidence and planned to seek an early trial for the 25 year old accused murderer of Alice and Ellen Hill near Clifton Forge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Jones
Henrico County
Alice
Ellen Hill
Clifton Forge
Richmond
Commonwealth
Neee
Henoem
T. Wilson
Alice Hill
Ellen
Jones
Henrico
Ouston Forge
Ton Forge
Alleghany County
Clothing of Dot Distelhurst Found Near Grave
Clothes schoolbooks and a lunchbox of 6 year old Dorothy Distelhurst were found buried about 20 feet from the grave where her body was discovered last week. Firemen digging near the grave under direction of the prosecutor's office uncovered the items buried beneath a foot of earth.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dorothy Distelhurst
G W Kelchner Fractures Hip in Fall
George W Kelchner of Carpers Valley fractured his right hip after a fall in his room Tuesday. He is at Memorial Hospital with a restless night but in good spirits this morning. At 90, he remains robust. doctors expect possible recovery barring complications. His wife and 11 of 13 children survive.
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George W. Kelchner
Carpers Valley
Mr. Kelchner
Memorial Hospital
Eight west side gang sought for Brooklyn armored car holdup
In Brooklyn police seek eight members of a west side gang for the $427,500 armored car robbery three months ago. In Chicago the Dawes Bank places under examiners as the RFC loan collection suit seeks $60 million. Galapagos bodies described on radio. Cordell Hull Nobel possibility discussed. Princess Marina wedding preparations in London.
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New York
West Side
Brooklyn
Chicago
Central Republic Trust Company
Dawes Bank
RFC
Los Angeles
Fr ‘Oreign
Stockholm
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Warren County
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Dawes Interests
Central Republic Trust Co
Charlie
Shenandoah Electric Applicance Co
Senator Borah
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