Firemen's mass meeting outlines conventions plans in Winchester
A large mass meeting in Winchester with the Virginia State Firemen's Association and Valley Volunteer Association set next August in joint convention plans. Committees, advertising funds, prizes, and invitations to Hoover and governors are outlined as efforts to boost attendance and funding. Streets decoration plans and price controls on rooms and meals are proposed to curb overcharging during the Apple Blossom period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Promreas
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Valley Volunteer 'S Association
Winchester
Apple Ey
Blossom Val
Mmit
Tech
G. R
Sev
Potts
Marion Anderson
Hoover
White House
Washington
Martinsburg Pike
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Committee On Music
Committee On
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Roll Call for Red Cross Opens Oct 22
Red Cross roll call begins October 22 to raise funds and solicit supplies for Winchester and Fred county relief efforts. Only 50 cents of each cash subscription funds the national organization while the rest covers distribution and local relief costs. donations of goods are urged.
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H. B. McCormac
Red Cross
Winchester
Fred County
National Red Cross
Funeral services held for Mrs Slonaker widow of Arthur Slonaker
The funeral for Laura Rebecca Slonaker died suddenly of a heart attack Monday evening. Rev. Sewell J. Goode conducted services at 2 PM at the family home. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named. She had lived near Gainesboro and later in Winchester with her daughter Minnie Slonaker, originally from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Rebecca Slonaker
Arthur C. Slonaker
Valley Avenue
Sewell J. Goode
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Jesus
Mount Hebron Cemetery
C. B. Harloe
William E. Harloe
Homer Harloe
O. T. Ritter
Edward P. Anderson
C. E. Lemonds
Edward Weinenberger
New York City
Hutchins
Weather outlook calls for fair week with midweek showers
The Weather Bureau forecasts a week starting Monday for the North and Middle Atlantic States with generally fair weather and near normal temperatures. A period of showers is expected around the middle of the week.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Local Grid Team Sets Plans for Martinsburg Game
Final plans for the football contest with Hose Company No 5 of Martinsburg will be made tonight at 7 30 in the Sign Kraft Service Shop on East Boscawen street. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 the home field Blue Ridge Field hosts the game and every player is urged to be present.
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Hose Company No. 5
Martinsburg
Blue Ridge Field
Sign-Kraft
East Boscawen Street
Untitled Local Market Note at Kernstown
Brief market listing from Kernstown by C. E. Omps selling Bae Dee Ts and ripe tomatoes at one dollar per bit. Item appears in a compact rural ad style with partial time notation T6- 10-1p-2t.
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Bae Dee Ts
C. E
Kernstown
George Whitney Dies Suddenly in Harrisburg
George M. Whitney prominent Harrisburg resident dies suddenly in the city. He had many Winchester friends. Survived by his wife and a stepdaughter, with two brothers and a sister of President Judge William M. in Dauphin County. Whitney practiced law for over twenty-five years and served as secretary to the trustees of Congressman Olmstead's estate until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Whitney
Harrisburg
Winchester
Miss Hargest
L. C. Janney
Whitney
North Second Street
Oscar F. R. Treder
St. Stephens
Episcopa
Office of
Main and Company
Talked
William M
Dauphin County
George Ss. Comstock
Steelton
Paul Whitney
Washington
Geodetic Survey Bureau
Navy Department
Freedrick Whitney
Philadelphia
Nauoton University
wWest
Paul, Minn
Whitn
Congressman Olmstead
A. Carson Stamm
Olmstead
Orchard Company Awarded Damages Against Renner
Ridgewood Fruit Growers Inc sued Carl Renner after a collision between their cars. Judge Philip Williams found Renner at fault and awarded damages of 180.65 plus costs. Renner was described as a fugitive and was represented by Burr Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgewood Fruit Growers, Inc
Carl Renner
Philip Williams
Frederick County
Orchard Company
Renner
Burr Harrison
Williams
Ridgewood Orchards
James P. Reardon
Orin Snapp Fined for Reckless Driving in Opequon
Justice A J Tavenner in county magistrate court fined Orin Snapp ten dollars plus costs for reckless driving after he whipped his auto around a curve and struck the car of A C Pierce near Opequon Post Office on October 9. He was arraigned on hit and run but the judge ruled the act reckless driving.
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A. J. Tavenner
Snapp
Tavenner
Glaze & Bro Apple Barrels Listings
Apple barrels No 1 bbis pine press end 45c and oak press end 46c listed by Glaze & Bro. This brief entry records pricing and varieties for packing materials.
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Glaize & Bro
Piedmont Giants Meet Winchester All-Stars at Rouss Park
Opening notes list an Oct 12 game at Rouss Park between Piedmont Giants and Winchester All-Stars with grandstand reserved for white fans. Also announces Oct 14 opening dance at McCarroll's Hall and a Winchester Steam Laundry ad with phone numbers.
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Rouss Park
Piedmont Giants
Winchester
McCarroll’s Hall
Rebels Repulse Attempt to Land Federal Forces
Porto Alegre dispatches report the destroyer Maranhoa failed to land federal troops at Sabitula Santa Catarina after insurgents opened heavy fire. Rebels claimed victory as forces reportedly withdrew. Imbituba was seized as mobilization of southern rebels continues. The Pensacola is ordered to Guantanamo to respond if Americans need evacuation from Brazil.
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Associated Press
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
Maranhoa
Sabitula
Santa Catharina
Maranhon
Imbituba
Sobitula
Elds
Washington
Pensacola
Guantanamo
Brazilian
Burleigh Grimes Hit With Divorce Suit In Canton
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Burleigh Grimes was named defendant in a Canton divorce suit filed by Florence Ruth Grimes of Minerva. She alleges cruelty and lack of affection and says he received endearing and passionate letters from other women.
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Associated Press
Ccanton
Burleigh Grimes
St. Louis Cardinals
Florence Ruth Grimes
Minerva
Capt Haddox In Satisfactory Condition After Auto Crash
Memorial Hospital reported Capt J Perry Haddox resting very well after injuries from an auto incident Thursday night. The 79 year old showed a fairly good night, bright and cheerful, with fractured ribs as his most serious injury and overall signs pointing to recovery.
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Memorial Hospital
J. Perry Haddox
Hoover to Attend Navy Princeton Football Game
President Hoover tentatively accepts invitation to attend the Navy Princeton football game at Princeton on October 25. The event marks a high profile appearance by the President at a major college contest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Navy
Cider notice for custom work opens at corner Pall Mall
Mill now open to do custom work. Corner Pall Mall and S Kent Sts. Phone 524. Trier and Perry.
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Pall Mall
S. Kent Sts
Trier & Perry
Notre Dame Confident for Navy Victory on Rockne Day
In South Bend on Rockne Day Notre Dame hosts the Navy after a dedication of a 750000 stadium. The Irish, 88 strong Navy party arrives. Notre Dame previously beat Southern Methodist 20 to 14 while Navy beat William and Mary 19 to 6.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
United States Naval Academy
Rockne
Navy
Southern Methodists
William and Mary
New Brick Bowl
Middies
President of American Bar Dies Suddenly
Josiah Marvel, Democratic national committeeman from Delaware and president of the American Bar Association, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home near Wilmington. He was 64 and had been active in state and national Democratic affairs. Marvel had just lost the U S Senate nomination at the Delaware Democratic convention on September 16. He was married in 1898 to Mary Jackson and they had six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
Josiah Marvel
Delaware
American Bar Association
Marvel
Nantocoko
Greenville
United States
Thomas S. Bayard
Mr. Bayard
Mr. Marvel
Mary Jackson
W. & Jackson
Maryland
Coal for sale at five fifty per ton delivered
Advertisement from W. B. Snider & Son offers a good lumpy coal mine run priced at $5.50 per ton delivered. The notice includes a wry Latin American joke in parentheses.
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W. B. Snider & Son
Wife Betrayal Triggers 10 Arrests in Escape Case
Pittington, jailed for escape from the state road force in 1923, was recaptured after his wife’s affair with another man led to his pursuit. He pleaded guilty and received six additional months. authorities probe whether the wife’s support money should cease due to her new lover.
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State Road Force
Pescee J. EB. Pittington
Rockingham County
M. L. P. Reid
Boyce
Double Tee
Clarke County
Pittington
Winchester
Double Tollgate
Front Royal Road
W. 8. Brent
Road Force
Justice Reid
Youth and Girl Die in Parked Auto Tragedy in Bradford
Westerly residents George Haggerty and Hilda Nowell both 18 were found dead in a car on a secluded Bradford road. Police recovered a double barreled shotgun and a note saying Haggerty killed the girl then took his own life. No motive could be learned from friends and relatives.
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Associated Press
Westerly
R. I
George Haggerty
Hilda Nowell
Bradford
Haggerty
Violent tidal wave hits Riviera at Tenda coast
At Riviera Pen, Italy, Oct. 11 a violent tidal wave destroyed bathing establishments and damaged coastal roads around Rivelera Pen. Local authorities assess losses and begin repairs.
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Riviera
Associated Press
Tenoa
Italy
Rivelera Pena
Luther Brill Estate Valued Over One Hundred Thousand
The late Luther Brill left a will probated in Frederick County Circuit Court on October 7 disciplining $100,000 bond. His wife Annie Brill receives all personal property while real estate is split into six equal parts for his four brothers and their heirs. Executors include attorney Harry R. Kern who posted a $100,000 bond. Witnesses were Hester Rowland and Virginia Davis. Brill was long associated with tanning interests in Frederick County Virginia and Hampshire County West Virginia.
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Luther Brill
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Williams Prest
William F. Brill
Russell
Brill
George E. Clarence Brill
Harry R. Kern
Williams
Hester H. Rowland
Virginia L. Davis
Thomas Cover, Sr
Hampshire County
W. Va
Reward Posted For Apprehension Of Bank Bandits
Banks hold up at Glyndon Bank left $9030.25 missing. Bandits fled in a green Ford with South Carolina plates parked in Baltimore for three nights. Police traced routes via Butler Falls Road White House and York Road toward York, Pa. Authorities urged patrols along the Maryland Pennsylvania border.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland-Pennsylvania
Butler
Falls Road
White House
Manchester
Hampstead
York Road
York, Pa
Last of Those Lost In Crash Is Buried In England
In Cardington England the last body from the R 101 dirigible disaster was laid to rest in a common grave as crowds paid tribute. A mixed clergy led a solemn service with a firing party and marching trumpets. Airplanes forming an arc above carried a farewell message Ave frater atque vale.
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England
Associated Press
Cardington
Eng
Britain
W. Seccombe
Gardington
Great Britain
Closing Grain Prices In Chicago
Chicago market report shows wheat and corn futures with several contract prices for December March May and July. Wheat December 77 percent March 8144 May 835 percent July 84 percent. Corn December 78 percent March 80 May 8254 July 83 percent. Catalyst Diapazenber March 381 percent May 38 percent.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Columbia Crew Completes Oceanic Flight to Croydon
The Columbia crews Captain J Erroll Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Connor landed at Croydon from Harbo r Grace Newfoundland after a Atlantic crossing. Charles A Levine greeted the fliers as the mission was marked by a fuel line break discovered minutes before landing.
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Associated Press
Croydon
Eng
Columbia
Harbor
Grace
Newfoundland
Croydon Air Field
Bia
Tresco
J. Erroll Boyd
Harry Connor
trans-Atlantic Co
Charles A. Lavine
Clarence Chamberlin
Boyd
Atic
Connor
America
Twenty Winchester Men Ready to Join Washington Police
Twenty Winchester men expressed willingness to wear a police uniform in the national capital. They stood ready at short notice after a civil service examination ordered by the United States Civil Service Commission. The test was held at Handley High School and conducted by Howard Taylor and Wilbur Johnston, local post office clerical staff and Civil Service Board officials.
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Winchester
National Capital
United States Civi Service Commission
Washington
Handley High School
Howard Taylor
Wilbur Johnston
Post Office
Civil Service Board
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Weather Bureau
The
George Whitney
Orin Snapp
Winchester Steam Laundry
Santa Cruz
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Porta Alegre
la Nacion
Dvorce
Capt. Haddox
Hoovers
Princeton
Theodore Dreiser
American Bar
J. E. Pittington
Levine
Tresco Reilly
Reibs
Roydon
New York
Atlantic
Fastnet
Ireland
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