Catch by Sam Rice Highlights Benefit Game Crowd Brisk
The Philadelphia Nationals defeated the American Legion club 13 to 4 at Handley Diamond, extending the Phillies’ eleventh straight win on their barnstorming trip. Sam Rice of the Senators, playing for Winchester, made a spectacular one handed catch against Cy Williams’ long drive, drawing praise as a feature of the afternoon despite a chilly northwest wind. Visitors from Martinsburg and nearby towns joined over 1,000 fans enjoying the day and supporting Legion charity.
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Philadelphia National Leagu
Amercan Legion Club
Handley Diamond
Phillies
Tey
Corrad
American Legion
Diamonds
Handley School
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia
Sam Rice
Washington Senators
Winchester
Cy Williams
Williams
Rice
Philadelphia
Nixon
Legge
Friberg
Cy William
Wilson
Legion
Baker
Rawlings
Mokan
Rawling
Hack Wilson
Kelll
Kelliher
Woodring
Cooney
Wrightstone
Ludwell Baldwin Elected President By Realty Society
In Berryville Virginia on October 15 at the Real Estate Association of Virginia seventh annual convention in Virginia Beach W Ludwell Baldwin of Norfolk was elected president for the coming year. He won the home town speech contest and received the Paul T Collins cup for annual debate. Baldwin has roots in Berryville and is a prominent Norfolk businessman. Also noted are travel updates for Admiral A M D McCormick and family from Clarke County and Washington after visits to London Paris and Scotland, and Captain John B Neill U S M C returning to Quantico after a family illness.
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Berryville
Real Estate Association of Virginia
Virginia Beach
Ludwell Baldwin
Norfolk
Baldwin
Paul T. Collins
McCormicks
Clarke County
Washington
Comdr
John Beardall
London
Comander Beardall
Court of St. James
Admiral McCormick
Paris
Scotland
John B. Neill
Marine Base
Quantico
Apple buyers seek bulk and barrel deliveries
Cash buyers from Glaze and Hurst advertise purchase of all varieties of apples in bulk or barrels. They provide a contact phone 840 for interested sellers.
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Glaize & Hurst
Virginia tourism push highlights Valley pike traffic growth
Richmond area booster Carl Balliett cites a surge in Valley pike travel as Endless Caverns traffic and Virginia tourism revenue rise. He notes daily car counts climbing from 1 000 in spring to 5 200 on a peak day, with about 1 000 000 tourists counted this year and 100 000 cars to Endless Caverns. He urges robust advertising, better road info, and improved gateways to lure visitors who may settle in Virginia.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia
Carl J. Barrett
New Market
Shenandoah Valley Estates, Inc
Shenvalee
New Market Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Valley Pike
Balliett
North Carolina
Luray
Culpeper
Fredericksburg
Shenandoah Valley
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Massanutten Mountains
Blue Ridge
Rockies
Jamestown
Yorktown
Roanoke
Natural Bridge
United States
Haddox Store Robbed In Night Break In
The Haddox general merchandise store at Loudoun and Monmouth streets was robbed of clothing and merchandise yesterday morning. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window. Owner Captain Haddox found the scene on opening time and police received a cap left by the thief.
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Haddox
Cap
J. P. Haddox
Loudoun
Monmouth Streets
Wall Street Mixed as Speculation Holds in October
Irregular market action marked the day with a select group of specialties rising two to seven points to new highs while the general list stayed uneven. Durant's return thrilled traders as General Motors yo-yoed near its former peak amid brisk car sales and varied railroad stock movements.
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Associated Press
New York
Weekly Financial Review
Durant
William C. Durant
General Motors
Bethlehem
Colorado Fuel
Midland Steel Products
Motors
Hudson
Asphalt
Houston
Erie
American Machine & Foundry
Paris Liner Rams Freighter. Seven Probably Drowned
The liner Paris struck the Norwegian freighter Besseggen near the Statue of Liberty causing a fast sinking. Seven of Besseggen’s 31 crew members were probably drowned while the Paris rescued others, including Capt. Ludwig Hassell and his family.
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Paris
Associated Press
New York
Ludwig Hassell
Wanted Apple Pickers and Table Work Helpers
Help wanted notices call for workers at Shenandoah Valley National Bank Building room 7 for apple picking and light table work. Other listing seeks men to work as apple pickers at W. S. Heitt's orchard with location noted.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
W. S. Heitt
Ruth Elder and Haldeman to proceed to Paris by train from Lisbon
Ruth Elder and her co pilot Captain George W. Haldeman plan to leave Horta for Lisbon aboard the Portuguese steamer Lima and then travel by the southern express to Paris. The pair were rescued after their monoplane American Girl burned, with all baggage lost and Elder salvaging only a lipstick.
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Ruth Elder
Haldeman
Paris
Lisbon
Associated Press
Portugal
Cart
George W. Haldeman
Horta
Lima
Horta Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Atlantic
Goos
Miss Elder
Barendrecht
Bien
Ruth
Meder
George Haldeman
Barndrecht
Roosevelt Field
New York
Burdendrecht
Asume
Flrera
Lkely
Dieudonne Cestes
Invitation to Christian Endeavor Rally at United Brethren
The public is cordially invited to attend a Christian Endeavor Rally at the United Brethren Church tomorrow at 7:30 p m. Plenty of music.
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Christian Endeavor
United Brethren Church
Plenyt
Bankers battle with thug gang in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a armored car raid ends in death and injuries. Guard Thomas Kennedy aged 54 is killed and guard William Lindsey aged 45 among four others wounded during a gunfight with five hold-up men. The robbers aimed for thirteen thousand dollars in a bag as bank officials and police exchanged fire.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Thomas Kennedy
West Philadelphia
Belmont Trust Company
William Lindsey
Lindsey
Lindsey and Kennedy
John &. Hagerty
Raymond Keller
Hagerty
Funeral Services for Mrs. Racey Held at Home
The funeral of Mrs. Ora Newlin Racey wife of Charles H. Racey occurred at 2 p.m. at the family residence 1011 South Kent Street with Rev. E T Clarke of the First Baptist Church officiating. She had endured a long illness and was interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Stewart M. Perry H W Whitlire Howard Lewis Charles Orndorff Robert O Leary and Charles Shillingburg.
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Ora Newlin Racey
Charles H. Racey
South Kent Street
E. T. Clarke
First Baptist Church
Mount Hebron
Stewart M. Perry
H. W. Whitlire
Howard Lewis
Charles Orndorff
Robert O'Leary
Charles Shillingburg
Sixteen Die In Auto Trailer and Trolley Crash
A trailer carrying a drill team and relatives collided with an interurban car on the edge of Indianapolis. Sixteen were killed including five women, five others seriously injured who may die, while the motorman and conductor were hurt. The event occurred as they traveled to a pre Halloween barn dance.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Order of
Weather Outlook Mainly Fair at Start of Week
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows the Middle and North Atlantic states having mostly fair skies early, with a period of rain around the middle of the week, followed by near normal conditions for most of the week.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Middle
North Atlantic
Afteen
Former Bootleg King Remus Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case
George Remus once dubbed king of bootleggers pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in Cincinnati. He was arraigned after his wife Eugene Holmes Remus was killed on October 6 as she headed to divorce court. A trial date is set for November with possible electric chair, as Remus claims justification.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Eugene Holmes Remus
Chester St. Shook
Remus
Criminal Court
One Millionth Visitor at Baltimore and Ohio Iron Horse Fair
Miss Bayliss, a Handley High School class of 1928 graduate from Amherst Street, was named visitor No. 1,000,000 at the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Iron Horse Fair in Halethorpe Maryland. The milestone occurred as 800,000 excursionists attended the event celebrating the railroad’s 100th anniversary. She was photographed amid a swarm of reporters and railroad officials confirmed the mark.
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Da.hier
Bayeliss
Amherst Street
Handley High School
Iron Horse
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Halethorpe
America
Dayliss
Cie
Miss Bayliss
Democratic Convention to Be Held on Neutral Ground
Democratic leaders seek neutral site for the 1928 convention with Denver and Detroit leading to land the bid. The national committee will choose a city at its January 12 meeting in Washington, with nearly a dozen cities offering proposals.
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Washington
Shaverg
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Denver
Detroit
Threats Mount After Negro Murderer Seized in Virginia
In Newport News Virginia a young Negro named Winnegan is held on a murder charge for killing a 13 year old white girl. He was captured after a search in which hundreds of armed men participated. The child was dragged into a corn field and struck with a blunt instrument. Authorities in nearby Gio Surrey and Isle of Wight began precautionary steps to safeguard the prisoner.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Winnegan
Smithfield
Gio
Surrey
Isle of Wight
Reggy Denny and Wife Part Ways
The Examiner reports that film actor Reginald Day and musical comedy actress Irene Hazeman have separated. Mrs. Denny has moved from their Hollywood home.
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Reggy Denny
Los Angeles
Cal
the Examiner Today
Reginald Day
Irene Hazeman
Denny
Hollywood
Picking sacks for sale by Green Orchard and Berryville Orchard
Used picking sacks in good condition offered for sale. Apply at Green Orchard or Berryville Orchard. Contact Byrd.
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Green Orchard
Berryville Orchard
Byrd
Pair From Sticks Dupes Wise New Yorkers in City
Frederick County man James A Warble and Myrtle Dunlap eloped to New York from Siler Frederick county Va sparking a tabloid tell all. Sheriff probes reveal warble may face federal white slave charges as a child sings for supper in a stranded sedan with four in the car including Dunlap and Warble’s own children.
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James A. Warble
Porter Avenue
Marthusburg
W. Va
Myrtle Dunlap
Archie’ Dunlap
Siler
Frederick County
New York City
New York
Warble
Berkeley County
Virginia
Sticks
Dunlap
Mar Unsburg
J. C. McKown
Elopers
Palmyra
New York Daily Mirror
Reien
Mary Jane
Jesus
Dgan
Alexandria
Bronx
Egan
Martinsburg
Myrtle Rogers
Constance Talmadge Granted Divorce in Scotland
In Edinburgh on October 15, Constance Talmadge was granted a divorce in the court of sessions from Capt. Alastair William Mackintosh in an undefended action.
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Associated Press
Edinburgh
Scotland
Constance Talmadge
Court of Sessions
Alastair William Mackintosh
Canning Apples Wanted by Shenandoah Apple Products
Shenandoah Apple Products Corporation in Strasburg Virginia seeks canned apples from locals. Advertisements also list Carlaod cabbage potatoes and Ceresota flour with contact L. L. Hockman and phone 476.
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Shenandoah Apple Products Corporation
Strasburg
L. L. Hockman
Ex-Nun Neva Miller Moss to lecture on life behind convent walls
Former nun Neva Miller Moss, escaped in 1918, will speak at City Hall Auditorium Winchester on October 18 for men and women and October 19 for women only. The talk titled Behind Convent Walls aims to address welfare of children’s education and careers with an admission of twenty five cents.
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City Hall
Winchester
B U G S and Draperies Cleaned at Winchester Steam Laundry
All kinds cleaned to your satisfaction. Prices right. Winchester Steam Laundry advertises laundry cleaning services with a contact phone number 28.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
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