Scenic Highway Plans Discussed At A Conference
Delegates from Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee debated linking Shenandoah with Great Smoky Mountains via a Blue Ridge crest scenic roadway. They proposed either a federal project funded by public parks and roads offices or a non profit corporation to secure Public Works funds at a 30 percent grant and 70 percent loan. Engineers quoted costs at about 40 000 dollars per mile totaling roughly 16 560 000 dollars for 414 miles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Smoky Mountain National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Offices of Public Parks
Bureau of Public Roads
Blue Ridge Mountain Crest
May Farm Corporation
Public Works Administration
Elimina Ans
Richmond
Federal Public Works Administration
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Harry F. Byrd
Col
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Byrd
Virginia Committee
Flint Hill
Front Royal
Blue Ridge
Swift Run Gap
Trayfoot Mountain
Fisher's Gap
Afton
Montebello
Buena Vista
Glasgow
Otter
Roanoke
Woolwine
Meadows of Dan
Mount Airy
N. C
Republicans Rally Set for October 21 at Bryarly School
The Winchester and Frederick County Republican Club confirms the rally date as Saturday October 21 at 3 o clock at Bryarly school house. All city and county Republicans and interested people are urged to attend and campaign literature is available at the North Loudoun street headquarters over the Men's Shop.
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Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Republican Club
Bryarly School House
North Loudoun Street
620000 Workers Return To Jobs
The Labor Department reports over 620000 workers returned to their jobs in September across 17 industrial and business groups tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Republican Meeting for McWane and Wise Supporters
County supporters of McWane and Wise plan a Republican meeting at Bryarly School House on Saturday October 21 at 3 p m. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McWane and Wise
Bryarly School House
Pecora Opens Campaign for New York County DA
Ferdinand Pecora, candidate for district attorney of New York county, is shown in a fighting pose as he opened his campaign with a speech to workers. Pecora, who leads questioning in the U S senate banking investigation, formerly served as assistant district attorney of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Pecora
New York County
New York
Pecora
U. S. Senate
Nine-year sentence for shooting at man during dance
Fred Cooper Jr. of Millwood, colored, was sentenced by Judge Philip Williams in Clarke County Circuit Court to nine years in the penitentiary for the slaying of Benjamin Layton, an innocent bystander, at a colored Odd Fellows dance in Millwood. Cooper claimed self defense after firing five shots in a heated dispute. Layton died from a leg wound. Davis Jackson was also wounded.
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Berryville
Fred Cooper, Jr
Millwood
Philip Williams
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Benjamin Layton
Cooper
Layton
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Davis Jackson
Staunton Seeks $100,000 Loan for Wilson Shrine
Staunton requests a $100,000 loan and grant to turn Woodrow Wilson birthplace into a national shrine. The plan, to be discussed with Governor Pollard and the federal public works board, includes Victorian remodeling and a museum for relics from the Wilson era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Pollard
Federal Public Works Advisory Board
Shenandoah Valley
Wilson
Plans Shaping Up For Tuberculosis Charity Dance
A Winchester meeting of committees finalized plans for the October 19 tuberculosis fund charity ball at the George Washington Hotel. Dan Gregory and His Orchestra will provide music until 1 am. decorations, refreshments, tickets, publicity, and patronesses were arranged. tickets cost $1.50 plus tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
D. W. Ritenour
Dan Gregory
Gregory
Tuberculosis Fund
Winchester
Ritenour
John P. Allen
Herbert Miller
Wendell Goode
Earl Clowser
Charles Shewbridge
J. C. Oakes
Ansell Solenberger
Donald Shockey
Kenneth Rice
John F. Rodman, Jr
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Mary Greenway
Lillian Oakes
Lucy Mitensus
Mary Sullivan
Allen T. Hawthorne
Lester D. Arnold
J. Victor Arthur
Guentine Quarles
T. Russell Cather
Opal Robinson
Eliza Tucker
B. Mitchell Knight, Jr
John M. Steck, Jr
Fred L. Glaize
George H. Smith
Charles P. McVicar
Harry K. Russell
C. B. Organ
Wilbur Krise
Frances Page
Mason Snapp
Michael Collins
R. T. Bryarly
Chase Banker Wiggin Paid Big Salary Despite Losses
Senate investigators learn that Chase National Bank voted former chairman Albert H. Wiggin $100000 a year for life while bank losses mounted. Wiggin said his salary excluding bonuses before retirement was $202000 annually. Pecora noted bank records showing reserves of over $212000000 set aside for losses in four years ending last July.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Chase National Bank
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase Securities Corporation
Wiggin
Ferdinand Pecora
Atmospheric Density at High Altitude
The text notes that at 31 miles above Earth the atmosphere remains but is extremely thin, with density about one seventeenthousand of surface levels, and it does not extend far beyond that height.
State Conservation Commission completes park condemnation filings
Virginia officials finished filing condemnation applications for Blue Ridge Mountain land in eight counties for a Shenandoah National Park. Condemnation orders were filed in Augusta Albemarle Greene and Madison, with earlier filings in Warren Rappahannock Page and Rockingham. A second Board of Arbitration to resolve land-price disputes was proposed by Attorney John T Harris of Clantinuad.
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The
Star
Harrisonburg
Virginia State Conservation and Development Commission
Blue Ridge Mountain
Augusta
Albemarle
Greene
Madison
Warren
Rappahannock
Page
Rockingham
Shenandoah National Park
John T. Harris
Negro Confesses To Attack On 82-Year-Old Wife
George Armwood, a negro, signed a confession to attacking Mrs. Mary Deniston, 82, near Princess Anne. State police captain witnessed the signing. Armwood held in Baltimore awaiting arraignment. John Richardson, farmer, is held as accessory after the fact. he misled officers before guiding Armwood toward a brother’s home near Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
George Armwood
Mary Deniston
Princess Anne
Edward McK. Johnson
Armwood
Rexton Ridgely
Farmer
Somerset County
John B. Robbins
Baltimore City
Edgar A. Jones
Robbins
John Richardson
Richardson
Virginia State Line
Law Student Reappears After A Kidnapping
William Walton Hall, 31, was reunited with his family as federal and state investigators probed his claim of kidnapping. He said three men forced him from his car Friday night, held him at a house, demanded 15000 then 9000 as ransom, and released him unharmed.
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Chicago
William Walton Hall
Harry de Lisle
Hall
Una Ee
Season Closed For Hunting Squirrels In Frederick
Frederick county ends the squirrel season last Saturday as per game warden F. W. Pingley. Squirrels may not be hunted until November 15 when the regular season opens and ends December 31. Only doves may be hunted during the closed period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
F. W. Pingley
Prison Terms For Velz's Assailants
The two assailants of American Roland Velz were sentenced to six months imprisonment in a speed court in Berlin for assault and battery. Velz, a Meriden Connecticut native, was struck twice in the face for failing to salute the Nazi emblem.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Roland Velz
Velz
Meriden
Conn
Knights of Malta Open Convention Opens in York
The fiftieth annual two day convention of the Supreme Grand Commandery of the Continent of America’s Ancient and Illustrious Order of Knights of Malta opened in York with more than 600 members and friends. A memorial service for deceased members was planned at noon and a Gettysburg battlefield tour for delegates’ wives was arranged.
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Associated Press
York
Supreme Grand Commandery of
Continent of America
Order of Knights of Malta
Gettysburg
Death summons Mrs. J. S. Coe at Boyce home
Mrs Eva Saunders Coe of Boyce Virginia dies after nearly two months illness at 1 30 am aged about 63 widow of John Soto Coe formerly of Frederick County who worked for the U S Internal Revenue Bureau Surviving are a son John brothers John and Williams Saunders sisters Mrs William Saunders Mrs Margaret Ferguson and Miss Anne Saunders Funeral from her home tomorrow at 10 am conducted by Rev R Duvall Chambers rector of Emmanuel Chapel Roanoke cremation to follow at Washington crematory
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Boyce
Eva Saunders Coe
Coe
John Soto Coe
Frederick County
John C. Coe
United States Internal Revenue Bureau
John and
Anne Saunders
Rocky Mount
John Coe
John
Williams Saunders
Roanoke
William Saunders
Margaret Ferguson
Episcopal Church
R. Duvall Chambers
Emmanuel Chapel
Washington Crematory
British Yacht Club Files America Cup Challenge
The Royal Yacht Squadron filed a format with the New York Yacht Club for the America Cup. The challenger Endeavor, led by T. O. M. Sopwith, is under construction. Designer Charles Nicholson, who drafted Lipton’s Shamrocks, designed Endeavor.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Yacht Squadron Today
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Europe
T. O. M. Sopwith
Charles Nicholson
Einstein Arrives in New York Amid Crowd Evasion
Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Walther Mayer land in New York aboard the Westernland and are hurried ashore by a tug to avoid crowds. Einstein will join the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton with Mayer as his assistant. Graf Zeppelin reaches Brazil on a 72 hour 40 minute flight from Germany, with plans to fly to Rio and then Chicago.
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Associated Press
New York
Albert Einstein
Europe
Einstein
United States
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
Walther Mayer
Vienna
Graf Zeppelin
Brazil
Pernambuco
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Chicago
Public Sale Notices At Winchester Court House
Public sale Saturday October 21 in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia. Home place 303 S Loudoun St B E Russell executor. Lost blue sleeveless zipper sweater return to Star Office. Reward offered by Pure Food Store In-1t.
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Court House
Winchester
Virginia
S. Loudoun Street
B. E. Russell
Star Office
Automobile Listings from Bickers Motor Co Description
SPECIAL 1-1932 Chrysler 6 Convertible De Luxe Coupe cost $1100 a few months ago. $595.00 1-1932 Ford 157 inch Closed Cab Truck with 32x6 Dual Tires on rear and Auxiliary Springs. Real bargain for 6. 6cet was $445.00 11933. Slightly used Model 40 V-8 Ford Coach. $525.00 BICKERS MOTOR CO. Home of Bickerized Used Cars 1N-17-1n-2t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Bickers Motor CO
Bargains remain at Peinberg's old stand sale
Bargains still left unsold at Peinberg's former stand after a long selling period. The notice notes ongoing sale of remaining items with dates and location referencing the old storefront.
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Peinberg
Convocation of Valley Set For Upperville Session
The one hundred and sixty first semi annual meeting of the Valley Convocation of the Protestant Episcopal Church for Northern Virginia will convene tonight at 8 o'clock in Trinity Church Upperville for a two day session. Twenty two parishes from Berryville to Culpeper Charlottesville and Harrisonburg are included.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Northern Virginia
Trinity Church
Upperville
Laurance Brent
Berryville
Culpeper
Charlottesville
Harrisonburg
B. Duvall Chambers
Millwood
Walter Williams
Fremont N. Hinkle
Markham
Stanley Brown
Virginia Seminary
W. Roy Mason
Charles Sheerin
Grace and
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
Federal Agency Begins Buying of Wheat for Relief
Governor Henry Morgenthau Jr of the Farm Credit Administration said purchases of wheat for human relief started today. Orders were placed at six markets and the buys are for the relief administration to distribute to the needy, supplementing surplus farm commodity efforts with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Relief Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Doubt and Risk Define The Rest Of Life And Energy
The text argues that energy and life hinge on doubt and the possibility of failure rather than assured victory or a guaranteed ideal future. It emphasizes uncertainty as the core driver of effort and progress.
Borah urges victor nations to honor Versailles disarmament pledge
Senator William E Borah chairman of the senate foreign relations committee appeals to the victor nations of World War I to disarm as promised in the Versailles treaty. He warns that the failure of the Geneva disarmament conference could lead to another war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Geneva
Byrd Improves Under Doctor's Care in Norfolk
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, confined by laryngitis at the Monticello Hotel, was described as considerably improved by Dr. Guy Shirey and expected to leave his room soon. Officials noted a clipped telephone wire cut his radio farewell, with Byrd unaware the link had failed. Byrd planned to sail aboard the Jacob Ruppert, or join by air if loading issues arise, to begin the Antarctic expedition.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Richard E. Byrd
Monticello Hotel
Guy Shirey
Richard E Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Navy Yard
Byrd
Jacob Ruppert
Panama Canal
Harold June
United States Withdraws From European Disarmament Talks
The Roosevelt administration decides to stay aloof as European nations decide on continuing arms reduction efforts. U S officials emphasize Americans came to Geneva for disarmament purposes only, signaling a cautious, nonpartisan stance amid the crisis.
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United States
Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Geneva
State Department
Norman H. Davis
American Am
Byrd demands proof of thieves in Virginia government
In Danville and Martinsville and Chatham campaign stops, Senator Harry F Byrd challenged Republican candidate Fred W McWane to name the thieves and prove corruption charges or be discredited before Virginia voters. McWane rebutted with accusations of Democratic misdeeds and utility-rate burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Danville
Harry F. Byrd
Fred McWane
Virginia
Chatham
Byrd
Fred W. McWane
Henry A. Wise
U.S
Martinsville
McWane
Attorney General’s Office
Democrats To Hold a Meeting
The City Democratic Executive Committee is summoned to meet at City Hall at 8 o clock tomorrow evening to finalize plans for voter turnout in the November 7 election. Full attendance is requested.
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City Democratic Executive Committee
Committees To Meet Tonight In Winchester Churches
Committees appointed by the pastors of Winchester churches will meet tonight at 7:45 in Handley Library Auditorium to discuss plans for a closer union of churches for better city service. All persons selected are urged to be present.
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Churches of
Winchester
Handley Library
Maryland Bankers' Association Opens 39th Convention
Baltimore host city opens the thirty ninth annual Maryland Bankers Association convention for a one day session. J A Walton of Annapolis Banking and Trust Company presides as association president with bankers from across the state in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland Bankers’ Association
J. A. Walton
Annapolis Banking and Trust Company
Association
DeHart Divorce Suit Filed in Corporation Court
Statutory grounds form the basis of Mrs. Gladys DeHart's suit for divorce from Clyde De Hart. The case has been filed in the Corporation Court.
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Gladys DeHart
Clyde DeHart
Corporation Court
Exhibit and Sale Under Way at Section B
Auspices Section B host an exhibit and sale at 33 West Piccadilly Street. Event runs Friday and Saturday with hours noted as 10 17 19 1p eod. Public attendance encouraged.
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W. Piccadilly St
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Gantic Project
Organization of Non
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Fred. Cooper
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Layton By Mistake
Wilson Shrine
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Geo. Washington
Chase
State Conservation Commission
Greene and
Knights of Malta
J. S. Coe
Frederick
British Yacht Club
Co. C. C
Valley
W. Francis Allison
Brandy Station
Francis A. Brown
Woodstock
A. B. Burwell
Greyton Graighill
Leesburg
W. B. Everett, III
Marshall
Kensey J. Hammond
C. Templeton
Lynwood
D. Campbell Mayers
Middleburg
Robert B. Nelson
Neve
Ivy Depot
T. Carter Page
Sanford L Rotter
the Plains
T. Watkins Tayloe
Louis Tucker
D. D
John A. Welbourn
E. L. Woodward
M. D
Orkney Springs
Federal
France
England
Me Wane
G. O. P. Nom
Bank Men of Maryland
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