Death Summons Edward Valentine Noted Sculptor
Edward Virginius Valentine famed sculptor of the recumbent Robert E. Lee statue in Lexington Virginia died at his Richmond home just before his ninety second birthday. Funeral services will be held at St James Episcopal Church with burial in Hollywood. He studied medicine briefly before turning to art and traveled Europe to study under Couture and the old masters.
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Edward Virginius Valentine
Robert E. Lee
Lexington
Richmond
Valentine
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Hollywood
Gen Lee
Valet
Dramache Astyanax
Lee
Mr. Valentine
Virginia
Medical College of Virginia
Europe
Paris
Couture
Florence
Michelangelo
Raphael
da Vinci
Rome
Naples
Milan
Berlin
August Kiss
America
Prohibition Agents Bonded After Still Fire Near Harriston
H R Dinges Dirting two federal prohibition agents bonded for 200 dollars for appearance before Augusta County Circuit Court grand jury. Fire Warden Gray Barnhart alleges they left a raid before extinguishing a still site fire costing 101 28 and burning timber valued at 200. Civil action possible if landowner pursues damages. case overlaps with Commonwealth prosecution of the officers.
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H. R. Dinges
Augusta County Circuit Court
Gray Barnhart
Newhope
Harriston
Blue Ridge Mountains
Barnhart
Dinges
Dirting
Prohibition
Commonwealth
Admiral Byrd Acclaimed by Connecticut Officials in Hartford
Rear Admiral Byrd received a tumultuous Hartford welcome as state officials presented him with a medallion. Thousands attended Bushnell lectures by the Children’s Museum to hear the explorer recount his Antarctic flight and see moving pictures of Little America. Governors Trumbull Batteson praised the feats as inspiring a generation of youths and adults alike.
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Admiral Byrd
Connecticut
Hartford
Evelyn Byrd
Antarctica
Bushnell Memorial
Children's Museum
Little America
Byrd
South Pole
Omage
Trumbull
Batterson
Columbus
South
Jand
Red Cross Roll Call Praised By Judge Weems
Judge Donald L Weems of Winchester Virginia writes to H B McCormac urging strong support for the 1930 Red Cross Roll Call starting October 22. He stresses growing winter needs fuel food and clothing and offers court aid to the local Red Cross chapter.
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H. B. McCormac
American Red Cross
Donald L Weems
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Winchester
Red Cross
Roll Call
The
Donald L, Weems
Winmill Coach Tumbles On Sharp Warrenton Curve
Warrenton Va October 20 The four horses drawing the Winmill tallyho swerved on a steep grade in front of the courthouse at 2 PM The vehicle turned on its side and the occupants were thrown out Mrs Winmill and her husband were rushed to Fauquier County Hospital with injuries She may have a fractured hip and both are reported resting easily later Dr Folk and physicians treated the injuries Several other occupants suffered only severe shock The Winmills are prominent New York social figures and stock exchange brokers later tied to past social events in Warrenton
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Warrenton
Robert C. Winmill
Winchester Street
Lee Highway
Winmill
Townsend
New York
F. 8
Grace
Frank Folk
Gude, Winmill & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Ott
Rime Row
Clovelly
Elizabeth Walter Converse
Chevy Chase
David Drage
Kansas City
Washington
Falls Church
Converse
Drage
Dedication of New Church Opens Capital Meetings
Crowds from Winchester and Shenandoah Valley gathered at Thomas Circle at sunrise to dedicate the new National Christian Church as the five day Disciples of Christ and World Youth conventions opened in Washington. The dedication followed a five day international convention program with services at Constitution Hall and a sermon by Rev. Earle Wilfrey.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Thomas Circle
Washi
New National Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Washington Auditorium
Constitution Hell
Churches of Christ
Churches Christ
Constitution Hall
Man Assaults Two Officers Over $2 Debt
In a tense arrest on Loudoun street Anderson resisted two patrolmen Cline and Funk after an argument at his home and a missing Morgan. He was subdued with a club, arraigned before Judge Weems, and fined $50 for the disturbance while other defendants faced fines for speeding drunkenness and illegal liquor possession as police raids continued.
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Anderson
Cline J and
Funk
Morgan
C. R. Anderson
Weems
Saaitioner
Dewey VanLear
Lucious Thomas
John Triplett
Piccadilly Street
Triplett
O. G. Lonas
South Loudoun Street
Brill
Killing Frosts Reported Across Winchester Area
Cold snap hits the area with thermometers at 28 degrees in Winchester and 26 or lower in the county. Ice forms where water stood, and the Weather Bureau forecasts more killing frosts tonight with persistently cold conditions into tomorrow.
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Winchester
United States Weather Bureau
Star Today
City Auto Tags Ready for Pick Up at Police Station
Winchester automobile owners who paid for city license plates but did not receive them should report to police headquarters to collect their plates. A new supply has arrived and is available for pickup.
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Winchester
Will of J. M. Oates Leaves Estate to Wife as Executrix
The will admitted to probate in the Corporation Court names Mrs. Annie V. Oates as sole heir and executrix without security. Dated February 16 1920, testator J. M. Oates died October 8. Mrs. Oates supplied a personal bond of $1,500.
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J. M. Oates
Corporation Court
Annie V. Oates
Oates
Daughter To Get Mother's Estate In Probate
Mrs. Laura R. Slonaker’s will probated in the Corporation Court assigns her entire estate to her daughter Miss Minnie Slonaker who is named executrix without security on her bond set at 2500 dollars. The will bears the date May 4 1925.
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Laura R. Slonaker
Corporation Court
Minnie Slonaker
Will of George T Taylor Proves Estate to Wife Executrix
The late farmer George T Taylor died weeks ago and his will was probated in Corporation Court. It leaves his entire estate to wife Clara A Taylor who is named executrix and posted bond of 300. The will is dated June 24 1913. Dr and Mrs J M McKinnan of Washington Pa are guests at the George Washington Hotel. FOR RENT Office or desk room Heat light furnished Write 987 c/o Star ip11.
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Taylor
Clara
A Taylor
Mrs. J. M. McKinnan
Washington, Pa
George Washington Hotel
Fire calls to bedroom blaze on North Kent Street
The local fire department was summoned about 9 30 this morning to a fire in a bedroom at 428 North Kent Street. Dense smoke poured from the upper story as firefighters broke windows and dumped two booster tanks. Damage to the two story frame house owned by G M Preffitt was about 300 dollars. contents in the room were destroyed. The occupant family, the Butlers, had only moved in on Saturday. cause of the blaze could not be learned.
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North Kent Street
G. M. Preffitt
West Monmouth Street
Fourteen Dead in Spanish Floods At Tarragona
The Associated Press reports heavy rains since Saturday caused floods along the Francoli river near Tarragona Spain. Fourteen people are known dead and more than twenty may be missing believed drowned. Flood damage to livestock real estate and personal property is expected to reach into the millions of pesetas. Railroad traffic is at a standstill.
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Associated Press
Tarragona
Spain
Fourten
Francoli
Union Terminal Officials Robbed in Dallas Heist
Three men robbed Union Terminals cashier B. W. Moore and guard C. H. Murray in Dallas on October 20, taking between 16 000 and 17 000 dollars. The robbery happened on a busy street corner as the culprits fled in an automobile.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
B. W. Moore
Union
Cc. H. Murray
New York Efforts to Curb Noise Questioned Amid Crooning
City officials push to curb nuisance sounds but a crooning tenor continues to sing, undermining measures. The contrast highlights tension between reform goals and ongoing festival performances.
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New York
Winter Winds Howl Through Plains Snow Hits Multiple States
Winter's premature visit to the mid continent and Rocky Mountain region brings snow and frost into Kansas, Missouri, and Kentucky with subzero readings. Snow reported in Wyoming North Dakota and Minnesota as a blizzard from Lake Erie closes Buffalo area roads and schools. Temperature drops to 29 degrees, the coldest October 20 since 1922.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Midcontinent
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Rockies
Great Lakes
Wyoming
North Dakota
Minnesota
Buffalo
N. Y
Western
Ork
Lake
Mild Cases of Smallpox Found In Jefferson Co
Health authorities from Jefferson and Berkeley counties in West Virginia and Washington County in Maryland joined to combat a smallpox outbreak in Shepherdstown across the state line. Dr Edward Cameron reports 15 to 20 mild cases and appeals for vaccine to stop spread.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Mad
West Virginia
Washington County
Maryland
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Maryland-West Virginia
Edward Cameron
Jefferson County
W. Ross Cannon
Jefferson
Washington Counties
Berkeley County
Three Rescued Off Long Island After Dory Upset
Three fishermen were rescued after their overturned dory was found deserted in Long Island Sound. George Schmidt 30 Yonkers Harry Eisler 19 New York and Walter Rielly 30 New York spent the night clinging to the capsized boat for over two hours before being landed at Fairfield Beach. Harry Schmidt 28 swam to shore for aid as the others were brought to the Penfield Reef lighthouse by the keeper.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Long Island Sound
Fairfield Beach
Penfield Reef
George Schmidt
Yonkers
Harry Eisler
New York
Walter Rielly
Harry Schmidt
George
Court to Hear Appeal on Maryland Hunting Blind Case
The Supreme Court announced probable jurisdiction in the appeal of Thomas M. Wampler challenging Maryland game laws that barred erecting a hunting blind before his Potomac river property in Charles County. The case was advanced for a November 24 hearing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Thomas M. Wampler
Maryland
Potomac River
Charles County
Alleged Robber Captured After Local Search
Clarence Butler, a recent arrival in the area, was captured by Sheriff Pannett and Officer Funk after a statewide pursuit. Indicted in Orange County for burglary of $500, Butler fled to Winchester before traveling to Virginia. Police found him asleep in a boarding house with about 70 dollars on his person and a similar amount in a bank.
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Clarence Butler
Orange County
Pannett
Funk
Butler
Winchester
Funeral Held for Zachary Taylor Larrick in Rock Enon Springs
The funeral of Zachary Taylor Larrick, announced by The Star, was held Thursday in Shiloh Church Winchester. A long procession accompanied the casket to Mount Hebron Cemetery where interment followed. Pallbearers were grandsons and a nephew.
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Rock Enon Springs
Zachary Taylor Larrick
Star
Harvey Brill
Capon Bridge
Shiloh Church
Cartney H. Anderson
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Yorktown anniversary marked by mass celebration
Thousands gathered in Yorktown Virginia for the 149th anniversary of Cornwallis surrender. US cruisers on the York River displayed flag salutes to visiting governors Pollard and Tobey and other officials. A crowd filled streets and the Victory monument as memorial services began, with plans for a sesquicentennial observance next year.
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Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
United States
York River
Pollard
Virginia
Tobey
New Hampshire
Red Cross Drive Urges Marking Receipts as Cash or Pledge
The central Red Cross committee asks all solicitors in the 1930 local roll call to mark membership receipts as cash or pledge during the drive. The measure aids bookkeeping at the Red Cross office and was noted as overlooked at a recent meeting.
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Central Committee
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Victory For German Cabinet Steadies Market
New York reports a sweeping rise in share prices as the Bruening cabinet wins a large Reichstag majority, easing unresolved uncertainty. Manufacturing and utility shares show notable strength amid light volume trading. rails largely inactive. Call money holds at 2 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Bruening
Reichstag
Bears
Announcement of Harper Method Shop demonstration tonight
Advertisement invites readers to a demonstration at Harper Method Shop at 7 30 tonight offering permanent wave service. Read page 3 for details.
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Harper Method Shop
Garber and Philps Speech at Colonial Theatre Tonight
Political advertisement for Congressman J A Garber with Asst Postmaster General John W Philps to speak at the Colonial Theatre Tuesday night at 8 o clock. Known as a representative who works for his people.
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Colonial Theatre
John W. Philps
Agency for the Hudson Essex cars at Cook's Service Garage
The Hudson Essex agency is now located at Cook's Service Garage on Valley Pike, run by proprietor R N Cook. Customers are invited for continued service and support at the new address.
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Hudson-Essex
Cook
N. Cook
Valley Pike
The Perfect Baby A Visitor Here
Mr and Mrs A K Donovan and infant daughter Sherry of Baltimore Md motored here Saturday evening and stayed at George Washington Hotel Their guest was their aunt Miss Emma Howard Wight Their daughter Sherry eighteen months old has been pronounced a hundred percent perfect baby and her photograph will appear in the December issue of Physical Culture magazine on sale about November 15.
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A. K. Donovan
Sherry
Baltimore
George Washington Hotel
Emma Howard Wight
Physical Culture Magazine
Sun
Cochran Family Plans Move to Charles Town
Mr and Mrs George Cochran travel to Charles Town West Virginia to establish their future home with daughter Mrs Shepherd. Formerly custodian of Frederick County buildings and grounds in this city he retired years ago due to ill health and is now much improved.
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George Cochran
Charles Town
West Va
Shepherd
Cochran
Frederick County
Favors Refund To Western Maryland Railroad
The Internal Revenue Bureau recommended a tax refund of 116,941 dollars to the Western Maryland Railroad of Baltimore for overassessments in 1924 and 1925. Representative Garner of Texas, a minority member of the joint committee, reports the action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garner
Demat
Texas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Joint Congressional Committee
Internal Revenue
Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore
Treasury
Perfection Golf Course Now Open
The Perfection Golf Course opens with admission set at 15 cents. Brook s Doran are named in the notice. The short notice lists dates 10 20 10 21 and highlights new facility access.
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Perfection
Brooks & Doran
Not John P. Lamb In Keeseeker Case Clarified
A Star article clarifies that the John Lamb involved in the Keeseeker liquor chase is not the John P. Lamb of Baker Drug Store. The two men are not known to each other, and naming confusion caused embarrassment for Mr. John P. Lamb. The Keeseeker case implicates a different John Lamb who is a ferrier here.
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John Lamb
Keeseeker
John P. Lamb
Baker Drug Store
Child Dies From Cholera Infantum
Helen C. Dicks, 18 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omer L. Dicks of Double Toll gate, died about midnight Saturday night after cholera infantum. She leaves parents, one brother Kenneth and four sisters Anna May Goldie Zelma Oleda Dicks. Funeral was at 2 pm today at Macedonia Church on Front Royal Road with Rev. P. R. Deth officiating. burial in the church cemetery.
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Helen C. Dicks
Omer L. Dicks
Double Tollgate
Kenneth
Anna May
Goldie
Zelma
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Frank T. McFaden
Lexington Chapel
Augusta
Prederick
Valley of Virginia
Morgan Anderson
Winchester Steam Laundry
Mr. Taylor
George T
Jefferson Co
Long Island
Dory
Taylor Larrick
Red Cross Drive
J. A. Garber
Favors
W. M. Railroad
B. & C. Raisin Bread
Phane
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