Mrs Hoge Warns Drinking and Crime Rise in Virginia
Mrs Howard M Hoge opening the 45th annual Virginia WCTU convention in Danville denounces the A B C liquor system citing rising crime prison population and alcohol-related deaths. She notes large ABC sales in Danville and urges continued battle against liquor and the drink habit.
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Howard M. Hoge
Virginia
Virginia Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Danville
Ciry
Retired Minister Honored At Alexandria Testimonial
Rev Dr Regester retires from active ministry after 43 years in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. A testimonial dinner in Alexandria at the George Mason Hotel drew over 100 citizens. Speakers praised his service in Alexandria and district leadership. bouquet presented to Mrs Regester hindered by illness.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Winchester
Alexandria
George Mason Hotel
Martha E. Green
Chamber of Commerce
Norman Roberts
Methodist Protestant Church
Regester
John Paul Tyler
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ministerial Association
J. E. W. Timberman
Methodist Church
Charles H. Callahan
Citizens of
Francis H. Fannon
Regina Gottschalk
R. Samuel Luckett
American Losses Put At 15 Million In Shanghai War
After 69 days of battle in Shanghai American officials estimate 15 million dollars in American losses from bombs shells and fires. Foreign investments total 3.3 billion with foreigners facing higher overall losses. 1,990 Chinese and 16 foreigners dead in the international settlement and French concession through October 10, including three Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Clarence E. Gauss
Red Letter Edition of The New Testament Offered
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a red letter edition of the New Testament, 254 pages, black flexible cover with harmony, Bible history notes, and an index of biblical names. Price is 20 cents including handling. readers are urged to order via the information bureau with name address city and state.
Examinations Open for U S Civil Service Jobs
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations. Posts include associate refuge manager at 3200 dollars yearly and assistant and junior refuge manager roles with 2600 and 2000 dollars respectively. Also home economics information assistant at 2600 dollars. Full details from Herman Lee, secretary, at the local post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau of Home Economics
Herman Lee
U.S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Grace Moore Returns To Met Opera After Absent Years
Hollywood reports Grace Moore leaves a producer directive in New York and returns to the Metropolitan Opera after two years away, joining husband Valentin Parerra. Glady Swarthout endures tomatoes, Lily Pons sports a bird feather costume in new pictures.
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Hollywood
Gladys Swarthout
Lily Pons
Grace Moore
Valentin Parerra
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Murder Charge Shrouded by Attack on Mrs Mae Pollack
Police seek a mysterious attacker who bludgeoned Mrs Mae Pollack expec tant mother of New York and left her in a coma until her death after nine days. A former boarder was held but denied knowledge of the crime.
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Mae Pollack
New York
Gwynne Harrison
Jane Brooks
Margaret Dole
Richard E. Dole
Inez James
New York City
Washington
Richard Dole
Christmas Seal Sale Begins With Red Cross Coordination
Preparations at the Virginia Tuberculosis Association in Richmond anticipate the thirty first annual Christmas Seal campaign starting November 26, after Thanksgiving, with measures to avoid overlap with the Red Cross roll call on Armistice Day and Thanksgiving.
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Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Richmond
Red Cross
Leslie Combs Foster
American Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Miss Foster
Juniors Hold Annual Meet at Charlottesville
Juniors entertained 150 members of United American Mechanics at a banquet and dance after opening sessions of their annual meeting in Charlottesville. State Senator Robert O Norris urged upholding American democracy against communism and fostering Christian charity among members.
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Charlottesville
United American Mechanics
A. W. Glenn Council No. 7
Richmond
State Council
Robert O. Norris
Prominent Shenandoah County Merchant Dies at 33
Nevin Funkhouser of Bayse near Mt. Jackson died at Rockingham Memorial Hospital at 3:30 AM from pneumonia. A leading Shenandoah County lumber magnate, he built mills across five Virginia and three West Virginia counties. Survived by wife Gladys Mumaw and six children, funeral services will be at Powdersprings Lutheran Church with Masonic rites.
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Woodstock
Nevin Funkhouser
Shenandoah County
Bayse
Mt. Jackson
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Funkhouser
Harrisonburg
Homer
Anna Funkhouser
Virginia
West Virginia
Lutheran Church
Mt. Jackson Lodge
A. F
A. M
Gladys Mumaw
Orkney Springs
Harold
Billy
Phylis
Bobby
Jimmy
Franklin Funkhouser
Mr. Funkhouser
Powdersprings Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge of
Hable's Palace Presents You Can't Have Everything Cast
Hable's Palace Theatre shows Alice Five Ritz Bros Don Ameche and Charles Winninger Louise Hovick Rubinoff and his violin Tony Martin Arthur Treacher in a 20th Century Fox musical. The attraction promises a bigger, sweeter, sensational program with tapping numbers crooning voices and wild antics plus a Fox news reel.
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Alice Five
The
Ritz Bros
Don Ameche
Charles Winniger
Louise Hovick
Rubinoff
Tony Martin
Arthur Treacher
Hable’s Palace Theatre
20Th Century Fox
Fox News
Will Rogers Humorous Story about a Stuttering Scot
A Chicago broker hires a stuttering Scot to run a long distance line and he learns to bid in nickels and cents. The tale ends with his father declaring him vice president next day.
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Chicago
New York
American News Features, Inc
Crop Rotation Emphasized to Save Virginia Soil
Virginia conservation leaders and 25 farmers outlined strategies for 400 to 4500 Rockingham county farms at Harrisonburg. officials cited crop rotations to maintain a green root system year round, plus liming and fertilizer, and improving permanent meadows and pastures to protect soil.
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Virginia
Rockingham County
Soil Conservation Service
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Sutcheson
Harrisonburg
Thin Ice shines with original flair in Sonja Henie film
Warner Bros Cap Capitol presents Thin Ice a Twentieth Century Fox musical starring Sonja Henie Tyrone Power. The review praises the film for its originality and stunning beauty while noting Henie’s skating talent dictates meticulous planning and production.
Social notes from Millwood and nearby towns in Va
Millwood records several social happenings. Kenneth N. Gilpin and Mrs. Gilpin returned from Knoxville to dedicate a flying field in memory of Lieut. McGee Tyson. Various locals host luncheons, bridge parties, and visits, with guests from Fort Royal St. Louis New York and Washington.
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Millwood
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Scabby
Knoxville
Tenn
Catherine Jones
Robert Hicks
Fort Royal, Va
Charles Jones
Social Weekend Guests Attend Debut and Weddings
William J Hogan, former Blue Ridge teacher now at W E S, stayed with Mrs A B Bevan. Mrs William Bell Watkins and Mrs Earl Boy-Ed left for New York and Maine. Miriam Scott visited The Moorings in Richmond. Margaret Della Meade, Sweet Briar student, spent weekend in Richmond and attended a Richmond debutante dance. Clarke residents attended Peggy Matheson and Fairfax Randolph wedding and reception.
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William J. Hogan
Blue Ridge Country School
A. B. Bevan
William Bell Watkins
Earl Boy-Ed
New York
Maine
Margaret Della Meade
Sweet Briar College
Richmond
Eleanor Little
Mrs. Ellet
Helen Ellet
John Rhodes
David Allen
Clarke
Peggy Matheson
Fairfax Randolph
R. G. Mitchell
Agnes Mitchell
Ryland Mitchell
Henry Mitchell
Thomas N. Carter
George Burwell
Robert Randolph
Mary Lewis
Joe Lewis
Mary O'Fallon
Percy Randolph
Graham Dougherty
Beverley
Alex. MacKay Smith
Richard Dole
Margaret Dole
Fred Reed
Everard Meade
Butler
Ewart Johnson
W. B. Watkins
Social Scenes Highlight Kinlock Dance Weekend
A social event at Kinlock hosted by Mr and Mrs Tazewell Eliot featured a Saturday night dance. Attendees enjoyed dinners and cocktail parties and followed the V M I versus University of Richmond football game.
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Tazewell Eliot
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Collins
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Winchester Evening Star
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Washington, D.C
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Will Rogers
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Memorial Flying Field
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Mt. Airy
Mary Page
Agnes Page
Douglas Crocker
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Jane Cary Randolph
Mary Dougherty
Anne Meade
Louis Meade
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Winchester, Va
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Mt. Williams, Va
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