Mail Carriers Distribution of Political Literature Reported
Sheriff Luther Pannett of Frederick County files complaints with the Post Office Department Civil Service Commission and Senator Swanson alleging rural Winchester carriers distribute Republican literature in mail boxes on their routes. Officials acknowledge receipt and pledge action under postal laws and civil service rules.
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Winchester Postoffice
United States Postoffice Department
Luther Pannett
Frederick County
Pannett
United States Civil Service Commission
United States
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Welles
Sheriff Pannett
Winchester
E. C. Babcock
The
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
T. F. Fitch
Swanson
Mrs Hoover Heads National Relief Committee
Mrs Herbert Hoover is named honorary head of a national women's committee for relief and welfare mobilization formed at the request of Newton D Baker to assist his national citizens' committee in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
National
Woman’s Committee For Relief and Welfare
Newton D. Baker
National Citizens’ Committee
Quiet Returns to Portsmouth Penitentiary After Riot
Kingston Ont Oct 21 Portsmouth penitentiary once more quiet after a day of siege following a major riot that last Monday left over 900 inmates in turmoil. Troops with machine guns aided guards as shootings occurred mainly in the air. one inmate was shot in the shoulder. Guards were not believed held as hostages.
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Associated Press
Kingston
Ont
Portsmouth Penitentiary
Gilbert Smith
Toronto Mail and Empire
Hugh Guthrie
Stock Market Faces Sudden Early Selloff in New York
The market opened with a sharp, unexplained selling surge, pulling many issues down two to five points in New York trading. The decline covered nearly all groups, but prices steadied by midday as several issues recovered slightly. Sterling cables traded at 3.387% for money with a renewed rate of 1%.
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New York
Shower Honors Recent Bride Ada Carter Strosnider
Mrs. Mildred Fincham Frances Terault and Lula Whitacre hosted a shower for Mrs. Lyle Strosnider at East German street. Over 30 guests attended veiled gifts formed as a wedding cake and a salad and dessert course followed. Mrs Strosnider formerly Ada Carter daughter of Samuel and Mary Carter of Frederick county and she married Mr Strosnider last Saturday in Hagerstown Maryland.
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Lyle Strasnider
Mildred Fincham
Frances Terault
Lula Whitacre
East Germain Street
Strosnider
Ada Carter
Samuel Carter
Frederick County
Mr. Strosnider
Hagerstown
Howard Clowe Visits Winchester on Vacation
Howard W. Clowe of Jackson Mississippi arrives in Winchester for his annual vacation to visit his mother Mrs. H Wyatt Clowe at her North Washington Street home. He is also brother of Mrs. B F Davis and Mifflin B Clowe, both of this city.
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Howard W. Clowe
Jackson, Miss
Winchester
H. Wyatt Clowe
North
Washington Street
Clowe
B. F. Davis
Mifflin B. Clowe
Roosevelt Promises Plan to Refinance Farm Mortgages
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt told a Springfield crowd at the Armory he would propose to Congress a refinancing plan for farm mortgages and enforce legislation to scale down amortization for federal land bank borrowers. He spoke in Springfield and at the Lincoln tomb before thousands, urging federal action to stabilize the coal industry and support economic recovery.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Springfield Armory
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Lincoln
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Lrts
Lincoln Tomb
Springfield Arsenal
Terre Haute
Ind
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Indianapolis
Democratic Party
Death notices Annie Trenary 55 Cumberland Md
Mrs Annie E Trenary 55 wife of Joseph N Trenary long time resident of Cumberland Md died last evening after years of ill health Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at family home burial in Cumberland cemetery She was born near Luray Va daughter of the late Isaac P and Mary Cave Survived by husband two children Webster and Helen Trenary Edwin died last year Four brothers Andrew Cave Luke Md Bred Cave Paw Paw Wrey Cave and Daniel Cave plus relatives in Winchester and Uray Va
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Annie E. Trenary
Joseph N. Trenary
Cumberland
Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church of
Trenary
Isaac P
Mary Broyles Cave
Luray
Page County
Charles D. Sloat
Winchester
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Samuel W. Trenary
Imported bulbs display at Rainbowridge Gardens
See fancy Tulip and Hyacinth Crocus bulbs direct from Holland at special prices. We plant them for you and guarantee complete satisfaction. Rainbowridge Gardens at George Washington Hotel is reachable by phone 819 or 1058.
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Holland
Rainbowridge Gardens
George Washington
Wonder Department Store Announces Closing Sale Tomorrow
The Wonder Department Store at 6 North Loudoun Street announces a closing sale starting at 9 am tomorrow. The ad says all stock is offered at the lowest prices in the store's history and fixtures will be sold as the business retires.
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The
Star
Wonder Department
North
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Penny award in breach suit against Nesbitt
Baltimore court awards Miss Katherine Betty Warner one cent damages in her breach of promise suit against Joseph Irwin France Nesbitt nephew of former Senator France Nesbitt sought fifty thousand dollars for broken engagement after a five year acquaintance.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Katherine Betty Warner
Joseph Irwin France Nesbitt
Joseph I. France
Body found in sack identified as Bufano and Marino
A man trussed in a sack was dumped in a red sedan on East Seventh Eighth Street near First Avenue. About 2000 spectators gathered as 50 police officers kept order. Police later identified the corpse as Dominick Bufano aka Vicky and John W. Marino, alleged gunman and racketeer.
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Associated Press
New York
First Avenue
East Seventh-Eighth Street
Dominick Bufano
Vicky
John W. Marino
Heatrolas At A Big Saving Trade-In Offer
Miller and Anderson advertise a sale of heatrolas and Sunbeam heaters, with many slightly used units offered at one third of original price. Trade-ins welcome from customers upgrading heating systems.
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Miller & Anderson
Local leaders discuss municipal finance at Virginia meet
Mayor Charles R. Anderson and City Manager P. P. Pilcher return from the League of Virginia Municipalities convention in Charlottesville. They report debates on tax relief and higher welfare spending, with focus on unemployment relief and budget pressures. The next meeting may be in Danville to aid attendance by city managers.
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Charles R. Anderson
P. P. Pilcher
League of Virginia
Charlottesville
Mark Twain
Danville
Virginia
Anderson
Henry P. Beck
Richmond
Police Association
Winchester
Hollis
Broughton
Portsmouth
James
McQuade
Sydney B. Hall
John Bauer
American Public Utilities Bureau of New York
Yancey
Petersburg
Pilcher
Coleman
Williamsburg
Special Sale on Silk Stockings and Overcoat Bargain
The ad promotes Blue Moon Full Fashioned Silk Stockings at 69e per pair by Margaret L. Hodgson and highlights a fine tailor-made overcoat offered as a real bargain. Contact via phone 41-1.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Wanted apples Stayman Black Twig and other varieties
Advertisement from National Fruit Product Co seeks apples including Stayman and Black Twig, plus drops culls and tree run. Phone 434. 20-1p-31.
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National Fruit Product CO
Demonstration Notice By General Electric Appliance
Demonstration tomorrow by General Electric appliance dealer Jno S Miller and Co. inclines customers to view the new line.
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General Electric
Jno
S. Miller & CO
Upshaw says Hoover has no chance of re election
Richmond Oct. 20 William D Upshaw prohibition party candidate declares Hoover doomed to lose in the November election He accuses Hoover of surrendering to the wet faction and argues drys should vote their conscience to back the prohibition ticket.
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White House
Upshaw
Richmond
William D. Upshaw
Prohibition Party
Herbert Hoover
North
South
Middle West
England
Mr. Hoover
Prohibition
Hoover
America
Deaway
al Smith
Raskob
Notable Virginians Rally in Winchester Political Show
A large political rally at the Colonial Theatre on Main Street Winchester features J A Garber Henry A Wise M Lankford George Cole Scott Fred W McWane and Roland E Chase. The Republican Executive Committee advertises a free event October 26 at 8 PM with brass band music and broad attendance urged.
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J. A. Garber
Henry A. Wise
Menalius Lankford
Norfolk
George Cole Scott
Fred W McWane
Roland E. Chase
Colonial Theatre
Main ST
Winchester
Virginia
Valley
Washington
Congress
Republican Executive Committee
Loudoun ST
Silver Tea And White Elephant Sale
Christ Church Parish House hosts a Silver Tea and White Elephant sale on Saturday October 22 from 4 to 6 p m. Proceeds support parish activities and community outreach.
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Christ Church Parish House
Mrs Clara Snapp dies at Forest Glen Maryland home
Mrs Clara Snapp wife of Minor W Snapp died at their Forest Glen Maryland home on a Wednesday evening after months of ill health. She is survived by her husband a son of Mr and Mrs James B Snapp two other sons her parents two sisters and two brothers. The funeral at St John s Lutheran Church Mt Williams will be Sunday at 1 pm with interment in the church cemetery. New dresses and coats shown at Moling and Cather s.
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Clara Snapp
Minor W. Snapp
Forest Glen
Handley Band Delights City Mass Meeting in Virginia
Thousands attended a Democratic rally at City Hall Auditorium in Northern Virginia with Judge Howard W. Smith and Attorney R. Gray Williams describing Republican tariff policies as favoring big business. Williams urged change while Smith criticized Reconstruction Finance Corporation lending to large firms. Continued on Page Five.
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Northern
Virginia
City Hall
Handley High School
Frederick Plaza
Howard W. Smith
Eighth District
Alexandria
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Burr P. Harrison
Judge Smith
Williams
Noble C. Pierce
Democratic Executive Committee
G. Reginald Haines
Roosevelt-Garner-Robertson Club
D. W. Ritenour
Attorney Harrison
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Attorney Williams
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A collage of brief items from Nantes to San Francisco. War rations boost Brittany fishing with canned sardines, a whale meat tale in New York, a Bronx hunger strike by a lion and other animals, a shooting scare in Sydney, a ghostly work plan in Seminole Oklahoma, a missing husband in Oklahoma City, and a cat burglar alarm incident in San Francisco.
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Nantes
France
Brittany
New York
Sultan II
Bronx
Leopards
Tigers
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Postoffice Department
Mrs. Hoover
Baker
Kingston Pen
Howard Clowe
Roosevelt
Garner
Gibson Baker
Atuncoln
TUS
J.N
Ill Halth
Wonder Dept
Miss Warner
Heatrolas
Dr. Anderson
Mr. Pilcher
Convention of
Virginia League
DR. Wilson
Hutcheson
Extension Division
Chapel of Christ Episcopal Church
West Boscawen Street
John R. Hutcheson
Blacksburg
Gertrude Drinker
Augusta County
Gurnsey
Odette Gurnsey
Reliance
Mabel Massie
Middletown
Stephens City
Frank M. Boucher
Warner Brothers’ Theatres
Capitol Theatre
Jack Holt
Christ
Elizabeth Farrar
Maryland
Moling & Cather's
Handley Band
Democratic Club
Sydney
N. S
Okla
Homan
Oklahoma City
Topeka
San Francisco
Bandoni
Mouser
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