Vets Benefits Highlighted by Local Red Cross Work
The Red Cross Home Service assists veterans in Winchester and Frederick County with War Service cases. In the past year it secured back pay and pension increases totaling 6070.31 dollars and paid salaries totaling 1501.13 dollars plus 281.58 dollars in office costs. The chapter aims for 1500 members during the eighteenth Annual Roll Call from October 29 to November 3.
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Red Cross
War Service
The
Veterans’ Bureau
Laison Representative Service
Winchester
Frederick County
Nis
FERA
Community visitors and local events in Stephenson area
Mr and Mrs James Beatty of Front Royal spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs Vernon Ashby and family. Guests included Mr and Mrs Aubrey Sealock and son Mason, Mrs Ernest Sealock and daughters Virginia and Lucy of Remount Depot. Mrs Mildred Parlett of Winchester visited Cumberland Maryland.
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Cumberland
A. J. Prince
Martinsburg
W. Va
Shenandoah Hotel
Ruth McKee
Winchester
Asbury Fiddler
Hagerstown
Ray Keller
Washington
Rally Day Services Draw Community in Refuge
Refuge Virginia Oct 24 daylight report notes attendees at Ridings Chapel Rally Day services Sunday evening. Visiting households include Mr and Mrs Joe Connor and Monroe, Mr Harley Ridenour, and guests Phil Bowman, two sons, A S Nelson, Marvin Nelson. Mrs Lyda Grim remains ill at her daughter’s home.
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Refuge
Ridings Chapel
Elizabeth Ridenour
Joe . Conner
Monroe
Harley Ridenour
James Orndoff
Phil Bowman
A. 8. Nelson
Marvin Nelson
Sheldon Eaton
Victor Gatewood
Baltimore
Lyda Grim
David Ebersole
Plum Tree In City Bloom Defiantly Despite Season Skepticism
Seasons mean little to a plum tree at Fred Cochran's home on South Kent street. When conditions for bloom are right the tree displays its charms, and Mr. Cochran brought a sprig of white blossoms to The Star to prove the tree's heavy bloom.
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Fred Cochran
South Kent Street
Cochran
Star Office
Cited To Court For Contempt In Frederick County
An order from Frederick County Circuit Court requires James Harrison Polhamus to appear on Thursday morning October 25 at 11 o’clock to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to pay $10 a month for the maintenance, support and education of his daughter as previously ordered.
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Frederick County
James Harrison Polhamus
Daugher
Mae West at Capitol Ends Tonight in Belle of the Nineties
Mae West headlines the Cap itol bill with Belle of the Nineties as part of a double feature. The program also includes The Richest Girl in the World with Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray and Lady By Choice starring Carol Lombard May Robson with supporting cast Roger Pryor Walter Connolly and others.
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Mae West
Capitol
Roger Pryor
John Mack Brown
John Miljan
Duke Ellington
Katherine DeMille
Warren Hymer
Stuart Holmes
Mariam Hopkins
Joel McCrea
Fay Wray
Carol Lombard
May Robson
Miss Lombard
Miss Robson
Roc
Walter Connolly
Hable's Palace Screens Gaynor Ayres Last Night and Dunn Faye Rentals
Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres star in Servant’s Entrance at Hable's Palace for last showings tonight with a Fox News Reel and cartoon. Thursday and Friday James Dunn and Alice Faye in 365 Nights in Hollywood promise nonstop laughs and thrills with a news reel and Good Luck musical finale.
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Janet Gaynor
Lew Ayres
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Fox
Palace Theatre
Gaynor
Fox News
James Dunn
Alice Faye
Hable’s Palace
Hollywood
Flashes of Life items from several towns
In Cleveland Tennessee Bud McCalester fends off a prowler with a safety pin as his dog arrives to help. In Muskogee Oklahoma Ferris Barks, 21, survives a gunshot wound with the heart on the right side. In Newton Massachusetts liquor store owner Thomas Flanagan narrowly recalls a prior robbery after a mistaken phone call. In Atlanta Georgia 74 year old A B Kinsey is injured when a church bell rope snaps.
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McCalester
Muskogee
Okla
Ferris Barks
Newton
Mass
Thomas Flanagan
Flanagan
Atlanta
A. B. Kinsey
Uncle Sam profile seen on Pikes Peak slopes at night
In Colorado Springs residents report a moonlit sight of Uncle Sam’s profile on Pikes Peak during winter nights between midnight and 1 a m from a Colorado Springs vantage point. The annual occurrence draws local curiosity as a familiar lighted silhouette.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Uncle Sam
Pikes Peak
Colorado Spring
Chickens Spill Onto Wheeling Street After Crash
A Wheeling West Virginia road crash caused crates with 150 chickens to spill from a truck and burst open. The driver recovered only a few birds as startled residents watched the scene unfold.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Springtime In The Rockies In Hamilton Montana
Warm rains bring budding grass to the Bitter Root valley as springtime mood returns to Hamilton Montana. The change in season is noted amid mountain scenery and local farming activity.
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Rockies
Hamilton, Mont
Repair Work on Valley Avenue Shoulder Upgrade
State highway department crews repair Valley Avenue by filling holes with gravel and tar to improve safety and curb vehicle wear. J Henkel Henry moves fence back to align with right of way for future road rebuild tied to the Lee Jackson highway project.
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State Highway Department
Valley Avenue
J. Henkel Henry
Lee-Jackson Highway
Swans in Abbotsbury Swannery Claim Record Numbers
The Abbotsbury swannery in England hosts about 1,000 swans, with reports of 1,006 birds as part of its sanctuary. Separate notes mention a sound used to cook eggs and a belief that noise can resemble heat effects on molecules.
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Abbotsbury
England
Field Trials at Camp Lee Set for November 12
The Virginia Amateur Field Trial Association announces its fifteenth annual fall trials will begin Monday November 12 at Camp Lee Virginia. Entries and inquiries are being received by J W King of Richmond secretary of the association. The fifteenth annual meeting will be held in Petersburg on the night of November 12.
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Richmond
Virginia Amateur Field Trial Association
J. W. King
Virginia
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Oil Men To Meet At Richmond On November 25-26
The Virginia Oil Men's Association will hold its annual convention at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond on Thursday and Friday October 25-26. Speakers include Russell H. Brown from Washington and John Q. Rhodes head of the Division of Motor Vehicles. J. Walter Saybolt of New York will toast Thursday night. E. J. Schul presides, A. L. Tenser organizes the program.
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Richmond
Virginia Oil Men's Association
John Marshall
Russell H. Brown
Washington
E. J. Schul
Edison Pranks and a Glimpse of Brazil
Edison enjoyed jokes such as applying for a job in his own legal department and greeting dignitaries with a playful line. He also pretended to stride across the office in imaginary gloves and a cane to amuse his staff. The passage notes San Francisco as the chief river of eastern Brazil.
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Thomas Edison
Johnnie
San Francisco
Brazil
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Stephenson
Xtier
Warner’ Bros. Capitol
Buncutter Tire Co
Cleveland, Tenn
Bud McCalester
Hound
Rob
VICKS_VAPORUB
Jan Seis
Vicks Plan
Rosa
Ponselle
Nino Martini
Grete Stueckgold
Kostelanetz Orchestra and Chorus
Columbia Network
Muggs McGinnis
Muggs
BY Wally Bishop
Chicago
George Jiroch
Jired
Danville
Charles Smith, Jr
Joseph K. Fisher
Wenders
Edison
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