Massanutten Academy Set for Homecoming on Oct 30
WOODSTOCK Oct 26 The Massanutten Academy will celebrate Home-coming Oct 30 with class reunions and society meetings by Jefferson and Poe. Alumni dinner in Sperry Dining Hall, Hallowe'en reception in Virginia Lee Harrison gym, and a football game against Shenandoah College Grids after defeats of Handley High and Fishburne. J J Sperry 1916 leads committees aiming for a joyous reunion with music from a Washington orchestra.
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Woodstock
Massanuten Academy
Jefferson and Poe
Massanutten
Handley High and
Fishburne
Shenandoah College
Sperry
Hallowe'en
Virginia Lee Harrison
Washington
J. J. Sperry
Sen Jas E Watson Linked Again With Ku Klux Klan
Kansas City dispatch reports to the Senate Campaign Funds Committee that Indiana politics involve Senator James E Watson and Klan officials. Ralph B Bradford, a Crown Point former Klan member, testifies that much information is second hand and alleges widespread political corruption in Lake County during the May Republican primary.
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Kansas City
Indiana
James E. Watson
Klux Klan
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Ralph B. Bradford
Crown Point
Ind
Bradford
Lake County
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Senators Kept Involved In Watson Organization Inquiry
Peace officers tied to what was described as the Watson organization were cited in a Senate inquiry. Senator Reed of Missouri, chairman, was told it was well known among Indiana klansmen that Senator Arthur KR Robinson was a klansman, with Bradford noting uncertainty about Robinson’s current membership. The hearing closed and was to reopen in St. Louis with a chance for refutation from Robinson and Watson.
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Watson
Reed
Missouri
Salesman Fined On Morality Charge In Martinsburg
A man using the name W. L. Taylor with a Virginia license was taken into custody in Martinsburg by Sheriff McKown and a Berkeley county deputy last Saturday. He paid a $20 fine and costs for a morality charge. traveling salesman possibly. Mrs. Lucy Miller of Falling Waters district could not pay her fine and was remanded to jail.
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W. L. Taylor
Virginia
Nest Springs
W. Va
MceKown
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
Lucy Miller
Falling Waters
Taylor
Banks Close Election Day for Legal Holiday Notice
Banks announce closures for Election Day Tuesday November 2. Paper maturities due that date payable Wednesday November 3. Cashiers include WM G Hardy Shenandoah Valley National Bank UFULLER John L Sloat Farmers and Merchants National Bank CHARLES SUMMERS Union Bank of Winchester.
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WM. G. Hardy
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Ing & Legal
Nhd Ufuller
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
John L. Sloat
Commercial & Savines Bank
Charles Summers
Union Bank of Winchester
Female Counterfeiter Fails In Check Ruse At Loudoun Store
A county woman bought $20 worth of goods at a Loudoun dry goods store and paid with a $21.74 check from a major industrial firm. She tried to alter the amount to 21.74 by adding words and digits but the clerk alerted the bank. She fled, leaving $1.74 change and the goods, while the merchant kept the items.
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Loudoun Street
Rumanians Deny Queen Marie Urges Return Home
The Romanian foreign office denied reports it asked Queen Marie to curtail her U.S. visit and rejected any telegram from King Ferdinand requesting her return. The press has focused on the queen’s itinerary and reception, praising American cordiality and the New York National Guard review as a Romanian honor.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Rumania
Rumanian Foreign Office
Marie
United States
Ferdinand
Foreign Office
New York National Guards Regiment
Ederle Claims Beef Tea Was Drugged Before Channel Swim
In an interview with the Harvard Crimson Gertrude Ederle says poisoned food nearly stopped her in the water during the first English Channel attempt. She states beef tea given before starting was drugged and later found by her trainer. Her sister prepared meals during a second try. No suspects named.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Harvard Crimson
Exploding Lantern Blazes $3,000 Loss on Arden Farm
A lantern carried by a worker exploded in a storage shed near Arden on Peyton R. Harrison’s orchard farm. The blaze destroyed a 14 by 40 foot shed, a small blacksmith shop, a tractor, a spraying machine and other equipment, with estimated damage around $3,000, fully insured. Neighbors stopped the fire from reaching other buildings.
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Arden
Peyton R. Harrison
Virginia Proclaims Navy Day Observance October 27
Governor Harry F Byrd calls on Virginians to join in Navy Day activities with patriotic compliance and by displaying national and state colors from public buildings. He notes Virginia's 1925 export trade exceeded 148 million dollars, reflecting statewide prosperity from overseas commerce.
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Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
U. S. Department of Ree
United States
Navy
Coast Guard
Shipping Board
U. S. Department of Commerce
People’s Navy
People of
Reed Jury Applies Fine For Barrier Removal Case
In Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Whiting hears the appeal of J A Bean president of Shawnee district charged with removing a barrier on a closed highway and driving on a road under construction. Bean was previously found guilty in Magistrate Court and fined five dollars plus costs. the court upheld that decision and Bean paid the fine and costs.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Whiting
J. A. Bean
Shawnee
Bean
Separate Head Urged For Reserve Officers Corps
Brig Gen Roy Hoffman urged a distinct head for the Reserve Officers Corps in the War Department and backed Han ford McNider for the post. He criticized air service expansion at the expense of other branches and warned of pacifist propaganda influencing national policy.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
War Department
Reserve Officers Corps
Roy Hoffman
Oklahoma
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Hanford McNider
Hoffman
John L. Hines
Army
Douglas McArthur
Third Corps
Reserve Corps
National Council of the
Virginia Juror Fined for Conflicting Answers
In Richmond on October 26 Judge Kirk Matthews fined M. Eisen fifty dollars for contempt of court after conflicting responses to the clerk of Hastings Court about capital punishment when he was called for jury service. Eisen first said he had no consciencious scruples against the death penalty, then claimed he opposed it, saying he misunderstood the question. Lawyers say the case may set a precedent.
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Richmond
Hastings Court
M. Eisen
Veniceman
Kirk Matthews
Eisen
Keyman's withheld statement in Canton Mullett murder case
Patrick McDermott's account remains undisclosed after talks with Prosecutor McIntosh and Detective Slater. Authorities say McDermott could face first degree murder trial unless he becomes state's evidence. Indictments strengthened against Vic Dermott, Ben Rudner, and Louis Mazer with more charges possible ahead of Nov. 8 trials.
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Associated Press
Canton
Ohio
Patrick McDermott
Mullett
McIntosh
Ora Slater
McDermott
Twin Rocke
VicDermott
Ben Rudner
Massillon
Louis "Mazer
Mozer
Rudner
Lutherans Defer Divorce Decision by Convention Debate
The fifth biennial United Lutheran Church in America convention in Richmond debated divorce and remarriage. A committee urged opposing remarriage by Lutheran ministers of any divorced person unless the divorcee was the innocent party, but the matter was referred to the commission on adjudication. The convention will not issue a ruling this year. the commission will prepare an opinion to be reported at the 1928 meeting.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Unitedutheran Church In
America
Ftev
A. C. Voight
Columbia
Qi C
Commission On Adjuicaou
High Court of the Church
Cuba Fights Epidemic in Storm Zone Amid Hurricane Relief
Havana authorities order compulsory typhoid inoculation as serums reach stricken towns. American warships land near the Isle of Pines to aid distress, with an American relief committee under the ambassador using $1,000 of $45,000. Eighteen profiteers arrested.
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Havana
Sanitary Department
Isle of Pines
Regional convention of Virginia insurance agents held in town
A regional meeting of the Virginia Association of Insurance Agents was conducted yesterday at the George Washington Hotel. Attendees came from Richmond Purcellville Front Royal Leesburg Woodstock Danville Norfolk and other localities while speakers included Mr Dobie of NorfolkMr James Catlin former state association president and Mr Nesbitt of Fidelity and Deposit Company and Mr Bert Nye of American Surety Company.
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Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
George Washington Hotel
Virginia
Dobie
Norfolk
James Catlin
State Association of Insurance Agents
Nesbitt
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Baltimore
Surety
Bert Nye
American Surety Company
Washington, D.C
Harris
Joseph Button
Richmond
Purcellville
Front Royal
Leesburg
Woodstock Danville
Clifford D. Grim
J. Victor Arthur
Carlton Collins
Brown’s Daughter Not At Hanging In Charles Town
The Farmers Advocate notes reports claiming Mrs Brown Adams Brown’s daughter was present in Charles Town for her father’s execution. the paper asserts she never visited Charles Town and was not at the hanging. It states the only relative near the scene was his wife who visited Harpers Ferry before the execution and accompanied his remains to North Elba New York for burial.
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Farmers’ Advocate
Brown Adams
Brown
Hureka
Cal
Charles Town
Advocate
A Brown
Charles
Eureka
Harpers Ferry
North Etba
New York
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Aileen Riggin
Tradie
Harrison Farm
Gov. Byrd
W. D. Coolidge
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Schenectady
N. Y
Keyman
Mellet
Cuba
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