Baldwin Hopes US Joins League of Nations Soon
London reports Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the International Peace Society he hopes the United States will join the League of Nations in the near future. He cited American sympathy for making the league an instrument of world peace and noted President Wilson helped envision it.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
United States
League of Nations
International Peace Society
Wilson
League
Careful Halloween guidance and traffic signal debate
Mr Winchester urges sane observance of Halloween and warns to beware of trouble. He discusses electric traffic signals dividing opinion yet argues for compliance. Red means stop, amber never, green means go with caution to avoid accidents.
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Hallowe’en
Only Slight Decrease In Auto Deaths
National Safety Council estimates 24 840 traffic deaths in the first nine months of 1935 in the United States, down 1 percent from 25 080 in the same period in 1934. Milwaukee leads cities over 500 000 with 43 deaths and a 9.6 per 100 000 rate. If the trend holds, 1935 toll may reach about 35 600 versus 36 000 in 1934.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Milwaukee
Earth Shocks Honduran Rescue Workers
Earthquakes add to Honduras flood disaster as rescue crews report 131 dead and damage exceeding 12 million dollars. Ten government aircraft drop food and medicine to flood marooned residents. United Fruit Company faces over 6 million in losses. Cortes zone losses may top 1 million.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Maraita
San Pedro Sula
United Fruit Company
God
Cortes Zone
Farm Administration sets state potato quotas for next year
Washington date line reports the Farm Administration prepared figures showing each state how many potatoes its farmers may grow without tax next year. The tax of three fourths of a cent per pound applies to potatoes marketed above quotas starting December 1.
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Washington
Farm Administration
U. S. Approval Given Virginia Road Projects
Virginia receives federal approval for road projects totaling 9 million dollars. The plan covers about 80 percent of the year’s program and may begin late November after required advertisements and formalities. Officials estimate over 10 000 men will gain employment through the work.
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Richmond
Shirley
Virginia
State Highway Department
Washington
Sarah Zane Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Sarah Zane Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening November 1 at 8 o'clock. A large attendance is desired. R. B. Brown Captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Charley Rouss Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Charley Rouss Fire Company will be held on Friday evening Nov 1. Every member is urged to be present. M D Weaver President.
Rexall QNE-Cent Sale At Brooks Pharmacy
Brooks Pharmacy advertises a four day Rexall sale with around 250 bargains and Christmas savings on a one page notice dated 1p-11. Shoppers urged to buy now to save the difference.
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Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Help Wanted Male Weavers For Cotton Duck And Felt
Help wanted ad seeking male cotton duck and felt weavers with state experience. 40 hour week, good wages, steady work. Respond to Box No. 21 care Star.
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Care Star
Marlboro Shirts Shipment At The Men's Shop
Just received another shipment of the famous Marlboro Shirts priced at $1.00 The Men’s Shop offers this value alert for customers seeking durable well known shirts yesterday and today.
Pastor and Wife Feared Lost in Alberta Blizzard
Fear grew in Drumheller Alberta as Rev H Young and his wife of Trouchu may have perished in a blizzard that struck the region earlier in the week. They disappeared after leaving Hanna Monday, pursued by RCMP, a farmers’ search party, and workers from the Morrin Relief camp north of town.
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Drumheller
Alta
Rev. H. Young
Trouchu
Alberta
Hanna
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Morrin
Here
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Sidney
York
Polk
Stromsburg
Police Chief Warns of Halloween Pranks
Police Chief Clayton W Hol lis warned residents against Halloween pranks that harm property and cause noise. Extra precautions will be taken to prevent a repeat of last year s incidents near Memorial Hospital. Those caught will be summoned into court and soaping windows of stores cars and homes will trigger drastic action.
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Polce
Clayton W. Hollis
Hollis
Memorial Hospital
All Saints Day Observance at Christ Church
Tomorrow Friday All Saints Day service at Christ Church includes Holy Communion at 11 in the forenoon and an address titled The Saints in Light. The prayer seeks divine blessing to imitate the saints through faith and love in Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ
Administrators Sell 20 Shares of Farmers and Merchants Bank
Administrators J. M. Fishpaw and C. R. McCann announce sale of 20 shares of Farmers and Merchants Bank stock in front of the Court House on Saturday November 2 at 12 noon. Auction action listed in public notice.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Court House
J. M. Fishpaw
C. R. McCann
Have It Out With Your Dentist Page 12
An advertising blurb invites readers to consult page 12 for dental health tips and messages titled Have It Out With Your Dentist. The note is brief and lacks specific names or dates.
Trial Justice Hears Sundry Law Violations
Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner heard sundry cases. Wayne McIlwee of Star Tannery was fined $10 plus costs for hunting without a license. Several others faced fines and jail time for intoxication disorderly conduct. Alfred Johnson, accused of assault with an axe on Edgar Oates, is jailed. Oates is recovering from a fractured skull at Memorial Hospital. Hearing awaits Oates’s testimony after recovery.
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A. J. Tavenner
Wayne
Pete) Mcllwee
Star Tannery
Lehr
Ellis Leake
Gilbert Morris
Ida Lee
Alfred Johnson
Edgar Oates
Oates
Memorial Hospital
Brandon Triplett
Rock Enon
Johnson
Silk Workers Go On Strike in Paterson
Paterson New Jersey on October 31 saw broad silk workers respond to a wage strike. Alexander Williams, general manager of the American Federation of Silk Workers, reported the response from about 8 000 employees was almost complete.
Coal Company Seeks Injunction Against Guffey Bill
Washington October 31 attorneys for J W Carter head of a coal company sought in the Supreme Court an injunction to restrain enforcement of the Guffey coal bill but no action will be taken before November 11 at the earliest
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. W. Carter
Woman Dies of Fright In Taxi
A Philadelphia woman, Mrs Eddie Wilson, died after fainting when a dog sprang from a taxicab as the driver opened the door. The incident occurred after she visited her husband downtown in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Eddie Wilson
Winchester Lions Hallowe'en Ball Tonight At George Washington
The Winchester Lions Club hosts its annual Hallowe'en Ball at the George Washington Hotel tonight. Proceeds support welfare for the blind. Autumn foliage decorates the venue with a large mirror ball centerpiece loaned by Northern Virginia Power Company and lighting by spotlights. Music by Bud Cordero and his Pennsylvania Ramblers.
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Hallowe'en
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Lions
Lions Club
Herbert Miller
Allan Peery
Charles Shewbridge
Ian
Northern
Virgnia Power Company
Bud Cordero
Pennsylvania Ramblers
Handley Judges Travel to Front Royal for Friday Game
The Handley Judges will travel to Front Royal Friday afternoon to face Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets seeking a win after three straight losses. Shenandoah Valley Academy’s Hilltoppers head to St James School near Hagerstown Maryland to extend a four game win streak.
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Handley
Front Royal
Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets
Shenandoah Valley Academy
St. James School
Hagerstown
Hilltoppers
Bank Robbery Reported at Austell Georgia Bank
Two bandits robbed the Bank of Austell in Georgia and fled toward Atlanta in a car. Cashier Co. C. Perkerson said the thieves took about $500 from the counters. Two women employees were present during the robbery.
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Austell
Bank of Austell
Atlanta
Co. C. Perkerson
Walker Returns From England to Home City as Former Mayor
James J. Walker, once mayor of New York, returns from three years in exile in Europe aboard the liner Manhattan with wife Betty Compton. A flotilla of welcoming yachts greets the ship after it reaches quarantine, bearing banners reading Hello Jimmy and Welcome Home Jimmy.
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New York
James J
Walker
Manhattan
Betty Compton
Europe
Manahattan
Ambroseght
Jimmy
Four Aviators Die As United Plane Crashes Near Cheyenne
A United Airlines Boe ing twin struck a hill near Cheyenne Wyoming killing four crew members during a test flight in zero weather. Investigators sought causes while witnesses described a two explosion fireball and a lingering mystery about the crash site and damaged instruments.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Hill
Frank Caldewell
United Air Lines
UAL
Commerce
Here
United Airlines
M. T. Arnold
Hanley G. Cohn
Wyoming Air Service
Denver
Sheridan
Edward Yantis
Harold Kauffman
W. P. Hoare
Wanted Iron Rags and Metals Shipping Now
Winchester Junk Co offers best prices for iron, rags and metals and ships today at 13 Fairfax Lane between Main and Braddock. Also notices a stenographer position by H. S. in care Star available part or full time.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Main
Braddock
H. S
Care Star
Square Dances At Ashley’s Night Club Near Berryville
Square dances held every Tuesday and Saturday at Ashley's Night Club near Berryville Virginia at Castleman's Ferry. Open nightly with events listed 10 30 31 11 1 4 1p 41.
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Ashley’s
Eas
Berryville
Castleman’s Ferry
Ex Confederate veteran, 94, and his young wife
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports a child born to a 94-year-old Civil War veteran and his 27-year-old wife. The veteran, born in 1840 in North Carolina, served in the Confederate Army and had 16 children with his first wife. his second spouse died at 103. The birth was authenticated by New York physicians.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
North Carolina
New York
Italians Advance Near Gorrahei in Ethiopian War
Reports from Mogadiscio say Italian southern troops and native dubats beat Ethiopian defenders in a multi day battle between Gorrahei and Scillave with Amba Sion fortification nearby. Graziani prepares artillery as Italian forces push toward Gorrahei.
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Andrue
Associated Press
Adigrat
Ethiopia
Italy
Gorrahel
Mogadiscio
Hauzien
Makale
Amba Sion
Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Font
Gorrahei
Scillave
Helena Tremor Triggers Mass Exodus In Bitter Cold
Residents in Helena flee homes as repeated shocks quake the area amid severe cold. Tremors also felt in Washington and a nearby Canadian province. a St Paul observer reports a strong quake rattling structures at Butte and shaking a hotel severely.
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Helena
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Struc
Butte —Hotel
Helena Quake Report Sees New Damage and Fatality
Bulletin from Helena Montana reports a deadly fall of a Kessler brewery stack and severe quake damage citywide. Aftershocks worsen chaos as Northern Pacific depot and downtown buildings suffer structural failures.
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Helena
Mont
Arena
Watchei
Northern Pacific
Placer
Red Cross
Helen Ra
Associated Press Bureau
Montana Record- Herald
Main Street
Airmen killed as airliner explodes in midair
Four airmen died when an airliner exploded and burst into flame. Other items report auto fatalities in 1935, a compulsory attendance case in Maryland, Jimmy Walker arriving in New York, and international tension with Ethiopia, Honduras, and Italy.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago
United States
Frederick
Middletown
New York
Jimmy Walker
Betty Compton
Ethiopia
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Piatigorsk
Caucasus
London
Great Britain
Mussolini
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