Boy Scouts Plan Annual Campaign of Solicitation
G Reginald Haines will head the campaign to fund Shenandoah Area Council through the year and into September 1933. A five member committee from Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Legion will meet next Tuesday at City Hall to expand plans. The annual quota is 2100 dollars, with past receipts of 1925 in 1929 1470 in 1930 and 1599.25 in 1931 and expected to be met again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Reginald Haines
George Haines
National Court of Honor
New York City
Reginal Haines
Shenandoah
Winchester
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions and Legion
Drowned Winchester Man Feared Lost in Potomac
A 28 year old Winchester man R McDonald Finfrock drowned after diving from the Matoaka yacht near Broad Creek Potomac River about 12 miles south of Washington. Searchers from District of Columbia and Prince Georges County continue to seek the body with Navy and local patrol boats aiding. Finfrock was a resident of Winchester son of C C Finfrock and had worked as salesman and in gasoline service. Passengers on the Matoaka included Nelson F Richards Alfred W Walters T M Robertson and Roy W Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Prince Georges County
R. McDonald Finfrock
Winchester
Potomac River
Washington
Star
Finfrock
Roy W. Richards
Richards
Broad Creek
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Stram
County
C. C. Finfrock
Frederick County
Matoaka
Nelson F. Richards
Alfred W. Walters
T. M. Robertson
Chicago
Palace Theatre Chevrolet Coach Giveaway Promo
A Palace Theatre offer promotes 400 chances per every 100 dollars spent on a Chevrolet new or used car. Coupons apply to parts and labor sales. Winchester Chevrolet Sales runs the promotion in the local market जग
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Winchester
Chevrolet
Carter's Rayon Garments Shown by Moling and Cather
Moling and Cather present Carter's line of run resistant rayon garments. The display highlights durable fabric designed to resist runs and snags for everyday wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Moling & Cather
Kindergarten Opens September 8 at Reformed Church
Mrs. Engle's Kindergarten will open September 8 at Reformed Church inviting local families to enroll. The program aims to provide early education services for six to five-year-olds in the community.
Venire Called In Fatal Orndorff Case In Frederick County
A venire of forty county residents is summoned for the trial of Kermit Orndorff on a charge tied to the fatal December incident involving his wife Frances Nichols Orndorff. The September 13 circuit court date prompts crowd controls and restricted admission as deputies guard the courtroom. Wayne Mellwee is indicted as an accomplice and jailed in Woodstock awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Orndorff
Frances Nichols Orndorff
Orndorff
Frederick County
Sheriff Pannett
Shenandoah County
Cedar Creek
Shenandoah
Woodstock
Wayne
Pete) Mellwee
Hose Company Yard Party Begins Tonight
The Ladies Auxiliary of the South End Hose Company hosts a yard party in front of the company hall on West Monmouth Street tonight and tomorrow night. Attractions include a bingo game and the event benefits the firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Hose Company
West Monmouth Street
Friendship Fire Company postpones monthly meeting
The Friendship Fire Company announces the regular monthly meeting is moved from Thursday September 1 to Thursday September 8 to allow members to attend the Democratic Mass Meeting at City Hall. Capt. Fred W. Forney signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Morris Packing House Opens at Fair Grounds
Morris Packing House at the Fair Grounds will open Saturday September 3 offering reliable packing and strong guarantees. They anticipate exports with good buyers and shippers and will leave King David and Jonathans stocks Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Growers urged to inspect equipment and packing costs. A lost gold bar pin with initials A L C and fraternity insignia is reported, contact phone 91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King David and Jonathans
Moonshining Gear Seized Along Back Creek in County
Deputy Sheriff Bob DeHaven and Game Warden F W Pingley captured a 30 gallon still cap and worm four barrels of mash 100 pounds of sugar and rye seized along Back Creek yesterday afternoon. Pingley had passed the spot shortly before and alerted county officers. The plant had not begun operation but indicators showed liquor production was imminent. No one was present at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob DeHaven
F. W. Pingley
Back Creek
Pingley
Man Shot After Betrayal Claiming Information Led to Still
Claude Dick of De Haven, North Frederick County, was shot in the abdomen at a Rider home near De Haven after a dispute over information that led to a still seizure. James Hardin is sought by a county posse. Hardin fled from his home area as officers pursued three men. Dick is hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Dick
DeHaven
Federick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
James Hardin
Mr. Rider
de Haven
Pannett
Hardin
Rider
Robert McC. Glass
Frederick County
Examinations To Be Resumed Friday
Examinations of persons for permits to operate automobiles will be resumed at police head quarters on Friday from 9 a m to 4 p m under the supervision of Traffic Policeman Francis Funk. All persons between 14 and 16 years and those with physical defects must take this examination before operating an automobile. There will be no further examinations until October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Funk
Presbytery of Winchester Sets Friday Meeting
Winchester Presbytery will hold a called meeting at 10 30 a m Friday September 2 in the lecture room of the Presbyterian Church to act on the resignation of Rev J Beaty Smith from Germania groups of churches and dismiss him to the Presbytery of Durant for charge of the First Presbyterian Church Holdenville Oklahoma Meetings of the Home Mission Committee and Regrouping Committee are also scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
J. Beaty Smith
Germania
Durant
First Presbyterian Church
Holdenville
Oklahoma
Home Mission Committee
Last Rites Held For Chas Latham
Last rites were held at 10 30 this morning at the Latham family home on National avenue for Charles L Latham who died Tuesday. The Rev E A Lambert of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South conducted the service noting the poems Crossing The Bar and Lead Kindly Light. Committal followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers William Miller Wilton Strickler J Foster Gray Harry Lantz John I Sloat and Carroll Willis assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Avenue
Charles L. Latham
Mount Hebron Cemetery
William Miller Wilton Strickler
J. Foster Gray
Harry Lantz
John I Sloat
Carroll Willis
Weather Sets New Heat Record in Winchester
Yesterday afternoon the thermometer peaked at 102 degrees at the Winchester Research Laboratory. High humidity added to the discomfort as a sultry night followed and another torrid day was forecast with little relief in sight. The Weather Bureau predicted showers tonight and tomorrow, but temperatures would remain high. The spell is described as the longest and most severe in years, amid a prolonged drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Weather Bureau
Pickers Tickets Rush Appeal
A brief notice offers advance tickets for all styles with a friendly prompt to place orders now before the rush through Star Office. The fragment indicates an event or sale date or code 8 31 1p tf but lacks full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Office
Purchase Walter Fish Paw Farm 90 Acres Front Court House
Notice of sale for Walter Fish Paw Farm comprising 90 acres at Front Court House. Sale set for Saturday September 3 at 12 o'clock noon. Auctioneer Jas P. Reardon, M-31-1p-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fishpaw
Front Court House
Jas. P. Reardon
Heat Wave Smashes Records Across Nation
The 100 degree heat held at 2 pm in Winchester and Frederick Maryland reached 103, the hottest day and year so far for Maryland amid a period of extreme heat. A partial sun eclipse slightly cooled late afternoon readings.Storm warnings from the weather bureau note a gulf disturbance inland near Mobile and another tropical system northwest of Porto Rico moving west northwestward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Frederick
Maryland
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mobile
Porto Rico
Legion To Install New Officers At Meet Tomorrow
Robert Y. Conrad Post No 21 American Legion will install its new officers at the regular luncheon tomorrow at 12 30 in the George Washington Hotel. All members are urged to attend for the installation with Commander B M van as leader and Dr H I er as first vice commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Ee Eal
B. M. van
H. I. Er
C. B. Harlee
Philip Fowle
Ferguson Leads Sterling by Narrow Margin in Texas Gubernatorial Race
The Texas election bureau reports Miriam A. Ferguson ahead of Gov. Ross Sterling by 2,398 votes for the Democratic nomination with most returns in. Sterling declares he has a majority of all lawful votes and promises a formal statement as the bureau delays further returns until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas Election Bureau
Miriam A
Ferguson
Ross
Sterling
New Mayor Dr Charles R Anderson Takes Office
Three new city officers begin four year terms at City Hall. Dr Charles R Anderson becomes mayor replacing F Amos Shryock. New council members Herman H Hablie and J Henkel Henry succeed long time members Lewis M Allen and William Beverley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
F. Amos Shryock
Charles R. Anderson
Lewis M. Allen
William Beverley
Herman H. Hablie
J. Henkel
Henry
Upper Class Delays Grocery Bills Without Movement
A remark notes that wealthier individuals tend to postpone paying grocery bills while not altering their spending habits, reflecting social or economic behavior in financial obligations.
Democratic Convention in Frederick County Holds Delegates
County Democratic delegates gathered in the county courthouse to select 19 delegates and 26 alternates to Harrisonburg for the September 5 congressional nominating convention. A substitute resolution backed endorsing T Russell Cather for the nomination, with support from local figures. No vote recorded by 2:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
County Court House
R. L. Omps
Democratic Executive Committee
A. J. Tavenner
Edwards
W. E. Edwards
T. Russell Cather
Frederick County
Cather
H. E. Shull
Howard Owings
Middletown
William Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Mr. Cather
Charles R. McCann
City Democrats Choose Delegates Tonight for Congress Nomination
Local Democrats meet at City Hall auditorium at 8 this evening to select nine candidates for the Seventh District nomination to Congress. State Senator T Russell Cather is the favored candidate and expected to receive Winchester's backing and be instructed for the convention floor. The selection fills the seat left by the death of Congressman Harry St George Tucker of Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Congress
City Hall
Winchester
T. Russell Cather
Harry St. George Tucker
Lexington
Oyster Season Opens With Hope for Workers and Chesapeake Lead
Washington reports the oyster season opening with about 17 000 jobs expected to harvest a 15 000 000 bushel crop. Acting Fisheries Bureau commissioner Lewis Radcliffe notes abundant high quality oysters. Early estimates projected year round operation via quick freezing. Based on 1930 data, Chesapeake Bay leads in production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Lewis Radcliffe
Fisheries Bureau
Radcliffe
Chesapeake Bay
Germany Pushes for Equality in Land and Sea Arms
Germany renewed in a note to France its demand for revision of the Versailles treaty to grant equal strength in land and sea armaments with other European nations. Officials said the communication was not a formal note but a loose aide memoire from the foreign minister to the French ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Europe
Winchester Man Held In Liquor Case In West Va
Ira Sirbaugh of Winchester arrested near Martinsburg by federal agents on charges of transportation of whiskey and attempting to take seized property. Officers observed a Reo roadster with DC plates. Sirbaugh attempted to resist as the transfer occurred. Bond set at 1000 dollars for each count. automobile ordered confiscated. Sirbaugh, a former Winchester resident, was living in Maryland recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Ira Sirbaugh
Winchester
Prohibition
Rock Cliff Drive
Nquor
Federal
Reo
District Columbia
District
Barr
Sirbaugh
Sied
Hart
Maryland
Reading to Recall 2000 Employes in Shops
The Reading Company will recall more than 2,000 employees this month for work in locomotive and car repair shops at Reading and St. Clair Pennsylvania, announced president Charles H. Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading Company
Reading
St. Clair, Pa
Charles H. Ewing
Southern Son Ritter Dies at 87 in Clarke County
Riley Herman Ritter 87, longtime Clarke County resident and Confederate veteran, dies at daughter Mrs. Preston Marks' home in Berryville after a long illness. Funeral at Marks home tomorrow 11 AM conducted by Berryville Baptist pastors, interment Old Chapel. Survived by three sons, two brothers, and a daughter. coffin to bear Confederate Battle Flag per Stonewall Chapter UDC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Riley Herman Ritter
James H. Ritter
Alexandria
Clarke County
Preston Marks
East Main Street
Marks
Ritter
W. GC. Ritter
Newport News
L. M. Ritter
the Baptist Church
Bowling Green
Newton
L. A. Parker
Berryville Baptist Church
C. van der Linden
Boyce and
Millwood
Old Chapel
J R
Sousikt
Morgan Mill
Daniel Morgan
Co. C
Second Virginia Infantry
Nelson Rifles
Mosby
Chapman
Gen. Sheridan
Stonewall Chanter
Stradivarius violin found by Italian teacher
Pietro Sala, music teacher in Desio Italy, bought a toy cart with a violin inside for 25 cents. The label inside reads Antonius Stradivarius Ceremonensis Anno 1717. If genuine, the instrument could be worth about 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desio
Italy
Pietro Sala
Sala
Manari Flings Shoe at Judge in Calabria Trial
In Regio, Calabria Giorgio Manari faced trial on a minor charge. He disrupted proceedings by throwing his shoe at the judge, who dodged the impact and sentenced him to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reggio
Calabria
Italy
Giorgio
Manari
Naples pensioner falls from tree during nut harvest
Gaetano Moccia, an 80 year old Milanese peasant in Naples, fell from a tall tree while harvesting nuts and fractured two ribs. He retains his climbing habit despite the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
Gaetano Moccia
Snow on Cascade peaks as Bachelor Butte shows two inches
In Bend Oregon a fresh snowfall coats the Cascade mountains with high peaks white. Bachelor Butte reports two inches of snow amid cooler conditions reducing heat concerns for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend
Ore
Cascade Mountains
Bachelor Butte
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BOY Scouts Plan
Potomas
Donald Finfrock
National Capitol
Venire
Mrs. Orndore
Wife
Hose Company
Fred. W. Forney
Morris Packing House
Presbytery of
Chas. Latham
The
Evening Star
Mercury
ITV
Reigsters
Smashing Heat Records
Legion
Meet
Gov. Sterling
Dr. Anderson
Common Council
Messrs
Henry and
Hable
T. R. Cather
West VA
Dells
Clarke
Ashby
Baptist Church
New York
Sir Arthur Eddington
New, York
Harry Rosenthal
Marjorie le Voe
Niagara Falls
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