Virginia Legion Completes Petersburg Convention Elections
Col. Brantz M. Roszel of Winchester elected commander of the Virginia department for the coming year by acclamation at the Petersburg convention. Other officers named include Roy C. Thompson Abingdon Ernest Action Jr Portsmouth W Glenn Elliott Richmond and Rev Thomas Hooper Culpeper. Resolutions urge support for veterans programs oppose Army reductions and back military training in schools. Harrisonburg selected for 1930 annual meeting and Alexandria for 1932 two hundredth Washington birthday anniversary observed.
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Brantz M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Winchester
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Petersburg
Roszel
Virginia
Roy C. Thompson
Abingdon
Ernest Action,Jr
Portsmouth
W. Glenn Elliott
Richmond
Thomas Hooper
Culpeper
Warren Lambert
Louisville
Nelson C. Overton
Newport News
John J. Wicker
Jeff Richmond
Harrisonburg
National American Legion Convention
United States
Virginia Department
Alexandria
George Washington
Nelson Overton
Legionnaires
Sons of World War Veterans
Legion
James B Russell Celebrates Eighty-Eighth Birthday in Winchester
Local financier James B. Russell of Winchester marks his eighty eighth birthday today. He is greeted by friends at his Rouss avenue office and remains in vigorous health. Messages arrive from relatives in Scotland and New York, including Dr. James I Russell head of Roosevelt Hospital. Russell, born September 5 1841, served in the Confederate Army and is the sole surviving attendee of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox from Frederick County or Winchester. He helped organize the Union Bank of Winchester in 1870 and has chaired it for over fifty years. He has long held civic leadership roles and remains content and well loved by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Russell
Winchester
Rouss Avenue
Mr. Russell
Scotland
Clarence Mackey
Menmuir
Phil Ingen
James I. Russell
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Marshall Russell
New York
Gardner Brown
Southampton
N. Y
W. C. Kennedy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
David Russell
England
Virginia
Thomas
Lord Fairfax
Miss Greensway
Greenway Court
Isaac Russell
Captain Coyle
Militia
Thirteenth
Virginia Infantry
Boomerangs
Frederick County
Lee
Appomattox
Russell
Union Bank
Mountain Fires Near Frederick Are Now Under Control
Fires on the Catoctin mountains near Frederick have been extinguished. Two new fires started yesterday but are under control. Camp caretaker Lawrence Ritchey and four companions were trapped and fled to the Swamps for refuge during the flames.
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Frederick
Associated Press
Frederick, Md
Catoctin Mountains
Cyril Klein
Charles Anders
Lawrence Ritchey
New Cruiser Northampton Christened by Mrs. Coolidge
The Hight cruiser Northampton was launched at Fore River shipyard with Mrs. Calvin Coolidge breaking a bottle to name the vessel after Quincy Massachusetts city. Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Adams and other officials attended as President Coolidge could not attend due to business engagements.
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Associated Press
Quincy
Mass
Northampton
Fore River
Calvin Coolidge
Secretary of the Navy
Charles S. Adams
Coolidge
Ey Mab
Apples Wanted Free Run Grimes Golden Delivery
We are now buying free run Grimes Golden apples for delivery any day. Glaze and Hurst, Glass Buyers. Phone 840 8 23 1n tf)
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Grimes
Glaize & Hurst
Cagh
Road blasting damages questioned in Frederick County case
Witnesses summoned to appear before a condemnation commission in the Circuit Court of Frederick County regarding damages to Charles Poole's residence on the Northwestern grade. Henry G. Shirley, chairman of the State Highway Commission, sues Poole over alleged plaster cracks and fencing damage from highway construction.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Henry G. Shirley
State Highway Commission
Charles Poole
Poole
Condemnation Commission
Peace Weighs In To Solve Naval Power Question
Ramsay MacDonald told a Geneva luncheon that world desire for peace, shared by 95 percent, will help President Hoover and the British prime minister settle the naval powers issue. He spoke at a League of Nations council event hosted by the International Association of Journalism, amid applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eypocrates Press
Geneva
Ius
Hoover
Ramsay ‘MacDonald
Council of the
League of Nations
International Association of Journalism
Baltimore Plane Refuels During Cross-Country Flight
The endurance monoplane City of Baltimore received 10 gallons of gasoline in an emergency refueling above Central Avenue Airport Wichita. It then headed at 11:30 for Las Vegas New Mexico to take on additional fuel.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
City of Baltimore
Central Avenue
Las Vegas
N. M
Hoover to Speak at Gettysburg Memorial Day Next May
President Hoover accepted an invitation from Governor John S. Fisher of Pennsylvania to deliver a Memorial Day address at Gettysburg next May. Indignant Englishmen remark on Americans selling historical relics as the news exposure stirs controversy among U S Senators.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
John S. Fisher
Pensylvania
Gettysburg
America
Americans
United States
Kiwanis Club Delegates Slated for Capital District Meet
The Kiwanis Club held a weekly luncheon at the George Washington Hotel with President T. Russell Cather presiding. Delegates chosen include President Cather and Secretary Andrew Bell to attend the Capital District Convention in Hagerstown, Md., October 17 19, with Dr. J A Richard as an additional delegate and several alternates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
T.russell Cather
Murray D. Mitchell
Hugh Duffey
Harriet Harris
Mitchell
Cather
Andrew Bell
Hagerstown
J. A. Richard
D. E. Stultz
Will G. Hardy
Philip Williams
Capital District
Kiwanis
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Washington, D. C
Nelson Richards
Lawrence Hollis
Wendell Goode
Handley School
Winchester and Strasburg Face Off In Weekend Game
A Saturday afternoon 3 30 baseball clash features Winchester Park Team against a strong Strasburg squad with an excellent record this season. Winchester plans its best lineup and promises a tight and interesting contest on home turf.
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Winchester Park
Strasburg
Winchester
Covenanter Boys Visit West Virginia Mountains
The Covenanter Boys from Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church spent Labor Day exploring Cold Spring Forks of Capon and nearby spots in West Virginia. They began from Winchester at 7:30 a.m. and returned by 9 p.m. after meals, swimming, and a hike to Twinkling Spring.
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Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Forks of Capon
West Virginia
Winchester
Cold Spring
Charles Loy
Forks
Candy
Mr. Loy
Happy Bunch
Mrs May McCarty Returns After New York Shopping
Mrs May McCarty has returned from a month in New York where she bought for the Betty Shoppe. Her purchases include hats described as French copies to be added to stock at the Betty Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May. McCarty
New York
Betty Shoppe
Friendship Fire Company to Hold Regular Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company announces its regular meeting this Thursday night September 5 at 8 o'clock in Friendship Hall. All members are requested to attend. Fred W. Forney, Captain.
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Friendship. Fire CO
Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Hall
Fred W. Forney
Checker Wanted for Apple Receiving at Win. Cold Storage Co
Job ad seeking men to check and receive apples at Win. Cold Storage Company. No dates or locations provided beyond the company's name.
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Win. Cold Storage Co
Liverpool cider and starch prices and employment notices
Liverpool market brief lists prices for apples and produce including Yorks, Wealthy, Grimes, King David, Ben Davie and Pippins with ranges from 15 to 34 shillings. A separate notice seeks three girls for Betsy Roes with an address provided.
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Liverpool
Yorks
Wealthy
Grimes
King David
Ben Davie
Pippins
Various
Fire company meeting announced for Friday night
A notice from the fire captain calls full attendance at a company meeting on Friday night September 6 at 8 o'clock. The message appears signed by Jas. N. Moling and references the entry 9-5-1p-21.
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Jas. N
Moling
Washington Extension From Winchester to Washington Route Expanded
The Washington Shenandoah Lines part of the Eastern Public Service Corporation will start service into Washington from Winchester on September 7, completing a through motor coach link from Bristol Virginia to Washington DC via Pulaski Roanoke Lexington Staunton Harrisonburg and Winchester. Plans for extending into Knoxville Tennessee were reported with a probable two week materialization after a Tennessee Public Service Commission filing.
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Washington
Eastern Public Service Corporation
EB. R. Pfling
South
Shenandoah Valley
Southwest Virginia
Knoxville
George L. Warthern
Winchester
Tenn
Public Service Commission of Tennessee
J. Mack Noonan
Hastern Company
Bastern Public Service Corporation
Towns Bus Line
Virginia Motor Lines
Washington- Shenandoah
Price Movement Reverts To Control Of Bull Operators
New York reports the bull party regaining market control with lingering trader nerves. Soft spots appeared as pool favorites rally was checked by heavy selling. Speculation shifted among copper, utilities, tails, motors, steel, electric, and merchandise shares amid a weak close and 4.7 million shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
Bull Party
Search Continues For Missing Plane Of Transport Firm
New York Sept 5 Col Paul Henderson vice president of Trans Continental Air Transport said the missing plane was not wrecked in Black Rock Wash New Mexico and no official information showed it found Seventeen planes fly in formation three miles apart 150 miles in all directions from Gallup as company facilities expand the search It also appears no Santa Fe agent was responsible for the last night statement that the plane had been found
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Paul Henderson
Trans-Continental Air Transport
Black Rock Wash
New Mexico
Gallup
The
Santa Fe
For Sale National Fruit Co stock 7% preferred in Shenandoah
For sale all or part of 32 peas? 63 stock of National Fruit Products Co 7% preferred dividends payable quarterly. Company has maintained dividends for fifteen years. Non taxable in Virginia. Holders have privileges on fruit delivery prices via Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Peerae
National Fruit Products Co
Virginia
Shenandoah Val
Nat'l Bank
Fort Loudoun School to Open September 9 1929
The notice lists school opening date September 9 1929 for Fort Loudoun with Miss Cochran and a music class. Mary E. Bush serves as registrar. Also includes an ad seeking men for construction work via J. W. Newcombe at the Paper Mill.
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Fort Loudoun
J. W. Newcome
Yard Party Ridgeway School Yard
A yard party is announced at Ridgeway School on Thursday. Details include a gathering time and location with reads between 1 and 9 p m likely. The note mentions a community event for local families and students.
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Ridgeway
Bunco Pair Swindle Six Banks for 450000
A Denver man and a New York partner allegedly swindled six New York City banks of 450000 using unauthorized telegrams. Each Denver bank correspondent was told to deposit 75000 to L Telluride at the National Bank of New York City, with codes and forged signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Bunco
New York
New York City
L. Telluride
National Bank of
American Bankers’ Association
Contributions Sought to Help Miss Page in Army Training
Captain F Lee Ritchie appeals through The Star for donations to fund Miss Catherine Page who heads to Atlanta Georgia for nine months of army training. A $100 transportation expense fund supports training at Children's Hospital social work. Donors include William G Hardy Clark M Smith Stewart Bell Valley Service Station J Victor Arthur Philip Klompus. Contributions may be sent to Capt F Lee Ritchie PF 0 Box 177.
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F. Lee Ritchie
Salvation Army
Catherine Page
Atlanta
New Monster of Rails Has Three Sources of Power
In Chicago the Illinois Central tests a 90 ton smokeless, noiseless locomotive that can run on overhead wires gas engines or storage batteries. It hauls 40 to 50 cars under trolley power and can switch cars where no electric track exists. Batteries charge from gas or a generator and switching sources is by a button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
New seven story storage unit for apples ready soon
Work nears completion on Winchester Cold Storage Company expansion near the fairgrounds. The seven story reinforced concrete building adds 165000 barrels to reach a total capacity of 475000 barrels for apples, the largest exclusive apple storage facility in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Cold Storage Company
Fair Grounds
William Beverley
Re Inal
van Rensalear H. Greene
New York
Quigley Hafer
Chambersburg
Grave Situation Deepens in Holy Land Conflicts
London dispatch reports grave conditions in Palestine with areas without troops. Ansonia Press notes air attacks near Nablus killing five and wounding twenty, while Nejb tribesmen move toward Palestine. Jewish shops stay closed at Houfa as Jews and Arabs boycott each other. Airstrikes repulse Arab forces at Tiberias with heavy losses feared.
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Ansonia
London
Palestine
Exchange Telegraph
Nablus
Houfa
Tiberias
Two Boys Held for Death in Central Park Drowning
New York set. Two youths James Miranda nine and Michael Rix vera twelve are held for the drowning death of Louis Serreno eleven in Central Park lake. They allegedly pushed him after he said he could not swim. A passerby pulled him from the water but he died in shallow mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Louis Serreno
Central Park Lake
James Miranda
Michael Rixvera
Louis
Farmers Union to Meet Saturday at People’s Bank
The Farmers Union schedules a Saturday evening gathering at 8 o'clock in the People’s Bank building. It is the final call for fertilizer orders and Rev J D Hupman of Middletown will discuss his recent western trip. Local members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whens Gity Farm Union
People's Bank
J. D. Hupman
Middletown
Seh I
County High Schools Open September 9
Middletown Stephens City and Gore schools along with the Miller 8th grade start Monday September 9. The compulsory education law requires children aged 7 to 15 to attend regularly. The vaccination law requires unvaccinated children to be vaccinated before opening. School books for the county handled through the Division Superintendent. Leslie D. Kline, Division Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Stephens City
Gore
Miller School
Division Superintendent of
Painters Wanted 49 S. Mains Ad
G W Forney at 49 S Main is seeking painters as a classified employment notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Forney
S. Mains
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R. T. Barton
Holy Land
Richard Kirkland
South Carolina
Fredericksburg National Park
Qy. Brown
Auxiliary the American, Legion
State Department
Eliza
Mrs. Coolidge
Senate
Arlington Davis, Jr
Wichita, Kas
United States Senate
Senator Allen
Kansas
Baltimore
Hen Bushey
Ogdensburg
Louis Seiga
Oswegatchie River
Handley High School
Covenanter
W. Va
Checker
J. Ashby
Sprint
Apple Broker
Betsy -Roes
Sarah Zane
Hugh M. Alcorn
Connecticut
United States Attorney General
Willebrandt
Miss Page
Assembly President
J. Gustavo Guerrero
Republc
Salvador
League of Nationas Assembly
Winchester Company
Farmers’ Union
Leslie D. Kline
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