Bankers Group Committee to Finalize Armistice Day Meeting
Virginia Bankers Association Group Three officers and advisory committee meet in Harrisonburg at the Kavanaugh Hotel to finalize plans for the Armistice Day annual group meeting in Luray at the Mimsyln Hotel. Members include Charles C. Louderback and bankers from Harrisonburg Staunton and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Louderback
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Stanley
Virginia Bankers Association
Harrisonburg
Kavanaugh Hotel
Luray
Mimsyln Hotel
Louderback
William H. Byrd
First National Bank
Wayt B. Timberlake
Augusta National Bank
Staunton
P. W. Anderson
Marshall National Bank and Trust Company
Marshall
H. H. Cooley
Round Hill National Bank
Round Hill
8. H. Smith
State Bank of Madison
T. E. Sebrell
The
Clarendon Trust Company
R. E. Cox
Monterey
Frank 8. Driver
Augusta-Rockingham Bank
Weyers Cave
Virginia
Woodstock
Mimsyln
Maryland Area Hit Hard by Gale Backwash
Flooded streams breached banks across St. Marys and Talbot counties as rain halted Eastern Shore bus service and downed lines. Two families, eight and four members, trapped near Leonardstown were rescued after road crews reached the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Maryland
Talbot County
Wye River
Salisbury
Ocean City
Queen Anne’s County
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Crisfield
State Road
Great Mills
St. Mary’s County
Leonardstown
Indian Bridge Road
C. H. Selzer
Irving
Marian
Selzer
Leonard Combs
Annapolis
Berlin
Old Copper Nose nickname and beard tax in coins
The piece notes Henry VIII earned the name Old Copper Nose for debasing coins so silver wore off revealing copper. It also mentions Peter the Great taxing beards and creating a coin known as beard-money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VIII
Peter the Great
Russia
Roosevelt Stresses Broad Tax Base and Recovery Path
The president defends the new tax program as broad and just aiming to aid the economy, noting consumers taxes hit the poor more than the rich. He credits banking, farming, homes, and public works for improved conditions and links recovery to reform, insisting actions align with three years of policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Carol Ann Wallace Beery Debuts in China Seas
Four year old Carol Ann Wallace Beery makes her screen debut beside her father in China Seas a Metro Goldwyn Mayer feature opening at the Capitol Theatre. The film stars Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery with Carol Ann portraying a typhoon wreck survivor rescued by Gable. Beery plans to foster her acting career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Beery
Carol Ann
China Seas
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Capitol Theatre
Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Berry
Asia
Gable
Beery
Will Rogers at the Palace in Steamboat Round the Bend screenings
Will Rogers film Steamboat Round the Bend plays the Palace in three late shows tonight due to crowds. Rex King of the Wild Horses Rin Tin Tin Jr. Law of the Wild also shown. Saturday features Bill Cody Ken Maynard double western program Frontier Days Mystery Mountain with Krazy Kat Kartoon and The Three Stooges Horse Collars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will’ Rogers
the Palace
Will Rogers
Rex King of
3 Stooges
Plans Progress for State League Meeting in Fredericksburg
The forthcoming convention of the League of Virginia Municipalities in Fredericksburg on September 25 26 is shaping up for record attendance. E M Shull and Morton L Wellerstein report extensive preparations city hosts delegates and guests with an annual banquet headlined by a national governmental official. Topics include tax limitation laws relief old age pensions and pollution. Mayor C R Anderson hopes many council members and city officials attend to gain information and ideas from the discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Virginia
Fredericksburg
E. M. Shull
Covington
League
Morton L. Wellerstein
C. R. Anderson
Reynolds Store Notes
Reynolds Store notes recap Sunday visits and family travel across West Virginia and nearby Maryland. Elmer Bageant and three daughters hosted by Elmer Holliday. Shenk and Williams guests rode from Winchester. multiple households visited Gainesboro and Cumberland. Austin Leath in critical condition after carbide plant accident in Bloomery.
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Dorsey Strother
Winchester
J. L. Shanholtz
Royal Hottle
Martinsburg
W. Va
Susan B. Lewis
Raymond Lloyd
Washington, D. C
C. W. Moore
Oscar Luttrell
Joseph Largent
Good
Ira Bageant
Baltimore
Henry Bageant
Cumberland
Jackson Bageant
Berkeley Springs
Norman Bageant
Charles Holliday
Harry Holliday
A T Oe Brown
Lawrence Daily
Hayfield
E. B. Brannon
Lynn Smith
Dellee Adams
Gainesboro
Earl Farmer
Carl Nelson
Carror Tool
Pittsburgh
A. T. Adams
Dellee
Wayne Carter
Stephens Ty
Carter
State Highway Department
E. N. Luttrell
Offutt
Eugene Borden
Strasburg
Borden
Luttrell
Peacemaker
Dustin Fearnow
Ed Stine
Austin Leath
Bloomery
Winchester Memorial Hospital
District Nurse Association Reports August Patient Visits
The District Nurse Association held its August meeting at its office near the Court House with Mrs. H. D. Puller presiding. Miss Mary Pearson and Miss Evelyn C. Dean reported 435 visits across prenatal postnatal infant preschool school tuberculosis and adult cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Court House
H. D. Puller
Martin Wisecarver
Mary Pearson
Evelyn C. Dean
Rest Brevities headlines from Rest, Virginia society
Mrs C E Ridgeway and relatives return from a Ohio motor trip. Miss Esther Ridgeway visits relatives in Rest. Helen Kiger of Washington spends vacation with her parents. Charles Gordon Lucille Gordon and guest Mrs Jones visit Pennsylvania. Local entertaining includes Mrs F O Moulden and Mr Mrs H B Sell hosting Yates family and Dr Paul Yates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rest
C. E. Ridgeway
Esther Ridgeway
V. P. Ridgeway
Annie Crim
Ohio
Helen Kiger
Washington, D. C
Frank Kiger
Charles Gordon
Lucille Gordon
Jones
Washington
Pennsylvania
F. O. Moulden
H. B. Sell
Gertrude Yates
Jean Porter
Alexandria
Paul Yates
Columbus
Harry Stipe
John Gaines
A. S. Bowers
California
United States Navy
West Coast
E. W. Smallwood
Kenneth
Martinsburg
Holmes Snapp
Paul Ridgeway
Morgantown
W. Va
Hagerstown
Maryland Penal Farm
City Park
Thomas Neal
Little
Charles Town
Neal
Lucille Stevens
Charlottesville
William Stevens
George Clark
Roy Ashton
White Hall
W. J. Flowers
Business College
Winchester
Lancelet Used as Food in China
The lancelet, a small transparent marine animal, is described as a food source in China. The article notes its use as a edible item in local cuisine and mentions its marine habitat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Liverpool Sees Strong Demand For U S Apples In Market
British market reports on September 4 show upward price trends for American deciduous fruit. Liverpool buyers prefer U S apples and pears with California Gravensteins and Maiden Blush listed among top prices as imports rise to offset a still large local supply.
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London
Fruit Specialist
The
Foreign Agricultural Service
Liverpool
Glasgow
California
Washington
Virginia
New Jersey
Massachusetts
U. S
United Kingdom
North America
Traps A Large Garden Spider
Earl Neal of 513 Highland avenue brought a large spider to The Evening Star office. The specimen has long legs an oblong body black with two broad yellow stripes and two narrow yellow stripes on the back. Two feelers protrude nearly a quarter inch. The spider is in a glass bottle. Earl suspects a black widow but notes it lacks its key traits and will seek expert classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Neal
Highland Avenue
Evening Star
Earl
Lieutenant Hollis Wins Regiment Rifle Championship
Information from Richmond reports Lieutenant Lawrence C. Hollis of Headquarters Company 116th Regiment National Guard as the officers champion with a 242 score. Sergeant Robert T. Hering, Company C, tallied 237 for the enlisted men. The match occurred partly on the home range and partly at Virginia Beach.
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Richmond
Lawrence C. Hollis
116Th Regiment of National Guard
Robert T. Hering
Hollis
War Department
National Guard
Virginia Beach
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Bankers’ Group Committee
Page One
Warner’ Bros. Capitol
Hable’s Palace
Palace Today
Anderson
Miss Aulick
Catawba
Boyd
Ric
U.S
Buncutter Tire Co
Outhern Dairies
eSeatlast
Lieut
Wenders
Delco
Delco-Light
Chas. W. Fulk
Delco-Light Products
Shepherdstown
Kearneysville
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