Shirley May France Drops English Channel Swim Attempt
Shirley May France, 17, of Somerset Massachusetts, quit her English Channel crossing at 4 05 p m after 10 1 2 hours in icy waters. She had swum over 80 miles and was under six miles from England when coach Harry Boudakian pulled her from the sea amid her pleas not to quit.
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English Channel
Shirley
France
Somerset
Mass
England
Cap Gris Nozice
Shirley May
Hier
Harry Boudakian
Friendship First At Round Hill Fete
Friendship Fire Co won first prize for best apparatus in the Round Hill firemen parade. Irvin Stayton drove the truck with a color guard including John McDaniel Robert Geanious Sam Green Sandy Quintland Bernard Hodgson Raymond and Richard Pitcock. Mrs Mary E Runyon won third prize in a beauty contest riding the Friendship track in a white gown with red roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Co
Round Hill
Irvin Stayton
John McDaniel
Robert Geanious
Sam Green
Sandy Qutland
Bernard Hodgson
Raymond
Richard Pitcock
Mary E. Runyon
E. Cork St
Friendship Track
Sales Directory Notices from September Sales
Listings show September sales with times and places. Mrs. W. A Brnning offers household goods furniture and blacksmith tools at Best Church at 1 p.m. on September 10. Estate of Leon Darvin located at Frederick County Court House real estate sale. Berryville Ave Market at 731 Berryville Ave to sell entire grocery stock and equipment September 15 at 10 a.m. Estate sale details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A Brnning
Best Church
Leon Darvin
Frederick Co
Guardsmen Return From Summer Camp at Indiantown Gap
Winchester units of the National Guard arrived home at 12 45 a m Sunday after two weeks of training at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania. A crowd waited at the armory as companies rolled in with one truck breaking down and then rejoining the convoy. The men were dismissed about 1 30 a m after gear was checked and put away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
National Guard
City
Indiantown Gap
Rites Held For Irvin M Boyce Farmer and Lumber Man
Friends and relatives gathered at Yellow Springs for funeral services at Mt. Pleasant for Irvin M. Boyce 57 farmer and lumber man who died after 13 weeks bedfast. Survived by widow Rose Mason Boyce seven children and many siblings with numerous grandchildren. obituary notes include mention of Alcatraz as San Francisco Bay prison on a small island.
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Yellow Springs
Mt. Pleasant
Irvin M. Boyce
James
Mary Ella Boyce
Rose Mason Boyce
Emmett
Anna Shrout
Paw Paw
W. Va
Asbury
Madeline
Winchester
Odetta Grim
Willard Boyce
Rev H Henderson Rites Tomorrow
Services for Rev Henry Henderson will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Guildfield Baptist church Millwood. He died Saturday in Pittsburgh where he had lived 55 years. Interment will be in Little Chapel cemetery. Survivors include son Fenny Henderson Jr. of Pittsburgh two daughters Cornelia Thornton of Millwood and Truth Patrick of St Louis a brother Jack Henderson a sister Annie Henderson and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildfield Baptist Church
Millwood
Henry Henderson
Pittsburgh
Ralph Laws
Daniel and
Jackson Williams
Alfred Bray
Newton Turner
David Washington
George Munroe
Little Chapel
Clarke County
Fenny Henderson Jr
Cornelia Thornton
Truth Patrick
St. Louis
Jack Henderson
Harve-de-Grass
Annie Henderson
Massachusetts
Mary Brown
Body of Woman Found Lashed to Sailboat’s Mast
CHICAGO September 6. The partly dressed body of a young woman bruised and bloody was found lashed to the stump of a mast of a half submerged sailboat adrift on Lake Michigan. No trace of her three companions. Mrs. Gladys Swenson identified the body as her daughter Mrs. Laura Neteze 22 Chicago. The party sailed from Jackson Park harbor toward Michigan City with another couple aboard. Weather roughness may explain injuries and loss of other passengers.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Kenneth. Foster
Gladys Swenson
Laural Neteze
Jackson Park Harbor
Michigan City
Ind
Swenson
Foster
Coast Guard
Netero
Coast Guard Station
Racing Pigeons Loosed Here for Flight to Scranton
Two thousand racing pigeons were released at Piccadilly Street and Woodstock Lane by three men from Scranton. The birds circled briefly before heading north on a 285 mile flight to their home lofts. In charge were Matthew Weiss Roger Teske and Stanley Gueck who predicted the flight would take under 300 minutes.
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Scranton
Piccadilly St
Woodstock Lane
Matthew Weiss
Roger Teske
Stanley Gueck
Lester Hamilton Indicted for Murder in Morgantown Scrape
Lester Hamilton 41 of Paw Paw was indicted for murder by the Morgan County grand jury. He allegedly fatally stabbed his brother Forrest Hamilton of Paw Paw on July 9.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Lester Hamilton
Paw Paw
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Forrest Hamilton
Alaska Adopts First Old Age Pension Plan in 1915
According to the Encyclopedia Americans the Alaska legislature adopted the first old age pension plan in the United States or its territories in 1915.
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U. S. Or Territories
Alaska
American Troops Start Maneuvers In West Germany
In Mernebreg Germany on September 6 110000 U S troops sailors and airmen joined a major postwar exercise under unified command. An aggressor force of 18000 assaulted east toward the Rhine while constabulary units simulated real war with air and artillery support.
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West Germany
Mernberg
Germany
America
U. S
Agressor Army
Rhine
Shirley Highway Opened to Traffic Memorial Route In Virginia
A 19 mile dual lane concrete memorial to Henry G. Shirley and Virginia highway commissioner for 19 years opened today. The Shirley memorial highway cuts travel time about 30 minutes between Washington and Woodbridge on R1.
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Arlington
Virginia
Henry G. Shirley
Washington
Woodbridge
Shirley
Quiz Answers From Page Four Reveal Local Referents
The page lists ten quiz answers including Montgomery as question one and Mississippi as question four. It notes the Penn family naming, a rationing board source, Harvard, Hoover’s remark about an experimental noble purpose, the Ryukyus, Grass, the steamboat, and George W. Norris as the final item.
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William Penn
Mississippi
Harvard
Herbert Hoover
The
Ryukyus
George W. Norris
Albuquerque Named for Viceroy Duke of Alburquerque
Albuquerque New Mexico founded in 1706 was named for the viceroy of New Spain the Duke of Alburquerque though the first r in the name later fell into disuse.
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Albuquerque, N. M
New Spain
Duke of
Alburquerque
Britain seeks win from three power talks on economic crisis
British officials anticipate no quick fix to the nation’s economic malaise and expect limited gains from the three power talks. Douglas Abbott notes no miracles, while Bevin eyes Marshall Plan discussions to buy Canadian wheat and other goods with American dollars. Britain has spent about 110 million in reserves last year on Canadian imports.
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Europe
Britain
Douglas Abbott
Bevin
Paul Hoffman
United States
Robeson Describes Police Action at Protest Concert
Robeson told a New York news conference that police and state authorities attacked the peaceable crowd at a concert in Westchester County and he demanded New York pay for damages and injuries. Officials said mass violence could have occurred without the heavy force and cited seizures of bats bayonets and rifle parts from protesters and veterans.
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Dewey
Westchester County
Robeson
New York City
New York State
Danger Center
Fanelli
Hand Made Candleholders by 19th Century Methods Revived
Skilled American glassworkers continue to craft candleholders using techniques nearly identical to those used a century ago. The revival highlights traditional craftsmanship enduring alongside modern trends in glassmaking.
Funeral services held for Mrs Mary Gearing in Shenandoah county
Rev. F. B. Oglesby of Winchester district superintendent of the Methodist church assisted in conducting funeral services this morning for Mrs. Mary Gearing wife of Marcellus Gearing and a prominent Shenandoah county church woman who died Saturday.
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F. B. Oglesby
Winchester
The
Methodist Church
Mary Gearing
Marcellus Gearing
Shenandoah County
Virginia highway span dedication highlights state gains
State officials discuss cost overruns from 500000 to 1250000 for a major bridge. Governor Tuck is praised for leadership that expanded the gasoline tax and reduced car license fees to fund thousands of miles of secondary roads. A ribbon cutting followed the dedicatory address. Cliff dwellings in New Mexico note historic habitation.
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Tuck
Virginia
General Assembly
Anderson
Notice of sale of furniture by Harvie L. Martin
A buyer purchased a round table and five chairs from Harvie L. Martin about two months ago. They are asked to call at 739 South Kent St for two extension boards and one chair that belong to the set.
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Harvie L. Martin
South Kent St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Channel Try
Round Hill Fete
Tractor
Imilate Delivery C.4bru& Sons
N. Cameron St
Hay
Holland Way
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Sub Blast Survivor
U.S
Cocline
William H. Payne
Groton
Connecticut
Payne
International
I. M. Boyce Rites
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
McCormick - Deering
Allis-Chalmers
Newm-M
Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
Shenandoah County Fair
Virginia Tractor Company Inc
Waynesboro, Virginia
H. Henderson
Los Angeles
Frank Kufta
Garwood
New Jersey
Madelyde M. Stroud
San Diego
Calif
Shirley Highway
Montgomery
Wolverton
Dunkard Church Road
Stephens City
R. G. Wolverton
Julian W. Baker
Eom Court House
James P. Reardon
Rouss Avenue
Coleman Dunn
Oglesby
New Mexico
Lal
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St
J.R. Alexander, Jr
Loudoun St
Mexico
Brazil
Tin
Bure
BS Psue
Pittsburgh Paints
BUICK
Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Re Braddock St
Tommy D. Lockhart
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
County Court House
Shenandoah Apple Cider & Vinegar Co
Green Chemical Company
Virginia Apple Storage
Winchester Cold Storage
Potomac Edfison Company
Commercial & Saving Bank
Coleman Dunn Auctioneer
Rest
Clearbrook
Bunker Hill
Morris
Hackley
Paragon
Estate Heatrola
Majestic Radio
Maytag
Iver Johnson
Walter A. Brining
Myrtle Cook
Winchester Avenue
Martinsburg
Thur
Sheraton
Mary Washington
Godey
Lee
Jackson
Rare Glass
CHINA
Bristol
China Bureau
Westinghouse
Edgar C, Trout
Lewis & Cookus
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