Rouss Firemen's Carnival Opens Week of Sept 16
The Cetlin and Wilson Shows bring Winchester Century of Progress thrills starting September 16 for one week. Speedy Merrill and Hazel Russell headline the wall of death and daredevil acts with three riders on a wall at once. Charley Rouss Fire Company members sell tickets to support the event and additional riding devices include the Twin Loop-O Plane.
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Gradway
Cetlin and Wilson
Winchester
Rouss
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Bus Disaster Suits Seek $400 000 Against Rail Firm
Eighteen damage suits filed in Hagerstown name the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and Howard R. Poe over the Rockville bus crash of April 11 that killed four Williamsport High School students. Each death case seeks $25,000. two injury suits ask $20,000 each. two loss of service suits seek $5,000 each.
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Hagerstown
Mad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Howard R. Poe
Rockville
Williamsport High School
Seth Parker Distressed Again Near Honolulu
Coast guard patrol boat Tiger raced to the rescue of the distressed schooner Seth Parker about 625 miles southeast of Honolulu. The leaking vessel with pumps out, three feet of water in the hold, and a crew of 15 had no food. Tiger delivered supplies and towed the Parker into port.
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Honlulu
Coast Guard
Seth Parker
Paciod
Phillips Lord
Globe
Tiger
Parker
Jack O Neal In Night Collision Damages Car Near Stephens City
Jack O Neal son of Samuel D O Neal from near Stephens City drove a 1934 Ford V eight sedan into the rear of a trailer truck about a mile south of Stephens City at around 1 am yesterday. He escaped uninjured though his car suffered about 300 in damage. The truck was driven by Tracy Harri man of Recreation Pier Long Branch New Jersey. A little over a year ago O Neal was injured after being struck by a car while walking home.
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Jack O’neal
Samuel D. O’neal
Stephens City
Srome
Jack
Tracy Harriman
Recreation Pier
Long Branch
N. J
Young O’neal
Kingfish Huey Long to Fast-Track New Bills in Special Session
Baton Rouge sources say the Louisiana Legislature will convene in a special session tonight at 10 to enact a batch of bills prepared by Senator Huey P. Long. The move signals aggressive legislative action from Long and his allies.
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Baton Rouge
Theuisiana
Huey P. Long
Jewelry Store Window Robbed in Hagerstown Heist
Thieves broke a front window on Washington Street in Hagerstown and stole five valuable watches from William H. Needy's jewelry shop early today before escaping.
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Hagerstown
William H. Needy
Washington Street
Second Game To Be Played Here End Of Season
The Winchester Park and Harrisonburg clubs meet tomorrow for their second game in a four game series. Harrisonburg pitches Lefty Hutchinson, Eaton will start for Winchester. A large crowd is expected as the Valley teams break up next Tuesday, with many Harrisonburg players leaving for college.
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Winchester Park
Harrisonburg
Lefty Hutchinson
Eaton
Winchester
Wedding Flowers Blamed In Auto Upset Near Annapolis
Flowers for a wedding were scattered after a car overturned on Herald Harbor road. The bride Miss Anna Hanshew and Robert Robinson of Moores New York were to wed at the Hanshew home in Herald Harbor. Edward W. Hanshew drove with Mrs. Hattie Brewer and J. M. Kline. injuries to relatives were not serious. State Patrolman J C Gates investigates.
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Annapolis
Herald Harbor
Anna Hanshew
Robert Robinson
Moores
N. Y
Hanshew
Edward W. Hanshew
Wisconsin Avenue
Washington
State files for large loans to fund 25 million dollar projects
Applications for PWA projects totaling 25,088,420 dollars were sent to Washington. 53 of 185 projects seek loans while 132 seek grants covering 45 percent of costs. Officials expect up to 50,000 unemployment relief and 15,326 jobs if approved, with additional applications awaiting deadline September 12.
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Richmond
PWA
Washington
State Public Works Administration
Public Works
James A. Anderson
State Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Anderson
Red Men Dispatch Relief Funds to Florida Victims
Arthur J. Ruland national head of the Improved Order of Red Men ordered A. J. Wade from Fort Myer Florida past great sachem into the Florida keys storm area to aid destitute residents of Tavernier. William H. Beecher of St. Augustine also to assist as funds from the Great Council of the United States treasury are appropriated for relief work.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Arthur J. Ruland
Improved Order of Red Men
A. J. Wade
Fort Myer
Fla
Florida Keys
Tavernier
Ruland
Wade
William H. Beecher
Great Council of
Florida
St. Augustine
Great Council of the United
Lyons Tops Yankees in White Sox First Game Victory
Ted Lyons allowed five hits as the Chicago White Sox win the first game of a doubleheader 3 to 2 over the New York Yankees. Bill Dickey drove in both Yankee runs with a homer in the second. Lyons earns his fourteenth win of the season.
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New York
Ted Lyons
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Johnny Allen
Bill Dickey
Yank
Dodgers Purchase Oriole Pitcher Albert M. Butcher
The Brooklyn Dodgers announced the purchase of right handed pitcher Albert M. Butcher, 25, from the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. He will report next spring.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Dodgers Today
Albert M. Butcher
Baltimore Orioles
Conditions Good For Qualifiers At Altoona Speedway
Bright sun and ideal track conditions greeted 22 drivers as they lined up for 100 mile championship qualifying at the Altoona Tyrone speedway. The race is the season finale with significance for the national title.
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Altoona
Altoona-Tyrone Speedway
Adventists To Solicit World's Mission Funds
Pastor G. H. Clark returns from Richmond mission meeting to announce Winchester’s Harvest Ingathering starts today. For 27 years the drive raises about three-fourths of a million dollars annually for home and foreign missions. The church reports 295 countries, 504 languages, 22,254 laborers, 123 institutions, 2,271 schools with 95,000 students, and 69 publishing houses. Local members will solicit offerings next week for direct mission work.
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G. H. Clark
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Richmond
Winchester
Friends of the Cause of God and Humanity
Clark Sa
Doric Passengers Land At Tilbury After Collision
London reports that over 700 passengers from the Doric were landed at Tilbury after a collision with the Formigny off Portugal. They came ashore on the rescue ships Orion and Viceroy of India, some disembarking with little luggage and in nondescript clothing.
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London
Cunard-White Star
Doric
Formigny
Portugal
Tilbury
Orion
Viceroy of India
Italian Consuls in Ethiopia Are Withdrawn
The report states Ethiopian Minister Warner C. Martin faces British censure for an anti-Italian speech and notes it is unlikely Emperor Haile Selassie will recall him. The article covers League of Nations efforts to avert force, British praise for Anglo French unity, and a papal peace appeal amid the Italo Ethiopian crisis.
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Warner C. Martin
Britain
Foreign Office
Martin
Haile Selassie
London
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
France
Alosi
Aloisi
League Council
Rome
Pius
St. Paul Basilica
Castel Gandolfo
St. Paul's
Demonstration Week Plans by Miss Farrar for 4-H Work
Miss Elizabeth Farrar county home agent outlines the September 9 14 program including 4 H meetings canning contests and lunch projects. Activities cover visits to Gravel Springs Middletown North Frederick Mt Williams and White Hall groups with Kerr Ball sponsorships and county contest preparation.
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Elizabeth Farrar
Farrar
Belle Burke
Stephens City Community Group
Stephens City
Gravel Springs
4-H Club
Ball, Brothers Company
Kerr Glass Corporation
Pauline Hudson Rhodes
Stephens City High School
Middletown Community Group
Middletown
North Frederick
Lodge Hall
Cross Junction
Gainesboro
Class To Install Officers At Open Door Bible Class
Members of the Open Door Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will install new officers Sunday morning September 9 at 9 30. The pastor Rev E B McGukin will preside and teach the class. You are invited to attend.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
E. B. McGukin
Devastated Keys Count Casualties and Fire Wreaks
Officials in the Florida Keys and state leaders prepare reports on storm casualties and property damage. Governor Shultz plans to present a Roosevelt administration briefing on relief, warnings, and rehab prospects. Recovery work continues as authorities halt planned cremations and guard coffins as guardsmen halt burning.
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Public Health
Red Cross
Smith
Shultz
Washington
Roosevelt
Weather Bureau
G. A. Worley
Aubrey Williams
Harry L. Hopkine
American Legion
Keys
Worley
Florida East Coast Railway
Hanson
J. E. Fairbanks
Coast Guard
Snake Creek
Lower
Matecumbe
Omas Conroy
Flamingo Key
Upper Keys
Livestock And Produce Markets Baltimore and Philadelphia
Baltimore reports cattle 200 head with steers and cows strong and bulls weak, grass cattle 8.00 to 10.00, heavy grassers 10.60, calves 11.00 to 11.50 top, hogs 300 head with 150 lb plus steady to 20 higher, 12.70 top, lambs and sheep about 75 higher, late bulk good and choice ewe and wether lambs 10.25 to 11.00, Philadelphia notes firm edges with light offerings and quiet demand for live poultry and dressed poultry.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Philadlephia
Philadelphia
U. S
Market in Stocks Climbs to New Highs on Broad Gains
The New York stock market rose on heavy profit taking limits and moved into fresh high territory. The session saw large blocks trade early as buyers pressed after the President’s breathing spell letter. the close featured about 1,250,000 shares and an active Saturday. Closing quotations list major movers such as Allied Chemical, American Can, General Electric, General Motors, U. S. Steel, and Texas Corp with varied gains.
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New York
Aske Aes
Chicago
The
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Radiator
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
American Woolen
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand, Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Futures and cash grain quotations across wheat corn and oats
Chicago curbs show September wheat at 9 17 92 and December 94 4 1 2 cents. Corn September 16 cents December 56 4 4 4 cents. Oats September 26 1 2 cents December 26 3 4 4 cents. Barley September 43 cents December 43 4 2. Lard futures mixed. Baltimore spot wheat 84 7 4 percent. Winchester wheat 78 cents, yellow corn 90 cents, white corn 93 cents.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Local Market Prices and Feed Goods Listing
Local markets publish daily wholesale and retail prices for flour and feed items. Listings include patent brand flour in various bag sizes, cracked corn, corn meal, screenings, middlings, mixed feed, dairy feeds, egg mash, butter types, and livestock terms with price per bag or per hundredweight where applicable. Prices vary by bag size and brand across wholesale and retail.
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Isehennes
AOO
Kasco
Navy Reservists Off For Cruise From Naval Academy
About 300 navy reservists from Baltimore Washington and Richmond Va embarked on the Wyoming for a 15 day training cruise to Halifax Nova Scotia Marine personnel will join the Arkansas in New York City later today.
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Annapolis
Halifax
N. S
Navy
Baltimore
British Admiral Visits Boston on York Arrival
Admiral Sir Matthew R. Best, commander in chief of British naval forces in America and the West Indies, arrived in Boston today aboard H. M. S. York. The cruiser, 8,250 tons, docked at Charleston Navy Yard after sailing from Bar Harbor, Maine, following a cruise from Bermuda to Canada.
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Boston
Matthew R. Best
West Indian
H. M. S. York
Charleston Navy Yard
Bar Harbor
Bermuda
Canada
Wife of Minister Tells of Experiences
Mrs Laura D Jefferson describes escape to safety on a hill during a flood. Neighbors on both sides climbed into boats from their porch roofs as water rose around the area. The account highlights the peril and communal effort during the rising floodwaters.
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Laura D. Jefferson
Raging Waters Menace Maryland Area
Mid Atlantic flood scene continues with roads washed out and bridges down across Salisbury Cambridge Ocean City corridor. Milldams burst near Salisbury blocks highways. St. Mary s City isolated. Route 404 blocked. detours via Georgetown Delaware and Matapeake Ferry used. Several routes and communities suffer washouts and detours.
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Smith
The
Roads Commission
Salisbury
Cambridge
Ocean City
Centreville
Queenstown
Church Hill
Goldsborough
Marydel
Dover
Georgetown
Del
Milldams
Vienna
Pittsville
Powellsville
Queen Anne
Hillsboro
Commission
Maryland
St. Mary’s City
Two Men Fined For Possession Of Illegal Liquor
Two men were fined in police court this morning for possession of illegal liquor. William Baker of Kernstown and William Whittington of 1004 South Braddock Street drew fines.
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William Baker
Kernstown
William Whittington
South Braddock Street
Jail terms suspended on payment of fines
Sentences of one month for each offense were imposed but suspended on condition that the defendants pay fines totaling 35 dollars and 25 cents.
Reckless Driver Charged in Berryville Incident
B. E. Whittaker of Berryville Avenue was charged with reckless driving and fined a total of $10.25 including costs.
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B. E. Whittaker
Berryville Avenue
Lindbergh Stays at Morrow Home in North Haven
Col Charles A. Lindbergh visited the summer home of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow in North Haven Me. arriving yesterday after a westward flight. The family withheld comment on his affairs and disclosure of his arrival was delayed until today.
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North Haven
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
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Seth Parker Craft
Auto
Dodgers
Oriole
Adventists
Pastor Clark
Star
Wenders
Buncutter Tire Co
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power CO
Lindbergh
Morrow Home
Winchester Furniture Co
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