Winchester Kiwanis Club marks tenth anniversary celebration
Winchester Kiwanis Club observed its tenth birthday with a luncheon at the George Washington Hotel led by Dr. George Snarr. Nineteen visiting Kiwanians joined local members from Fredericksburg Washington Hagerstown Cumberland Arlington Alexandria and Harrisonburg.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
George Snarr
Winchesterians
Fredericksburg
Washington
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Arlington County
Alexandria
Harrisonburg
Henry A. Converse
Capital
Winchester Club
Rev
F. Berry Plummer
H. ©. James
Roger Clarke
Julian J Carnes
P. N. Stern
J. T. Horton
Albert Krege
T. Benjamin Pitts
H. D. Scott
T. F. Cocke
George H. Winslow
Virgil Barnard
J. N. Wainnemore
Alexander Adams
Lloyd Rawlings
Frank Roe
Joseph H. Newell
County Halves Jail Costs and Guard Funding Plan
Frederick county supervisors vote to pay half of jail upkeep costs with Winchester covering the other half. A guard at the city county jail will be employed at 30 dollars monthly, county paying a quarter. Committees named to adjust bank notes and arrange a 1500 dollar monthly loan for three months.
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Winchester
W. H. Branner
E. W. Adams
Phil H. Gold
C. I. Brumback
Branner
Rosenberger
C. I.brumback
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Special Road Fund
Robi. S. Smith
General County Fund
Lutheran Men To Visit Class At Martinsburg
Grace Lutheran Sunday School will take its men to the Martinsburg Lutheran Church for a joint Bible class Sunday morning. Members should meet at Grace at 8:30 with car pooling to depart by 8:45 to reach Martinsburg before Sunday school.
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Martinsburg
Grace Lutheran Sunday School
Henry Miners & Sons announces new office and packing site
Henry Minters & Sons Inc opens an office in the George Washington Hotel building and a packing house on H J Heinz property Valley Pike in South Winchester. The firm invites apple growers to consult them as they prepare to buy or pack for export to Germany Holland Poland and England. Phone 636.
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George Washington Hotel
South Winchester
H. J. Heinz Company
Valley Pike
Germany
Holland
Poland
England
Henry Minners & Sons, Inc
Business Upturn Signals Hope Across Regions
The Associated Press reports upbeat signs in 1933 across several cities. Ralph B. Wilson of Babson predicts continued improvement if government costs drop 15 percent. Iron Age notes a 14 percent rise in steel ingot production and strong rail and auto orders. Diamond T reports a distinct pickup in August sales. Illinois Chamber of Commerce notes improving business in 32 towns. Garment factory reopenings, railroad hiring, public works, and coal mining resume. Fort Smith sees coal fields reviving activity and hundreds of jobs.
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Associated Press
Wellesley
Mass
Ralph B. Wilson
Babson Statistical Organization
Chicago
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
Seventh Congressional District forms Independent Voters League
Harrisonburg plans a Saturday assembly to launch the Independent Voters League in the Seventh District. World War veterans sponsor a nonpartisan group to boost independent thought, government efficiency, honesty, economy, courage, and justice. Democratic and Republican candidates will be invited to speak. Membership is open to all voting-age citizens. Veterans posts are urged to attend.
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Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Seventh Congressional District
Independent Voters League
Assembly Hall
World War Veterans
League
Congress
Medical Society Meeting Tomorrow in Winchester
The Medical Society of Northern Virginia meets tomorrow at 11 at George Washington Hotel. Dr. Allen Voshell and Dr. T Nelson Carey of Baltimore speak. The society covers Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah Rappahannock Page and Winchester. Dr. C H Iden of Berryville is president and Dr. J E B Harris of Winchester secretary. Lunch follows at 2.
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The
Medical Society of
Northern Virginia
George Washington Hotel
Allen Voshell
T. Nelson Carey
Baltimore
Medical Society
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
Rappahannock
Page
Winchester
C. H. Iden
Berryville
J. EB. Harris
Clarke County orchardist elected bank director
E Blackburn Moore, a leading Clarke county businessman and noted orchardist, was elected director of the Bank of Clarke County to fill the vacancy caused by Richard P Whiting’s resignation. Moore is a partner in Moore and Dorsey fruit firm with a packing house near the Norfolk and Western Railroad freight station.
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Berryville
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke County
Bank of
Richard P Whiting
Moore
Moore and Dorsey
Apple Growers
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Palace Theatre Chevrolet Coach Giveaway Coupon Offer
A Palace Theatre promotion offers 400 chances per $100 spent on a new Chevrolet or used car at Winchester Chevrolet Sales. Coupons apply to parts and labor sales, tied to the 1932 Chevrolet Coach giveaway.
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Palace Theatre
Winchester
Chevrolet
Pickers Tickets Now Available For All Styles
Star Office advertises tickets for all picker styles with a call to order before the rush.
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Star Office
Virginian Endorses Scouting for National Welfare
A Virginian voice support for Boy Scouts of America highlights scouting as a genuine contribution to national welfare. The endorsement, attributed to Woodrow Wilson, frames scouting as strengthening civic virtue and youth leadership nationwide.
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Boy Scouts of America
Woodrow Wilson
Fruit Growers Hopeful of Aid From France
Paris reports France will grant apples and pears a special import quota for the American fruit industry. Negotiators say licensing will switch to monthly rather than ten day periods and much red tape will be cut. American imports had fallen 39 percent under the general fruit quota.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Youths Rescued From Crippled Craft In Water
Four young yachtsmen aged 18 from Cleveland were rescued by a City of Norfolk steamer crew after drifting in a rudderless craft in rough bay waters off Sharp's Island near Baltimore. A second group of six Baltimore youths, including Patrolman Rehak and relatives, were found safe at Paradise Beach.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Sharp's Island
City of
Norfolk
Harry van Dusen
James Fisher
Woolford Beck
Antone Kinkopf
Cleveland
Louis Rehak
Charles
Batty Rehak
Raymond
Lawrence Benda
Lee Hyde
Paradise Beach
Connecticut Democrats Adopt Platform At State Convention
The Connecticut Democratic platform calls for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, modification of the Volstead Act, state unemployment relief aid, a state fund for bank depositors, and an old age pension plus unemployment insurance. It backs the national ticket and Governor Cross, with a contested slate for the ticket.
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Associated Press
Eastern Point
Conn
Wilbur L. Cross
Fac
American Prelate Spellman Elevates to Archbishop in Vatican
Monsignor Francis J. Spellman of Whitman Massachusetts the only American prelate at the Vatican was consecrated archbishop of Boston at St Peters Cathedral by Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli. It marks the first American bishop consecration in the basilica and Spellman has long voiced Pope Pius words in English for the global Catholic community.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Francis J. Spellman
Whitman
Mass
Vatican
Boston
St. Peters
Eugenio Pacelli
Spellman
Pope Pius
Holy Father
Atomizer Invention Receives U S Patent For Dr Yost
Washington reports Dr Edwin C Yost of Winchester has been granted a U S patent for his novel atomizer. The patent office concluded no prior patent infringed his claim after nearly three years of examination. Manufacturing arrangements and patent assignment pending. Description outlines a container with a nozzle and inner conduit forming a deflecting baffle to direct part of the air jet into the container.
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Washington
Edwin C. Yost
Winchester
United States Patent Office
Patent Office
Yost
Joan Lowell Seeksprivacy After Daring Rescue
New York reporter Joan Lowell recounts saving Baltimore banker Albert D. Graham from drowning at Atlantic City. She says she does not want hero status, values being left alone, and notes she previously helped Addison Mulliken, Baltimore corporation counsel, without fanfare.
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Associated Press
New York
Joan Lowell
Albert D. Graham
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Miss Lowell
Graham
Mr. Graham
Addison Mulliken
Corporation Counsel
4000 More Get Full Time Work At Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America reports increased demand for celanese yarn and fabric and says about 1000 more workers have been put to full time work at its Cumberland Maryland plant. The message notes many more will be added forthwith and was sent to top officials.
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Associated Press
New York
Celanese Corporation of America Today
Commerce
Chapin
Doak
Ritchie
Maryland
Cumberland, Md
Winchester Paired With 50 Degree Day Amid Cool Spell
Winchester residents bundled up as thermometers lingered near 50 degrees in a seven day period that contrasted with a 102 degree heat wave a week earlier. Fires glowed in furnaces and fans buzzed as the cool spell was forecast to continue for about 24 hours.
Trains Reduced at Winchester Under Pennsylvanian Cuts
Effective Sunday September 11 the Pennsylvania Railroad trims passenger service to a single daily arrival at 8 45 a m and a single departure at 4 40 p m except Sunday 1 50 p m. The Winchester Harrisburg service remains as before and two round trips are discontinued including the Hagerstown and the Winchester to Hagerstown run with a 7 50 p m return.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester
Harrisburg
Hagerstown
Senator Glass Confined To Bed In Washington
Senator Carter Glass has been confined to his bed at the Raleigh Hotel in Washington for several days with one side largely useless from poor blood circulation. Physicians have not stated the seriousness of the condition and officials fear complications due to the senator's age, he turned 74 last January.
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Carter Glass
Raleigh
Washington
Winchester
Senator Glass
Stock dealer found dead in Maryland barn
Percy V. Hendrickson, 60, a stock dealer and former Kent County farmer, was found dead behind his Pomona Maryland barn with his head almost severed by a shotgun discharge. The gun lay nearby as his widow and daughter, visiting a neighbor, discovered the body. They noted he had been depressed due to business reverses.
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Associated Press
Pomona
Percy V. Hendrickson
Kent County
Baltimore Couple Granted Marriage License Today
A marriage license was issued in the Corporation Clerk's office to W. J. Bryan Harper and Miss Gwendolyn Sheridan James, both of Baltimore, Maryland. The groom, son of Seymour Harper, was born in Davis West Virginia and is in the automobile business in Baltimore. The bride, daughter of Lloyd James, was born in Hendricks West Virginia. The Rev. L. A. Omaski of Grace Lutheran Church was listed as officiating minister.
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Corporation Clerk
W. J. Bryan Harper
Gwendolyn Sheridan James
Baltimore
Seymour Harper
Davis
W. Va
Lloyd James
Endricks
L. A. Omas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mrs Lydia Watson dies after long illness at Buffalo Spring
Mrs Lydia Eleanor Hyatt Watson wife of Lloyd L Watson died at her home Buffalo Spring near Summit Point West Virginia at 3 30 this morning after a illness that lasted several years She was born June 27 1857 daughter of John W Hyatt and Rachel Clark Hyatt She unit ed with the Southern Methodist Church and was known for Christian character Surviving are her husband four daughters two sons two sisters and one brother Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 30 am at the family home conducted by Rev C E Kirby Burial in Masonic Cemetery Middleway WV
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Lydia Eleanor Hyatt Wat
Lloyd L. Watson
Buffalo Spring
Summit Point
W. Va
Watson
Mrs. Watson
John W
Rachel Clark Hyatt
Frederick County
Winchester
Mr. Watson
Leslie N. Russell
Berryville
C. Wilson Moler
Shenandoah Junction
L. C. Snapp, Jr
Q. O. van Huss
Winchester Evening Star
Neill S. Watson
Kearneysville
Raymond L. Watson
Summit Point Methodist Church
Sieceased
Friendship Regular Meeting Notice
Regular meeting scheduled for tonight at 8 o'clock. Fred W. Forney signs as Captain and notes business of importance.
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Fred W. Forney
Church Is Named Legatee Under the Carter Will
The First Baptist Church of Winchester is named residuary legatee of Berryhill M. Carter's estate, admitted to probate in Frederick County. After $27,000 in cash bequests and specific gifts are paid, the church will receive the remainder of an estate valued around $35,000 including bonds, savings, and real estate. Executor named is Herbert S. Larrick of Winchester. The will directs cash distributions to relatives and friends and a $200 perpetual care gift to Green Hill Cemetery.
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First Baptist Church of
Winchester
Berryhill M. Carter
Stephens City
Frederick County
Carter
Herbert S. Larrick
Winch
Tor
Carter Hall
Norfolk
Stanley H. Poweashington
D. C
Virginia Luttrelli
Leonard Luttrell
Elsie i
Hunter
Isville
Benjamin Hume
Mallory
W Vail
Bon Clarendon
Vail
Walter M. Carter
County
Lula Luttrell
Corinne Luttrell
Steph City
Marian
Green Hill Cemetery
Mary Caldwell Carter
Larrick
Walter M. Carte
Janet Powell Montgomery
Clarendon
Annie Elizabeth Carter
Elizabeth, N. J
Flashes of Life and Odd Jobs From Across the World
Londoners mocked Chicago as crime town but Mayor Cer mak replied that ten U S cities had more murders. In Fleetwood the trawler Margaret Rose seeks hake at 2100 feet with gear to fish below 100 fathoms. In Muskogee a job seeker climbed a 30 foot flagpole for work at the federal employment office. In Kansas City fifteen boys 8 to 13 were hospitalized after Tarzan stunts left them with injuries.
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London
Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Fleetwood
Eng
Hake
Margaret Rose
New Hake
United States
Kansas City
Sonny
Warm Springs Residents Contribute to Roosevelt Drive
The Georgia village of Warm Springs raises 75 for Franklin D Roosevelt’s presidential campaign. Subscriptions from locals are sent to National Democratic headquarters in New York along with a representative subscriber list.
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Warm Springs
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Arkansas youths enroll at Tech with cashless college plan
Russellville Ark Haddon Pritchett and William Hayes from Charleston Ark arrived with only enough funds to cover tuition. They brought a truck with two cows two pies and thirty chickens and rented room and board in exchange for milk butter pork and eggs.
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Russellville
Ark
Haddon Pritchett
William Hayes
Charleston
Arkansas Tech
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Ralph Rosenberger
A. C. Swimley
W. A. Sale
H. M. Solenberger
Philip Williams
E. C. Yost
Iron Age
Diamond T Motor Car Company
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Anin Voters’ League
Bank
Virginian
DR. Yost
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Carter Will
First Baptist Church
B. M. Carter
Herbert
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Okla
Federal State Employment Bureau
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