Death of Sgt James G Smith in Winchester
James G Smith age about 56 died at 29 East Street Winchester after a stroke. A sergeant in Company I 116th Virginia Infantry National Guard he served in many roles and held posts in Bradock Street Methodist Church and the Patriotic Order Sons of America. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 PM from East Gerard Street with military honors at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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James G. Smith
Winchester
Gerrard 1
East Street
Spring Gardens
Smith
Anna Brown
James Smith
de Va Steele
Smith Sagine’ Deverge
Mr. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hagerstown
Frank H. Taylor
Co. I
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Virginia Beach
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Luella Hottel
William T. Hottel
Clarence E. Bush
Washington, D. C
Marshall
William Smith
Robert
Two Children Die In Newark Tenement Fire
A three story brick tenement on Prospect street in Newark burned destroying the building. Two children named John Romero six and Edward Santon perished. Ten adults were injured with five in critical condition. Police and firemen saved several occupants and three leaped into a life net.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Prospectet
John Romero
Edward Santon
Forms Received for Farmers 10 Get U S Loans
Drought Relief Committee reports receipt of Department of Agriculture forms for small loans to farmers for fertilizer and seed for 1930 fall and winter pasture. Loans up to 5 per acre and 200 total, 5 percent interest, due July 1 1931, with crop lien and Agriculture vouchers. Applications via Washington or Handley School office. government may reject any part.
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Department of Agriculture
Depont of Agriculture
Washington
Handley School
T. Russell Cather
Rouss Avenue
School Students Refuse Extra Study Hour Protest
Five hundred striking high school students including 150 girls staged a demonstration before the Junior High School in Watertown Massachusetts. Police intervened to end the protest after they walked out in opposition to the school committee adding one hour to the daily program. The school commission suspended the strikers and said they would be reinstated only after parents provide letters guaranteeing obedience.
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Associated Press
Watertown
Mass
Stephens City Team to Meet Winchester Park Second Squad
The Winchester Park Association second team, known as the Winchester Athletics, will host the Stephens City nine at Rouss Springs Park Diamond at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The game pits the Park second string against Stephens City in a local scheduled matchup.
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Winchester Park Association
Stephens City
Rouss Springs Park
The
Park Association
Winchester Athletics
Bank cashier denies robbery plot rumors in Stephens City
Russell A. Shryock of the Peoples Bank of Stephens City asked The Star to deny rumors that suspicious persons lurked near the bank during a directors’ meeting and that townspeople armed themselves. He said there was no gun display and the alleged plot to rob the bank was fictitious.
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Russell A. Shryock
Peoples Bank
Stephens City
The
Star
Shryock
Apple growers warned of misprint in fruit size ad
The Star corrects an advertisement by National Fruit Product Co. noting a typographical error in apple size. The ad listed 242 inches up but should read 2 %%4 inches up, a change that significantly affects growers for this grade of apples.
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Star
National Fruit Product Co
Lost Navy Blue Coat Belt With Black Buckle
Lost Monday night navy blue poiret twill coat belt with black buckle. Reward offered. Star Office (9-11-1n-21).
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Star Office
Warrenton Horse Show crowns winners at thirty first run
In Warrenton Virginia on September 12 a large crowd watched the closing day of the thirty first Warrenton Horse Show. Ernest Woolf rode Prince H. to win the Corin thian class first leg and later led in the Bowman Challenge Cup. Other winners included Mrs Helen Buchanan Tam er ine in the half bred hunter class and Edg wat Vaughan's Hi Boy in the pony class. Several trophies and cash prizes were awarded with no serious injuries.
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Warrenton
Ernest Woolf
Prince H
Cc. H. Smith
Jim Bandelas
Roger Bayly
Helen Buchanan
Tamerine
Josephine Winmill
Danger Boy
Springweather
W. C. Stevenson
Rathham
Chipwin
Chilton Farms
E. T. Trice
D. N. Lee
Middleburg
Edwirt Vaughan
Hi Boy
Allen
Frosty
Rives Bros
Palmer
Busy Bee
Cathode Ray
Elizabeth Nesbit
W. C Stevenson
Penlyn
Louie Leith
Local Gridmen Schedule Multiple 1930 Tilts
The Winchester football team announced talks for several games in the 1930 season with teams in Martinsburg Cumberland Hagerstown Frederick Washington and York Pa. No practice today or tomorrow. begin again Monday. A meeting at 7 30 PM Monday at Sign Kraft Shop East Boscawen Street will finalize arrangements and seek recruits and a dedicated coach.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Frederick
Washington
York
Sign Kraft
East Boscawen Street
Night Footba
Sidewalk Meeting Promises Open Air Sermon by Dr Yoder
The Rev Dr C F Yodre will preach at an open air service in front of the Court House at 7 30 oclock Saturday evening It is announced by Rev E J Rohart of First Brethren Church The evangelist speaks on Gods Last Call and invites all to attend with singing expected to accompany the talk
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C. F. Yodre
Court House
E. J. Rohart
Yoder
Quote by Woodrow Wilson on Boy Scouts impact
A Woodrow Wilson quotation states that efforts to boost the Boy Scouts of America contribute to national welfare. The quote frames youth programs as a public good and calls for support and effectiveness in Scouting work.
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Boy Scouts of America
Clarke County teachers hold annual meeting in Berryville
Fifty seven of sixty Clarke county teachers attended the annual faculty meeting on the eve of school opening. County superintendent A F Robertson urged playground supervision, vaccination of children, and a $40 library program aided by state funds. A L Bennett, educator from Albemarle and other colleges, outlined qualities for successful teaching and stressed viewing teaching as a life work.
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Berryville
Clarke County
A. F. Robertson
Ihru County
A. L. Bennett
University of Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Harvard University
Albemarle County
Bennett
Graves
Fire Wardens And Officers To Meet Tonight
All fire wardens of Winchester and officers from four volunteer fire companies will meet at 8 o clock in the council chamber of City Hall to name committees and make tentative arrangements for the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen s Association meeting next August.
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Winchester
Council
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association
Low Scores Announced at Perfection Golf Club
The Perfection Golf Course announces the low scores from the past week. Players listed include Tom Scully 42 John Birmingham 46 Ham Snyder 44 Ridge White 43 John Scully 46 Seaburg Davies 48 Lewis Hyde 44 E Stuart 46 R S Fansler 46 Pat Stephenson 44 Joe Newlin 46 Gray Beverley 43. Twelve players contest at 8 pm Monday September 15 for a premium engraved putter awarded to the lowest scorer.
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Perfection Golf Course
Tom Scully
John Birmingham
Ham Snyder
Ridge White
John Scully
Seaburg Davies
Lewis. Hyde
R S. Fansler
Pat Stephenson
Joe Newlin
Gray Beverley
Moock Executed for Murder of Mrs Catherine Clark
Archie F. Moock of Spokane was hanged at the state penitentiary for the two year old murder of Mrs Catherine Clark who came from Boston chasing marriage. The victim was killed with a hatchet in the woods near Spokane.
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Associated Press
Walla Walla, Wash
Archie F. Moock
Spokane
State Penitentiary
Catherine
Boston
Clark
Canning Apples Wanted by National Fruit Product Co
National Fruit Product Co seeks hand picked tree run apples up to 214 inches up. Also accepts good drops and culls. Contract open now. Phone 346 for arrangements.
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National Fruit Product CO
Salesman Killed When Car Is Struck by Train
Isaac N. Troth about 50 of Hendersonville North Carolina fatally injured yesterday afternoon when the car he drove from Martinsburg West Virginia to Bunker Hill West Virginia was struck at a grade crossing just south of Bunker Hill. Troth died shortly after being removed from underneath the wreckage with both legs severed and his head and body badly mangled. He traveled for a wholesale house and was carrying canned goods in the Oakland sedan. The engine crew halted the train and tried to aid him but he did not regain consciousness. The body was taken to an undertaker in Martinsburg and prepared for burial with interment expected in North Carolina.
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Isaac N. Troth
Hendersonville
N. C
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bunker Hill
Troth
Oakland
Siallinanaare Undertaking
North Carolina
Youth found in lane dies en route to hospital
Joseph Mallon 23 of Philadelphia dies early today in an ambulance en route to Easton Emergency Hospital after injuries to head and face. He was found in a lane on the Clarke summer estate while vacationing with two other youths including Daniel M. Clark. Coroner and sheriff investigate. witnesses suggest possible automobile impact rather than a windmill fall.
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Associated Press
Chestertown
Joseph Mallon
Philadelphia
Easton Emergency Hospital
Mallon
Daniel M. Clark
William L. Clark
C. P. Copeland
Copeland Young Mallon
Clarke Summer
Copeland
Easton Hospital
Young Clark
Paris
Clark
Harry F. Dodd
Thomas Hadaway
Easton
Hayden
Kent County
W. D. Noble
Nobles
Campaign Being Shaped for Boy Scout Fund
A well attended meeting at the Handley Library set plans for Scout finance week starting Monday September 15. C Vernon Eddy was elected director general and a volunteer soliciting team was named including Lester Arnold J Victor Arthur R B Nelson and others. Subscriptions may be sent to J P Hayley treasurer.
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Boy Scout Finance Campaign Committee
Handley Library
Vernon Eddy
C Vernon Eddy
Lester Arnold
J. Victor Arthur
R. B. Nelson
Herbert Solenberger
H. B. McCormac
F. R. Horton
E. B. Cooper
J. P. Hayley
18 Hams Stolen From Estate of Gerard B. Lambert
Thief breaks into the smoke house at Carter Hall the Lambert estate near Millwood and steals 18 of 20 Virginia hams. Farm manager B. B. McKay searches surrounding areas. 13 hams found stored in the cornfield awaiting return for retrieval of the remaining five.
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B. B. McKay
Payroll Robbery At Pittsburgh Heating Firm
Three masked robbers seized a $9,000 payroll from two W. N. Sauer Company workers in front of the Pittsburgh office. They threatened with a revolver and escaped in a car, part of a spate of similar holdups in recent months.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
W. N. Sauer Company
Franco and Italy Near Agreement on Naval Tonnage
In Geneva today a long naval holiday ends as League of Nations officials predict a settlement of Franco Italian tonnage disputes. Authorities say a definite offer has been made by either France or Italy and a formal step is expected soon.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Rept
League of Nations Assembly
France
Italy
Last Rites For Child Tomorrow
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for the infant son of Mr and Mrs John D Good Eugene Mahlon Good from their home 219 East Baker Street. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The infant died yesterday morning from pneumonia.
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East Gerrard Street
Murray D. Mitchell
Mount Hebron
Phe
Smith
John D. Good
Eugene Mahlon Good
East Baker Street
Mount Hebron Cemetery
East End School Delays Open Until September 17
Winchester authorities announced a postponement of first grade openings to September 17 due to incomplete East End School. Beginning September 18 first graders in the east will attend East End School with others at John Kerr Building. two first grade classes will operate in two sessions to handle large enrollment.
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Winchester
East End
Kerr School
John Kerr School
Handley
John Kerr
Free Passes To Capitol For Dawn Patrol
Richard Barthelmess stars in The Dawn Patrol at the Capitol Theatre next week with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Neil Hamilton among the principal supports. Handbills offering free admission passes will be distributed citywide at 5 o clock tomorrow afternoon, valid for Monday through Wednesday showings.
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Richard Barthelmess
First National
Vitaphone
Dawn Patrol
Capitol Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Neil Hamilton
Clyde Cook
Gardner James
Edmund Breen
James Finlayson
Frank McHugh
William Janney
Herbert Schutte
Lost broach with three amethysts at Huntsberry's Store
A lost jewelry item described as a broach containing three amethysts. a reward is offered. The notice mentions Huntsberry's Store as the location associated with the search.
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Huntsberry’s Store
Funeral for Past President J. G Smith Noted by Wash. Camp 116
All members of Wash. Camp No. 116, P.O. 8. of A., are urged to meet Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock to attend the funeral of Past President J. G Smith. Clark Legg, Secy.
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Wash
P.O
J. G Smith
Clark Legg
Sec'y
Pupil Schedule Change for First Grade
First Grade pupils report to School on Wednesday September 17 instead of September 15 as previously announced.
Virginia crops ease drought impact after July losses
The August drought relief in Virginia reduced the overall crop decline from July's record drop. John A. Hicks reports Virginia corn yields may reach 16.9 million bushels at 30 percent normal, with oats up slightly to 3.77 million bushels. Northern Virginia stands at ten percent normal while Southwest Virginia shows stronger recovery.
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Richmond
Virginia
John A. Hicks
Gormley
Byrd
Western
Hutcheson
Hicks
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Sgt. Smith
Amerly
Famous Garden
U.S
W.R. Legge
T. R. Cather
J. R. Meliwa
Woodrow Wilson
Albemarle
B. & C. Bread
I. N. Troth
Hendersonville, N. C
Lane
H.ad
BOY Scout Fund
Gerard B. Lambert
Capitol
Old Dominion
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