Little Theatre Drives Membership to Support Plays
The Little Theatre opens a 7:30 PM membership drive led by seven teams under Victor Arthur to reach a 300 member goal in Winchester and surrounding areas. Members receive four $1-seat passes, attend Broadway reads, vote on affairs, and enjoy a reorganized, value-focused season.
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Little Theatre
Victor Arthur
Winchester
Arthur
New York Giants
Burr P. Harrison
Washington Senators
H. R. Kern
Philadelphia Athletics
Arthur Field
Pittsburgh Pirates
Georgia Conrad
Boston Braves
Emma Ginn Baker
Cleveland Indians
Harry Harnst
Chicago White Sox
J. W. Arthur
Social Roundup from Brucetown and Nearby Areas
Brucetown and surrounding towns report visitors and guests over the weekend. Families including the Smiths Barrs Sperrys Fetter and McAboy host and travel between Martinsburg Morgantown Hagerstown and Cumberland with several dinners and Sunday visits along the Shenandoah river in Maryland and Virginia.
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Brucetown
Robert Smith
Charles Barr
Martinsburg
Henry Jobe
John Locke
Kenny Roberts
Ridgeway
Mark Sperry
Washington
Purcell Stine
George Fetter
Morgantown
M. B. McAboy
Wadesville
Rose Suter
Baltimore
Corrie Swimley
Hazel Doan
Hagerstown
Pen Mar
Doc” Bayer
Paul Triggs
Wesley Brill
W C Shade
Dewey Licklider
Cumberland
Vernon Shade
Andy Whitacre
Rhodelle
Berrys Ferry
Shenandoah River
J. B. Snapp
Snapp
Herbert Fisher
C. J. Clark
John Gore
Clearbrook
Julian Snapp
Douglas O’connel and Son
Herbert Fishel
Cuban officers demand return of Cespe des
The Cuban navy officers decline to back down as a radical junta refuses to restore de Cespedes. Fer rer says officers will keep pressuring for Ces pedes' return and resist orders from former sergeants, noting open conflict is unlikely but prepared if attacked.
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Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gran San Martin
de Cespedes
Cespedes
Ferrer
Wise Attacks Farley on Virginia Local Control Doctrine
Newport News Sept 11 Henry A Wise Republican Senate candidate attacked Farley over his Virginia vote stance on national prohibition and local state control. Wise said federal government is a partnership of states and Virginians will decide issues of local concern. He credited Menalius Lankford for funding Norfolk’s new federal building.
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Newport News
Henry A. Wise
United States Senate
Norfolk
Major Wise
Virginia
Farley
General Assembly
John Garland Pollard
Harry Byrd
Harry
Washington
Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Menalius Lankford
Scout Committee Meeting Put Off
The Boy Scout camping committee meeting at Handley Library has been postponed because some members will be out of town. An alternate date will be announced soon. The piece notes Australian Aboriginals as among the oldest inhabitants of the oldest region geologists identify on Earth.
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Boy Scout
Handley Library
Havana Strife Deepens As Rebel Officers Guard HQ
In Cuba the five member radical junta strengthens defense of Hotel National headquarters after ouster of the government. New President Gray San Martin vows friendly ties with America and respect for interests, while strikes and gunfire shake Havana and Camaguey amid political tension.
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Machado
Hotel National
Tme
America
Cuba
Gray San Martin
Havana
Santiago
Cristo
Pollard Signs Bills Expediting Park Land Sale
Richmond reports Governor Pollard signed acts authorizing a million dollars from the state treasury to pay park property owners in Shenandoah National Park, now largely free of litigation. A $50,000 conservation appropriation to aid park development was also approved to support civilian conservation corps work.
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Richmond
Pollard
General Assembly
Shenandoah National Park
Conservation and Development Commission
National Park Service
P. C
R. A. Gilliam
Assembly
William A Tuck
Civilian Conservation Corps
State Supreme Court
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nation reels from waves of crime across the country
A broad sweep of Monday reports details a Angola prison break in Louisiana with three dead, eight masked robbers at a St. Paul express office, a Five gunmen haul at Coney Island totals several thousand dollars, and kidnap and murder cases from Nebraska to California. Additional items note life sentences for two Nesbitt killers in Michigan and a Dallas murder sentence for Blunt Burkley, plus a New York fur theft and a coal X ray finding.
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Louisiana
Angola
St. Paul
Half Moon
Coney Island
Boardwalk
O. J. Lemon
Lincoln
Neb. Dairy
A. M. Eddy
Grace Fort
W. Va
Frida Wilhelmina Augusta Weltz
Santa Cruz
Calif
Joseph Morgan Grace, Jr
Somerville
Mass
Margaret McCarthy
Joseph Nesbitt
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Edwardsville
Ill
August Luer
Alton
Blunt Burkley
Dallas
Tex
Burkley
Thurman
New York
Increase in Labor Day tourist traffic boosts Shenandoah Valley
Percy S. Loth of Shenandoah Valley Inc reports a 40 to 50 percent rise in Labor Day visitors to Endless Cavern Luray Caverns and Shenandoah Caverns. He cites sustained Valley advertising, improved roads, and promotional plans to attract Florida-bound motorists via the Valley route as the region gears up for the National Park access and continued summer campaigns.
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Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Endless, Luray
Shenandoah Caverns
Percy S. Loth
Mr. Loth
Winchester
Staunton
Washington
Luray
Skyline Drive
Maryland
Berryville
Charles Town
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Pilcher Named City Manager for Another Term
City council reappointed P. P. Pilcher as city manager after a recorded vote. Seven council members backed Pilcher to six for challenger S. Lee Grant. The meeting also elected C. W. Hollis as chief of police and James P. Reardon as city solicitor, with other police appointments approved. A tribute to late James W. Hillyard was ordered recorded.
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Henry
Hable
C. W. Hollis
Forney
Harper
James P. Reardon
Dellinger
Reardon
Mr. Forney
Donald L. Weems
Miller
Weems
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
P. P. Pilcher
S. Lee Grant
Pilcher
Kent and
Piccadilly Streets
Grant
Mr. Pilcher
Anderson
Messrs
Barr
Hollis
Rosenberger
Glaize
Messrs. Forney
Marshall
Page
Ernest C. Deve
Francis M. Funk
Amon Strosnider
B. C. Cline
Perse
Lloyd Williams
Mo Prantch. Ritter
Jack Bowers
James W. Hillyard
The
Star
Falls Roar Heard Miles Away In Labrador Rapids
The Grand Falls in Labrador along the Hamilton River drop 200 feet in a five mile stretch of rapids and roar audibly for 20 miles before a final plunge of 302 feet into a circular pool.
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Grand Falls
Labrador
Hamilton River
Stephens City Items
Stephens City notes date September 12 with social rounds. Washington visitors return home while the Shryocks welcome Janet Louise Shryock born to James Russell Shryock and Mary Funk. Local staff resume duties at the Stephens City Agricultural High School as fall term opens.
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Stephens City
D. J. McCarthy
Washington, D. C
J. Luther Williams
James. Russell Shryock
Janet Louise Shryock
Shryock
Ae Mary Virginia Funk
Bertha Waddell
R. E. Ayler
R. A. Wall
Stephens City Agricultural High School
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Capitol
Richard Dix
Brian Ahernonal Atwill
Alison Skipworth
Paramount Picture
Richard B
Arthelmess
Sally Eilers
Universal Comedy
Fox News
Wamer Colonial
Hamman’s Dollar Store
General Insurance
Hansbrough & Carter
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company
U. 8S. Postal Savings Depository
State of
Rindfleisch & Scott
Certified Public Accountants
TAX Counsellors
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
Gray & Sheetz
H. A. Wise
Pollard, Glass
Byrd
Scout
Globe
Australia
Camaguey
Consolidated Railways of
Ruben Leon
Camaguery
Valley Caverns
Carole Lombard
Whgene Raymond Monroe Owsley
Donald Cook
David Burton
Columbia Picture
Miss Lombard
Modern
Harry Langdon
Preston Foster
Peggy Shannon
Buster
Edgar Rice Burroughs Story
Stephens City Items
John L. Deighton
Midway Filling Station
Middletown
Robertus Bucher
Janice
Pittsburgh
Mildred Williams
Dan McCarthy
Harold Brown
Frances Mauck
Robert Carrick
Seat Pleasant
Holler Beaver
Waynesboro
Jacques
Charles Staples
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Sahara
Yeert
Philco
Frederick County
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