Park Work Paused as High Court Ruling Looms
Federal efforts to form Shenandoah National Park stall with only Skyline Drive hard-surfacing moving forward. The Via case awaits a Supreme Court decision in October, after which Interior could accept land deeds if the court rules favorably or movement collapses if the decision is adverse, prompting calls for funds and possible Congressional action.
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Shenandoah National Park
Swift Run Gap
Supreme Court
Demaray
Park Service
Attorney General's Office
Department of Interior
Blue Ridge Mountains
O. W. Ewing
Washington
Utah
Ewing
Virginia
Congress
Parkway delay hinges on Virginia land condemnation bill
Mr. Demaray said the project will be delayed in Virginia until lawmakers pass a measure allowing condemnation of land for scenic easements along both sides of the parkway. The remark reflects a potential exception to plans for recreation centers.
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Demaray
Virginia
High Lights Of Over Night News Highlights
Ethiopian peace plan seeks international collective police action and territorial grants to Italy. Domestic items include De Seversky setting a world amphibian speed mark, a soft coal industry strike crisis held off another week, and a mountain-top crash that killed two navy fliers near Beacon New York.
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Italy
Detroit
de Seversky
Washington
Beacon
N. Y
Russians Drop Army From Sky in Parachute Drill
In Kiev on September 15 Soviet forces staged a mass airborne landing, dropping fully equipped troops behind enemy lines to seize an airdrome. Regiments secured the air base before advancing to attack rear enemy forces, then faced rapid mobilization from the opposing side.
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Kiev
Parachute Landing Captured in Daylight Action
War footage records a daylight air drop as soldiers leapt with rifles and submachine guns, freed parachutes on landing, and grouped for ground assault. Cameras captured 358 jumpers aloft while War Commissar Voroshilov and missions from France Italy and Czechoslovakia observed the operation.
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Fense
Sky Army
Voroshilov
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Synod Auxiliary Meets This Week At Charles Town
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Virginia Synod gathers in Charles Town West Virginia for meetings Wednesday and Thursday as part of the annual convention. Delegates from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland attend with sessions at 930 am 2 pm and 8 pm daily. Notable addresses include Mrs Alexander Maitland Wednesday morning Rev Dr H Kerr Taylor Wednesday evening and Rev Dr S R Diehl Tuesday evening.
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Synod
Charles Town
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
W. Va
Woman’s Auxiliary
The
Virginia Synod
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
C. Dry
Lexington
Alexander Maitland
H. Kerr Taylor
Board of Foreign Missions
Nashville
Tenn
S. R. Diehl
Martinsburg
She Gets Her Man at Palace Theatre Today
Palace Theatre opens a two day engagement with the Universal comedy She Gets Her Man starring Zasu Pitts and Hugh O Connell. Laugh provoking cast includes Helen Twelvetrees and Lucien Littlefield with a Fox News reel and a novelty.
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Palace Theatre
Zasu Pitts
Hugh O'Connell
Helen Twelvetrees
Lucien Littlefield
Fox News
Accent on Youth at Capitol Theatre
Herbert Marshall stars in Paramount's Accent on Youth at the Capitol, opposite Sylvia Sidney. Marshall plays a playwright who falls for his secretary, scenes mirrored as he writes a life reflecting his own romance. Phillip Reed co-stars as the leading man in the play adaptation.
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Herbert Marshall
Paramount
Capitol Theatre
Sylvia Sidney
Marshall
Phillip Reed
Happiness Hard to Catch Uncle Ab Says
Uncle Ab comments that people who chase happiness seldom reach it. He argues the pursuit distracts from appreciating current moments and suggests contentment comes from within rather than chasing external goals.
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Uncle Ab
Bishop Higgs Tours Winchester in Racial Unity Drive
Bishop Joseph J. Higgs founder of the Modern Educational and Religious Bureau visited Winchester with attorney B F Sears to promote an educational campaign aimed at African Americans. The Virginia team, including Walter J. Higgs and Rev J B Vonner, teaches that the South is the Negro’s natural home and that white Americans are friends, stressing understanding to forge friendship and good feeling.
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Joseph J. Higgs
D. D
Modern Educational and Religious Bureau
Higgs
B. F. Sears
Washington
Winchester
Virginia
Walter J. Higgs
Rev. J .B. Vonner
South
Bishop Higas
Mrs Kater Appointed Seal Campaign Director
Mrs J Luther Kater is named to succeed her mother Mrs D W Ritenour as chairman of the Christmas seal campaign for the Tuberculosis Association. The Star reported the wrong name earlier, noting Mrs Ritenour had recently resigned and that Mr Kater was chosen in error.
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J. Luther Kater
D. W. Ritenour
The
Tuberculosis Association
Ritenour
Star
Ritehour
Kater
Funeral Rites For W H Wetherholtz At Beth El
Funeral services were held Saturday for W H Wetherholtz 84 who died Thursday at his home in Brunswick Md Interment followed at Beth el Va The deceased was a resident of Brunswick and longtime local resident and businessman prior to his death
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Bethel
W. H. Wetherholtz
Brunswick, Md
Family ties noted in Martinsburg and Brunswick obit line
The notice cites the father of Miss Alice Wetherholtz of Middletown this county Mrs. J. F. Good of Brunswick and C. Kem of Martinsburg Va. indicating a genealogical or obituary reference within the local press.
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Alice Wetherholtz
Middletown
This County
J. F. Good
Brunswick
Martinsburg
Young Rogers Seeks Seclusion
Henry H. Rogers the third once bonded for the death of Evelyn Hoey vanished from a Reading area south mountain resort and was later found at a Wernersville hotel. He left for an automobile ride in the afternoon after a chauffeur called for the party’s luggage.
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Westchester
Henry H. Rogers
Liberty
Bond
Evelyn Hoey
New York
South Mountain
Reading
Rogers
Wernersville
Real estate sale notices from Good & Company on Rouss Ave
For sale listings include a seven room bungalow with two car garage at a very low price to attract quick buyers a five room bungalow on a large lot priced at 2750 00 a six room semi bungalow to be finished to suit purchaser priced according to improvements several investments in tenement dwellings centrally located Good and Company Real Estate and Insurance 18 Rouss Ave Telephone 1017 J (9 14 16 18 31)
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Good & Company Real Estate & Insurance
Rouss Ave
Barber Shop Reopens After Fire Loss Adjustments
The Arnold Chapman barber shop on East Boscawen Street reopened after fire damage last week. Attorneys and Chester County officials were uncertain about the date for the inquest.
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Chester County
Arnold Chapman
East Boscawen Street
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