Stroke Is Fatal To John W. Wood Retired Farmer
John Wise Wood a prominent county citizen for 24 years died last night at Applewood near Linden at 7 30 from a stroke suffered Thursday. He was in his 79th year born in Rappahannock county son of Charles Burrell Wood and Mrs Miller Wood. He married three times and is survived by his widow Carrie M Chapman of Luray. Three grandchildren and a granddaughter survive plus brothers Stonewall Wood Linden Aubrey Wood Round Hill and sisters Mrs Lee Saunders Miss Katie Wood and Mrs Hubert Keyser. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Flint Hill Baptist Church at 3 pm after a brief service at Apple at 1 pm. Interment in Wood family burial ground at Ben Venue. Pallbearers include Charles Wood Keyser Aubrey Keyser Downing Wood Bruce Wood John Wood Wood and Charles
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Sfront Royal
Wise Wood
Applewood
Linden
Wood
Rappahan County
Charles Burrell Wood
Miller Wood
Stonewall Wood
Aubrey Wood
Round Hill
Lee Saunders
Katie Wood
Culpeper
Hubert Keyser
Washington, Va
Flint Hill
Pp. H
Apple
E. C. Helmintoller
Ben Venue
Rappahannock County
Charles Wood Keyser
Aubrey Keyser
Downing Wood
Bruce Wood
John Wood. Wood
Charles
Jail 18 Filled Front Royal Prisoners
Due to recent arrests and convictions the Trial Justice and Circuit Court, and the wagon from the pate Farra failing to remove the prisoners, Warren county jail is filled to capacity with over 90 prisoners held. One colored inmate and no women are among the group.
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Front Royal
Court of the Trial Justice
Circuit Court
Pate Farra
Warren County
Dismissed cases against H H Sherman in Warren County
In Warren County Circuit Court the cases of Marguerite Griffin and Etta Mae Russell against H H Sherman were dismissed at plaintiffs cost. The suits involved alleged injuries to Griffin and Russell when an automobile driven by Dr Sherman met with an accident. Marion Peffer and Tom Hite attended the Winchester Front Royal game in Winchester yesterday.
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Front Royal
Te He
Warren “County
Marguerite Griffin
Etta Mae Russell
H. H. Sherman
Miss Griffin
Miss Russell
Dr. Sherman
Messrs
Marion Peffer
Tom Hite
Winchester Front
Winchester
City approves new gas plant project and street widening
The council approves construction of a modern gas plant to replace the old facilities. The plan includes widening Boscawen street by 11 feet and acquiring a strip from the Graichen property to facilitate removal of the present plant. City Manager Field and E. Goss led the effort, with National Gas and Electric directors accepting the exchange terms in New York after council action was relayed by telegraph. Construction to start immediately with contractors notified to proceed on ordered equipment.
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Goss
LO Wruce Weer
Boscawen Street
Kent
Cameron
Gas Company
Carrie Graichen
Graichen
Arthur M. Field
E. Iiss
Polio Outbreak In Warren To Be Discussed Today
FRONT ROYAL Sept 16 The Warren County Board of Health planned a 3 30 PM meeting at the town manager s office to discuss what is believed to be an outbreak of infantile paralysis One case was confirmed in Riverton and two in Front Royal The board includes Dr Lyle F Hiugh B J Hillidge John B Earle Marvin Trout and Dr B L Grubbs It was not learned whether the outbreak would delay the county public schools opening Sept 26
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Health
Health Board
Riverton
Lyle F. Hiugh
B. J. Hillidge
John B. Earle
Marvin Trout
B. L. Grubbs
Front Royal Social Notes Observe Week of Visits and Travel
Mrs. frenry H. Downing returns from Harrisonburg while relatives and friends from Front Royal and nearby towns are noted in a sequence of weekend visits and trips. Week opens with school at R. M. A. and highlights include travelers to Huntington, Buffalo, New York and Central City, with locals visiting Amherst and Baltimore.
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Front Royal
Frenry H. Downing
Harrisonburg
Lee Long
Mrs. Bowman
Mrs. Hagar
West Main Street
Amherst
Twin births linked to shorter lifespans in Collier's article
In Collier's Weekly J M Gillette of Grand Forks North Dakota reports that in the United States singly born males live on average fifty nine years and females sixty two years, while male twins average forty six years and female twins fifty years with mixed twins at eighty eight years.
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United States
J. M. Gillette
Grand Forks
N.D
Collier's Weekly
Mobilization in Ethiopia on National Scale
The world watches as Italy massed troops for east Africa while the League of Nations seeks a peaceful path. Nations warn Italy and France of shifting loyalties as Mussolini presses ahead amid bleak prospects for a settlement. Military mobilization continues, with 164000 regulars deployed and another 200000 mobilized via coast ships and transports. The five power committee nears its plan for collective aid, while Paris and Geneva volley warnings and forecasts of a grim outcome.
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Geneva
Rted
Europe
League of Nations Council
Benito Mussolini
League
Italy
Mussolini
Five-Power’ Committee
Ethiopia
Arning
France
Rome
la Stampa
Turin
M. Laval
Africa
East Africa
East African
Panama
Haiti
Wall Street closes irregular amid mixed demand for metals
New York September 16 The stock market showed demand for copper amusement and specialty issues but most leaders retreated on profit taking. Trading volume was light as bulls remained cautiously hopeful. Closing quotes include Allied Chemical 169 American Can 144 1 2 American Radiator 17 5 8 American Smelters 49 7 8 General Electric 34 General Motors 45 3 4 U S Steel 47 Woolworth 61 and others with transfers about 1 500 000 shares.
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hhMeath
New York
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Radiator
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
American Woolen
Arch Topeka
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Corn Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
finnAvear
Local Wholesale and Retail Market Prices Listing
The Star reproduces daily market prices for local wholesale and retail goods including patent brand flour in 98 and 48 pound bags, cracked corn, feed mixes, corn meal, screening, bran and middlings, butter and dairy products, veal and lamb, and live cattle. Prices are listed per bag or per hundredweight with variations by bag size and brand.
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Kasco
Livestock And Produce Markets In Baltimore And Philadelphia
Livestock markets report moderate activity in Baltimore with cattle mostly steady. calves firm to dull. hogs uneven with weights under 150 lbs up, others mixed. sheep and lambs steady to described. Philadelphia poultry and eggs steady with varied prices for fowls, turkeys, ducks, and eggs. butter prices listed with standard grades and scores.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Long Island
U. S
Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Chicago futures and cash prices listed for wheat corn oats rye barley and fats with Sept Dec May contract quotes. Baltimore wheat No 2 red winter quotations show garlicy Somes figures and September notes.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Apple Market Shipping Point Report From Winchester Martinsburg
Demand slow and market dull for apples at shipping point between Winchester Virginia and Martinsburg. Car loads and contracts show prices for barrel and bushel goods including Yorks, Grimes, Ben Davis, Ganos, and Winesaps with U S No. 1 grades and 2 to 2 1/2 inch minimums. Prices range from 70 cents per bushel for Grimes baskets to 3 40 for Winesaps barrels delivered in cars.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Yorks
Ben Davis
Dark Horse Wins Prize by Quiet Strategy
The dark horse tends to secure large prizes by avoiding attention through restrained tactics, making a surprise victory more likely as it avoids flashy display or overt campaigning.
First Organized Ball Club In America Emerges
The Olympic Town ball club of Philadelphia is described as the first organized baseball club in America, dating to 1833. This milestone outlines early team formation and the sport’s structured development in the United States.
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America
Olympic Townball Club
Philadelphia
Young Civil War veteran claims age record at encampment
Captain Eugene Merrick of Los Angeles attends the Grand Rapids G A R encampment and asserts he is the youngest Civil War survivor. At 79 he joined at age nine and served the war's final year.
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Eugene Merrick
Los Angeles
Grand Rapids
Mich
Merrick
District Attorney Denies Plot To Kill Huey Long
In a tense scene in the chamber a crowd clapped as Smith and followers entered. District Attorney Odom glowered and, addressing claims of a plot to kill Huey Long, declared he is a liar and has no interest in the accuser's opinion. Bodyguards from Huey Long's former protection stood among attendees.
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Odom
Smith
Huey Long
District Humor Breaks Tension After Next Witness
In a tense moment the district joked about the next witness, breaking the strain and easing the room. The lighter note followed a charged exchange, with attendees reacting to the sudden shift in mood.
Another Clipper Airship Ready for Tests
The second of three gigantic clipper ships built by Glen L. Martin Company for trans Pacific flights will be ready for tests in the next day or two. The first ship has passed tests and is virtually ready to be turned over to Pan American Airways.
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Baltimore
Glen L. Martin Company
Pan-American Airways
Last Rites For Walter Lockhart Native of Winchester
Funeral services were held for Walter Lockhart 64 a retired newspaper man at the home of Dr Ed Gardner Capon Bridge WV. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. He died suddenly Saturday afternoon near Gore after a visit with Dr Lockhart and Mrs Gardner. He was a native of Winchester son of the late Joshua and Amanda Lockhart. He lived in Baltimore years ago and later in Washington. He is survived by his widow sister and two children R W Roger and H Lynn Lockhart of Woodlawn Md.
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Walter Lockhart
Ed Gardner
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Mount Hebron
Lockhart
Mabel Whitacre
Gore
Dr. Lockhart
Winchester
Joshua
Amanda Pugh Lockhart
Baltimore
Baltimore News
Washington
Gardner
R. W. Roger
H. Lynn Lockhart
Woodlawn, Md
Longs Bodyguard Details Shooting Into Dr Weisss Body
Testimony recounts a shooting incident tied to Senator Long with minister Gerald L K Smith accusing District Attorney Odom of a murder plot. Smith challenged the DA, shouting that he would not respect him and declaring Odom a plotter in the case.
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Dr. Cook
Gerald L. K. Smith
John Fred Odom
Senator Long
Smith
John B. Farmer
State Supreme Court
Mr. Smith
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