Local men win signal honor in national shoot
Virginia National Guard rifle team qualified in national matches at Camp Perry Ohio. Three Winchester men led the team with top scores Lieut George F Miller Sergeant J P Blount and Sergeant Glenn Seabright. Total team score 2658 of 3000. Seabright and Blount tied for first on the Virginia team with 275 of 300. Seabright 137 of 150 and Blount 99 of 135 on President's 100. First Virginia place in President's 100. Approximately 1785 entries. Team included Major H B Jordan Bedford team captain Sergeant T J B Lohr Staunton coach Lieut J R Pugh Chburg Lieut G F Miller Winchester Sergeant James Cox Altavista Private Bowles Altavista etc.
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Virginia National Guard
Camp Perry
Ohio
Winchester
George F. Miller
Glenn Seal Tail
Company 1
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Virginia
Seabright
Blunt
Blount
H. B. Jordan
Bedford
T. J. B. Lohr
Staunton
George H. Hopkins
Richmond
J. R. Pugh
Chburg
G. F. Miller
James Cox
Altavista
J. P. Blount
Glenn Seabright
F. L Slaughter
Petersburg
Stanley Dinwiddie
Walter Mcllhenny
Charlottesville
Bowles
Circus Truck Upset Near Winchester With Wild Animals
A Walter L. Main Circus truck overturned on the Valley pike near Stephens City as it headed to winter quarters in Winchester. The vehicle skidded on a slippery road, nearly demolishing the truck, but the driver escaped unharmed and no serious injuries were reported among the wild animals. The wrecked truck was later righted and hauled into town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Valley Pike
Stephens City
Walter L. Main
Funeral Services Held For the Late C. F. Sumption
Funeral services were conducted yesterday in Front Royal for Chas. F. Sumption 79 lifelong resident of Warren county. Death came Sunday evening at the home of his niece Miss Ida Sumption from a complication of diseases. He was unmarried and survived by a large number of nephews and nieces. Attending relatives from this city included Mrs. Isaac Mason Mrs. Ashby Mason Mrs. Rose Myers and Mrs. Stewart L. Forney and their sisters Mrs. May Herrell of Washington and Mrs. Emma Turner of Baltimore. Interment followed in Front Royal cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Chas. F. Sumption
Warren County
Nice
Ida Sumption
Sumption
Frances Heflin
Winchester
Isaac Mason
Ashby Mason
Rose Myers
Stewart L. Forney
May Herrell
Washington
Emma Turner
Baltimore
Martinsburg Girl Hart In Accident
Miss Elizabeth Miller of near Martinsburg West Virginia was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises after her car turned over on the road between Martinsburg and here. Her injuries were slight and she left the hospital later that afternoon. The accident followed a brake application to avoid a truck directly in the path of her car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester Memorial ‘Hospital
Here
Miss Miller
Red Cross Launches New Member Drive October Fifth
Winchester leaders convened at Mrs. R. T. Barton's home to set October 5 as the start date for a rapid Red Cross membership drive under a new system. Chairman H. B. McCormac outlined a plan by prominent local businessmen to cover the town quickly, urging public support for winter relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Committee
Water restrictions removed but care cautioned city
The Water Committee, chaired by Chas. H. Harper, says city water use limits are temporarily lifted but urges moderation due to a rainless period. If waste reappears, restrictions may return, so residents should conserve the supply as much as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Harper
Winchester Concert Band to Perform Friday Evening
The Winchester Concert Band will present another summer concert Friday at 8 pm in front of the Court House directed by Prof. W. H. McIlwee. Large gatherings from Winchester and Frederick county plus neighboring counties attend, with plans to continue as long as weather permits. Program includes Royal Decree March, Norma Overture, Symphia Waltz, Down on the Farm solo, Remmick's Hits, and The Wabblies March.
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Winchester
Court House
W. H. McTiwee
Frederick County
Professor McIlwee
King
Norma
Bellina
Symphia
Holzman
Down On the Farm
Harlee
John F. Hoover
Samoa
the Wabblies
Lithgow
Baltimore Pair Injured in Auto Crash Near Winchester
Ernest Scheinitz and his wife Gertrude Schweinitz of 18 Linden Ave Baltimore were taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital after a auto mobile accident on the Northwestern Grade about six miles west of Winchester. Schweinitz suffered nose injuries and cuts. Mrs Schweinitz had nervous shock and cuts. Hospital officials had no details on how the crash occurred. Mr Schweinitz is a traveling agent for Fred Foos Candy Company of Baltimore.
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Ernest Scheinitz
Gertrude Schweinitz
Linden Avenue
Baltimore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Schweinitz
Fred Foos Candy Company
Man Escapes From City Rock Quarry
Perry Wilson, jailed for alleged prohibition violations, fled the municipal rock quarry where he and other inmates were loading tramcars. Police searched the area. he remained at large as of this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Wilson
Closing Out Stock of Used Trucks at Bickers Motor Co
Ford dealer Bickers Motor Company advertises unusual low prices and favorable terms on about twelve 1929 and 1930 Ford and Chevrolet trucks. Many trucks feature dual wheels and several long wheel bases. Located with sale details in the dealer notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Chevrolet
Bickers Motor Company
Winchester Fans Hopeful for All-Star Exhibition Game
Denny Southern, longtime Shenandoah Valley League veteran and Martinsburg alum, is named among professional players for an All-Star team planning an exhibition game in October with the Winchester Park Association. The lineup includes Cy Perkins, Roy Sheridan, Al Spohrer, Sex Siebold, John Ogden, French Heimach, Bill Hunnefield, Mule Haas, Doc Cramer, Joe Boley, Howard Ehmke, Sparky Adams, Lou Blue, and others. Local enthusiasm grows as Winchester Park and Company I vie for a post season tilt with the professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Southern
Boyce
Winchester Park Association
Southern
Winchester
Winchester Park
Company I
Park Boys
AllStar
Cy Perkins
Roy Sherid
New York Yankees
al Spohrer
Sex Siebold
Boston Braves
John Odgen
Cincinnati Reds
French Heimach
Broklyn Robins
Bill Hunnefield
New York Giants
Mule Haas
Doc Cramer
Joe Boley
Howard Ehmke
Philadelphia Athletics
Sparky Adams
St. Louis Cardinals
Lou Blue
Chicago White Sox
Soldier Jacob B. Sellers 84 Confederate veteran buried at New Market
Funeral services were held for Jacob B. Sellers 84 a retired farmer and Confederate veteran who died at his home near Lacey Spring in Virginia He enlisted at 16 in Reserve Company A of Imboden's brigade and served in the First Maryland Battalion He guarded Libby Prison in Richmond and said he fought every hill from Winchester to Roanoke He was never wounded Only three members of his company survive
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New Market
Jacob B. Sellers
Lacey Spring
Here
Fellowship Methodist Church
Sellers
General Imboden
Maryland
Davis
Libby
Richmond
Winchester
Roanoke
Farmer Caught Under Hay Load At Minnie Wood Chapel
J C Erb a well known farmer in Minnie Wood Chapel Berryville Va suffered a serious accident Saturday when a hay fork rope broke dropping a heavy load on him He dragged himself 300 yards to his house before medical help arrived Dr A P Osborne treated him and he remains in pain with hip and leg injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
J. C. Erb
Minnie Wood Chapel
Erb
New Clues In Collings Case Surface Inquest
Assistant District Attorney Fred J. Mander announced autopsy findings in the Benjamin Collings yacht murder case. The skull was cracked in eight places and organs were sent to New York for analysis. Attorneys urged searches for the two alleged assailants and for a wounded man reportedly aboard the cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntington Station
N. Y
Fred J. Mander
Suffolk County
Benjamin Collings
Munder
Colling
Otto Schultz
New York City
William A. Kelly
Collings
John S. Coe Dies in Clarke County at 65
John Soto Coe 65 a former Internal Revenue Department official and distillery gauger died at his Boyce Virginia home from stomach complications. Survived by wife Eva Saunders Coe and son John S. Coe Jr. Funeral set for Friday at his home with cremation in Washington.
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John
Coe
Clarke County
Boyce
John Soto Coe
United States Internal Revenue Department
Frederick County
John C. Coe
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee
Eva Saunders Coe
John S. Coe, Jr
William Brown
Hagerstown
B. Duvall Chambers
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Chapel
Washington
War debts and peace demand cash-and-carry future
Quote from William Guggenheim cited by Toppenish Review arguing for cancellation of all war debts to avoid financial entanglements and urging that the next conflict be fought on a cash-and-carry basis to preserve postwar peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Guggenheim
Two Men Fined for Cruelty to 10 Sheep in Winchester
John and Henry Slaven of McCauley West Virginia were fined 10 dollars plus costs after police found three nearly dead sheep imprisoned in their car in Winchester. The animals were hungry and without water, prompting local Animal Cruelty Society involvement. the pair planned to sell the sheep for 9.75 dollars before fines totaled 20 dollars.
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John Oer Henry Slaven
McCauley
W. Va
Donald L. Weems
Winchester
Funk and
Bayliss
Benton Snider
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Society
Police
C. W. Hollis
5700 B and O Shop Employes Are Laid Off
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cuts about 5700 shopworkers as Mount Clare shops close and remaining staff operate at a skeleton level. Officials say shutdown balances maintenance budget and will be in effect systemwide. For sale item advertises a Harley Davidson motorcycle in good condition with cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Road
Mount Clare
Friendship Engine House
Boy Scout Fund Drive Placed Before Frederick Clarke Counties
In September residents of Frederick and Clarke counties including Winchester Stephens City Middletown Berryville and Boyce are asked to support Boy Scout operations with small per person contributions. The appeal cites a per capita cost of 25 cents yearly or six and a half cents per county resident to sustain scouting and its leadership programs.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Stephens City
Middletown
Berryville
Boyce
National Council of the Boy Scouts
Populton
Boy Scouts
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
The
American Legion
Scout
East Boscawen Street
C. Vernon Eddy
Handley Library
J. P. Hawley
Robert A. Wall
Mr. Rapp
T. C. Page
William Garvin
B. D. Chambers
R. L. Moore
Man Confesses to Starting 35 Fires Hangs Himself
William Cothern of Haywood County North Carolina hanged himself in his jail cell after confessing to helping ignite 35 forest fires in the Black Hills over the past week. He named six alleged accomplices tied to the I W W. Firefighting crews and police report 25 000 acres burned. 500 guards watched the area as flames were brought under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
William Cothern
Haywood County
N. C
Black Hills
Cothern
Moyle and Allen Plan To Resume Pacific Flight
Moyle and C A Allen two Pacific fliers who were missing since September 7 have landed on Navarin Island in the Bearing Sea. Their plane was undamaged and refueled and they plan to resume the voyage toward Seattle or Tokyo as a storm subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
ST. Paul Island
Bearing Sea
Naval
Buriat
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
Navarin Island
Siberia
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Seattle
Tokyo
Scouting Motto Inspires Boys as National Asset
A Baden-Powell quote highlights Scouting aims to curb youth wastage and turn each boy into a national asset, urging constructive development and service.
Man Confesses Killing Police Chief in New Jersey
Bernardville Sept 17 Prosecutor Clarkson Cranmer said Edward N Kattenring confessed to killing Police Chief Charles B Cavanaugh after receiving a traffic ticket given to Kattenring’s wife. He was taken into custody two days earlier and admitted shooting in retaliation for the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bernardsville
N. J
Clarkson Cranmer
Edward N. Kattenring
Charles B. Cavanaugh
Kettenring
Cavanaugh
Cranmer
Kettering
Coroner Hints Woman Link in Kane Mystery
Coroner George K. Vanderslice testified in Circuit Court that a letter signed BE, H. D. may show motive in the drowning of Mrs. James Graham. He suggested Betty Dodd wrote it and that it implicated Prof. Elisha Kent Kane of the University of Tennessee, though the letter may have been destroyed. Bail for the professor was opposed as the inquest continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
George K. Vanderslice
Circuit Court Today
James Graham
H. D
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
Betty Dodd
Europe
C. Vernon Spratley
New Jersey Fruit Men Tour Shenandoah Belt Orchards
Several score members of the New Jersey State Society visited apple packing and by products plants and commercial orchards in the Shenandoah Cumberland apple belt. They planned tours of the Rosemont Orchards and Battletown Cooperative Fruit Exchange at Berryville and spent last night at the George Washington Hotel after visiting Shenandoah Caverns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey State Society
Shenandoah-Cumberlland
Rosemont
H. F. Byrd
Battletown
Eras' Hotel
Meyer Shapiro Slain Racketeer Found in Manhattan Tenement
New York police identified the body found in a Manhattan tenement basement as Meyer Shapiro a Brooklyn racketeer. The motive remains unclear with a past linked shooting of his brother Irving and a prior discovery nearby of Albert Hertz. Authorities noted blood‑stained shirts and alcohol cans at the scene.
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Associated Press
New York
Meyer Shapiro
Rackeeter
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Shapiro
Irving
Albert Hertz
Eastside Highway link approved for Page County segment
The Virginia State Highway Commission authorized bids for 5.4 miles of gravel on Route 815 Eastside Highway from 1.3 miles south of Luray to Stanley in Page County. This marks the second funded gap, following August allocations for Naked Creek to Elkton hard-surfacing, aiming to connect Elkton to Luray and complete the Elkton to Alma stretch.
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Pecal
The
Star
Harrisonburg
Blue Ridge
Harpers Ferry
Waynesboro
Richmond
State Highway Commission
Luray
Stanley
Page County
Naked Creek
Page-Rockingham
Elkton
Charles J. Dyche
Board of Supervisors
Ward Swank
Rockingham
Browntown
Warren County
Front Royal
Japers Ferry
White County
Ridge
Shenandoah
Sted
Lively Market Rally After Short Covering Pushes Shares Higher
In New York on September 17 a late trading rally formed as short covering surged. Major names like New York Central Allied Chemical Case Westinghouse American Telephone and Western Union gained three to four points as volume topped 2,000,000 shares. call money remained steady at 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York Central Allied Chemical
Case, Westing
Pore
American Telephone
Astern Union
Lindberghs Postpone Flight to Nanking Due to Weather
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Fukuoka after a 300 mile flight from Osaka. They had planned to depart for Nanking tomorrow but postponed the trip until Saturday because of unfavorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fukuoka
Japan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Osaka
China
Doctor Gibson Opens Infant Care Clinic at Boscawen Street
Professional notice announces Dr. Thomas A. Gibson opening a new infant care clinic at 19 W. Boscawen Street offering care for child diseases including limited services. Features include attractive chintz origins and curtains at the new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Gibson
W. Boscawen Street
Limited
New Ee
Moling &Er
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C. F. Sumption
Hart
Denny Southeteumond
Colombia
Coast Guard
Ing
Theodore Oaks
S.V.A
Federal Revenue Dept
John Savage
Kernstown
Grover Cleveland
United States
Internal Revenue Department
United States Treasury
Slaven Brothers
Darkest
Africa
Kleig Eyes
Moyle
Allen
Pacific
Voliva
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Kane
New Jersey
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Philadelphia’ Inquirer
Warren
Lindberghs
Nanking
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