Robbery on Shenandoah Mountain Road in Brandywine
Sheriff Charles R. Fawley of Rockingham County pursues two armed masked men who robbed Roscoe D. Bolton near Rawley Springs Virginia. Bolton lost 211 dollars in silver two shirts a mail order package a car battery and six watermelons from his Bol ton truck. The car bore 1932 license plates strapped over the real plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Fawley
Rockingham County
Roscoe D. Bolton
Brandywine
Pendleton County
Shenandoah Mountain
Rawley Springs
Bolton
Faw
Bradywine
Harrisonburg
Hard Winter Forecast by Browne the Noted Prophet
Weather forecaster Herbert Janvrin Browne predicts an extreme US winter with unusually cold air sinking from the upper atmosphere. He cites a thick ozone layer during hot years and a rise in solar radiation driving cold air from higher levels down into surface regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Herbert Janvrin Browne
Browne
New Book Details Virginia Trading Areas and Wholesale Flows
A new work titled Virginia, Economic and Civic compiles extensive figures on eight wholesale distribution regions in Virginia as recognized by the Department of Commerce. Authored by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and Vir Polytechnic Institute, the book aids wholesalers in area selection with data on urban and rural populations bank deposits savings postal receipts tax returns vehicle registrations fish catch farm property industrial plants wages and manufacturing values by area and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Department of Commerce
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Vir- Polytechnic Institute
Mount Storm Man Sues Over Loss Of Teeth
Ivan Sepak of Mount Storm Grant County sues A Dewitt Cosner and nineteen others over a workplace accident near Bismark claiming a telephone line wire struck his face breaking his jaw and knocking out his teeth seeking 25000 in damages. He alleges the wire belonged to the telephone system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Sepak
Mount Storm
Grant County
Ivan
A. Dewitt Cosner
Bismark
Sepak
President Roosevelt Fully Recovered at White House
President Roosevelt resumed his regular routine at the White House today after recovering from a cold and slight fever that troubled him earlier in the week. He appeared in good health and carried on with duties as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Fees Threaten To Pile Up Over Car Seizure
In Princess Anne county state Prohibition Inspector C H Fentress seized a car owned by the Adjutant General’s office after the driver pleaded guilty to charges tied to whisky in the vehicle. Commonwealth’s Attorney P W Ackiss Jr warned costs would accumulate as the case proceeds to circuit court. Gibson criticized the situation, noting the state must cover fees and even hire counsel to retrieve its own car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Fentress
Adjutant General's Office
Gibson
Ackiss
Staunton Man Heads International City Managers Group
W. F. Day of Staunton Virginia was elected president of the International Association of City Managers at the Chicago meeting succeeding C. A. Dykstra of Cincinnati. Roy S. Braden of Arlington County named vice president. The convention urged speeding up the federal public works administration program. City Manager P. P. Pilcher and Mrs. Pilcher attended the Chicago gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Day
Staunton, Va
International Association of City Managers
Chicago
C. A. Dykstra
Cincinnati
Roy 8. Braden
Arlington Countie
Federal Public Works Administration
P. P. Pilcher
More Horses To Be Consigned For Sale In Clarke
106 yearlings broodmares weanlings and horses in training are listed for the Virginia sale at Walnut Hall Farm under E J Tranter management. Mrs T H Somerville leads consignors with 17 offerings from Montpelier Farm as Monday 1 pm bidding approaches and further consignments are expected before the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Boyce
E. J. Tranter
Fastig-Tipton
T. H. Somerville
William du Pont Jv
Walnut Hall Farm
Recognition of Russia Expected
NEW YORK September 21 The United States will recognize the Soviet Union before Congress convenes in January. The move is described as an administrative act ordered by President Roosevelt with assurance of action without opposition from an anti Soviet bloc in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Roosevelt
Virginia Probe Mines Stock Sale Hearing Ordered
The State Corporation Commission orders the Virginia stockholders committee of Probe Mines Co. to appear on October 11 to determine if authorization to sell securities in Virginia should be revoked. Communications to Salt Lake City and to Mrs. J. J. Marshall in Virginia were undelivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Stockholders’ Committee
Probe Mines Co
Salt Lake City
Utah
Virginia
J. J. Marshall
Marshall
Virginia Committee
Virginian Wesley Dunn Fined for Reckless Driving
Wesley Dunn, a Virginian, was fined 20 dollars and costs by Justice L. D. Smith for operating a truck in a reckless manner on the Winchester pike. Martinsburg state police, after an all day motor traffic check, followed his truck. Dunn pled guilty before the magistrate and arranged to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Dunn
L. D. Smith
Martinsburg Journal
Winchester
Martinsburg State Police Rhat
Virginis
Another Camp In Page County Sought Near Pitt Spring
The Page County Board of Supervisors at a special meeting requested a new Civilian Conservation Corps camp. The proposal was sent to the State Camp Projects Committee under Game Commissioner Carl Nolting. If approved the Pitt Spring site near Massanutten Mountain would be overseen by the Federal Forestry Service like Camp Roosevelt in the Massanutten Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt Spring
Federal Forestry Service
Camp
Roosevelt
Massanutten Mountains
Luray
Woman attorney appears before state supreme court in Staunton
For the first time in years a woman attorney appeared before the supreme court here. Mrs Ethel Irwin Lineweaver of Harrisonburg was among three attorneys for the appellant in Massanett Springs Bible Conference vs Henry H Hick’s administration. The case was argued and submitted with Shenandoah Milling Co vs Phosphate Products Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Supreme Court
Ethel Irwin Lineweaver
Harrisonburg
PT Massanetts Springs Bible Conference
Henry H. Hick
Shenandoah Milling Co., Etc
Phosphate Products Corporation
Newcomb Proposed for Head of University of Virginia
Charlottesville September 21 John Lloyd Newcomb was unanimously endorsed for president of the University of Virginia by alumni leaders. The resolutions praised his fitness and urged his leadership to advance the university amid strain and difficulty and to enlarge service to the state and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
John Lloyd Newcomb
University of Vir
George E. Walker
Winchester Concert Band Opens Summer Series on Court House Lawn
A programme by the Winchester Concert Band directed by Prof. W. H. McITinee will be played at 8 o'clock this evening on the Court House lawn. Admission is free with limited chairs. weather permitting the summer concerts will continue. Tomorrow's program includes marches, selections, waltzes, a baritone solo, and overtures by Hall, Gounod, Bail ey, Rollisson, Hoover, Storm, Hoope Rack, and Widdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester Concert Band
W. H. McItinee
Public Sale Weems Farm and Orchard
Public auction for the Weems farm and orchard estate near Winchester Va on October 14 1933 at 11 am under a December 1 1933 trust deed. The property totals 248 acres in two tracts with a frontage suitable for town development and includes rental tenant homes and farm buildings. Terms require one third cash day of sale and two thirds by two notes due one and two years hence at 6 percent, secured by a trust deed and fire policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
E. V. Weems
Courtenay Weems
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Valley Turnpike
E. V Weems
Mary C. Steck
John M. Steck
Adam C. Slonaker
Birthday party for Walter Main at Salisbury circus
Walter L. Main celebrated his fiftieth consecutive summer season under the big top with a party in Salisbury Maryland. Employees and officials of the Combined Main Circuses hosted the event between matinee and evening shows and he received greetings from veteran showmen across various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salisbury
Walter L. Main
Trustee's Sale of Real Estate in Frederick County Virginia
Substituted trustee will sell at public auction at the Frederick County courthouse in Winchester at 3 00 P M on Saturday October 14 1933. The property is a 109 acre tract with improvements on both sides of Fullen Mill Road two miles southwest of Mountain Falls adjoining Keffer et al. The sale is by The Union Trust Company Trustee under a deed of trust dated September 1 1925 and recorded in D B 153 page 524. Terms are cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Anderson
Lillie Bell Anderson
Babe
Union Trust
Frederick
C. B
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Winchester
Virginia
Back Creek District
Fullen Mill Road
Mountain Falls
Keffer, Et Als
Union Trust Company
D. B
Carter
Law
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American Tobacco Company
BY Les Forgrave
Gwe
Central Press Association, Inc
Clarke
Russia
Page
Newcomb
U. Va
Independentia
Waltzes
Aufweiderschen
Bailey
Baritone
Rollisson
John F. Hoover
Florida
Novelty
Hoope-Rack
Allen
Fair Maid of
Perth
Widdle
Samsonian
Taylor
Mildred Lawson
James Lawson
San Francisco
Mid-West
Lawson
Weems Farm
Walter Main
Federick County
Bickers Motor
Berryville
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
U. S
Herrell Sales Corp
Loudoun St
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen St
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Bickers Motor CO
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