Valley Pike Renowned Highway Attracts Drivers Nationwide
The Shenandoah Valley pike U. S. 11 8 11 now boasts three lanes and broad right of way attracting motorists and national attention as one of America s finest roads. News outlets including the Christian Science Monitor praise the smooth travel through the Shenandoah area and resort sections. The $2 500 000 project transforms travel along Natural Bridge to the Shenandoah Nation driving interest across the region.
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Valley of Ester
America
Roanoke Sits At Shenandoah Valley’s Southern End
Motorists following Skyline Drive travel south on U S 11 reaching Roanoke, the southern terminus of the Shenandoah Valley.
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U.S. 11
Roanoke
Shenandoah Valley
Planning to Build the Largest Air Force in the World
President Roosevelt approves the Baker Board plan to expand the air arm. The War Department will include 1,000 new planes in 1936 and raise total serviceable aircraft from about 1,300 to 2,300, maintaining separate army and navy air forces.
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Best Air Force
Roosevelt
Baker Board
War Department
Baker
Newton D. Baker
WWR
Air Corps
Dern
Hyde Park
Army
Front Royal Brevities Quiet Weekend Gossip
Miss Julia Harnsberger of Richmond visits Front Royal with her family. Local residents plan weekend trips to Luray Annapolis and Washington while others attend social events at homes and in Powell’s Fort.
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Front Royal
Julia Harnsberger
Richmond
J. R. Harnsberger
Flashes of life and strange items from around the world
A collage of odd notes places like Mauchline Scotland Linz Austria Seward Kansas Shawnee Oklahoma Port Williams New Jersey and Detroit feature quirky happenings. It mentions Pork Chops Needles the Detroit eater as a possible show judge and a conviction in Linz for arson.
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Mauchline
Scotland
Detroit
America
Gusane
Sid
The Movies And Delinquency By Fred Eastman
A study finds movies influence youth crime mindset with 25 percent of delinquents saying films show hold ups as easy money and 49 percent wanting guns. The piece urges studios to align with parents and schools to reduce glamor and crime in films. It cites Dr. Hartwell noting 29 of 50 child delinquency cases tied to movies and calls for cooperative reform.
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Samuel W. Hartwell
Worchester, Mass
Berryville Social Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Moves
Personal and social items from Berryville Virginia list the upcoming marriage of Elizabeth Hogarth to Frederick Ainley Lanigan Charles worth in Alexandria with family ties to Thomas Stribling and Kate Waller Barrett. Others prepare wintering in Florida, send offspring to Shenandoah Valley Academy and Christ Church School, and host guests from New York, Baltimore, and Chicago.
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Berryville
Iman Rathbone
Elizabeth Hogarth
Frederick Ainley Lanigan Charlesworth
St. Paul's Church
Alexandria
Virginia
Thomas Stribling
Sao Seas
England
Robert ’South Barrett
Kate Waller Barrett
American Legion
Thomas M. Reynolds
Winter Haven
Fla
William Harper Deane
Florida
Marshall McCormick Reynolds
Reynolds
Wesley Deane
Deane
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Winchester
White Plains
N. Y
Chicago
D. G. Cooley
Hunter
Craighill Burks
H. H. Burks
C. P. Newcomb
Rosalie
Mary Elizabeth Newcomb
Louise Huyett
Leona Krouse
Edith Garthright
Vinton
Herbert Beverley Whiting
South Church Street
Harold Scheuer
Joseph Scheuer
New York
Leon.Scheurer
Baltimore
J. 8. Sche
Misses Mackey
Kate Powers
Nan Lippitt Hatchell
Clarke County
St. Hilda's School
Charles Town
W. Va
Virginia man tied to rampage near Berkeley ends in arrest
Bennie A V Garrison of Virginia is jailed in Berkeley county charged with attempted murder after allegedly firing a shotgun during a rampage that wounded Edgar Mason and narrowly missed Thomas Shirley. State Police say the incident began in front of the Mason home on Route 111 south of Bunker Hill before Garrison fled toward Virginia and was captured near the state line.
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Virginia
Bennie
Garrison
Berkeley County
Edgar Mason
Samuel Mason
Bunker Hill
Thomas Shirley
Mason
Route 111
Shirley
vVirginia
Not Available From Fragmentary Report
A fragment states troopers could not determine what prompted Garrison to allegedly attempt to take the lives of Mason and Shirley.
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Mason
Shirley
One Day on Mars Defined as 24 Hours 37 Minutes
A Martian day is set at 24 hours and 37 minutes, establishing a longer solar day than Earth's. Researchers note the value helps calibrate timing for rovers and orbiters operating on Mars. The finding offers a basis for coordinating communications and energy cycles during surface missions.
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