Court of Honor For Scouts Awards Tonight
The Boy Scout court of honor will be held at Handley Library Auditorium at 7 36 tonight. Awards earned at summer camps will be presented in a camp setting with an indoor electric campfire. Baltimore officials are expected to attend to receive awards. a Winchester official will receive a National Council silver beaver for distinguished service to boyhood.
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Boy Scout Court of Honor
Handley Library
Baltimore
Winchester
National Council
Eugene B. Cooper
D. H. Rodgers
Martinsburg
Funeral Rites Held For Edinburg Resident Stephen Hollingsworth
Funeral services for Stephen Prichard Hollingsworth 82 longtime Edinburg resident and Frederick County native were held at 2 30 PM at Edinburg United Brethren Church. He died Sunday at his brother Edwin Hollingsworth's home after a lingering illness with burial in Cedarwood Cemetery. Hollingsworth born November 20 1850 near Winchester was a cabinet maker with the James C Rau business. He married Artie Hisey who died in 1923 and later lived with his brother. He was a member of the United Brethren Church and leaves numerous friends in Edinburg and the surrounding area.
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Edinburg
Stephen Prichard Hollingsworth
Frederick County
Edwin Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Mr. Heworth
Winchester
Isaac
Mary Hollings
Durite
Edin
James C. Rau
Eolinburg
Artie Hisey
Wise Storms NRA Program as He Seeks Senate Seat
Maj Henry A Wise Republican candidate for United States Senate accused federal and state governments of waste and dishonest budgeting at a Luray campaign stop joined by Gov candidate Fred W Mcwane. He blasted the recovery program, warned against high taxes, tariff boosts, and criticized Virginia officials over deficits and Shenandoah Park purchases.
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Aow
United States Senate
Major Wise
Congress
Virginia
United States
Harry F. Byrd
State Assembly
Shenandoah Park
Rites Held for Woman Found Dead in Rooming House
Funeral services were held at Double Churches Frederick county for Mrs Beulah Strawderman 43 found dead yesterday in a local rooming house. Interment followed in a nearby cemetery. Death attributed to tuberculosis and complications by Dr Hugh Clark. Survived by husband Bernie a daughter Miss Gladys and two sons Harry and Garland Strawderman all of the county.
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Frederick County
Beulah Strawderman
Strawderman
Hugh Clark
Bernie Strawderman
Gladys Strawderman
Harry and
Garland Strawderman
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Report
Closing quotations in Chicago and Baltimore markets are listed with September at 86 1/4, December 90 1/2, May 94 3/4. Winchester Spot Wheat at 77 and Baltimore spot wheat at 90. Collected by Winchester Milling Corp and Stickell Sales Corp via daily wire. Location at Hagerstown Maryland with contact 2600.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
Cash
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Roosevelt gets promise of bids for steel rails
The article notes a debate over closed shop and company unions with legal views from Gall and a reference to efforts in the recovery campaign. It also mentions Johnson delaying work due to an operation and his plans to resume by midweek while aiding the employment push.
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Roosevelt
Gall
Johnson
Army Hospital
Paying Up Old Bills Boosts Buy Now Movement
Staunton Merchants and Business Men's Association urges paying old bills or partial payments to free frozen capital, boost circulation, and reemploy workers. Prompt payments support credit, finance new purchases, and sustain the buy now program.
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Staunton Merchants and Business Men's Association
Funeral for Mrs. Martha F. Larrick Held in Middletown
The funeral for Mrs. Martha F. Larrick widow of E Olin Larrick and Middletown Bank president, died last Sunday at her niece’s home in Laurel Maryland. Services at 10 30 Wednesday conducted by Rev W P Saunders at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South. Interment Mount Carmel Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. She leaves nephews and nieces in Maryland and is aunt to Mrs Mary L Larrick.
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Martha F. Larrick
E. Olin Larrick
Frederick County
Middletown State Bank
Bessie Burns Beale
Laurel
Middletown
W. P. Saunders
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Mount Carmel Cemetery
F. Estes Kline
M H. Rhodes
Charles Legg
E. M. Sperry
William Willey
James Colley
Robert Campbell
J. H. Fisher
Davis Report Used Against Him in Moose Charity Trial
In New York United States Senator James J. Davis's 1930 report to the Loyal Order of Moose as director-general was admitted as evidence to show his knowledge of Moose charity ball conduct. Prosecutors contend the 1931 Moose charity ball was a lottery. Davis and Theodore G. Miller, head of the Moose propagation department, face federal lottery charges.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
James J. Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
Davis
Theodore G. Miller
Miller
Propagation Department
the Moose
Virginia Faculty Backs Newcomb for University President
The University of Virginia faculty voted 110 to 3 to urge the rector and visitors to elect a permanent president and endorsing acting President John Lloyd Newcomb for the post. The move follows a request by ten faculty members and stresses urgency and stability for the institution.
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University, Va
University Virginia
University
John Lloyd Newcomb
John Calvin Metcalf
University of Virginia
Inflation Bee Buzzes Faintly In Stock Market
New York report shows mild inflation influence on markets with cautious traders. Stock activity remained firm yet light in volume as investors avoided extreme bullish or bearish bets. Sterling opened at 4.7512 dollars and call money stood at three quarters of a percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Six Die in Italian Earthquake Hits Abruzzi Region
An earthquake in the Abruzzi and Nerchelleno mountains killed at least six people and injured 30. The fatalities occurred in Lana and Peligne near Chitta, with residents shaken in the area close to the Asiatic Sea.
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Chitta
Italy
Abruzzi
Nerchelleno
Lana
Peligne
Fusing Copper and Silver Sparks a Brassware Industry
In 1742 Thomas Boulsover fused copper and silver while mending a knife and formed a small workshop making knife handles snuff boxes and harness buckles. By 1760 under George III large scale domestic article manufacturing began.
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Thomas Boulsover
George III
Repeal Policy Targeted by W C T U Head in Richmond
Mrs. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union president in Virginia criticizes the Repeal plank of the national platform at the jubilee convention. She argues the push to repeal Prohibition pressures states to repeal their laws and the Eighteenth Amendment, while noting Virginia’s senators opposed the beer bill. The group plans a temperance push at the state fair and a campaign urging total abstinence.
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Richmond
Mrs
Woman's Christian Temperance
Virginia
Hoge
Pollard
General Assembly
Anti-Saloon League
W.C T. U
Farmers Demand Cheaper Money From White House
A farm group marching to the White House and farm credit agencies urged a cheaper dollar to aid farmers. Led by Edward A. O Neal, the delegation from the American Farm Bureau Federation pressed for restoration of 1926 price levels and a dollar with 1926 buying power, warning that delayed relief could spark social unrest.
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Washington
White House
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Bureau
Roosevelt
Wallace
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
King
Utah
Friends of Silver
O’néal
E. A. Eckert
National Grange Patrons of Husbandry
C. E. Huff
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Charles A. Ewing
National Livestock Marketing Association
D. A. Geyer
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Dan Wallace
Clarence Poe
Byrd Soon to Join Antarctic Expedition
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd is to join the Bear of Oakland and the Jacob Ruppert in a joint expedition to the Antarctic base at Little America. The Bear will carry crew and scientific equipment valued at $100000, depart Boston for Bayonne Norfolk and New Zealand, then proceed to the Bay of Whales with Byrd and a 40 man party to endure the Antarctic winter.
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Boston
Bear
Oakland
Richard E Byrd
Bayonne
Norfolk Va
Panama Canal
Dunedin
New Zealand
Jacob Ruppert
Pacific Fir
Ruppert
Barkentine
Bay of Whales
Little America
Thealer
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Jacob Rmpert
Byrd
Norfolk
Harold T .Yunes
Robert English Usn
San Dreen
Cal
Mort English
Navy
Vast Tampico Damage Reaches Oil City After Storm
Reports from Tampico and surrounding areas describe hundreds buried and widespread destruction. Wind speeds near 125 miles per hour level hit the civil hospital and railway zones, with many buildings unroofed or destroyed. Official death tolls vary, with fears of extensive casualties across Tamaulipas and neighboring regions.
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Inter
Department of Interior
Sapinero
Vasconcelos
Rodriguez
Tampico
Macias
Tabasco
Vera Cruz
Panuoco
Brownsville
Tex
Harold Gray
Pan-American Airways
Gulf of Mexico
Gray
Mexico
F J. Nolan
Rio Grande Valley
Nolan
Mexico City
Panuco
Conselos
Threefourth
Cardenas
San Luis Potosi
Tamaulipas
Energy comparison for stair climbing and descent
A historical note explains that climbing 15 steps costs energy equal to walking level distance 15 times the staircase height. It also states that climbing the same flight uses three times more energy than walking down the stairs.
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Robert B. Nelson
Scout Office
Fred Stine
Ralph B. Snapp
John C. Woolfolk
C. S. Hartman
Laurens Jones
Frank R. Horton
Camp White Rock
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Stephens City
Falling Waters
Potomac
White Rock
Baker's Drug Store
Friends’ Sunday School
Pearl Brown
Maj. Wise
American Federation of Labor
Staunton
Mrs. Larrick
Dr. Newcomb
U. Va
W.C. T. U. Head
O'Neal
Excelsior
Oid
S. 8
Martial Aw
Great Oil City
D. F
Hurri
Cine Deficieun
LEE Baking Company
General Electric
John S. Miller & CO
General Electric Products
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