Six Horses Die In Large Barn Fire Near Bunker Hill
Fire at the Ford Walker farm in Hill West Virginia destroyed a large bank barn owned by E. P. Poeter. Six horses perished while 100 hogs were unharmed. Calves, hay, grain, and implements were saved as the Martinsburg Hose Company fought the blaze. Insurance status not known.
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Bunker Hill
The
Star
Hill
W. VA
Ford Walker
E. P. Poeter
New Jersey
H. D. Barlow
Martinsburg Hose Company
Poland
Guernsey
Virginia school lunch program aids 247 children
Richmond report by W. W. Phillips shows February free lunches fed 247 Virginia children with 345,772 pounds of food. The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation expansion boosted distributions valued at $22,352, supplying nearly 10 pounds per child as a supplement to other meals.
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Richmond
W. W. Phillips
Te Bureau of Public Assistance
Virginia
Phillips
Death of Adam Seabright Carpenter at 121 Millwood Avenue
Adam Seabright 70 native of Frederick county and carpenter died at his home yesterday at 2 45 pm after a heart ailment. Survived by wife Martha Jane Eagle four sons eight daughters and fourteen grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 pm from Jones Funeral Home with Rev E T Clark. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named Aulick Gibbons Fred Cochran Stuart Perry G W Riley George Eagle Jr Burton Ritter.
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Adam Seabright
Frederick County
Millwood Avenue
Seabright
Batie N. Seabright
Martha Jane Eagle
Guy
George
Curtis
James Seabright
City
Mary
Irene
Mildred Seabright
Washington
Sarah Mainhart
Winchester
Gladys Lonas
Della Meek
Petersburg
Elsie Cave
Roanoke
Louise Roberts
Reedy
Calif
Jones Funeral Home
South Loudoun Street
E. T. Clark
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Aulick Gibbons
Fred Cochran
Stuart Perry
G. W. Riley
George Eagle, Jr
Burton Ritter
State Deaths Rise in Virginia for Early 1940
Virginia state figures show about 700 more deaths in January and February 1940 than the same period in 1939. The State Bureau of Vital Statistics cites unusually cold weather as a principal cause, with 5,827 total deaths vs 5,168 last year and 328 influenza deaths compared to 199 previously.
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Richmond
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Virginia
Census Taker Mixed Up Livestock Question in Bridesburg
A Philadelphia census enumerator asked a housewife about livestock on a farm in Bridesburg. The wife said one cow, the husband corrected that it was a bull. The worker then called a supervisor who advised him to inspect the animal himself. The city man admitted uncertainty about selling the idea.
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Philadelphia
Bridesburg
Tunes Up For Governorship In Lone Star
In Austin Texas Governor W Lee O Daniel announces a second term bid using hillbilly music and a new tax plan aiming to raise sixty million dollars for pensions and social security. He promotes a Texas style campaign with broadcasts from Mexico and a staple war cry from 1938.
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Austin
Tex
Hillbilly Music
W. Lee O’daniel
O'Daniel News
Mexico
O'Daniel
Hill-Billy
Texas
Witnesses Under Guard in Brooklyn Murder Ring Probe
New York April 5 Special police guard witnesses in the Brooklyn murder ring inquiry while District Attorney William O'Dwyer charges imported gunmen are ready to target those aiding jailed gang members. He links a Detroit trigger man and a Los Angeles gangster to the ring and names Louis Buchalter and Charles Luciano as connections. O'Dwyer identifies Tarry Strauss as the alleged real killer and enforcer in the case.
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New York
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Detroit
Purple
Los Angeles
Tarry
Pittsburgh
Phil) Strauss
The
Ganz
Pledges Rally Support for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
A mass meeting at the George Washington Hotel drew wide support for the Seventeenth Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held May 23. Local and out-of-town leaders from Greyhound Lines, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Terminal Refrigerating, Massanutten Military Academy, American Can Company, and other groups pledged cooperation and outlined festival preparations.
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George Washington Hotel
Shenandoah
W. F. Geoghan
Greyhound Bus Lines
Roanoke
Greyhound Lines
H. F. Wayatt
J. H. Latimer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
8. T. Price
Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Corporation
Col. Howard Benchoff
Cecil Newcom
Massanutten Military Academy
Ralph Willing
American Can Company
Baltimore
A. G. Ball
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Schaffer
Western Maryland Railroad
Mills
Fruit Growers Express
deGrange
H. Clay deGrange
R. Gray Williams
J. Pinckney Arur
Junior Chamber of Commerce Quartet
Washington, D. C
Musical Clubs of State To Meet in Danville
The Virginia Federation of Music Clubs plans its 1940 convention in Danville from April 24 to 27. Roanoke president Mrs. George S. Hart issued the call. Sigmund Spaeth will address the opening program April 24, with 1939 young artist winners Martha Lipton and Samuel Sorin performing. Other speakers include Dr. Hubert Potat Wake Forest College Mrs. Joseph B. Correll and Dr. Luther Richman.
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Roanoke
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
Danville
George S. Hart
Sigmund Spaeth
National
Federal of Music Clubs
Martha Lipton
Samuel Sorin
Virginia
Hubert Potat
Wake Forest College
Joseph 8. Correll
Luther Richman
Mystery Of Lost Golf Ball Solved
The thirteenth green at San Diego Country Club is hidden from approaching golfers. A seagull on another fairway was seen picking up a ball and flying off with it, leading golfers to believe the bird has been feathering its nest with them.
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San Diego Country Club
States Move In Dam Case Over Appalachian Power
Virginia and West Virginia ask the Supreme Court to postpone its hearing on the federal government’s appeal of a ruling denying the injunction against building a dam on the New River near Radford Virginia. They urge delay to October term or hearings after May 15. arguments set for April 22.
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Washington
Virginia
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
High Court
Fourth Federal Circuit
Federal Power Commission
Hinton
W. Va
Glen Lyn
Treasury Receipts and Debts Reported for April 3
Treasury data shows receipts of 16.13 million and expenditures of 36.11 million. Gross debt stands at 42.58 billion with an daily increase of 7.88 million. Also includes parish notices for Stephens City Lutheran with service times and leadership credits.
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Stephens City
Frederick County Farmers Advance Soil Building Efforts
Frederick county farmers reported substantial soil-building activity in 1939 under the A A A program led by John W. Larrick. The record shows wide use of phosphorus lime and other inputs, with many acres dedicated to alfalfa bluegrass timothy and other cover crops as the program shifts toward 1940 targets and expanded soil conservation incentives.
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Frederick County
John W. Larrick
Lespedera
Larrick
Father And Son Banquet Set At Stephens City Church
Members of the Stephens City and Middletown Future Farmer Chapters will entertain at a father and son banquet in the social room of the Stephens City Methodist Church next Thursday night. The program has not yet been completed.
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Stephens City
Middletown
Future Farmer
Methodist Church
Answers to today’s quiz on page four
The page lists quiz answers identifying Alaska as the first, four years as the term length, Appomattox Court House in Virginia, a bridge with six spans, Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, the nickname Oscar, the answer no, a gaudy and meaningless decoration, no as the result, and John Cabot as the explorer.
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Alaska
Appomattox Court House
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Oscar
John Cabot
Old Community Moves Ahead of Flood Control Project
Hill New Hampshire residents face relocation as a 600000 dollar federal project replaces the 172 year old village east of Franklin Falls. Herbert C. Person oversees 80 acre plan to build a new Hill at the base of Huse Mountain with 76 homes and 450 residents to be paid for their houses plus 80000 to 100000 for streets and town buildings.
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Pemigewasset
Why Popularity Happens in Social Life
Elsie Robinson discusses why some people attract others while equally capable individuals go unnoticed. She argues that those who seem at ease with themselves project calm, drawing others and fulfilling social needs, while insecure people create unease and fail to receive warmth or reciprocation.
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Anna
Ina Davis Fulton
Woman’s Missionary Council
Elizabeth Claiborne
State labor chief seeks settlement in Salem meatpacking strike
Roanoke April 5 State Labor Commissioner Thomas B M met with Neuhoff Inc and a AFL Meatcutters committee to settle the strike at the Salem plant. He said no settlement was reached but he will intensify efforts to end the walkout called February 10. About one third of 100 workers eligible for union membership are on strike amid demands for higher wages a closed shop and a guaranteed 30 hour week.
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Roanoke
Thomas B. M
Neuhoff, Inc
AFL Meatcutters’ Union
Salem
Richmond
Morton
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Mr.Seabright
Ifans
Dupont
du Pont
John W. Rosenberger and Co
Braddock St
Lone Star
Lee O’daniel
Hill Music
Goodyear
Pathfinder
Buncutter Tire CO
Quarles, Cooper, White, Barr
Musical Clubs
E. Piccadilly St
Position of the Treasury
Mr. Larrick
Tee Jonesdale Hatchery
Timberville
Virginia DE Noe
U. 8
Elsie Robinson
Copright
King Features Syndicate, Inc
King
Lumber and Supplies
Tay LE
Cletrac Crawler
H. P
Cletrac
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
A. F. Rees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryville, VA
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