Hans Brinker Play Promoted By Local Groups
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates presented as a children’s theatre production at Handiey School Auditorium on Friday April 18 at 2 pm under the Century Club and Handiey General Organization. The Mary Mapes Dodge story features a suspenseful race for silver skates with an illusion of real ice created on waxed linoleum. Tickets available from Mrs. Harry K. Benham and Mrs. George H. Smith.
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Hans Brinker
Handiey General Organization
Century Club
Handiey School
New York
Hans
Clare Tee
Hansker
Harry K. Benham
George H. Smith
Berryville social notes with Washington visit and family plans
Personal mentions Berryville resident home after a stay in Washington D C as guest of Mrs Charles F McGuire. Marion Ware, a School of Pharmacy student at the Medical College of Virginia, expected Thursday from Richmond to visit his parents, Mr. and Relph M Ware.
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Washington, D. C
Charles F. McGuire
Marion Ware
School of Pharmacy
Medical College of
Banks Adjust Hours for Jefferson Birthday Holiday
Several banks announce holiday closures on Monday April 14 1941 for Jefferson birthday. Customers may complete paper money orders on the following banking day Tuesday April 15 1941 with payments postponed accordingly. Cashiers named include TAROLD G BROWN J YOST SLOAT GEO B BUSHNELL and GEO B BUSHNELL of Winchester Union Bank of Winchester.
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Jefferson
St Koning
Tarold G. Brown
Exenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
J. BH. Yost
Partners and Merchants National
Tucc
Ng Tar
SLOAT
iCommercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Japanese Beetle Bombing Plan Is Blocked
In College Park Maryland the state department rejected a plan to combat the Japanese beetle by airplane bombing after state entomologist Dr E N Cory asked an opinion. The department warned trespass issues may arise from dispersing a death dust and noted Maryland law bans dropping objects from aircraft except water or ballast.
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College Park
State Law Department
E. N. Cory
Law Department
Maryland
Cory
United States Department of Agriculture
War News Censored Cautions Readers
The Star warns readers that European war news is censored before transmission to the United States, signaling restricted reporting on ongoing events and potential gaps in coverage.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Proposal to fix open season for opossum and raccoon west of Blue Ridge
The Commission of James and Inland Fisheries held a Richmond meeting on March 28 1941 to fix an open season for opossum and raccoon west of the Blue Ridge. A second meeting is set for April 25 1941. The proposed season runs November 1 to January 31 inclusive except in National Forest areas. Chairman H Nolting announced the order.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Richmond
Virginia
National Forest
Commission of James and Inland Fisheries
Eee H. Nolting
Wartime Authors Highlight Books and Fates
Handley Library notes authors in wartime with P G Wodehouse confined in a Silesia camp after capture near Le Touquet. Vera Brittain writes England's Hour about sending children to America and rescuing her husband from a torpedoed ship. Other authors covered include Elizabeth Goudge Charles Morgan Howard Spring Edgar Snow William Dodd and a look at England's Hour through civilian life in wartime.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Silesia
le Touquet
France
Vera Brittain
England
America
Handley Library
Howard Spring
Army
Home Guard
Handley Library Notes Review Several New Works
The column surveys novels and memoirs by authors such as Nicol Smith Edison Marshall A M Hutchinson and Margaret Armstrong. It highlights Burma Road If Winter Comes The Man With No Face Benjamin Blake and more with brief praise and context about themes wartime life and adventure.
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Handley
Edison Marshall
Benjamin Blake
Treasury Status Receipts and Debt Update April 7
Treasury reports April 7 receipts of 26.2 million dollars and expenditures of 91.13 million. Gross debt stands at 47.17 billion, rising by 1.26 million from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Federal Communications Commission monitoring stations list incomplete
The text lists seven F C C monitoring stations located at Atlanta Baltimore Boston Grand Island Nebraska Great Lakes and another unspecified site. The fragmentary note provides only place names without complete address or confirmation of current locations.
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F.C.C
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Grand Island
Nebraska
Great Lakes
State Will Not Buy Uniforms For Home Guards
Governor Price tells Mayor Wood that Virginia will not fund uniforms for the Virginia Protective Force this or next fiscal year. He cites insufficient state funds after maintenance, operation, and field equipment costs, with most local units already carrying the money.
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Richmond
Price
J. D. Wood
Norfolk
Virginia Protective Force
Wood
Norfolk Council
National Guard
Robert P. Beamon
VPF
Portsmouth
Charles Borland
Italian Seamen Arrested in Norfolk Sabotage Case
Three Italian seamen were arrested in Norfolk on sabotage charges linked to the March 30 seizure of five freighters in Hampton Roads. Masters of four freighters were also arrested. up to 22 more crewmen are expected to be charged. The seven held face hearings Thursday and bond ranges from 15 000 to 20 000 dollars.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
United States
Harry A. Brinkley
Guiseppe Tomarchia
Guian
Eduardo Rosati
Agostino Ratto
San
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Virginia Tavern
Martinsburg Pike
Comitadji
Yugoslavia
Handley Library Notes
Charles Morgan
British Admiralty
London
Elizabeth Goudge
of Bells
Westerland
Devon
China
Edgar Snok
Far East
Asia
Germany
William E. Dodd
Ambassador Dodd
William E
Martha Dodd
Margaret L. Hodgson
HAT and Dress Shop
Nicol Smith
Marco Polo
Yun-Nan
Burma
Burma Road
A. 5. M. Hutchinson
A. M. Hutchinson
Margaret Armstrong
Fanny Kemble
Federal Bureau of In
Cery
St. Helena
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
C. B
Smalts & Son
Westinghouse
Micarta Deor
Baker
Anderson
N. Braddock St
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