Glass Thread For Stitches In Surgery
Glass thread that can be drawn to silk fineness and spun into fibers may soon be used to close deep incisions. Inventor Games Slayter of Toledo notes the material is smooth, sterilizable, and slowly absorbed, with surgeons already testing it after animal studies. The exhibition also showcased a new sound recording method using etched film lines to capture a full 24 hour record on a short strip.
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Washington
Patent Office
Games Slayter
Toledo
Radio Corporation of America
Iceland Directs Its Own Affairs
The Iceland Parliament, the world’s oldest, took full control of foreign affairs due to the German occupation of Denmark. A unanimous resolution stated that Christian X cannot exercise royal powers, and the Icelandic Ministry is entrusted with conduct of these powers until further notice.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Denmark
Christian X
Hotinger to Attend VA DC Mutual Insurance Agents Meeting
J A Hotinger departs for Roanoke to join a Virginia District of Columbia Association of Mutual Insurance Agents meeting. The Lesson opens tomorrow at Hotel Roanoke and continues through Friday with Hotinger returning Saturday.
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J. A. Hotinger
Roanoke
Virginia District of Columbia Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Mr. Hotinger
Norway Declares War on Germany After Invasion
Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold declared Norway at war with Germany as Nazi forces invaded. Germany seized Oslo and the government fled toward Hamar seeking safety.
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Norway
Johan Nygaardsvoll
Germany
Oslo
Hamar
Prayer Service and Chicken Supper Committee Meet
The Church of Our Saviour holds an 8 o clock prayer service with a sermon The Wheel of Christianity by Rev C W Lowe. Afterward the chicken supper committee meets to plan.
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Church of Our Saviour
Wheel of Christianity
C. W. Lowe
Order for Publication in Schenck Estate suit
The Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia orders Walter P Schenck Charles M Barnes Helen Barnes Bertha Barnes and other nonresident respondents to appear within ten days after due publication. The notice seeks to secure the will of Mary N Schenck probate records and to obtain a deed of correction for property described in a 1939 deed. Publication is required weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star.
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Ginia
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Mary N. Schenck
Randall Ridgeway
Walter P. Schenck
P. E. Lineburg
F. B. Cadwallader
E. L. Lemley
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Stephens City
C. S. Headley
S. A. Rust
E. T. Fritts
W. W. McLeod
C. E. Staples
G. H. Ritenour
J. D. Steele
T. A. Grim
G. E. Lemley
Trustees of
Methodist Church of
Catawba Sanatorium
Catawba
Virginia
Dr. E. M. Steele
Julian D. Steele
R. M
Harry L. McCann
Mary Neal Schenck
H. C. Carbaugh
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Charles M. Barnes
Helen Barnes
Bertha Barnes
R. M. Grimm
Cora Bailey
Catherine Sanner
Randolph Percival Grimm
Grimm
R. M. Cora Bailey
Catherine Lanner
Winchester Evening Star
Ester
Conn
Frederick
Court House
Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets
Baltimore market notes show apples per bushel baskets Delicious 1.25-1.50, Staymans 1.10-1.25. poultry prices mixed with chickens mostly 18-21, fowl 16-18, ducks 12-16. Cattle steady. cows 3.50-6.00, calves 6.50-10.00. hogs higher with many weights 4.55-5.70. sheep quoted nominally steady. Chicago reports hogs up 15 cents, top 5.30, steers strong, lambs steady. butter and eggs varied with steady to firm prices.
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Baltimore
U. S
Ate Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Standard
Eee
Quotations Va Livestock Market N Kent St Tuesday Sales
Quotations Va Livestock Market at N Kent Street lists Tuesday sales with prices for steers heifers fat cows bulls veal calves lambs hogs and stockers. Fresh cows and springers ranged 45 to 88.50 and feeder cattle cited with per head and per cent prices.
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N. Kent St
Local Markets Note on Daily Market Corrections
The Star states markets are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. It emphasizes readers verify figures and highlights risk of minor errors in pricing and listings.
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Star
Scandinavian Kings Confer as War Looms Over North
Royal observers surround King Haakon of Norway and King Gustav of Sweden during a frequent conference as war nears Scandinavia. Nazi attacks raise fears the conflict has moved north with the region becoming a battleground.
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Haakon of
Norway
Gustav
Sweden
Scandinavia
Haakon
Paper stocks lead as naval news stirs market delays
New York April 10 shares of paper companies rose while markets wavered amid naval battles off Norway. General averages eased. steels resisted then slipped. Foreign markets rallied after a prior slump as bonds and commodities mixed. Selected quotes include Am Can 115, U S Steel 62 1 4, Sears Roebuck 86 1 2, Union Pac 97, Woolworth 41.
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New York
Norway
North Sea
Great Britain
al. Chem
Am. Can
R. R
Sears Roebuck
Southern R
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. 8. Steel
Va-Car. Chem
Union
Western A Woolworth
Sirbaugh Recovering After Auto Crash at Memorial Hospital
Conrad H. Sirbaugh is recovering satisfactorily at Memorial Hospital after a car crashed into a concrete abutment weeks ago and left him seriously injured. The update was learned today.
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Conrad H. Sirbaugh
Memorial Hospital
New Tax Plan To Promote Private Employment
Senator George of Georgia described a threefold tax revision to spur private employment. The plan calls for a flat capital gains rate of 10 or 12 percent on new enterprise securities for three years, a similar tax on rail and utility refinancing, and a 50 percent cut in taxes on profits from commodities exported beyond the three year average. He expects Treasury review but doubts Congress will act before 1941.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Treasury
Congress
Scandinavian Credits Change Weigh U S Actions
The article reports on possible steps to remove Americans from Scandinavia as diplomacy weighs danger to citizens. Hull and Welles near finalizing orders to apply neutrality act cash and carry and no credits rules, discussed with Roosevelt after Hyde Park, while lawyers study declaring Scandinavia belligerents.
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Scandinavia
Hull
Welles
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Bounty ship reclassified as armed transport in records
The Bounty was a ship rigged vessel of 215 tons built as the trader Bethia by Duncan Campbell. It was renamed Bounty when purchased by the navy for the Bligh expedition and is described in official records as an armed transport.
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Bounty
Bethia
Duncan Campbell
Navy
Bligh
Elyett Loses 20 Chickens In Raid Near Wadesville
In Berryville Virginia on April 10 a second chicken theft report emerged from northwestern Long Marsh. Harry Elyett of Wadesville said 20 of his 30 chickens vanished during the night. Sheriff Buckner was not reachable for comment. Earlier, March 21, Frank Gruber in the same area reported 20 stolen chickens. The total over three weeks reaches 40.
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Berryville
Longmarsh
Lepr Elyett
Wadesville
Harry Elyett
R. W. Buckner
Buckner
Frank Gruber
Elyett
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Loudoun & Cork Sts
Genmne
Goodyear Pathfinder Tires
Buncutter Tire Co
W. Baker
Goodrich
Miller
Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
Vciceeecschens
Royal Observers
Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
Ferry
W. Va
Stock Market Report
Sata
Dodge
International
Ford Panel
Chevrolet
Pine Motor CO
Plymouth
Albert J. Sardella
Vineland
N. J
Nun
Sardella
Sirbaugh Recovering
Rosemary Lane
Chapman Motor Co
Loudoun St
FORD
BUICK
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Winchester, VA
Conoco
Continental Oil Co
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