Interest Of Methodists Center On Unification Conference
Interest of Methodists nationwide centers on the forthcoming unification conference opening in April at City. A prospectus on the three churches Methodists Episcopal South Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant outlines changes including a possible six year term for presiding elders and the bishop’s discretion in emergencies. Dr W W McIntyre Winchester district presiding elder favors a pastorate but may serve if valuable. The Winchester and Baltimore conferences fear redrawn boundaries that would shift about a third of their eastern West Virginia panhandle membership to the southeastern jurisdiction.
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City
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Protestant Church
Kansas City
Southern Methodist Church
Prospectus
S Prospectus
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Baltimore
West Virginia Panhandle
Natie Brown Predicts Fast Louis Galento Bout
Richmond April 11 Natie Brown former Washington heavyweight who fought Louis and Galento predicts Louis will stop Galento quickly in June He says the referee won’t let it last long and Louis will go to work on Galento after the left handed start Brown has twice boxed both men and is a veteran of ten rounds with Louis in 1935 and the Braddock fight.
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Richmond
Natie Brown
Washington
Joe Louis
Tony Galento
Natie
Galento
Louis
Joe
Tony
Brown
Jimmy Braddock
Playful Firework Prank Ends With Bullet Injury
Lola May Smith and siblings found a box of .22 cartridges in Denver. They hammered cart ridges and caused pops. A fragment hit Lola May in the arm. a doctor removed the fragment.
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Denver
Lola May Smith
Lola May
Ronald
Darline Dale
Little Ones Get Warned From Hitler
Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter claims Western democracies seek to trap Greece and Yugoslavia, warns Athens against immoral offers from Britain and France. It cites Italian moves and non aggression pacts, notes Western attempts to corral Balkan states, and highlights Easter diplomacy headlines in London Paris.
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Berlin
Reichsfuehrer
Albania
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Athens
Hitler
Belgrade
Poland
Italy
Germany
West
Balkan
Greece
London
Paris
Berchtesgaden
England
Stephenson Notes Social News and Movements
Palm Sunday services at Stephenson Church welcomed new members and baptisms. Local families and visitors shared travel, visits, and Easter mentions with several relatives hosting. The Stephenson Social Club plans a Wednesday meeting at Emma Zinn home with E W Grant leading devotions and E W Prince overseeing recreation.
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Stephenson
W. O. Talbert
Stephenson Church
Palm
John Damrow
New York
Milwaukee
W.A. Robinson
June
Jerry
Janet
A. J. Prince
Geraldine
Frances Triggs
Amos Prince
Earl Prince
Sue Prince
Rest
Stephenson Social Club
Emma Zinn
Winchester
E. W. Grant
E. W. Prince
Local social notes from High View Virginia
High View Virginia social items report Miss Laura Seldon visiting her mother Mrs. W H Seldon and others spending time with relatives including Mr Robert Johnson, Mr and Mrs J G Giffin and son Delbert, Mrs Effie Johnson, and families of Hodgson and Fox. John Giffin moved to Davis Johnson farm.
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High View
Laura Seldon
W. H. Seldon
Robert Johnson
Davis Johnson
J. G. Giffin
Delbert
Albert Kerns
Effie Johnson
Ella Smeltzer
Evening Star Fair Tour signups announced for World’s Fair trip
Two people have signed up for the World's Fair All-Expense tour sponsored by The Winchester Star. The trip leaves Winchester Friday May 19 at 2 pm and returns May 21 with two nights at the Lincoln Hotel New York included. Cost is 18 1 2 dollars for train car lodging and guided fair and NBC studios tours. Reservations via E E Baker local B&O agent. blanks and in person signups available in The Evening Star.
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Winchester Star
Baltimore & Ohio
Baker
Winchester
New York
Lincoln Hotel
Lincoln
East River
Queens
Flushing
NBC
E. E. Baker
Baltimore and Ohio
Evening Star
Winchester Evening Star
New Counsel Appointed for Farm Credit Administration
Julian A. Everly reports Oliver W. Frey of Allentown Pa to become general counsel of the Farm Credit Administration in Baltimore succeeding the late I P Whitehead of Amherst Va after about 12 years in the post Frey a Bucks county native who practiced in Allentown after WWI service and is a William and Mary and University of Pennsylvania law graduate he will assume duties in early May The Baltimore district serves Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware Virginia West Virginia and the Island of Puerto Rico.
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Julian A. Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Oliver W. Frey
Allentown
Farm Credit Administration of
Baltimore
I. P. Whitehead
Amherst
Mr. Frey
Bucks County
United States Army
William and Mary College
University of Pennsylvania
Everly
Frey
Federal Land Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Production Credit Corporation
Baltimore District
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
Debating Night at Armel School Highlights Chamberlain Topic
A capacity crowd attended Luttrell debating team evening at Armel school on April 11. The resolution blamed Chamberlain for European trouble with the affirmative winning. Refreshments were sold by Greenway Christian Endeavor Society. Other items note Mr and Mrs John Holt’s Florida trip and upcoming Ken Holt season revival.
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Armel
Luttrell
Chamberlain
Te Greenway Christian Endeavor Society
John S. Holt
Florida
Ken Holt
Holt
Veterans Hospital
Giles B. Cook
Front Royal
Winchester
Calvin Turner
Pricedale
John Hughes
G. Don Gray
Eddie Erbe
G. W. Haymaker
Ralph Holt
Pittsburg
John §. Holt
Biggs Beer Barden
John Hughes, Jr
Pearl Buck To Speak At Randolph-Macon Phi Beta Kappa
Pearl S Buck Nobel laureate and Randolph-Macon Woman's College alumna will address the Phi Beta Kappa Society as twelve seniors from the Class of 1939 are elected. Buck's Sweden speech on The Chinese Novel will be delivered in April.
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Lynchburg
Pearl S. Buck
Randolph-Macon
Marian Bartholomew
Westfield
N. J
Ruth Diehl
Huntington
W. Va
Miriam Garber
Batesbury
S. C
Perre Coleman Hutton
Columbia
Pleasant callers and holiday closure mark local notes
Mr. Coleman Dawson of The Plains Virginia called on Mr. G W Haymaker Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs R G Buckley of White Post visited Mrs G M Cornwell recently. Master Allen Lee Steadman returned home in Edinburg Virginia after Easter at his grandfather G E Armel. School closed here Friday evening for holidays.
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Coleman Dawson
the Plains
G. W. Haymaker
R G. Buckley
White Post
G. M. Cornwell
Allen Lee Steadman
Edinburg
G. E. Armel
Isaac Creek Notes Item from Isaac Creek Virginia
Isaac Creek notes update local residents on illness improvements for Bill Tinsman at his brother E C Tinsman home. Several visitors including Henry Kern and families plus W A Strother stop by. Other residents Mrs Winton Kerns suffers neuritis and Mrs H C Reynolds remains ill.
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Issac Creek
Bill Tinsman
E. C. Tinsman
Henry Kern
Clayton Dailey
Lem Kern
Gore
W. A. Strother
Forest Glen
Winton Kerns
H. C. Reynolds
George Clark
Whitacre
Cecil Shanholtz
Mt. He
Girl Widow Tells About Fatal Shots
Stella Mae Dickson, 16, of Topeka, says her husband Benny was shot by federal agents on a St. Louis sidewalk. She describes the events of their escape from a Topeka trap last November and her arrest in Kansas City while en route to Topeka for trial on bank robbery and kidnapping charges. Stella Mae recalls meeting Johnny O Mal ley and the final moments at the hamburger stand.
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Kansas City
Stella Mae Dickson
Topeka
Kas
Benny
St. Louis
Stella Mae
South Dakota
New Orleans
Johnny
Johnny O’malley
Brown
Dickson
Federal Reserve Building
FBI
Bankers Converge Aboard Queen of Bermuda Cruise
The Virginia State Bankers Association will hold its forty sixth annual convention aboard the steamer Queen of Bermuda cruising to and from Bermuda May 14 19. The vessel sails from Norfolk May 14 with sessions at sea May 15 and May 18.
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Virginia State Bankers’ Association
Bermuda
Norfolk
Man Charged With Driving Drunk Fined in Police Court
Harry Grim was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Other cases before Magistrate Donald Weems include Ewell Chapman with 15.25 in fines for drunken disorderly behavior and Douglas McFarland with 10.25 for disorderly conduct.
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Harry Grim
Donald Weems
Ewell Chapman
Douglas McFarland
Sunday Service Draws Crowds in Ridgeway and Martinsburg
Last Sunday evening services at the Brow church were well attended. The Maury sisters of Ridgeway provided singing and were well received. Rev. Fred Crane of Gainesboro and Rev. J. R. Collis of Martinsburg West Virginia assisted. Tinsman brothers completed a large stone foundation for a garage for the Chevrolet Motor Company at Capon Bridge West Virginia. They are also erecting a stone bungalow on Valley Pike near Winchester Virginia.
State Map Of 1751 Is Found
A photostatic copy of a 1751 Virginia map exhibited in Charles Town shows Frederick County in early times with no settlements. Winchester titled Frederick Town, Shenandoah called Shenandoake, Potomac named Potomen, and Greenway Court marked as a Fairfax home. Roads connect Frederick Town to Vestol's ferry and to Philadelphia via Packhorse ford, with Rocks Ferry as the only other Shenandoah crossing.
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Virginia
Charles Town
W. Va
Thornton Perry, Jr
Frederick County
Jefferson County
Shepherdstown
Winchester
Frederick Town
Potoenac River
Potomac
Shenando
Greenway Court
Lord Fairfax Opequon
Apeckon
Shenandoah
Vestol’s Ferry
Vestol’s Gap
Alexandra
Philadelphia
Vestels
Williams
Rocks Ferry
Derby-loving 88-year-old hopes to witness Kentucky Derby
Louisvill e resident James G Snyder, 88, seeks release from a sanitarium to attend the May 6 Kentucky Derby. He recalls betting on Derby history since 1878 and backs El Chico as his pick, claiming a long record of Derby winners and noting Bull Lea’s previous near miss.
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Louisville
James G. Snyder
Snyder
Molly McCarthy
Ten Broeck
Churchill Downs
Bull Lea
el Chico
John P. Frier
Boyce Native Draws 25 Fine For Fight
In Boyce Virginia a week old scrap at Albert Clark's filling station ended with Trial Justice Loring Cackley convicting Howard Doc Martin of assault and fining him 25 dollars with 30 days suspended. Charles Cramer was found guilty of drunkenness and fined 10 dollars plus costs. Both men work for Norfolk and Western Railroad in Boyce. Deputy Sheriff Bob Buckner responded after the Sunday April 2 dispute escalated beyond words.
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Berryville
Albert Clark
Boyce
Howard
Doc’ Martin
Charles Cramer
Loring C. Kackley
Martin
Cramer
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Bob Buckner
Birds That Never Migrate In Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico hosts 21 bird species found nowhere else on Earth. The year round warm climate eliminates the need for migration.
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Puerto Rico
Vacancies In C M T C Are To Be Filled In Winchester
Captain E C Goss announced that Winchester city and Frederick county have a quota of 14 vacancies for the Citizens Military Training Corps this year. Several applications are signed and more may enroll. Approved applicants receive 30 days of free training at a regular army station. Completion after four camps entitles to a commission in the reserve corps. Apply to Captain Goss at once.
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E. C. Goss
Citizens’ Military Training Corps
Winchester
Frederick County
Reserve Corps
Goss
Famous Luxor Luxor village in Upper Egypt near Thebes
The village known as Luxor on the site of ancient Thebes lies in Upper Egypt near Karagk and is famed for its ruins and historic remains.
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Luxor
Upper
Egypt
Thebes
Karagk
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