Students from Stephens City and Middletown aid Sperryville program
Stephens City and Middletown students entertained at Sperryville High School when the Glee Club and Rhythm Band performed for the cooperative meet. Anne Lemsey spoke on health work, with representation from Mount Airy, Car Fs Valley and Round Hill. Transportation was arranged by Fred Larrick and supervisors assisted in planning the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Rhythm Band
Sperryville School
Stephens City
Midown High School
Viola Dunlap
Mabel Massie
Anne Lemsey
Fredrick County
Mount Airy
Car~@Fs Valley
Round Hill
Luray
Sperryville
Fred Larrick
Middletown
Armne Preston Starling
Frederick County
John Massie
Edinburg
Macie Henderson
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Miss Starling
Frederick
Special Preacher At Hopewell Sunday
Jesse A. Stanfield secretary of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting will preach at the Friends Meeting House at Hopewell on Sunday April 16. He and his wife will be guests of J. R. Jolliffe and his sister Edith Jolliffe and are expected to arrive in Clearbrook tomorrow. The service begins at 10 o clock and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse A. Stanfield
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Friends Meeting
Hopewell
J. R. Jolliffe
Stanfield
Loans Made Quickly Commercial Small Loan and Finance
A local ad offers quick loans up to 300 with small weekly repayments. The Commercial Small Loan and Finance Corp advertises at 39 E Water St inviting residents to apply for fast financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Small Loan and Finance Corp
E. Water St
Governor Accepts Crown for Apple Blossom Queen
Mrs Dutton reports Governor Price accepts invitation to crown Miss Genevieve Garner Queen Shenandoah XVI at the Apple Blossom Festival to be held April 27 28 in Winchester W V. W M Kemper delivers the governor's thanks and asks for coronation time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Dutton
W. M. Kemper
Governor Price
Genevieve Garner
Shenandoah XVI
Kemper
Winchester
Local Nines to Clash on Sunday at Fairgrounds
Winchester Wholesale Grocery's new baseball squad opens its schedule Sunday afternoon April 16 at 2 o'clock against Red Baker's Hustlers. The game takes place on the Joe Cronin diamond at Fairgrounds with no admission charged. Both teams feature local players and the clubs seek strong fan support.
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Winchester Wholesale Grocery
Red Baker's Hustlers
Joe Cronin
Fairgrounds
Winchester
Zeppelin Weather Balloon Explodes in Germany
A hydrogen filled weather observation balloon exploded at the Zeppelin works in Friedrichshafen April 13 destroying a small wooden hangar. The balloon carried 80 cubic meters of gas. Firemen contained the blaze and no injuries were reported.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
Aerological Observatory
Weddell Likely Appointed U S Ambassador to Spain
Washington reports ambassador to Argentina Alexander Weddell as the leading candidate to replace Claude G. Bowers as U S envoy to Spain. Weddell, presently on leave, resides in Richmond Virginia awaiting a decision in diplomatic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander W. Weddell
Argentina
Spain
Weddell
Richmond
Claude G. Bowers
Capitation Tax Collections Decline After 1921 Expansion
A graphic analysis by William L. Grenoble for Comptroller LeRoy Hodges traces capitation tax collection trends in Virginia. It notes delinquencies rise as assessments grow and highlights key years 1903 1920 1921 and 1938 with rising assessments and falling collection rates, including the 1921 drop after women gained voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
William L. Grenoble
Leroy Hodges
President Roosevelt urges broader Latin America cooperation
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize a wide program of cooperative activity with Latin American nations. A Hull report outlines surveys to identify Latin American products that avoid U.S. competition, cultural exchanges including films and books, and enhanced air travel and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Hull
Inter-Departmental
Auto Knocks Down Wall in Loudoun and North Ave Intersection
An automobile crash Friday night demolished a section of a stone wall at the north end of a lot near Loudoun and North avenues after the car ran across a sidewalk. Police have no report of the mishap and the driver, a colored man, was not seriously injured. steering gear locking was cited as the cause and the car allegedly accelerated into the wall.
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Loudoun
North Avenue
The
Star
Ferret Lost and Found Mystery Sparks Local Inquiry
Frank Brown reported a ferret missing. Mrs. Wilmer Carpenter found four ferrets on Senseney Road and brought one to Winchester. Mr. Brown could not confirm the found ferret as his despite owning three. he suspects his ferret may have wandered five miles home from the city, while Mrs. Carpenter’s ferret is dead after being killed by a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
Wilmer Carpenter
Senseney
Mr. Brown
Star
Jefferson Day Observed at University of Virginia
Jefferson Day observances at the University of Virginia featured Sumner Welles undersecretary of state delivering an address in Cabell Hall and a wreath placed on Thomas Jefferson's grave by Eduard Benes. A Missouri delegation and Missouri congressmen joined the events, with Monticello nearby hosting ceremonies led by Stuart Gibboney and the Monticello Guard in colonial dress.
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Charlottesville
Sumner Welles
Eduard Benes
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Czechoslovakia
Richmond
Col
Leroy Hodges
Vladimir Hurban
Mr. Wells
Cabell Hall
Missouri
Virginia Peninsula
Monticello
Jefferson
Stuart G. Gibboney
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Monticello Guard
Junior Boards Meet Saturday
A regional assembly in Alexandria on Saturday and Sunday will form a state Junior Chamber of Commerce. Tom Baldridge of Winchester announced the organization meeting, naming Virginia delegates from Norfolk Alexandria Richmond Danville Boykins Lynchburg Woodstock Winchester Loudoun County Clark County and Staunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
mid-Atlantic
Tom Baldridge
Winchester
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Danville
Boykins
Lynchburg
Woodstock
Loudoun County
Clark County
Staunton
Hospital Nurses Stage Labor Rift at St. Josephs
Nine graduate nurses at St. Josephs Hospital in Comox remain off duty in a labor dispute, leaving only three nurses, two orderlies and Sisters to care for 50 patients. Administration seeks replacements from Victoria or Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Vancouver
Johnson Voices War Dilemma At Virginia Chamber Banquet
General Hugh Johnson urged maintaining strength and noneconomic aims, arguing nations may collapse democracy and profits in war. He warned against entangling Europe and said the United States should mind its own business while preparing to defend the hemisphere. Price praised Virginia Chamber efforts and noted favorable conditions, no new taxes, and balanced budgeting.
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Richmond
Hugh
Johnson
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Chamber of Commerce
America
Europe
Price
State Chamber
Frice
Virginia
Celanese Corporation
State Tax Case Questions Poll Tax Enforcement
Richmond April 13 A brief in the Campbell capitation tax case argues the state seeks to do indirectly what the constitution prohibits by using Section 128 to compel poll tax payment. Edward T. Haynes for Campbell says taxes cannot be collected before three years expire and warns against indirect coercion. Campbell seeks a mandamus to issue a lawyer license without certifying payment for 1937, while Commonwealth counsel argue taxes could lawfully be prerequistite to licensing and voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Edward T. Haynes
T. O. Campbell
Supreme Court of Appeals
Campbell
J. Vaughan Gary
Commonwealth
Dentists Conclude 70th Virginia State Meeting in Roanoke
The 70th annual Virginia State Dental Association meeting closed at Hotel Roanoke after three days of lectures on dentistry advances. Dr. J. P. Irby of Blackstone was installed president, succeeding Dr. W. H. Wunder of Woodstock. New officers include Dr. M. B. Walker of Norfolk and Dr. N. F. Muir of Roanoke as councilors at large, with Dr. J. E. John of Roanoke as secretary treasurer. Dr. M. S. Jenkins of Roanoke was named president elect for 1941. Lynchburg will host the 1940 convention. date to be announced after executive committee talks.
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Roanoke
Virginia State Dental Association
Hotel Roanoke
J. P. Irby
Blackstone
W. H. Wunder
Woodstock
M. B. Walker
Norfolk
N. F. Muir
J. E. John
M. 8. Jenkins
Lynchburg
Geraldine Reunited With Son After Flight From Albania
In Laris sa Greece on April 13 Queen Geraldine Albania's fugitive Hungarian American queen regained strength to be with her son Prince Skander. The child, born two days before Italy invaded Albania, had been separated from the queen during a dangerous flight after her hemorrhagic condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larissa
Greece
Geraldine
Albania
Prince Skander
Congress Asked To Aid Subsidies
Secretary Wallace urged Congress to back government subsidies of wheat and cotton exports, testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee amid a surplus crisis. He blamed dictators for undermining the administration trade program and urged continued support until international agreements are reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Congress
Senate Appropriations
Administration
United States
How To Run Business If War Does Come
Washington officials met at the State Department to plan keeping American business operating in case of a European war. They aimed to keep security and markets open, noting they did not expect immediate disruption but must be prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
High Administration
State Department
President Signs Pay Taxing Bill
President Roosevelt has signed a bill ending tax immunity for federal and state workers. The act lets the federal government tax state official salaries and state governments tax federal official salaries, aligning with a Supreme Court approval in a recent decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
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