Home-Coming Kiwanis Meeting Features Judge Williams Presiding
Past Kiwanis presidents attend under Judge Philip Williams with Robert T. absent. Williams led remarks highlighting timely administration. Notables present include Norman Ochs new member and guests Sam Ellington John L. Totten Noble Pierce Dr. Glass and others. Attendance prize awarded to L. C. Hollis. Flowers sent to ill Clark M. Smith.
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Deon
Kiwanis Club
Philip Williams
Robert T
Richmond
Prest
Williams
J. Luther Maphis
J. Marion Orndoff
J. A. Rich
Ard
William G. Hardy
Jesse C. Oakes
T. Russell Cather
D. Ed Stultz
Robert McC. Glass
George G Snarr
Garland R. Quarles
H. C. Sheetz, Sr
Ansel Solenberger
Wendell B. Goode
Eugene B. Cooper
C. Arthur Robinson
Sam C. Brooks
Ancell B. Groves
Judge Williams
Andrew Bell
Club
Smith
Corporation Court
Clark M. Smith
Union Memorial Hospital
Norman Ochs
Handley High School
Sam Ellington
Waynesboro
John L. Totten
Waltham
Mass
R. H. Kerlin
L. C. Hollis
Noble Pierce
Prun lax ad promises easy regularity for all ages
An advertisement touts PrunLax as the cure for constipation with easy dosing and harmless effects. It claims a reliable, regular movement and suggests combining prune juice with senna. The promo notes a low price of 60 cents for 56 doses and lists Baker's Drug Store as the seller.
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Baker's Drug Store
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test printed material discuss nutrition value Aught versus naught and Klans in the Ku Klux Klan entry. The quiz cites Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and notes pianist Josef Hofmann as the Edison phonograph recording child prodigy.
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Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Josef Hofmann
Edison Phonograph
Hungarians To Talk With Russia In Possible Balkans Pact
Budapest reports Hungary considers talks with Soviet Russia to deter a German push into the Balkans. Romanian and Yugoslav moves toward Moscow and a possible treaty or alliance are described amid tension as Italy’s role looms.
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Budapest
Hungary
Russia
Europe
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Reich
Balkans
Germany
Bessarabia
Italy
Romania
Dardanelles Straits
Balkan
Dr Ma appeals for Chinese refugees at Presbyterian Church
Dr Roberta Ma Chinese Christian leader urged prayers for peace and aid for Chinese refugees before a large audience at the Presbyterian Church. She cited prayers influencing Chiang Kai-shek and urged Americans to donate as one meal per penny sent, noting exchange rates. She spoke at multiple engagements in Winchester and Richmond and urged church offerings for refugees.
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Presbyterian Church
Roberta Ma
Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Dr. Ma
America
Falling Mirror
Yi W. Va
Winchester
Richmond
A. Whitten
Winchester Ministerial Association
H. G. Balthis
Montague Avenue
Non-Profitable Apple Varieties Removed by Frederick County Growers
Frederick County growers cut unprofitable apple varieties such as Winter Banana Baldwin Wealthy Yellow Transparent Kind David Duchess and Ben Davis from their orchards. They act on expert advice and bear the costs themselves, noting fertilizing cultivating and spraying exceed the value of the fruit. No formal survey records the total trees removed though the number is substantial.
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Frederick County
Baldwin
Kind David
Duchess
Ben Davis
Jackson Seeks Pay Restoration in Virginia Supreme Court
Raymond L. Jackson, secretary of the commonwealth, petitions the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for a writ of mandamus to order Comptroller LeRoy Hodges to pay him $5,000 a year from last Septem ber 1. The raise to $5,000 was earlier withdrawn on Feb 15, 1940, after the attorney general ruled the increase illegal, with Jackson originally overpaid $458.32.
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Richmond
Price
Raymond L. Jackson
the Commonwealth
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Jackson
LeRoy Hodges
Staples
General Assembly
Drag River For Brothers Bodies
Volunteers and county authorities dragged the Potomac River near Hancock Maryland today for the bodies of two youths who drowned when a small fishing skiff capsized. Delbert Stotler swam to safety and identified the drowned as 21 year old Elmer Barney and 16 year old Stanley Barney, brothers from Berkeley Springs West Virginia.
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Hancock
Potomac River
Delbert Stotler
Washington County Sheriff’s
T. Barney
Stanley Barney
Barney
Stotler
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Barney Brothers
Navy eyes super dreadnoughts of 50 000 to 52 000 tons
Admiral Harold R. Stark told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that Japan is believed to be building eight 50 000 to 52 000 ton battleships, though reports of 12 in construction were doubted. The Navy contemplates future construction of such vessels.
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Washington
Japan
Harold R. Stark
Chief of Naval Operations
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Norwegians Hold Out at Bolarne Forts Near Oslo Fjord
London April 18 Norwegian troops still hold out in the Bolarne forts near the Oslo Fjord entrance despite German bombing attempts. German forces control the fjord except for a water stretch under Bolarne guns according to a dispatch from Gothenburg via Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Bolarne
Oslo Fjord
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Gotesborg
Sweden
Automobile runs off White Post road. Riley unhurt
A minor mishap occurred on White Post road this morning when an automobile driven by Paul Riley of Winchester skidded off the road. The car sustained slight damage and Riley escaped unhurt.
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White Post Road
Paul Riley
Winchester
Riley
Bari Port Not Declared Prohibited Zone Says Italian Govt
Rome reports the Italian government denied Bari in the Adriatic became a prohibited zone to quell rumors on war status and public unease. TheOfficial Gazette published a decree allowing reclassification and call-up of men born 1911 1912 1913 1914 previously rejected but now deemed fit for service. Arizona joined the Union on February 14 1912.
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Rome
Italy
Bari
Norway
Great Britain
France
Check Artist Enroute to Winchester As Police Warn Merchants
Winchester police alerted by Maryland State's Attorney to watch for a suspected check artist en route to Winchester. Described as 25 to 30, about 5 feet 10 to 11 inches, 140 to 150 pounds, using various names. Cumberland charges include false pretense forgery. authorities seek watch for a stolen white gold ring with blue sapphires valued at $100.
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Winchester
Morgan C. Harris
Cumberland
Wheel detachment causes Martinsburg truck mishap
A Bishop's Wholesale Company truck near Clearbrook, Martinsburg West Virginia, lost a wheel yesterday morning. The vehicle partially climbed a fence and rested on a post with groceries scattered across the highway. No injuries were reported.
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Bishop’s Wholesale Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
Clearbrook
Louisiana State Capitol Cost At Baton Rouge
The state capitol building at Baton Rouge cost approximately five million dollars.
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Louisiana
D. O
Baton Rouge
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Gerner
Loudoun & Cork Sts
Ku Klux Klan
Beethoven
India
Edward Kennedy
John W. Rosenberger & Co
The
Commonwealth Petitions Court
San Francisco
California
Fiat
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Department
Loudoun St
Solenberger
Hdw
Cen
Prame
Pan
All Ladies
En’s
Drag River
Brothers Bodies
S. T
Potomac
Silco Price
American Institute of Laundering
Arizona
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