Birthplace Marked for Commodore Stephen Decatur Hero
The Maryland peach orchard birthplace of Commodore Stephen Decatur is marked with a permanent boulder plaque. Decatur, born January 5 1779, played a key role in the war against Britain and the Tripoli mission, dying after a duel in 1820.
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Maryland
Decatur
John F. Chandler
America
Stephen Decatur
Bladensburg
Washington
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Lord Howe
Worcester County
United States
Britain
Tripoli
William Bainbridge
Bainbridge
Edward Preble
James Barren
St. Peter’s Church
Endowment Plan for Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation
Directors from every state gather at Stratford Westmoreland County from April 28 to May 5 for the spring meeting and to plan a $1,000,000 endowment campaign. A public May 5 celebration will occur at Stratford with speakers on restoration and history. Kenneth Chorley, Fiske Kimball, Major-General B F Cheatham, and Dr. Hunter D Farish are among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation
Stratford
Westmoreland County
Richard Henry Lee
Robert Edward Lee
Kenneth Chorley
Colonial Country
E.” Fiske Kimball
Pennsylvania Museum of Art
B. F. Cheatham
Stratford Estate
Hunter. D. Farish
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc
Alfred I. DuPont
Ditchley
C C C To Honor Fechner Memory at Meadow Mountain Camp
State and federal officials will attend a tree planting ceremony at Meadow Mountain CCC Camp in Oakland on April 21 to honor Robert Fechner head of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The camp will hold open house with a musical program and a baseball game. Speakers include Attorney General W. C. Wi of Maryland John L. Dunkle Frostburg State Teachers College president and L F Kelier of Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Meadow Mountain CCC
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
W. Co. Wi
Maryland
John L. Dunkle
Frostburg State Teachers’ College
L. F. Kelier
Cumberland
S. M. A. Band to Return for Winchester Apple Blossom Festival
Staunton Military Academy band will participate in the 1940 Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester after years away. The Hill reports Staunton’s group has won best drilled and finest playing honors for ten consecutive years. Under Capt. Josef Studeny the band, color guard, and corps practice for a strong parade showing.
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Staunton News-Leader
Winchester
Staunton Military Academy
the Hill
Staunton
Josef Studeny
Ae Corps
Dillinger Escapes Again in Wisconsin Ambush Killings Reported
Six years ago this week John Dillinger, public enemy No 1, outsmarted federal officers at a camp near Mercer Wisconsin. An ambush by 28 officers failed and three agents were killed while Dillinger and his gang escaped leaving three young women at the camp as part of the pursuit.
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John Dillinger
Dillinger
America
Mercer
Wis
Home Society For Children Elects Officers
The Seah cne Home Society of Virginia elects officers and revamps its directors at Roanoke meeting. Maxwell G. Wallace is president. other officers include Emily Thomason, John G. Hayes Jr., W A Roper, T J Headlee, Edmund M Preston, Archibald G Robertson, and Frank Davis Preston all of Richmond. Directors for 1940 include Harry F Byrd and several state figures from Winchester, Staunton, Alexandria, Berryville, Charlottesville, Covington, Luray, Orange, Fredericksburg, and more. Irene Liggett discusses agency benefits in child placement and adoption with the Pennsylvania society at luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Seah Cne Home Society of Virginia
Maxwell G. Wallace
Emily Thomason
John G. Hayes, Jr
Tazewell
Cecil L. Reid
Fredericksburg
Rathborne Smith Alexandria
Charles W. Wampler
Harrisonburg
Irene Liggett
Children’s Home Society of Pennsylvania
Only Six Cities Escaped Bombing In Finland
The American Red Cross, citing Helsinki reports, says 38 Finnish cities and towns faced Russian bombing with only six escaping. War toll includes 18,000 combat deaths and 40,000 wounded, 10,000 permanently disabled, 640 civilian dead and 1,500 hospitalized, many with serious injuries, plus 440,000 homeless refugees from the ceded Karelian isthmus. Harvest impaired. expected food yield severely low.
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Washington
Finland
American Red Cross
Helsinki
Karelian
Russia
Mrs Ed Yeakley Dies In Dayton
William Cochran of Albin learned from his sister Mrs Edith Dempsey of Dayton Ohio that his aunt Mrs Lou Yeakley widow of Edward Yeakley of Winchester died yesterday morning after declining health. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 PM at Mrs Martin Cochran 16 Floral Avenue Dayton Ohio and burial will follow in the Dayton cemetery. Other Winchester relatives include five nieces and nephews.
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William Cochran
Albin
Edith Dempsey
Dayton
Ohio
Lou Yeakley
Edward Yeakley
Winchester
Yeakley
Panera
Martin Cochran
Floral Avenue
Pastor to Show Holy Land Pictures at Bunker Hill
The Rev. Clayton S. Luce, former Bunker Hill Methodist pastor, will present his Holy Land and other views at 7 30 in the church tomorrow evening. Sponsored by the church youth, a free will offering will be received during the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton S. Luce
Bunker Hill Methodist Church
The
Holy Land
Chester Burl Smith
Mr. Luce
Rockingham Gets Another Key Officer
W Clyde Koontz was elected a director at large for Rockingham County by Shenandoah Valley Inc. at Friddle's Restaurant. The meeting expanded the Valley regional chamber of commerce board to six, with plans for doubled advertising and including all Valley towns. Communities represented included Clifton Forge, Winchester, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Waynesboro, New Market, Lexington, Staunton, Woodstock, Strasburg, and Roanoke.
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Harrisonburg
W. Clyde Koontz
Rockingham County
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Friddle’s
Rockingham
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas L. Yancy, Jr
Howard Zigler
Sam Roth
Wm. Geary
E. L. Klingstein
Shenandoah Valley
E. L. Klings
Earl L. Valentine
Lexington
The
Valey
Mexico
Canada
Cuba
Hawaiian Isles
H. B. Chapman
Woodstock
General Muhlenburg
Valley
A. Willis Robertson
Byrd and Glass
Beveney Brown
Front Royal
Chambers of Commerce
Clifton Forge
Winchester
Waynesboro
New Market
Staunton
Strasburg
Roanoke
Maxim inventors of the gun and its silencer
Hiram Stevens Maxim, the inventor of the machine gun, is credited with creating the weapon and his son Hiram Percy Maxim, the firearms silencer, is noted as the inventor of the suppressor.
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Maxim
A. Hiram Stevens Maxim
Hiram Percy Maxim
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A L. MacKinney
Asheville
North Carolina
Parlett Funeral Home
Gainesboro
Firestone
N. Loudoun St
Lee
Memorial Foundation
Fechner
S. M.A
Allis-Chalmers
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Fort Benning
Fort Sill
Okla
Margaret Hansbrough
American Legion
Handley High School
Gladys Buckman
Bown
Argenbright-Mason
June Mason
William Argenbright
Argenbright Iis
Mason
A. D. Mason
Fred Stine
Isaac Frederick Stine
Stine
Shirley Oakes
J. €. Oakes
Middletown
Middletown High
Wilma Orndorff
Evelyn Headley
Virginia
Home Society For Children
New England
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
New Jamestown
E. L. MacDonald
Charles H. Brooks
Narragansett Bay
Saunderstown
Victor
I Ae
Saito T Meg Rogt Oy
Ed. Yeakley
Holy Land Pictures
George W. Kurtz
Clyde Koontz
Valley Organization
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun
Trondheim
Wage
Sweden
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Haldeman
Haldeman’s
Creamery
Westinghouse
Jin
Westinghouse Electric
Sarmnatores Streamline Irons
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