RCA TV Projector Demonstration Plans in New York
Research staff at RCA work on a television projector that casts an image on a 15 by 20 foot theater screen in New York City. The large screen has had a semi public showing with FCC members attending on January 24. A May 9 demonstration will include programs sent to home receivers from the Empire State Building transmitter and may feature a Madison Square Garden fight and a studio show.
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Federal Communications Commission
Empire State Building
Madison Square Garden
County Men Sign Up With Colors
The Winchester recruiting station reports T. Orndorff of Star Tan nery and Virgil C. Day of Stephens City joined military service. Orndorff is bound for Field Artillery in Panama while Day heads to Company K of the 47th Quartermaster Regiment at Holabird Depot, Baltimore. More vacancies exist in the United States and abroad, especially for high school graduates or those with technical or mechanical experience in the Air Corps Ordnance and Signal Corps.
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Stephens City
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Winchester
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Panama
47Th Quartermaster Regiment
Holabird
Baltimore
United States
Air Corps
Ordnance Department
Signel Corps
Effects of Defense Boom on Virginia Finances
Richmond April 22. State officials study how the defense boom affects Virginia finances and possible appropriation requests. Officials expect higher 1942 taxes due to wartime activity and freight growth. legislators will receive reports by January on revenue trends for the 1942 1944 biennium.
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Price
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Radford
Norfolk
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Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Senate Finance Committee
Nine Years Ago This Week From The Star Files
Nine years back this week in national polls on Prohibition the Literary Digest reported Winchester in favor of repeal by two to one. Local figures show 230 voting for prohibition and none listed for repeal in Clarke county. Admiral McCormick dies in Washington after a heart ailment. Grant W. Beene discusses $18,000 in cash bequests in a will dispute. Coffman leads Winchester Rotary as president, with Rodman as vice president. Mackay Smith buys Farnley near White Post for around $40,000. Orville DeHaven undergoes surgery at Memorial hospital. condition satisfactory.
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Luther Pannett
McCormick
Albert Montgomery Depuy McCormick
United States Navy
Clarke County
Washington
Clearmont
Berryville
Navy
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Scott Grant
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Mackay-Smith
Army announces 26 officer assignments including Dear to Camp Lee
Washington April 21. The army announced the assignments of 26 newly appointed high ranking officers. Briga dier-General William R Dear was assigned to command the medical replacements training center at Camp Lee Virginia.
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NYA Opens Front Royal Office to Coordinate 20 Counties
The Virginia National Youth Administration establishes a Front Royal office with a ten person staff. The office will serve twenty counties from Arlington to Highland and the cities of Alexandria Winchester Harrisonburg Staunton and Charlottesville. Millard F. Starnes is area director.
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Front Royal
Arlington
Highland
Alexandria
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Charlottesville
Millard F. Starnes
Frederick County School Board Extends Fuel Contracts
At yesterday's meeting the Frederick county school board renewed fuel contracts for the coming year with prices delivered remaining unchanged. Teacher appointments will be considered at the next regular meeting. They discussed purchasing a school bus and transportation issues linked to new construction at Clearbrook while inspecting the soon to be roofed school.
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Frederick County
Clearbrook
Treasury Daily Status April 19 Receipts and Outlays
Washington April 22 Treasury reports for April 19 show receipts of 10 479 456 44 dollars and expenditures of 53 405 867 2 14 dollars. Gross debt totals 47 176 090 346 87 dollars, with an increase of 462 754 00 dollars from the prior day.
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Washington
the Treasury
Pointer For The Flower Garden
Flower garden advice notes transplanting can make Zinnia Annual Phlox Nasturtium Bachelor’s Button and Larkspur bloom earlier but blooms may be smaller. Use complete balanced plant food when transplanting for strong growth and large blooms. Clip privet hedge and feed lawn. first Gladiolus plantings possible late April.
First US author to publish with no punctuation
Timothy Dexter, famed eccentric, in 1802 published A Pickle for the Knowing Ones, a work notable for ignoring spelling rules and omitting punctuation.
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United States
Timothy Dexter
Chapman Motor Co Was $765 Savings At 330 West Boscawen
Local auto dealer Chapman Motor Co offers a discount noting Was $765 savings on select vehicles at 330 West Boscawen Street. Special pricing appears in a public notice style ad.
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Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Second Edition Adds Stops For Pepper and Salt Readers
A second edition includes a note offering readers pepper and salt if they please. The quirky addition aims to engage the audience with a playful aside.
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