Clerk Clarke M. Smith Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Clarke M. Smith clerk of the Frederick County Corporation Court died at 5 AM in Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore after an operation for complications. A native of Winchester born 1875 he served Shenandoah Bank head teller then as City Clerk and later Court Clerk. He had planned a vacation and fell ill at Moorehead North Carolina returning to Frederick April 12. He was 65.
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Clarke M. Smith
Corporation Court
Union Memorial Hospital
Timore
Winchester
Union Memorial
Smith
Uae
Pat Se
Mary Fool
Kerr
Dayton
Frederick
Shenandoah
Ape
Iest
Gatec
Board of
Bhut
Stephens City WPA Grant Expands Water System Project
Stephens City receives $12,698 in WPA funds to upgrade a water system, bringing total available funds to $21,698. The plan includes a water tank, pumphouse, lines, hydrants, meters, street work, and fire protection improvements, with a 70 gallon per minute well slated for completion.
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Stephens City
WPA
A. Willis Robertowns
Burr P. Harrison
Byrd
Frank A. March
Slomec Committee
Uso
G. Waneley
Julian Steele
R. H. Yeakle
S A. Sargent
J. W. Hartley
Winchester’s Weather Rant Opens The Townsman’s Ruckus
In a curmudgeonly column, MA Winchester scolds unsafe drivers and meddlesome habit masters. The piece laments constant gossip and doom sayers while praising temperate weather and a simple life. It ends with a call to pause quarrels and go fishing.
Pilgrimage to Caverns for Shenandoah Queen Event Sunday
Senorita Lillian Somoza will be crowned Shenandoah XVII during an Apple Blossom Festival visit to Shenandoah Valley. She travels from Washington by train with guests to Endless Caverns Virginia for a cavern pageant with gnomes, followed by a breakfast at the Shoreham Hotel.
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Senorita
Lillian Somoza
Shenandoah XVII
Endless Caverns
Senorita Somoza
Shenandoah Valley
Shoreham Hotel
Eleanor Flood
Winchester
Washington
Senta Somoza
Weennieias
Unlicensed Cars Must Be Removed
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis day served notice that unlicensed automobiles or cars with old licenses must be removed from the streets and highways of the city at once. If not moved by owners, the city will remove them at the owners expense.
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C. W. Hollis
Britain Denies Report On Losses In War
London reports a British statement denying German claims of losses from Scandinavian actions. The German notice cited 5 cruisers 10 destroyers 8 submarines sunk and several battleships damaged plus one aircraft carrier lost. Britain counters that only Royal Oak, among prewar capital ships, is gone.
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London
Britain
Royal Oak
Firemen Injured As Ladder Falls In Baltimore Fire
Four firemen were injured, one seriously, when a wall collapsed at a blazing four story feed warehouse on West Pratt Street. They were on an 85 foot extension ladder hoisting hose lines when smoke and flame exploded, sending them into debris. Loss estimated at 150000 by underwriters.
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Baltimore
Frank Ogden
Herman Jackson
Leonard Hoogebon
Charles A. Gentry
John C. Rudolph
P. Frederick Obrecht & Son
Pratt Street
Auto Liability Rates Cut Across Virginia
The State Corporation Commission approved a statewide reduction in automobile liability insurance rates after hearings on carrier requests. Effective May 1 for Winchester and Bristol areas, private passenger car rates drop to bodily injury 14 and property damage 5.40, from 15 and 5. The bodily injury maximum remains 5,000 per person and 10,000 per accident, with 5,000 for property damage.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Winchester and Vicinity
Bristol and Vicinity
Robert Boyce Quells Blaze at Gerrard Street Station
Robert Boyce an employee at George Millers Esso station on Gerrard and South Loudoun extinguished a fire in the motor of a 1934 Plymouth sedan in front of the K and G market at noon today before volunteer fire trucks arrived. He used an extinguisher from the station. The owner’s identity was not known.
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Robert Boyce
George Miller
Esso
Gerrard
Loudoun
K. and G
Mrs Weller To Speak Tomorrow At Garden Club
Mrs Weller will address Winchester garden clubs tomorrow at Christ Episcopal Church parish building with sessions at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. She will discuss The Art of Flower Arrangement and The Garden Topics. Mrs Weller, based in Norfolk, is an authority in her field and contributed arrangements at the New York World's Fair last year by invitation.
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Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church
Weller
Norfolk
New Ox World
Geo
He Finds Cure For the Jitters
New York April 23 Ted Stone a night club owner feared the jitters and sought relief with a Bermu da moonlight buggy ride He flew down Saturday and returned Sunday at a total cost of 156 dollars including flight baggage hotel and tips
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New York
Ted Stone
Bermuda
Awning Company Advertises Window Services
An advertisement from Armstrong Co at 3939 E Picadilly St promotes awnings for window areas. The listing includes a contact phone and mentions service days Tuesday Friday and afternoon time slots.
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Armstrong CO
E. Picadilly St
Public Sale of Livestock and Farm Goods in White Post
Estate of R. E. Bryarly sells horses cattle sheep hogs and farming implements at 10 a m Friday April 26 in White Post Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall. Sale is announced in the local transactions column.
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Bryarly
White Post
Dunn & Duvall
Oliver Jefferson Property Sale at Brucetown Court House
In Brucetown about five and a half acres a seven room brick residence will be sold in front of Court House at Noon on Saturday April 27th. Auction notice appears in the local records.
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Ollie Jefferson
Brucetown
Court House
Five New Capital Ships For British
London reports Britain's five new battleships the King George V Prince of Wales Duke of York Jellico and Beatty are under trials and will be the largest and most powerful afloat. They mount ten 14 inch guns two quadruple turrets one twin turret sixteen 5.25 inch guns and carry three aircraft and 1500 officers and men at a speed of 30 knots.
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Bywater
King George V
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Jellicoe
Beatty
Lion
Nelson
Delegates Named for Rotary District Convention in Virginia
Delegates L J McElligott H F Byrd Jr D J Howard Covington J P Arthur Herman Stine and Charles Baker will attend the 186th Rotary International District Convention set for April 25 26 in Britson Va Tenn. D J Howard is a candidate for District Governor with strong local backing.
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Rotary International
Britson
Va.Tenn
L. J. McElligott
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Maee
D. J. Howard
Covengton
J. P. Arthur
Herman Stine
Charles Baker
Poles Reorganize Government Resources in Allied Talks
In Paris a supreme war council announced decisions to guarantee effective allied cooperation. The Polish president told the council that the resources of the Polish government and people were actively reorganizing.
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London
Supreme War Council
Paris
Third marriage vows in county clerk office raise smiles
A Pennsylvania couple, while answering old marriage questions, joked about fees paid to ministers and lawyers as they renewed vows before Rev. Homer Welch. In other notes, a Frederick county citizen received a fox pup named Oscar, and local armory plans advance with Roanoke architects Smith and Boynton. Catches at Little Stoney totaled 20 by Elmer Wingfield, with Winston Lindsey 19 and others scoring.
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Bessie Brannon
Pennsylvania
Homer Welch
Stephens
Bob Mason
Frederick County
Oscar
Battles in Narvik and allied moves threaten Norwegian theater
British shelling near Narvik acknowledged by German high command as 14 British transports and warships sunk or damaged in two days. Allied efforts to seize Narvik and Trondheim escalate with population fleeing bombardment and encirclement attempts around Trondheim. French authorities cite Swedish fears of invasion while planning air policing to blockade Germany. Britain touts five new battleships as the world’s largest and reports German casualties. Britain, Germany seek favor in Japan as US protests blockades affect Americans at Tientsin.
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London
Hector C. Bywater
London News Chronicle
Britain
Germany
Rawalpindi
Air Ministry
Thames
Humber
Berlin
Narvik
Norway
Paris
Allied
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Tientsin
Ean
Andalsnes
Kattegat
Standlandet
High Command
Aalborg
Denmark
Trondheism
Trondheim
Nazis Admit To Narvik Pounding
Berlin reports British warships again pounded Narvik while Allied plans to reinforce the Nor wegian forces faced delays due to sea conditions. The communique notes losses including a British destroyer and transports, plus a submarine hunt success and a torpedoed supply steamer headed for Norway.
New Whiteway In Service Tonight
City announces first viewing of the new whiteway lights in the business district tonight as the city completes the switch from the old circuits. City Manager S Lee Grant says the cut over will occur this week.
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Whiteway
S. Lee Grant
Warm reception for pickpockets at Apple Blossom
Winchester police plan to bring many plain clothes officers to duty for the 17th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Chief C. W. Hollis says pickpockets will face a warm reception and more than 100 special police will assist in crowd control. Applications for special police will be received at the police head.
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Winchester
C. W. Hollis
Destroyers Seen Racing Past Battle Area As Guns Roar
Ten or more destroyers were sighted racing past the battle area with guns roaring and disappearing within minutes. Germany reportedly massing troops and munitions in large quantities in the Memel district harbors.
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Germany
Memel
Battle for gateway to Oslo rages in Gudbrandsdal valley
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports fierce fighting in Norway over control of the Gudbrandsdal valley gateway to Oslo near Lillehammer. The battle centers in the heart of the country as forces clash for strategic access to the southern plain.
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London
Swedes Alarmed In Paris War Update
Paris reports French military officials warn the Swedish position in the Scandinavian theater has darkened and that important events may follow. A war ministry spokesman says Sweden fears a German push from Denmark and Norway into Swedish soil.
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Paris
War Ministry
Denmark
Norway
Direct fighting admitted in Norway by German sources
British and German troops were reported to be engaging in direct combat in central Norway, marking the first admission by authorized German sources of such ground fighting beyond prior claims of sea and air battles.
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Berlin
Norway
Naval Battles Raging Off Swedish Coast Amid Skagerrak Fight
AP dispatch notes two violent naval engagements on the Skagerrak with surface and air units. At least 10 destroyers sped through, battle began with an assault on a transport fleet and numerous fighter planes involved.
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Stockholm
Alle Handa
Skagerrak
Memel
Aftonbladet
Kaunas
Lithuania
Germany
East Prussia
Baltic States
Arne Scheel
Berlin
Oslo
Norway
Johan Nygaarsvold
Scheel
Grand Master Traylor to Visit Winchester Masons Tonight
Roanoke Grand Master Thomas J. Traylor will visit Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 A F P A M at 8 pm. Guests include John H. Heffey of Maryland and Needham C. Turmage of the District of Columbia with their line officers. C Vernon Eddy and Brady W. Sargent will be present as Virginia officers. A large delegation from Virginia is expected and refreshments will follow in the banquet room.
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Thomas J. Traylor
Roanoke
Grand Lodge of
Virginia
Winchester
Hiram Lodge
Mr. Traylor
Maryland
John H. Heffey
District of Columbia
Needham C. Turmage
Washington
Heffey
Turmage
C. Vernon Eddy
Virginia Grand Lodge
Brady W. Sargent
Public Sale Willis Household Goods
Willis household goods to be sold at 310 N Kentre on Thursday April 25 at 2 pm. Auction notice lists location and date.
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Willis Household Goods
N. Kentre
Thurs
Notice from Southern States Petroleum on Reopening Deliveries
Notice to Southern States Petroleum Patrons stating the forage, office and warehouse burn on April 22 will not disrupt service. Deliveries will continue as usual and orders may be phoned to Winchester 1337. Bayne is manager and Wasse Pitewadean is cited in the notice.
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Southern States Petroleum PA
Winchester
Southern States Winchester Service
Wasse Pitewadean
Bayne
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