Winchester World’s Fair Tour plans draw large local signups
More than a score of residents reserved for The Star and Baltimore and Ohio sponsored Winchester World’s Fair tour May 19 to 21. The package costs 18.50 includes fast train, two nights at Hotel Lincoln, two-person rooms, fair admissions, guided Queens and Flushing visit, NBC Studios tour, and hotel transfer. Transport from train to hotel and Sunday return trip complete a smooth itinerary.
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Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
Frederick County
Star
New York
Lincoln
Queens
Flushing
Manhattan
NBC Television
Baltimore
Ohio
McCrory Co plans new store and theatre at Old Taylor House
J G McCrory head of a five and ten cent store chain arrives in Winchester to announce a new store site on the Old Taylor House. Half the building will be used for a theatre possibly operated by Hable Bros. The landmark has Civil War history and long stood in the city.
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Taylor House
J. G. McCrory
Winchester
McCrory Co
Hable Bros
Annual Training School At R M Academy In June
Dr Maxon outlines cooperative principles for June training session at R M Academy. Emphasizes covering costs and building reserves, leasing space to avoid heavy fixed assets, and maintaining sufficient working capital for discounts and bargaining power. Recommends 8.5 percent gross margin and patronage dividends when surpluses permit.
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Maxon
Debate Tomorrow At Gravel Springs Schoolhouse
The Juvenile Grange sponsors a debate at Gravel Springs Schoolhouse with essay night at 8 o clock by the Winchester and Mrs Williams debating Society. The public is invited. this will be the last debate of the season.
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Gravel Springs
Winchester and
Mrs. Williams
Vacation Bible Schools Planned in Winchester District
On Monday May 1 representatives of churches in the Winchester District will meet at Braddock Street M. E. Church South to plan a series of vacation Bible Schools for the summer. Miss Martha Bennet conference director of children's work from Front Royal will lead the discussion. The meeting starts at 2 30.
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Winchester
Braddock Street M. E. Church
South
Martha Bennet
Children’s Work
Front Royal
Capitation Tax Directive Urges Virginia Officials to Collect Poll Tax
Richmond April 24 State Comptroller Leroy Hodges told local commissioners of the revenue treasurers and clerks that following the Supreme Court capitation tax ruling it remains their duty to assess all adult residents with the poll tax and to make every effort to collect it. He urged energetic efforts to enroll non voters and strengthen democratic participation, stressing the poll tax as a suffrage measure not a revenue source.
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Richmond
Leroy Hodges
Revenue
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Hodges
A. P. Staples
Supreme Court of Appeals
Old Dominion
Virginia
Judges Win Invitation Meet Held Here Saturday
Handley 1939 track team won the first annual Little Olympic Track Meet at the high school stadium beating Culpeper and others in eight northern Virginia and nearby West Virginia schools. Captain Ward Snyder led Handley with two firsts while Lincoln's Paul Warner posted multiple top finishes.
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Handley
Northern Virginia
West Virginia
Culpeper
Lincoln
Red Cheeked
Big Paul Warner
Fredericksburg
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Willie Cather
Phil Fowle
Donald Stewart
Anderson
Quizzed About Steamship Fire
LE HAVRE France April 24 A 19 year old Alsatian watchman Cesar Franck was arrested today on charges of incendiarism in connection with a fire that swept the French ship at her Paris dock Authorities said Franck gave conflicting statements about his role in discovering the blaze and there was evidence of negligence delaying firemen response
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LE Havre
France
Cesar Franck
Paris
Franck
Treasury Status on April 21 Receipts and Debt Figures
Treasury report shows receipts of 10.43 million and expenditures of 27.67 million for April 21. Gross debt stands at 40.04 million with an increase noted from the previous period.
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Washington
Treasury
Local records to be re checked against 1940 census
Officials plan to re check local records against the 1940 federal census returns while urging commissioners to study their local situations. The discussion notes Section 22 tax code and Section 173 of Virginia’s constitution mandating a $1.50 annual capitation tax on all adults, with exemptions for pensioned state military service members.
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Virginia
Belgians Tackle Finance Problems
The Belgian cabinet approved a bill granting six months of special powers to address the budget deficit without changing the monetary system. Finance Minister Camille Gutt said the government would seek authority to wipe out a 650 million franc deficit, about 23.76 million dollars, with parliamentary approval awaited.
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Brussels
Camille Gutt
RIS Kidney Health Trial Ad From Miller's Drug Store
An advertisement promotes a thirty day RIS trial treatment for kidney health suggesting increased happiness with active kidneys. The copy emphasizes a single RIS product, priced 25 to 50 cents to a dollar, and directs readers to Miller's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
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Miller's Drug Store
Winchester
Greeks did not know all about medicine in renaissance
In Baltimore on April 24 Dr. Henry E. Sigerist of Johns Hopkins said Greeks did not know all medicine. the renaissance sparked a rapid advance in medical knowledge. The second graduate week in medical history hosts 50 attendees with lectures, and a late program includes a 1564-era play about the bubonic plague and physician methods.
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Baltimore
Henry E. Sigerrist
Johns Hopkins Institute of Medical History
Sigerist
London
Dr Maxton Questions Cooperatives Growth and Margin
Virginia Tech agri cultural economist Dr J L Maxton warned cooperatives face failure if credit limits exceed five days of sales and margins stay tight. He urged 8.5 percent gross margin, 6 percent operating costs, and 2.5 percent net margin to fund reserves and patronage refunds while stressing democratic control and non profit aims.
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J. L. Maxton
Virginia Tech
Maxton
Agricultural Cooperative
Woman Returns To Sanitarium
Mrs. Florence Owens 45 was found and returned to the sanitarium after a two day CCC search. Beltsville camp boys located her near Beltsville following Garrett Park unit searches that began Friday.
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Fairland
Florence Owens
Civilian Conservation Corps
Beltsville
Garrett Park
Methodist training school to meet at Randolph Macon June 12 23
Front Royal Virginia announces the Baltimore Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South annual training school will run June 12 to 23 at Randolph Macon Academy. Opening address on June 12 at 8 p m will be by Bishop W W Peele. Faculty includes Dr Norman Richardson and Dr E T Thompson. New member Dr J C Broomfield may become bishop and will teach Missions in the World Today. his life story is summarized from Scotland to the United States.
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Baltimore
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Randolph- Macon Academy
W. W. Peele
Southern Methodist Church
Norman E. Richardson
Methodist Protestant Church
Scotland
Broomfield
America
Beaver Falls
Adrian College
Geneva College
Uniontown
Methodist Protestant
Fairmont
W. Va
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