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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1940

Page

6

New Line of Cancer Study Is Reported

Worcester Massachusetts April report from Clark University outlines a cancer study noting differences in sex hormone excretion between women with malignant growths and those without. Researchers injected hormones into patients and found little rise in excretion, suggesting cancers may metabolize hormones differently or convert them into abnormal substances that mask excess levels.

Worcester Mass Clark Unity Animals Clark University Clark

Scout Leaders Hold Evening Meeting in Central District

The Scout Leaders Association of the Central District held a Tuesday night meeting at Troop 9's cabin. With no speaker, it became a round-table discussion and members attempted the Second Class cooking test, cooking a quarter pound of meat and two potatoes without utensils.

Scout Leaders Association of the Central District E. B. Cooper Verlusseer Fred Bame Rowe D. W. Naff Grime Tyeskins Reig

Shenandoah Production Credit moves offices

Julian A. Everly secretary treasurer of the Shenandoah Production Credit Association announced the new office on the corner of and Boscawen streets opening Friday morning. The association, formerly Strasburg based then Winchester, opened a Woodstock field in 1937 to serve farmers across Warren Clarke Page and Shenandoah counties with more than one million dollars in loans.

Julian A. Everly Shenandoah Production Credit Association Boscawen Shenandoah Association Stras Association Strasburg Winchester Doad Woodstock Warren Clarkeck Page Shenandoah Everly

Mysterious prowler wounds Marine sentry at Quantico hangar

Federal investigators probe a nocturnal shooting at a Marine air base hangar near Quantico. A sentry was shot in the abdomen after challenging a man with a blow torch. the gunman escaped and officials offered few details. Rumors of a secret bomb sight were dismissed by base officers.

Quantico Marine Base Federal Bureau of Investigation Marine Corps

Funeral Rites At Fairview For H. A. Ritenour

Funeral services were held at Fairview Methodist Church on Saturday afternoon April 13 at 2 o clock for Harley A. Ritenour who died suddenly at his home on Wednesday morning. He was a member of that church. Services were conducted by.

Fairview Fairview Methodist Church Harley A. Ritenour

Funeral Ritenour Remembered In Large Community Service

Rev. H E Richardson of Franklin W V and Rev Homer Welch of Stephens City led the service for Myron Ritenour a longtime Frederick county farmer who died after years of illness His funeral drew a crowded church with seats full and many standing The 61 year old husband father and son left a widow Elsie Bates Ritenour three children and a broad circle of relatives and friends The crowd included relatives from Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia with many floral tributes recorded and a line of pallbearers all nephews of the deceased.

H. E. Richardson Franklin W. Va Reliance Homer Welch Stephens City Jesus Valley of Eden Frederick County Hampton A. Ritenour Elizabeth Owen Ritenour Elsie Bates Thelma Bean Winchester Myron Ritenour Ralph Ritenour Joe Connor Mattie Orn Bessie 'Ers Russell Floyd Ritenour Highview Austin Conner Crowell Conner Monroe Conner Bland Ritenour Hunter Ritenour Herbert Orndorff Mr. Ritenour J. H. Fritz Jean Waynesboro Esther Ritz Sunbury Lewis Voght Lewiston Harry Brennehan Dorothy Brown Lancaster Russell Bates Dorothy Harry Fred Leonard Hagers Town Baker Singhass Ellicott

Funeral Rites Mark Honored Citizen Fenton Riley

Capon Bridge notes Funeral services for Fenton Riley, a respected local, were largely attended Friday. Also mentioned are visits by Miss June Wolford and Helen McKee from Winchester, convalescence of Mrs B A Giffin after a broken ankle, and social visits by Hetzel Whitlock, Rev S J Goode, and N W Oates along with local residents.

Capon Bridge W. Va June Wolford Helen McKee Winchester Fenton Riley B. A. Giffin Hetzel Whitlock Petersburg J. T. Funkhouser

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