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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1947

Page

2

Entertainment fears and Roosevelt visit tied to Hughes funds

Testimony details Hughes Tool Co expenses totaling 169 661 17 to Meyer from 1942 to 1946. A voucher cites 1943 entertainment costs for a Roosevelt party and other charges. Meyer insists entertainment was legitimate and unrelated to contract awards while noting Roosevelt’s 1943 reconnaissance plane report and meeting in New York.

Hughes Tool Co Meyer Ferguson Roosevelt Stork Club el Morocco

Hughes wins large contract for 100 planes

The report details a $48.5 million Hughes contract for 100 planes. Meyer denies discussing the Roosevelt plane or a New York trip tied to August events. He says Faye Emerson rode on the plane by coincidence and cites an accounting showing $132 spent on nylons for Emerson in 1943.

Hughes Meyer Roosevelt New York California Faye Emerson Emerson Ferguson General Accounting Office

Harboughs Tour Europe Return Pending Next Week

Mrs Minnie Harbough and daughter Dorothy, visiting Europe since February, expect to return home next week. Mr and Mrs Compton of New York City have stayed at the Harbough home. Several local visitors and relatives are listed, with mention of illnesses and a child’s minor lawn mower injury during a family gathering.

Freemont Minnie Harbough Dorothy Harbough Germany Europe Compton New York City Harbough Clara Linaburg Hollis Clowser Walter Clowser Stephen Holliday Lamb Skippie Chambersville William Clowser Lester Winchester Clyde Shuler James Carolyn Lewis Clowser Mary Ellen Winchester Bennie Garland Martha Lou Bobbie Campbell Theodore Haines Rosenberger Robert Campbell Cora Linaburg Elk Ridge Frank Linaburg Bennie Campbell W. C. Miller Capon River Capon As E. Dewey New York George M. Dewey Owosso Midh Dewey Earl Putnam International Soundphoto

Canning and Preserving Booklet Offered For Home Canners

The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers a booklet titled CANNING AND PRESERVING with science based kitchen guidance. It includes recipes for jellies jams marmalades and pickles plus canning directions for meats poultry fruits and vegetables. Send fifteen cents and provide name address street or rural route for mail to Washington D C.

Auction notices list goods and dates in Ridgeway and Winchester

On August 6 at 1 30 p m Charles K Herrell near the state line Ridgeway West Virginia offers furniture and household goods. August 7 at 10 30 a m Van Metre Farms 52 miles east of Martinsburg on the Charles Town Road lists dairy cattle and sheep. August 9 at 1 p m Mrs F W Pingley four miles west of Winchester on Rt 50 offers household goods. August 9 at 10 a m Curtis Hurley Ridgeway offers furniture and nearly new household goods. August 16 Chas W Fries 378 National Ave Winchester lists furniture and household goods.

Charles K. Herrell State Line Ridgeway W. Va van Metre Martinsburg Charles Town Road F. W. Pingley Winchester Curtis Hurley Chas. W. Fries National Ave

Ruth Hart Rites Set For Tuesday

Ruth Eleanor Hart 32 died from injuries suffered July 29 in an explosion at Harrisonburg. Services 2 30 p m Tuesday from Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev John E Oliver officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers are her cousins. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas William Hart and two brothers Raymond Hart Wardensville and T W Hart Jr Front Royal.

Enders Berryville Ruth Eleanor Hart Harrisonburg Thomas William Hart R. Berryville Clarke County Raymond Hart Wardensville T. W. Hart, Jr Front Royal John E. Oliver Green Hill Cemetery Hart

Held For Grand Jury In Grand Larceny Case

Ray Haines age 21 of 421 N Cameron St is held for action by a Corporation Court grand jury on charges of grand larceny. He was arrested by Capt. F M Punk and is accused of stealing 372 dollars from O L Tevault of 602 S Main St.

Ray Haines N. Cameron St Corporation Court Haines F. M. Punk O. L. Tevault S. Main St

Answers to the Daily QAIZ Quiz Key

Answers printed on Page 4 list 10 items. Japan, floods, Divine, Representative Knutson, Bridges Creek, Piccadilly Circus appear as clues. A cautious approach is advised when criticism is likely. Statements include false claims about promises to stay in jobs and corn type, with Otto Skorzeny as a named figure.

Japan

Cleaning wallpaper with blotting paper and iron

A note explains that clean blotting paper and a hot iron can lift or remove soiled spots from wallpaper. The method relies on heat and absorbing pressure to transfer stain away without damaging the pattern.

Tennis Courts Open At Reuss Park With More Soon

Two courts at the Reuss recreation park will be ready for use tomorrow and two more by mid next week. Hunter Maddox recreation director says the four courts will charge 25 cents an hour per person.

Reuss Recreation Park Tomorow Hunter Maddox

Army Nurse Corps admissions open for 1800 vacancies

With Public Law 36 80th Congress enacting permanent commissioned status for Army and Navy Nurse Corps and creating a Women’s Medical Specialist Corps, about 1800 vacancies exist in the Army Nurse Corps Regular Army. Application blanks were available May 1 at six Army Headquarters and all general hospitals in the continental U S, and on request from the Surgeon General’s Office Washington D C. Nurses may also obtain blanks from Counseling and Placement Service Bureaus for State and District Nurses Associations and other groups at National Association Headquarters.

Army Nurse Corps H.A.T. A Army and Navy Nurse Corps Regular Army Army Nurse and Women’s Sixth Army United States Surgeon General's Washington, D. C National Association

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