Heart Attack Fatal for Mrs. Conner Near Stephens City
Mrs E R Conner 58 of near Refuge died at home at 5 a.m. from a heart attack stretching over 18 months. A Frederick County native, daughter of Hamp Ritenour and Elizabeth Owens, she married in 1901 and lived near Refuge. Survived by husband, two sons Austin and Crowell, daughter Vada Shiley, two grandchildren, six siblings, with funeral by Rev J A and Mother Welch at the Methodist Church. Remains at home until service.
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E.R. Conner
Near
E. R. Conner
Austin We Conner
Crowell Conner
Near Refuge
Vada Shiley
Charlotte
Raymond Conner
Russell Ritenour
Ritenour
Joe Conner
E. Orndoff
Bessie Imger
Frederick Coun
J. A
Mother Welch
Will
Campaign developments shape governor race and platforms
The article notes Democratic party activity around campaign questions of organization and support. Darden proposes highway consolidation and a larger highway commission, plus stricter drunk driving policies and funding shifts for education. Page outlines 15 planks including auto license relief and wage rules while 59 House seats are contested among many Democrats. Republicans plan a Roanoke convention August 23 to select nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, with A. P. Staples facing no Democratic opposition.
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Democratic
Organi
Darden
Marden
Highway Commission
Page
House of
Demo&te
Roanoke
A. P. Staples
Glamorous Lions to Host Bathing Beauty Contest Picnic
Winchester Lions plan the annual picnic at Cacapon State Park on Wednesday August 6. The event runs 2 pm to evening with table service at 6 pm and games for all ages. A bathing beauty contest at 4 pm will crown the most glamorous Lion.
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Winchester Lions
Cacapon State Park
Lions Club
P. G
Ireland
George Washington Hotel
Building Work Resumed On Big Army Projects
Construction work restarted at Plum Brook and Ravenna army ordnance plants in northern Ohio as 3,200 AFL CIO craftsmen returned. A 25 cent hourly wage demand and overtime changes sparked a stoppage, with 600 carpenters at Plum Brook and 2,000 at Ravenna affected. Despite the dispute, officials expected six to seven days of resumed activity as talks continued with the War Department.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Army Ordnance
Plum Brook
Ravenna
Af.s
A.F.L
Ordnance
War Department
Army
AFL
Aflcraft
Gas Curfew Pressures Travel Across State Lines
The 35 mile per hour limit persisted until Romney as filling stations in Maryland and West Virginia remained busy. Some cars were stranded on highways, but none near Winchester according to a gas distributor. Stations in Pennsylvania closed an hour earlier due to daylight saving time.
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Romney
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Winchester
The
Star
British Bombers Peak Raid Into Berlin and Germany
British bombers hammered Berlin and targets across western Germany and France over the weekend, with a Saturday night raid described as terrific. Attacks reached Hannover Frankfort Kiel Calais and Cherbourg while daylight strikes hit Ameland and a patrol ship. Gregory Daymond of Los Angeles, age 20, scored his third confirmed German bomber kill.
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London
Germany
France
Berlin
Hannover
Frankfort
Calais
Channel
England
Britain
Hamburg
Kiel
Ameland
RAF
Gregory Augustus Daymond
Los Angeles
Eagle Squadron
Rites Held At St. John's For Horace B. Trough
Funeral services were held at St. John's Lutheran Church near Mount Williams for Horace B. Trough 63 a Huntington Pa native and Frederick county farmer who died of a heart attack. Officiating was Rev E B Smith. Burial followed in the cemetery near the church. Surviving are three daughters two step daughters a brother a sister and two half sisters.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
Mount Williams
E. B. Smith
Horace B. Trough
Huntington
Rosenberger
Frederick County
Trough
Fleetwood Trough
Hezel Feagley
California
Grace and
Gladys Trough
Edna Loreng
Carl Trough
Walter Trough
South Bend
Ind
Cora Stowell
Summerdale
Inez Miller
Schenectady
N. Y
Myrtle Ingram
China
St. John’s Church
President Roosevelt vetoes defense highway measure
President Roosevelt vetoed a 320 million defense highway bill over objections to prorated funding to states rather than granting executive flexibility. The measure would fund roads to military and defense sites, fix deficient strategic highways, repair damage from maneuvers, and support emergency airstrips and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Executive Department
Congress
Senate
House
73 Year Old Woman Injured In Washing Machine Wringer
Mrs Renner of 327 East Piccadilly Street suffered lacerations and bruises after her hand was caught in a washing machine wringer. An X-ray showed no broken bones. She released her hand herself and was taken to Memorial hospital where she remained this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Renner
East Piccadilly Street
Rener
Memorial Hospital
Sale of registered hogs at Winchester stock yards
A sale of registered Berkshire Hampshire Duroc Jersey and Poland China hogs will be held at the Winchester stock yards on Friday August 8 at 1 o clock. George C. Herring secretary of the Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association announced the event today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Winchester Stock Yards
George C. Herring
Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association
Hull Predicting Continued Defense Unity and Victory
Hull predicts continued creasing production and defense preparation to resist invasion and destruction. He asserts unity of purpose and maximum effort will allow the remaining free peoples to win and restore human rights and liberties for those under barbarism.
Violence Flares in Timber Haulers Walkout
In Uniontown Pennsylvania violence erupted as a two week timber haulers strike continued. Sheriff Merle Glessner said two CIO unionists were arrested on riotous destruction charges after pickets smashed trucks in Addison township near the Fayette county line. About 40 to 50 pickets scattered, with a protest claimed by one arrestee to involve 250 unionists.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Merle Glessner
Somerset County
C.I.0
Addison Township
Glessner
Enion
James Blair
Veiue
C.I.O
Treasury Status August 1 Receipts and Debt Figures
Treasury figures show receipts of 22 million 769 thousand 104 dollars and 72 cents, expenditures of 76 million 66 thousand 932 dollars and 29 cents, gross debt of 49 billion 528 million 778 thousand 659 dollars and 30 cents, and an increase of 16 million 238 thousand 530 dollars and 60 cents over the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Treasury
Division Worn (Continued from Page 1)
Division Worn from Virginia moved through Washington during the night. The only unit not heading home is the anti tank force which will join the 28th Division from Indiantown Gap Pa and the 29th from Fort Meade for three weeks of Second Army Corps maneuvers at A Hill.
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Virginia
Washington
Indiantown Gap
Fort Meade
A. P. Hill
Scrap Iron and Steel Price Hike Is Under Probe
Washington Aug 4 Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced a Justice Department inquiry into alleged monopolistic price practices in the scrap iron and steel trade. He warned of possible grand jury action to curb hoarding and subsidies. About 15 large brokers supply around 90 percent of scrap metal for mills, with FBI agents already probing several unnamed cities.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Justice Department
Defense
Henderson
Ecret
F.B.I
Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed by Page Four
The page lists quiz answers including Virgil, Montreal Canada, Pacific, Kitchen police, a small cap or hood, Grandmother, Sow, Ivenhoe, and Yes with no further context.
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Virgil
Montreal
Canada
Pacific
Kitchen Police
Ivenhoe
Mary S Yeakley Shop Reopens After Renovations
The Mary S Yeakley Shop at 11 West Boscawen Street announces it is open for business again after undergoing renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Yeakley
West Boscawen Street
Order of Publication in Winchester Virginia Suit
In Winchester Virginia 1941 an order of publication orders L M Guthridge Irene V Guthridge and others to appear to protect their interests in a deed of trust dated March 11 1941 securing 550 to John W Rice Trustee The case seeks to set aside the deed as fraudulent and to sell a 1937 G M C truck to satisfy a May 17 1941 judgment against the Guthridges Publication to four weeks in Winchester Evening Star with notices posted at the courthouse and mailed to defendants through the listed affidavit addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Guthridge
Irene V. Guthridge
John .W Rice
Frieda Havermale
John W. Rice
Freida Hovermale
G. M
Virginia
Corporation Court
Rites for W N Clark Scheduled Tuesday at 2 PM
William North Clark age 75 died Sunday morning at Kings Daughters hospital Martinsburg West Virginia after an operation Wednesday. He survived by a daughter Amy Clark a son Ernest C Clark and a grandson Donald Clark a sister Mrs Charles Loy. Funeral at Pikeside United Brethren Church Tuesday at 2 with Rev Tinsman officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William North Clarke
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County
Wiliam J
Mary Fries Clark
Frederick County
Pikeside United Brethren Church
Mr. Tinsman
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Stalin's True Name and Meaning of His Pseudonym
Joseph Dijugashvili was born as the future Soviet leader. He adopted the name Stalin, derived from the word steel, to symbolize strength and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Joseph Stalin
Joseph Dijugashvili
Stalin
Steel
Gasoline Curfew Mostly Observed On Eastern Seaboard
The first gasoline curfew last night saw compliance from Maine to Florida with about half of New York City independents staying open. Daytime sales exceeded typical August Sunday volumes, and overall traffic remained heavy, with highway use near normal. New England reported near total compliance and beach traffic rose.
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Associated Press
Eastern Seaboard
Appn
Maine
Florida
New York City
Harold L. Ickes
Eastern Sea
New England
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Nocky) Johnson
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Philadelphia
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Mrs. Renner
Hull
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Jeanne
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Winchester Furniture Co
South Main St
Corporation Court of Winchester
C. Edwin Snapp
Corinne Barnett
R. Gray Williams
J. Sloan Kuykendlal
Timothy
John W. Rosenberger & CO
W.N. Clark
J. EL FP
Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Pepsi-Cola
Cloverdale
D. A. Gordon & CO
8&T
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Boscawen St
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