Big British Power Show Marred by Aerial Accidents
London reports a Wellington bomber missing in the North Sea near Yarmouth at 2 30 am with four fliers dead in a crash near Tollerton England. Four others parachuted from a bomber, suffering only minor injuries as the exercise resumed with 1300 aircraft and a looming blackout over half of England. Police jailed Murrell Webb for assault after elopement with 14 year old Mary Jobes.
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London
Britain
North Sea
Yarmouth
Tollerton
Yorkshire
Air Ministry
England
Murrell Webb
Mary Jobes
Mt. Holly
N. J
Webb
Star Picnic Among Winchester Evening Star Staff
Employees and families gathered at Rosemont near Berryville for an outdoor picnic with swimming softball and horseshoe pitching. Old men beat carrier youngsters in a lop sided game and another round is planned for Friday at the Park.
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Winchester Evening Star
Rosemont
Berryville
Picnic Time for Boys and Girls Delights All
Mr Winchester recounts a cheerful picnic enjoyed by boys and girls of all ages. They savored open air dining and snlighted peaches, noting Virginia grown fruit tastes superior to others. A quoted line from Sir Philip Sidney closes the short piece.
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Sir Philip Sidney
Roosevelt Hand Called By Adams
Washington August 9 congressional foes of Roosevelt administration urgency and lending programs challenged the presidents claim of a Republican Democrat coalition blocking bills. Senator Adams argued no coalition existed and members voted their own convictions while Rep Michener praised independents for blocking the lending program. Senator King questioned consistency in opposing lending after large appropriations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adams
D.-Cole
Senate
Congress
Senator King
Utah
Edwin Crim Fatally Burned in Washington DC Car Trouble
Edwin Crim aged about 35 a native of Frederick county Maryland was fatally burned in Washington DC while adjusting a car carburetor. He traveled from Relief with his wife and two children to visit his parents and was en route to Texas where he managed a grocery store. He died at Casualty Hospital after the accident and is survived by a sister Mrs Floyd Snapp of Relief and three brothers Earl Robss and Fred. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Edwin Crim
Frederick County
Washington
D. C
Mr. Crim
John Crim
Texas
Casualty Hospital
Floyd Snapp
Relief
Earl
Ohio
Robss
Fred
Money to End at Five Percent In Settlement
The note states a monetary term ending at 5 percent with attorney Herbert S. Larrick listed as the attorney at 894:11-1p-21. The brief item reads as a legal or financial settlement reference with no additional actions or dates.
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Herbert S. Larrick
Atty
Plan To Begin U S Route 5 Construction Near Waterloo
Highway officials confirm mid September start for Waterloo Route construction along Route 50 south of Winchester. A convict camp will work from the Shenandoah river to near Hill Top Tourist Camp, relocating the project south of Boyce and Millwood despite local protests.
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H. G. Shirley
Winchester Star
State Highway Department
Winchester
Highway Department
Waterloo
Boyce
Millwood
Shirley
Shenandoah River
Hill Top
Clarke County
Wardensville
Navy Plane Dismantled After Near Disaster in Berryville
A Curtis Scout observation plane crashed one mile southeast of Berryville Virginia at 2 30 yesterday afternoon. Captain Marian L Dawson and machinist third class R I Kitson survived with minor injuries. After six hours a seven man salvage crew from Anacostia Naval Air Base loaded the wreckage onto a trailer truck. The ship was on a navigation training flight returning to its base when it went down. cause reported as possible fuel line trouble and engine failure.
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Berryville
Anacostia Naval Air Base
Washington
Here
Marian L. Dawson
U. S
R. I. Kitson
Navy
W. W. Smallwood
J. W. Vorous
Dawson
Kitson
Anacostia
Orthopedic Clinic Held At Memorial Hospital This Saturday
The District Nurse Association announces an orthopedic clinic at Memorial Hospital Cork street entrance from 9 a m to 2 p m this Saturday. Dr. Robert V Funsten of the University of Virginia Hospital will supervise. The event is open to youths up to 16 years old and all exams are free.
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Memorial Hospital
Cork Street
Robert V. Funsten
University of Virginia Hospital
Cake Sale and Bingo Party at Lutheran Church
The Queen Anne Class of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour hosts a cake sale and bingo party in the church social room on Thursday night. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Convict Surrenders After Sit-Down on Smokestack
A prisoner on a 100 foot smokestack near Kingston ended his sit-down strike before dawn. He threatened to jump if guards approached and drank water while eating sandwiches as spectators watched. Officials offered no details on how he descended or his identity. a 20 year sentence and transfer request to St Vincent de Paul were noted.
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Allen
Kingston
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Montreal
Dominion
Robbery at Annapolis Bank Strikes During Afternoon
An Annapolis Banking and Trust Company teller reports a man about 40 to 42, wearing a gray suit and blue shirt, handed a note demanding 2500 dollars. He fled after a brief chase near the state house hill. officers cordoned the city and searched the governor's mansion area. Emerson Wiley, teller, said no weapon was shown as the robber accepted large bills and left with a cloth bag.
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Annapolis
Annapolis Banking and Trust Company
Emerson Wiley
State House
Wiley
John Strahan
State House Hill
John Denyon
Ferndale
George B. Woelfels
Pustice of Peace
Christ Church Buys Property for Rectory and Meetings
Christ Episcopal Church announced the purchase of the Rosenberger property on South Washington street for use as a rectory. The Rev. R. B. Nelson and family moved in, while the old rectory becomes a remodeled space for Sunday school meetings and church society activities. A new heating plant is installed.
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Rosenberger
Washington Street
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
William Beverley
Bronx woman seeks Sing Sing job as official executioner
Betty LaSalle twenty one year old from the Bronx a dentist's assistant applied for the post of official executioner at Sing Sing Prison citing experience with electrical appliances and ability to pull teeth without fainting She was rejected and charged sex discrimination.
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Betty LaSalle
Bronx
N. Y
Sing Sing Prison
Bible Training Discussion Set at Grace Lutheran
A series of meetings on weekday Bible training continues at Grace Lutheran Church in the Bible Classroom starting tomorrow after 2 PM. Rev. Wil Home ab 2 golek tae Re. W and Rev. Minor C. Miller of Bridgewater will discuss procedures. Past sessions voted to continue efforts with no cost to students and require written parental permission to attend. All interested are invited.
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Sondbecker
Chestrick County
Grace Lutheran Church
Wil Home
Golek
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Virginia Council of Religious Education
Heart Inside Chest Not Possible for Baby Mary
Manila reports Dr. Jesus Celius of Santo Tomas University says the outside heart cannot be moved into the chest without cutting off the artery, predicting the baby may live indefinitely. The AMA in Chicago notes such births are not extraordinary but rare, with one prior case from 1937 in St. Louis.
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Manila
Jesus Celius
Santo Tomas University
Mary
Celius
Jesus Christ
Chicago
American Medical Association
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Jailer’s Wife Foils Jail Break With Revolver Firearm
In Pryor Oklahoma on August 9 Mrs Ethel McCracken 40 trapped three escapees during a jail break from the county jail. She shot Jake Cook 24 in the leg as he pressed a dirk to Claud McCracken’s abdomen while Willie Murphy 26 and George Casey 22 were recaptured or restrained. The group seized keys but failed to locate the outer door key. Continued on Page 10 Col 4.
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Mitchell Curtis
Pryor
Okla
Ethel McCracken
Jake Cook
Cookson Hills
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Cook
Willie Murphy
George Casey
McCracken
Merchants To Meet Friday In Winchester
Retail merchants of Winchester plan a Friday meeting at 7 30 p m in City Hall council chamber to discuss a Dollar Day sale and the idea of closing stores for a half day to join a September Route 275 celebration. R E Avey calls the session.
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Winchester
Council Chamber of City Hall
R. E. Avey
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
W. C. Poston
Mr Eddy Will Address Rotary Club
C Vernon Eddy returning from Europe will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon this week. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday at the Country Club with Eddy expected to describe his observations of conditions abroad.
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Mr. Eddy
C. Vernon Eddy
Europe
Rotary Club
Onc
Eddy
Shenandoah Troop Shines On First World’s Fair Camp Day
Shenandoah Area Council World’s Fair Troop led by Laurens Jones wins the inspection honors on opening day at the World of Tomorrow camp. The group arrived from Winchester by bus and received praise for timely arrival and a successful inspection while editorials note sightseeing time and a raid on the ice box ending with a turkey missing.
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Shenandoah Area Council
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts
Laurens Jones
Winchester
Herbert Shelly
Berkeley Springs
Ford Bame
The
Star
Bitter Japanese struggle over definite Axis pact
A Tokyo informant described a bitter internal struggle in Japan over whether to ally with Germany and Italy, with extreme Nationalists threatening cabinet members and war ministers set to report to Emperor Hirohito on the army and policy shifts toward a broader war alignment while the cabinet and imperial household oppose a full alliance. A separate note from Frederick County announces Linda Dailey of Cross Junction named princess for the Harrisonburg Turkey Festival.
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Linda Dailey
Lester Dailey
Cross Junction
Frederick County
Harrisonburg
I. Fred Stine
Madeline Blair
J. A. Garber
Shanghai
Japan
Germany
Italy
Tokyo
Baron Kichiro Hiranuma
Manchoucuo
China
Emperor A
Seishiro Itagaki
Hirohito
Imperial Household
Russia
Hong Kong
Byrd Too Busy For Politics
In Richmond August 9 Senator Harry F. Byrd said from Berryville he is very busy picking apples and has no comment on Governor Price and the Virginia primary. Price spoke with the President at the White House about the results, fueling speculation of a possible Byrd opposition.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Richmond News
Price
Roosevelt
Virginia
Berryville
White House
Washington
General Assembly
Byrd
Fire in Pipestone County holds aboard ship near Atlantic
Coast Guard cutter Champlain reported a fire in hold Number 4 of the steamship Pipestone County about 770 miles east of Boston. The fire was confined and not serious yet. Champlain and Chelan were ordered to the vessel. No passengers are believed aboard. The ship’s position was given as 41.16 N, 52.23 W.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Champlain
Pipestone County
Chelan
Yard Party Benefit at National Ave Church Circle
A Thursday night yard party is planned at 690 National Ave to benefit the Church of Christ Circle No. 2. Local residents are invited to attend for food music and socializing with proceeds supporting church activities.
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National Ave
Church of Christ Circle No
Chevrolet 1938 four door sedan with radio heater
WANTED Good home for cat with kittens and a pretty tiger striped half grown cat. Phone 41. Classified ad appears with contact details and state of housing.
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Chevrolet
H. W. Ebert
Firemen Leave For State Meet From Winchester
The Friendship Fire Company reel team travels from Winchester for Cape Charles to compete in annual reel races. Team members include Lester Forney, Raymond Campbell, Bernard Hodson, Harold Anderson, John Jones, Bobby Boyd, Harry Lewis, Wilbur Silbert, Miller Fletcher, Lawrence Patton, Alton Hoover, Howard Ha, Rosser Campbell, William Cain, and Harry Waterman. Trainers are W. E. Jones, George Eagle Jr, and F. W. Forney. Forney reports water pressure at Cape Charles is 35 pounds. locals hope to defeat Stu second in races at Luray and the company holds the world record for a 250-yard dry run of 37 ends set years ago in Pa.
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Friendship Fire Company
Winchester
Cape Charles
Lester Forney
Raymond Campbell
Bernard Hodson
Harold Anderson
John Jones
Bobby Boyd
Harry Lewis
Wilbur Silbert
Miller Fletcher
Lawrence Patton
Alton Hoover
Howard Ha
Rosser Campbell
William Cain
Harry Waterman
W. E
Plate Supper at Macedonia Church
A plate supper will be served at Macedonia Church on August 10 from 5 30 to 9 00 p m. The price for one plate is 1 1. The event runs as a church fundraiser with meals offered at a set price.
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Macedonia Church Thy
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MR Winchester
Shenandoah
Old Prison
Annapolis Bank
Stranger
Christ Church
Grace Lutheran
Husband
Heroine
Board of Supervisors
C. M. Rosenberger
P. H. Gold
Junior Board of Trade
Moorefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Princess
State
Staunton Lads
A. Riley
Howard Haymaker
Eagle
Warren Daugherty
Redue
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