County Club Meetings for Ensuing Week
County 4-H club events listed for the coming week at various locations. Kernstown 4-H meets Monday at 1 30 p m at the school for project demonstrations with sewing material requested. Gravel Spring 4-H meets Tuesday at 10 and Home Demonstration at Mrs. Harold Coopers at 2. Gore 4-H meets Wednesday at 10 30 a m. Armel 4-H at 1 30 p m. Friendly Grove 4-H Friday at 9 30 a m. Mt Airy 4-H at 2 p m at the school.
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Kernstown
Harold Coopers
Gore
Armel
Friendly Grove
Telub House
Mt. , Airy
Clocks and Daylight Saving Time Plan Outlined
The C P Telephone Company announces clocks will move ahead one hour in daylight saving areas. Long distance day rates apply from 4 30 a m to 7 p m. Churches in Winchester expect to adopt daylight saving time to reduce confusion though no ministers meeting has occurred.
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C. & P. Telephone Company
Wats L. Lambdin
Commercial Ee
Vir
Winchester
In the Star
Vigorous Opposition in Roosevelt Draft Extension Fight
President Roosevelt's lieutenants used a weekend recess to press undecided Republicans for an 18th extension and a compromise. A whip noted changing two votes as debate raged. Most Republicans opposed extending draft service. few supported indefinite guardsmen and reservists. A Democratic strategist said 20 or 25 Republican votes could swing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Local Men Enlist In Regular Army From Luray And Nearby
Local soldiers enlist in the regular army with assignments to the Air Corps Field Artillery Medical Detachment Coast Artillery and other units. Edwin McInturff is sent to Fort Slocum for sailing to Puerto Rico. Sergeant Likear notes many vacancies at Jefferson Barracks and in several branches including Coast Artillery Infantry and Engineers in Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army
NP-10
Luray
Garland C. Grim
North Washington Street
This City
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Clarence F. McInturff
Edinburg
Field Artillery
Puerto Rico
Edward R. Kennedy
CCC Co
Np-12
Kenneth S. Eckerd
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Fort Belvoir
McInturff
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Coast Artillery
Infantry
Engineers
Panama
Likear
Hart 80 Dies at Home in Stephenson County
Thomas Abner Hart aged 80 died of a heart attack at his home in Stephenson around 9 this morning after a three week illness. Born February 27, 1861 in Clarke county, he married Jane Wiley of Bluemont and leaves six children Conrad Winchester William Stephen son Stanley and Hammond Hart at Stephenson plus Mrs George Pappas of Strasburg and Mrs Randolph Page Russell Jr at home. Also 19 grandchildren and four great grandchildren survive. Funeral from the home Monday at 2 with interment in Greenhill Cemetery Berryville. grandsons to pallbear.
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Thomas Abner Hart
Stephenson
Mr. Hart
Clarke County
Jane Wiley
Bluemont
Conrad Hart
Winchester
William Hart
Stanley Hart
Hammond Hart
George Pappas
Strasburg
Randolph Page Russell, Jr
Greenhill Cemetery
Berryville
Boundary Settlement With Whisky At Calfifornia Party
Talbert and rancher Rene Galiens settled a land boundary by trading a quart of bourbon whisky. The deed notes the consideration as one quart of whisky and values the land under $100, avoiding revenue stamps.
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SE Beach
Calif
T. B. Talbert
Rene Galiens
Talbert
Baltimore Man Drowns After Fall From Ship Gangplank
Baltimore man Patrick O'Brien drowned when he slipped and fell from a gangplank while repairing a ship tied at the American Sugar Refinery docks on Key Highway. Witnesses said he struck his head on the vessel after the fall.
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Baltimore
Patrick O’brien
Key Highway
O’brien
Centenary Will Observe 200th Anniversary
The Rev. S. L. Flickinger announced Centenary Reformed Church will skip services tomorrow due to renovations including decking painting and floor refinishing. The bi centennial celebration of the church founded in 1741 will occur in the first week of October with an elaborate, forthcoming program.
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S. L. Pickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Centenary Church
Flickinger
Winchester
the Star
Farm Group Sets August Meeting to Plan Extension TV A and Labor Discussion
Frederick County Board of Agriculture announces the next quarterly executive committee meeting at the county courthouse on Wednesday August 13 at 9 o clock. Topics include continuing the Extension TVA program for five years, nominating candidates for the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District vacancy, local labor conditions, and winter program planning with attendees D T Painter W C Shackleford and Dr J L Maxton expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County
Blacksburg
D. T. Painter
W. C. Shackleford
J. L. Maxton
Huge Quantities Of War Material Are Convoyed
Alexandria report says the royal navy and the RAF convoyed vast war materiel to the Middle East for the next drive. In July British forces claimed nearly two Axis ships sunk per day and damaged or bombed 30 more. at least 23 ships totaling 168000 tons were sunk.
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Alexandria
Mediterranean
Royal Navy
RAF
Middle East
Libya
Navy Commissions New Hospital Ship Solace in New York
The U S Navy commissioned the hospital ship Solace in New York marking the first new hospital vessel since World War I. Formerly the Iroquois Clyde Mallory liner, the 6209 ton ship was converted at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Basin Iron Works and now houses 400 beds with a full medical staff including 13 medical officers, three dental officers, 13 nurses, three pharmacists and 139 hospital corps ratings.
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New York
Navy
U.S
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Brooklyn
Britain
Ireland
Axis plans hinge on spring invasions in Asia and Britain
The report says resistance to uniformed Nazi troops in winter could fail. It warns success against Russia and Britain in the Near East would prompt an Axis spring march into India with Japanese drives from Indo China on Burma and Malaya. A British defeat could lead to peace offers, while rejection might spur a planned Nazi invasion of the United Kingdom.
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Near East
India
Indo-China
Burma
Middle East
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Meeting of French Cabinet Put Off
Vichy Aug 9 A full dress French cabinet meeting convened to discuss empire defense was postponed to Monday Giving Petain two more days for talks with African Generalissimo Weygand Informed circles say the discussions fit into explanations given to the United States on French Imperial Policy as France says it will bear the consequences alone
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Vichy
France
Petain
Maxime Weygand
United States
Germans advance toward Odessa raise Berlin claims
London reports British sources say German forces may press toward Odessa with headway claimed but lack confirmation from Russian communiques. German reports of large gains are viewed with caution as past statements were later forgotten. Germans likely reach within 70 miles of Nikolaev, 60 miles from Odessa.
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London
Odessa
Ukraine
Berlin
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Union Vespers on Handley Campus Sunday at 6 30
Union vesper services will be held Sunday at 6 30 PM on the Handley High School campus. The event, a cooperative effort by Winchester churches, is directed by Floyd Haines with Rev. R A Whitten of the National Christian Church delivering the sermon. The public is invited and urged to arrive on time to avoid darkness interrupting worship.
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Union
Handley
Churches of Winchester
Handley High School
Eeinchester Assoc
Chanters
Floyd Haines
R. A. Whitten
National Christian Church
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce Quoted Markets
Baltimore markets show steadiness across produce eggs butter and poultry with steady to unchanged cattle hogs and chickens. Chicago Farm prices reflect quiet demand with hogs steady and cattle and sheep showing mixed gains on strong fed steers and scarce cows.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. 8
S. Dept
New Yorker Tries to Sell “Steel Borer” Insect
A Watervalier man, working at a government arsenal, was urged by colleagues to buy a buzzing insect they claimed could eat metal. He paid $15 to a co worker who allegedly caught it, hoping to sell it to a Union College professor. The professor called it an ordinary June bug.
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Watervalier
N. Y
New York City
Government Arsenal
New Yorker
Union College
Boston Wool Market Report from August Boston
Good combing territory wools and fine Australian merino wool held firm demand at steady prices last week. Domestic wools sold in moderate volume with most grades steady. combing fleeces slower. Bright fine Delaine 41-43 cents, grease. Combing half blood 43-45 cents, grease. Few combing bright three-eighths and quarter blood fleeces sold at 45-46 cents, grease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U. S. Dept
Territory
Stock Market Report Faces Downturn Amid War Doubts
New York market ends with broad losses as anti bull arguments grow and oils stall. Transfers tally about 350000 shares. sterling drops to 4.04 dollars. Major issues finish in negative territory with few rebound attempts, while select stocks quote modestly higher or lower.
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New York
Sterling
al Chem
Can
Rad
Am Smel
AT & T
Anaconda
B and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con Edison
Elec
Geal Motors
Goodyear
Int Har
J Man
Grain and market prices for wheat corn and barley
Grain market notes show Wheat No 2 red winter at 108 1 4 cents August delivery. Winchester Market Wheat at 1.03 dollars per bushel. Corn 85 cents, Barley 60 cents per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill year ago Wheat 74 cents, Corn 75 cents.
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Baltimore
Winchester
August Meteor Shower Lights Night Sky On Monday
New York reports the annual August meteor shower, named the tears of St. Lawrence, is due Monday night and has appeared for 1,110 years. Meteorites travel about 40 miles per second, burn at 60 miles up, and peak before midnight to the northeast.
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New York
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence’s
Texas subdivision right under 1845 joint resolution
Under Congress approval dated March 1, 1845 Texas may subdivide its territory into up to four additional states of convenient size with sufficient population and admission to the Union.
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Texas
Congress
Hogs Bring High Prices at Virginia Purebred Sale
The Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association sale at the stockyards yielded $2,241.50 across 55 hogs, about $41 per animal. Edward Carpenter of Winchester topped the bids with $125 for Miss Countess the Duroc-Jersey sow, consigning five sows to the auction. B B Jones of Audley Farm near Berryville set the second high at $105 for a Hampshire sow. Carpenter was the largest consignor with five sows and six boars. J M Steck also sold from Winchester or Frederick County.
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Virginia
Swine Breeders Association
Edward Carpenter
Winchester
Countess
Carpenter
B. B. Jones
Audley Farm
Berryville
Hampshire
J. M. Steck
Frederick County
Tenants Strike Over Rent Increase in South Philadelphia
Eighty six tenants of the Shetzline estate in south Philadelphia proclaim a strike against a $3 rent boost and threaten to picket the landlord unless the increase is cancelled. Women sign petitions to Roosevelt City Council and the estate Manager saying their husbands are not defense workers and cannot afford higher rents.
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Philadelphia
Shetzline
Roosevelt
Man Extracts Four Teeth With Pliers After Night Pain
Belleville resident John Falcetti woke with four sore teeth and chose to pull them himself with pliers rather than endure longer pain. He said the decision was to end the pain quickly, even at personal risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Ill
John Falcetti
John
Germans Push on Dnieper Dniepropetrovsk As War Aims Shift
German troops drive toward Dnepropetrovsk on the Dnieper west bank as Nazi dispatches predict a climactic battle against Soviet forces in Ukraine. Berlin refrains from confirming a major Soviet defeat while Moscow claims fierce, ongoing fighting with unchanged fronts.
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Ukraine
Dnieper River
Dnepropetrovsk
Semeon. M. Budyonny
Dnieper
Moscow
Berlin
London
Bern
Switzerland
Red Army
Russia
Caucascus
United States
Germany
Three Year Old Jerry Headley Is Lost Then Found At Show
Three year old Jerry Headley son of Mr and Mrs Amos A Headley of 419 North Cameron Lane wandered from his father on Loudoun street near the Western Union office. Police alerted after his disappearance from Main street. He was located when the show ended after quietly making his way to the front row.
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Jerry Headley
Amos A. Headley
Cameron Lane
Headley
Loudoun Street
Western Union
Main Street
Veterans Meet Old Commander Through Star
Local veterans of Company L 318th Infantry in the 80th Division learned of Captain Lincoln MacVeagh of Connecticut being named minister to Iceland after serving as minister to Greece. Veterans recall his WWI command and publish a photograph in The Star, noting his return to the United States and recent promotions.
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318Th Infantry
80Th
Blue Ridge
A.E. R
Lincoln MacVeagh
Connecticut
The
Star
Roosevelt
Iceland
United States
Greece
Harold Edwards
Commercial and Savings Bank
Edwards
MacVeagh
Ben Armel
Edward
Winchester
Frederick County
Lohn Kern
Harold R. Edwards
Ellis Rees
Earl Clowser
Ashby Hillyard
Ben P. Ford
France
Harry W. Hicks
John I. Brown
Isaac C. Printz
John E. Snyder
Jonah Cornwell
Edward Brill
Edgar Anderson
Edward Crouse
Louis Fawcett
Roger A. Kline
Harry McCauley
Longest Major League Baseball Game Ever Played
The record longest game lasted 26 innings on May 1, 1920, between Brooklyn and Boston. The game ended with a 1 to 1 tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Boston
Fire destroys Chester Latin gan’s car in heat spell
Intense heat built inside the automobile during a hot spell caused the fire that destroyed the vehicle. Latingan had driven to a field and left all doors and windows closed while he shocked grain.
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Forbes
N. D
Chester Latingan
Latingan
Snead Leads Canadian Open With Subpar 66
Sam Snead defending champion shot a 66 to take a 54 hole total of 205 at Lampton Golf Course in Toronto. He holds the lead over a field including top contenders as the final round approaches.
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Toronto
Sam Snead
Lampton
Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed by Question
The page lists quiz answers including Absent without leave the Secretary of the Navy Knox Harriet Beecher Stowe Indian Ocean Nashville Yes Radio waves George IV Fourth and a Grecian poetess of Lesbos.
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Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Indian Ocean
Nashville
George IV
Grecian Poetess of
Lesbos
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Gravel Spring
Gore, Armel
Mt. Airy
Glaize & Bro
E. Fairfax Lane
Thomas Credit Jewelers
N. Loudoun
T. A. Hart
County
Stephenson, Va
F. Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
Chapman Motor CO
Farm Bur
Stock Market Report
Orch
Ed Carpenter
Shenandoah
Pop
Capt. MacVeagh
Snead
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Chysler
Ford
Plymouth
A. Ee
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