3rd Annual Farm Bureau Picnic Draws 600 Attendees
About 600 people attended the Frederick Cooperative Farm Bureau picnic at Jordan White Sulphur Springs on August 9 despite showers. Officials from Shenandoah and Culpeper cooperatives attended. Activities included contests, music, and a bread of ice cream, with officers Harvey Fishpaw as president and J. L. Jolliffe as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Frederick
Shenandoah Cooperative Farm Bureau
Culpeper Cooperative Farm Bureau
Gordon Wills
Harrison Hitt
J. L. Jolliffe
Winchester
W. Solenberger
Woodstock
A. Taylor Ritter
L. H. Ramey
Hayfield
Fishpa
Hershman Brothers
Star. Tannéry
Frederick Cooperative Farm Bureau
Harvey Fishpaw
Berryville
E. B. Clevenger
Clearbrook
C. W. Solenberger
Former Resident Elizabeth Finnegan Dies in Terra Alta W Va
Mrs Elizabeth Finnegan widow of Patrick Finnegan died at one this morning at her daughter Laura Blues Terra Alta residence in the eighty six year of age. She leaves children Laura Blue Thomas Finnegan James Finnegan. Funeral Tuesday from Sacred Heart Church at 10. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Finnegan
Patrick Finnegan
Laura Blue
Terra Alta
W. Va
Finnegan
J. Wesley Keeny
Stephenson
Terra
Charles R. McCann
Carson Spilman
M. M. Lynch
Joseph L. Jolliffe
Fred Pitcock
Coleman Dunn
Chicago Grain Market Prices
Closing quotations in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets show Chicago Sept at 1.09 and Dec at 1.11 with May at 1.1546. Baltimore spot wheat 1.03. Winchester spot 97c. Corn quotes list Chicago Sept 0.79 Dec 0.831 and May 0.8742 with Winchester delivered at 80c per bushel and 4.00 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Allen Defense Rests in Virginia Murder Trial
The defense in the Bernard Allen murder trial rested its case at Powhatan Courthouse, Va, catching prosecutors by surprise. Allen, 27, is charged with first degree murder in the July 5 shooting death of James Ryland Wilkinson, 23, of Richmond. The commonwealth sought a 20 minute recess to prepare rebuttal.
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Associated Press
Powhatan Courthouse
Bernard Allen
Powhatan County
James Ryland Wilkinson
Frightful Storm Ravages Upper Valley Orchards and Towns
A severe hailstorm swept the Upper Valley damaging orchards from Bolling to Chestnut Ridge. Losses include 70 to 90 percent in Bolling fruit, shelled peaches at Sager and Moore, torn trees at Byrd and Spotswood orchards, and major damage to Wickersham's crops. Windows shattered in Broadway and Timberville, with two dozen church panes broken. Lightning struck a Wakeman’s Grove barn in Shenandoah County, and rainfall varied across the region from heavy to light.
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Chestnut Ridge
Raymond C. Dingledine
Rose Hill Orchard
Spotswood Orchard
Wickersham Orchard
Wickersham
Weyers Cave
Broadway
Timperville
George Curtis
Maryland
News-Record Office
John Moore
Orkney Springs Gap
Timberville Orchard
Shenandoah County
Frank L. Wakeman
Wakeman’s Grove
Woodstock
Timberville
Rockingham
South River Valley
Augusta County
Timberville-Broadway
Harrisonburg
Dale Enterprise
Mountain Valley
Apple Growers Optimistic About West Virginia Crops
West Virginia apple growers anticipate a third consecutive very short season will yield better financial returns than 1932 and 1933. Clean fruit, good sizing after recent rains, and strong demand for cider, brandy, and wine boost market outlook. Rail rate hike opposition led by Robert Bly seeks to avert added costs for growers.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
South
Shenandoah Valley
Mid
Midwest
Apple
Market in Stocks Shows Quiet Setback After Rally
Profit taking cooled the New York market after yesterday’s brisk advance. Major losses appeared in Du Pont U S Smelting Santa Fe Case U S Steele General Motors and Chrysler with transfers about 750000 shares. Atlantic refining declared a 25 cent quarterly dividend.
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Associated Press
New York
du Pont
U. S. Smelting
Santa Fe
Case
U. S. Steele
General Motors
Howe Sound
Chrysler
U. S
Cerro de Pasco
Union Pacific
American Can
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
American Telephone
Tota
Atlantic Refining
Expert To Demonstrate Canning On Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs John Whitacre announces a special canning demonstration led by dietetics expert Mrs Helen Snyder from Ball Brothers Company. The event is Tuesday at 1 30 P M on the third floor of the Northern Virginia Power Company building Main Street. The program invites subsistence garden committee members home demonstration groups and all subsistence gardeners to attend for guidance and advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitacre
Northern Virginia Power Company
Main Street
Helen Snyder
Ball Brothers Company
Whitacre
Standardizing Virginia Apple Pack Delivers Benefits
Readers across Virginia stress the value of standardizing the apple pack. Growers, buyers, and officials from Norfolk to Lynchburg cite smoother marketing, fewer complaints, and saved industry prospects, urging continued strict standards and expansion of the program.
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Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Frederick County School Seeks Transport Bids
The Frederick County School Board invites bids for pupil transportation from Deerfield to Middletown Relief to Stephens City Middle Road and Cedar Creek Grade to Kernstown Good Samaritan to Carpers Valley Martinsburg turnpike and Gainesboro Road Evendale to Miller School Opequon Lamps to Round Hill Woodbine Shirley and Little Mountain to White Hall Rail Road to Whitacre and to Rock Enon Patterson Fairview Ebenezer Lew and Shockeysville and Hunting Ridge Schools. Bids due September 1.
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School Board of
Frederick County
Deerfield
Middletown
Relief
Stephens City
Middle Road
Cedar Creek
Kernstown
Good Samaritan
Carpers Valley
Martinsburg Turnpike
Gainesboro
Evendale
Miller School
Opequon
Lamps
Round Hill
Woodbine
Shirley
Little Mountain
White Hall
Rail Road
Whitacre
Rock Enon
Patterson
Fairview
Ebenezer
Lew
Shockeysville
Hunting Ridge
Public sale of Hereford cattle at Getzendanner farm
Auction at Charles Town West Virginia on Route 9 announces sale of 39 head Pure-Bred Hereford cattle with 7 polled heifers and 7 polled heifers plus 50 sheep. Cattle are TB and blood tested and sold cash with no delivery until payment. Auctioneers C Preston Engle and clerk Bill Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Washington, D. C
H. C. Getzendanner
C. Preston Engle
Bill Moore
Starvation Threat Hits 500000 in China Drought Crisis
Report from Shanghai dated August 10 describes a severe drought across multiple provinces including Anhwei Hunan Hupeh and Henan. Five hundred thousand people face starvation as crops shrivel under extreme heat with temperatures reportedly reaching up to 120 degrees in some areas. Government appeals for aid follow the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anhwei
Forced Landing Near Gore Injures Plane and Pilot
Count Francis de Montaigu a Shenandoah Valley Academy faculty member piloted a small biplane that forced landed south of Gore yesterday evening and was brought to Valley Airways that morning. The craft sustained wing and landing gear damage but no other injuries were reported and Montaigu who has about 150 flying hours is described as a skilled former French cavalry officer.
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Francis de Montaigu
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Gore
Count Montaigu
Valley Airways
Balloon Found Floating Inside Cod Caught in North Sea
Fishermen in the North Sea retrieved a cod containing a toy bal loon that had been sent up from Hendon England. The discovery suggests a stray weather or market balloon drifted over from an inland source and became trapped in the fish.
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North Sea
Hendon
England
President Returns Home after European Tour
President arrives back in the United States and has a full schedule. His wife and son James stay briefly in a New York hotel while Franklin Jr travels from the west coast via Maine to seal harbor to visit friend Eldridge Jackson.
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James
New York
Franklin, Jr
Maine
West Coast
Eldridge Jackson
Seal Harbor
Valley District of Disciples to Meet Next Week
The Valley District of Disciples will hold meetings next week with Rev. Percy Thomas delivering the closing address. Local and visiting ministers will provide special music and inspirational messages from opening to closing sessions, promising an inspiring convention for all attendees.
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Valley District OF Disciples
Rage One
Percy Thomas
Weh
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Farm Bureau
Jordan Springs
Allen
State
Upper Valley
Sager
Moore
Byrd
Shenandoah Belt
Sir Thomas Moore
Division of Markets
Frederick County School Board
China
Shanghai
Hunan
Hupeh
Henan
Shensi
Shantung
Greyhound
Winchester Star
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
la FC
Riversides
America
Eed Weser
Riverside
Montgomery Ward
Loudoun Street
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