Nip Japanese Detachment Falls Near Nankow
Reports from Peiping indicate a Japanese detachment was wiped out west of Nankow during heavy fighting with Chinese forces defending the Great Wall pass. The clash occurred in northern Hopeh near the strategic Peiping Kalgan railway route as tension in north China rises.
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Peiping
Great Wall
Ankow
Nankow
Chahar Province
Hopeh
Chahar
Kalgan
Hopeh Prover
China
Japan
North China
Shanghai
Huntao
Chang
Tientsin
Manila
New York
Chiang
Kai-Shek
Nanking
Manchukuo
Roosevelt signs $132 million Interior bill with reluctance
President Roosevelt announced he signed the $132,732,000 Interior Department supply bill, objecting to a $10,000,000 rise in the vocational education fund. He pledged to spend only what can properly be used and to study federal relations to state and local education before expanding federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Congress
Supplement highlights Future Farmers of America in Winchester
MA WINCHESTER praises the Future Farmers of America for a planned supplement in The Evening Star. The piece notes the program's wide scope across Frederick Clarke and Warren counties and Handley High in Winchester. It praises the students' initiative and resourcefulness and urges readers to set aside time to read the supplement for its insightful details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers of America
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick
Clarke
Waten
Handley High
Winchester
Leing
Yau
Evening Star
Tributes Gather For Shirley Carter In Winchester
Friends from Virginia and eastern cities join a large service at Christ Episcopal Church Winchester for Shirley Carter longtime local businessman who died Sunday night after a brief illness. The 5 pm funeral follows his faith with scripture readings and prayers and no eulogy. The church choir directed by Mrs. Peter Yates Brinton will sing two of Mr. Carter's songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Christ Episcopal Church
Shirley Carter
Winchester
West Boscawen Street
Robert B. Nelson
Peter Yates Brinton
J. P. Hayley
Airport Hangar Construction To Start In Winchester
Allan Perkinson of the State Highway Department announced arrival of steel for a new municipal landing field hangar east of Winchester. Plans call for a 66 by 60 foot structure possibly 66 by 80 feet, with an estimated cost around 7000 dollars and about five weeks to complete.
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Allan Perkinson
Airport Division
State Highway Department
Winchester
Perkinson
Fort Eustis
Langley Field
A. H. Pettigrew
Highway Department
Valley Airway
Gordonsville
Fire Laddies Prize Parade At Mechanicsburg
Fire companies from Harrisburg York Waynesboro Chambersburg Carlisle Hagerstown Winchester and Martinsburg join Mechanicsburg for the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association convention parade August 11 and 12. Prizes total over 600 dollars with 100 prizes for best company and largest uniform outfit. Lee Lamp of Winchester presides as officers are chosen and the 1938 meeting site set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Harrisburg
York
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Carlisle
Hagerstown
Winchester
Martinsburg
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Lee Lamp
Lee M. Lamp
American Legion Hall
Churchtown
Daniel Metz Property Auction at Court House
Sale of No. 503 North Loudoun Street brick residence and two fine building lots fronting the Court House at noon Saturday August 21. Terms and details via phone 444. Pure Food Store ad closes.
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Daniel Metz
Loudoun Street
Court House
Dionne quintuplets kept in seclusion by colds
Gallander Ontario August 10 Canadian Press The Dionne quintuplets described as irritable and nervous by Dr Allan Roy Dafoe are indisposed with slight colds not serious but distressing enough to curb their pranks and laughter They need more rest before resuming public appearances and will remain secluded through Friday Fresh screening surrounds the grounds at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallander
Ont
Allan Roy Dafoe
Future Farmer Supplement highlights Northern Triangle FFA
The Evening Star publishes a 16 page supplement detailing activities of the Northern Triangle Federation of Future Farmers of America. It covers Stephens City Middletown Handley Berryville Boyce and Front Royal chapters and notes the value to rural readers and to public education. The supplement was produced with cooperation from FFA members and instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star Today
Northern Triangle Federation
Future Farmers of
Name Teachers For Frederick County Schools
Frederick County superintendent Leslie D. Kline releases the 1937-38 teacher assignments. The year opens October 4 with an all county meeting in Winchester and classes begin October 5. The list names transfers and new postings across numerous county schools and includes many individual teachers and schools.
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Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Winchester
Mussolini plans large scale war games in Sicily
Mussolini took charge of preparations for major war games testing Sicilian fortifications to defend Italy from Mediterranean invasion. He spoke from a dummy destroyer prow in Palermo promising pacific aims and hinted at a forthcoming political address on better relations with England and possible talks with France.
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Rome
Musolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Sicily
Pacific
Ilduce
Palermo
England
France
Suez Sea
Gaeta
Aurora
More Players Register For Park Tourney
The Winchester Park Tennis Tournament began with all but two opening round matches booked. Hugh Green, the tournament manager, said reservations fill most singles matches today and tomorrow, reflecting strong local interest as 18 entries prompted a new pairings list. Juniors and others were urged to contact opponents promptly to schedule play, with results to be published in The Star.
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Winchester Park
Hugh Green
Winchester
The
Star
Green
Congress Leaders Aim to Adjourn by August 21
Washington August 10 Congress leaders push to adjourn by August 21 by rapidly passing major bills in two weeks. Key moves include mortgage housing and slum clearance, correcting revenue laws to curb tax avoidance, and a wheat crop disaster insurance plan. Senate finance work on sugar control advances toward a deal with the President, while conferees align on the lower court procedure measure.
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Washington
Congress
House
Steagall
D.-Ala
House Banking Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Senate
Harrison
D.-Miss
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
UEC
McCarran
D.nev
Senate House
White House
Supreme Court
Pilot Killed In Florida Crash Had Kin In Clarke
The Eastern Air Lines pilot Capt. Stuart Dietz died in a Daytona Beach crash. He was son-in-law of Berryville resident Charles Rowland and brother-in-law of Mrs. W. F. Hart. Dietz married Kathryn Rowland in 1930 and they have a daughter Marcia Anne. He had been transferred recently to the coast flight and was a famed parajumping pioneer with War Department sanction.
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Berryville
Stuart Dietz
Eastern Air Lines
Daytona Beach
Fla
Charles Rowland
W. F. Hart
Baltimore
Dietz
Kathryn Rowland
Roanoke
Marcia Anne Dietz
Washington, D. C
Winchester Park Association to study floodlight feasibility
A Park Committee on Floodlights was designated at a Winchester Park Association meeting to study costs and operation of floodlighting for night sports. Members Jack Crowl Reed Lunsford and El Keller will report findings and options, with potential funding from game receipts.
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Winchester Park Association
Jack Crowl
Reed Lunsford
el Keller
Handley
The
Athletic Association
Death Removes A Son Of T.E. Edison
William Leslie Edison 58 eldest son of Thomas A. Edison died in Wilmington Delaware after six weeks illness. He held radio tube patents and retired two years ago. Born October 3 1878 in Menlo Park N J he served in Spanish American War and World War I. He helped found a radio station at Centreville Delaware and worked on automobiles in New York City.
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Wilmington
Del
William Leslie Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Westover Hills
Gregg Danby
Chadda’s Ford, Pa
Frances Travers
Edison
Centreville
Menlo Park
N. J
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
United States Engineers
Yale
New York City
British
Royal Tank Corps
Accident Fatal To Young Woman In Frederick
Miss Agnes Snell 26 of Theresa New York died at Frederick City Hospital from injuries in a collision between a wagon and the car she rode in. Four others were injured and treated. Palmer who drove the car slipped on a wet road en route from near here to Luray Virginia while a wagon loaded with corn was driven by Kieffer Fines of Lime Kiln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Snell
Luray, Va
Frederick
Theresa
N. Y
Frederick City Hospital
Ruth A. Gross
Black River
Grace McPhee Palmer
Hammond
Marjorie Sager
Luray
Here
J. J. Thompson
Miss Palmer
Crops Reflect Moisture Needs at Winchester Lab
The Winchester Research Laboratory reports dry weather has begun to affect corn and other crops while apples show no damage. Streams hold up with no significant rainfall since July and only .07 inches fell yesterday, with York apples measuring up to 2 4 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Yard Party at Paxton Chapel and Oak Grove Dance Night
Paxton Chapel hosts a yard party on Thursday August 11 from 8 to 10 p m. Oak Grove Web hosts an evening dance on August 11 with Music by Colored Rhythm Aces from 8 to 10 p m until 1 a m.
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Oak Grove
Nite
Vacation Club Offers Weekly Payments for May Payout
Far mers and Merchants Nation Bank and Trust Company promotes a vacation club plan asking members to pay small weekly amounts with a check issued in mid May. The notice emphasizes a simple savings path through the bank.
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Farmers and Merchants Nation
Bank and Trust Company
Four Die as Eastern Air Lines Plane Crashes in Daytona Beach
An Eastern Air Lines 14 passenger plane struck a newly erected power line near Daytona Beach airport, plunged into a thicket and wrecked. Captain Stuart Dietz and co pilot Robert Reed died at the scene. J F Philpots and W G Marian perished in hospital. Several other passengers injured, with crews noting severe shocks and head injuries. The power line had been erected overnight by Florida Power and Light Company as a temporary fix after a power failure. The aircraft had climbed about 40 feet before the collision and the wreckage spread over a wide area before resting against a small tree.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
EAL
Miami
Dygert
Stuart Dietz
Baltimore
Robert Reed
J. F. Philpots
Kingston
Chicago
Mitami
Dietz
Reed
Florida Power and Light Company
Deland Highway
Jacksonville
Charles G. Williams
Orlando
Charles M. Gratz
Correction Paxton Chapel Yard Party Date
The Paxton Chapel yard party is on Thursday August 12 correcting an earlier error in The Star which had listed Wednesday August 11. The event date remains the same as announced and now correctly stated.
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Paxton Chapel Yard
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Great Wall Pass
Okyo
Pettigrew
Dionne
Colds
Emilie
Future Farmer Supplement
Paul E. Behrens
Clementine L. Ward
Ethel Spaid
Slonaker
Rebecca Adams
Clara Frye Shook
Gravel Springs
Kathleen Hockman
Nellie Painter
Hayfiield
Branson P. Myers
Thelma Co. Fletcher
Mountain View
Ralph Lee Triplett
Minnie Tucker
Marjorie Atwell
Rock Enon
W. R. Berryhill
Gainesboro
Fred C. Braithwaite
Roderick J. Britton
M. Jean Kalar
Harvey L. Mauzy
Marjorie Philpott
Nell V. Morris
Jeannette B. McKeever
Alice Rickman
Norma Sue Judy
Middletown
Stephens City
R. E. Ayler
R. A. Wall
C.B. Stickley
Elsie L. Havermale
Pauline H. Rhodes
Ida S. Samsell
Kathleen Snapp
Effie Argenbright
William Stickley, III
Samuel E. Stickley
Ella Affleck
Wilbur R. Kern
Allen DeHaven
Armel
Sarah E. Shryock
Mildred Shryock
High View
Virginia B. Fritts
Edna Cadwallader
Carper’s Valley
Josephine S. Hinkle
Ella G. Guthridge
Greenwood
Lawrence Keller
Howard’s Chapel
Mae Painter
Kernstown
C. G. Wilkins
Susie Wilkins
Oneta Shipe
Charlena Grim
Miller
Frank Whitacre
Ruth Samsell
Bessie ‘Thornton
Elizabeth Krouse
Ruth Haines
Albin Cadwallader
Sara R. Clowser
Mount Airy
Carfie L. Brumback
Mayme Miller
Branson
Florence E. Allen
Dora Lanford
Brucetown
Mable Hausenfluck
Grace Carpenter
Bryarly
A. E. Meehl
Il Duce
Florida
Air Dare-Devil
War Department
Brown’s Crove
A. J. Dietz
Baltimore Transit Company
T.E. Edison
Paxton Chapel
Thurs
Electric Light Company
Air Line
Pete Dygert
Maica
W. G. Marian
Mexico City
E. W. Philpots
J. F
H. M. Hamilton
Bryan Merrill
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