Shenandoah Area Red Cross Drives Open Week Ahead
Shenandoah area scouts and Red Cross volunteers prepare for a September drive. The Winchester Frederick County Chapter reports 210 volunteers served in sewing rooms and corps activities. A shipment of 141 garments and 5 layettes was sent to M Wedersey City for England.
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Winer-Frederick County
American Red Cross
Frederick
George Baetjer
Home Nursing Tree
Taylor Barr
First Aid
Winchester- Frederick County
Wincheste@r
Frederick County
Woman Killed In ar Truck Crash near Glen Burnie
GLEN BURNIE Md Aug 15 Anna Payne 23 Baltimore was killed and three others injured when an automobile collided with a truck on Governor Ritchie road The truck driver Edwin Han was not hurt Miss Mary Beck and Mary Baer were treated for cuts and bruises The deceased hailed from Baltimore and the incident occurred early today
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Glen Burnie
Sunday School Leader Invites United Departments Event
Hess, superintendent in Marry W Va, announced E Leatherman of Winchester led a return invitation to the United Adult and People's Department of Sunday Schools. The event on August 17 at 9 45 includes address, music, singing and orchestra entertainment.
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Leatherman
Alog
Musc
Fank Returns to Beaver Creek Church in Hagerstown
The Rev Charles Hume Fank longtime Cork Street Church of Christ pastor and Winchester Ministerial Association president accepts a return call to Beaver Creek Christian Church near Hagerstown Maryland effective October 1 He and his wife and daughter Anne Lee plan September U S trip and farewell service is set for September 28 No local action yet to fill the Winchester vacancy as a committee will be named soon
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Charlies Hume Fank
Cork Street Church
Cork Street
Kentucky
Funk
Elizabethtown
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
Yale University Divinity School
New Haven
Girard
Kans
Wichita
Blarksburg
W. Va
Beaver Creek Christian Church
Hagerstown
Beaver Creek
More Than 40 000 Will Be Killed During Year Says Kreml
Berkeley Calif Aug 15 Lieut Franklin M Kreml a Northwestern University traffic safety authority predicted more than 40 000 traffic deaths this year as the National Institute for Traffic Safety Training opens at the University of California. He cited rising miles traveled increased liquor use a war psychology and a careless attitude among youths of draft age as key factors.
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Berkeley
Calif
National Defense
Franklin M. Kreml
Northwestern University
National Institute For Traffic Safety Training
University of California
George Jones
Winchester
Lieut. Kreml
Krem
Grange Lecturers To Hold Banquet
Grange lecturers from the Middle Atlantic States prepare to end their four day annual conference with a banquet tonight featuring James D. Farmer of the National Grange. Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey members have met since Tuesday to discuss issues facing the American farmer.
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College Park
Middle Atlantic States
James D. Farmer
National Grange
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Roosevelt and Churchill Meet Aboard Battle Ship Prince of Wales
An authoritative source reports the principal meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill occurred in the captain's cabin of the British battleship Prince of Wales last Sunday. Weather conditions were not ideal for the historic conference at sea.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
First machine made horse shoes by Henry Burden in 1835
Henry Burden of Troy New York in 1835 produced the first horse shoes by machine marking a major industrial advance in metalworking and tooling.
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M. D. H. A. Henry Burden
Troy
New York
Village correspondent laments dull news in verse
Oakville in Waterbury area laments when no events break the routine and village news dries up. The Oakville reporter notes even gentle satire appears as headlines fade and the scribe turns to verse in a quiet day.
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Waterbury
Conn
Oakville
Waterbury American
Resolutions Aim to Raise Draftee Pay at Legion Meeting
Delegates at the 2nd annual convention of the Department of Maryland American Legion in Baltimore consider resolutions to improve draftees finances. The leading proposal urges base pay rise from 21 to 30 dollars monthly to help families and attract recruits, with a rider allowing allotments to familes.
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Baltimore
Department of Maryland, American Legion
Congress
Boy Scout Finance Campaign Planned in Shenandoah Area
Shenandoah Area Council outlined plans for the annual Boy Scout finance drive in Winchester. Campaign runs September 8 to 12 with a Victory dinner, divisions led by Majors and Captains, targeting a 20 cent per capita goal of 2 400 for the city. President John Scully Jr notes broader participation including a ladies division to boost community support.
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Ben Belchie
Central District Finance Committee
Shenandoah
Garland Hopkins
James Largent
Bruce Alexander
Herman Hable
Carl Honeycutt
Wilbur Johnston
Boy Scout Movement
Winchester
Boy Scout Organization
Northern Virginia Power Company
John 8. Scully, Jr
Junior Board To Meet Tuesday
There will be a meeting of the Junior Board of Trade Tuesday night August 19 at 8 o'clock on the third floor of the Northern Virginia Power Company. Plans for a band benefit lawn party will be discussed and funds will be raised to send the band to the Tobacco Festival in South Boston. Ed Molden Rodney Sirbaugh L Beavers and Abe Zirkle lead refreshments cooking and ice cream. Chief Torpedoman Holloway will show three navy week reels Eyes of the Fleet Submarine Service and First Line of Defense.
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H. 8. Holloway
Public Opinion Split Over City Garbage System
The Inquiring Reporter surveys views on waste disposal with Emory Keyser urging city control and labor relief, while residents including Charles Shewbridge Mrs Minnigbrode and Mrs Lanahan report satisfaction with current twice weekly collection. Raymond Webber notes perfect service locally.
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Raymond Webber
North Cameron Street
Mrs Shiflett 78 Dies at Winchester Home
Mrs Louise Virginia Shiflett 78 widow of Scott Shiflett died today at 7 am at 301 South Cameron street Winchester after infirmities. Born March 17 1863 in Hardy county West Virginia she lived in Winchester 12 years. Survived by daughters Viola Brill and Hilda Morris a brother George two sisters Cora Sale and Victoria Oates and granddaughter Katherine Ratler. Funeral at Russell Grove church Sunday at 3 pm officiated by Rev Gilbert Russell. Burial in adjacent cemetery.
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Louise Virginia Shiflett
Scott Shiflett
South Cameron Street
Hardy County
W. Va
Shiflett
Hiram Hulver
Winchester
Viola Brill
Hilda Morris
British Declare Atlantic Status Much Improved
British sources say the United Kingdom now enjoys a much better position in the battle of the Atlantic due to widened operations against German submarines and valuable American aid. Attacks remain strong in some areas while British aircraft and ships have performed well in recent weeks to keep sea lanes open. In the Mediterranean the Axis has suffered heavily as British forces reverse the Atlantic balance and attack convoys with light forces.
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London
Britain
United States
Eee
Tony
Mediterranean
Japanese Export Licenses Revoked
London August 15 Britain bans all exports to Japan except under license and revokes all outstanding licenses. The order from the Board of Trade affects Korea Manchoukuo Formosa Kwangtung leased territory and Japan proper.
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London
Britain
Japan
Anl
Board of Trade
Korea
Manchoukuo
Formost
Kwangtung
Sandwich Displays Forbidden In Tea Rooms In Vichy
Unoccupied France August 15 reports police order tea rooms to remove sandwiches from display windows arguing the displays whet appetites and entice hunger among passersby.
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Vichy
France
Dr. Wood Tracks Pneumonia Bug On Drug Action
Dr. Barry Wood of Johns Hopkins researches pneumonia treatments seeking how anti serum and sulfapyridine cure the disease. He tests on rats to observe how antibodies alter lung infection and how sulfapyridine stops bacterial growth, with work conducted at Hopkins and Harvard under Dr. Hans Zinsser.
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Barry Wood
Harvard
Wood
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Hopkins Department of Medicine
Hopkins
Hans Zinsser
Martinsburg To Entertain Baptist Meet
The 59th annual Shenandoah Baptist Association session will be in Martinsburg West Virginia on August 27 and 28. Moderator Rev W Emory Trains ham will preside and speakers include Dr George Heaton Rev J B Hill J R Bryant T F Rease and others. The final session features Rev Charles W Caulkins Dr R E Ally Rev E J Wright and Rev M L Ragland with devotionals by Charles W Burner.
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Shenandoah Baptist Association
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. Emory Trainham
Front Royal
George Heaton
Lynchburg
J. B. Hill
Richmond
State Sunday
J. R. Bryant
Virginia Baptist Asociation
T. F. Rease
Foreign Mission Board
Goodwin Frazier
Charles Town
A. B. Hummer
Berryville
Association
Kenneth M. Hayes
Bentonville
L. A.parker
A. T. Hawthorne
Winchester
Charles W. Burner
E. G. Ayres
Dnary Union
Charles W. Caulkins
Leesburg
R. E. Ally
The
Religious Herald
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The quiz answers include the first Duke of Wellington, Oswald Spengler, a sculptor, Greenland, and the American Revolution.
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Duke of
Welling
Oswald Spengler
Greenland
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