Greenhalgh Entries Set A Stiff Pace At Berryville
The 38th Berryville Colt and Horse Show opened with George P. Greenhalgh, Springsbury Farm near Berryville leading action classes. North Hill Farm of Castleman's Ferry also won ribbons with a second, third and fourth place as Springsbury claimed three firsts two thirds and three fourths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Greenhalgh
Springsbury Farm
Berryville
Clarke County
North Hill Farm
Castleman's Ferry
Clifton Trainer Out Of Berryville Horse Show
The Berryville show program lists Dr. L M Allen of Clifton Stables as exhibitor but he does not appear in action classes this year. Norman Haymaker is injured and cannot ride. Allen has entered several breeding colts while nurses Redmond and Derr lead in breeding ribbons. Santa Claus won the Touch and Out and is praised as the best open jumper so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Berryville
L. M. Allen
Winchester
Norman Haymaker
Clarke County
Virginia
Ernest L. Redmond
Middleburg
Edward Derr
Walkersville
Hubert Phipps
Marshall
Santa Claus
Haggin Perry
Cobham
Hoban
Bon Ann
Harvey Field
Round Hill
Clay Carr
Boyce
Ayreshire Farm
Upperville
E. L. Redmond
Robert I. Skinner
Aldie
FP. E. Peck
Herndon
Ann Duvall
Peach Brothers
Nell
Irvin Beavers
Dolly Pembroke
William F. Walsh
Bluemont
Pet
Ruby
Lucille
E. L. Redman
Miss Pat
Peach Bros
the Nun
Roceby Stables
Polly
Oak Forest
R. G. Mitchell
Brillegas
Bloc Blossom
H.C. Thompson
Ae Son
Hillsboro
Mollie
Boiled Hawk Recipe Shared by L Sidwell
Fayette county reader L Sidwell of Virginia writes a recipe for boiled hawk noting it can be eaten like other game. He describes removing feathers and skin, dressing, rinsing, boiling for one to five hours, changing water, salting, and tasting similar to chicken.
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L. Sidwell
Fayette
Virginia
No8
Peaches Wanted for Tree Run Elberta Hale
Roy A. Cather at Old Mill Storage seeks Elberta and Hale peaches by phone 1313 for a tree run. Contact details provided for pickup or delivery arrangements.
Horse Show Dances at Air Side Rendezvous
Air side Rendezvous hosts Horse Show Dances on Thursday and Friday August 17 and 18 with Bob Riley performing on the 18th. Admission is 50 cents and dances are held every Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Riley
Firemen Hold 38th Cumberland Valley Session in Winchester
Members of the Cumberland Valley Firemens Association met at Sarah Zane Hall for the 38th annual business session. South End Hose Company of Winchester was welcomed. President John Smith presided with prayers and welcomes from Rev L G Bridgers and others. Committees named and reports noted a general fund balance of 95.03 and death benefit fund of 4593.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Firemens’ Association
Sarah Zane Hall
South End Hose Company
John Smith
Harrisburg
L. G. Bridgers
United Brethren Church
C. P. McVicar
Andrew Bell
Smith
J. J. Challenger
Wylie D. Richter
Washington, D. C
Lee A. Brown
Winchester
J. W. Kastle
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harold Bowman
Greencastle
G. Fred Gibbs
Chambersburg
George S. Ridgeley
Hagerstown
Herman Friedinger
Philip Bietsch
Cumberland Valley Association
One Killed At Ship Launching In Belfast
BELFAST August 17 One woman died and about 20 people were injured when Britain's new aircraft carrier Formidable slipped from its cradle and slid into Belfast Lough during her launching. The 735 foot vessel broke the cradle as onlookers watched Lady Wood break the wine bottle and name the ship. Pieces of wood iron and bolts flew into the crowd as tugs and shipwrights scrambled to avoid the runaway carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Formidable
Belfast Lough
Lady Wood
Kingsley Wood
Big Labor Call for Board Reform and Roosevelts Endorsement
The New York State Federation of Labor condemned the spending of the national labor relations act as unfair and subversive to collective bargaining. It urged the Labor Board to revise administration to allow minority craft voluntary deviation from their bargaining agencies. The federation left endorsing Roosevelt for a third term to its parent AFL, rejecting seven resolutions for endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York State Federation of Labor
AFL
National Labor Relations Act
Labor Board
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Body of Woman Found In Trunk in Atlanta Terminal
The battered body of a young mulatto woman was found today in a trunk at the Terminal Railway Station. The trunk arrived from Washington, D C. Police opened it after an employee noticed an odor. She wore a slip, brassiere and bloomers and lay face down with a pool of blood under the head. Decomposition had set in and authorities seek the shipper by ticket number. Coroner and detectives stated she was 30 to 35 and mulatto with dark curly hair. investigators expect foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Paul Donehoe
D. L. Taylor
Sunken Squalus Is Raised Again
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 17 United States salvage crew hoisted the sunken submarine Squalus from the ocean floor for the second time in six days. The top lifting pontoons surfaced at 1 05 p m EST lifting the stern from a mudbank about 60 80 feet while the stern remained about 100 feet below the surface. The operation followed a towing incident last Saturday and marked another step toward recovering 26 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Cure for Radiation Illness Seen as Major Cancer Treatment Hurdle
American Medical Association reports a discovery by Dr. J. Wallace Graham of Toronto finding nicotinic acid greatly relieves radiation sickness in cancer patients. In 70 cases, 74.3 percent showed relief with 27.1 percent excellent results and 47.2 percent good while 14.3 percent had fair results and 14 percent failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Medical Association
Association
J. Wallace Graham
Toronto
Ont
Graham
Memorial Hospital names business manager in Winchester
Bennett J. McCarthy has been chosen as business manager for Memorial Hospital in Winchester and will start mid September. Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire announced Miss Mary McCone remains superintendent and will focus on medical problems. McCarthy, aged 26, comes from University Hospital Michigan with strong endorsements from Haynes and Bugbee after a nationwide search of over 100 applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Holmes McGuire
Memorial Hospital
Bennett J. McCarthy
McCarthy
McGuire
Mary McCone
Winchester
University Hospital
University of Michigan
Anne Arbor
Mich
Hr. Haynes
George P. Bugbee
City Hospital of
Cleveland
Mr. McCarthy
Jaws Broken in Sterling Jail Cell Brawl
Cliff Lofton, about 35, is nursing two broken jaws at Memorial Hospital after a brawl in a jail cell. Upton Webbly and his brother Boyd, both of Sterling West Virginia, are held on assault and vagrancy charges. Lofton had earlier been arrested for drunkenness near the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Webbly
Boyd
Sterling
W. Va
Cliff Lofton
Memorial Hospital
Lofton
Charre
Acvancy
Bedlam
Boston Girl Held After Hitchhiking to Winchester
A young woman identified as Miss Marie Boadley of Boston was taken into custody early Tuesday. Police contacted her relatives who asked she be held until further notice. She said she was traveling alone in slacks and hoped to reach Texas to meet a friend, riding to Winchester on a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Boadley
Boston
Mass
Winchester
Texas
Officials To Be Named Soon In City Government
City council plans to fill at least four elective positions to take effect January 1, 1940. Open posts include city manager police magistrate meat and milk inspector and city hall janitor. Applications may be filed with the city manager. The garbage contract expires November 19 and bids will be invited at least 60 days prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Lee Grant
Arthur M. Field
Donald Weems
E. W. Miller
Anti Mosquito Campaign Launched by City Manager
City Manager Grant announces an anti mosquito campaign inviting residents annoyed by mosquitoes to contact his office. In council action, all accessible stagnent pools will be sprayed with kerosene to save time and effort if reports locate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Council
Lee
German troops close to Polish border in Silesia
From Gleiwitz Germany moves into the Silesian region near the Polish frontier with trench systems and bombproof shelters under way. Concrete obstacles tank barriers and barbed wire line the border as Polish authorities report border closure orders received yesterday.
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Germany
Pole Line
Gleiwitz
Silesian
Poland
Schoenwald
Czechosolovak
Knurow
Navy seeks volunteers to man Bear of Oakland for Antarctic voyage
The U S Navy requests about 125 volunteers from navy personnel to crew the 65 year old Bear of Oakland for a possible Antarctic expedition this fall led by Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd. Congress authorized commissioning the 703 ton barkentine with auxiliary propulsion. The ship is rugged but small for high seas and risks of polar travel.
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Washington
Navy
Bear
Oakland
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Congress
Byrd
Scotland
South Polar
Fifteen Senators Might Refuse Roosevelt Third Nomination
Senator Van Nuys of Indiana predicted that at least 15 Democratic Senators would withhold support if Franklin D. Roosevelt sought a third term. He said the President could trigger a convention challenge and remain inactive in the campaign if renominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
van Nuys
D-Ind
Traffic fines handed to Winchester motorists in crackdown
Traffic cases resulted in fines as Winchester police enforced regulations to curb dangerous driving. William Farmer of Liberty Avenue was fined 100 dollars, plus 10.25 dollars in costs, and jailed 30 days for driving under the influence. his license was revoked for a year. Several others, including James Sawyer, Gordon McInturff, Holmes Curl, Champ Conner, and Nicholas Namone, paid fines for speeding, reckless driving, and running a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
William Farmer
Liberty Avenue
Donald Weems
Farmer
South Cameron
Calvert Street
N. W. Washington
Connor
Amherst
Funk
Starrat
Fatal shooting ruled an unavoidable accident in Ogniquit
Police Chief J Hartley Littlefield said the death of 14 year old Sebastian Braggiotti was an unavoidable accident after Charles Winer 14 of Lawrence Massachusetts fired a pistol at frogs in a pond in Ogniquit last night. No action will be taken against Winer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogniquit
J. Hartley Littlefield
Sebastian Braggiotti
Boston
Charles Winer
Lawrence
Mass
Young Braggiotti
Demon Slayer Faces Choice of Hanging or Firing Squad
Salt Lake City report notes Trapper George Hayes Tooele county awaits execution at dawn as Utah law allows either method. Hayes, 54, condemned for binding and killing prospector Sherman Cadwell, could be the 29th Utah inmate to face a firing squad if no reprieve is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George Hayes
Tooele County
Utah
Hayes
Utah State Prison
Henry H. Blood
United States
Sherman Cadwell
Cadwell
John J. Morris
Crim- Morris
Joseph Walter Axtell
Morris
Danzig Talks Continue With Polish German Tensions
Berlin reports hint Germany may press for direct Poland talks over Danzig and Polish corridor while warnings from Italy go unheeded. Polish official Wiesner freed but kept under attorney general supervision as Chodacki returns from Warsaw amid League mediation efforts.
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Berlin
Germany
Poland
Danzig
Free City
Munich
Posnorze
East Prussia
Warsaw
Rudolf Wiesner
Weisner
Chodacki
Marian Chodacki
Senate
Arthur Greiser
Carl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Greiser
Mrs Bull Named Sole Legatee of Estate in Surrogate Court
New York August 17 Retired U S Army Lt Col E Llewellyn Bull of White Post Virginia named sole legatee of the estate of his wife Mrs Georgette Haven Bull who died in New York Hospital July 26 A codicil revoked about 200 bequests including a 35000 trust for Clarke county district nurses Mrs Bull formerly Georgette Borland of New York first wife of Graham F Blandy a member of the New York Stock Exchange Blandy purchased The Tuburies estate in Clarke county and left a large portion to his wife with remainder to the University of Virginia
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Star
New York
S. C. NY
E. Llewellyn Bull
United States Army
White Post
Clarke County
Georgette Haven Bull
New York Hospital
Bull
Georgette Borland
Graham F. Blandy
New York Stock Exchange
Blandy
Tubyries
Col. U. L. Boyce
Mr. Blandy
Rae
University of Virginia
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Greenhalgh
Ae Northillounts
MR Winchester
Big Labor Group For
Kuhn
Murphy
Miss McCone
Dr. McGuire
Anne Arbor, Mich
Hitler
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dies Conmittee
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Muraf
Thomas
R-Nj
Dies
D-Tex
Max Kuhn
German Supreme Court
Rhea Whitley
House
Supreme Court of Germany
Bear of Oakland
Konrad
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