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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1940
Page
11
Model Home in Winchester Opens for Public Tours
The new six room colonial design at 208 Parkway in Winchester is completed and furnished and will be open to the public for several hours daily starting tomorrow through next Wednesday. The first story uses native limestone and the second California Redwood, with knotty pine trim and all electric kitchen features. The home includes a large basement office and recreation room, pine paneling, hardwood floors, oil heat, a tiled bath and a ready-for-inspection interior full of details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Parkway
Wheat Loan Information From Shenandoah PACA
D W Burruss announces wheat storage loans with cash advances and eight month title retention through Shenandoah Production Credit Association serving Shenandoah Page Warren Clarke and Frederick counties. Rates vary by storage location Winchester Riverton with freight based differentials. notes and warehouse receipts eligible for discount through government approved storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Burruss
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
Burruss
Japan names Aikawa as ambassador to United States
Yoshisuke Aikawa, a leading Japanese industrialist, is slated to succeed Kensuke Horinouchi as ambassador to the United States. The shake-up recalls four other ambassadors and many consular officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Yoshisuke Aikawa
Kensuke Horinouchi
United States
Fire destroys former Geiser Manufacturing building in Waynesboro
A spectacular blaze in Waynesboro left the abandoned Geiser Manufacturing building a block long in ashes. The $50,000 loss was estimated by Samuel D. Hockman of First National Bank. Three firefighters were slightly injured as crews from multiple towns battled the 1 a.m. fire for three hours. The three story brick building had been bank-owned for two years and was unoccupied. The fire origin remained undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Geéiser Manufacturing Company
Samuel D. Hockman
First National Bank and Trust Company
Hree
Chambersburg
Greencastle Mt. Alto
Blue Ridge Summit
Hagerstown
Man Held In Maryland Slaying
Crisfield resident Fulton Sterling, 35, is held after the fatal shooting of Lester Walston, 21, at Shady Oaks Inn near Pocomoke City. Deputies say a quarrel started in a nearby filling Station restaurant before the 4:30 a.m. gunfire and that Sterling will be charged at a preliminary hearing next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisfield
Harold E. Sterling
Fulton Sterling
Lester Walston
Shady Oaks Inn
Pocomoke City
F. Kirk Maddrix
Somerset County
Sterling
Simple Path to a Dream That Costs Little
A concise guide explains how to begin pursuing a dream with no initial monetary outlay. It emphasizes small, actionable steps anyone can take to build progress from scratch and maintain momentum without spending.
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Northern Virginia Power CO
Westinghouse Electric
Frigidaire
Westinghouse
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