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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1941

Page

2

Fifth Tomato Festival Opens Tomorrow At Berkeley Springs

Berkeley Springs West Virginia hosts the fifth Tomato and Health Festival with a three day lineup. events include band concerts, exhibits, a Queen and King visit, a kiddie circus, a coronation, a fairy tale stage production, and performances by local school bands and community groups.

Berkeley Springs Jimmy S Morrison King’s Red Erkeley Springs Park Morgan County J. Robert Douthat Coronation Pavilion Queen Organ V J. P. McLaughlin West Virginia Ofgriculture George Barker Brother's Grimm George Bardeer Gladys Ar Mold Arthur Swisher Louise Hinkins Northashington Street Blue & Gray Sons of Wie American Legion Berland Maryland Fred Sheley Springs Park Vander Ads Tom Cassel Jamie Oscar Mary Donegan Fay Pete

Queen of Glamor Betty Cor don Crowned by New York Debutantes

Betty Gordon, 18, named glamor girl by 150 New York debutantes. Father a Manhattan banker. Festival events in Berkeley Springs include receptions, boxing, aerial acts, pet zoo, band concerts, choral and instrumental performances, coronation ball, and a Queen Morgan V pageant.

Betty Cordon New York Manhattan

Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed by Page Four

Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on Page 4 include Oculist as question one and a series of other items such as dangerous and Jezebel for question two, George Washington for three, Cheyenne for four, Robert Browning for five, a garbled entry A Wind we RRASEM, question seven molasses fermented, question eight true, question nine Alsab, and Tannhaeuser for ten.

Jezebel George Washington Cheyenne Robert Browning

Woodstock Pastor Named Disciples Head in Valley District

The Rev. W. M. Norment Jr. of Woodstock was elected president of the Valley District, Disciples of Christ, at the 92nd annual meeting. He succeeds Rev. Charles H. Punk of Winchester. Other officers elected include Rev. A. B. Crocker of Shenandoah as vice president and Mrs. Ina Rau of Edinburg as secretary treasurer. The committee urged salary supplements for several ministers and sponsoring daily Vacation Bible Schools district wide. Time and place of the 1942 meeting were left undecided.

Woodstock W. M. Norment, Jr Valley District Disciples of Christ Charles H. Punk Winchester A. B. Crocker Shenandoah Ina Rau Edinburg Committee On

Clay Target and Rifle Shoot at Winchester Gun Club

A clay target and rifle shoot is set for Sunday on the Winchester Gun Club grounds starting at 2 pm. Arthur Seabright, secretary, invites young men and women to participate and learn, with practice available on afternoons by calling his home between 5 and dark.

Winchester Gun Club Arthur Seabright Seabright

Mr Morrow to Teach Open Door Bible Class

J W Morrow will guest teach the Open Door Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The class begins at 9 45 AM and a cordial invitation is extended to all.

J. W. Morrow Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church

Grain Markets Report from Baltimore and Winchester

Grain prices in Baltimore on August 29 show Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.0834 dollars per bushel with August delivery and Corn at 88 to 90 cents. Winchester quotes Wheat at 1.03 dollars per bushel, Corn 88 cents, Barley 65 cents per bushel. Prices based on mill deliveries.

Baltimore Winchester

Local Markets and Prices in Daily Star List

The Star lists daily market prices for bags of patent foods, mixed feed, corn meal, oats, middlings, horse feed, and scratch, plus butter and other dairy items. It includes hogs, lambs, steers, heifers, onions, and poultry with per bag or per hundredweight quotes and notes on wholesale butter and country butter.

Patel Guiter Corsece BO Bee Data Ey Pe Pei Creamery Country Baten AG Eis

Miss Smallwood Leads Clarke County Beauty Contest

Miss Garnett Smallwood won 1 984 votes to lead the Clarke County beauty contest preliminaries in Berryville Virginia as opening exercises for the community swimming pool. Finalists will compete this afternoon with judges Andrew Bell L B Dutrow and John P Briscoe and a pool dedication followed by supper by the Senior Women's Club.

Miss Smallwood Clarke County Berryville Garnett Smallwood Gere Dennis Nancy Price Jean Levi Josephine Lancaster Marie Wisecarver Ann Lee Enders Raye Fletcher Patty Wynkoop Andrew Bell L. B. Dutrow John P. Briscoe Peace of

Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce Markets Aug 29

Potatoes and eggs show mixed moves with slight weakness in sweet potatoes and steady butter. Baltimore market records cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep prices with steady to easy trends. Chicago reports slow hog sales, varied cattle and veal prices, and steady spring lambs amid uneven demand.

Baltimore N. C Baltimore Livestock U. S. Dept Chicago Livestock Chicago U. S. Dept. Agri

Boston Wool Market Report Shows Modest Trading

A very moderate but spotty business was transacted on the Boston wool market. Twelve month Texas wools sold at 1.03 to 1.07 per pound scoured, with most at the lower end. Fine Australian wools closed around 1 to 1.02, including duty. Small lots of fine graded territory wools and combing three eighths and one quarter blood wools sold steady compared with earlier sales.

Boston U. S

Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Report Daily Totals

Treasury daily update shows August receipts of 10,443,634.98 and expenditures of 52,470,425.05. Gross debt stands at 50,535,093,984.07 with an increase of 88,738,973.61 from the prior day.

Stock Market Report From New York August 29

Market held firm on a mix of gains and lagging trends as transactions stayed light with totals under 350 000 shares. The report lists prices at 2 p.m. including Am. Can Penn R R Sears Roebuck U. S. Steel Goodyear and General Electric among others with mixed movements.

New York N. Y al. Chem Am. Smel A. T. and Anaconda B. and O Bethlehem Chrysler Can. Edison Genl Elec Genl. Motors Goodyear Int. Har J. Manville Kennecott M. Ward Natl. Dairy Packard Penney (Jc Penn. R. R Republic Steel Sears & Roebuck Southern R Texas Cran U. S. Steel Va.-Car. Chem Va.-Car. Pfd Western Union Woolworth

Nazis Organized in Argentina linked to Berlin plots report

A congressional inquiry traced Nazi activity via the German embassy in Argentina with alleged oaths to Hitler, cell system details, and named figures like Von Thurm an and Gottfried Landstede. Four men were arrested for photographing Argentine defenses for an unnamed foreign power.

Congress Berlin von Thermann von Thurmann Gottfried Landstede Argentina Adolf Hitler Fuehrer Hiter

Confessions Taint Series Linked to Crimes in Capital

Police announce Jarvis Catoe 38 admitted to the Strieff and Abramowitz murders in the northwest Washington area. He also confessed to Evelyn Anderson’s death in the Bronx and to five other sex killings in the city and New York, plus attacks on women.

Washington Pi Metropolitan Police Edward J. Kelly Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe New York Jessie Elizabeth Strieff War Department Des Moines Strieff Congress Kelly Rose Simon Abramowitz Kansas City Abramowitz Evelyn Anderson Bronx

Tennis Semi finals Set for Saturday in Winchester Park

The Winchester park tennis tournament holds semi finals Saturday at 4 pm with Scotts Robinson vs Frank Anderson and Kenneth Robinson vs Woody Glaize. Finals are Sunday at 4 pm. Courts stay open through September 8, per manager Hunter Maddox.

Winchester Park Scotts Robinson Frank Anderson Kenneth Robinson Woody Glaize Hunter Maddox

Japanese premier signals possible Far East conference

In the wake of a direct communication to President Roosevelt from the Japanese premier, observers foresee a potential conference to clarify the tense Far East situation. The move is described as an unusual gesture with broad diplomatic implications and could signal a shift in policy toward the Pacific conflict.

Roosevelt Far East

William Fauver Named Vice President at Social Club

It was stated today that William Fauver is vice-president of the Social Club of VPF Company 115.

William Fauver VPF Company 115

Plans Set for Calf Sale on October 4 in Clarke County

Calf sale manager C. C. Punkhouser announces the Clarke county cooperative event in Winchester to be held October 4. Entries limited to Association members, calves must be 300 pounds to 12 months old, deadline September 17, with blackleg and hemorrhagic septicemia vaccines. Only steer and heifer calves graded, delivered by 9 a.m. on sale day. Sale committee includes J. R. Lintner Sam O Sullivan Fred Stine Cc K Wright Dan Cox and C C Punkhouser.

C. C. Punkhouser Berryville Northern Virginia Clarke Farmers Cooperative Winchester J. R. Lintner Sam O'Sullivan Loudoun County Fred Stine Cc. K. Wright Frederick County Dan Cox Clarke County

Premier Konoye aims to stage talks with U.S. leaders

The premier proposed diplomatic talks among the President, Secretary of State, and Japan's ambassador to explore a peaceful policy accord. If talks fail no harm to either nation is feared. One diplomat noted Konoye may have proposed a personal Pacific meeting patterned after a historic conference.

Prince Konoye United States Japan Pacific

Fragmented OCR Note Mentions Leaders in Atlantic Route

Unclear text fragment references the President and Prime Minister Churchill and an Atlantic route. No clear event date or location provided.

Ence Betten Mitter Churchill Atlantic

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