New European War Would Put Debts Way Back
Treasury officials say a new European war would push into the background the $14.47 billion owed the United States from World War I. Owed totals include England $5.50 billion, France $4.18 billion, Italy $2.02 billion, Germany $1.24 billion, Poland $263 million, and other nations and accounts across Armenia, Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
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Washington
Treasury
Finland
England
France
Italy
Germany
Poland
Reich
Armenia
Belgium
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Albin Brevities Local social notes from Alb in
Mrs E w Eppard visits Elkton relatives for several weeks. Miss Hilda Orndorff returns from Columbia with friends. Mrs Harry Johnson and daughter Sadie join her. Miss Mary Hill and Miss Marjorie Seastrunk also from Columbia. Sally and Rebecca Tavener visit aunt Edith Alkire in Morgantown. Mrs Edwin Smith of Florida visits son Rev Edwin Smith. Mr and Mrs Lewis Hudson and daughter Mary Byrd enjoy Luna Cacapon Park in West Virginia.
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W. Va
Edith Alkire
Edwin Smith
Florida
Lewis Hudson
Mary Byrd
Luna Cacapon Park
West Virg
Brucetown Notes Dinner Guests and Visits
Brucetown notes list Dr. Powers of Akron Ohio Rev and Mrs W O Talbert of Winchester as Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Harry L Myerly and Miss Mamie Tanquarry. Frances Scrivener of Clear Brook spent Monday with Rhodelle Whitacre and Talbert couple dined with Misses Louie and others.
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Brucetown
Dr. Powers
Akron
W. O. Talbert
Winchester
Harry L. Myerly
Mamie Tanquarry
Frances Scrivener
Clearbrook
Rhodelle Whitacre
Powers
Louie
Community notes from Stephens City and surrounding areas
Lillian Carter of Wadesville is mentioned. Mr and Mrs Hugh Brill visited Friends at Stephens City Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Dudley Pierce of Winchester stayed several days with Mrs Harry L Muarly and Miss Mamie Tanquarry. Mrs William Sanger from near Harrisburg Pa returned home after visiting her sister Mrs Luther Welsh.
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Lillian Carter
Wadesville
Hugh Brill
Stephens City
Dudley Pierce
Winchester
Harry L. Muarly
Mamie Tanquarry
William Sanger
Harrisburg
Luther Welsh
White Hall Notes from Virginia Social and Travel Bits
White Hall Virginia notes report Mrs Mary Carr Anderson and Libby visiting in Fairmont West Virginia. Minnie Fries of Washington DC visiting sister Mrs John Adams. Local league hosts a miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Albert Luttrell. Various calls and visits around Martinsburg Winchester and Front Royal area. Several residents attended Senator Byrd's picnic.
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White Hall
Mary Carr Anderson
Libby
William Mason
Fairmont
W. Va
Minnie Fries
Washington, D. C
John Adams
White Hall League
Albert Luttrell
C. W. Lamp
Thurman Carr
Eldridge Lamp
Martinsburg
Dan Brown
Winchester
Ann Muriel Brown
Harry F. Byrd
Opal Tusing
Colleen Bageant
Virginia Schinck
LeFoster Bageant
Charles Boyles
Robert Russell
Washington
Ira Oats
Front Royal Road
Ray Funkhouser
Eugene Funkhouser
Austin Tusing
Grimes
Public sale of real estate in Winchester Virginia
Trustee Joseph B. Newlin offers for sale at public auction the dwelling at 317 Parkway West Winchester Va. The two story six room house sits on a 50 by 144 foot lot with front yard and rear alley. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal bonds due in one and two years at six percent with deed of trust and fire insurance required. Sale date September 2 1939 at 12 noon in front of the County Court House.
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Howard L. March
Elizabeth March
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
County Court House
Parkway
Joseph B. Newlin
Court Square
Religion and the soul in the modern life
The column argues religion is essential for moral direction and comfort. It recalls the Biblical texts and Psalms as sources of guidance, noting how even adults seek solace in faith amid life’s blows. The piece frames religion as a timeless textbook guiding Jews and Gentiles alike.
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Papa
Mama
God
Miss Chatfield’s reply requests stamped self addressed envelopes
The note asks respondents to include stamped self addressed envelopes and to address Miss Chatfield in care of the newspaper. It emphasizes confidentiality of all names.
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Miss Chatfield
Disciple Holds Annual Meeting in Strasburg
Delegates attend the ninetieth valley district Disciples of Christ convention in Strasburg with opening remarks by district president Fred D. Maphis and Mayor C. B. McCarty. Rev. John A. Tate leads the laymen session as Ray Rothgeb conducts devotionals. The district covers Frederick Warren Shenandoah Rockingham and Page counties.
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Strasburg
Aus
Valley District
Disciples of Christ
Fred D. Maphis
C. 8. McCarty
John A. Tate
Virginia Christian Missionary Society
Ray Rothgeb
Luray
J. T. T. Hundley
Lynchburg College Memorial Building Fund
Frederick
Warren
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Page
Civil War Vet Hynson Celebrates 100th Birthday
Joseph Hynson Sr a Civil War veteran marked his hundredth birthday in Rock Hill Maryland as forty six descendants sent congratulations He enjoys a fragrant pipe automobile rides good radio programs and friends He has four sons one daughter ten grandchildren twenty one great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren.
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Rock Hill
Joseph Hynson
Hynson
Hangs Fearful For His Brother
In Creighton Nebraska on August 30 sheriff Norman Burns reports 12 year old Robert Wricks hanged himself in a barn at the family farm. The motive given by relatives is fear that his brother serving in the United States Army would be sent to fight in Europe.
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Creighton
Neb
Norman Burns
Robert Wricks
Europe
Little Invalid Crawls To Death
Six year old Joe Kalka an invalid crawled toward a pond a quarter mile from home his mother saw him move but could not reach him in time he fell face down and drowned in six inches of water near Chandler Oklahoma summer day incident report
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Chandler
Okla
Joe Kalka
Joe
Daily Crossword Puzzle Offers Mixed Clues and Jumbles
A dense jumble of crossword clues and garbled letters appears to fill the page. Readers are invited to solve numbered hints including across and down entries, with several foreign language and archaic terms interwoven in a collage.
Radio Highlights Across Atlantic Air Newscasts Tonight
Radio editor notes short wave networks across the Atlantic will air crisis updates. Programs include WEAF-NBC London Paris Berlin reports, WJZ Clinton on Dorothy Thompson, and CBS networks with London Paris Washington coverage. Answers quiz question: Elmo Lincoln first played Tarzan in 1918.
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C. E. Butterfield
Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
WEAF
NBC
London
Paris
Berlin
Wjznbc
Dorothy Thompson
Warsaw
WABC
CBS
Washington
Robert I. Gannon
Fordham
MBS
John Steele
Raymond Gram
Swagger Sticks Replace Guns In Legion Parade
Virginia Legionnaires march in Richmond 1917 18 veterans lead parade in rain. Ceremonial guards frame the colors as Roanoke Post 3 wins best color guard and Norfolk Firemen post best appearing post. Bedford best band. Clifton Forge Junior Drum and Bugle Corps second. Danville Post 29 best Negro musical organization.
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Richmond
Virginia Legionnaires
Broad Street
Roanoke
Norfolk Firemen’s Post
Objections To Commu nist Recognition Stir Legion Group
The Virginia American Legion auxiliary has protested recognition of a Communist group. The item notes objections raised in Richmond as of August 30. The article records official stance by the auxiliary and the surrounding political tension.
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University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Suc
Auxiliary
American Legion
Department of Virginia
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia American Legion Auxilary
She Knows Her Pretty Flowers Passes Her Garden Beauty
Miss Annabelle Capper daughter of Mr and Mrs E Bruce Capper of South Cameron street ordered seeds for a passion flower with red white and blue colors. A large flowering vine bloomed revealing the exact colors she described adding beauty to the garden and delighting the Capper family.
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Annabelle Capper
E. Bruce Capper
South Cameron Street
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