14 Years Ago This Week From The Star Files
Recap of events in Winchester including Sam Hansbrough injury recovery at hospital and relief by M B Clowe Jr. Details cover school dedication plans for the Douglas high school on Labor Day, Sisters Nicodemus tonsil operations, Sunday School convention in Frederick County, and Winchester Fair with Juvenile Day prizes and races.
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Files of the Star
Piccad Tilly
Washington Streets
Sam Scott Hansbrough
Garland Hansbrough
Young M. B. Clowe, Jr
Winchester
Douglas
North Kent Street
Suzanne
Charlotte Nicodemus
Charles Nicodemus
Loudoun Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Minnie Crisman
Jacob Crisman
Kernstown
Sunday School Association of
Frederick County
Market Street Methodist Church
I. N. Good
Lewis Pidgeon
Winchester Fair
Hugh Crismman
Hudson Miller
Arthur Boyce
Earl Willey
Joe Herser
Norman Athey
Mary V. Robinson
Virginia Smith
Joe Flickinger
Charles Anderson
Sam McCarty
Miff Clowe
Boots Kendall
Mike Garber
Margaret Bean
Henrietta Bowers
Steel Workers Drop Mandamus Action
A mandamus suit by Bethlehem Steel workers to force bargaining recognition was dismissed after the attorney requested termination. The case followed an order for the company to show cause by September 5 to recognize the Independent Steel Workers Association of Sparrows Point amid threatened union strikes.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Independent Steel Workers’ Association of
Sparrows Point
Taylor Craft to Dedicate All Output to Defense
The Taylor Craft Aviation Corporation announces that after September 1 its entire output will be devoted to defense parts with emphasis on home guard air defense. The firm requires distributors to provide notarized affidavits confirming orders will be used for approved defense purposes.
Banks Observe Labor Day Closure Notices
Several local banks announce Labor Day closings on Monday September 1 1941 as a legal holiday. Cashiers Harold G Brown Geo B Bushnell John I Sloat J H Yost warn that all paper maturing that date will be payable on Tuesday September 2 1941 and banks will reopen then.
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Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Ageo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Gas girls test drive to run suburban service
In Philadelphia a large company tests seven women as gasoline attendants to cover labor shortages. The recruits handle tires, fuel, and records, earning about 100 dollars monthly, with ambitions from clerical to station manager.
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Philadelphia
Dorothy Wilson
Sophie Boychuck
Sam Browne
Marion Jacobs
Geraldine Fearon
Geraldine
Berger Hollman
Venetta Nogar
Helen L. Rawlinson
Alcatraz inmate found behind legal scheme to free prisoners
A cagey Alcatraz inmate, unseen by policy, is said to mastermind habeas corpus petitions from the prison. Federal officials suspect a devoted convicts’ aide drafts petitions while the warden’s office prints them. Nearly 75 to 100 petitions this year would push Alcatraz totals to about 225 to 250 since opening.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Federal District Court
U. S
A. J. Zirpoli
Zipoli
Hogan Leads Hershey Open as Opposition Bites
Ben Hogan holds a two stroke lead at Hershey Open after a 67 and 69 for 136. Sixteen pros broke par for 36 holes, with Lloyd Mangrum two back in a crowded field of 62 professionals and nine amateurs chasing potential payout.
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Ben Hogan
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Lloyd Mangrum
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Market Street Methodist Church Service Schedule
Sunday services at 9 45 a m Church School 11 a m morning worship sermon by Rev G Evans Hopkins 730 p m Union Vespers at Handley School Bowl. Weekday activities include Girls Chorus Tuesday Boys Choir Wednesday Supper meeting at 48 South Loudoun street Golden Glow 8 p m Choir rehearsal and Finance Committee Friday Parsonage committee.
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Market Street Methodist Church
G. Evans Hopkins
Handley School Bowl
Milk Price Increases Approved For Roanoke Area
State Milk Commission grants Roanoke area producers a 39 cent per hundredweight rise for class one milk. Retail prices rise one cent a quart effective Monday, with higher tests and various increases across wholesale, retail, and school milk. Public hearing Aug 20 in Roanoke, City Attorney cautioned against retail hikes.
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Richmond
State Milk Commission
Roanoke
Houseiveg
C. E. Hunter
Winchester Star Information Bureau Note
The Winchester Star directs readers to page 4 for factual answers from its Information Bureau.
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Winchester Star Information Bureau
Page reports on his expenses for governor race
Norfolk August 30. State Senator Vivian L Page of Norfolk, an unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate, filed his expense account showing total campaign expenditures of 2484.52 dollars with the clerk of the corporation court.
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Norfolk
Vivian L. Page
W. L. Prieur, Jr
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