Paul Hunter to Manage Handley Football Team 1937
Paul Hunter son of Mr and Mrs A Z Hunter Morgan street will manage Handley football this fall as chosen by teammates last year. Jimmy Brooks will assist as he begins his senior year. Coach Ochs released the 1937 schedule with six home games including Fort Hill and Berkeley Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hunter
A. Z. Hunter
Morgan Street
Handley
Paul
Jimmy Brooks
C. Brooks
Hig
Jimmy
Ochs
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Harrisonburg
Charles Town
Allegany
Cumberland
Fort Hill
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Martinsburg
Fort Hill High School
Washington and Lee High School
Clarenton
Fruit Crops In Canada Rise From Last Year
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports larger crops for apples peaches plums in Canada for 1937 despite a drop in Ontario pears. Apple forecast 15,438,300 bushels up from 12,345,600 last year. Peach 628,330 up from 430,170. Plum and prune 195,730 up from 143,660. Pear expected 393,200 vs 421,106 previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Dominion Bure
Ontario
Mellon’s Millions Go To Charity in Largest Trust Yet
Pittsburgh August reports Donald D. Shepard stating W. Mellon’s estimated 100 to 200 million estate will fund the A. W. Mellon educational and charitable trust after an $180,000 personal bequest. The trust will support public religious and charitable uses, with art donations and a National Art Museum project valued at about 9 million.
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Pittsburgh
Oe W. Mellon
Rockefeller Foundation
Donald D. Shepard
Mellon
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust
John D. Rockefeller
National Art Museum
Shepard
Paul
Ailsa
David K. E. Bruce
Mellon Institute
Institute
Farmer Faces Murder Charges in Belzoni
In Belzoni Mississippi on August 31 H E Barnett 41 a tenant farmer faced trial in Humphreys County Circuit Court charged with murdering his 11 year old son Jordan The indictment also accuses him of attacking his 15 year old daughter bigamy unlawful cohabitation and adultery Prosecutors say Barnett whipped the children mercilessly and beat his son with a stick the day before he was last seen alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belzoni
Miss
H. E. Barnett
Humphries County
Jordan
Barnett
Social Security Expert to Aid at Winchester Post Office
Macon G. Williams will visit the Winchester post office on Wednesday September 1 from 9 a m to 4 p m to assist residents with social security problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon G. Williams
Winchester
Diets To Fit booklet helps families save on meals
The Winchester Evening Star offers a Diets To Fit booklet for households with varying budgets. It covers nutritive value and cost for meal plans suitable for families with limited means, extreme resources, or generous incomes. Send five cents and request the booklet to Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Shipbuilding Boom Sweeps U S Navy and Merchant Fleet
Washington reports a revival in U S shipbuilding as Navy plans 75 combat ships costing about 560 million dollars and the Maritime Commission targets a 520 million dollar program to create a commercial fleet of at least 250 fast ships. The five year plan foresees 95 ships funded at 256 million with private capital joining later investments.
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Washington
Navy and
Maritime Commission
Navy
United States
William H. Standley
Roosevelt
Congress
Commission
Joseph P. Kennedy
Barrel slaying tied to narcotic syndicate rumors
Detective Chief Thomas Higgins said Mrs. Max Gordon likely knew too much about a narcotic syndicate, linking her New York killing to her visit in Kansas City to inspect an Texas accident in which her husband, a suspected narcotics peddler, died. New York Detective Thomas Coote assisted in the local angles of the case.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Higgins
Max Gordon
New York
Higgins
Texas
Thomas Coote
Snake disrupts power to Cheraw brick plant in South Carolina
A six foot snake halted power service to a Cheraw brick factory by detouring 22 000 volts through its body. Repairmen found the reptile had climbed a 12 foot pole and wrapped around two wires causing a short circuit.
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Cheraw
S. C
Movie Barons Urged to Aid Public Culture and Democracy
A Chicago Theological Seminary professor Fred Eastman urged the film industry to ally with schools and churches to elevate American culture. At a Williams College forum he criticized block booking and called for better selective viewing and state powers to curb misleading images. Dr Edgar Dale warned about racial and vocational stereotypes, citing harmful portrayals. News editor W P Montague said Paramount News tackles many subjects and stays neutral in coverage.
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Williamstown
Mass
Chicago Theological Seminary
Fred Eastman
America
Eastman
Institute of Human Relations
Edgar Dale
Bureau of Education Research
Ohio University
Indusdustry
Dale
State Department
Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
Montague
Bank Closing Notices for Labor Day 1937
Legal holiday closings announced for Labor Day September 6 1937. Banks will reopen September 7 with maturing papers payable on the following banking day Lahaina and other noted banks including Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Commercial and Savings Bank with signatories J H Yost John L Sloat and Harold G Brown.
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Labor Day
Lahaina
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John L Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Harold G. Brown
Rosh Hashanah Observance Opens New Jewish Year
Observant Jews begin the year 5698 next Sunday with introspection and prayer marking Rosh Hashanah. Orthodox communities keep two days, liberal groups one day, as the holiday starts in synagogues worldwide and signals the onset of the Ten Days of Penitence leading to Yom Kippur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tract Commission of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis and Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Israel
Facsimile of 1773 Maryland and Baltimore Journal
Mrs. W C Davis of Gainesboro sent the Star a facsimile of the Maryland and Baltimore Journal and Advertiser dated August 20 1773. The copy faithfully matches the original in every respect.
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W. C. Davis
Gainesboro
Star
Maryland and Baltimore Journal and Advertser
Calendar reckoning from seventh month in ancient systems
The text notes that the religious year is counted starting in the seventh month and traces this to the interaction of different ancient calendar systems. It discusses how varying methods of dating influenced the calculation of the year.
Will Roget Humorous Story on Rats and Moral Dread
A humorous Will Rogers piece recalls rat problems and the habit of counting rodent losses. It includes a Rhode Island farmer and a Scotch woman who refuses rat cake, arguing if the rats cannot share their food they can starve.
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Rhode Island
American News Features, Inc
Notice on No Hunting at Funkhouser Property Opequon Va
A. B. and L. S. Funkhouser post a formal notice prohibiting hunting trapping or trespassing on their property in Opequon Virginia for dates August 24 25 30 31 41 and surrounding days.
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Opequon
A. B
L. S. Funkhouser
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Johnny Hamilton
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