America Liner Joins James River Fleet Revival
Newport News August 31. The passenger liner America a major unit in the United States Maritime Commission program to rebuild the American Merchant Marine slid down the ways to the James River. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt christened the $17 000 000 vessel with a champagne bottle breaking. The President called the event one of the world’s most important and urged a strong merchant fleet to back naval power and national defense.
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Newport News
America
United States Maritime Commission
James River
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
United States
Orders Divide Italian Army Split Under Crown Prince Umberto
Rome Aug 31 The Italian army is to be divided into two commands led by Crown Prince Umberto and Marshal Graziani. No reason was given for the air announced order. Umberto has served as entry inspector and general staff member while Graziani, following Badoglio, is linked to Ethiopian affairs and viceroyalty. Contending press claims Europe’s crisis widens to wealth shares for Germany and Italy.
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Rome
Umberto
Rodolfo Graziana
Graziani
Pietro Badoglio
Bado
Ethiopia
Europe
Danzig
Germany
Italy
Poland
Popolo di Roma
Free City
Traffic Citations From Front Royal and Berryville
Roy Lee Fug of Cloud Street Front Royal ran a stop sign at Cork and Kent and sped to Piccadilly, fined 14 dollars. James Robert Royston of Berryville ran a stop sign at Berryville and National Avenues at high speed, fined 14 dollars with costs.
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Roy Lee Fug Cloud
Front Royal
Cork
Kent
Piccadilly
James Robert Royston
Berryville
National Avenues
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include entries such as a cryptic string "S?P" and "Pennsylvania SYPrank D. Fitzgerald" with a note on air pressure affecting altitude. It lists Harry Styles Bridges, the number 128, Utah, a confirmation, and references The Maple Leaf Forever along with a remark about home use applying to illicit liquor makers.
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S?p
Pennsylvania
Syprank
D. Fitzgerald
Harry Styles Bridges
Utah
Britain braces for war as evacuation and mobilization rise
Tomorrow the evacuation begins with Britain prepared for any eventuality. Prime Minister Chamberlain signals full naval and Army reserves mobilization, plus air force volunteers, while officials stress war is not certain though readiness is enhanced amid tense London mood.
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Britain
Chamberlain
Downing Street
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Ministry of Health
Appoints Baker Clerk of Frederick County
Julian W. Baker is named to the Frederick County Clerk position. The appointee, from an established local family, has long served as deputy in the Clerk’s office and held roles on the Democratic Executive Committee and County Finance Board. He has been a Commissioner in Chancery for 21 years and is active in Burnt Church Presbyterian. Friends offered congratulations.
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Baker
Frederick County
Joseph Baker
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Col
Edwin S Baker
House of Delegates
Virginia
West Virginia
Julian W. Baker
Democratic Party
Burnt Church (Presbyterian
Circuit Court
Corporation Court of
Winchester
Legal Action Seeks Route 50 Relocation Through Millwood Boyce
Plaintiffs challenge state highway changes to Route 50 west of the Fauquier and Loudoun line arguing constitutional and legal flaws. The suit contends routing would dam the Opequon and flood lands, create hazards from traffic, and affect property values owned by wealthy residents. Historical note mentions 1918 legislation fixing Route 50 and a 1938 act authorizing relocation within eight miles of the existing path.
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Millwood
Boyce
Fairfax, Fauquier
Loudoun County
Virginia
Assembly
General Assembly
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Highway Commission
House of Delegates
Clarke
Frederick
Winchester
Alexandria
West Virginia
Aldie
Middleburg
Gore
Robbers Hit Berryville Stations For Small Haul
In Berryville Virginia between midnight and morning thieves stole a total of 4.40 from three filling stations. Carter and Ashby’s lost 3.40 in cash plus items while Lyle Murphy’s was hit mainly for cigarettes cigars gum and candy. Bell and Chapman suffered the lightest loss with a single bottle of pop.
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Berryville
Carter
Ashby
Lyle Murphy
Bell
Chapman
Carter and Ashby’s
William Carter
W. E. Ashby
Bell and Chapman
Robert Bell
George Chapman
Roosevelts Welcome Family at New York Pier
The United States liner Washington arrived in New York with President Roosevelt’s wife greeting the President's mother a son and daughter in law at the pier signaling a near family reunion during the stop in port.
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New York
United States
Washington
Two Directories Of Winchester To Be Published
The Southern Directory Co. of Asheville NC begins a three week canvass on Aug 28 to compile Miller's 1940 City Directory for Winchester. Miller, head of the firm, notes a new census of city and suburbs, business and citizen alphabet, street guides, and free home supplements, with publication planned around November 1.
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Southern Directory Co
Asheville
N. C
Miller
Winchester
Charles W. Miller
Winchester Printers and Stationer’s Co
Pifer Printing Co
Nhe
McCormac Addresses Rotary Club on Junior Chamber Event
H B McCormac spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon detailing the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce convention held in June in Tulsa. He served as delegate from the local Junior Board of Trade. Guests included Arthur Grascup of United States Steel, H F Sturdy of Annapolis, history professor at the Naval Academy, Finley Tynes an orchard manager, and Marshall Farmer school superintendent of Bellville New Jersey.
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H. B. McCormac
Rotary Club Today
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa
Mr. McCormac
Junior Board of Trade
Arthur Grascup
United States Steel Corp
H. F. Sturdy
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Finley Tynes
Staunton
Marshall Farmer
Bellville
N. J
Swiss declare usual neutrality
The political department of the Swiss federal council decided to send a note to France Germany and Italy containing a declaration of neutrality adopted yesterday by the national council.
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Berne
Swiss Federal Council
France
Germany
Italy
National Council
Butler Case Set for Tuesday on Liquor Charge
Harry W. Butler faces a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor. The case was set for Tuesday following an mishap yesterday at 4 50 near Aulick Gibbons taxicab stand on Piccadilly street. Butler was released on bond.
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Butler
Harry W. Butler
Aulick Gibbons
Piccadilly Street
Shenandoah Baptist Session Concludes On Page One
The Shenandoah Baptist session concludes with talks on education evangelism by Rev J J Wicker and a keynote by Rev R S Jones D D of Richmond. Reports show debt reduction at the Home and Foreign Missions Board and three new missionaries bound for China. Committees named for nominations resolutions auditing and event planning.
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R. P. Hough
Salem
J. J. Wicker
D. D
Fork Union Military Academy
R. S. Jones
Richmond
Home and Foreign
C. V. van der Linden
Boyce
E. E. Sumpter
Shenandoah
L. A. Parker
Berryville
Chas W. Burner
Front Royal
Belle Petty
Daisy Mauck
Bentonville
Katie Knight
S. C. Crawford
Kearneysville
W. Va
H. M. Hindman
Charles Town
W. S. Dix
C. C. Lauderback
Stanley
C. N. Shepherd
Rockland
G. F. Foster
Rileysville
Eugene G. Jackson
Religious Herald
Mrs. Ward Dies After Brief Illness In Winchester
Mrs J F Ward longtime Winchester resident born April 23 1858 in Cecil County Maryland died after a brief illness. She married William Wirt at 19 and later Dr Julian F Ward a Winchester physician and former mayor. Funeral Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. nephews Thomas W Harrison Jr Ross Veazey Seabury Davies Jr listed as active pallbearers.
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Page
Veazey Knight
Essex Lodge
Cecil County
Maryland
Old Episcopal Female Institute
Winchester
William Wirt
Julian F. Ward
Ward
University of Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Julia Knight Harrison
Thomas W. Harrison
Elizabeth McEldrey
Katherine Harrison
Ethel Knight
Maynard Passano
Baltimore
John Randolph Graham
New York
Seabury Davies, Sr
Richmond
Thomas W. Harrison, Jr
Mathew Harrison
Oakland
Calif
James Knight
Ross Veazey
Emily F Punston Ward
Robert M. Ward
Mrs. Allen Dies In N Y
Relatives announce the death of Mrs. Kate Russell Allen at Masonic Hospital Utica New York yesterday morning She was a cousin of T Russell Cather Thomas Cather and the late Howard and John Cather of this city She was twice married first to Mr Carey and then to the late John G Allen a Mason Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock this morning in New York.
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Allen
Masonic Hospital
Utica
N. Y
T. Russell Cather
Thomas Cather
Howard
John Cather
Carey
John G. Allen
Mr. Allen
Baldwin Brothers Realty Founders Die in Norfolk
Robert Barton Baldwin, long associated with Baldwin Brothers, dies leaving a widow Bessie Taylor Baldwin and siblings John Mackey Baldwin and Mrs. Barton Myers of Norfolk. He and his brother founded one of the region’s largest real estate firms. Body to be taken to Norfolk for funeral services Saturday morning.
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Robert Barton Baldwin
Linden
Norfolk
John Mackey Baldwin
Barton Myers
Robert Baldwin
Baldwin
Appalachian Apples Seeks Members For National Promotion Drive
Appalachian Apples plans a membership drive in Winchester with secretary manager Carroll R. Miller and field rep Finley Tynes to promote apples and by products. First signers of 1939 40 contracts are Senator Harry F. Byrd and T. B. Byrd. The Martinsburg based group is controlled by state horticultural societies from VA MD WV and PA with regional directors named from Winchester Roanoke Staunton and Greenwood.
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National Apple Institute
Carroll R. Miller
Appalachian Apples
Winchester
Finley Tynes
Appalachian Field
Harry F. Byrd
T. B. Byrd
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
H. Clay deGrange
E. D. Nininger
Roanoke
Frank H. Wissler
Mr. Jackson
William F. Young
Staunton
C. Purcell McCue
Greenwood
Market Quotations from Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago markets report on livestock, produce, eggs and butter. Prices for apples, poultry, eggs, butter, cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and dressed poultry are listed with varying weights and classes across the three cities. Top figures include cattle to 10.35 for steers, hogs 6.90, eggs 31-35 cents per dozen white, and butter tubs totaling 376 in Baltimore and general steady trade.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
U. S
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agr
Wether Springs
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Wheat and grain futures rise on European news in Chicago
Grain trade nervousness over European politics spurs renewed buying lifting wheat prices near two cents. Reports from the Southwest show flour demand and cash wheat improving amid war prep and abroad news. Chicago cash grain lists prices for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, rye, lard and bellies with regional bids. Baltimore markets show wheat and corn prices, compared to last year.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Police Court: Hartley Freed on Town Absence
Hanford Hartley jailed for drunken behavior receives six months suspended if he leaves town. Richard Braithwaite faces assault charge with six months suspended and costs.
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Hanford Hartley
Richard Braithwaite
Costa
Stock Market Retreat Marks Lethargic Trading Day
New York August 31 stock market fell 1 to 3 points with slow action and many losses late in the day. Transfers ran about 450000 shares while home news remained encouraging. list includes notable closes for Am Can Am Rad Goodyear U S Steel and others.
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New York
Axis
Squirrel Season Opens Tomorrow for Limited Hunt
The squirrel season begins tomorrow at 30 minutes before sunrise and runs through the month end. The bag limit is 6 daily and 75 per split season, with repeat guns plugged to limit to three shots. Two shells may be in the magazine and one in the chamber.
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F. W. Pingley
Swing Band at Berryville Orchard Picnic
The Swing Band played at the annual orchardist picnic hosted by Senator H. F. Byrd at Rosemont orchard near Berryville Virginia last Saturday.
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Donald Patton
H. F. Byrd
Rosemont Orchard
Berryville
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Mrs. Roosevelt
U. S. S. America
Newport News Yard
Traffi
John W
Rosenberger & CO
Braddock St
Legion
Broad Street
Virginia Department
American the Uniformed Corps
E. Ralph James
Hampton
American Legion
Fred C. Parks
Abingdon
James
London
Adolf Hitler
Frederick Co
Mr. Baker
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State Highway Commission
Miller’s
McCormac
Rotary Club
Shenandoah Baptist
H. A. Sodergren
Marshall Baptist Church
Africa
State Mission Board
J. F. Ward
British Royal Artillery
Waterloo Station
N.Y
Kate Russell
Mr. Baldwin
Seeks
Aaroh
Federal
Monark
Loudoun
Stock Market Report
Chem
Can
Am. Smel
B. and
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Can. Edison
Cigar
Elec
Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
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Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Va-Car. Pfd
Western Union
Woolworth
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