Lions Club Concession Profits Belong To Roy Legge
The Winchester Lions Club reports that profits from a post office concession operated by Roy Legge belong entirely to Legge. The concession, established by the Virginia Commission for the Blind and sponsored by the Lions Club, uses free lobby space via a congressional act. The program aims to showcase blind individuals' capabilities and help those with vision loss earn a livelihood.
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P. G. Ireland
The
Lions Club
Roy Legge
Legge
Post Office Department
Treland
Virginia Commission For the Blind
Winchester
Congress
Battleship Respected Bulwark Of First Line Defense
Navy officials testified on the costly naval expansion arguing battleships remain the bulwark of defense and offense. They dismissed lighter craft and urged building heavy surface ships as air power grows and sea fronts demand stronger protection.
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Navy
House Naval Committee
Maas
R.minn
Leahy
United States
County Board Honors 1738 Virginia County Founding
Frederick County marks two hundredth anniversary of the 1738 act establishing the county from Orange with Winchester as its county seat. The board reviews historic boundaries from Blue Ridge to western limits and commemorates the mid 18th century creation.
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Page
Frederck
City of
Winchester
High School Principals To Hold A 3-Day Conference
Prine of northern Virginia High Schools travel to Charlottesville for a three day conference to discuss failure and promotion of pupils, evaluation of pupil growth, and use of subject matter content. Committees will gather viewpoints to improve Virginia education. The report notes a high rural dropout rate, with 82 percent of white rural enrollment in seventh grade or below and 30,929 pupils aged 14 or older below eighth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Howard
Winchester
Voca
Howard
Virginia
Frederick County Bi-Centennial Apple Blossom Plan Endorsed
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approves the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival planners plan to feature the county bi-centennial anniversary during the Fifteenth Apple Blossom celebration. They pledge full cooperation and support to the officers and directors and call for public encouragement and assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Aaid
Shenandoah
Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Insurgents claim government retreat near Teruel
Spanish insurgent officers report the fourth day of their offensive in the rugged district north of Teruel pushing government forces into headlong retreat. Official dispatches say the fighting was a veritable butchery while government circles claim great calm and continued resistance.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Mediterranean
Madrid
Fall On Horse Fatal To Mrs. Julia Morris
Mrs. Julia P. Morris of Brookfield Clarke county was killed when her horse fell during a ride at her Narvissa farm with her brother Winslow Lewis. The animal reportedly struck a fence top rail causing a somersault that pinned her. Funeral held at Chestnut Hill Episcopal Church Philadelphia. she was sister of Miss Mary Lewis and Mr. Joseph Lewis.
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Julia P. Morris
Mary Lewis
Joseph Lewis
Miss Lewis
Graham Daugherty
Clarke County
Philadelphia
Richard E. Dole
Episcopal Church
Chestnut Hill
Stormy Weather Leading In Race
Oran Algeria February 8 Maurice Rossi French trans Atlantic flier set a new world speed record over a 2000 kilometer course with a 2000 kilogram payload. He averaged 436.363 kilometers per hour (272 mph) in an Amiot 370 aircraft. The previous record of 428.296 kilometers per hour (266 mph) was held by Adriano Bacula and Paolo de Ambroisis in a Savoia Marchetti tri motor plane.
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Oran
Algeria
Maurice Rossi
Rossi
Amiot
Adriano Bacula
Paolo de Ambroisis
Savoia
Omaha Is To Be Sent Abroad
Navy Department says light cruiser Omaha now overhaul at Norfolk will replace Raleigh as flagship of squadron 40 in April for Mediterranean service. Repairs expected complete about February 25.
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Washington
Navy Department
Omaha
Norfolk, Va
Funeral Services For Mrs Milburn
The body of Mrs Mary Anderson Milburn 51 widow of Walter C Milburn died February 5 of bronchial pneumonia in Baltimore and was brought to Winchester. Funeral services were held at 1 pm in the Church of the Sacred Heart and interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. She was born in Hampshire County West Virginia daughter of the late Daniel L and Mary B White Anderson and lived in the Clear Brook Stephenson area of Frederick County for many years. Several family connections attended with the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson Milburn
Walter C. Milburn
Baltimore
Winchester
Church of the Sacred Heart
Charles Comaskey
Mount Hebron
Milburn
Daniel L
Mary B. White Anderson
Hampshire County
Aberdeen Sauerkraut Club Keeps Officers Secret Again
Membership remains secret as the Aberdeen Sauerkraut Club announces officers by anonymous letters on club stationery. The message states president and vice president and treasurer are the same as last year.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Aberdeen Sauerkraut Club
Ditto
White Hall Unit Scouts Advance During Boy Scout Week
Scout executive Dan O Henry announced Troops Nine and One in Winchester qualified for the 10 year program award. A senior Explorer Patrol was organized at White Hall guided by Albert L Luttrell with members from White Hall Clearbrook and Grimes. A new Pikeside West Virginia troop formed with 14 boys and Rev. Mr Lightner as Scoutmaster.
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Shenandoah
Dan O. Henry
Winchester
E. B. Cooper
Harold News
New
White Hall
Henry
Explorer Patrol
Albert L. Luttrell
Clearbrook
Grimes
Thomas Russell
Robert Russell
Floyd Luttrell
Foster Bageant
Charles Hancher
Edgar Smoke
Pikeside
W. Va
Lightner
C. 8. Hartman
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Uncle Don
Hollywood
Howard Philips
Hobby Lobby
Kathryn Carvens
Allan R. DaFoe
Major Bowes
Rossi Sets Up New Speed Record
Stormy Weather led early in the fifth annual Miami Nassau yacht race as 13 sailing vessels unfurled jibs and pushed eastward from Miami Beach. Stormy Weather skippered by Ducky Endt held a slight early lead after the start.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Stormy Weather
Ducky Endt
Fire inspector buys badge. finds brother’s lost billfold
Kansas City report says fire inspector Joseph Maroney bought a badge from a stranger for a dollar, then discovers his brother Patrick, a firefighter, had lost the badge along with sixty dollars in the billfold.
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Kansas City
Joseph Maroney
Maroney
Patrick
County Ended January With 13172 In General Fund
County Treasurer Harry McCann reported to the Board of Supervisors that as of January 31 the general fund balance stood at 13172.64. January expenditures totaled 4099.54 while receipts reached 17272.18 distributed across taxes, transfers, refunds, welfare state funds, and other items. Disbursements included warrants and vital statistics expenses, with welfare transfers and state credits noted. road fund balances held in three districts show small sums remaining.
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Harry McCann
Board of Supervisors
Bailey Brothers
C. C. Brannon
C. C. Branon
Cedar Rust
I. .N. Good
State For Welfare
General County Fund
Four year request for Gainesboro school discussed
Frederick County School Board debated a petition to convert the consolidated Gainesboro school into a four year institution but tabled it for later consideration. Gore patrons reported a $596 fund-raising effort to buy land for a proposed consolidated school and the board pledged action. A $125 dental clinic allocation was approved for 1938 39. substitutes will now be paid full rates. A 35 mph bus speed limit and gear use for steep descents were adopted for safety, with drivers praised for safety and no current accidents.
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Frederick County
State Highway Department
Bryarly
Gainesboro
Gore
Frederick Courty
Virginia House approves billboard regulation bill
The Virginia House passed a rural highway billboard bill 75 to 20 after two hours of debate. Delegate L H Schrader attacked the measure as harmful to rural residents, winning an amendment allowing owners to place signs on their land without permits.
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Richmond
Horace Edward
L. H. Shrader
Amherst
House of Delegates
Schrader
Virginia
China
Shrader
C. G. Quesenberg
Waynesboro
Edwards
Quick Action to Stop Cold Germs with Zonite Gargle
An advertising snippet promotes Zonite gargle as a fast acting antiseptic that kills cold germs on contact. It claims laboratory tests show it is more effective than other non-poisonous antiseptics and advises gargling one teaspoon in half a glass of water to soothe a sore throat and prevent spread to nose or bronchial tubes.
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Prices
Baltimore cattle calves and sows steady to down with vealers and weighty bulls steady. Chicago market 15-25 lower than Monday with 8.55-9.75 per 100 pounds for good cattle and 7.00-7.40 for packing sows. sheep and vealers show varying moves. Philadelphia live poultry and dairy prices listed with butter and egg ranges.
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Baltimore
Dept. Agri
Chicago
Local Markets and Prices from The Star Daily
The page lists local wholesale market prices for bags of patent flour and corn products, dairy feeds, flour types, oats, middlings, and mixed feeds. It also shows livestock prices including young and old turkeys, geese, ducks, goose, live hogs, sows, spring lambs, and buck lambs with price ranges and per unit details.
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Feea
Lee
Nate Etene
Eesti
Grain futures rally on export demand and moisture worry
Chicago wheat futures rose up to 11-4 cents as export demand and southwest moisture shortages boost values. Australia sold 1.7 million bushels to Great Britain. Closing prices show May and July futures up across corn oats rye and soybeans with cash grain mixed and regionally quoted prices in Baltimore and Winchester.
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Chicago
Southwest
Australia
Great Britain
Chicago Cash Grain
Wall Street Rally Lifts Industrials as GM Ups Dividends
A sweeping rally on New York stocks Feb 8 boosted industrials by over 4 points at best and buoyed investors. Volume was light, with about 700,000 shares traded. Traders cited supportive talks between U S Steel and the C I O and noted General Motors' 25 cent dividend boosted auto shares amid expected wage and price effects.
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New York
Washington
Wall Street
U.S. Steel
General Motors
Evening ver delivery in Winchester notice
If you fail to receive your Evening ver in Winchester there is no charge for this postal telegraph service and prompt delivery is offered.
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Winchester
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Mr. Legge
Hull
County Board
Charlottesville
Icebox
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgr
Julia Morris
Cooper and Rowe
Back Creek
Shawnee
Want
Elbert Hubbard
Winchester Evening Star
Apple Capital
U. S
Star
Eeeeses
Sveaens
Eeeeseetens
Mereeeeresene
Eneretne Egg Peerese
Eeergreeee Eeeerees
Baltimore Grain
Winchester Grain Market
Stock Market Report
al. Chem
Am. B. Shoe
Am. Smelt
Am. Tel
Tel
Am. Teb. B
Anaconda
A. T
Beth Steel
Case
C. and
Chrysler
Colum Credit
Can. Edison
DuPont de. N
Gen
Elec
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Int. Harvester
Int
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Mont-Ward
Nat. Distillers
N. Y. Central
Owens
U. S. Steel
West
UN. Tel
Woolworth
Va.Crem
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