Americans In Warsaw Given Help
A number of 68 Americans in Warsaw who spent weeks under German and Soviet control received aid after the invasion of Poland. Local clergy and volunteers raised funds to aid destitute members of the colony, with rations including bread sugar eggs flour meat and other essentials allocated in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pockville
Spoen
Warsaw
Poland
United States
Berlin
Mr. Warfield
Miss Lawrence
Seta
Opequon Notes From Opequon Virginia Social Roundup
Opequon notes record visits and arrivals in Opequon Va on the weekend with Mrs Racey hosting her parents Mr and Mrs Williams and Mr J C Fawcett butchering for Mrs Minnie Headley. Visitors include Mr James Lineberg and family Winchester residents Mr Walter Wisecarver and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opequon
Robert Racey
Charles Baker
Annie Jane Bayliss
James Lineberg
James Line
John Slater
Winchester
Memorial Church
Washington
Nunn
Long Island
Patrick Green
Benton Snapp
Williams
J. C. Fawcett
Minnie Headley
Luttrell
Fawcett’s Gap
Walter Wisecarver
Woman’s Fat Loss Tip Promises Quick Results
An advertisement-like fragment urges women to shed fat via a daily tonic and dietary changes. It touts 20 pounds lost, increased energy, and a money back offer. The text scorns fat as unattractive and claims a simple morning formula activates the liver and bowels to reduce calories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rive i
Men and Church Services Across Winchester Circuit
Sunday schedule lists church schools and worship at multiple sites. Mount Pleasant hosts a 2 30 p m Men s Day Service with Rev Ronald S Wilson as guest speaker. Market Street Church hosts evening worship and a 7 30 p m adult meeting at the parsonage follows.
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Winchester U. B. Charge
Shirley
Pleasant
Ronald S. Wilson
Christian Endeavor
Pleasant Valley
C. E
Little Mountain
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Churches Convene in Middletown Area
In Middletown and surrounding areas multiple Methodist charges announce regular services led by pastors J T Brown Homer Welch R B Moore W D Sheets and others. The Second Quarterly Conference for the charge will be held jointly with Strasburg and Stephens City at Middletown on Friday January 17 at 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
J. T. Brown
Grace
Epworth League
Epworth
Strasburg
Stephens City
Disciples and Churches Concert Sunday Schedule
Rural Charge led by S J Goodteaches morning worship at Walnut Springs Bible school at 10 followed by communion and consecration. Cedar Cliff group Presbyterian Julian Owen minister Cedar Creek church school 9 30 morning worship 11 Sunday Lord's Supper. Nineveh church morning worship 11 and Lord's Supper. Congregational meetings at Cedar Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disciples OF Christ, Rural Charge
S. J. Goode
Walnut Springs
Cedar Clifr Group
Julian T. Owen
Cedar Cuff
Cedar Creek
Nineveh
Sch
Cedar
Jesus Teaches Humility At Sabbath Dinner
A Pharisee hosts Jesus on the Sabbath as He heals a man with dropsy and questions the legality of healing. Jesus rebukes pride, warns against inviting only the rich, and urges inviting the poor and afflicted for true reward in the resurrection.
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Jesus
Earth
Creek and Nineveh at the conclusion of worship services
CHRIST C A QUENZEL minister leads Bible School at 10 a m with Charles E McVay as superintendent and communion at 11 30 a m Our Ladder Contest in the Bible School is highlighted by leaders James Crim and Earl Smith Roger Babson commends Sunday school teachers as a noble lot saying America owes them an untold debt next to mothers
Staples Rules Against Special Congress Election
Attorney General A P Staples issues an opinion holding that the Democrats in the Second district cannot use the primary method to nominate a candidate for Congress if a special election is held between January and August. Darden plans to resign and seek gubernatorial nomination, with Norman Hamilton as a potential candidate to fill the vacancy.
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Richmond
A. P. Staples
Colgate W. Darden
Darden
Congress
Norman R. Hamilton
Portsmouth
Staples
James M. Robertson
Norfolk
House of Delegates
Ridgeway Circuit Methodist Church Evangelistic Week
The Ridgeway Circuit Methodist Church led by Pastor G H Fielding announces church schools at usual hours and worship at Paynes Chapel at 11 a m. An evangelistic service joins all churches at 7 30 p m at Bunker Hill Methodist Church with participation by Young People from Pitzer's Arden and Darkesville in a special program each evening featuring songs by different groups.
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Ridgeway Circuit Methodist Church
G. H. Fielding
Paynes Chapel
Bunker Hill Methodist Church
Pitzer’s, Arden and
Darkesville
Reserve Bank Realizes Less On Loans To Members
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported 1940 loan earnings of 2,349.45 on member bank loans down from 4,983.41 in 1939. President Hugh Leach noted total earnings from U S securities of 2,152,495 with reserves rising to 573,207,647 and 21 new member banks joining. Checks handled totaled 15,474,834,000, a high for the bank and more than double 1920.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Hugh Leach
United States
Statment
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair Composed in 1854
Stephen Foster composed To Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair in 1854. The song remains a landmark parlor tune and early American classic.
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Jeanie
Stephen Foster
Revival for Young People at Market Street Methodist Church
The Irenes See Winchester Young People revival begins Monday February 7 at 7 30 PM at Market Street Methodist Church. Sings precede services with participation invited from Berryville Braddock Street Brucetown Burnt Factory Kernstown Macedonia Relief Refuge Stephens City and Stephens City congregations urged to bring large youth turnout nightly. Program outlines to be published later.
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Winchester
Market Street Methodist Church
Berryville
Braddock Street
Brucetown
Burnt Factory
Kernstown
Macedonia
Market Street
Middletown
Relief
Refuge
Stephens City
Stephenson
President requests higher National Park budget across areas
The White House asked Congress to fund Shenandoah at 104 640 for the coming year up 11 030 from 93 610. The request also seeks 6 000 000 for Blue Ridge Natchez Trace and George Washington parkways to cover contract obligations. Other parks show varied increases.
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Shenandoah National Park
Roose
Congress
Blue Ridge, Natchez Trace
George Washington
Blue Ridge
Natchez Trace
National Park Service
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Appomattox National Battlefield Site
Fredericksboro- Spotsylvania Battlefields Memorial Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Pe National Military Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Horner resigns as West Virginia adjutant general
Brigadier General William L. Horner announced his resignation as state adjutant general and state director of selective service effective January 13. He will return to active duty as captain of the 150th Infantry, which is to be inducted January 17, with his commission already signed by Governor Holt.
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Charleston
W. Va
William L. Horner
Selective Service
Horner
150Th Infantry
Holt
Harrison Heads Maryland Fruit Men For Year
HAGERSTOWN Md Jan 10 The Maryland State Horticultural Society closed its two day convention last night by re electing Joseph G Harrison of Berlin as president and approving meetings here again in 1942 Stanley M Fulton of first vice president Dwight T Walker of Mt Airy as second vice president and A F Vierheller of the University of Maryland as secretary treasurer The society endorsed national control of cull apples and the apple tree removal program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Joseph G. Harrison
Berlin
Stanley M. Fulton
Dwight T. Walker
Mt. Airy
A. F. Vierheller
University of Maryland
Shenandoah Receives Cotton for Mattress Making Program
Shenandoah county will join the cotton mattress program by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. A carload of cotton to make 480 mattresses is expected. families with four or more members and low income can obtain one mattress for $1, with supervision by home demonstration club volunteers. Applications start at the Woodstock office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
G. G. Dickenson
Shenandoah
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Dickenson
Bridge Building Awaits Congress
That tri state bridge over the Potomac at Sandy Hook delays construction until congressional authorization is secured. Maryland Virginia and West Virginia have completed arrangements. the project would cost about 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Potomac River
Sandy Hook
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ten Columnists Cost $122 Each in Kansas City
Kansas City reports the cost of ten columnists at $122 apiece, detailing the expense amid local budgeting notes. The brief item notes per-person cost and total outlay within a municipal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Donnell Seeks Inauguration as Missouri Governor
Forrest C. Donnell indicated he would be inaugurated Monday as Missouri's new governor. Democrats call for a legislative investigation of the November election count that gave Donnell a Republican 3 613 vote margin over Lawrence E McDaniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri
Donnell
Lawrence E. McDaniel
Confirmation From Reno On Airmail Letter Delay
A Reno report notes an airmail letter to a wife in Pina Slovakia claimed she started heading home to her mother but remained away nearly a year. The letter mailed August 1939 and delayed by a hub is cited as the source of the confusion.
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Reno
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W. D. Sheets
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Akness
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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