French Claiming Victories In Air Over German Lines
Paris dispatch reports a second lieutenant and three sergeants piloted four French pursuers who shot down three Messerschmitts yesterday despite a three to one German numerical disadvantage. Infantry observers saw twelve Messerschmitts strike at 10,000 feet but four French planes repelled the attack and downed three German craft with dramatic maneuvers and gunfire behind enemy lines.
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Paris
Messerschmitt
Giving Help To Finland May Be Neutrality Breach
Washington January 13 Congress weighs Finland aid with caution amid neutrality concerns. Republicans call for executive initiative on a specific plan while both parties fear violating US neutrality as Roosevelt urges nonpartisan action. House and Senate recessed after passing the session’s appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Baltic Republic
House
Senate
Pre-Marital Blood Test Bill Seen Advancing In Virginia
Tom Baldridge, president of the Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce and board member of the local Junior Board of Trade, says the premarital blood test bill has a good chance of passage in the present legislature. He cites support from junior chambers health committees and civic groups, with the Virginia Medical Society backing the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Baldridge
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Board of Trade
Virginia Medical Society
Murder Suspect Is Returned To Clarke
Joe Cave alias Joe Davis was returned to Clarke County for questioning by Commonwealth Attorney Edward McCormick Williams in the murder of William Monroe Price age 57 who was found critically injured last October and died later in Memorial Hospital Winchester. Cave was arrested in Washington on a drunk charge and released to Clarke authorities. He had been missing since the crime was discovered and a warrant was issued because he bunked with Price in the barn where the injured man was found unconscious from blows with a quart whiskey bottle. Efforts to contact Williams for a statement were unfruitful. Carl Trenary accompanied Deputy Sheriff Miles Feltner and Williams to identify Cave.
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Berryville
Joe Cave
Joe Davis
Commonwealth
Edward McCormick Williams
William Monroe Price
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Dave
Washington
Clarke
Price
Mr. Williams
Carl Trenary
Miles Feltner
Ave
Two Meet Death In Head On Crash Near Petersburg
Petersburg Va January 13 two persons killed and a third critically hurt in a head on crash on the Richmond Petersburg turnpike. Robert Coleman Davis about 28 nephew of Delegate I Newton Coleman of Dinwiddie county was one victim riding alone in one car. An unidentified woman in the other car fatally injured died within minutes when the car spun into a ditch. Max Geto of 8018 Twenty first Avenue Brooklyn New York was badly injured. A local funeral home sought to establish the woman’s identity.
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Petersburg
Richmond - Petersburg
Robert Coleman Davis
I. Newton Coleman
Dinwiddie County
Max Geto
Twenty-first Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Woman Bank Official Guilty Of Theft In Virginia Case
Mrs Mildred C Carroll 37 former bookkeeper at Bank of Phoebus was convicted of grand larceny for a 35000 misappropriation from bank accounts and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary by Judge John Weymouth in Elizabeth City County Circuit Court. She pleaded guilty and was tried without a jury and faces federal indictment on a related charge.
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Hampton
Mildred C. Carroll
Bank of Phoebus
John Weymouth
Elizabeth City
Carroll
Harry H. Holt, Jr
U. S
Virginia C I O Forms State Federation In Virginia
Delegates from 145 C I O locals in Virginia organized a state federation linking 36 468 members led by United Mine Workers with 12 400 dues payers. Other represented unions include textile workers Amalgamated Clothing Workers and Maritime unions with smaller groups. An open session tonight at City Auditorium will feature Rep John W Flannagan of the Ninth District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Virginia
Textile Workers
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Packing House and Cannery Workers
Maritime Union
City Auditorium
John W Flannagan
Ninth District
Explosion Wrecks Main Building at Yarwood Ship Plant
London report says a blast at the Yarwood shipbuilding plant in Northwich Cheshire sparked flames that spread for a quarter mile destroying the main building. Firemen faced further explosions as officials ruled out sabotage. Northwich lies about 30 miles southeast of Liverpool on the Weav er river.
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London
Yarwood
Northwich
Cheshire
Liverpool
Middle England
Mersey
Disastrous Fire Follows Explosion In Redding
In Redding California a downtown block burned after a mysterious explosion. About 3 000 residents joined eight salaried and 40 volunteer firemen to battle the blaze, which levelled a block and threatened the business district. Pioneer store manager William Clement said damage exceeded 1 000 000, with other estimates higher.
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Redding
Calif
William Clement
Pioneer
No family denied service in 17 years of business
The statement asserts that in over 17 years of operation no family has been refused service regardless of financial condition. It emphasizes a long history of inclusive customer support and equal treatment.
Baltimore Prices and Market Reports Across Livestock Food Commodities
Baltimore market notes show mixed gains and dull trading across produce poultry and fowl with price ranges for chickens turkeys ducks and geese. Baltimore livestock totals include cattle hogs calves and sheep with steadier to higher cattle and hog movements and shifts in sheep demand.
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Baltimore
Kent Island
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago
U. S
Stock Market Report Mixed Gains In Quiet Trading
New York traders saw a mild rally heat but broad buying failed to develop. Late session weakness limited gains as 450000 shares changed hands. American Woolen preferred jumped briefly after news of a $3 per share payment on arrears. Final quotes listed many names with small to moderate moves.
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New York
American Woolen Preferred
Local Markets Update From The Star
The Star presents daily market listings with price ranges and item notes. Readers are advised to verify figures locally as minor typographical errors may occur in the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Deficit and relief funds update from county financials
The December 1939 county report shows a deficit projection of about 4000 dollars. Disbursements totaled 11 732.09 with transfers to relief and court funds. Relief funds balance stood at 962.72 with 1081.51 received from state and federal sources and 543.64 transferred from the county fund.
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W. A. Baker
Relief Fund
Circuit Court
Dog Fund
General County Fund
Back Creek
Local Wholesale Market Flour and Feed Prices Listed
A historical market list shows patent brand flour priced per barrel for various bag sizes from 5.65 to 5.95 and corn meal and different feeds ranging 1.55 to 2.00. The record includes butter, middling, chick feeds, and dairy feeds with multiple bag sizes and units, reflecting a regional wholesale price sheet.
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Peery Dcca
Askites
Ise
Ssewaeady Oe
Ascueane
Grain futures and cash prices show mixed moves in brisk Chicago session
Wheat eased from a brief advance as Winnipeg strength supported bids. No 2 hard wheat traded around 1.02 a bushel in cash Chicago. May wheat closed lower. corn, oats, and soy futures moved modestly, with mixed gains and losses across contract months. Cash quotes for various grains and feeds were reported in Chicago.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Southwest
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Miss Crockwell Dies at 83 in Clarke County
Miss Ida Wershington Crockwell aged 83 of White Post died yesterday at 4 30 PM in her Battletown Inn apartment from infirmities. She and her late sister Ella Crockwell ran Ber telephone exchange for years and was a Presbyterian Church member. Survived by cousins Miss Daisy Lee Shepherd and Daniel T Shepherd of Berryville. Funeral Sunday at 4 PM from Presbyterian Church with Rev. E D Vaughan officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery.
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Ida Wershington Crockwell
John R. Crockwell
Annie E. Richards Crockwell
White Post
Battletown Inn
Crockwell
Ella Crockwell
Ber
Presbyterian Church
Daisy Lee Shepherd
Daniel T. Shepherd
Berryville
E. D. Vaughan
Green Hill Cemetery
Bulgaria and Turkey reach complete peace accord
A diplomatic communique from SOFTA says Bulgaria and Turkey have complete concordance on peace in the Balkans and neutrality. Turkish secretary Numan Menemencoglu met Bulgarian Premier George Krossekianoff and was received by King Boris. Bulgaria pledges to maintain neutrality while friendship with Turkey continues.
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Softa
Bulgaria
Turkey
Balkans
Numan Menemencoglu
George Krossekianoff
Boris
Ankara
Menemencogli
Rumania
Dobrudja
Danville Barber Dies After Truck Hit Incident
Danville's second traffic fatality of the year is reported as W. F. Keck 74, longtime Danville barber, dies in hospital after being struck by a truck while stepping from the sidewalk on Jefferson Street last night.
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Danville
W. F. Keck
Jefferson Street
Wheat and Corn Prices From Winchester Markets
Wheat No. 2 red winter at 1.04 dollars per bushel and corn at 60 cents per bushel. Prices based on mill deliveries, with year ago levels Wheat 0.68 and corn 0.45.
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Winchester
Newport News Girl Weds Wyoming Lawyer in New York
Miss Dorothy M. Hardy of Newport News Virginia married William Bradford Ross second son of Nellie Tayloe Ross director of the United States Mint and former Wyoming governor. They wed at St James Protestant Episcopal Church and will reside in Cheyenne after a Nassau honeymoon.
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New York
Dorothy M. Hardy
Newport News
William Bradford Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross
United States Mint
W. B. Ross
Wyoming
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church
George Hardy
Kings Smith
London
Academy of Dramatic Art
Venice
Paris
Ross
Lacey & Loomis
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nassau
Blind Girl Wins Oratory Contest in New Jersey
Eighteen year old Eleanor Dun can smiled as she won a sectional American Legion oratorical contest in Hoboken. The Demarest School senior, blind since birth, presented a braille manuscript and aimed for the $4,000 national prize to support music studies.
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Hoboken, N. J
Eleanor Duncan
American Legion
Demarest School
Eleanor
United States
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Am. Can
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Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Mont-Ward
Packard Motor
Penn R. R
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern R. R
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Victor
Miss Crockwell
Firestone
N. Loudoun St
Firestone Standard
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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