Winter snow totals rise to 15 1/4 inches in region
Primary 7-Inch Snow raises total to 15 1/4 inches as crews clear highways. W C Poston reports satisfactory progress though ice remains on grades. A minor injury occurs on Hupp's Hill near Strasburg when a truck skidded. bus service continues despite icy roads. Water runoff concerns rise as gutters are cleared. Total winter snowfall reaches 17.42 inches, far above recent years.
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W. C. Poston
Hupp
Winchester
Mounas
Poston
Many Uses For Loans A Shenandoah Farm Credit Unit
Production Credit loans in this area have financed crop production feeder stock dairy herd improvements breeding stock fertilizer lime fencing machinery building repairs taxes and insurance and debt consolidation. Each farmer with a loan becomes a Class B voting member with one vote. The Shenandoah Association has 217 members and $12,460 in capital stock. It is part of a network of 535 short term farm credit cooperatives in the United States with a history of serving Virginia since the first loan five years ago.
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Julian Everly
Shenandoah Association
Association Amouints
Virginia
Raise Em Big At Cedar Grove Too In Reply to A Star Request
Report notes farmers in the Cedar Grove area compare hog sizes with those butchered by W. V. Carpenter and others as requested by The Star on January 4. Details focus on livestock yields and regional farming practices.
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Cedar Grove
the Star
W. V. Carpenter
Mrs Greenhalgh and Bowles Added To Clarke County Horse Show Board
In Berryville Virginia on January 14 1939 Clarke County Horse and Colt Show Association elected new directors Mrs George Greenhalgh and W Lodge Bowles joining J T Lindsey H C Warden K N Gilpin G H Levi Graham Dougherty Ewart Johnston L H Bell E A Lindsey and A B Hummer The board declined a retirement request by long serving member Mr Warden Officers named J T Lindsey president H C Warden first vice president K N Gilpin second vice president A B Hummer secretary treasurer and E A Lindsey manager A committee including Mrs Greenhalgh George H Levi and Graham Dougherty was formed to study show improvement suggestions.
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Berryville
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show Association
George Greenhalgh
W. Lodge Bowles
J. T. Lindsey
H. C. Warden
K. N. Gilpin
G. H. Levi
Graham Dougherty Ewart Johnston
L. H. Bell
E. A. Lindsey
A. B. Hummer
George H. Levi
Graham Dougherty
Elusive fugitive proved to be Harrisonburg man caught in Md
Berryville Va January 14 Deputy Buckner identified Noah Roedefer of Harrisonburg as the suspect in multiple auto theft and forgery cases. Roedefer was arrested in Oakland Md in a stolen car with his wife and faces Maryland charges with possible federal transfer. He is linked to two Virginia thefts and various state offenses across West Virginia and Maryland.
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Berryville
Robert W. Buckner
Shenandoah Valley
Buckner
Noah Roedefer
North Main Street
Harrisonburg
Oakland
Commonwealth
M. T. Frailey
Roanoke
Maryland Commonwealth
Maryland
Roedefer
Berryvile
W. A. Dearmont, Jr
Harpers Ferry
Maine
Brunwick
Virginia
West Virginia
Federal Department of Justice
Washington
Dearmont
G-men
Cedar Grove hogs yield hefty total weight
Edgar McKee and H. K. Dick reported large hogs raised in Cedar Grove. Dick butchered five hogs for 1 866 pounds, Fries killed three for 1 017 pounds, and E Miller Fries butchered three for 500 pounds. Eleven hogs averaged 353 pounds each, while Carpenter and McKee’s thirteen animals averaged about 300 pounds.
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Edgar McKee
Whitacre
Cedar Grove
H. K. Dick
Mr. Dick
J. Theo Fries
E. Miller Fries
Carpenter and McKee
Salvation Army Services Set for Sunday
Salvation Army announces Sunday activities on January 15 with Sunday school at 11 a m and Young People’s Meeting at 6 30 p m followed by an evening service at 7 30 p m led by Capt and Mrs M W Bott at the new location 303 South Loudoun Street.
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Salvation Army
M. W. Bott
Lopele
South
Loudoun Street
Junior Board Hears Reports at Winchester Meeting
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade met at the George Washington Hotel in a February session attended by 63 members and visitors. Dr. Raymond Kerlin and chairmen from Public Health to Membership Procurement delivered semi annual and program reports. A resignation from First Vice President Harry Byrd Jr. was read and tabled for the next board meeting.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Bennie Belchie
Raymond Kerlin
Asbury Jackson
Historic Winchester
Thomas Scully
H. K. Benham
Roy Ryden
Otis Sargent
Forrest Jones
Verlous Sirbaugh
Dick Eddy
Denver Spring
John Scully
Thomas Woolfolk
C. Ridgely White
Winchester
Ralph Hardy
Woodrow Payne's Funeral Sunday
Funeral for Woodrow Payne will be held Sunday at 2:30 PM at Pine Grove Church in Gainesboro. Reverend Fred Crowe of the Gainesboro Methodist charge will preside. Interment follows in the church graveyard. funeral party departs about 1:00 PM.
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Woodrow Payne
Pine Grove Church
Fred Crowe
Gainesboro
Program of Home Agent Week Schedule
The home agent's program for January 16 to 21 lists daily offices and field work. Meetings include Whitacre 4-H at 2 PM Monday, Middletown Home Demonstration at 2 PM Tuesday, Gainesboro 7 30 PM Tuesday for planning, Stephens City furniture renovation all day Wednesday, Round Hill Older Rural Youth at 7 30 PM Wednesday, Brucetown reorganization Thursday 2 PM, Gore 4-H project meeting Friday 3 15 PM, and Saturday inspection of homemakers market.
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Whitacre
Middletown Home
Middletown School
Blair
Brucetown
Bottom coal rates urged by ICC examiner
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner urged a 25 cent per ton cut in bituminous coal freight rates for carloads from Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky mines to Virginia points via interstate routes. The proposed base rate would be 2.40 with current 2.65 replaced. affected lines include the Pocahontas on the Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio New River Pocahontas on the Virginian.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
W. R. Brennan
Norfolk & Western Railway
New River
Winchester Coal
Winchester
Insurance agent notes Friday the 13th sales spike
Wilmer JF. Shryock, a local agent, said he sold 17 accident policies yesterday to Winchester residents despite no serious accidents reported in the community. The remark plays on superstition surrounding Friday the 13th.
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Wilmer JF. Shryock
The
Star Today
Winchester
Postponed Middletown Grange Officer Installation
Installation of Middletown Grange officers postponed indefinitely due to extreme weather. A number of members attended but a majority could not reach the venue. The new date and time will be announced later.
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Middletown Grange
Senate Debates Relief Funding Changes and WPA Policy
Senate hearings begin on a relief bill as Byrnes proposes new WPA fund distribution rules. Debate centers on concentrating funds by need rather than population with Adams opposing formal distribution formulas. Nominees Hopkins Frankfurter and Murphy expected to secure confirmation.
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WPA
Farm Security Administration
Senate
Adamas
Senate Appropriations
Full
Appropriations Committee
House
Byrnes
Congress
Ciizens
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Clues Sought On Cause Of Northwest Crash
The article identifies crash victims Pilot C B Chamberlain from Minneapolis with a storied airline career, co pilot Raymond Norby from Minneapolis, engineer Richard Zahniser from Billings, and Mrs Morris from North Dakota with her son Gordon Morris in Seattle sales. Hewitt, a Northwest employee, left the plane at Miles City to visit parents in Terry Montana. Weather conditions and a late Miles City arrival are noted.
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C. B
Cash”) Chamberlain
Minneapolis
Frank Hawks
Universal Airlines
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas-Los Angeles
American Airways
Northwest
Raymond B. Norby
Richard S. Zahniser
Consolidated Motor Freight Service
Billings
Mont
Montana Highway Commission
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Morris
Northern Pacific Railway
North Dakota
Gordon Morris
Seattle
H. V. Hewitt
Northwest Airlines
Miles City
Terry, Mont
Hewitt
A. O. Hewitt
Chamberlain
Hewiss
Ann Bliven
Hershey Pints Clinch First Half of Ladies League
Hershey Pints finish the first half of the Evening Star Ladies' League with three wins, Handley runner-up, others scattered. The title awaits the second-half winner in spring. Highlights include Jasper 122 and Russell 119 in top games, Handley diver Sencin 313 in high set.
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Hershey
Handley
Jasper
Russell, Jr
Sinkabine
Star Office
Crash near Miles City cuts four aboard Northwest plane
The Northwest Airlines flight crashed near Miles City Montana killing all four on board. Co pilot Raymond B Norby of Minneapolis had been set for a vacation and a first pilot run on return. The airport manager reported a normal takeoff and a flash of fire as the plane disappeared west of the field. Officials kept onlookers back as wreckage lay in eroded coulees along the river bottoms.
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Bliven
Miles City
Minneapolis
Raymond B. Norby
Mineapolis
Northwest Airlines
Mont
Norby
West Coast
Northwest
Denver
Jan
Far West
Pacific Ocean
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Winchester Steam Laundry
North Kent 8&T
GIMCO
Chas. R. Keeler
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Vladimir
Frankfurter
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Elizabeth Dilling
Red Network
High Bench
Appropriations
Adams
Northern
Grunow
E. Piccadilly St
Cammers
Industrial Aces
Nurses
National Fruit
Boyce
Beta Sigma
Piccadilly
Evening Star Ladies’ League
Sencindiver
Russell
Cunningham
Ladies’ ‘League
W. ' Hershey Enews
Handley Ate
Seer
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