Handley Hosts Waynesboro In CVAL Hardwood Clash
Handley high hosts Waynesboro Pa in a CVAL basketball contest at 7 30 tonight. Handley coach Maddox fields a green lineup led by Norman Qchs and aims to boost local turnout after a tough season so far. The visiting Waynesboro squad, strong last year, seeks another league title with a string of wins. The Panthers from Martinsburg beat Handley earlier, while Fort Hill remains a Cumberland area favorite. Players include Himelright Sutton Yeakle Whit ham Ritter Patton Stewart and Cather.
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Handley
Waynesboro
Tommadoes
Oapce
Charles Town
Jeton County
W. Va
Panhandle
Ers
Hunter Maddox
Norman Qchs
Pete Himelright
Dick Sutton
Frank Yeakle
Tom Whitham
Tom Ritter
Harold Patton
Donald Stewart
Willy Cather
Miss Keasby Buys Historic Estate at Aldie New Jersey
Miss Marguerite Keasby of Morristown New Jersey purchases a colonial Aldie estate spanning twenty eight acres. The sale includes a house built in 1738 with ties to the Noland Berkeley lineage and Jeffersonian design influence. Possession transfers February 10 with planned improvements before occupancy. The property has Civil War hospital history for both sides.
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W. O. Bailey
Aldie
Marguerite Keasby
Mortown
N. J
Keasby
Charlotte H. Noland
Middleburg
Thomas Jefferson
Noland
Berkeley
Hugh McVeigh
George Eustis
Bernard Harrison
New York
Baileys
Triple superphosphate aid announced for Virginia farmers
W H Daugherty state executive officer of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration says triple superphosphate will be granted to Virginia farmers under the 1939 agricultural conservation program. Farmers must request through their county conservation association with a 30 cent deposit per 100 pounds and a $1.50 per 100 pounds deduction from 1939 payments. The material offers a $6 per ton cash outlay after credits, and immediate arrangements are urged due to limited supply.
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W. H. Daugherty
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Virginia
Doughtrey
Garner Room Is Gaining Endorsers
Washington January 18 Roosevelt's suggestion that Vice President Garner is qualified for the Presidency was endorsed today by several Senate colleagues. Senator Burke of Nebraska praised Garner as the average American and Texan. Senator Sheppard of Texas said he supports Garner and Senator Connally noted Texas Democrats endorsed his candidacy last summer.
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Washington
Rhfiliott Roosevelt
Garner
Senate
Burke
Dneb
Sheppard
D-Tex
Texas
Connally
Texans Ask Where Money Coming From
In Austin on January 18, Governor W Lee O Daniel faced a joint legislative session to unveil his plan for pension payments of 30 dollars monthly to every citizen over 65. The crowd at the university stadium applauded while O Daniel and his family adjusted to public life, amid questions about funding the program.
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Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Senate
House
O’daniel
University of Texas
Molly
Pat
Mike
James V. Allred
Houston
Peanut Company Workers Walk Out in Suffolk
In Suffolk on January 17 a majority of Lummis Peanut Company workers walked off the job after failed contract talks with the company and local 110 CIO. An official estimated 150 of 180 plant employees did not report for work, while CIO rep George Stafford said 137 of 165 stayed away. Disagreement centered on a closed shop for regular employees. seasonal workers were to be excluded. Many striking workers are African American and also farm part time.
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Suffolk
Lummis Peanut Company
Peanut Company
CIO
George Stafford
Stafford
Railways Cut Apple Carload Weight to 24000 Pounds
Southern rail lines will reduce minimum apple carloads from 30000 to 24000 pounds in the Appalachian belt. The shift allows about 480 bushels per car into southern markets under the ninth class rate instead of 600 bushels. Virginia and West Virginia horticultural groups plus Appalachian Apples advocated the change, to take effect February 13, 1939, with assent hoped from other carriers. W S Campfield announced Southern Railway confirmation of the 24000-pound carload.
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Appalachian
State Horticultural Societies of
Virginia
West Virginia
Appalachian Apples, Inc
W. S. Campfield
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Southern Railway
Corporations Complain of Rising Taxes at Local Phone Firm
At the Harrisonburg Mutual Telephone Company annual meeting officers reported a 56 percent tax rise over four years from 1934 to 1938. The 1938 tax bill was 8 065.84, with social security comprising 30 percent of taxes. The firm reported record gross income and 3 462 company owned phones plus 2 379 farmers mutual lines, totaling 5 841 in Rockingham County. Calls rose to 8,419,351 in 1938, with long distance at 86,922. Sixty-one regular employees and ten extra staff served 1938, while 63 549.29 was spent on additions and improvements. Board approved 1939 cable and circuit expansions.
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Harrisonburg Mutual Telephone Company
G. Fred Switzer
Elias Brunk
Frank C. Switzer
Mangner
Frank A. Gould
C. P. Harshberger
S. B. Switzer
Switzer
Mutual Company
Rockingham County
B. C. Coffman
Harrisonburg
Weyers Cave Station
Reporter Denies He Entered Mexico Illegally
Brownsville dispatch reports Frank L. Kluckhohn NYT correspondent says US embassy in Mexico City has copies of credentials showing he entered Mexico. Mexican press bureau says he entered in violation of immigration orders and maligned policy. The journalist plans to stay several days and notes he has sent hundreds of stories over two years without rebuttal from Mexico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Frank L. Kluckhohn
New York Times
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Southern Republic
Kluckhohn
Mexican Republic
Oer
Blacksmith Found Near Frozen At Elkins Plant
How ard Sorg a 60 year old man from Winchester Virginia was found half frozen near the W H Mason plant in South Elkins His legs failed and he lay beside the track until a railroad section crew discovered him and aided him to the boiler room police moved him to the city hall for recovery Sorg claimed to be a former blacksmith and gave varying hometowns Rich Mountain Buchannon and Winchester
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Sorg
Rich Mountain
Buchannon
Winchester
Espionage Plot Seems Dispelled in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland rumors of a German spy plot granting carrier pigeons and flags were debunked by two local businessmen. Max Rohder and Albert Beck said the activity stemmed from a German Benevolent Union branch in Pittsburgh and caused business disruption but no political espionage. An FBI check was reportedly conducted while police found no confirmed foreign flags.
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Hagerstown
Max Rohder
Doubhnut
Albert Beck
German Beneficial Union
Pittsburgh
Rohder
Beck
Union
New York
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bankers Life warns of noise during Riveting Period
Des Moines Des Moines Bankers Life Company announces a display ad asking residents to bear with construction noise as steel workers assemble the new home office framework. The note likens riveting to an essential but unfortunate noise of civilization.
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Des Moines
Bankers Life Company
Ruritans Vote to Reform as Convention Closes
The Ruritans national convention in Richmond re elected Marvin Gray of Wakefield president and adjourned after an appeal by Benjamin Muse for patriotic revival. Muse urged pride in American achievement amid calls to strengthen business backing as part of a broader service program. An amended constitution allows the last five presidents to serve as directors, with Muse presenting the final business session remarks.
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Richmond
Raritan National
Marvin Gray
Wakefsit
Benjamin Muse
Dinwiddie
Muse
Gray
House of Delegates
Paul Everett
Holland
W. P. McGuire
Petersburg
M. P. Sebre
America
Sebrell
Basil Coale
Raritan
Ruritan
Ruritan National
Death of Clarke County Girl Is Held Accidental
Funeral services for Miss Laura Sowers 36 of Clarke county were held at her parents home in Berryville with two hymns read by the pastor. The coroner cited dental death after a fatal burn in a summer cottage near Franconia Virginia. She was a graduate nurse and former secretary to a Washington physician and is survived by her parents and many siblings.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Laura Sowers
Clayton Sowers
L. A. Parker
Berryville Baptist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Edward Jones
Charles Town
W. Va
Edward Allen
Rippon
John Rissler
Tom Elsen
Marvin Longerbeam
Howard Morrison
Llewellyn Powell
Fairfax County
Miss Sowers
Franconia
Terry B. Simms
Washington
James Mahoney
Grace as ballast for the marital ship in a modern tale
A newspaper column advice piece argues religion and self improvement as ballast for marriage. It suggests couples cultivate faith, read books, enjoy arts, and take up hobbies to enrich life and ward off boredom. It highlights a couple building a home workshop and a baby as the era's "best paying cargo" before audience letters from readers.
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Grace
Amnon Tee
Caroline Chatfield
Awards honor county clubs with past year achievements
The report shows membership shifts from 1 543 to 2 328 with 61 clubs. Eight new clubs are in North Carolina. Herbert M Wilkinson and L F Altaffer, presidents of the Gerow Dinwiddie county and Richmond county clubs, will receive plaques tonight for service and achievement. awards were announced yesterday.
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Bership
North Carolina
Herbert M. Wilkinson
L. F Altaffer
Gerow
Regulation of Farm Production Advocated at Retail Dry Goods Meet
New York January 18 Harry L Brown assistant secretary of agriculture urged the National Retail Dry Goods Association convention to support incomes for workers and government crop control as essential to industry. He said crop control mirrors industry control of production and serves businessmen by backing the present program.
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New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Harry L. Brown
United States
Woman Attacked by Unknown Man Near Huddleston
Bedford police were informed that Mrs. John Hancock, a widow, was assaulted last night in her barn near Huddleston. She suffered shock and could not identify the assailant as to race. Police officer Mason H. Preas reported the information.
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Bedford
Mason H. Preas
John Hancock
Huddleston
Social News Submissions Welcome by Phone or Mail
Readers are urged to phone or write The Star with social news as time constraints prevent direct contact with all. Contact number provided is 33 for submission.
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