Clarke 4 H Club Members Start Strong With Baby Beeves
Clarke Virginia January 24 Clarke county 4 H club members feed 17 baby beeves Herefords and Shorthorns aimed for Berryville Horse Show Fair and Winchester exhibitions with plans to feed again next Fall Twelve members are named and the group faces a ticketing issue in one Angus calf due to color Vitamine D deficiency is suspected in the beeves and addressed with concentrates and yeast supplements to correct the diet
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Funkhouser
Berryville
Fair
Winchester
Nancy Wolfe
Herford
John Wolfe
Cecil Wolfe
Charles Clevenger
C. M. Russell
John Millison, Jr
Jand Pope
Lewin
Donald
Garille Fenton
Amory Ipa
Farmers Shift To Dairy And Poultry Programs In County
Frederick County dairying rises with about 25 farms producing Grade A milk sold mainly in Winchester. Eight herds join the Dairy Herd Improvement Association totaling 219 cows. four purebred sires issued. Cattle and hog prospects improve with two purebred hog sales and more farmers using sires. Poultry farming grows with expanded breeder facilities. some birds marketed via New York quotas but net gains limited by costs.
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Frederick County
Stine
Winchester
Couny
Ware Duroc
Jersey
Hampshire
White Chester
Poland
Northern Virginia Breeders Association
Frederick
Sean Sieroce
New York
Public Sale of Winchester Real Estate in 1941
Public sale of real estate in Winchester Virginia ordered by the Corporation Court in January 1941. The commission for sale includes a Main Street store room property fronting 17 feet on South Loudoun Street, with deed history dating to 1923. Terms require one third cash and balance over two years at 6 percent, secured by trust and insurance. Special Commissioners H R Kern HW Benham B P Harrison oversee. Clerk I P J Marshall confirms notice.
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Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
Joseph B. Newlin
Stanley T. Newlin
County Court House
Main Street
Loudoun Street
Stanley T. Newfin
Frances Bierach
H. R. Kern
HW. K. Benham
B. P. Harrison
I. P. J. Marshall
P. J. Marshall
Party for Beer Dealers in Winchester
Beer retailers and their employees in the Winchester area are invited to a buffet supper and entertainment tonight at 8 at the George Washington hotel. Manhattan Brewing of Chicago introduces Canadian Ace, a new beer from an old Canadian formula. H B Garber of Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp announced the event, with Milton Johnson of Manhattan Brewing to speak. About 250 guests are expected as action sound pictures are promised.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Manhattan Brewing Company of
Chicago
Manhattan Company
H. B. Garber
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp
Garber
Local Markets Corrected Daily by The Star
The Star reports local markets are corrected daily and cautions it does not assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
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Star
Local Market Prices For Feed And Live Stock
The list shows prices for patent brand flour bags by weight, local flour variety prices, corn meal and horse feed, mixed feed, oats, bran, and butter. It includes live stock rates for cows, steers, heifers, hogs, sheep, and lambs, with per hundredweight pricing and quality notes.
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Ceee
Besgsesis
CMAN
Sveseaes
Trerat
Sesucaneucesa
Haile Selassie Returns to Lead Ethiopian Resistance
Ex emperor Haile Selassie, flown from Khartoum with a British liaison officer and Ras Kassa, raises the Ethiopian flag in a hidden mountain clearing. He and Ethiopian tribal fighters march with British officers to join a British military mission to thwart Italian forces in the interior.
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Ethiopa
Khartoum
Haile Selassie
Kingdom
Lion of Judah
Mussolini
Sudan
Ras Kassa
William Platt
Car Crash Kill Two In Havre De Grace Underpass
P Joseph Pendelone 29 of Jenkintown Pennsylvania was killed and Francis Kelly 24 of Philadelphia injured when their car hit a concrete wall at a railroad underpass near Havre de Grace Maryland early today State Patrolman Marian Kaplan said Kelly who was driving admitted failing to make the curve He was unconscious for an hour and revived after aid from a nearby store He received treatment at Hartford Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises.
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Havre DE Grace
Joseph Pendelone
Jenkintown
Francis Kelly
Philadelphia
Here
Marian Kaplan
Kelly
Kaplan
Harford Memorial Hospital
Potato War in Bavarian Succession Conflict
The term potato war referred by Prussians to the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778-79. The campaign consisted mainly of maneuvers aimed at denying the enemy supplies and waging a supply denial war.
PWA Plan For Defense Suggested For Virginia
Richmond reports a PWA for defense proposed to the Virginia Defense Council. Brigadier General James A. Anderson urged a federal public works pattern with a $450 million defense appropriation. Proposals include a $7 million Hampton Roads road program and $1 million Radford projects. Governor Price views Anderson’s return to VM I as necessary, while Freeman urges keeping him for wartime needs. The council recommends adding state department reps as consultants to aid regional councils.
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Richmond
PWA
Virginia Defense Council
James A. Anderson
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Regional Council
Anderson
Radford
Price
Enate
M. I
Douglas S. Freeman
Council
Charles E. Kilbourne
Kilbourne
Army recruiting expands with multiple openings and enlistees
The local Army recruiting office in the post office building seeks high school graduates or journeymen in mechanical or technical trades for assignments to the Ordnance and Signal Corps in Puerto Rico and to the Air Corps at Lowery Field Colorado. Vacancies exist for elementary education as well. Enlistees this week include Reuvel M. Madigan, Bradford K. Reed, Paul H. Cole, David L. Ruffner, Thomas W. Willingham Jr, Ralph S. Lewis, Ardell R. Nicholson, Edgar W. Myers Jr, Luther R. Coleman, Eston L. Keler, Francis A Painter, Rumsey L. Heare, and Charles L. Gordon, all sent to various posts for permanent duty.
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Army
Ordnance and Signal Corps
Puerto Rico
Air Corps
Lowery Field
Colorao
Sgt. Likar
Winchester
Reuvel M. Madigan
S. Main Street
Bradford K. Reed
Riverton
Colorado
Paul H. Cole
Grafton
W. Va
Langley Field
David L. Ruffner
Berryville
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Belvoir
Thomas W. Willingham, Jr
Millwood
3Rd Cavalry
Fort Meyer
Ralph S. Lewis
Martinsburg
Carlisle Barracks
Ardell R. Nicholson
Holland Avenue
Infantry
Hawaii
Edgar W. Myers, Jr
Stephens City
Luther R. Coleman
Harpers Ferry
1St Chemical Company
Bowman Field
Eston L. Keler
Medical Department
Francis A. and
Ermine FP. Painter
Rumsey L. Heare
Roharts Go To New Home
The Rev. and Mrs. Emerson J. Rohart and their children left for Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania where he will pastor the Congregational Christian Church. He organized work at the First Brethren Church in Winchester in June 1926 and has led evangelistic meetings at Union Chapel Meadow Mills. He reopened Greenwood Methodist Church seven years ago. The Wilkes-Barre church has an active membership exceeding 200.
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Emerson J. Rohart
Wilkes-Barre
Congregational Christian Church
Tey
Winchester
Rohart
First Brethren Church
Union Chapel
Meadow Mills
Middletown
Greenwood Methodist Church
Fire destroys top floor of $100,000 Memorial Hospital
A late afternoon blaze gutted the top floor of Memorial Hospital causing about $100,000 in damage. No patients were harmed as staff evacuated safely. Fire traced to an electrical switch in the basement. Executive committee offers Elks Club building for emergency use while plans to rebuild are discussed.
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Memorial Hospital
Wincheeee Memo Hospital
Elks Club
Paul Ad
OW Scruggs
Thomas Cover Sr Honored at Angerona Birthday Party
Thomas Cover Sr. was guest of honor at a birthday party at the Cover home on Fairmont Avenue. The observance marked his 81st birthday with many out of town friends and relatives among the attendees. Local residents also attended the gathering.
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Thomas Cover, Sr
Angerona
Thomas Cover
Cover
Fairmont Avenue
Should Husbands Share Housekeeping Duties
Readers debate whether husbands must share in home duties. Responses vary from full partner to no involvement with schedules, energy, and time at home shaping the outcome.
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George Barnsley
Jockey Hurt as Mrs Whitney Rushes West
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Whitney of Llangollen near Upperville cuts short a Georgia hunting trip to rush to Agua Caliente after jockey Milton Lawson was thrown while training one of her mounts. She travels by car to California saying she avoids airplanes and has eight prize setters en route from North Carolina.
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Agua Caliente
Mary Elizabeth
Liz” Whitney
Llangollen
Upperville
America
Milton
Snap” Lawson
Mrs. Whitney
The
Constitution
Atlanta
Origin of Mardi Gras in New Orleans
The carnival season of Mardi Gras came to America via French colonies and was celebrated by soldiers at Fort Louis de la Louisiane in the Mobile area from 1702 to 1710. Similar festivities appeared in New Orleans from its early days, with a formal parade and floats debuting in 1857 by Mobile expatriates.
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New Orleans
W. A
America
Ft. Louis de la Louisiane
Mobile
Alabama
Benham Takes Over Steck's Duties in Frederick Circuit Court
Assistant commissioner of accounts Harry K. Benham assumes the duties of commissioner J. M. Steck under an order issued by Judge Philip Williams. Steck has been ill for several months.
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Philip Williams
Frederick Circuit Court
Harry K. Benham
J. M. Steck
Liberty Bell moved to Allentown in 1777 to avoid British capture
In 1777 as American forces prepared to depart Philadelphia the Liberty Bell was taken to Allentown Pennsylvania to prevent its seizure by British troops at the city gates.
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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