President's Ball Aids Fight Against Infantile Paralysis
The President's Ball and a Top Ball will be held Thursday night at the George Washington Hotel to benefit the war on infantile paralysis. Dancing runs 9 PM to 1 AM with Bob Riley's Serge. Funds go to the national foundation. Roosevelt endorses the plan shift to direct support, not Warm Springs.
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United States
George Washington
Bob Riley
Serge
Charles R. Anderson
E. R. Branch
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
National
Roosevelt
National Foundation
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Fahnestock
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Catherine Fahnestock were held at her Woodland Avenue home. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev. E L Miller and Rev. E J Rohart leading the rites. Survivors include husband Harry, two sons Kendall and others, with hymns and Bible verse reflecting her devotion to teaching children.
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Sarah Catherine Fahnestock
Harry Fahnestock
Woodland Avenue
Mount Hebron Cemetery
E. L. Miller
Maurertown Brethren Church
Kendall
E. J. Rohart
First Brethren Church of
Winchester
Berryville Avenue
Rainfall Averages From Winchester Lab 25-Year Study
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending 5 p m yesterday at 27 inches in January to date. Year to date 0 96 inch. Average monthly precipitation from 1913 to 1937 lists January 2 59 inches through August 3 77 inches. Average annual rainfall for the 25 years is 35 36 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Mason's Taxi Supper Benefit for Paynes Chapel
Day and night service ad for a chicken and oyster supper hosted by Mason's Taxi on Friday January 28 from 5 30 to 9 00 in Ridgeway. The 40 cent plate proceeds support Paynes Chapel. Event dated January 24 1961.
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Ridgeway
Paynes Chapel
Frederick county farmers form Winchester area committee
Thirty seven farmers and fruit growers in Frederick County met in the courthouse for the first in a series of community discussions. A Winchester area committee was organized with Walker Bond as chairman and includes leaders from Farm Credit Administration Southern States AAA Tennessee Valley Authority Farm Bureau and other groups. They foresee expanding fruit acreage to about 60 000 acres, reduce crop land by up to 21 percent, and boost pasturage while preserving erosion control and timber plantings. The next meeting, tonight at Stephens City, will be led by R A Wall.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Walker Bond
Bond
John W. Larrick, Jr
The
Southern States, Inc
Harry L. McCann
Frederick County Agricultural Board
Stephens City
R. A. Wall
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Report Stronger Hogs
In Baltimore on January 25 cattle and calves showed limited supply with steady cow prices, weaker vealers, and higher hogs led by good and choice weights. Chicago market echoed strength with 25-40 higher hogs 150-230 pounds and firm to higher cattle and veal prices amid storm conditions. New York mixed stocks concluded with light volume and a broad index retreat.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agri
Chicago
U. &S. Dept. Agri
Grain quotations show mixed demand as dust storms deter buyers
Chicago price quotes for wheat and corn drift with small dips and rallies. Portugal seen as a potential buyer of 2,500,000 bushels. May wheat at 96 to 96 1 8 cents, July 51 1 8, September 90 3 4. Cash grain in Baltimore shows No. 2 red winter wheat at 1.01 spot domestic.
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Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Portugal
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Local Markets and Wholesale Prices Summary
Local market listings show wholesale prices for patent crane in various bag sizes from 12 to 98 pounds with per bushel equivalents. Shelled and new corn prices range from 1.40 to 1.60 per unit, with mixed feeds and oats listed, plus eggs and poultry notes including old hens and leghorn fowl offerings.
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Ares
Seeeeetaees
Measuring Devices of Area Tested in Frederick County
Thompson of the State Division of Markets tested 333 gasoline and grease devices in Frederick County. Of these, 221 devices were correct and sealed with a white mark indicating official testing. About 33 percent were incorrect and tagged with a red Condemned for Repair tag, to be fixed if continued in use. Public urged to look for white seals when buying fuel, as protection against short or inaccurate measures.
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Thompson
State Division of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Frederick County
Chinese Chiefs Claim New Gains Against Japan
Chinese commanders report fresh gains against Japanese forces in north and central China. Cavalry surrounded a Japanese garrison at Tsining in Shantung on a route of the stalled drive toward Suchow. Bombers attacked Japanese boats near Chekiang, killing about 300. Japanese raid on Ichang claimed 16 planes destroyed. Chinese air force says it destroyed the airdrome at Wuhu and damaged river positions along the Yangtze. Grand Canal control cited as shrinking, with only 250 miles of the waterway remaining in Chinese hands.
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Shanghai
China
Tsining
Shantung
Suchow
Chekiang Province
Ichang
Chiaag
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Grand Canal
Shantung Province
Two Offices And A Pool Room Entered In City
Police investigated three break ins in the city including the offices of E W Barr on North Loudoun street where an adding machine was stolen and E P Bean in the Shenandoah Valley National Bank building where a cabinet was forced but nothing taken. The Kern pool room on Loudoun street was entered with about $2 in change and some cigarettes stolen through a cellar door.
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E. W. Barr
North Loudoun Street
E. P. Bean
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Kern Pool
Loudoun Street
Negro trio indicted in Loudoun county station hold up
Kaiser Wyatt and two other colored youths confess to the November 23 robbery of a Leesburg area filling station. They are said to have struck operator J. H. Derry, taken two pocketbooks and a railway watch, and fled toward Washington. Indictments returned. trial set for February.
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Kaiser Wyatt
Loudoun
J. H. Derry
Francis Funk
Winchester Police
Kenneth Brangle
Wyatt
Dick Jones
Raymond Lucas
Washington
Leesburg
Derry
Jones
Luscas
Winchester
Charles F. Harrison
Commonwealth
Loudoun County
Middletown Grange Plans First Meeting of Year
The Middletown Grange will hold its first business session of the year Friday night with newly installed officers in charge. E. M. Punk will appoint standing committees and discuss the 1938 program. New members will be received and R. A. Wall is slated as lecturer.
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Middletown
E. M. Punk
R. A. Wall
Paxton Pleads Insanity in Slaying of Father
Richmond dispatch reports 22 year old Frank M. Paxton entering an insanity plea during trial in Staunton Circuit Court for the murder of his father Erskine S. Paxton on December 9 1937. Defense counsel Curry Carter said Paxton was out of his right mind and that the two had always been close pals.
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Richmond
Frank M. Paxton
Staumton Corporation Court
Erskine S. Paxton
Curry Carter
Young Paxton
Carter
Paxton
Dairymen Attend School Opening in Frederick County
The annual Dairyman's School opened today in the Frederick county courthouse with speakers Dr. R. G. Donnelly and Prof. T. M. Reaves of V. P. 1. About 30 farmers were present, with more expected tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon Dr. Bendix, assistant State Veterinarian, will give an illustrated lecture on breeding.
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Frederick County
R. G. Donnelly
Dairyman
T. M. Reaves
Bendix
City investigators pursue ghost registrations in joke case
Kansas City Italian residents amuse themselves as three election board investigators chase a so called ghost registration. They search for a Mr Nudo a name they learn means nobody in Italian.
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Kansas City
City Election Board
Nudo
Rainbow Appears Bright Over Virginia Morning
Rainbow seen in the northwest sky as springlike showers pass through the morning. Mild yet cooler than last week with gusty winds. No robins locally though reported elsewhere in Wyoming Montana and Colorado. Ornithologists puzzled by early arrivals signaling possible mild end to winter. observers monitor Virginia for robins.
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United States
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Virginia
Virgina
Dr. Snarr to Erect Apartment on Stewart Street
Dr. George Snarr announced he owns the Richard Jolliffe property at Stewart and Leicester and has completed plans for a modern apartment house. Foundations are underway, five families will be housed, matching his North Washington street complex. The Stewart street site is the second such project in two months after the Scott Grant remodel. The interior and rear of the former joint property with Dr. Anderson will be torn out and modernized with new fixtures.
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George Snarr
Richard Jolliffe
Stewart and
Leicester Streets
North
Washington Street
Stewart Street
Scott Grant
Dr. Snarr
Dr. Anderson
Redecorating of Bank Completed at Loudoun and Piccadilly
The Commercial and Savings Bank building interior at Loudoun and Piccadilly streets was redecorated and scaffolding removed. The main banking room ceiling is white with Caen cement finish walls. The directors' room and walnut furniture received oil rub finishes.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
Loudoun
Piccadilly Streets
Winchester Police Prepare New Uniforms for Patrols
Winchester Police Department plans new uniforms for officers. Contracts awarded to Frank Gearing and Gray and Eddy to supply coats caps trousers overcoats puttees breeches. Total cost 424 dollars with Gearing at 308 and Gray and Eddy at 116. Material specified as heavy blue serge.
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Winchester Police Department
Frank Gearing
Gray
Eddy
Gearing
Illness Fatal To Mamie Gates
Mamie Gates colored daughter of Fred and Elizabeth Gray died January 20 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband four sons four sisters and two brothers.
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Mamie Gates
Fred and
Elizabeth Gray
Pittsburgh, Pa
Rifle Match Tomorrow At Co I Armory
Rifle match at the Company I Armory on tomorrow evening at 7 o clock invites the public. A clay target shoot is planned Saturday at 11 o clock at Rouss Park grounds with 15 events and prizes for top five shooters in each group. Teams from Meadow Lark Gun Club Keyser West Virginia and the Washington club may meet the Winchester five man team which has won multiple matches in recent years.
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Company I Armory
Rouss Park
Winchester Gun Club
Maryland
West Virginia
Washington
D. C
Meadow Lark Gun Club
Keyser
W. Va
Washington Club
Baltimore
Winchester
Warner Signs Confession In Robbery Case
Sheriff J W Newcome said Richard Warner has signed a confession linking him and an unidentified partner to the armed robbery of Mr and Mrs Clark Wright in Frederick County. Warner, returned from Hot Springs Ark, confessed at the county jail with police present and said the duo stole a Ritter automobile later found abandoned in Washington. The Wrights were robbed late at night by two masked men who took cash and threatened the couple before fleeing in a car.
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J. W. Newcome
Richard
Dick) Warner
Hot Springs
Ark
Clark Wright
Frederick County
Warner
Francis Punk
Kenneth Brangle
Newcome
Arthur Ritter
Washington
Westminster Chorus Headlines Across Oceans and Carnegie Hall
The Westminster Chorus under Dr John Finley Williamson toured 11 countries and drew peak praise in European press. On return to New York Carnegie Hall the group was lauded by The New York Times and New York press for its American symphonic singing and ensemble prowess.
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Westminster Chorus
John Finley Williamson
Handley High
Carnegie Hall
New York
New York Times
Mr. Harris
Roy Harris
New York American
Westminsters
Leonard
New York World-Telegram
Pitts Sanborn
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Mr. Shingleton To Spend Day In Winchester
Samuel W. Shingleton, Martinsburg Social Security Board manager, will be in Winchester all day tomorrow. He plans to be at the post office building from 9 30 a m to noon and will spend the afternoon making personal calls on employers. He invites anyone needing assistance to notify him at the post office.
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Samuel W. Shingleton
Martinsburg
Social Security Board
Winchester
Funeral Attendance Returns From War Renton Va
Mr and Mrs J Howard Taylor Mrs C Fred Whetzell and C C Pinfrock have returned from War Renton Va where they attended the funeral of Mrs C W Pinfrock who died recently in Savannah Ga She was formerly Miss Louise Johnston of Warrenton Her husband is a son of C C Finfrock
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J. Howard Taylor
C. Fred. Whetzell
C. C. Pinfrock
Warrenton
C. W. Pinfrock
Savannah
Louise Johnston
C. .C. Finfrock
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Riley
Mrs. Fahnestock
Mason’s
Committee of Farmers
Stock Market Report
Teb. B
Anaconda
W.W U. &G .G. Beth. Steel
Case
C. and O
Chrysler
Colum Credit
Can. Edison
DuPont de N
Gen. Elec
Gen. Foods
Gen. Woters
Int. Forvester
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Mont.Ward
Nat. Distillers
N. Y. Central
Penn R. R
Repub. Steel
Sears Roebuck
Sou. Ry
Ltd. Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
UN. Pac
U. S. Rubber
U. 8S. Steel
Va-Chem, Ptd
West
UN. Tel
Elec
Woolworth
Winchester Grain Market
Star
SEX Star
Japan
Negro
Middletown Grange
Killer
Stewart St
Co. I
Wright
Metropolitan Press
Mr. Shingleton
Wilmer F. Shayock Insurance Service
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgr
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