Funkhouser Addresses Rotary on Farm Benefits and Park Access
J H Funkhouser of Clarke county spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on government aid for farmers and rural living standards including home and farm electricity. He praised extension workers and vocational agricultural programs as city residents eyed community discussion groups. The club voted to seek free access to National Park facilities and pledged a $10 flood relief gift with additional donor contributions from local residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Funkhouser
Clarke County
Rotary Club
Mr. Funkhouser
Funkhhouser
Funkhouser
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
National Park
B. B. Dutton
Herman Stine
L. J. McElligott
J. B. Beverley, Jr
H. D. Puller
Flood War Department Seeks Evacuation Readiness
Flood threat along the Mississippi prompts the War Department to keep forces ready to evacuate by land and water if inundation appears imminent. Engineers report the Cairo to gulf dike system strong with no sign of widespread breach. Cairo area remains focal as Mound City surrender and back levee collapse spur flight of residents.
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War Department
Mississippi
Cairo
Gulf
E. M. Markham
United States
Eugene Reybold
Memphis
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio
Mound City
Mil
Birds Point
New Madrid
Tiptonville
Tenn
Markets Report From Baltimore and National Prices
Baltimore markets show unchanged produce with fowl and turkeys firm. Cattle calves and sheep figures listed. Philadelphia and Chicago markets show varied hog, cattle, and grain prices with wheat near 1.26 May futures and cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley across cities.
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Baltimore
USDA
Philadelphia Poultry
Philadelphia
Chicago Livestock Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agri
Argentina
Lord
Bellies
Chicago
Dan
Winchester
Chicago Wheat Market Drops On Late Declines
Chicago traders saw late price declines drag futures and cash grain quotes lower as the market closed. Prices softened by about a cent amid broad weakness in the grain sector.
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Chicago
Steel surge tops market as U S Steel hits peak
New York stock session sees steels lead a buying rush with U S Steel reaching 93 and Bethlehem Steel at 81 amid feverish activity. Analysts cite easing flood and strike fears and expectations of a sharp upturn in industrial operations. Currency moves show Bank of France rate hike and steady sterling while a seeded list notes multiple issue prices.
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New York
Steels
U. 8. Steel
Bethlehem
Dori
Bank of France
Allied Chemical
Radiator
Am Smelters
Am. Tel
Anaconda
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Edison
Corn Products
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
Goodyer
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
N. J. Central
Penn. Railroad
Southern Railway
Stand, Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
Woolworth
Weekend visits and hospital notes at Front Royal
Miss Katherine Carter will spend the weekend with her mother and be joined by Mrs. Ronald McDonald of Washington. Sen ator Aubrey G. Weaver, patient at Memorial Hospital Winchester, is reported improving slowly. Numerous residents visit relatives in Winchester Washington and Richmond with plans for travel and other visits.
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Front Royal
Katherine Carter
Ronald McDonald
Washington
Joseph Carson
Joe, Jr
Mickey
A. D. Cone
B. J. Hillidge
Cone
Warrenton
James Peffer
Winchester
Jackets Win at Home over Luray High 31 to 23
Randolph Macon Academy defeated Luray High School 31 to 23 on the Academy Court. Pritchard of RMA led scoring. Next, Woodberry Forest visits Front Royal for a 3 o'clock Saturday game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Randolph-Macon Academy
Luray
Pritchard
R.M. A
Woodberry Forest
Third Check Continues Relief Drive Across City
Washington headquarters seek instructions as Cross awaits word on where the next consign ment of clothing and blankets will go. Scouts supply four volunteers daily for Red Cross aid while business firms raise funds by allocating a portion of receipts. Downtown shops like Baker’s restaurant and Walter Barr donate 10 percent. Baylass Department Store adds 3 percent Friday and Saturday. A contributors list includes Kiwanis Club, McKinley Chapter No. 19, and several local families and women.
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Page One
Washington
Cross
Louisville
Frank Horton
Red Cross
Baker's
West Boscawen
Walter Barr
Fairmont Avenue
Baylass
L. D. Dowdy
New York
New York Ofce
Union Leaders Move After Anderson Factory Clash
Ed Hall and Maurice Sugar led U A W A figures from Anderson Indiana where anti union forces seized union headquarters. They faced non union opposition in Munice and Alexandria as the strike continued. Hall testified in Washington before the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee about the disturbance.
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Ed Hall
Anderson
Ind
Maurice Sugar
Detroit
Gilbert Clark
Munice
Alexandria
Hall
Washington
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Fourth Red Cross relief check forwarded to Washington
Front Royal reports the fourth relief check from the local Red Cross chapter was sent today to American Red Cross headquarters in Washington. The committee is racing to meet the fifth check quota and aims to send it within the week.
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Front Royal
The
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Washington
Shamrocks to Meet Wildcats in Front Royal Showdown
Front Royal hosts Woodstock when the Shamrocks travel to face the Wildcats at 8 o clock tonight in the high school gym. The game is expected to draw a large crowd as the local teams clash in a 8 o'clock basketball contest.
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Front Royal
The
Shamrocks
Woodstock
Front Royal Wildcats
Fraternal Group Meets Tonight in Valley District Assembly
Front Royal Council No 39 of the Order of Fraternal Americans hosts a Valley District No 7 meeting in the Council room with lodges from Winchester Stephen City Middletown Millwood Gar Woodstck Edinburg Jackson Harrisonburg Luray Stanley Craigsville Lebanon Church at 7 30 PM.
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Front ‘Royal
Front Royal Council
Order of Fraternal Americans
Valley District
Winchester
Stephe City
Middletown
Millwood
Gar- Woodstock
Edinburg
Mr. Jackson
Harrisonburg Luray
Stanley
Craigsville
Lebanon Church
Local Names and Families Listed in Middletown Society
A long list of residents and families appears, including W. R. Miller Nellie Browne Baker George E. Snarr and many more connected to Middletown and local schools such as Greenwood and Miller. The item reads as a social or community roster.
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W. R. Miller
Nellie Browne Baker
George E. Snarr
Lions Club
Frank B. Crawford
Eugene B. Cooper
R. Cammer
W. Carroll Willis
E. Orndorff
L. G. Carpenter
J. M. Oats
Ruth Duncan
Reliance
Derrick. Lee
Ethel Hunt
George Hinkins
H. E. Gruber
G. H. Gruber
C. Bargent
D. N. Grover
Floyd L. Derflinger & Family
John E. Rinker
J. F. Judy
L. Steele
Middletown
N. A. Everly
Holmes Campbell
Co. C. Rickard
Card of Thanks for F. M. Whitacre
The family thanks friends for kindness during the illness and death of husband and father F. M. Whitacre including use of cars and flowers. 28-11.
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F. M. Whitacre
Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition Opens in Hagerstown
The fifth annual Cumberland Valley artists show opens Monday at 8 30 p m in the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Hagerstown with 56 oil paintings 15 water colors three pastels and one wooden engraving by 41 artists representing Harrisburg Frederick Winchester and Cumberland counties through February 28 Two juries will award duplicate prizes one by professional artists and the other by local non art professionals.
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Cumberland Valley
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Hagerstown
Borh
Harrisburg
Rederick
Winchester
Cumberland
Puc
Masses Demand New Treason Trial Across Soviet Union
In Moscow and across Russia crowds call for new trials of alleged conspirators tied to a Trotzkyist plot to topple the Communist regime. Resolutions target rightist center figures Nicolai Bukharin and Alexis Rykoff as the treason case proceeds behind closed doors with prosecutors seeking death sentences.
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Moscow
Nicolai Bukharin
Pravda
Alexis Rykoff
Soviet Union
Bukharin
Rykoff
Andrey Vishinsky
Supreme Court
Local exhibition jury named with prominent Maryland figures
The jury for this year's exhibition includes William Preston Lane Jr, former Maryland attorney general, G Wray Lemon of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce, and Dr Peregrine Wroth. The professional panel lists Robert Franklin Gates of the Gallery School of Art in Washington, John McGrath of the Coal Club of Baltimore, and Edward Rosenfeld, Baltimore artist. Each jury will announce one first prize, one second prize, and three honorable mentions at the opening.
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William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
G. Wray Lemon
Hagerstown
Prisoners describe terror during War of 1812 evacuation
Eyewitness accounts recount three days of rising flood waters in an ancient prison during evacuation. A prisoner describes threats to kill rival groups seeking escape. Burned mattresses hint at multiple arson attempts as guards move evacuees to a temporary camp near the state capital.
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Chandler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Names
Stock Market Report
Warren County
Winchester Evening Star
Telephone Front Royal 149-R
Front Royal News
W. W. Whitside, Sr
Peter Meade
Remounts
Walter Ravencrofts
William E. Carson
Warren Whitside
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Major
Isa Compton
Annie Compton
Major
Céra Scott
Amos Scott
William Haskins
Richmond
Herbert Thursh
Senator Weaver
William C. Armstrong, Jr
Walter Kirsh
Thomas Melton
Mr. Melton
Memorial Hospital
Harold Smith
Harold, Jr
Virgin
Arlington All
Julian N. Major
Evening Bridge Club
A. L. Harrison
Landsdown
Albert Darby
Jackets
McKinley
William M. Lupton
Kiwanis Club
George Baetjer
Robert Finchen
George Ritter
George Ritter, Jr
Genevieve Arthur
Fred Shull
L. H. MacCullam
Reuther
Wildcats
Greenwood
Miller
L. D. Arnold
Star Office
Steiff
Stuart M. Perry
R. G. Chapin
Hayfield
L. F. Sutton
Fairmont Ave
Frederick
Southern Furniture Co
Main St
W. G. M. Frye
N. J. Wigginton
Loudoun
Fairont Avenue
E. North Ave
N. Main
Coop
N. Loudoun
Amherst St
Braddock St
Hable’s Real Estate
Fice
Loudoun St
Kent St
N. Kent
N. Braddock St
Afton Inn
Brill
Hoover Sales and Service
A. M. Light
Virginia Certified Commercial Hatchery
Maurerstown
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
Black and Tan ‘Hound
M.C. Hart Boyce
Mt. Williams
A. R. Mayhew
McVicar
Boscawen St
Hughes Motor CO
FORD
Mrs
Austin C. Peck
Martinsburg
J. Prentiss Turner
Mer
Doan
Ae A Tea Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Paradise
Jacqueline
Paris
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