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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1939
Page
10
Atlantic Greyhound Lines raises pay for 800 workers earning under $200 monthly. The five percent increase, effective July 1, covers employees in ten states. General manager George S. Engle said the move targets lower bracket incomes despite reduced revenues.
Washington reports hopes for a 6000 plane air corps within two years as bids open for more than 2500 planes in ten types. Congress authorized a maximum of 6000 but funded only for 5500. Costs range from training planes to heavy bombers, with orders looming as aviation firms win the largest contracts to date.
R. Gray Williams trustee seeks final distribution of debts secured by a trust on Jordan Springs property in Frederick County Virginia. Master Commissioner J. W. Baker will settle accounts and publish time and place for reference, with claim filings due by August 3 at his Winchester office.
Caroline Chatfield argues that adolescent girls thrive when home life centers on family activities and parental guidance rather than bans on social time. She cites mothers who restrict friendships, urging more open, chaperoned home fun to foster safe social growth and prevent hidden peer pressures.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Tucker Graham of Winchester, longtime Presbyterian minister and former Hampden-Sydney College president from 1908 to 1917, retires from the First Presbyterian Church of Florence after a career spanning Farmville expeditions and a five year Japan mission.
A note states the castor oil plant is native to India and mentions tortoises as vegetarian in diet, with unrelated claims about garden pests and sects.
Public notice announces the intention to apply to the Clerk of Circuit Court in Frederick County Virginia on Sept 14 1939 for deeds to Lot 25 Block 56 and Lot 28 Block 54 in the new Middletown subdivision recorded in Deed Book 107 pages 800 and 390. Redeem by paying the required amount before deed execution.
In Frederick County Virginia on June 26 1939 the court orders reference to a commissioner to report on Ollie Payne Jefferson estate debts and heirs. Creditors are notified to file claims by July 17 1939 at office 4 N Loudooun Street Winchester.
Burns Oregon ex mayor A A Bardwell found a weathered billfold in a sidewalk crack after WPA workers dismissed it. He opened the rusted zipper and retrieved 110 in currency. In Chilton Wisconsin, former County Judge H F Arps reports a theft of a concrete horse hitching post from his office front.
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