Union July August church services in Winchester
Protestant churches of Winchester will unite for July and August services at Handley High School grounds every Sunday at 7 pm. Rev T M Swann of Braddock Street Church to preach on Our Forgo Heritage with Prof WM McIlw ee in charge of music. Choir led by Floyd Haines will perform Soldiers of Christ Arise under Graddock Street Methodist Church choir.
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Winchester
Presbyterian
United Brethren
Montague Avenue
Handley High School
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street
Wm. H. MclIlwee
Floyd Haines
Graddock Street Methodist Church
Adam Geibel
Soldiers of Christ
E. T. Clark
Carl A
Guest Pastor Rev Elias Zimmerman to Speak at Church of the Brethren
The Rev Elias Zimmerman born in an Orthodox Jewish home and son of a rabbi has spent 20 years with the American Board of Missions. He will be guest pastor at the Church of the Brethren on Berryville Avenue tomorrow at 9.45 in the morning and again at 7.45 in the evening.
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Elias Zimmerman
American Board of Missions
Church of the Brethren
Berryville Avenue
Churches Debate Cooperation Amid Yearly Friction
A group of church members expressed hope that no criticism would follow those churches deciding against cooperation this year. They stated unity is preferable but acknowledged differing viewpoints within the community.
Clarke Board Studies Scaleby Plan for School Use
Clarke County officials consider converting Scaleby into a consolidated high school with an elementary at Boyce. Estimates show $40 000 to $50 000 needed for conversion, $375 000 for acquisition, and total outlay around $550 000 to $575 000 over 25 years, with a 60 cent tax levy increase cited.
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Long
Clarke County School Board
Boyce
Clarke Board
Clarke
Loring
Scaleby
Italians Claim Hit On British Cruiser In Cyprus Harbor
Rome reports two air launched torpedoes struck a British auxiliary cruiser of about 7000 tons in Famagusta Bay on Cyprus. The ship is declared sunk by the Italian high command. Other raiding planes bombed port facilities and ships in the harbor.
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Rome
Famagusta Bay
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Larrick Heads Toward Mason and Dixon After Brother Falls Ill
J. Fred Larrick of Middletown departed for Mason and Dixon Pa this afternoon after learning his brother C. Victor Larrick, a county native, is gravely ill with meningitis. The elder Larrick has been ill for some time.
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J. Fred Larrick
Middletown
Mason and Dixon
C. Victor
Mr. Larrick
Mrs Cooper 76 Dies at Gore Farwell Rites Sunday
Mrs Mary Frances Cooper aged 76 died at her daughter Mary Lineburgs home near Gore after a long illness. She was widow of Frank Cooper and mother of Clarke Berryville Carter Edward Lineburg and Alice Rogers. Funeral Sunday 2 PM at Gore with services at Mount Olive United Brethren Church Hayfield. Interment in adjoining cemetery.
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Mary Frances Cooper
Marion Lineburg
Gore
Frank Cooper
Lineburg
Josiah and
Mary Snapp Foreman
Frederick County
Clarke Cooper
Berryville
Carter
Edward Cooper
Alice Rogers
Gainesboro
Cooper
Mount Olive
Royal Air Force Slashes Back At Invasion Ports
The RAF reported heavy German raids across the industrial midlands with casualties in two towns and several western districts. British forces claimed three raiders shot down as coastal command bombers attacked southern Norway targets at Haugesund and Kristiansand.
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Royal Air Force
Midlands
West Midlands
England
South Wales
Coastal Command
Norway
Air Ministry
Haugesund
Kristiansand
Germans Report Stalin Line Broken Near Dnepr
German claims say the Soviet counterattack along the Stalin Line bent near the Dnepr as Red Army forces held Berezina and Drut waterways. Reports describe heavy German artillery and machine gun fire, widespread captures, and describe a front-wide push toward Kiev with several thousand Red troops said captured. A front reporter noted Soviet Amazon troops and a slain 17 year old girl in a lieutenant's uniform found in a truck.
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Dnepr
Drut
Red Army
Berezina
France
Maginot Line
Soviet Union
Pinsk
Russian Ukraine
Kiev
War Bulletin
Stalin
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Dnestr River
Mogilev Podolski
Zhitomir
Vitebs
Karl Behrend
Bialystok
NYSE turnover and bond sales in 1940
The turnover on the New York Stock Exchange last year totaled 207,599,749 shares. Bond trading declined to the lowest level in over two decades, aggregating 1,669,438,000 dollars.
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New York Stock Exchange
W. T
J. A
McElligott Named President of Winchester Rotary Club
L J McElligott manager of the Co and P Telephone Co was inducted as president of the Winchester Rotary Club at a weekly meeting. He succeeds H F Byrd Jr and the club announced new members and a total 57 current members with a 1940 41 attendance rise of about 7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.J. McElligott
Rotary Club
L. J. McElligott
Co. & P. Telephone Company
Winchester Rotary Club
McEilligott
H. F. Byrd
Byrd
Institute of Understanding
Winchester
Larry Neff
Dan Leatherman
Thomas Sy. Smith
Tom Bess
Tom Kremer
H. B. McCormac
Rich
Ard K. Eddy
D. J. Howard
W. R. Legge
McSherry Lupton
Peyton Marshall
Herbert Solenberger
Charles Coffman
Robert Underwood
Harold G. Brown
Clifford D. Grim
Carl A. Honeycutt
George Barnsley
McElligott
Charles Baker
Mr. Grim
Mr. McElligott
Wendall Barney
Sheep dipping program to be emphasized in July August
Frederick county will again operate a portable sheep dipping vat with J. F. Morrison in charge. The program will focus on July and August when wool is ½ to 1 inch long. Dipping costs 10 cents per head with a $2.50 minimum per herd. 2,584 of 7,000 county sheep were dipped last year. Dipping promotes wool growth, reduces parasite loss, improves wool quality, and enhances flock appearance as wool price nears 50 cents per pound.
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Frederick County
J. F. Morrison
Social Events In Berryville Virginia
Berryville social column notes visits and guests in Purcellville and nearby areas. Residents and relatives, including the Ayler, Moore, Castleman, Mulligan, and Crown families, host and travel to events and camps. Several travelers, counselors, and students are mentioned with locations such as Bluemont West Main Street Richmond Arlington Washington Charles Town and Wilmington.
Russian Occupation Brutality Reported in Ukraine
The report describes hundreds of Ukrainians rounded up and shot by Russian troops. A city prison basement contained massed bodies, with the population described as crushed. German authorities posted notices threatening death for interference with the Nazi occupation.
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Ssan
Notable Visitors And Appointments Pack Shenandoah Area
A parade of guests visits Riverside and surrounding areas including Mrs. Peter Williams and Miss Nelle Williams from Pittsburgh, Ruth Berlin returning from White Post, and Winter Royston heading to the University of Michigan summer session. Francis Osborne is named regional operations engineer for the rural electrification administration in four states with HQ in Washington. Various families host visitors from Aiken, S C to Toledo and Medina New York. Grace Episcopal Church holds services led by Canon G Freeland Peter.
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Peter Williams
Nelle Williams
Pittsburgh
Riverside
Williams
Shenandoah
Francis Osborne
A. P. Osborne
Rural Electrification Administration
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Lousiana
Washington, D. C
Osborne
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Grace Episcopal Church
G. Freeland Peter
Bethesda, Md
Answers to the Daily Quiz and Property Notice Fragment
Fragmentary text lists quiz answers and a legal notice from Frederick County Virginia. It mentions The Declaration of Independence, Charles Evans Hughes, Doorn Netherlands, and a deed offer for Lot 1 Stephens City with redemption before execution. Includes names Paul Samsell and personal representatives.
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W. H. H Hopewell
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Stephens City
Agli - Paul Samsell
Loudoun County Tops Virginia Milk Production in 1939
Virginia agriculture census shows Loudoun county as the state’s heaviest milk producer in 1939 with 6,652,377 gallons and 11,491 milking cows. Fairfax ranked second with 5,129,744 gallons and 17,182 milking cows as census details record livestock counts across counties. Augusta led in cows and calves, sheep, and wool production, while Southampton led hogs and pigs over four months old.
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Richmond
Loudoun County
Virginia
Fairfax
Loudoun
Augusta
Rockingham
Southampton
Russell
Stolen Buick Recovered with Bullet Damage Near Kernstown
A Buick coupe with missing left fenders and a shattered rear window was found by county authorities near the Loy garage in Kernstown. A bullet hole was in the hood and the glove compartment contained cigarettes from B. J. Bohl Motor Company. William Snyder of Warren Ohio claimed the car, noting it seemed someone had pulled a job. Sergeant Francis Punk photographed fingerprints. two believed suspects allegedly spent the night in a Kernstown cabin.
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Loy
Kernstown
B. J. Bohl Motor Company
Warren
Ohio
William Snyder
Francis Punk
Local Markets Report Reflects Daily Exchange
Markets coverage notes daily correctness but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. The Ster signals omission of error acceptance while presenting price movements, stock quotes, and local trade data.
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Ster
Clarence C Adams 62 Dies After Lingering Illness
Clarence C Adams a native of Frederick County and longtime Clarkesville resident died Friday at 4 30 am after a lingering illness. He was born near Gainesboro on June 17 1879 and is survived by two brothers H M Adams Middletown T C Adams Washington and four sisters Mrs T Powell Mrs J C Tharpe Mrs W C Hawkins and Miss Mollie P Adams Winchester. Funeral services will be in Clarkesville Monday July 7 at 8 am with interment in Mount Hebron Winchester about noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence C. Adams
Frederick County
Clarkesville
Mr. Adams
Gainesboro
Hiram and
Perline Triplett Adams
H. M. Adams
Middletown
T. C. Adams
Washington
T. Powell
J. C. Tharpe
Charles Town
W. Va
W. C. Hawkins
Winchester
Mollie P. Adams
Mount Hebron Cemetery
British Raid Blasts Canadian Shaft at Brest Port
Berlin reports British air raids destroyed a 100 foot Canadian World War movement at Brest in Nazi occupied France. The German side claims six RAF planes were downed, with attacks also on western Germany and English airfields. Plymouth and the Midlands faced Luftwaffe raids, and a 5000 ton merchant vessel was sunk in the Bristol Channel.
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Berlin
Brest
R.af
Germany
Plymouth
Bristol
Middletown Bank Official Dies Suddenl y in Front Royal
William A. Everly assistant cashier of the Middletown State Bank died suddenly in Front Royal while accompanying a party to inspect property he owned there. He was about 60 and left a wife two sons and a daughter.
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William A. Everly
Middletown
No Strike Now Looked For Wage Talks In Cleveland
Workers returned under an agreement fixing wages from 78 cents to $1.20 an hour. The union seeks 92 cents to $1.35. Original scale ranged 67 to 1.05. White Motor Company officials and federal conciliators plan talks on a 10 cent raise in Cleveland for Army vehicle production. Current rates reportedly start at 75 cents and average $1.02.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playes
Co. I
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Submarine nets described as explosive curtain traps
A late article explains submarine nets as curtains of ten foot mesh laid 200 to 300 feet deep with explosives along the wire. Contact with the net instantly destroys a submarine. It also notes only 35 percent of motor cars in the United States carry personal liability or property damage insurance.
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United States
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E. Fairfax Lane
Florenige
Table Top
Florence
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
F. L. Ayler
American Home Department
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Purcellville
A. Shade Moore
Old Chapel
Jacquelin Moore
New York
Moore
Stella D. Moore
Camp Echo
Newes State
Carter Mulligan Castleman
Saranac, N. Y
George N. Hardesty
West Main Street
Garland Carter
Joan and
Mackie
Visting
Canter
Clement Sydnor
Albert Muller
West Point
Muller
8. B. Crown
Woodlawn
Miss Crown
Henry Kerfoot
Henry, Jr
Bettie
Arlington
Willard Bauer
Sarah Jane and
Willard, Jr
Columbia
Maurya Richmond
Ehebree N. C
Nene
Shepherd
E. Clifford Luke
William Wysong
Marion Ware
Richmond, University Summer School
R. Mare
Catherine Page
Virginia Page
Kate Powers
H. P. Peeples
Jane
Roberta Winter
Leland
Emily Powers
Sacred Trust Jones Funeral Home
New England
Ruth Berlin
Mrs. Chamlin Funkhouser
White Post
Winter Royston
Walter Wisecarver, Jr
Ann Harbor, Mich
Mr. Royston
University of Michigan
Thomas
Tommy and
Davy
Toledo, Ohio
Questover
Will Hardesty
Charles Gregory
Medina, N. Y
Frank Emmart
George Garver
Yee
Thomas A. Painter
Louise Gratton
Tom Painter, Jr
Swannanoa
N. C
Fowler Cabin
Fowlers
Charles Evans Hughes
Heronee
Doorn
The
Netherlands
Seiberling
Cammee. Tire CO
Loudoun Co
eeDeo Censetas
Ie Ceenase
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
Clarence Adams
Middletown Bank
Crapman Motor CO
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Torpoint Selectric
Euel
Popular Motor Co., Inc
Amal
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