Auxiliary of Independent Hose to Elect Officers Tuesday
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Independent Hose Company of Stephens City will meet tomorrow at 8 PM in the school building to elect officers for the year after all incumbents resigned to open leadership. Two site options, Lemley and Ramey lots, are under review for a possible company hall purchase. The group has $933 in funds and 244 members.
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Independent Hose Company
Stephens City
Terault
Mary Terault
Lomax Parker
Mildred Lee Grove
Lucy Dean
Julian Gregory
Lemley
Ramey
Ramey of Lemley
Youth Hart In Airplane Crash
Leonardtown Maryland July 8 A plane failed to clear trees on takeoff injuring James Van Devanter 20 kept in St Marys Hospital for cuts to face and body The pilot escaped injury Van Devanter is son of Henry Van Devanter of Leonardtown who had taken part in an aerial show with three planes disclosed to carry passengers.
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Leonardtown
Mad
James van Devanter
St. Mary’s Hospital
van Devanter
Henry van Devanter
Harvest Notes and Local Social Roundup in MIDDLEWAY
Farmers near completion of harvest with corn thriving and hay making delayed by rain. Mrs Grover Dunlap returns home after major surgery in Martinsburg W Va. Miss Millicent Childs visits Summit Point. Social events include the Ladies Aid Society, Wizard Clipp Women's Club, and visits from Easton Pa and Washington DC acquaintances. Rev Homer Welch now serves Stephens City Methodist Church and visited Ware home with family. Willia Ware returns to Winchester after weekend at home and Berkeley Springs.
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Middleway
Grover Dunlap
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Millicent Childs
Washington
Summit Point
Barthol Watson
Nelson Dick
William Watson
Washington, D. C
J. R. Ware
Ladies Aid Society
John Stanley
Norval Johnston
Kearneysville
L. M. Watson
Ruth
Dorothy Watson
Homer Welch
Rachel
Marisk
Winchester
Welch
Jefferson
Stephens City Methodist Church
Wares
Willia Ware
Berkeley Springs
Size of West Indies Lands Surprising Tourists
The article notes that Cuba is three times the size of Holland and Haiti Santo Domingo is twice the size of Switzerland. It adds that the combined land area of all the West Indian islands is larger than Great Britain, a fact that surprises many visitors.
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West Indies
Cuba
Holland
Haiti-Santo Domingo
Switzerland
Great Britain
Fire Destroys Harrisonburg Rockingham Feeds Mill
A major fire gutted the five story Rockingham Feeds mill in Harrisonburg at 7:45 AM. The loss, estimated at 65000 dollars, was largely insured. Firefighters from multiple towns battled three hours, water from Staunton aided, and thousands of bushels of grain burned. The mill will reopen with supplies from Pennsylvania and Indiana. Rockingham Feeds, Inc. is led by George Aldhizer II as president and R. B. Strickler as secretary-manager.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham Feeds, Inc
John F. Noli
Main Street
Staunton
Broadway
New Market
R. B. Strickler
Pennsylvania
North Main Street
J. M. Strickler
Rocco Feeds
George Aldhizer II
Rockingham Feeds
E. L. Klingstein
O.M. Masters
Identification tag to show blood group for German soldiers
The German army will require identification tags worn around the neck to indicate each soldier's blood group. This change aims to speed blood transfusions in emergencies, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
English Spirit Good Yet Helplessness Blamed by Manchester Resident
A Manchester resident publishes an uncensored wartime letter from her sister in near Manchester England written June 15 1940. The missive attacks bribery and corruption and laments isolation as France Belgium and Italy shape a grim war outlook.
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Manchester
England
J. P. Hayley
Valley Avenue
H. M. Parks
Parks
Tilton
Brooklands
Baguley
Cheshire
Ulverston
France
M. Reynaud
America
Hodges Called to Active Duty in National Defense Effort
Lieutenant Colonel Leroy Hodges of the Virginia National Guard and state comptroller is ordered to active duty July 10 under the emergency provisions of the National Defense Act. He awaits a physical exam at Walter Reed Hospital and will be released by Governor Price for six months if needed. Hodges is a noted authority on army ordnance and holds key posts in the Virginia defense framework.
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Richmond
Virginia
Leroy Hodges
Virginia National Board
War Department
United States
Hodges
Washington
Comptroller’s Office
Walter Reed Hospital
National Capitol
Price
National Guard
Comptroller
Virginia National Guard
Army Ordinance Association
Willkie's Friends Open Headquarters in Baltimore
Willkie for President headquarters were opened in Baltimore by an independent committee. Kirk A. Landon, a Maryland Willkie worker, leads the effort to engage nonpolitical voters and will coordinate with the party, with a volunteer, unpaid staff staffing the office.
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Baltimore
Republican State Central Committee
Kirk A. Landon
Maryland
Landon
Unidentified Spirits in Homer Flood Spurs Bottle Cleanout
In Homer Nebraska a local liquor store operator was stunned by the flood's aftermath. As waters receded the bottle labels and rebels, the phrase used, washed away leaving shelves bare and concerns over inventory and safety.
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Homer
Neb
Nebraska
Central City Hosts Annual Play Fiesta With Old West Flavor
Central City stages its summer play festival The Bride features Metan singers led by Josephine Antoine at the mining era opera house July 27. Local publishers estimate the event brings about 5000 to town residents plus related tourism and publicity boosts.
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Metan
Galorado
Josephine Antoine
Renee
L. A. Marble
Gilpin County Miner
R. L. Laird
The
Register Call
Opera House
Teller House
Festival Association
Central City
Laird
Gilpin County
Godfrey Miller Rite Held for Winchester Druggist
Funeral services for Charles Godfrey Miller 38 a Winchester druggist drew many friends Saturday. Rev R B Nelson officiated at Christ Episcopal Church with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Anderson Patton Spillman Gerrabrandt and two doctors.
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Charles Godfrey Miller
Winchester
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Frank Anderson
Donald Patton
Garland Spillman
Raoul Gerrabrandt
O. A. Miller
Answers To Today's Quiz From The Washington Bureau
Answers to today s quiz listed in order include topics from the Navy provinces and Cecil Rhodes to the Black Sea and horse racing Scotland and I Corinthians 13 and pronunciation notes for prem i ar or prem yar The readable fragment caps the list with varied subjects and a few pronunciation hints
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Washington
Navy
Provinces
Cecil John Rhodes
Black Sea
Scotland
I Corinthians
President Roosevelt Shirt Size Stated
The article notes President Roosevelt wears a size 16 1 2 shirt.
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Roosevelt
Local Man Displays Black Pearl from Crabbing Find
In CrISFIELD Maryland on July 8 Edward Lee Charnick shows a jet black pearl he found while opening clams. The pearl measures about a quarter inch and he plans to have it set in a ring.
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Crisfield, Md
Edward Lee Charnick
Charnick
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