Lightning destroys barn on R. H. Baker farm near Middletown
A bolt struck the Long Meadow area on the Shenandoah river three miles from Middletown, wiping out a barn and its hay, machinery and seven shoals while four horses two colts and cattle were saved. Loss is estimated at 2000 to 2500 dollars with rebuilding planned.
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Cedar Creek
Shenandoah
Frederick
Warren County
R. H. Baker
Long Meadow
Shenandoah River
Middletown
Baker
Edwin Brumback
Labor leader warns against WPA wage slash clash
Meany president of the New York State Federation of Labor opposes slashing hourly wages for skilled WPA craftsmen. The WPA AFL dispute endangers a nationwide strike as thousands quit projects around New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meany
New York
Winchester Choir Featured at the Fair
The Chanters from Winchester were highlighted in Today at the Fair at the New York World's Fair on July 6 with a double column photo and lead story. Officials praised the concert at the Temple of Religion Building as the first full program many had stayed to hear. The Glee Club of Schoolfield High School also performed sacred and secular pieces, boosting Winchester publicity among fairgoers and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Glee Club
Schoolfield High School
Winchester
United States
Crochet Pattern Converts The Last Supper Panel
A 25 by 47 inch crochet panel titled The Last Supper can be used as a wall piece in living or dining rooms or as an altar cloth panel. Pattern 6432 includes charted instructions, stitch illustrations, and materials list.
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Rome
Federal trade commission files price discrimination case
The Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against American Oil Company of Baltimore and General Finance Inc of Washington charging price discrimination in gasoline sales under the Robinson-Patman Act. It ties five Washington and Baltimore taxi firms to a contract lowering pump prices and resale to cab operators and the public. Names include Herbert Glassman and Edward C Ostrow. Twenty days given to answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
American Oil Company
Baltimore
General Pinance, Inc
Washington D. C
Robnson-Patman
General Finance, Inc
General Finance
City Cab Corporation, Inc
General Taxicab Inc
Prud
Winners Named in Correct Dress Contest and Delegates to Camps
Winners of the correct dress contest at the courthouse for the State Short Course and 4-H Club camp at White Rock were announced. Senior dress Harbaugh Mountain View Club, junior Elizabeth Crim White Hall Club, church Hilda Whitacre Whitacre Club, party Winifred Carper Round Hill ap pointed. other awards listed with delegates Mary Gay Marker and Harold Larrick Gore Club chosen for State Short Course at Blacksburg, Va., July 24-29. Delegates to the White Rock camp Rebecca Lodge White Hall and Robert Lamp Kernstown, with alternates named.
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White Rock
Elizabeth Crim
White Hall Club
Hilda Whitacre Whitacre
Winifred Carper
Round Hill
LeRoy Cooper
Mountain View Club
Linda Dailey
Whitacre Club
Denver Heishman
Mary Gay Marker
Round Hill Club
Walter Adams
Irene Stipe
Harold Larrick Gore
Blacksburg
Nancy Harbaugh
Robert Dailey
Rebecca Lodge White
Unclear Financial Snapshot Itemized Assets Total
Partial OCR sum lists assets and figures such as 258,395.55 185,174,83 50,152,50 and totals 14,609,462.91 930,635,68 5,274,31 9,416,38 48,566.90 245,22 150,000.00 50,000.00 16,000.00. The fragment resembles a balance sheet line with multiple asset amounts and a total, but full context is missing.
Obituary of William L. Armel Retired Carpenter
William L. Armel a 78 year old retired carpenter and merchant from the Armel section died after a long illness. He was husband of Lydia H. Carter Armel and father to C. E. Armel J. W. Armel and Mrs Kathryn Pifer. Survived by one brother John W. Armel and one sister Mrs George Haymaker along with four grandchildren. Final rites Wednesday at 2 pm at his home with Rev G L Waters and Rev W D Mitchell. Burial at Macedonia Church where he worshipped.
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William L. Armel
Armel
Lydia H. Carter Armel
C. E. Armel
J. W. Armel
Front Royal
Kathryn Pifer
Winchester
John W. Armel
Clarke County
Justice Triumphs as Mouse Drowns in Water
Philadelphia police capture a pet mouse that stole bira seed from a canary named Pete. Clerk Charles Kelley witnesses the moment as the rodent runs into a water pail and drowns, ending a week of baffling thefts.
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Philadelphia
Pete
Charles Kelley
Puzzling delays in China war baffle Japan and public
The third year of the China-Japanese conflict shows Japan’s conquests incomplete as Chinese resistance persists. Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces hinder occupation through widespread noncooperation, passive resistance, and civil life disruption, while Japan’s army remains efficient but unable to secure victory.
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New York
Japan
Ime Mikado
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Scotland
India
Gandhi
Earth Rotation Affects Large Scale Vortex Direction
The text discusses how smoke spirals in mall scale rotate in either direction in both hemispheres and notes that the Earth’s rotation can influence motion direction only on very large scales like widespread storms.
Emancipation Day Celebrated by African Americans
The piece notes Emancipation Day as the only widely observed holiday among African Americans with no single national date. States choose dates they deem pivotal in the passage of emancipation legislation.
Answers to Today's Quiz on Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include San Jose and Great Britain. The list features two, ministers rank below ambassadors, a misspelled Fo tometer, Washington Irving, Helen Dettweiler, Snake River, and a device measuring curvature of surfaces.
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San Jose
Great Britain
Washington Irving
Mdcccxii
Helen Dettweiler
Snake River
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Frederick County
George Meany
Palestine Chamber of Commerce
The
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Crochet
da Vinci
Brooks
Leonardo
Winchester Evening Star
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
N. Y
Household Arts, Inc
Mervel W. Adams
King & Heating
E. Piccadilly St
Aan Harbaugh
Rebecca Lodge
Harry Heishman
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Yames
Hardy
Rabe
Morris D. Lazaron
S Wade
Mark
Straus
Www
Jett Lavyck
Helen Dowigart Preso
Graham Ie “O Eae
Stuart Caranchael
Arlie LO Hopkins
Thomas
Carrington Wilk
F. Ernest
Hunter
Alexander Johnson
Commercial and Savings Bank of
Herbert S. Larrick
John S. Sloat
State of Virginia
County of Frederick
Alice C. Cameron
SILCO
Wm. Armel
Victor Bread
King Feisal
Iraq
Baghdad
Amir Abdul Ilah
King Ghazi
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
San
America
Aun
Pues Ee Ieee Es
Mee
Northern
USG
WM. Rosenberger
Ality Building Mate
McCormick Deering
C. J. Brumback
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