Frederick County Women Leaders Head to Blacksburg Meet
A Frederick County delegation of women and farmers leaves Winchester for Blacksburg to attend a week long Institute of Rural Fairs session. Miss Madeline Blair leads the party with county and town representatives joining for talks by farm experts.
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Frederick County
Blacksburg
Madeline Blair
Walter Larrick
Gore
Homemakers’ Board
Walter Adams
Gainesboro
Rebecca Adams
Miller Barley Stephens
I. Pred Stine
James D Gibson
Front Royal
James Jackson
Stephens City
N. K. Larrick
Hayfield
Elijah Pifer
Star Tanmry
R. P. Andrson
Alfre Wright
EB. R. Funk
City and County Realty Transfers Highlights
Real estate transfers include Frederick A L Slonaker to F I McClure in Shawnee District, P Reardon trustee to Bernard K Smith west of Gore, Flora L Hummer to I G Feeley east of Mount Williams, and others. Transactions list lots, tracts, and nominal sums plus valuable considerations, with several properties in Stonewall and Shawnee districts and Martinsburg Turnpike locale.
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Frederick A. L. Slonaker
F. I. McClure
Shawnee District
Enmes P. Reardon
Bernard K. Smith
Gore
Flora L. Hummer
Als
Feeley
Mount Williams
Robert Vann
Et Ax
Carl C. Whittaker
Stonewall
Teressa K. Pugh
D. M. Kater
Shawnee
R. Clark Fletcher
Ira C. Sireeelot
Buffalo Lick Road
Bertie E. Maury
Paul Carter
Burnt Church Road
M. M. Lynch
Charles M. Ebert
Martin L. Miller
Oliver F. Miller
Martinsburg
Radio receiving licenses in Sayedian Canada in 1938
The Sayedian government issued 1,213,723 radio receiving licenses in 1938, indicating widespread ownership. This figure highlights the penetration of radio as a major communications medium in Canada during that year.
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Canada
Answers to Today’s Quiz Items
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 cover Mount Vernon Lick Observatory written acknowledgement a btedness sold by the Post site Department public auc ees Moscicki Louisiana haven I haven t been anywhere to day or I have been nowhere today Donald Budge Humboldt Sir Francis Drake
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Mount Vernon
Lick Observatory
Post Site
Public
Auc
Ees Moscicki
Louisiana
Donald Budge
Humboldt
Sir Francis Drake
Junior Boarders Sweep Honors at Hancock Picnic
The Hancock Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce picnic near Berkeley Springs drew Jaycees from Virginia West Virginia Maryland and DC. Winchester Virginia group won largest delegation and captured the softball cup after three straight wins in a five team tournament. Tom Baldridge spoke as Virginia State JC president with H B McCormac noting Tulsa National Convention events. About 200 attendees enjoyed supper and dancing.
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Winchester
Cacapon State Park
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia
Hancock, Md
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Tom Baldridge
Powell Harrison
H. B. McCormac
Tulsa
Oklo
Yellowstone Park Braces as Major Forest Fire Spreads
July 17 report from Yellowstone Park describes the worst forest fire since 1931. Airplanes, radio, mules, and hundreds of men rushed to fight the 1,000 acre blaze. Park Superintendent Edmund B. Rogers requested 300 CCC enrollees as winds drove the fire out of control. The fire was started by lightning.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Edmund B. Rogers
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mrs. Dorsey Dies After Eight Months Illness
Mrs. Sidney E. Dorsey widow of William E. Dorsey died Sunday at Gainesboro home of her daughter Mrs. Julian Larrick after eight months of illness. Survived by children Lawrence F. Dorsey Otterbein Dorsey Elmer R. Dorsey Roy Campbell and Mrs. Julian Larrick plus a brother and sister and 23 grandchildren. Funeral services planned at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.
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Sidney E. Dorsey
William E. Dorsey
Julian Larrick
Gainesboro
Dorsey
Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church
Hiram
Elizabeth Ann Fries
Frederick County
Green Springs
Lawrence F .Dorsey
Stephens City
Otterbein Dorsey
Winchester
Elmer R. Dorsey
Clearbrook
R. W. Dorsey
Martinsburg
Roy Campbell
Wadesville
U.S. Pries
Ee Springs
W. A. Ben Winchester
Omps
Luther Bridgers
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Larrick
Lawrence F. Dorsey
R. W. Porsey
Crash At Sea Under Probe By Coast Guard Board
A coast guard board of inquiry opened today into the crash at sea of a mercy plane. Three lives were lost in the accident involving hydroplane V-164, which reportedly cracked up after leaving the water to pick up a pneumonia-stricken seaman from the Ketch Atlantis, 150 miles southeast of New York. A gas explosion theory is among those being considered.
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New York
Coast Guard Board of
Coast Guard
Here
Russians In Air Attacks On Railroad
Manchoukuoan advices report eight Soviet warplanes attacked the Halmarshan railway center in northwestern Manchoukuo, destroying four cars and the post office, wounding four. The raid followed a dawn Mongolian strike on Furoruji, and observers foresee possible Japanese reprisals and further border actions.
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Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Furoruji
Fulaki
Russia
Siberian
Blagoveschensk
Halmarshan
Tamsk
Safe Cracksmen Loot Waynesburg Bank in Six-Hour Job
Two safecrackers spent six hours drilling into the Waynesburg bank vault and obtained 1343 dollars in small change. They failed to access a rear cash stash of 17000 dollars. Painter Elwood Thomas was held prisoner during the heist as a masked gunman directed the operations from the dentist’s suite above the bank.
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Canton
Waynesburg
Here
M. M. Muckley
Elwood Thomas
Yeggs
Thomas
Five Killed as Trains Collide Near Warsaw
Five people died and 150 were injured when two excursion trains collided head on near Warsaw last night. The engine of one train exploded, igniting the wreckage and hindering rescue efforts.
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Central Press
WPA
Minneapolis
Warsaw
Doctor McIntyre To Dedicate Epworth Church Addition
The Rev W W McIntyre district superintendent of the Winchester district Methodist Church will preach the dedicatory sermon at Epworth Church two miles north of Middletown. The event marks completion of an addition to the church and invites Epworth Grace and other denominations. The fourth quarterly conference for the charge is set for Tuesday evening July 25 at Middletown.
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Dr. McIntyre
Epworth Church
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Middletown
Epworth
J. T. Brown
Grace Methodist
Brown
Middletown Grange Meets with Planned State Events
An open Middletown Grange meeting featured committee reports and action against the water ways transportation bill. Delegates discussed youth opportunities and plans for the State convention, with public invites for Judge Ozlin and an August 11 anniversary program. An outing and weiner roast were set for August.
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Middletown Grange
Frederick County
Pomona
High View Grange
Augusta County
B. O. Bruback
E. M. Funk
William Davison, Jr
Charles Margott
Staunton
Ozlin
Elizabeth Furnace
Cases From Winchester Hearings Record Drunk and Disorderly Verductions
Police raided the Colored Elks Club on North Kent street yesterday arresting eight people. Judge Donald L. Weems presided today delivering verdicts for multiple defendants including Douglass Strange Mose Chadwick William Herbert Ernest Pifer Allen Williams Lewis Jackson Lula Ash Louise Taylor Robert Cooper Sarah Brooks S. E. Robertson Emma Lockley Johna Walker Preston Michigan and Robert Banister with fines ranging from 10.25 to 120.50 for drunk and disorderly conduct maintaining a disorderly house and related charges.
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Colored Elks Club
North Kent Street
Hollis
Donald L. Weems
Douglass Strange
Winchester
Louise Taylor
Robert Cooper
Sarah Brooks
Haddox Row
Betty Ash
Charles Elliott
Weems
S. E. Robertson
Kent Street
Emma Lockley
Johna Walker
Preston Michigan
South Stee Street
Robert Banister
Millwood
Grain values top two billion as 1939 crop eyed
Chicago July 17 The 1939 United States grain crop is valued at more than two billion dollars by trade statisticians based on prices in Chicago. Harvest could reach about 4.453 billion bushels with corn oats and wheat leading the totals though the 1939 yield would be smaller than 1938 and 1937.
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Chicago
United State
May Soon Open Entire Skyline Drive Through Shenandoah
Secretary Ickes announced Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park Virginia could open its full 96 miles within two weeks. Work remained on a 500 foot section on a dangerous dirt road and NPS said traffic might use the Spotswood Trail or crossing link during construction.
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Washington
Ickes
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
National Park Service
Spotswood Trail
Yugoslav Royal Visit Graces London Arrival
Regent Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia arrived to visit King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. They were greeted at the station by the Duke and Duchess of Kent and escorted to Buckingham Palace.
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London
Prince Paul
Olga
Yugoslavia
George VI
Elizabeth
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Buckingham Palace
Pony Case in Clarke County Court Verdict for Carper
In Clarke Virginia Trial Justice Court Judge Loring C. Kackley ruled for Jacob Carper after a lengthy civil hearing. Walter Foley claimed ownership of a pony given to Carper last year under the condition of proper care and return. Carper kept the pony, used it for local children, and lent it to Dr Archibald P. Osborne for his granddaughter this summer.
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Berryville
Justice Court
Loring C. Kackley
Jacob Carper
Walter Foley
Old Chapel
Clarke
Carper
Frank M. Wray
Foley
Archibald P. Osborne
Leche to Face U S Grand Jury Over LSU Scandal
Baton Rouge July 17 Richard W Leche stepping down as governor faces a grand jury probing Louisiana state affairs Also named are Associate Justice John B Fournet and General Louis F Guerre tied to events at the mansion June 25 when Dr James Monroe Smith resigned as LSU president and disappeared Smith is jailed after returning from Canada and faces 24 charges including forgery and embezzlement The inquiry involves university funds and state officials who were present at Smiths resignation
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
John B. Fournet
Louisiana Supreme Court
Louis F. Guerre
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Canada
German War Dead Transferred From France to Germany
Bodies moved from France as Nazi authorities order the transfer of German war dead buried in France to German soil. The operation reflects wartime arrangements on memorial casualties and involves official steps by German and French authorities.
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Bensancon
France
Clarke School Buses Earn Good Rating Statewide
Clarke School buses in Berryville Virginia were inspected across the state and given A B or C ratings. One bus earned A while four were rated B with minor repairs costing about fifteen dollars. The five buses transport about 1700 students regularly.
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Berryville
Iput
Archie F. Roberston
Clarke
Robertson
Berryville Mill To Start Limited Production Soon
Berryville Mills Inc a local silk mill in Berryville Va plans limited production within a week with full operations likely soon Harold F Pagett president says the plant which normally employs 20 will add a third shift bringing in about ten more workers Production waits on a silk shipment to arrive and the mill exports high grade silk stockings with an average weekly output of 450 dozen pairs.
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Berryville
Berryville Mills, Inc
Harold F. Pagett
Concren
Pagett
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