Colorful Tomato Festival Plans At Berkeley Springs
The annual Tomato Festival in Berkeley Springs West Virginia is set for September 3 with Queen Betty Grey and a court of two maids and 14 princesses. Events include a bicycle race coronation pageant boxing contests and a grand Labor Day parade with a bathing beauty contest and musical acts.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Young Men's Business Club
Gene Miller
Betty Grey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Park View Inn
Cacapon State Park
Berkeley Springs Pool
Berkeley Springs Park
Coronation Pavilion
To- Mato
Claims Steel (Continued From Page One) Picketing Testimony
Testimony in the steel plant picket case features White denying threats and claiming Hamilton struck him while escorting Hale off Berger property. Hale, not employed by Berger, testified he was pushed and hit with a blackjack during the line incident. Hale spoke of educational picketing to study disturbances at another plant. Hale quoted White threatening the pickets. White described guards as respectable, not thugs, drawing censure from Senator LaFollette to avoid personal attacks.
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White
Hamilton
Clarence Hale
Berger
Hale
Berger Company
LaFollette
Dry Season Foils Local Moonshine Hunt
Sheriff John Bywaters and Deputy Bob DeHaven planned a search for illegal liquor production but found the water source had dried up. The raid was disrupted by the drought affecting the stream supplying the still.
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John Bywaters
Bob DeHaven
Will of George Wilton Strickler Opens Probate In Shenandoah
The will of the late George Wilton Strickler has been admitted to probate. The estate provides funeral expenses and debts, and residue is placed in trust with Shenandoah Valley Bank for his sister Mary Collins. Upon her death, trust terminates and the estate goes to four children: Harvey Strickler Jr, John Niles Strickler, Clinton Buell Strickler, and Helen Strickler Canfield. Shenandoah Valley Bank named executor. Bond set at $10,000. appraisers named B M Sullivan, Ansel Solenberger, F L Glaize Jr, H M Solenberger, and S C Brooks.
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George
Wilton Strickler
Clark M. Smith
Corporation Court
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Mary Collins
Mr. Strickler
Sarah Buell Strickler
Harry Strickler
Harvey Strickler, Jr
John Niles Strickler
Clinton Buell Strickler
Helen Strickler Canfield
M. Sullivan
Ansel Solenberger
F. L. Glaize, Jr
H. M. Solenberger
8. C. Brooks
Death by own action squads in fierce fight at Espina mountains
Fierce fighting near the Espina mountains as government troops fall back to new lines before Valencia. Two insurgent armies split along the Teruel highway pressing fortifications while a rearguard action enables a retreat toward Viver, with Segorbe's fall posing a possible trap for General Jose Miaja's forces.
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Hendaye
France
Espina
Valencia
Teruel
Viver
Segorbe
Jose Miaja
Home Economics Girls On Picnic
Stephens City Virginia July 19 members of the Northern Virginia Federation of Home Economic Clubs left for Elizabeth Furnace in Powell's Fort Valley for a business session and a picnic. Students from nearby counties including Fauquier joined with instructor Mrs Pauline Rhodes and enjoyed games and water sports.
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Stephens City
Northern Virginia Federation of Home Economic Clubs
Elizabeth Furnace
Powell's Fort Valley
Pauline Rhodes
Fauquier
Poor Management Cited As Cause Of Bank Failures
The bi monthly dinner meeting of the Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah and Page Counties Clearing House Association in Berryville Virginia heard Dr E A Kincaid of the University of Virginia outline causes of bank failures. He cited external and internal factors and stressed the role of sound management and active director oversight.
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Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
Page Counties
Clearing House Association
Berryville
H. B. Harris
Houston H. Newman
Clarence L. Robey
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Harry F. Byrd
Kincaid
R. Gray Williams
E. A. Kincaid
University of Virginia
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
H. H. Cooley
Round Hill National Bank
Round Hill
Loudoun, Prince William and Fauquier Clearing House Association
J. H. Siler
Roy E. Potts
Profis
Kincain
Road detours in Waukegan prompt unusual animal roundup
Motorists complained to Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle about detours on Highway 63 in Waukegan Illinois. Deputies awakened a 300-pound sow hindering traffic and then rounded up three calves several miles further along.
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Waukegan
Ill
Lawrence Doolittle
Frisking About Unmindful of the Horns of Motorists
A brief paragraph notes a scene where authorities check pedestrians or drivers amid traffic, with emphasis on the clash between caution and impatient horn sounds. The account hints at urban tension and routine enforcement.
Friday Races At Winchester Park Draw Community Interest
Special WPA events at Winchester Park draw locals to sack relay and potato races this Friday with two sessions from 10 30 to 11 30 am and 6 to 7 pm Play Leaders Garrish Stryker Fiddler Hopkins and Tinsman supervise entries and awards include blue sacks rosettes and ribbons Winners listed span George Ritter Hal Rivers Lewis March Roland Nelson Stewart Bailey Eugene Hottle Jessie McDaniels and others The double tournament is scheduled for July 29 with names to register at the park
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Winchester Park
WPA
Garrish
Stryker
Fiddler
Hopkins
Tinsman
Junior Maphis
Floyd Cave
Robert Jenkins
Kenneth Largent
Stewart Brown
Robert Feltcher
Earl Dick
Robert Boyd
Linwood Dick
Bill Massie
Hal Rivers
Delbert McKee
Holmes White
Joe McDaniel
Jessie McDonnell
George Ritter
Donald Tinsman
Paul Carper
Billy Barnhart
Harley Adams
Charles Chapman
Lewis March
Roland Nelson
Eugene Creswell
Bob Peer
Stewart Bailey
Eugene Hottle
Mr. Jenkins
Bill Barnhart
Boyd Snyder
Elmer Orndorff
Randell Lonas
Jessie McDaniel Wharton
Charles Vincent
H. M. Layman
David Trenary
Death of Presley Walter Fletcher at 67 in Winchester
Presley Walter Fletcher a native of Flint Hill Rappahannock County and longtime Winchester resident died at 2 10 this morning at his home 119 East Pall Mall Street after an illness. He was born January 18 1872 and belonged to Flint Hill Methodist Church and the Friendship Fire Company. He is survived by his widow two daughters three sons two sisters seven grandchildren and funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 30 PM from his East Pall Mall home with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Presley Walter Fletcher
Flint Hill
Rappahannock County
Winchester
East Pall Mall Street
Mr. Fletcher
Madison and
Cassy Clark Fletcher
Germany
Virginia
Flint Hill Methodist Church
Friendship Fire Company
Fletcher
Bessie Cora Fletcher
Charles Alger
Frederick County
Howard Starliper
This City
Richard, Warren
Robert
Thomas J. Trier
Earl Cuthbert
Roy Manuel
Harry Lake
Rain Totals Help Farmers Amid Drought Threats
The region received .32 inch of rain yesterday boosting monthly total to .51 inch and annual rainfall to 14.74 inches. Farmers cheered by the moisture despite continuing drought concerns across occupations.
Exiled Son to Attend Queen Marie Funeral in Romania
Dowager Queen Marie dies aged 62 from liver disease in Bucharest. In a June letter she chose lilac mourning and burial at her Black Sea resort. Her death softens rift between sons King Carol and Nicholas Brana who attends under exile. A requiem mass is held as officials plan public viewing.
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Bucharest
Marie
Black Sea
Carols
Romania
Carol
Nicholas Brana
Prince Nicholas
Daily cross word puzzle across
Across and down clues mix in a dense puzzle page with many garbled phrases. Readable items mention shovel prolongs tool, a city related clue and several numeric or geographic hints.
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Daily Cross
Farmers protest impressment of teams in 1862 issue
A Winchester Virginian issue from January 29, 1862 lists farmers urged to apply at the Quartermaster’s office to receive pay for impressed teams and includes a letter from a Clarke County reader criticizing impressments. The writer questions support for the army and calls for better feeding and management of horses and wagons.
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Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Winchester Virginian
White Post
Clarke Co
Quartermaster
Abe
Queen Marie’s Funeral Mullers Through Romania Mourning
Prime Minister and patriarch lead mass at Sinaia cemetery as six months of mourning begin. Thousands line to enter Sinaia castle where the body lies in state today and tomorrow. A royal train will move the body to Bucharest for state rites, then to Kurten de Argesch for interment beside King Ferdinand, who died in 1927. Special cheap fares offered for the poor to attend farewells. Masses held nationwide, flags at half mast, music banned. Queen Marie’s physician cites a fatal liver disease with repeated hemorrhages and blood regeneration failure.
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Sinaia
Queen
Marie
Bucharest
Kurten de Argesch
Ferdinand
Romania
Queen Marie
Life of Doctor Like a Romance
The Star prints the second installment from the Bulletin of the McGuire Clinic and St. Luke's Hospital on Dr. Hunter Homes McGuire of Richmond born in Winchester. A Confederate Army medical chief and founder of medical education in Richmond his life is portrayed as a romantic biographical series.
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the Star
McGuire Clinic
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richmond
Hunter Homes McGuire
Stuart McGuire
Virginia
Hunter McGuire
McGuire
Winchester
Stonewall” Jackson
University College of Medicine
Medical College of
Great Hopkins Foundation
Baltimore
Dr. McGuire
Bomb raids devastate Hankow campus and city
Four Japanese bombs hit the American Church Mission Boone University campus in Hankow wounding and killing dozens. Across Hankow Wuchang and Hanyang, about 150 civilians killed or injured as bombs destroyed shacks and homes while attackers targeted factories and a convent.
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Hankow
Boone University
Wuchang
Hanyang
Han River
Wedding Invitations Announced at STAR JOB
Miss Jane Doe and Mr John Smith announce their wedding for October 12 at STAR JOB venue. The ceremony will be followed by a reception at the same location with family and friends in attendance.
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Star Job
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Brooklyn
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Hire
Corrigan
Ocean
E Abni
GOD Ie Tollies
Loudoun
Ieber
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N. Main St
Carol of
Samuel
North Cen
Italy
Switzerland
Founda
Tions
Fis
Griele
Alf Irieis
Eiait
Mietainis
Giuilil
É&C
Doctor
Catholic Institution
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