Gore Picnic Set for 5000 Attendances at Annual Meet
Preparations are nearing completion for the 30th Gore Modern Woodmen picnic expected to draw about five thousand people. Highlights include a 2:30 baseball game Gore versus Berkeley Springs, a 3:30 parachute descent by George de Grange from Winchester, a hot air balloon ascension, and a 4:00 beauty contest for Queen of the Picnic. Harold Edwards to crown the winner. The event features an amplified sound system and remarks from Democratic candidates may be heard.
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Gore Modern Woodmen
Harry M. Windle
Committee On
The
Star
Frederick
Frederick County
Gore
Berkeley Springs
George de Grange
Winchester
Harold Edwards
Baptist World Alliance elects Rev Dr James H Rushbrooke president
The Rev Dr James H Rushbrooke of London was elected president of the Baptist World Alliance at its Atlanta congress, succeeding the Rev Dr George W Truett of Dallas. Paul Riley will perform in the afternoon and evening with the Black and Tan String Serenaders providing music.
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James H. Rushbrooke
London
Baptist World Alliance
BWA
Atlanta
George W Truett
Dallas
Texas
Paul Riley
Funkhouser Attends Directors Meeting in Winchester
J. H. Funkhouser, director of the Shenandoah Production Credit Association for Frederick county, attended the Board of Directors meeting in Winchester on Monday July 24. He said the association has shown marked progress in his county. The association serves Frederick Clarke Page Shenandoah and Warren counties.
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J. H. Funkhouser
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Frederick County
Winchester
Funkhouser
Frederick
Clarke
Page Shenandoah
Warren
Suing N. W. For $20,000 in Front Royal Case
William Bolt sues Norfolk and Western Railway for 20000 damages alleging employee negligence caused injury while Bolt worked for George McLean Company on a Viscose plant project. Bolt injured under a hopper car during car shifting and hospital treatment followed.
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Front Royal
William Bolt
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Warren Circuit Court
Tavenner & Tavenner
Woodstock
Weaver
Winchester
Bolt
George McLean Company
Lion in a Pit Stirs Grief at Griffith Park Zoo
Rufus a 12 year old 625 pound North African lion paced an 18 foot deep pit at Griffith Park Zoo after falling in during an attempted 21 foot leap. A three foot wire fence stood between him and escape as keepers planned rescue methods.
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Los Angeles
Rufus
Griffith Park Zoo
Treasury Daily Status Update July 25 Receipts and Debt
The Treasury reports on July 25 receipts of 15 371 066 63 dollars and expenditures of 22 308 531 05 dollars. Gross debt stands at 40 645 582 661 39 dollars, up 21 462 290 05 dollars from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Man Found Dead In Auto Near Shenandoah County
Oscar Borden farmer and business man from Toms Brook area was found dead in his parked sedan between Strasburg and Middletown. He left home twelve hours earlier amid ill health from heart trouble. A night long search by family and friends located the body in the rear seat. Funeral planned at St John’s Reformed Church Harrisville Friday afternoon.
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Woodstock
Oscar Borden
Shenandoah County
Toms Brook
Strasburg
Middletown
Stuarts Camp
Harrisville
Stanley Coffelt
C. H. Robb
Taylor Borden
Borden
Cora Fravel
Washington
Henry Hockman
Maurertown
Tasker Shrum
Saumsville
Roy Border
Bernie M. Borden
Philip Borden
Albert Borden
Detroit
Pearl Fravel
Roy Borden
St. John’s Reformed Church
Protest in Canton as US protests Japanese searching
In Hong Kong July 27 an American protest over Japanese searching in Canton was filed as British officials vowed to defend Hong Kong. United States Consul-General Myrl S. Myers lodged oral and written protests with the Japanese Consulate-General in Canton following the blockade’s first day.
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Hongkong
Canton
United States
Myrl S. Myers
Condition of Rivers at Riverton Report
Rivers at Riverton show muddy conditions in both North fork and South fork sections. officials note reduced clarity and possible flow disruption due to recent rain. Public works urge caution for local navigation and water use decisions pending further testing.
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Riverton
Clarke Electoral Board to Meet in Berryville
Clarke County Electoral Board will meet to appoint a judge and commissioner of election for Berryville precinct during the primary. They will fill positions for White Post precinct and replace candidates George H Levi and Henry Post Mitchell on the Democratic Executive Committee ballots.
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Clarke County Electoral Board
Berryville
George H. Levi
Democratic Executive Committee
White Post
Henry Post Mitchell
Clarke County
Star
Antarctic Expedition Financing Sparks Return Debate
Washington report notes Congress appropriated 350000 for an Antarctic expedition led by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The team of 180 men sails in October, reaches December, and faces finical and political risks as Congress prepares for the 1940 session and potential funding questions.
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Washington
Congress
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Capitol Hill
South Pole
Ups and Downs In Fifth Game
In fifth game bouts Frankie Genovese from Chicago outpointed Johnny Barbara of South Bend Indiana. Bob Sikes of Pine Bluff outpointed Johnny Risko of Cleveland. Eddie Mader of Oakland defeated Domingo Valin of Hayward California in Newark New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frankie Genovese
Toronto
Johnny Barbara
South Bend
Ind
Pine Bluff
Ark
Bob Sikes
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Oakland
Calif
Eddie Mader
Newark
N. J
Domingo Valin
Hayward
Busy Woman Given Break
Minerva Phipps a 47 year old Pasadena woman who spent 23 years masquerading as a man was cleared of charges that she impersonated her dead husband and misrepresented a marriage. Judge Frank Collier ruled the marriage was a pretense on both sides and no one was deceived.
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Pasadena
Calif
Minerva Phipps
Mabel Eagan Radcliffe
Frank C. Collier
James William Phipps
Radcliffe
Doumenc Heads to Moscow for Franco Allied Talks
General Joseph Edouard Doumenc, newly named to the supreme war council, is set to represent the French general staff in talks at Moscow with Russian and British commanders. The mission awaits completion of a Britain France Russian mutual assistance treaty with negotiations advancing in Moscow and London.
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Paris
Joseph Edouard Doumenc
Superior War Council
Moscow
Doumenc
Tondon
Wartime Food Leaflet Distributed As Ration Warnings Rise
London reports 15,000,000 copies of your food in wartime leaflets distributed to families to guide storage and urges shopkeepers to raise stock. Government warns of iron clad rationing for meat bacon ham sugar butter margarine and cooking fats if war breaks out.
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London
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Harold Edwards deGrange
Dr. Rushbrooke
Gaa Co
Directors
Man
Shenandoah
By Eddy Gilmore
Southern Milk Bread
CB. Co
U.S
General Doumenc
France
Pr. Kinney’s Shoe Store
N. Loudoun St
America
Lipton
Ceylon Gardens
Lipton’s Tea
Good Housekeeping Bureas
Roa
Lipton PO Alia Ee
Valuca
Dimity
Batiste
Montgomery
S. Loudoun St
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