Frederick County Secondary Road Program Adds 18 Projects
Frederick county will implement 18 highway construction and improvement projects for 1941 covering routes such as Hayfield road and Back Mountain road. The plan includes grade and drain work, resurfacing with stone, and new bridges or spans at Ray Run and Rag Run, with costs ranging from about 680 to 7,200 dollars and several miles of surface retreatment. Major items include 20-foot and 30-foot span bridges on Armel road and Ray Run on the Frederick Clarke line.
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Frederick County
Hayfield Road
Gainesboro
Stayfield
Back Mountain
Middle Road
Armel Road
Clarke County
Rag Run
SeeBridge
Frederick-Clarke County
Ray Run
S. C. L. Winchester
Senseney
Green Spring Road
White Hall
Avenue Junction Rt
Mrs Moling Rites Today at Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Snapp Moling 94 die Sunday will be held at 5 o clock this afternoon at the residence 521 North Londoun street. The Rev Ronald Wilson and the Rev Herman Womeldorf will officiate with interment in Mount Hebron. Hymns include Jesus Lover of My Soul Rock of Ages and Abide With Me. Readings from Psalms John 14 First Corinthians 13 Romans 8 and Revelation. Pallbearers listed Silas G Cather Stewart Bell Fred S Boyd Frank B Crawford William B Wagner Bruce Slonoker Calvin Martin and John S Scully Jr.
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Sarah Snapp Moling
North Londoun Street
Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Herman Womeldorf
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mr. Womeldorf
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Silas G. Cather
Stewart Bell, Sr
Fred S. Boyd
Frank B. Crawford
William B. Wagner
Bruce Slonoker
Calvin. Martin
Johns. Scully, Jr
Scattergood Baines Actor’s Indiana Roots
M. B. A. Jess Pugh, who portrays Scattergood Baines on radio, hails from Andersonville in Franklin County Indiana. His family moved to Rushville during his childhood, where he still resides.
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A. Jess Pugh
Scattergood Baines
Andersonville
Franklin County
Indiana
Rushville
Navy seeks four more aircraft carriers and two cruisers
Washington July 30 Navy officials confirmed talks with Newport News Shipbuilding Corp on building four additional aircraft carriers and two cruisers. Roger Williams said the yard would receive orders if Congress funds the 70 percent naval expansion program, with a $4.8 billion defense bill awaiting House action. Contracts exist for a battleship, four carriers and two light cruisers.
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Washington
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation
Virginia
Roger Williams
Roosevelt
Nav
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Newport News Corporation
Ether for Fish Mothers Eases Hatchery Spawning
Dr. Francis P. Griffiths of the Oregon State Game Commission reports using ether to anesthetize female steelhead for artificial spawning. In a 200:10 000 solution the fish relax quickly, allowing easier egg extraction with minimal egg loss and rapid recovery, potentially reducing spring spawning crews.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Francis P. Griffiths
State Game Commission
Griffiths
The War Today Article by Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie writes as foreign editor for the Associated Press, offering interpretative context on war coverage. The note indicates his piece appears on another page for readers seeking analysis beyond the main dispatch.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
MacKenzie
The
Associatedress
Winchester Merchants Offer Bargain Days August First and Second
Twenty nine Winchester merchants announce special values for Bargain Days to be observed August 1 and 2. Ten thousand copies of The Star will be distributed within a 50 mile radius to draw large crowds. stores will increase sales staff and maintain prompt courteous service with high quality merchandise. Participating stores include Winchester Furniture Co Bell Clothes Stores Solenberg er Co Gray Eddy Miller Anderson Timberlake's The Gas Co Wonders Baker's Drug Store H C Sheetz Son Lovett Smart Shop Bickers Motor Co ee Style Shop Philip's Spe ty Stop American Stores Montgomery Ward Huntsberrys Shoe Store Raylass Store Pifer Printing Co Otto’s Jewelery Lovett Brothers Moling Cather Peoples Service Drug Store J C Penney Co Geo Washington Garage Margaret Hodgson Kinney's Shoe Store Young Men's Sport Shop American Store Newberry's.
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the Star
Winchester Purniture Co
Bell Clothes Stores, Inc
Solenberger & Co
Gray & Eddy
Miller & Anderson
Timberlake's
the Gas Co
Wonder’s
Baker's Drug Store
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Lovett's Smart Shop
Bicker’s Motor Co
Ee Style Shop
Philip’s Spety
American
Montgomery Ward
Huntsberry’s Shoe
Raylass Store
Pifer Printing Co
Omas Jewelery Co
Lovett Brothers
Moling É& Cather
Peoples Service Drug Store
J. C. Penney Co
Geo. Washington Garage
Margaret L. Hodgson
Kinney’s Shoe
Young Men's Sport Shop
American Store
Newberry’s
Safeguards For Those In Arms Service
Virginia Defense Council proposes pay top-ups and job guarantees for service members. Governor Price urged employers to cover the difference between military and private pay for up to 30 days away and guarantee return-to-work for longer terms. The council also seeks seniority protection and plant-usage based favoritism.
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Richmond
Virginia Defense Council
Price
More Homes Being Built In 1940 First Half
The National Association of Building Trades Employers reports a slight drop in overall 1940 half year volume versus 1939 but indicates a rise in home building. Labor use remains under half of normal, while defense priorities spur expansion in construction and housing for workers. Los Angeles leads in new homes. New York tops dollar value of permits.
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Chicago
National Association of Building Trades Employers Today
E. M. Craig
New York
Los Angeles
Detroit
Cleveland
Answers to Today's Quiz Questions
Answers to today s quiz printed on page 4 list the locations and facts: Eastport Maine the answer yes unless one is a salaried officer of his own firm Farragut Greek mathematician Petrol Coppe and zinc and ten cents in addition to the regular postage.
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Eastport
Maine
Farragut
Progress On Road Change On Leesburg Pike Project
Motorists on Route 7 eastward near Falls Church and Tysons Corners are advised that the Leesburg pike widening project has nearly completed the main base. The road now widened to three lanes will soon receive surface binder, with sections adding a four lane design and park ing between directions. The Lee highway runs toward Little River pike and Lega area as grading nears completion and a state built traffic circle is planned north of Virginia.
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Leesburg Pike
Falls Church
Tysons Corners
Little River ‘Pike
Lega
Lee Highway
Little River Pike
State Highway Department
Virginia
Fringer Rites Followed By Many Friends
Funeral services for the late Mrs. D L Fringer wife of a Methodist minister were held Sunday at 11 00 o clock with Dr W W Mc Intyre district superintendent of Winchester district delivering the sermon Interment was in the family lot in Aenissville A large attendance came from the old Baltimore Conference Mrs Fringer died in Inca hospital last week The Rev Mr Fringer is a son of the late Rev George R Fringer former pastor at Middletown Methodist Church about 17 years ago
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D. L. Fringer
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Aenissville
Rappahannock County
McIntyre
Fringer
Randolph-Macon College
G. F. Martin
Staunton
Middletown Methodist Church
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Red Elliott
Sam Barnes
M. B
Newport News
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock ST
Oregon Hatchery
Paul F. Ewing
H. L. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Fordson
W. E. Edwards
Hotpoint
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Rowland A. Egger
Council of Plans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FBI In Astters of National Defense
Guard
Council
Virginia National Guard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roanoke
Charles E. Kilbourne
Virginia Military Institute
National Defense Council
Kilbourne
L. M. Walker
Henry G. Shirley
Army
Tidewater
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Motorola
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Cor. Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Allis-Chalmers
Crawler
Luray
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Kernstown
Astots
Glaize & Bro
Pittsburgh
Order OF the Golden Rule
General Electric
General Electric Research Laboratories
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
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