Benefit Payments Drop For Jobless In Winchester Area
Walter M. Shade reported that Winchester Employment Service issued 28,278 benefit checks in the three months to June 30, down from 46,244 in 1940. About 994 claimants filed, with 30 percent active. 335 jobs were found, total placements statewide near 34,000 for the period. Registrants at Winchester numbered 613, split nearly evenly by gender.
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Unemployment Compensation Commission
Winchester Local Employment Service
Walter M. Shade
Winchester Office
Shade
Atsme
Winchester
Commission
State
Who Wrote The Poem Beginning My Candle Burns
The line My candle burns at both ends I know is by Edna St Vincent Millay. It appears in her poetry volume A Few Figs from Thistles published in 1920.
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Edna St. Vincent
Miland
Co-Ops To Face Renewed Fight In Legislature
The Virginia Agricultural Conference board warned of intensified opposition to farmer cooperatives as the 1942 General Assembly nears. East retires as chairman. new executive committee named. The group opposed higher federal gasoline taxes and defeated motions on redistricting and county tax assessments while forecasting a battle over cooperative legislation and farm self-help.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Agricultural Conference Board
General Assembly
East
John East
Augusta County
AAA
K. N. Ellis
Farm Bureau Federation
H. H. Watson
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Dr. Meade Ferguson
State Grange
C. Nelson Beck
State Dairymen’s Association
W. 8. Campfield
State Horticultural Society
Porter Hardy
Virginia Federation of Potato and Vegetable Growers
W. L. Kirby
Producers Co-Op Exchange
W. G. Wyser
Southern States Cooperative
D.E. Shank
Valley of Virginia Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Campfield
Virginia
Boards of Supervisors
Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr
U S Women Urged To Quit Bridge For Defense
Adelaide Kerr profiles Mrs Harold Milligan who heads a new national defense department for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. She urges women to stop bridge and join civilian defense efforts through education, nursing training, and morale building.
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U.S
Bridge For
Adelaide Kerr
Harold Milligan
Uncle Sam
New York
Miligan
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
New
Department of National Defense
Womanhood of
America
National Association of Manufacturers
British general who ordered back to the wall in 1918 drive
An English general issued the "back to the wall" order on April 12, 1918 as German forces surged in World War I. He vowed to hold until promised French reinforcements arrived.
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Sue Thaig
Cool Air Masses Squeeze Out Worst Heat Wave
Thundershowers end the northern tier heat wave as relief moves in from the Atlantic and Midwest. Readings eased from 100s to 60s and 70s in several cities while Milwaukee and Washington etc saw sharp drops after storms.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
New England
Chicago Weather Bureau
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
G. L. Canaday
Cincinnati
Dayton
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York City
Baltimore
Atlantic
North Dakota
Minnesota
Innesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Winchester election officials named for Democratic primary
Election officers assigned for Winchester with precincts Friendship Rouss City Hall and others. Names include John W. Kater Ralph Cain Alfred Henkel John Dunn B F Arthur Robert Swartz Forrest Co M Martin Sarah Berenobert Bell Frank Hel Lee and Frank B. Crawford. Poll hours set as 5 12 PM to 6 59 PM.
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Winchester
John W. Kater
Ralph Cain
Alfred 8. Henkel
Rouss
John Dunn
B. F. Arthur
Robert Swartz
City
B. Estes
Sarah Berenobert Bell
Frank Hel- Lee
Frank B. Crawford
Prisoner Jumps From Window And Escapes Briefly
Ralph Parks of Texas Maryland resident enjoyed a short freedom from the law today after being picked up about noon on drunkenness charges. While awaiting fingerprinting in the city hall police court room he jumped from a window and fled. He was recaptured shortly after by Officer Carlton Manual and Inspector Dulaney as he fled Millwood avenue out of town.
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Ralph Parks
Texas
Parks
Francis Funk
Carlton Manual
Dulaney
Millwood Avenue
Christmas Toys Featuring War Toys Demand Grows
Pittsburgh reports a rising market for war themed toys as children ask for fighter planes tanks and ambulances amid peacetime lull since World War I manufacturers note steady demand and say parental hesitance has little effect as kids press for battle play items.
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Pittsburgh
Papa
Mama
Little Jimmy
Mary
Red Cross
Officer Pays Tribute To Local Citizens Winchester Day Observance
1st Lieutenant William F Burke chaplain of the 116th Infantry at Fort Meade honors Winchester Day July 27 praising loyal citizens and the Chanters. He notes their strong support for soldiers and laments absence of a band concert.
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Wiliam F. Burke
116Th Infantry
Andrew Bell
Winchester
Fort Meade
Chester
City Court Notices on Violations and Fines
In The Court Of The Trial Justice City Valley Fruit and Candy Co. faced charges for blocking street. R. E. Smith fined for parking unlicensed car. Charles Harris cited. William S. Ennis charged with reckless driving. C. W. Lowe fined for bad check law. An H. Hudson cited for speeding. Fines listed from 4 to 110.25 dollars.
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City Valley Fruit and Candy Co
R. E. Smith
Charles Harris
Williams
Ennis
C. W. Lowe
Condition of Rivers Topic in United States
The text questions the status of Americans with limb loss and defines an inquiline as an animal that lives habitually in another species nest or home. It references a count of people lacking limbs and provides a concise definition of inquiline.
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United States
C. A
Boston Wool Market Report from July 30
U S Department notes in Boston that a few fine wools, including graded good French combing length and fine hired wools, faced fairly good demand with prices around $1.03 to $1.05 per pound on a scoured basis.
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Boston
U. S. Dept
Answers to the Daily Quiz Two
Answers printed on page 4 list the quiz responses. Items include piano, cannot stand, Austin, green, Manuel L. Quezon, Anne Rutledge, true, a state or country between two enemies, Satan, and Gene Stratton Porter.
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Piano
Austin
Green
Manuel L. Queson
Anne Rutledge
Satan
Gene Stratton Porter
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Shepherdstown
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West
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B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
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Judy
Her Rose
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Phonephoto
Judy Garland
Dave Rose
Las Vegas
Rose
Martha Raye
H. Hudson
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
William M. Tuck
Hunsdon Cary
Vivian L. Page
Moss A. Plunkett
Riverton
C. J
John’ W. Rosenberger
Quality Co
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