Timber Ridge hosts 93rd Valley Central Conference session
The Timber Ridge Church in Virginia hosts the 93rd annual Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference session August 6 to 7. Roy A. Larrick of Winona presides. Rev. R. E. Newton of WLaray preaches. prominent attendees include Rev. H. S. Hardcastle and Rev. J. H. Lightbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timber Ridge
Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference
Roy A. Larrick
Winpresident of the Valley Conference
Robert A. Whitten
H. S. Hardcastle
Southern Christian Convention
Norfolk
J. H. Lightbourne
Burlington
N. C
L. E. Smith
Eton College
Larrick
Raymond Andes
Harrisonbure
Roy Coulter
New Mar
Evangelism ‘Committee
R. E. Newton
Wlaray
White
C. R. Line
High View
Clarence Phillips
Tenth Legion
Mrs. Monger
Walstein
Practical Joker Frustrates Mrs Novick With C O D Pranks
On a hot afternoon Mrs A J Novick of 117 Morgan Street faced a wave of C O D deliveries and bulk merchandise all traced to calls from a young girl. Merchants plan to seek the caller’s identity by phone orders to others after the annoyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Novick
Morgan Street
C.O.D
Virginia Governor Calls for City Cooperation in Defense Effort
Governor urges Mayors of Virginia cities to cooperate in defense measures and asks for general observance across the state. Dr Douglas S Freeman chairs the State Defense Council with J H Wyse as assistant coordinator. The governor plans to telegraph all city leaders to seek unified action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas S. Freeman
State Defense Council
J. H. Wyse
Defense Council
Virginia
Rail labor dispute moves toward fact finding if mediation fails
The employee warns they would repudiate benefits won under the Railway Labor Act. If the Mediation Board cannot settle the dispute, President Roosevelt would appoint a fact finding commission to avert a national transportation tie up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Transportation System
Roosevelt
Wallace Heads Unit To Direct Defense Plans
Wallace leads a unit tasked to probe and advise on economic defense measures tied to postwar reconstruction and US trade protection. The group reviews legislation and, with the President's approval, suggests needed laws to build a sound international economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
United States
Senate
Woman's Week Ends Sunday At Massanetta
Massanetta Springs hosts a weekend program August 2 3 with a Fellowship Dinner 6 pm Saturday reservations through Massanetta Springs Hotel Harrisonburg. Sunday features Miss Lena Reynolds Dr Charles Erdman Dr C Darby Fulton plus sunrise service worship communion and a candle lighting service with speakers R N missionary to Belgian Congo Rev W E Hudson Dr R M Wilson and Mrs F R Crawford presiding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massanetta Springs
Massanetim Springs
Harrisonburg
Lena Reynnlds
R. N
Belgian Congo
America
Charles R. Erdman
Princeton Theological Seminary
C. Darby Fulton
Foreign Mission Committee
Presbyterian Church
U. S
F. R. Crawford
Alice Harrison
Laura Campbell
W. E. Hudson
D. D
W. H. Hickson
R. M. Wilson
C. Darby Fuller
D.D
Plan Speedy Action On Prices Plan
Washington July 31 Congressional leaders planned speedy action on President Roosevelt's request for broad price fixing powers to meet inflationary trends threatening to undermine our defense effort. Senate and House leaders conferred late yesterday on final details and said identical bills would be introduced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Barkley
D-Ky
Leon Henderson
Defense Price
Congress
Sherff Defiant In Timber Strike
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a contract dispute splits timbermen and truck drivers amid a 4000-strong strike for Fayette county coal mine posts. Tri State Lumbermen and Truckers Union says a contract with operators gives wage hikes up to 40 percent, while CIO Lumber, Timber and Sawmill Workers Organizing Committee deems it unsatisfactory. Sheriff Frock warns any independent deliveries will be stopped. Posts come from southern Pennsylvania, northern Maryland and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette County
Tri-State Lumbermen and Truckers’ Union
C.I.0. Lumber, Timber and Sawmill Workers’ Organizing Committee
Joseph Yablonski
C.I.0
Charles T. Frock
Pennsyvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Many Peaches Not To Be Harvested
Abandonment of harvesting in Georgia orchards due to small fruit and declining prices was reported. Elberta peaches fell from 1.35 to 0.65 and then 0.55 per bushel as drought delayed maturity by about 30 days, worsening a market already morose. Grover T. J. Grover and Claude Barnett cited break-even at 1.00 per bushel. State official Tom Linder noted the drop followed a large regional crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Elbertas
Grover T. J. Grover
Newman
Claude Barnett
Commerce
Tom Linder
Heat Saps Delmarva Chickens Causing Massive Losses
In the Delmarva region on Monday, heat killed an estimated 100 000 to 200 000 chickens across Worcester and Sussex counties and nearby areas. Losses range from 50 000 to 75 000 dollars with temperatures inside poultry houses reaching 100 to 110 degrees, trapping birds in crowded conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Delmarva Peninsula
G. Hale Harrison
Sussex County
Delaware
Chincoteague Island
Virginia
Roland W. Beauchamp
Ber
Plin
Worcester County
Withdrawal of Statements By Officers Asked
Senate debate on army service extension casts light on War Department actions. Senator Vandenberg urges withdrawal of officers remarks about citizen soldiers backing longer service. Senator Tobey cites a constituent telegram alleging suppression of opposition to the bill. The War Department resists extending deferments for college students amid reports of German losses in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate
War Department
Michigan
Tobey
Lester E. Smith
Smith
Nye
Congress
Silk rationing plan eyed to curb civilian use
Officials said a preparation order will sharply cut silk for hosiery mills and civilian manufacture. The plan may start with a deep initial cut followed by gradually reduced allocations, preserving silk stocks for military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Production Management
Warmer Weather Moves Eastward
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms offered relief as a major heat wave eased across the eastern two thirds of the nation. Temperatures hovered near 102 in Carbondale and Oklahoma City, 101 in St. Louis, while heat fatalities rose to 346.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Carbondaw
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Plains
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Middle
South Atlantic States
Seizure Authority Approved by House Military Committee
The House Military Committee approved legislation granting the President power to seize military and naval equipment supplies or munitions and related machinery. The panel voted 14 to 4 in favor and adopted two amendments from the Senate version. One amendment limits compensation to fair market value with no consideration of profits or damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Wheat and grain quotations from Chicago and Baltimore markets
Wheat climbed and then settled near session lows with small losses. Closing: Wheat Sept 1.06 Dec 1.08 1-4 May 1.10 3-8. Corn Sept 74 7-8 Dec 71 7-8 May 80 1-8. Oats Sept 37 7-8 Dec 39 3-4 May 41 1-4. Rye Sept 64 5-8 Dec 67 7-8 May 71 7-8. Baltimore Wheat No 2 red winter 103 1-2. Corn 86-88. Winchester Wheat 99c. Corn 85c. bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Tax Bill Declares Fourteenth Splurge by Knutson
Rep. Knutson of Minnesota denounces a new 3.5292 billion tax bill as the fourteenth since the New Deal era. He argues most bills were needed by New Deal waste and cautions that continuing current spending would bankrupt the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Rites Held In Lexington For Mrs. Hotinger
Mrs Hattie Bell Hotinger widow of John N Hotinger died unexpectedly during an outing with family in Goshen Pass last Friday evening. Survived by husband two daughters and two sons, rites were held in Lexington with interment at Oxford Church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hotsinger
Winchester
Lexington
Mr. Hotinger
Hattie Bell Hotinger
John N. Hotinger
Hotinger
Robert Gearing
Goshen Pass
Joseph A. Clemmer
Augusta County
Rockbridge
Get
Lexinga
Gearing
Norman S. Hotinger
Buchanan
Marie Rayder
Oxford Church
3,000,000 Reds Go Into Offensive On Eastern Front
Rome announces Italy's expeditionary corps has reached its zone of assembly on the eastern front to fight with Germany against the Soviets. In Tokyo, Japan apologizes for damage to the US gunboat Tutuila after bomb incident near Chungking as relations with the United States show cautious easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Moscow
Leningrad
Japan
Far East
United States
U. S
Tutuila
Chungking
China
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Tijiro Toyoda
Toyoda
Grew
Foreign Office
Toya
Radiator Factory Idled By Strike
Several hundred employees failed to report for work at the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation plant in Baltimore. AFL official calls it unwarranted and unauthorized. company cites no explanation. Local 20 972 organizer says a small group refused to bargain and walked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stanard Sanitary Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Anna Neary
APL
AFL
British Admit Bomb Damage Across England in Latest Luftwaffe Blitz
British authorities acknowledge ongoing German bombing across southeastern and southwestern England. Within the last day, bombs damaged a large area near Lowestoft and other targets as the air raid campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lowestoft
Engand
Lightning Strikes Clarke Church in Berryville
A thunderbolt hit the steeple of Duncan Memorial Methodist church in Berryville during a heavy storm, damaging the slate roof and shattering several stained glass windows. Miss Louise Bell, daughter of Mayor L H Bell, was inside practicing the organ and remained uninjured amid flooding from a rain-soaked roof interior. Electricians in the building and nearby stores reported cellar and first-floor flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Memorial Methodist Arch
Berryville
Louise Bell
L. H. Bell
Raymond Walker Dies After Heat Prostration
Raymond Walker aged 45 died after sun stroke suffered Monday while working in his father’s hayfield near Wardensville West Virginia. Survived by parents and one brother Bud Walker funeral conducted at home by Rev John Duckwell with burial in Wardensville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardensville
W. Va
Here
Raymond Walker
L. M. Walker
Ca. Valley
Bud Walker
John Duckwell
Lost River
Wardensville Cemetery
Answers to the Daily QUI2 test questions
Answers printed on page 4 include mouse in item 1 and nine in item 2. The list names a Foreign Minister, a true statement, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Elinor Glyn, Postal Laws and Regulations, a dance of death, and the Mexican War of 1846.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunyan
Elinor Glyn
A Plains of Abraham Question Shapes a Place Name
A fragment asks about the Plains of Abraham, locating a planet southwest of the city of Que. The unreadable OCR hints at a geographic or celestial naming item tied to Quebec or a similarly named city, but details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains of Abraham
Que
Defense Work Pay Rages Amid Timber Timken Strike Action
A Timken steel plant dispute over the discharge of five women escalates as union official says only 40 workers came for the 8 a.m. shift versus 600 normally and 300 for the 6 30 a.m. shift against 450. Rail labor talks move to the National Mediation Board over a multi million pay rise for 1,150,000 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Rena
Timken
Harry Mayfield
S.W.O.C
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. G. Ritchie
Elkton
W.W. J. Andes
Durham
R. ©. Rothgeb
Luray
Thelma Morris
Standardsville
C. W. Louderback
Stanley
A. W. Andes
Mr. Whitten
Paul B. Sanger
Linville
Hardcastle
Robert Kimball
Everett
W. M. Stevens
Financial
Social Service
Christian Unio
E. Fairfax Lane
Doric Deluxe
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Thomas
Credit Jewelers
Loudoun &T
Practical Joker
Massanetta
Sherff
Delmarva
Harrison
J. A. Hotinger
Reds
J. W. Grove Furniture Coo
Child’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Clarke
Shenandoah Motor CO
Ine
Lovett Brothers
North Loudoun
John W. Roseenberger & Co. Inc
Zenith
RCA
Philcos
Motorola
Miles Music CO
W. Boscawen St
Goodrich
Goodyear
GEO
Pat Rey Man
Geo. T. Barnsley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!