District Marbles Tournament Set At Handley High Saturday
Five schools and one playground will send shooters to Handley high for the district marbles tournament sponsored by The Winchester Evening Star. The victor earns a week in Wildwood New Jersey and a shot at the national meet later this month. Charles Peer, Ralph Embry Elwood Williams Gore and Boyce representatives are named with medals for local winners and a loving cup for the district champion.
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Handley High School
Winchester Evening Star
Wildwood
Star
N. J
Charles Peer
Virginia Avenue
Otis Sargent
Ralph Embry
John Kerr School
Elwood Williams Handley High
Calvert Racey
Winchester
Gore
Ryden Sees Record Ticket Sales For East Lynne at Little Theatre
Morning reports show 50 percent more tickets sold for East Lynne than any prior Winchester Little Theatre production. Box office sales were led by Mrs. John M. Steck Jr. and Mrs. Burr P. Harrison. Theatre officers include Miss Georgia Conrad as president, Miss Zigler as vice president, John es secretary, Tom Bald treasurer, Ben Belchie auditor, and directors Mrs. George Smith, Miss Virginia Boyd, E. P. Browning, and Arthur M. Field. Anne Brooke Kern and Virginia Boyd form the play- selection committee.
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East Lynne
Winchester
John M. Steck,Jr
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester Little Theatre Group
Georgia Conrad
Zigler
Johnes
Tom Baldtreasurer
Ben Belchie
George Smith
Virginia Boyd
E. P. Browning
Arthur M. Field
Anne Brooke Kern
Lit Theatre
Youths Arrested In Theft Of Automobile Turned Over To W Va
Two youths, Bill Eastridge 18 and Hunter Kin sley 19 of Allen Junction, were arrested for possessing a stolen Packard owned by Dr. F H Penn Covel W Va. The car carried medical supplies valued at about 200 dollars. They were turned over to West Virginia police Corporal R D Platt Mullins and a deputy.
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W. Va
Puller
Woodstock
Winchester
R. A. Prillaman
Virginia Beach
Fuller
West Virginia
F. H. Penn
Covel
Packard
Bill Eastridge
Hunter Kinsley
Allen Junction
R. D. Platt
Mullins
President Roosevelt Urges Naval Academy Graduates to Be Well Grounded
At Annapolis on June 27 President Roosevelt addressed the 1938 Naval Academy graduating class from Dahlgren Hall. He urged midshipmen to know their country and its problems through daily experiences and self driven study while recalling he once slept through a Naval Academy graduation. He was praised as commander in chief and received a Commodore John Paul Jones instrument as a gift.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
Dahlgren Hall
Academy
Hart Fatally Injured in Frostburg Crash
Hart Frostburg Md June 2 Earl Foster 63 Toledo Ohio was fatally injured and Robert Horton 47 also of Toledo seriously injured when Hortons car skidded struck a truck and overturned on the national highway between Frostburg and Eckhart in Maryland authorities said
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Frostburg
Earl Foster
Toledo
Ohio
Robert Horton
Horton
Eckhart
Japan Agrees to Restitute American Property in China
Washington reports Japan will restore most American property in China and allow unhindered access for Americans to posts. The Southern Baptist Mission high school in Shanghai’s Chapei district is returned, and passes for missionaries to Nanking are issued. An inter departmental committee will visit central China to inspect occupancy and plan adjustments.
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Washington
Japan
China
State Department
Shanghai
Southern Baptist Mission
Chapei
Nanking
Grew
Tokyo
Foreign Office
University of Shanghai
Auto firms face separate trials in Sherman case
U S District Attorney James R Fleming says separate trials will begin in October for General Motors Ford Motor and Chrysler after he secured federal indictments charging conspiracy to restrain trade. The 60 indicted including Alfred P Sloan Jr Edsel Ford and Walter P Chrysler must plead within two to three weeks or face arrest.
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U. S
James R. Fleming
South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Edsel Ford
Walter P. Chrysler
90 Days And Fine Meted To Two Men
Two men, Jack Shull and Harrison Hillyard, were fined 75 dollars plus 10.25 costs and sentenced to three months in jail for possessing illegal liquor. They were interdicted from purchasing or possessing liquor. The weekend raids led to these convictions as part of ongoing efforts to curb illegal liquor in Winchester.
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Jack Shull
Harrison Hillyard
Donald Weems
Beatrice Kern
Edwin Sibert
Hollis
Winchester
Bank Closing Notices for Jefferson Davis Birthday Holiday
Bank holiday closure on Friday June 3 1938 with all maturing paper payable on the following banking day Saturday June 4 1938. Notices from Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Shenandoah Valley National Bank listing cashiers and bank names.
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Jefferson Davis
John I. Sloat
Commercial
Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Ing
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Licensing of Contractors To Be Discussed At Council Meeting
Common Council members will discuss a long standing contractor licensing issue at the next regular session. The debate centers on whether workers paid by a property owner count as contractors or employees and whether current licenses for painters plasterers carpenters brickmasons plumbers electricians and heating installers should be adjusted to address under bidding by non local entrants.
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Common Council
Death of Mr. Hottel at 85 in Winchester area
William T. Hottel a Shenandoah county native long tied to area milling died at his Winchester home after several weeks illness He was born October 1 1853 married Anna Singhass in 1875 and worked at a local flouring mill He survived by four daughters several grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending with interment planned at Mount Hebron Cemetery
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William T. Hottel
Shenandoah County
Winchester
Frederick County
Hottel
Frederick
Lucinda Bauserman Hottel
Columbia Furnace
Anna Singhass
Daniel T. Wood
Spout Spring
Opequon Creek
Fred. A. Shryock
Shryock
Braddock Street
Irwin Carper
Austin White
Kernstown
Jessie
Hilda. Hottel
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Friendshipers To Meet Tonight
All members of the Friendship Fire Co. are urged to attend an 8 o'clock meeting in the engine house to discuss insurance and protection for volunteer firemen if injured in duty. A knowledgeable speaker will answer questions and lead the discussion. Similar meetings are planned for the other three companies at neighboring dates.
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Friendship Fire Co
Circuit Court Grand Jury To Convene Monday
A June 6 grand jury convening was ordered for Frederick Circuit Court at 10 o clock by Judge Philip Williams. Sheriff John Bywaters notified jurors to report. Commonwealth's Attorney Burr P. Harrison said indictments will include Arthur Shoemaker for breaking and entering on multiple counts. Shoemaker was arrested in Martinsburg and loot recovered in Hagerstown. Ray Pingley and Ollie Windle were arrested near the George Pingley residence at three stills and later released to federal authorities in Harrisonburg on $750 bond for a federal grand jury appearance in October.
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Frederick Circuit Court
Philip Williams
John Bywaters
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Arthur Shoemaker
Ray Pingley
Ollie Windle
Shoemaker
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Pingley
Windle
George Pingley
Harrisonburg
Market building begun on North Braddock Street
Preparations for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company market construction began yesterday on North Braddock Street. The site is cleared and ready for excavation with plans for a 60 by 150 foot brick store in a single large room and a parking area along the north side and rear.
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
North Braddock Street
Hawthorne
Ninety Year Old County Woman Dies at Home
Mrs. Catherine E Miller age ninety a widow of Samuel Miller and a daughter of German settlers died after a long illness at her home near Frederick County. She was a lifelong member of St Paul Lutheran Church and survived by four sons Oliver T Martin L Douglas Samuel G and a daughter Miss Bertie Miller. Funeral services will be held at her home tomorrow at 3 PM with Rev T H Daffin and Rev E S McGavock officiating and burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named including Herbert Harmer J W Richard J B Singhass John Bywaters Herman Brumback and Taylor Rudolph.
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Catherine E
Samuel Miller
Philip D
Elizabeth Germans
Oliver T
Martin L
Douglas
Frederick County
Samuel G
Bertie Miller
T. H. Daffin
E. 8. McGavock
Mt. Hebron
Herbert Harmer
J. W. Richard
J. B. Singhass
John Bywaters
Herman Brumback
Taylor Rudolph
Wedding Invitations project with A P stores merger noted
A proposal outlines a wedding invitations building for customer convenience. Estimated completion spans 60 to 90 days. Upon completion the facility will house a supermarket featuring a merger of three A and P stores.
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Merg
Congressional panel moves on ship subsidy plan
A joint congressional committee agreed on broad new ship subsidy legislation to expand the American Merchant Marine to match a larger Senate conference, and dropped a provision allowing subsidized ships to be built or purchased in foreign yards.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
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Handley High
Wildwood, N. J
Evening Star
Ryden
B. Snider & Son
SILCO
Loudoun
Dixzie
Omps Funeral Home
Goodrich
Better Bicycles
Silvertown
Brad. & Boscawen
Lts
John G. Winant
Geneva
U. S. Social Security Board
International Labor Office
Switzerland
Harold B. Butler
Central Press
Hart
U.S
Baptist Mission
Haru Matsui
Tokio
Columbia University
Swampscott, Mass
Women Club
Miss Matsui
Germany
James B. Fieming
Cash Store
Princeton, Fla
James B. Cash, Jr
Ag Faenonaen
Council
Mr. Hottel
Clarence Bush
Washington, D. C
Ruby Carpenter
Stephenson, Va
Linwood Patton
Edward Miller
Paul Carper
Marshall Smith
This City
Bowen Moore
Greenbank
Betty
Lynn Carpenter
Judith Anne Moore
Rouss
Sarah Zane
South End
Lindberg Heist
Cincinnati, O
Shirley Ann Woodburn
Jess
Circuit Court Grand Jury
Catherine E. Miler
Opequon
the Plaza
Front Royal Rd
Sinclair Service
Sinclair
Joh
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Jones
Funeral Home
Westinghouse
Baker & Anderson Electrical Co
N. Braddock Street
R. M. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
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