University Rector Williams Honored by Alumni Group
Dr. Newcomb lauds Mr. Williams as rector and leaders note his 25th term in office. Officers of the Virginia Alumni Chapter announce new roles while recounting past rectors and the university’s founding figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Newcomb
University
R. Gray Williams
Williams
Natick
Genera
Numni Association
Charles B ‘Erk
Frank Murray R. Gray Williams
Thern
Virginia
Alumni Association
Deamed
W. Nelson Pare
Winchester
Tenneth
James Madison
United States
Joseph C. Cabell
Chapman Johnson
Andrew Stevenson
Cabell
J. Thomas Jefferson Random
Thomas Jefferson
Col
Thomas Lewis Preston
Alexander Rives
Benjamin Johnson’ Barbour
Robert G. H. Kearn
Alexander H. H. Stuart
Wilson C. N. Randolph
Armistead C. Gordon
Charles Pinckney Jones
Edwin Anderson Alderman
University of Virginia
Armistead Gordon
R. Tate Irvine
John Stewart Bryan
Wat Harding Walker
Frederic William Scott
Newcomb
Airtein
Hirh
Hig Alma
Burial Service Offer From Jones Funeral Home
Jones Funeral Home states more than fifty service items are required for a complete American Standard burial in the community, outlining the range of options available to families planning funerals.
Toscanini sails on goodwill tour to South America
Arturo Toscanini world famed conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra sails from New York on the S S Brazil to make a goodwill tour of South America. The article notes his generous gifts and intimate friendships as background.
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Arturo Toscanini
Inquiries Into Navy Plane Crash Begin Inquiries Made Into Plane Crash
In Los Angeles on June 3 inquiries were pushed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority the Navy and Douglas Aircraft into the crash and burning of a nine ton transport plane on its first test flight. The aircraft built for 125000 was high wing design and carried four aboard. No sabotage conclusions yet as experts report.
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Los Angeles
United States Navy
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Navy
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas
Byrd plan would slash federal workers pay ten percent
Washington June 3 Byrd amends relief bill to apply a horizontal ten percent cut to regular government expenditures for next fiscal year excluding fixed charges, defense and trust funds. Exempts earners under 1200 annually. Congress pay would also be cut. George W. Cable, once a New Orleans reporter, is noted as author.
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Washington, D. C
Byrd
Government Employes, Co
James B. Burns
American Federation of Government Employes
Jacob Baker
Wee Federal Workers of Amerca
Virginia
Trustee's Sale Of Small Limestone Farm In Virginia
A deed of trust dated November 19 1932 secures R H Elliott debt. The sale of about 50 acres with a residence barn and timber will occur at 12 oclock noon Saturday June 29 1940 in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia. Terms: one third cash new balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy. M M Lynch trustee. Duvall Dunn auctioneers.
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R. H. Elliott
Court House
Winchester
Virginia
R. Howard Elliott
Frederick County
Hayfield
M. M. Lynch
Duvall & Dunn
Death Takes Mrs Neville At Hospital
Mrs. Marona Henry Neville died at Memorial Hospital after a heart attack early this morning. She was dwarf in age but long resident of Winchester Virginia, widow of Police Officer Charles Edward Neville. Survived by daughters Aliie Anderson and Gertrude Jones and sister Mrs. Kate Mills, funeral planned for Wednesday at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Marona Henry Neville
Memorial Hospital
Neville
Carrie Anderson
East Germain Street
Robert
Lydia Fogle Henry
Strasburg
Winchester
First Baptist Church
Charles Edward Neville
Anderson
Aliie Anderson
Philadelphia
Gertrude Jones
Kate Mills
Mount Hebron
Local Lebanon notes recount hospital, picnic and sales
Lebanon Church notes describe Chester Bowman taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital for ptomaine poisoning and Mrs. Sugar ill with giant hives. Teachers braved rain for a Strasburg Elizabeth Furnace picnic with Stella Keller Lesta Beeler Vida Wise. Laurel Hill Schoolhouse sold to Hershman Wardensville and Coal Mine Schoolhouse to Thomas Fateley Manassas for summer homes. Martha Unger won honors at Strasburg High graduation. others visited family and bid farewell to music teacher Gilbert Curtiss.
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Mary Hammond
Washington
Martha Ann Unger
Strasburg High
Cletus Campbell
Mary Campbell
Campbell
Manassas
Laurel Hill
Hershman
Wardensville
W. Va
Thomas Fateley
Aries
Charles Funkhouser
Strasburg High School
Elizabeth Furnace
Messrs
Denzil Hershman
Gilbert Curtiss
June 5 Deadline for Bills at Apple Blossom Festival
Tom Baldridge announces June 5 as the closing date to present festival bills. Bills received after June 5 will be paid after the 1941 festival. Mail payments to the festival or to treasurer J. W. Arthur. Executive committee meeting planned soon after June 5.
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Tom Baldridge
J. W. Arthur
Stephens City Youth Winner in Nitrogen Essay Contest
James E Yeakley of Stephens City High School won first prize $15 in the Northern Virginia district of the Chilean nitrate essay contest announced by J F Watson of Lynchburg. Other NV winners include Bernie Zirkle Marshall Cammack and Grayson Cullers with prizes from $5 to $12.50. Lloyd Burgess of Carpon High School took first prize $25 in the state contest. About 700 boys entered the annual event run with Virginia Division of Vocational Agricultural Education.
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James E. Yeakley
Stephens City
Northern Virginia
J. F. Watson
Lynchburg
Bernie Zirkle
Mt. Jackson
Marshall Cammack
Herndon
Maurice O'Bannon
Sperryville
Grayson Cullers
Warren County
Lloyd Burgess
Carpon High School
Virginia Division of Vocational Agricultural Education
Rallies May Allow Federal Workers in Bands Under Hatch Interpretation
In Albuquerque on June 3, a new reading of Senator Hatch's measure could permit federal employees who are part of a hireable band or orchestra to join political rallies and parades. The interpretation would allow musical participation by those employed by the federal government amidst political events.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Hatch
D-Nm
Meter McAfee
Insanity Plea Filed by California School Principal
Verlin Spencer a school principal is arraigned in Los Angeles over the South Pasadena school office massacre that left five dead. He says he will plead not guilty by reason of insanity after recovering from a self inflicted bullet wound.
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Verlin Spencer
Los Angeles
South Pasadena
Medford Named Director of Peale Museum
Richard Carl Medford, director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts since 1932, will become director of the Peale Museum in Baltimore in September. He succeeds MacGill James, who resigned to join the National Museum in Washington as assistant director. The post pays $3,000 annually. Medford is Johns Hopkins educated with a specialty in history and archaeology.
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Baltimore
Richard Carl Medford
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Peale Museum
Medford
MacGill James
National Museum
Washington
New Post
Johns Hopkins University
Memorial Service Planned at Mt Olive Church on June 9
A memorial service at Mt Olive Church on Sunday June 9 at 2 30 pm will be conducted by a committee led by L M Larrick H C Moore Charles Clowser and Ernest Davies The program includes a piano prelude a prayer by Rev L C Messick and readings of future progress for solutions followed by ministerial addresses hymns recitations duets and a benediction by Rev Schmucker.
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Mt. Olive Church
L. M. Larrick
H. C. Moore
Charles Clowser
Ernest Davies
L. C. Messick
Cemetery Fund
Tony
C. H. Anderson
Mary Ramey
Roy Schmucker
Opal Clowser
Mr. Schmucker
Booklet on Common Household Pests Issued by The Winchester Star
The Winchester Star offers a 32 page booklet titled Common Household Pests. It lists pests such as flies mosquitoes moths carpet beetles termites fleas centipedes silverfish crickets wasps rats and mice and explains cheap easy controls. Send ten cents postpaid with the coupon for a copy and include name address city and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Washington, D. C
Notable idioms show fatigue from repetition
The passage lists adjectives that describe common idioms and expressions such as the fair sex the light fantastic toe fit as a fiddle sadder but wiser sigh of relief and herculean efforts noting repeated use has made them ineffective while some phrases remain in use.
Belgian Pavilion at New York World's Fair Closes
Belgium's pavilion at the New York World's Fair closed without explanation. Officials did not open to visitors and declined to discuss the matter. Diamonds worth $30,000,000 and other exhibits from Belgian Colonial possessions had been displayed there previously.
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New York
Belgium
Answers to Today's Quiz On Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include two cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce. Names listed are Damocles, Palmal, William Saroyan, Percy B Shelley, William Phillips, and others. The sources mention The White House Maximilian Delilah's manservant and Topeka as items in the quiz.
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Damocles
Pal-mal
Pal
Cal
William Saroyan
Percy B. Shelley
William Phillips
The
White House
Maximilian
Delilah
Topeka
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Coach Murray
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Toscanini Sails
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Ieee
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
Gov’t
Rap
George W. Cable
New Orleans
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers 8 Ferry
Death
Mrs. Neville
Lebanon
Flanders
C. P. Cablephoto
Royal Navy
France
England
London
James Yeakley
Roddy Kilowatt
Mt. Olive
Messrs. Larrick, Moore, Clowser and Davies
Winchester Star
Washington ,D. C
Wallhide
Pittsburgh
Mervel W. Adams Plumbing
E. Piccadilly St
Stoker
O'Connell Air
South Braddock Street
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