Martinsburg Journal Founding Recalls Winchester Ties
Excerpts recount the May 2 1907 launch of The Martinsburg Evening Journal. Key figures include H F Byrd W Weaver Harvey Bush and Max von Schlegell. Linotype operators Harry Kurtz Elmo Hopper and Clyde Smith helped establish the paper with early carriers and reporters.
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Winchester
Frederickounty
Martinsburg
W. Va
United States
Peole
H. F. Byrd
Inchester
United
W. Weaver
Harvey A. Bush
Byrd
Harry L. Kurtz
Journal
Elmo Hopper
Clyde E. Smith
John E. Oliver
Frederick County
Smith
W. F. Gruver
Thomas E VanMetre
Shepherdstown Road
June 4 to 14 sales listings by Duvall auctioneers
A sequence of sales listings announces June auctions in Carroll Bush Clowser's Wee on Clark Street, Albert C. Lacy Mt Williams Virginia grocery stock and fixtures, Pietrieck's Market Berryville Avenue merchandise stock, John Strickjosew Route 11 store and personal property. Chas R Duvall is the auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Bush
Clowser
Berryville Ave
Chas. R. Duvall
John Strickjosew
Purnia
Cather to Conduct Gore Revival Service
The Rev Morris E Cather will lead revival services at Hebron Baptist Church Gore beginning Sunday and continuing through June 20. He will speak at 11 a m and 2 p m on the first day. Cather, a University of Richmond graduate and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary student, has previous Vacation Bible School and preaching ties to Hebron. Pastor A C Walker says the services are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron Baptist Church
Gore
Morris E. Cather
At & P
Cather
University of Richmond
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Hebron Church
A. C. Walker
Soviet demands Peiping join arms talks at UN session
At the United Nations Disarmament Commission Jacob A. Malik said Western plans to cap global armed forces should include Red China. He argued Peiping must participate if the proposal covers Beijing’s forces, clarifying Britain’s reply that China means the country, not a government.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
China
Peiping
Jacob A. Malik
UN Disarmament Commission
United States
Britain
France
Malick
Sesson
Gladwyn Jebo
Malik
Byrd Urges Taft Hartley Use to Stop Steel Strike
Roanoke Senator Harry Byrd says the Taft Hartley Act should be invoked if needed to avert a lengthy steel strike. He spoke on WDJB after the Supreme Court ruled the seizure of steel plants illegal, praising the three branch independence and urging action to delay a strike for 80 days.
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Roanoke
Harry
Byrd
WDJB
Supreme Court
Pine
Congress
Virginia County Added to Beetle Control Area
The Agriculture Department adds Shenandoah County and other Virginia regions to a beetle control zone. The notice lists Amelia, Cumberland, Greene, Lunenburg, Madison, Nelson, Nottoway, Shenandoah, Wythe and parts of Amherst, Bedford, Henry, Page, Pulaski and Roanoke counties and Martinsville, Ivy district in Albemarle. Plants and soil from the regulated area must be inspected or treated by a Federal inspector before shipment.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Virginia
Amelia
Cumberland
Grene
Lunenburg
Madison
Nelson
Nottoway
Shenandoah
Wythe
Amherst
Bedford
Henry Page
Pulaski
Ooanoke
Martinsville
Ivy
Albemarle County
Kiwanis Luncheon Cancelled for Bicentennial Joint Meet
There will be no regular Kiwanis luncheon tomorrow as the club joins all civic clubs on Friday for the June 6 Bicentennial luncheon. A make up luncheon for attendance records is held at the George Washington Hotel at 12 15 p m tomorrow.
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Kiwanis
Civic Clubs
George Washington
Memorial Service Schedule At Stonewall Cemetery
Miss Kurtz announced Friday’s memorial observance at Stonewall cemetery with a 12 noon service. Rev. Raymond Womeldorf will offer the Invocation and Mr. Womeldorf will deliver the Benediction. Thomas G. Scully will speak on The History of Stonewall Cemetery. American Legion to fire volley and Taps to follow.
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Stonewall Cemetery
Lucy F. Kurtz
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Raymond Womeldorf
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
Thomas G. Scully
Womeldorf
American Legion
Kernstown PTA Officers Re-elected
Kernstown Parent Teachers Association met at the school to elect officers for the coming year. By unanimous vote the entire slate from the past year was reinstalled, including J. Marshall as president, Cecil Barr as vice president, Mrs. Eugene Keesling as secretary, and A. W. Good as treasurer.
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Kernstown
Congress weighs seizure authority as union steel talks stall
Day Old continues to report on Congress considering seizure of steel property in the nation’s interest with five day effectivity unless vetoed. Anti-seizure bills linger in both chambers while industry and union signals show no immediate contract talks. Skeleton crews guard mills to protect equipment, threatening a slow restart after any settlement. Union members express bitterness and financial strain after months without a contract since January.
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Congress
Truman
Are elephant tusks solid or hollow
The tusks are solid overall with a hollow basal cavity containing a spongy pulp-like substance with blood vessels and living nerves.
Truman Sends Rhee Note on Korea Crisis
President Truman delivered a note to Syngman Rhee warning of a grave situation in South Korea unless political tensions are eased. The note’s contents were not disclosed, and Rhee faced martial law, jailed assembly members, and moves to dissolve the National Assembly amid UN aid and ongoing crisis.
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Truman
Rhee
Korea
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
U. S
United Nations
Young Republic
National Assembly
Bloodmobile committee plans upcoming blood drives
Rotary Club committee coordinating a blood clinic lists members Howard Melton F Sargent Jr Paul Vance Dr Tunstall Powers and J W Green Jr Blood program chairman Howard Cahill announces three blood mobile visits in the next six months with the first on July 9 No sponsor yet identified
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Howard Melton
F. L. Sargent, Jr
Paul Vance
Tunstall Powers
J. W. Green
Howard J. Cahill
Winchester
Frederick County
How is your I Q quiz answers page four
Answers listed include Naval Observatory Taft large shoes Chicago air water and coal fencing motion pictures Einstein and a line about soldiers being M1 equipped for the campaign.
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Naval Observatory
William Howard Taft
Chicago
Albert Einstein
Effort to Speed Pay for Postal Workers
Washington lawmakers push to fund pay for 400000 postal workers held by a steel seizure dispute. Rep. Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee expects quick passage of a bill to supply the money for timely payments.
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Washington
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
County First Grade Pupils to Register
Frederick County announces first grade registration in all elementary schools from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Only first year pupils who turn six by September 30 may enroll, and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian with a birth certificate. James Wood High School has no lower grades and will not register.
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Frederick County
Robert E. Ayler
James Wood High School
Brannon burial set at Pine Grove tomorrow
E T Brannon 85 of Glengarry West Virginia died Sunday in Washington D C. He will be buried Wednesday at 12 noon at Pine Grove Virginia.
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E. T. Brannon
Pine Grove
Glengary
W. Virginia
Washington, D. C
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D. Weaver
Gray Silver
J. W. McSherry
Max von Schlegell
Bell Telephone Company
von Schlegell
Herschell C Ogden
Wheeling
West Virginia
Ogden Newspapers
News Publishing Corporation
von Schlegel
Pinehurst
N. C
Star
Vernon B. Garton
Winchester Star
Denis and
Nevin Kilmer
Washington and Lee Law School
Bom
Mr. Omer J. Showalter
Jones
Danger Uoc A
Ea Rte
Oran
S. Loudoun St. Winchester
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddeck St
Weyerhaeuser
Farm Building Service
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock St
Sen
Shenandoah County
Eystone
Que
John Stuart & CO
Clearbrook
Leelon McNealy
N. Kent St
Peace Time Red Cross Blood Donor Project
PTA
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
N. Cameron
Stan Carter
I. Q
Pittsburgh
Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
Pittsburgh Paints
Brumback’s
N. Cameron St
R Weeds
Latae
Cammer Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Guernsey
Endless Caverns Farm
U.S
New Market
Shenandoah Valley Breeding Association
Hinman Electric
Endless Caverns, Inc
Co. N. Wine
Memoriam
A. C. Oates
Green Chemical CO
WINC
John F. Cussen
Arabelle Davidson
Clowser’s Warer
Seine
Roy P
Charles B. Duvall, A
Idnes Eral
South
Loudoun ST
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