Action to Liquidate Debts of Shenandoah Valley Academy
In Winchester, M. M. Lynch seeks court action to liquidate about $20,000 in indebtedness of Shenandoah Valley Academy by sale or subdivision of property. First mortgage debts total $15,000, second liens $2,000, with remaining liens and premiums. Trustees hope the city may lease buildings for educational use while divesting land to maximize value.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Winchester Preparatory School
M. M. Lynch
V. R. Gray Williams
Lynch
Christine Roszel
Col. Brantz M. Roszel
BE. B. Timberlake
Lucille Lee
Georgene Lee
Emma Kinzel
William C. Miller
Margretta Miller
E. B. Timberlake
I. N. Bonham
Davis
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Shirley Carter
R. Gray Williams
Board of Trustees
City of
Winchester
R. A. Robinson
Harry K. Benham
Laych
Tribute to Revolutionary Dead at Opequon Church
Mr Winchester invites participation tomorrow afternoon at historic Opequon Church where D A R members will unveil a memorial tablet honoring Revolutionary War dead. The event emphasizes honoring those who marked graves and erected the tablet for Crick County residents.
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Opequon Church
Crick
New Dress Shipment Unpacking at The Style Shop
The Style Shop at 150 North Loudoun Street begins unpacking a new dress shipment claiming to be first with the latest fashions. Customers are invited to view the fresh arrivals as staff display the garments.
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Dent
North
Loudoun
Firestone tires and deals at local auto stores
Flash promotion notes Firestone Champion white sidewall tires available now at Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores. Mentions cold cuts at Pure Food Store and a variety of twelve kinds.
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Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
BP Lt
Strasburg Couple, Formerly of Frederick, Wed 64 Years
The Strasburg couple J. W. Keffer, 20, and his wife, 19, celebrated 64 years of marriage. They recall their wedding 64 years ago and note they have never lived apart, with 65 years of shared life coming next December 15.
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Strasburg
Frederick
J. W. Keffer
Alter
Tributes Planned for Revolutionary War Soldier Markers
A Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR committee plans a 3:30 PM dedication at Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church near Kernstown for a cemetery marker honoring Revolutionary War soldiers buried there. If rain, events move to the church.
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Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church
Kernstown
G. Frank Butsler, Jr
Francis .L. Ayler
Berryville
E. Summers McGovock
Opequon Memorial Church
Susie Glass Strider
C. Grattan Crawford
America
William W. Glass
C. A. Swann Sinclair
Katherine Glass Greene
West Wildwood Faces Governance Vacuum and Debt Crisis
West Wildwood New Jersey residents face an official vacuum with no mayor or council, no treasurer, and no tax collector. The town owes 21000 to Wildwood for water and risks shutoff. officials are urged to build a 35000 sewage plant as Vice-chancellor Sooy threatens jail for failure. A special meeting was planned to reform administration after mayor and council president were removed nine weeks earlier.
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West Wildwood
N. J
Wildwood
W. F. Sooy
Richard Sayers
John Seitz
Wilfred H. Jayne
West Wild
Landon Predicts Roosevelt Won’t Seek Third Term
Former Kansas governor Alf Landon told a Boston audience June 13 that President Roosevelt likely will decline a 1940 third-term bid. He criticized New Deal spending, warned of unemployment, and urged Americans to oppose a Roosevelt third term, asserting the republic cannot endure such a move. London noted the question of
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Boston
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Business and Professional Women’s Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Kansas
Harindon
Republic
London
Labor Leaders Meet In Jersey City City Wide Rally
In Jersey City on June 13 the ACLU ceded bailiwick to the CIO and unions after a mass meeting led by Roger N. Baldwin who urged free assembly. Norman Thomas and other speakers addressed 10 000 to 15 000 at Journal Square as Hague faced a court injunction on open air meetings.
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Jersey City
N. J
American Civil Liberties Union
Frank Hague
CIO
Roger N. Baldwin
ACLU
Baldwin
Norman Thomas
Hague
National Democratic
Supreme Court
Flashes Draws First Ticket on Clipper Flight
New York June 13 Pan American Airways first passenger flight of the Clipper plane to Europe sees J Eck vice president of Southern Railway draw ticket No 1. The inaugural service marks a pace setting event for transatlantic air travel.
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New York
J. Eck
Southern Railway Today
Pan-American Airways
Europe
Gehrig Arrives in Minneapolis For Rochester Checkup
Lou Gehrig, star first baseman of the New York Yankees, reached Minneapolis by air from Kansas City to undergo a physical examination before continuing to Rochester, Minnesota. He is en route to the medical checkup.
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Gehrig
Minneapolis
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankee
Kansas City
Rochester
Minn
International Moves Slow as Franco Seen in Rome
Rome reports indicate Spain pressing Italy for a military alliance and a ahead of a possible visit by Franco to meet Premier Mussolini in Rome during this period.
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Rome
Spain
Italy
Franco
Mussolini
Three Prisoners Escape From Governor's Island
Three military prisoners at Governor's Island gained temporary freedom by knocking a guard senseless, seizing his pistols, and leaping into the Buttermilk Channel. The daring escape occurred in New York on June 13.
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New York
Governor's Island
Buttermilk Channel
Yard Party at Stephenson Church Next Week
Last chance to buy advance tickets at Baker's Drug Store for a yard party at Stephenson Church on June 29. If rain, the Benefit Ladies Aid Society will move the event to a later date.
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Hal Kemp
Baker’s Drug Store
Stephenson Church
Benefit Ladies Aid Society
Underwear of Silk Demanded By 229 Felons
Inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing rose in a four hour protest demanding silk underwear and meals in cells. Warden Amrine accepted terms after guards armed with machine guns and tear gas entered the 750-foot coal mine and prisoners were returned to the surface.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
M. F. Amrine
Amrine
Robert Murray
Riots injure 13 at Allis plant strike clashes
In West Allis a riot at the Allis-Chalmers plant injures at least 13 people including eight officers and several deputies. Pickets attack a street car, fights erupt, and tear gas is used as police try to restore order.
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Allis
Milwaukee
West
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
County Sheriff’s Office
George Kuemmerlein
The
Transport Company
Moth Spray Schedule for June Growth Control
Entomologist W S Hough outlines the next moth spray for June 15 to June 22 at Winchester Research Laboratory. Use Bordeaux mixture for 100 gallons, copper sulfate two pounds and lime four pounds, follow order and keep agitator on.
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W. S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Awning ads for porch and windows by E. W. Armstrong Co
E W Armstrong Co offers awnings for porches windows or terraces. Located at 39 E Piccadilly St phone 629. Advertises Tuesday Thursday andlp tt note unclear.
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E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly St
Harrington to Favor Changes in WPA Set Up
Col. F C Harrington head of the Works Progress Administration tells a House appropriations committee he favors administrative changes including a reorganization of the theater project and a three man directing board as part of broader WPA reforms. He defends WPA as having remarkable integrity and supports measures to block alliance influence on white collar projects.
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Washington
Col. F. C. Harrington
Works Progress
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Theater Project
House
WPA
Workers Alliance
Harrington
Alliance
New Brunswick Welcomes King George and Queen Elizabeth
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made their first Maritime appearance in Newcastle New Brunswick during a ten minute stop. They received a roaring welcome from farmers and fishermen before a motor trip to Fredericton as part of their 27 day American tour with three days left before Halifax departure on the Empress of Britain.
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New Castle
N. B
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Maritime Provinces
New Brunswick
King
Fredericton
Halifax
Newcastle
Matapedia
Canada
Riviere du Loup
Farmer Who Preached Own Funeral Dies in Indiana
Indianapolis reporter Wade Millman aged 90 died in a hospital after weeks of infirmity. The farmer once preached his own funeral two years earlier in an oak coffin he built, addressing a crowd of about 5000 and asking to be laid to rest unremembered and unmolested.
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Indianapolis
Wade Millman
Millman
Flag Day Rites By B'nai B'Rith
Patriotic citizens invited to Flag Day ceremonies at the Jewish Community Center in the Odd Fellows Hall tomorrow at 8 p.m. Winchester Lodge No. 1298 B’nai B’Rith hosts with State Senator T Russell Cather as speaker. Program includes prayers songs and an address.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Winchester Lodge No. 1298
B’nai B’rith
T. Russell Cather
S. L. Edlavitch
Lodge
A. J. Novick
Ben Belchic
Abe Leven
Hope for Boy's Recovery After Run-In With Auto
Jimmy Sardelis two year old son of Mr and Mrs Guy Sardelis of South Kent street was struck by a car on a street corner while playing. He remains in satisfactory but serious condition with a severe concussion and facial burns. The automobile was driven by Mrs R D Crenshaw who took him to Memorial Hospital and authorities say the accident was unavoidable with no charges filed.
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Jimmy Sardelis
Guy Sardelis
South Kent Street
R. D. Crenshaw
Memorial Hospital
Dean dismisses career women as temporary to marriage
Northwestern University dean Dr Samuel N Stevens says most women prefer home life over business careers and view work as an interlude between schooling and marriage. He claims exceptions prove the rule and that many women are paid less than men for equal work.
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Evanston, Ill
Samuel N. Stevens
University College At
Northwestern University
Dean Stevens
Lewis attacks Congress and outlines C I O organizing drive
John L. Lewis told the C I O executive board that Congress records on unemployment are worse than nothing and called for a new organizing campaign. He accused AFL leaders of conspiring to destroy the Wagner Act and warned labor to press on with a nationwide drive to unionize all workers for protection.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
C. I. O Organization
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Big Business
United States
New York
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mayme E. Miller Reappointed After 44 Years Teaching
Mrs. Mayme E. Miller, honored for forty four years in Frederick county Virginia and nearby West Virginia public schools, is reappointed to Mt. Airy School for the 1939 40 session. She is an honor graduate of Moorefield High School and Hardy County Normal, trained at Madison College and Virginia extension programs.
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Frederick County
West Virginia
Mayme E. Miller
Mt. Airy School
Opequon
Moorefield High School
Hardy County
W. Va
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Miller
West
Edge
Cedar Creek
Ridgeway School Plate Supper Benefits Church
A plate supper to raise funds for Rest Church is set for Ridgeway school lawn on Thursday June 15 from 6 to 9 pm with rain backup Friday. Tickets are 25 cents.
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Ridgeway School Lawn
Rest
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