Shenandoah Area Scout Camp Opens June 22 at White Rock
Shenandoah area scouts plan a June 22 opening for the White Rock Camp with L B Sheffield Jr of Richmond as director and Dennis Pivner as waterfront director. Other staff include Stephen Stone Charles Town crafts instructor Tom Stough Berryville camp clerk and Harold Rogers Winchester. Staff prepare June 18 and the week prior to welcome troops June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldinme
Shenandoah Area
L. B. Sheffield, Jr
Richmond
Dan Seivers
White Rock
Dennis Pitver
Trop 41
Martinsburg
Sheffield
Stephen Stone
Charles Town
W. Va
Tom Stough
Berryville
Harold Rogers
Winchester
Horace Brown
Central District
Celal
Gene Lurber
U.S. Fish Hatchery
Leetown
Front Royal
Giants first home field before Polo Grounds on Fifth Ave
Before the Polo Grounds at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street the New York Giants played on the old Polo Grounds. The site lies at the northern edge of Central Park.
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New York Giants
A. C
Polo Grounds
Polo
Fifth Avenue
110Th Street
Central
Daniel Beard dies at 91 father of American scouting
The Last Salute reports Daniel Carter Beard, 91, longtime national Scout Commissioner and founder figure of the Boy Scout movement in the United States, passing away in Suffern New York. He was known to about 1,400,000 American boys as their chief.
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Suffern
N. Y
Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scout Movement
United States
Purge Drive Aims to Remove Communists from UAW Coast
Los Angeles June 13 A top CIO official panel arrives to purge Pacific coast UAW leadership of subversive elements. Richard T Frankensteen calls for cleaning out Communists from positions shaping UAW policy during the organizing drive. He condemns the five day North American Aviation strike as outlaw and suspends local leaders and committee members. He charges Lew H Michener with file charges at CIO HQ. The next target is Douglas Aircraft with about 20 000 workers. Walter Smethurst arrives with plans for a constitutional amendment to bar Communist party members from union office. Eric Nicol of the Labor Department arrives to supervise North American Plant operations after army takeover. Production at North American is stated as normal.
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Los Angeles
CIO
Richard T. Frankensteen
Pacific Coast
United Automobile Workers
Frankensteen
Aviation
CIO Uaw
UAW
North American Aviation
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Douglas Aircraft Co
North American
Walter Smethurst
National Aircraft Workers
Smethurst
Communist Party
Buffalo
N. Y
Rites Are Held For Mrs Sloat
Funeral services for Annie Eliza Sloat 76 who died Wednesday at her daughter’s home in Happy Creek were held at 2 30 in Front Royal. Rev Alexander Dougal officiated with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery. She was mother of Mrs Harry Fisher of Stephens City.
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Annie Eliza Sloat
William Oden
Happy Creek
Maddox
Front Royal
Alexander Dougal
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Sloat
Harry Fisher
Stephens City
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Bean
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Francelia Belle Bean 70 wife of Jacob A Bean at United Brethren Church tomorrow at 3 pm with the body in state from 2 to 3 pm. The Rev L C Bridgers and Rev Geo Stover will officiate at the ceremony following her death Wednesday night at her son Roland Beans Front Royal home.
Three Churches to Open Bible School June Sixteen
A union Bible School begins June 16 at 8 30 a m at Centinary Reformed church South Cameron street for children ages four to twelve from Congregational Christian Church West Cork Church of Christ and Reformed Church. The three ministers lead a morning worship from 8 30 to 8 45 with a two week program.
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Centinary Reformed Church
South Cameron Street
Congregational Christian
Church of Christ
West Cork
The
Reformed Church
Robert Whitten
C. H. Funk
Ees
White House pares nominees for high court and top posts
The article tracks nominations for chief justice Stone and justices Jackson and Byrnes, with Biddle Fahy and Arnold as possible successors. Senators from both parties weigh the choices, praising Stone and Jackson while noting political shifts and Byrnes staying as acting majority leader until Senator Barkley returns.
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Biddle
Charles Fahy
Congress
Arnold
Senator Norris
Nebj Norris
Stone
Pepper
D-Fla
Wheeler
D-Mont
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Fine
Jackson
Borwn
D-Mich
Byrnes
Senate
High Court
Barkley
Kentucky
Major causes of forest fires listed with percentages
The principal causes are lightning 3 percent locomotive sparks 5 percent campers 9 percent smokers 26 percent debris burners 15 percent incendiaries 25 percent lumbering 2 percent and miscellaneous and unknown causes 15 percent.
Should the United States ban war material exports to Japan
The Inquiring Reporter gathers opinions on prohibiting by law the export of war materials to Japan. Harry Ridgeway says yes, questioning oil companies shipping fuel. Chester A Hobart and Denver Spring support prohibition. Carl Campbell likens it to arming an enemy and opposes continued exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Harry Ridgeway
Denver
Carl Campbell
U. S
Snapp Re-elected Head of Back Creek Religious Council
At the annual Back Creek Council of Religious Education meeting H A Snapp was re elected president for the coming year with G H Richard as vice president and Louise Perry as secretary treasurer. The group plans to hold their next convention June 12 at Bethel Methodist Church in Trone and continues focus on Daily Vacation Bible Schools and a five year National Advance in Christian Education program. Ministers addressed the gathering alongside Daisy Anderson and James Barr guitar duet and other performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back Creek Council of Religious Education
Papa
H. A. Snapp
G. H. Richard
Louise Perry
Bethel Methodist Church
Trone
L. O. Shirley
County Council of Religious Education
W. J. Muse
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
State Council
C. R. Line
E. B. Smith
C. L. Messick
Daisy Anderson
James Barr
Louise
Lucille Perry
Sarah
May Smoke
Bethel Church
Gladys Fawcett
Lorraine Anderson
Coal Savings For Domestic Stokers Reported
Walter Knox, head of the Domestic Stoker Laboratory at Koppers Company, said research shows 10 to 17 percent coal savings on domestic stokers with proper draft settings. The finding came at a meeting of about 30 local stokers dealers and coal distributors at the Hotel George Washington. Another speaker, F J Kasper, assured homeowners that ordering winter coal early ensures no shortage of suitable deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Knox
Koppers Company
George Washington
F. J. Kasper
Berryville Church Is Legatee Under Mrs White's Will
Grace Episcopal Church of Berryville is left half the estate of Mrs Ella Johnson White of New York in probate. The remainder goes to Charles F Brown named executor. Mrs White daughter of George Washington Lewis and Emily Contee Lewis of Berryville died May 18 at the Chelsea Hotel. Property estimated at 9000 dollars.
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Star
New York
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
Ella Johnson White
Charles F. Brown
White
George Washington
Lewis
Emily Contee Lewis
Chelsea
C V Larrick in Critical Health After Surgery
C V Larrick of Mason and Dixon Pennsylvania, brother of Fred Larrick of Middletown, is critically ill after surgery at Washington County Hospital Maryland for mastoid. He was transferred Friday June 6 to a Baltimore hospital for further treatment.
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Cc. V. Larrick
Mason and Dixon
Fred Larrick
Middletown
Mr. Larrick
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Longest River in Europe The Volga
The Volga, at about 2,230 miles, is the longest river in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Volga
Brill Leads Shakedown Probe in Baltimore
Baltimore investigates shake down at the recent legislative session. George E Brill and Harry N Kilman Jr are appointed investigators with Daniel H Carroll as auditor funded by a $5 000 grant from the Board of Public Works. Brill, a former Post Office inspector, has a record of successful investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Grand Jury
George E. Brill
Harry N. Kilman, Jr
Daniel H. Carroll
J. Bernard Wells
Board of Public Works
Brill
Post Office Department
Yellow Springs
Hampshire County
W. Va
Winchester
Six Convicted in Martinsburg on Strike Charges
Martinsburg West Virginia jurors convicted six defendants in a stockin g strike disturbance case. Bruce Bowers Joe O Leary Lee Johnson Eldridge Baker Paul Cline and Alva Cave were found guilty of misdemeanor assault and were to be sentenced after a defense motion for a new trial by Whiting C Faulkner. The jury deliberated a full day.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Pi.a
Earl Myers
Bruce Bowers
Joe O'Leary
Lee Johnson
Eldridge Baker
Paul Cline
Alva Cave
D. H. Rogers
Whiting C. Faulkner
District of Columbia Life Insurance Per Capita
The estimated life insurance in force in the District of Columbia at the end of 1940 was 670,821,000 dollars, totaling 1,012 dollars per capita for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Remedy for insulin shocks studied by Dr Tyler in California
Pasadena Calif June 13 Dr David Tyler reports insulin shock damages brain as in nitrogen chamber experiments in cats He notes differing brain regions respond to oxygen loss with cortex paling first while medulla resists most His finding suggests suppressing temperature decline may reduce brain injury during insulin shock therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
David Tyler
California Institute
Tyler
Veteran Salvation Officer to Lead Southern Territory
Brigadier George H. Marshall, after 12 years heading the Salvation Army in the Baltimore area, will become secretary of the organization's southern territory July 15 with headquarters in Atlanta. He will oversee field personnel in a fifteen state area. Major Charles H. Dodd will return to Baltimore after September 1 to head the local work. Mrs. Blanche Marshall will accompany her husband.
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Baltimore
George H. Marshall
Salvation Army
Atlanta
Charles H. Dodd
Washington
Marshall
Blanche Marshall
Regan Home League
Stephen Marshall
Winchester
Reardon Sells Clarke County Farm to Whittemores
A Clarke county deed records the sale of the former Harry K. Russell farm, 476 acres, by James P. Reardon to Mr. and Mrs. Wyant Whittemore of New Hampshire for 22 dollars. The buyers plan to build a house and take possession soon. Reardon bought the property in November 1938, adjoining William Bell Watkins and Hugh L. Willoughby.
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Clarke County
Harry K. Russell
James P. Reardon
Wyant Whittemore
New Hampshire
Mr. Reardon
William Bell Watkins
Hugh L. Willoughby
Wittemores
Nazi Navy Chief Otto Schniewind Takes Naval Post
Adolf Hitler appoints Otto Schniewind as chief of naval operations, succeeding Guenther Luetjens who perished with the Bismarck in the Atlantic action. The report urges prudence to avoid losses and notes fertilizer prices as one of the few stable items amid rising costs. Farmers are advised to apply liberal fertilization as farm product prices improve.
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Otto Schniewind
Adolf Hitler
Guenther Luetjens
Bismarck
Atlantic
Re State Apeetare Ae
Urge Caution In Purchasing Of Livestock
Richmond Va June 13 The state department of agriculture advises buyers to take precautions against spreading livestock diseases amid rising demand and high prices. Purchases may lead to introducing new diseases onto farms, risking losses that exceed profits, the monthly bulletin warns. Increased livestock traffic and high prices frame the warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page four list ten items. They name Charles Dickens, a Yugoslav town, U S Marines, Africa, True, Hess, Twice, Otamwa, Pennsylvania, and Glass as the solutions.
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Charles Dickens
Town
Yugoslavia
U. S. Marines
Africa
True
Hess
Otamwa
Pennsylvania
Glass
Crochet Square Pattern 6993 Offer
Readers are invited to crochet a lovely square and use it for accessories. Pattern 6993 provides step by step instructions, stitch details, materials, an illustration, and a photographed square. Order form asks for NAME ADDRESS and PATTERN NUMBER with coin price to Windheris cen os 259 W 14th Street New York NY.
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Windheris
14Th Street
New York
N. Y
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Arr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Eric Nicol
United States Department of Labor
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Roosevelt
Charles E. Branshaw
Army Air Corps
Mrs. Bean
Goodrich Life Saver
Silvertown
Goodrich Slvertown
Christian, Church of Christ
Get
E. E. Harbaugh
Forney Grim
Mary Hershman
Boyd Headley, Jr
Evelyn Shade
H. H. Jennings
Orville Hoover
Lillian Hanen
Biddle Or
Chester A. Hobart
Back Creek Religious Council
Berryville Church
C. V. Larrick
Willys
H. M. Lamp
Smithfield Ave
DIAL
Geo. Brill
Virginia
Shenandoah Commercial Hatchery
Maurertown, Va
Clarke
If Stores CO. Inc
Admiral Otto Schniewind
Co. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Johnson's
Gallon
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Western Electric
Bell Telephone Laboratories
F. G. McKee
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