Colors of Waugh Twice Victorious at Charles Town
Colors of Waugh owned by Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Waugh, Virginia, won twice as Flagabout captured the fourth and Nob took the sixth in the days feature over the muddy Charles Town course. Nob paid $5 for a $2 ticket and Flagabout paid back $4.20 for $2. Long Pass defeated seven two-year-olds returning $32.80 for $2. Travelo and Top Shell paid $16.20 for the daily double. Charles Town Show Association will run through Saturday and the Charles Town Club meeting resumes Monday through July 8.
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M. R. Waugh
Virginia
Flagabout
Nob
Charles Town
Ed Ferry
Charles Town Horse Show Association
Charles Town Club
Political clash over elevator ride to rooftop jail
In Miami a politician demanded special permission to use an elevator to Dade county’s roof top jail. He threatened the operator, saying he would cause the man to lose his job. The operator remained calm and revealed the man had a year left to serve, proving he was a trusted employee.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
Puzzle clues and answer reveal a 1939 King Features crossword
The supplied OCR shows a dense list of numbered clues and partial phrases for a crossword puzzle. It includes cross-reference hints like word lengths, partial answers, and a final line indicating a published copyright notice from King Features Syndicate dated 1939.
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King Features Syndicate
Ing
New Bridges Being Asked by Warren County Board
Warren County supervisors pressed State Highway Department head Henry G Shirley to replace one or both Shenandoah River bridges at Riverton without delay. They warned against 300000 in temporary repairs, calling the structures a traffic hazard and a site for foreign visitors to the Shenandoah National Park.
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Front Royal
Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Shenandoah
State Highway Department
Henry G. Shirley
John B. Earle
Shirley
Shenandoan River
Riverton
Shenandoah National Park
Caroline Chatfield Advice Column on Allowances and Independence
A reader asks how a nearly eighteen year old daughter earning sixty dollars a month can have spending money and dates. Caroline Chatfield advises earning money supports independence but suggests negotiating with parents, aiming for approval, and using earned money to fund personal choices while warning about parental resistance.
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Miss Chatfield
Card of Thanks from Mrs. John M. Reid and Family
The Reid family thanks friends for kindness expressions and floral tributes after the death of Mrs. John M. Reid.
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John M. Reid
Reid Family
Treasury seizure notice in Virginia for whiskey bottles
The Treasury Department Alcohol Tax Unit reports seizure of four pints of Golden Harvest Tax-Paid Legal Whiskey in the Western District of Virginia near Sperryville, Rappahannock County. Claimants must file a claim and cost bond at the Alcohol Tax Unit in Richmond by June 30, 1939, or the property will be disposed of by law.
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Treasury Department
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Baltimore
District of
Virginia
Internal Revenue
Sperryvile
Rappahannock County
Richmond
R. B. Tuttle
I. R
Sperryville
R. E. Tuttle
Endeavorers Meet In July Convening In Cleveland
Local attendees plan to travel to the biennial International Christian Endeavor Society convention in Cleveland Ohio July 6 11 1939 delegates from 48 states the District of Columbia and many nations will attend. Noted speakers include Rev Dr Norman V Peal Arthur J Stanley Harry N Holmes Dr Gordon Howard Dr Walter Judd Dr William Hiram Foulkes Dr Daniel A Poling and Dr Louis Evans with Homer Rodeheaver leading the choir.
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International Christian Endeavor Society
Cleveland
District of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Movement
Norman V. Peal
Marble Collegiate Church of
New York
Arthur J. Stanley
International Society
Harry N. Holmes
World Alliance For International Friendship
J.gordon Howard
Walter Judd
China
America
William Hiram Foulkes
Presbyterian General Assembly
Daniel A
Royal Broadcast Hails King and Queen From Halifax
The King and Queen of England will broadcast from Halifax tomorrow as part of a state luncheon in their honor. The address marks the monarch’s fifth microphone appearance since arrival. Radio schedules list MBS WABC CBS WJZ NBC with midday and afternoon airings and a 4:45 glimpse of the royal party boarding the Empress of Britain to sail home. Local sports radiocasts include Princeton track and Poughkeepsie regatta on Saturday.
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New York
North America
England
Halifax
MBS
WABC
CBS
WJZ
NBC
Princeton
Poughkeepsie
Wabc-Cbs
Soldier Skirted Draft With Bold 18 Claim in Civil War
James E. Jewel former national commander of the G A R recounts enlisting at 17 by misrepresenting his age. He kept slips with the number 18 in each shoe to fool recruiters.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
James E. Jewel
Executor's Sale of Limestone Farm in Frederick County
The estate of the late Charles M. Ebert offers about 172 acres of limestone land four miles north of Winchester Virginia for public auction on Saturday June 24 1939 at the courthouse in Winchester. The farm includes a nine room house a large bank barn a stone dairy and outbuildings with a tenant to harvest through Feb 1940. Purchaser takes five sixths of landlord's share of crops and pays one third cash with two annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Duvall Dunn Aucts. Executor M M Lynch.
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Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Charles M. Ebert
Frederick County
Martinsburg
Welltown
Annie Rees
M. M. Lynch
Chas
M. Ebert
Duvall & Dunn, Aucts
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