Construction in Winchester Surges With New Dwellings
Winchester highlights a busy June with permits totaling $65,080 this month and $967,350 through May for new homes and renovations. Herman Hable leads with 12 Springcrest dwellings at $3,000 each, $36,000 overall, while other projects include remodels, additions, and a brick dwelling up to $6,000.
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Winchester Ar
Hable
Herman Hable
Bpringcrest Street
Carrie Graichen
South
Camey Street
Camille Heitmuller
South Cameron
Duncan Brothers
Millwood Avenue
J. W. Lupton
Gray Avenue
Sarah L. Shaffer
West
Bosscawen
Bosseawen
Richard Bernd
Nane Avenue
Smith Confessed Slayer Granted Bond in Berryville
Berryville Virginia June 18 L C Smith confessed slayer of Smallwood at Berry s car Friday afternoon yesterday pleaded from custody under bond of 1000 Date for Smith s preliminary hearing has not yet been set.
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Berryville
Smith
Smallwood
Berry
Answers to Today's Quiz on Page Four
Answers to today’s quiz are the test results printed on page four. The list includes D. W. Griffith and Grover Cleveland, with references to the Department of Labor and a noted battle by George Dewey.
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D. W. Griffith
New York
Department of Labor
Grover Cleveland
George Dewey
Home Coming At Rock Enon Church
Rock Enon Church invites all friends and members to a June 30 home coming and memorial event. Morning worship followed by lunch on the old hotel grounds, a fellowship service in the afternoon, special music, and time to renew acquaintances. Rev. H. J. Goode will lead the services.
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Rock Enon Church
Old Rock Enon
Rock Enon
J. Goode
Kendall Held In Theft Of Nickles
Raymond Kendall of Frederick county is held for a hearing before Trial Justice A J Tav en ner on breaking and entering charges at Charles Lowery s residence on Buff Lick Road. He allegedly took about 50 in nickels. Sheriff John Bywaters says Kendall, who denies guilt, was arrested after an investigation tied to nickel payments.
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Raymond Kendall
Frederick County
A. J. Tavenner
Charles Lowery
Buff Lick Road
Kendall
Lowery
John Bywaters
The New Testament Red Letter Edition
An edition featuring the saviour's words in red plus a compiled index of biblical named trees waters mountains instruments and birds. It notes the longest book and the shortest verse and runs 254 pages in a flexible black cover priced twenty cents postpaid with coupon.
Don't Worry But Major Parties Illegally Ruled San Francisco Reign
San Francisco reports reveal an 1869 decree disbanding the Democratic and Republican parties for the good of the country. The records, found by the California State Historical Society during the Norton I centennial preparations, recount Emperor Norton’s enduring legend and the city’s unexpected tolerances.
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San Francisco
California State Historical Society
Norton I
United States
Mexico
Norton
Beaver
London
England
State Industries Show Good Gain in 1939 Virginia
Virginia's 1939 industrial activity rose after 1938 decline, per the state department of labor annual report. It notes 95 new plants in 1938 and 100 in 1939, with tobacco plants leading output at 377,124,411 dollars, textiles at 119,512,362 dollars, and food and kindred products at 114,798,308 dollars.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Labor
Schofield Named Special Assistant to Attorney General
Major Lemuel B. Schofield is appointed to administrative control of the immigration and naturalization service as special assistant to Attorney General Robert Jackson. The Justice Department orders fingerprinting of all aliens before entry into the United States as one of its first actions after assuming control.
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Lemuel B. Schofield
Control of Immigration and Naturalization Service
Robert Jackson
Justice Department
Brown Couple Engage By Phone In Hollywood
Hollywood reports comed ian Joe E Brown's son Joe L Brown proposed from Lubbock Texas to Virginia Lee Newport by phone and proxy. Miss Newport accepted and the wedding is set for September. The couple plan to live in Pittsburgh where Brown will run a sports auditorium. Canada has 18 national parks covering 12 059 square miles. Twelve American firms supplied equipment for the British liner Queen Mary.
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Hollywood
Joe E. Brown
Joe L. Brown
Lubbock, Tex
Virginia Lee Newport
Miss Newport
Joe
Don
Flinger
Pittsburgh
Brown
Canada
National Tobacco Festival Set for September in South Boston
The sixth annual National Tobacco Festival plans festivities on September 5 and 6 featuring an outdoor pageant, a fifty float parade, bands, square dances, plantation tours, and tobacco auctions. Past crowds surpassed 150000 with notable queens and celebrities linked to the event.
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Boston
United States
Westwood Byrd
H. R. Kern
Harry Flood Byrd
Eve Mark-Wardlaw
Rosario de Blanck
Great Britain
Erma Cas
Frederick county farmer Reuben DeHaven dies at 78
Reuben DeHaven aged 78, a Frederick county farmer, died yesterday afternoon around 4 from a cerebral hemorrhage at his Gainesboro home. He had been in declining health, survived by his widow Catherine Adams, two sons Gaver of Baltimore and Oscar of Frederick county, two daughters Mrs Andy Gregory of Martinsburg and Mrs Walter DeHaven of Pennsylvania, plus siblings and half-siblings. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM at Gainesboro Methodist Church with Rev. C B Larrick officiating. interment Gainesboro cemetery.
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Reuben DeHaven
Frederick County
Gainesboro
DeHaven
Jonathan
Julia DeHaven
Catherine Adams
Gaver
Baltimore
Oscar
Andy Gregory
Martinsburg
Walter DeHaven
Pennsylvania
Trustees Named for Mount Salem and Gore Parsonage
An order in Frederick Circuit Court appoints two Mount Salem Church Trustees. Walter Dunlap becomes Gore parsonage trustee succeeding the late Turner A Dunlap. Clark P Anderson fills the seat left by George L Good.
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Frederick
Mt. Salem Church
Disciples of Christ
Rock Enon
Walter Dunlap
Gore
Turner A. Dunlap
Clark P. Anderson
George L. Good
Mrs. Pennington Rites Held in Loom East
Final rites for Mrs. Rose Pennington were conducted today at Loom West Virginia after she died at Memorial Hospital from burns suffered weeks ago. Interment followed in Loom. She died on her 40th birthday and is survived by husband Lee Pennington and two children.
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Rose Pennington
Memorial Hospital
Loom
W. Va
Pennington
Lee Pennington
Salute to a Brave Soldier in France’s Dark Hour
Dewitt Mackenzie reflects on Paris, Versailles, and Munich as signs of looming war. He lauds Marshal Henri Petain, 84, for accepting leadership in a grim crisis and likens Verdun’s cry They shall not pass to Petain’s surrender.
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Berlin
Prance Toda
Prance
Hitler
Munich
Mussolini
French
Germany
France
Britain
Marshall Henri Petainon
Europe
Verdun
Hen lays eight eggs then five more over weekend
Mrs. Chris Olsen of Bellevue says her Rhode Island red hen Biddy laid eight eggs Thursday rested Friday then three more Saturday and Sunday totaling eighteen eggs over the weekend. She notes the hen has a private pen and there is no mistake. A bee travels about 43 776 miles to make one pound of honey.
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Bellevue
Wash
Chris Olsen
Rhode Island
Homey touch in choosing a funeral director
An American view on the meaning of home elevates the importance of finding a warm, homelike funeral home like Jones Funeral Home in Winchester. The piece argues that a beloved home atmosphere matters in funeral services.
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Jones Funeral Home
Winchester
Tuberculosis‑stricken inmate pardoned by Colorado governor
Denver June 18. Gov Ralph L. Carr pardons Ver sell Robert Smith, 30, convicted in 1937 of robbery to serve 23 years. Prison physician says he cannot live more than two weeks, so he may spend his last days with his mother.
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Denver
Ralph L. Carr
Versell Robert Smith
Dress design tricks for flattering silhouettes and fabrics
The article highlights clever design details such as darts at the midriff, frill-topped gathers, a V-neck, and paneled skirt to enhance a dress. It notes versatile wear for day events, lunching, travel, and casual parties, while recommending silk print, georgette, chiffon, and satin for fabrics.
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Georgette, Chiffon and Co
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Bergen
Norway
Charles R. McCormick
Historic Mountain Church
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Washington, D. C
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington ,D. C
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Immigration Head
Major Lemuel B. Schofield
South Boston
Tillo Najera
Mary Taka
Little Jack Little
Ted Lewis
Guy Lombardo
Hal Kemp
Glen Gray
American Beauty
Northern Virginia Power Co
N. Loudoun St
Mr. DeHaven
Mount Salem
Dewitt MacKenzie
Italy
Cupid
Oklahoma City
Mona
Robert W. Fowler
Oil Company
Him
Leota
Mary
Roberta
Re University
Waco
Tex
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Mary Morris
White House
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E. Piccadilly St
O’connell
Braddock St
General Motors
Barbara Bell
Evening Star
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