Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital Reports Year End Balance
The Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital will close its fiscal year on June 30 with a balance of 158.25 in the treasury. The report shows starting balance 405.47, receipts 1673.98 from events and dues, expenditures 1326.38 for ward furnishings and events, leaving 347.60 June 30 1938 and 158.25 final balance after earmarked furnishings. Officers for the year were Mrs. Thomas A. Gibson president and others. next year lineup includes Mrs. F L Glaize Jr president and others. The group has suspended summer meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Star
Children's Ward
Thomas A. Gibson
Joseph Kalbach
Peyton Marshall
Mary Miller
F. L. Glaize, Jr
Jorgen Kiergaard
Ian MacCallum
F. C. Jones
Legal Chief Is To Probe Charge
Pennsylvania Attorney General Guy K Bard seeks to supersede Dauphin County District Attorney Carl B Shelley in the probe of primary campaign charges against Governor George H Earle and top state Democrats. Judge Paul N Schaeffer adjourned without ruling. The Supreme Court had placed the case back under Schaeffers control amid disputed evidence and political motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Guy K. Bard
Paul N. Schaeffer
Supreme Court
Carl B. Shelley
Schaeffer
Bard
Shelley
George H. Earle
Plea Denied for Jacobs Reinstatement in Louis Fight
The New York State Athletic Commission denied Joe Jacobs reinstatement as a second, blocking his work in Max Schmeling's corner for tomorrow night's heavyweight title bout with Joe Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Joe Jacobs
Max Swim
Joe Louis
Skyline Caverns May Open to Public by Mid July
Skyline Caverns in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal are expected to open around July 15 under W. E. Edwards and guided by Walter S. Amos and L. B. Dutrow. Crews widen passageways and develop a large room noted for a joined stalagmite and stalactite column, frosted walls, and crystallized gypsum floor with an underground stream on a perpendicular course to the Shenandoah River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skyline Caverns
Shenandoah Valley
W. E. Edwards
The
Caverns Company
Shenandoah National Park
Front Royal
Walter S. Amos
Winchester
L. B. Dutrow
Winchester Evening Star
Shenandoah River
Zimmerman Elected First President of Virginia Bowling Association
Jack Zimmerman of Health Center alleys Winchester and Leesburg Va was chosen as the first president of the Virginia Bowling Alley Operators Association at a Richmond organization meeting. Walter Coulter Richmond is first vice president W H Brown Norfolk second vice president E N Rowe Lynchburg third vice president John Y Dennis Norfolk secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Zimmerman
Winchester
Leesburg
Virginia Bowling Alley Operators Association
Richmond
Walter Coulter
W. H. Brown
Norfolk
E N. Rowe
Lynchburg
John Y. Dennis
Dennis
William A
Billy) Haskins
Health Centre
Zimmerman
Master Key Presented To Lion Bird At Lions Club Luncheon
Lion Allen T. Hawthorne presented Lion W. W. Bird with a Master Key plaque and the Master Key from Lions International for 12 or more members joining. Only Hove Riley shares this honor locally, with congratulatory letters from officials including International President Frank Birch. Next week’s meeting moves to 6:30 at the Golf Club with officers to be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Lion Allen T. Hawthorne
Lion W. W. Bird
Lions International
Lion Bird
Hove Riley
International
Frank Birch
Henry T. Goode
Bryan Stotler
Herman Barr
Lloyd Carper
John Glaize
H. H. Hildum
Earl Mason
D. H. Sencindiver
C. C. Brannon
John Hardesty
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
Walter J. Millard
National Municipal League
Steamer Potomac Collides With Casino Off Alexandria
In the Potomac River six miles below Alexandria the steamer Potomac carrying 1000 passengers collided with the 50 foot cabin cruiser Casino. Three Casino passengers were injured and three others were knocked into the water. The Potomac took aboard all on the Casino except its owner Alfred G. Schicht and two officers who returned to Washington with the cruiser. Charles Ruffener, a Potomac concession boy, rescued a Casino passenger. The Casino, with its box stove in and cabin damaged, was on a moonlight return cruise for a capital social club. the Potomac was on a benefit cruise for the Presidents Cup Regatta Association under Captain Philip Barbour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potomac
Casino
Potomac River
Alexandria
Alfred G. Schicht
Charles Ruffener
Hankow Defense Is Reorganized
Shanghai reports China has strengthened Hankow defenses as floods from the Yellow River hinder Japanese efforts. Chinese lines are said to be ready to resist renewed attack while Japan traffic remains stalled by floods and rain. Soviet aid arrives with tanks and guns as 60 new divisions prepare to man Hankow's last line.
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Shanghai
China
Hankow
Japan
Yellow River
High Command
Soviet
Russia
Henan Province
Chengchow
Peiping-Hankow
Leon
Capure
Jacobs Wins First Wimbledon Round Despite Arm Injury
Helen Jacobs, former British and American champion, defeated Mary Whitmarsh 6-0 6-1 in the all English championship first round at Wimbledon. Jacobs, troubled by a right arm nerve injury, showed recovery by using a flat drive after abandoning the chop forward stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Jacobs
Mary Whitmarsh
England
Miss Jacobs
Miss Whitmarsh
Gainesboro Farm Course Set With New Instructor
John E. Cowles has accepted a contract to teach vocational agriculture at Gainesboro in the coming session. He met with D. J. Howard in Winchester and plans to secure a residence for his family, aiming to bring them to Frederick County soon. Cowles and other instructors will attend the five day vocational agriculture conference in Blacksburg next week and he intends to establish a Future Farmers chapter and supervised agricultural instruction at Gainesboro akin to programs at Handley Middletown and Stephens City High Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Cowles
Gainesboro
Winchester
D. J. Howard
Virginia
Cowles
Frederick County
Colonial Beach
Blacksburg
Handley, Middletown
Stephens City
Treasury Chief Demands Action On Bank Examinations
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau demands immediate adoption of his liberalized bank examination program after top officials clash with Federal Reserve Board Chair Eccles. Morgenthau aims to send recommendations to the President within 48 hours without Eccles approval if blocked, while the FDIC OCC and NASBE back the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Marriner
Eccles
Comptroller of Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Association of State Bank Examiners
Claims Elderly Group Increases
LOS ANGELES June 21 Townsend old age pension advocates hear at their national convention that population studies show a rising proportion of elderly people in the coming decades. Dr Warren S Thompson of Miami University cites retirement at 65 and predicts the 65 plus group by 1980 will exceed four times the 1930 census figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Townsend
Warren S. Thompson
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Thompson
Hull and Moore Receive Degrees at Princeton
Princeton University awarded honorary doctorates of laws to Cordell Hull and A Harry Moore. Unofficial reports earlier suggested Moore would be honored, prompting campus protests accusing him of being Mayor Hague’s puppet. Senior class president cancelled a planned meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Cordell Hull
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Moore
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Dan D. Coyle
Centreville, Md
Nail Estate Appraised at 24 532.50 in Clark Co. Court
The estate of the late John W Nail is appraised at 24 532.50 per a certificate filed with Clark M. Smith, clerk of Corporation Court. It covers 139 141 North Loudoun street, bank savings, stocks and bonds. Nail was noted as an artist and woodworker who carved city keys from Fort Loudoun wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Nail
Clark M. Smith
Corporation Court
Charles H. Harper
Sam Chiles
Joseph B. Newlin
North
Loudoun Street
Nail
Fort Loudoun
Attorneys Of Valley Converge For Regional Bar Meeting
Attorneys of Rockingham and Page counties met at Harrisonburg to appoint George D. Conrad to represent the Rockingham and Page Bar at a June 30 Lynchburg conference on the Virginia Bar creation and conduct. A 31 member vote backed a regional Valley meeting to explain the new bar bill with Judge H. W. Bertram presiding. A committee including Joseph F. Moore R. Gray Williams Frank Tavenner W. H H. Perry and Ward Swank was named to arrange the Highland Augusta Rockingham Shenandoah Page Frederick and Clarke session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham
Page Counties
Harrisonburg
George D. Conrad
Rockingham and Page Bar
Lynchburg
Virginia Bar
H. W. Bertram
Rockingham Page Bar
Virginia Bar Association
Joseph F. Moore
Berryville
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Frank Tavenner
Woodstock
W. H H. Perry
Staunton
Ward Swank
Highland
Augusta
Shenandoah
Page
Frederick and
Clarke
Show Must Go On: Ringling Brothers Cuts Dues
John Ringling North announced a new notice to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus employees in Binghamton. The A. G. Barnes Circus unit, part of Ringling, accepted a 25 percent wage reduction to keep the show running, following Syracuse and West Coast performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton, N. Y
Ringling
Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
John Ringling North
A. G. Barnes
Ringling Organization
Syracuse
Binghamton
Yoictn
Barnes
Parsons Drives Charleston Player Into Junior Final
Parsons the favorite won two straight sets to reach the semi finals of the Middle Atlantic Junior Tennis Championships in Charleston West Virginia. He led the parade into the round with an easy victory over his opponent.
Two Suspects In Fire Freed To Close Case
The inquiry into the June 12 fire that destroyed the Gray De Haven store in DeHaven Virginia closed. Two suspects were held overnight in Winchester then released after questioning. Deputy Marshal Travers said no evidence existed to detain them though fire details remained suspicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray DeHaven
DeHaven
Bywaters
Bob DeHaven
L. R. Travers
Winchester
Travers
Woman's Tennis Tournaments At Winchester Golf Club
Parings for the first and second rounds of the annual women’s tennis tournament at Winchester Golf Club were announced by Miss Virginia Russell, chairwoman of the women’s tennis activity committee. First round matches include Mrs. Carl McMullah versus Nancy Larrick and others. winners will advance to face Anne Quirk and Shirley Williams. Second round pairings list several titled participants and matches to be played as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
Virginia Russell
Carl McMullah
Nancy Larrick
John Carr
Betty Riley
W. H. Bosserman
Dottie Moore
Phyllis Fowle
Louise Moore
Anne Quirk
Shirley Williams
Phyllis Meem
Ann Woolfolk
H. N. Stephenson
Ann Williams
Kardy Russell
Nancy Bowly
Venton Nelson
Paul Rosenberger
Farley Massey
See-Saw Battle For Votes In Minnesota Primary
In Minnesota on June 21 Gov. Elmer A. Benson led Hjalmar Petersen for the Farmer-Labor nomination as returns grew. Benson held a narrow 3,279 edge from 1512 of 3739 precincts with Petersen narrowing after a large Minneapolis batch. A Roosevelt-appointed WPA administrator's ouster was also noted, a point Petersen used to attack Benson who had once opposed Christgau.
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Minneapolis
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Hjalmar Petersen
Farmer-Labor
Benson
Petersen
Henenpin County
Roosevelt
Victor Christgau
WPA
Christgau
Capitol Hil
Warning For Japanese Outlines Mood From Editor Meeting
Former West Virginia Governor H G Kump urged nations to unite against Japan and stop its actions toward a stricken people. He spoke to the National Editorial Association as about 400 editors prepared to tour a demonstration coal mine near Pocahontas Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Japan
H. G. Kump
National
Pocahontas
Graduates In Business Get More Pointers
Pyigen Chapter of the Red Cross sponsors a Staff assistants school for Handley High School graduates. Executives say participants gain stenography filing bookkeeping and office etiquette training plus in office problem experience. Leader Margaret Cochran heads a group including Cochran Grim Burnsey Hicks Trimble Creswell Nelson Snyder and Abshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyigen Chapter
The
Red Cross
Ictants School
Handley High School
Helen Wright
Margaret Cochran
Misses Cochran
Elmodyne Grim
Elsie May Burnsey
Virginia Hicks
Hetter Trimble
Dorothea Creswell
Dana Nelson
Anna’ Belle Snyder
Helen Abshire
Cap Burned Off While Extinguishing Fire at Martinsburg Pumper
Charles W. Webber suffered a burned cap and several slight hand burns when a gas pump at the Republic Pilling station near Martinsburg caught fire during repairs. Sparks from shorted wires ignited gasoline. quick fire department action prevented a potential explosion. Webber believed the currents were cut off after the blaze was out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Webber
Republic
Martinsburg Pike
Garland Canter
Webber
Merchants To Meet Friday In Winchester City Hall
An important Winchester merchants meeting is set for Friday June 24 at 10 o'clock in the Council Chamber City Hall. Retail Merchants section of the Chamber of Commerce called the gathering to discuss revival plans for the annual Dollar Day Sales. All merchants are urged to attend or send a representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Council Chamber
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Regatta Fleets Work Out Ahead of Intercollegiate Rowing Meet
Six of seven fleets moored at Poughkeepsie trained for next Monday's Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta. Syracuse rested, Columbia did four miles with no time announced, Cornell and Washington held hard workouts. Hume suffers boils. California's varsity seen as strong with four ill sailors reported. Navy and Wisconsin brief workouts.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Syracuse
Orange
Columbia
Cornell
Washington
Shell
Hume
California
Kylbright
Navy
Wisconsin
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F.L. Glaize, Jr
Small Loan & Finance
E. Boscawen St
B&o
Newark
Plainfield, Elizabeth
Martinsburg
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Hankow Defense
Treasury Chief
Hull and Moore
Tower of
New California
Terminal Island
Nail Estate
Parson
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
Rosenberger’s
Millwork
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
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