County plans band formation meeting in Shenandoah area
A county wide band project moves toward a formaled effort with a meeting at the Court House. The Shenandoah organization will tour Middletown and Stephens City with a 60 member group. Local officials invite every resident to attend this afternoon program and discuss forming a county school student band.
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Frederick County
Court House
Shenandoah
Middletown
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Fred J.latrick
Midehd
County 4-H Dress Contest Tomorrow Highlighted By Meeting
Officers of McFaden Council Royal Arcanum were installed for the ensuing year at a meeting last night. Grand Lodge reports from Richmond Va were presented by Carl Gordon. New members Robert E. Kerlin and Charles E O Connor were inducted alongside the officers.
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McFaden Council
Royal Arcanum
En Council
Grand Lodge
Richmond
Raymond Kerlin
Fred Bamne
John H. Kern
Maynard Wisecarver
Carl Gor
Robert E. Kerlin
Charles E. O'Connor
Program By Young Folk at Macedonia Methodist Church
The annual Children's Day program will be at Macedonia Methodist Church Sunday at 8 PM. The program features songs, recitations, exercises, duets, a pageant Wings of Praise, and an offering, with many local children performing under the direction of church members and the pastor.
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Macedonia Church
Macedonia Methodist Church
Charles E. Harrison
Lorraine Snyder
Peggy Lou Coulson
Waite
George
Lilly Fleury
Norman Haymaker
Jimmie Waters
Pharisees
Marie Waters
Jesus
Arthur Snyder
Freddie Spicer
Mrs. Thompson
Miss Haymaker
Junior Wright
Charlotte Wyant
June Drummond
Colleen Pifer
Heir To Fortune Unaccounted For
Governor Tingley deploys national guardsmen and state police in a statewide hunt for Merill McCormick 21 heir to the McCormick fortune missing after a Sandia mountains hike with Richard Whitmer search extends to Santa Fe Taos Las Vegas and Raton as Mrs Simms vigil keeps Los Pobanos estate.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Clyde Tingley
Merill McCormick
McCormick
Sandia Mountains
Here
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
United States
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Richard Whitmer
T. E. Whitmer
CCC
Santa Fe
Taos
Las Vegas
Raton
Schmeling Wife Awaits Phone Call After Hospital Stay
In Berlin on June 24 Anny Ondra waits for a phone call as her husband Max Schmeling nears a swift voyage to New York amid hospital attention from top surgeons. Supt Jaller defends Schmeling’s health focus while noting public concern and support.
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Supt
Jaller
Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Berlin
New York
Anny Ondra
Cay
Scranton Mayor Orders Show To Vacate Town
Scranton Pennsylvania June 24 The mayor ordered out of town today the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus stalled here for two days due to a strike. Circus executives would discuss the ultimatum with city officials later. Performers agreed to a 25 percent wage cut while roustabouts canvas men and other workers refused. John Ringling North head of the circus argues the cut is needed for continuation. North invited employees to study the show's finances to judge the necessity.
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Scranton
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus
Fred J. Huester
John Ringling North
North
General Motors Plans Inventory Period Across Plants
General Motors to take inventory from end of June through August with staggered plant shutdowns averaging longer than last year. Production for July to October targets 215000 vehicles including 1939 models, due to a severe drop in sales. Financial aids will be arranged in states without unemployment insurance to assist workers during layoff.
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General Motors
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Front Royal Seeks PWA Sewage Aid
The Public Works Administration allotted 36 million dollars in loans and grants for 286 projects as part of a rush to complete 1,750 non federal allotments. Front Royal, Virginia, received a sewage project valued at 25,750 dollars among the awards.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Front Royal
Hitler sends sympathy to Ondra as Goebbels sends flowers
Reichsfuehrer Hitler, admired by millions, sent a message of sympathy to Miss Ondra who has never seen her husband fight. Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels sent flowers in a related gesture.
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New York
Hitler
Ondra
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Moody Reaches Fourth Round After Ragged Start
Helen Wills Moody of the United States advances to the Wimbledon fourth round by defeating England’s Mrs. P F Glover 6 4 7 5. After a troubled first set she steadied, won five games in a row, and carried the momentum into a tough second set to seal the victory despite late resistance from Glover who fought back to square the set before Moody clinched.
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Wimledon
Eng
Helen Wills Moody
P. F. Glover
England
Helen
Nancy Lyle
Mrs. Glover
Mrs. Moody
Rebels Launch Big Offensive Near Sarrión and Valencia
Rebels drive government troops toward Valencia after Sarrión nears encirclement. Insurgent Castilian units advance from the Sarrion flank, aided by air, tanks, and artillery. Government forces retreat, with casualties heavy and a 60,000-man estimate. Insurgents plan likely push toward Barcelona.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Sarrion
Guardian seeks transfer of minor wards funds to West Virginia
Notice to all concerned that a hearing in the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia will occur July 26 1938 on Georgia B Leight guardian's petition to transfer funds of wards Mary Catherine Leight David B Leight and Robert Leight from this jurisdiction to their residence in Jefferson County West Virginia. Deputy Clerk Bessie Brannon cites publication dates June 24 July 1 8 15 41.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Georgia B. Leight
Mary Catherine Leight
David B Leight
Robert Leight
Jefferson
West Virginia
Bessie Brannon
Circuit Court of
Roosevelt Hints Wagner Will Hold Senate Seat
President Roosevelt suggested Senator Wagner of New York will seek re election this fall rather than run for governor. He avoided details on Governor Lehman’s plan to run for the Senate seat left by the late Senator Copeland.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
D-Ny
New York
Senate
Theesident
Lehman
Copeland
Hyde Park
James Groves Dies After Long Illness at 71
Berryville Virginia June 24 Services will be held tomorrow at Enders Funeral Home at 2 30 for James Groves 71 who died yesterday near Berryville after a long illness He is survived by his wife Frances Groves and two nieces Mrs Morris King and Mrs Collingsburg both of Washington DC and Virginia residents
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Berryville
Enders Funeral Home
James Groves
Frances Groves
Morris King
Collingsburg
Washington
Summer Heat Reaches 92 Degrees in Winchester
Citizens of Winchester used electric fans to cope with the warmest day of the season as the Winchester Research Laboratory recorded a 92 degree high at 2 35 PM.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Big Day at Mount Olive Evangelistic Tent
The Mount Olive United Brethren Church near Hayfield hosts a full Sunday program led by Rev B F Spitzer with Rev Beard preaching at 11 am on The Resurrection and H W Fauver speaking at 7 pm on The Last Trip. An all day service includes song, praise, and lunch optional. parking, a 700-person turnout last Sunday, and hopes for 1000 attendees. A special offering supports Rev Beard. organizers forecast Fredericks County’s biggest religious day.
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Mount Olive
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Beard
Spitzer
Frederick County
Fauver
Harvard Beats Yale Oarsmen In Morning Races
Harvard crews win both morning races at New London on Thames as Yale eyes a first loss since 1916. Freshmen win by two and a half lengths, JV edges Yale by about one length, setting up a likely varsity victory in tonight’s four mile classic.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Crimson
Harvard Varsity
Two Newspaper Photo Men Killed in Circus Crane Incident
Scranton Pennsylvania photographers Bob Raine and Arthur Young died when an airplane crashed on the circus grounds tied up by a workers strike. Young, 30, piloted the plane and remained at the controls. Raine, 25, appeared to jump and was killed instantly.
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Scranton
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Bob Raine
Arthur Young
Scranton Tribune
Young
Raine
4 H Club Council to Convene at Parish House for Contest
Frederick county 4 H Club Council meets at Episcopal Parish House tomorrow at 1 30 pm Delegates to State Short Course and county camp selections will be chosen Correct Dress contest to pick county representatives for Blacksburg Va and Camp White Rock August 16 20 Home economics teachers judge on a 100 point scale with garments in several classes Names of contestants listed from multiple clubs
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Frederick County
Episcopal Parish
Blacksburg
Camp White Rock
Pauline Rhodes
Middletown
Louise Stickley
Strasburg High School
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Silco Cut Price Store
Loudoun St
Luray
Charlottesville
Culpeper
Garland Spillman
Miller's Drug Store
Orang Co
Young Folk
Nancy Daugherty
Mrs. Ernest Hall
Sarah Daugherty
Elizabeth Snyder
Jeanne Armel
Cran Ping
Las Pinkham
Ni Inkham
PWA
Barcelona
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Tooraem
Wrete
Fred Brown
Cambridge
Nanticoke River
Salisbury
Coal Yankee
Blades Tee Lease
Madeline Blair
Gore
Jack Cooper
Virginia Nixon
Adrian Morrison
Julia Link
Renolyn Triplett
Josephine Anderson
Harry Byrd Morrison
Mary Virginia Johnson
Ralph Bowman
Maxine Link
Armel
Gladys Whiter
Lillie Fleury
Miller
Carmen Luttrell
Nancy Mauck
Mt. View
Edna_ Nesselrodt
Dorothy Harbaugh
Nancy Harbaugh
Harry Booker
Harry Hershman
Peachy Glynn
Mary Hodgson
Hope Richard
Elsie Triplett
Ralph Prye
Annie Jean Cooper
Harry Richard
Brucetown
Mary Eloise Russell
Sam J. Swimley
Ellis Adams
Mary Austin
Margaret Smither Orndorff
Margaret Omer
Round Hill
Mary Gay Marker
Maurice Carpenter
Ruch Parker
Richard Cather
Bob Larrick
Donnie Anderson
Winnie Carper
Mary K. Pingley
Albert Pingley
Linda Daily
Sam
Whitacre
Robert Daily
Omos
Jean Johnson
Omps
Hilda Whitacre
Lind Brown
Harriet Adams
Joshua Place
Star Tannery
Rachel Smith
Ruth Himelright
Madge Himelright
White Hall
James Taylor
Austin Tusing
Calvin Owens
R. Lodge
Elizabeth Crim
Antiete
Hagerstown
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
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Wice Backalk
Ieee
Seetice
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Mieke
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Estes
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