Frederick County Fruit Growers Hear Experts Friday
Frederick county fruit growers will hear a Friday night program at 8 o clock with experts addressing coddling moth residue, fruit disease outlook, state and national fruit trends, and apple production marketing. Dr A H Teske will visit Frederick county to discuss grower problems and marketing effects.
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Frederick County
Walter Hough
Winchester Arch Laboratory
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Ww. S. Campfield
Staunton
Virginia Horticultural Society
P. H. Gold
Llwellyn Jackson
Walker Bond
Peyton J. Marshall
William Beverley
Lee Dick
Kenneth Robinson
R. P. Anderson
Lawson Whitacre
W. S. Hough
A B. Groves
I. F. Stine
Separation Near for Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
London reports a likely end to the legal separation between American heiress Barbara Hutton and her Danish husband Count Haugwitz-Reventlow. Copenhagen officials said lawyer Jensen failed to lift a British restraining order aiding potential divorce talks. The count remains in Paris as negotiations continue amid the dispute over their two year old Lance.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haugwwitz-Reventlow
Woolworth
Winfield House
Regents Park
Politkia
Copenhagen
Lance
Jensen
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlaw
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Paris
England
Park Wins From Rock Creek 18 1 In A Weird Exhibition
The Rock Creek Ginger Ale Club, pursued by a jinx, lost 18 to 1 at Middleburg after an injured nonplayer needed transport to Washington. Winchester used three pitchers, McDermott hit a likely homerun triple, and some players arrived at game time after a late trip from Winchester.
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Rock Creek
Middleburg
Washington
Winchester
Rock Creeckers
Michael
Duvall
McDermott
Safe Sane and Patriotic Fourth of July Kiddie Show
Children of Winchester and vicinity will watch a free movie at the Capitol Theatre on Monday July 4 for the Safe Sane and Patriotic Kiddie Show. The theatre promises a special guest to speak on Why we celebrate the Fourth. The event starts at 10 o clock in the morning and seeks parent and business support.
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Children of
Winchester
Capitol Theatre
Tom Baldridge
West Coast
Tunnel Fire Strikes New York Underwater Gauge
The north bore of the Manhattan Queens tunnel, a $58,000,000 vehicular route, flooded during a fire that began in an air compression chamber. Engineers said water entered when air pressure fell, hindering crews but causing little structural damage despite heavy fumes and a 48 psi environment. Four watchmen escaped after a blaze driven by a short circuit spread through shoring timbers and sawdust calking.
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New York
Manhattan-Queens
Balloon Punctured as Spain Warns of Bombing Retaliation
The Spanish government warned of bombing Italian and German cities in reprisal for insurgent air raids a move seen by experts as a risky diplomatic tactic. Barcelona aims to appease anger over lack of reprisals and push an international commission to investigate bombings in Spain now expected to convene next week.
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Britain
Spain
Germany
Great Britain
France
Barcelona
US to press Germany on Nazi property decree effects
Secretary Hull said the United States will demand Germany specify how its new property registration decree affects American Jews living in Germany. He announced the position in Washington on June 25.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Germany
Mrs. Vernie Flowers Funeral Held Near Bartonville
Funeral services for Mrs. Ver nie Flowers age 62 wife of Harry Flowers of near Bartonville were held Tuesday at 10 a m from the family residence The Rev George W Stover assisted by Rev Millard J Miller officiated Interment followed at Mount Hebron Pallbearers were E Dean Adarmus Leo Wisecarver J J Stover Joseph Fritts Frank Anderson and Waldo Bennington Survived by husband two daughters Dorothy Flowers and Mrs Mitchell Boyd several siblings and two grandchildren The body was moved from Omps funeral home to the residence earlier.
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Vernie Flowers
Harry Flowers
Bartonville
George W. Stover
Millard J. Miller
Mount Hebron
E. Dean Adarmus
Leo Wisecarver
J. J. Stover
Joseph Fritts
Frank Anderson
Waldo Bennington
Omps
Flowers
William H. Anderson
Margaret S. Anderson
Frederick County
Gainesboro
United Brethren Church
Mitchell Boyd
Kernstown
Dorothy Flowers
Walter P. Anderson
Winchester
Lester H. Anderson
Mable Chamberlain
Maryland
Grace Taylor
Laura V. Anderson
A. R. Anderson
Ohio
A. L. Anderson
White Hall
C. W. Anderson
Charles Harry Flowers
Dorothy Ann Boyd
Police Court Imposes Fines in Drunk Driving Cases
Howard Adams of Gerrardstown W V faces $100 fine plus costs a one month sentence and one year license revocation for operating under the influence. Boyd Hite of Gerrardstown is fined $10.25 for drunkenness. Delbert E Sibert of 110 East Gerrard Street is fined $14 for reckless driving. Roy Brower of 609 South Market Street is fined $10.25 for drunkenness. Robert Randolph cited $4 for failing to stop at a stop sign.
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Howard Adams
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Boyd Hite
Delbert E. Sibert
East Gerrard Street
Roy Brower
South Market Street
Robert Randolph
Down Shenandoah To Capitol City In A Tiny Canoe
Three young men James Corden Lawrence Castleman and W rey Dean set out at dawn from Castlemans Ferry Clarke county to paddle the Shenandoah River to Washington in a small canoe with no supplies. They expect to reach the Capitol City tomorrow and have no plans for food sleep or returning the craft. They aim to meet Clarke county residents Harold Castleman and Edward Blount who own a 46 foot yacht tied at a Washington dock.
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James Corden
Lawrence Castleman
Wrey Dean
Shenandoah River
Castleman's Ferry
Berryville
Clarke County
Capitol City
Washington
Harold Castleman
Edward Blount
Col Edgar M Whiting laid to rest in Alexandria
Funeral services were held in Alexandria for Col Edgar M Whiting U S Army retired who died at Walter Reed Hospital Washington after seven months as a heart patient He was born in Alexandria in 1882 and served 30 years in the cavalry and later in World War I He is survived by his widow seven sons and two brothers with interment at Ivy Hill Cemetery following services at Fort Myer Chapel Col Whiting had lived in the city in recent years and was a noted steeplechase rider
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Alexandria
Edgar M. Whiting
U. S. Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Col. Whiting
Neville H. Whiting
Margaret Herbert Hyde
Old Clay Hill Academy
Millwood
Baltimore City College
Virginia Military Institute
Cavalry
77Th Field Artillery
Fere-en-Tardenois
Vesle
Cavalry School
Fort Riley
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Helen Hudson
Ben Avon
Meta
Carlyle Fairfax
Henry Hudson
Edgar Mason
Richard Dulany
William Herbert
James Hudson
Beverley
Col
G. W. Carlyle .Whiting
Fort Brady
Michigan
Brian F. Whiting
Palo Alto
Cal
Ivy Hill
Fort Myer
Winchester
Virginia
Undaunted Yet Canada Bound For A Pension
Sergeant J A Foster a World War veteran of the 13th Blackwatch 48th Highlanders travels by wheel barrow trailer from Florida to Canada to secure a pension. His family accompanies him through a trek marked by loss fires drownings and near disasters as he vows to continue until he reaches Canada or perishes.
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J. A. Foster
Blackwatch
48Th Highlanders
France
Foster
Winchester
Canada
Florida
Ft. Pierce
Delray
Hialia
Keylargo
Jobe
Colored Glee Club Concert At Milton Valley
About 100 local colored residents attended the Sabbath Glee Club concert from Richmond Virginia hosted at the Beverleys home in Milton Valley. The Clarke county Woman’s Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital organized the event and said nearly 200 colored attendees plus many white guests were present for the performance.
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Berryville
Sabbath Glee Club
Richmond
Milton Valley
William Beverley
Clarke County
Woman's Auxiliary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Glee Club
Springdale Sale Approved By Court
A Frederick Circuit Court order confirms the sale of the Springdale estate to J. Van Meter Hack for 40000. Located at Bartonsville south of Winchester on U S Route 11, the property was auctioned June 16 in front of the courthouse and knocked down to a Hack representative. Special commissioners Larrick Lynch Weems Wright Jr. are authorized to convey the deed.
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Frederick
Frederick County 4-H Dress Contest Winners
Winners chosen by the Frederick County 4-H Clubs at a Saturday meeting at the Parish House include Denver Hershman and Linda Dailey in work clothes, Jean Johnson and Donald Emerson in sport clothes, Alma Orndorff in church or street clothes, Harriet Adams and Albert Ef gley in informal party clothes. Richard Cather cannot attend Blacksburg. Robert Dailey will replace him in the school clothes class. The winners will represent Frederick County at the state contest next month.
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4-H
Frederick County
4-H Club
Denver Hershman
Linda Dailey
Jean Johnson
Donald Emerson
Alma Orndorff
Harriet Adams
Albert Ef Gley
Richard Cather
Blacksburg
Robert Dailey
Roosevelt May Speak Twice In Md Campaign
Reports say President Roosevelt may give two Maryland speeches in August to aid Rep. David J. Lewis in the Senate race against incumbent Senator Millard E. Tydings. Lewis boasts New Deal support as the White House weighs personal intervention in the clearly defined New Deal versus Old Deal contest.
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Baltimore
Roosevelt
Maryland
White House
David J. Lewis
Cumberland
Lewis
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
West Va Auto Overturns On Slippery Road Near Middleburg
Bus passengers near Middleburg report passing a morning accident scene where a car with West Virginia plates overturned on a drizzle slick road between Middleburg and Upperville at about 9 30. A dozen people gathered around the vehicle headed toward Washington D C. All occupants escaped injury except one woman with surface bruises and shock.
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Middleburg
Upperville
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Chinese Scholar Is Assassinated in Tientsin
Chao Tien-Lin Harvard graduate and council member of the British concession in Tientsin was shot to death as he emerged from his home today. The incident marks a violent act in the concession area during a period of unrest.
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Tientsin
China
Chao Tien-Lin
Harvard
President Signs Wage-Hour Bill into Law
Washington June 21 The Wage-Hour bill creating national rules for minimum wage and maximum hours in interstate industry became law with President Roosevelt's signature. The White House said the action accompanied 130 other bills passed by the last Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Carl McIlwee Dead After A Long Illness
Carl Newton McIlwee 45 died at his Cross Junction area home after a year and a half illness. A Frederick County farmer, he was born in Wilmington Ohio and lived most of his life here. Survived by his mother Ella Clevenger McIlwee wife Virgie Shirley McIlwee two children Ralph Jeannette and sisters Mrs Lester Loy Mrs T B Ruble and Mrs Joseph Cooper. Services at Gainesboro M E B Church at 2:30 with Rev Crow officiating. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Pallbearers Paul Frank Fred Braithwaite Erle Edwards Harry McKeever flower girls Bessie Ruble Emo geanne Font Ella Ruble Hilda Cooper.
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Carl Newton McIlwee
Cross Junction
William
Ella Martha Clevenger McIlwee
Wilmington
Ohio
Frederick County
Virgie Shirley McKilwee
Ralph
Jeannette
Lester Loy
Gainesboro
T. 8. Ruble
Ridgeway
W. Va
Joseph Cooper
M. EB
Mr. Crow
Mr. Mcllwee
Modern Woodmen of America
Paul, Frank
Fred Braithwaite
Erle Edwards
Harry McKeever
Bessie Ruble
Emogeanne Font
Ella Ruble
Hilda Cooper
Banquet By Stephens City High School Alumni Society
The Stephens City High School Alumni Association will organize at a banquet meeting at Tokus Inn at Operquon at 8 o'clock Thursday evening July 7. Mrs. Elsie Hovermale, assistant principal, said records were damaged by a fire, so pre 1925 graduates are unknown, but those 1925 and later are invited. Dues are 1 dollar yearly, covering the banquet. Members should contact Mrs. Hovermale by July 1.
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The
Stephens City High School
Tokus Inn
Operquon
Elsie Hovermale
Association
Family Found Dead From Gas In Bridgeport Home
Police identify four members of the Krason family as dead in a gas filled Capitol avenue residence. Joseph Krason 40 a bake shop proprietor his wife Maria and their two sons Stanley 14 and Joseph Jr 4 are the victims.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Capitol Avenue
Joseph Krason
Maria
Stanley
Joseph
Past Presidents Honor Rotary Founder in Winchester Meeting
13 Years Ago this week The Star highlights a Winchester Rotary Club past presidents gathering honoring Fred Clerk first head of the group. W E Cooper presided as each former president spoke including H D Puller H B McCormac and W W Glass.
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the Star
Rotary Club
Fred Clerk
Winchester Rotary Club
W. E. Cooper
Mr. Clerk
H. D. Puller
H. B. McCormac
W. W. Glass
Virginia Telephone Rates Raised Plan Filed in Richmond
New schedules for large telephone rate increases are filed with the State Corporation Commission in Richmond. Companies say revenues in recent years have not kept pace with costs. In Winchester business lines would rise to 5.25 a month and residences to 3.25, with an extra 10 cent charge between here and Stephens City.
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Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Winchester
Here
Stephens City
Kidnaper and Gunman Slain In Cornfield
Deselm area pursuit ends with one kidnapper killed and a companion wounded after a 20 minute gun battle with Illinois officers. The dead man was identified as Ray Leach. the wounded as James Biekke of Indianapolis. Deputies Hahn and Kowalczyk were later freed unharmed after a separate kidnapping incident near Cedar Lake.
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Joliet
Ill
Joseph Gremann
Deselm
Gromann
Ray Leach
James Biekke
Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
la Salle
James Navy
Wilmington
LA Porte
Ind
Charles Hahn
Joseph Kowalczyk
Cedar Lake
Lake County
Nankakee
Mayme Scurlock to Be Buried in Orrick Cemetery
Funeral services for Mayme Mitchell Scurlock who died in Raeford North Carolina will be held at Orrick Cemetery tomorrow at 2 p m The service will be conducted at the grave by Reverend John C Newman She is survived by her husband Professor Pinckney Scurlock two children Ida and Pinckney Jr three sisters Ida DeReef Beatrice Lea Estelle Mitchell and one brother-in law Wilbur Dea The deceased was a daughter of Robert and Mary Mitchell and granddaughter of Robert Orrick
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Mayme Mitchell Scurlock
Raeford
N. C
Orrick
Robert and Mary Mitchell
Robert Orrick
Prof
Pinckney Scurlock
Ida and Pinckney, Jr
Ida DeReef
Milwaukee
Beatrice Lea
Estelle Mitchell
Wilbur Dea
Washington
John C. Newman
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Dr. Teske
Hough
Groves
Campfield
East River
Mrs. Flowers
Bartonsville, Va
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
Shenandoah
Enuine
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main St
Springdale
West Va
Carl McIlwee
M. E. Church
Mary Madge Abshire
Shirley Abshire
Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Red Cross
Frederick Morton
Mr. Morton
Lord Fairfax
Wappacomo
van Meters
Williams
Lee
Osburn
Turner
Snider
Carr
Woods
Tucker
Cornfield
Mayme Scurlock
John W. Rosenberger & Co
South Braddock St
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