Track Practice To Open At Handley Monday
Track coach Otis Sargent plans the 1939 Handley practice kickoff Monday afternoon March 6 at Handley Bowl. About 100 candidates are expected as veterans return to bolster a new Judges squad aiming to replace stars lost to graduation.
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Handley Monday
Sudents Sargent
Otis Sargent
Handley Bowl
Sargent
Virginia
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Halford Baker
Billy Baker
Golin Hayley
Joe Zuckerman
Harold Hausenfluck
James Cave
Dick Kern
Dick Rosenberger
Philip Meade
Tom Whitham
Pete Himelright
Willie Cather
Hr Dunlap
Gne Dunn
Harold Anderson
Donald Stewart
Dick Tton
Ward Snyder
Charles Smith
Roland White
Frank Yeagle
Elmer Whitlock
Mickey Perry
Henry Pitzer
Bobby Boyd
Bobby Taylor
Jack Boyce
Gale Robinson
Junior Robinson
Oscar Bywaters
Billy Miller
Wayne Whitham
Bobby Green
Delmar Pry
Charles Bailey
Edgar Smoke
Vance Bourjaily
W. Triplett Estes
Rowe
Baker
Apple Growers Seek Funds for National Apple Juice
About 20 representatives of U S apple producers met with a House subcommittee on agricultural appropriations in Washington. Carroll Jer Appalachian Apples secretary announced plans to develop apple juice into a nationally known beverage to provide an outlet for large quantities of lower grade apples. No definite information was forthcoming from the committee. Mr Miller said a decision was expected within the next two weeks.
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Washington
House
Carroll Jer
Appalachian Apples
Miller
Apple
Rites Held for James A Hancher
Funeral services for James A Hancher 90 formerly of White Hall were held at his niece Mrs Lee Smith home and at United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street with Rev William B Obaugh Rev L G Bridgers and Rev George W Stover officiating Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers were nephews David Charles Truner Sencindiver Wilbur Walter Anderson Seber Randall and Clifford Boyles. The service drew many floral tributes and attendees from nearby areas including Eugene Garrett Mrs John W Mason Mrs Effie Line Mr and Mrs Fred Borden and Mr and Mrs Joseph Hancher.
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James A Hancher
White Hall
Lee Smith
Smith
United Brethren Church
North Braddock Street
William B. Obaugh
L. G. Bridgers
George W. Stover
Mount Hebron Cemetery
David
Charles
Truner Sencindiver
Wilbur
Walter Anderson
Seber Randall
Clifford Boyles
Eugene Garrett
Walton, Md
Hancher
John W. Mason
Fairmont W. Va
Effie Line
Washington
Fred Borden
Joseph Hancher
Washington, D. Cy
Boyce Scouts Grow to 22 Members in Virginia
The Lord Fairfax Boy Scout Troop No. 11 in Boyce Virginia now lists 22 members since its December organization. Scout master Prof. Albert Purcell leads with C E Miley and Herbert Cook as assistants. The troop meets Tuesday nights at the Boyce School building.
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Boyce
Lord Fairfax Boy Scout
Albert Purcell
C. E. Miley
Herbert Cook
Edward B. Lee
Clyde B. Levi
Robert E. Antrim
Henry Post Mitchell
Arthur Golightly
Graham Dougherty
J. M. Casey
Martinsburg Seeks Larger Airport Enhancement Plan
The Shepherd Landing Field in Martinsburg West Virginia plans a $500000 project including a north south runway an extended east west runway a new hangar and a lighting system. The operating committee with Frank Downey WPA district engineer and representatives Whiting C Faulkner J O Henson and Trammell Hollis authorized the push for appropriations and has purchased eighteen acres for the extensions.
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Shepherd Landing Field
Martinsburg
W. Va
Frank Downey
WPA
Downey
Whiting C. Faulkner
J. O. Henson
Trammell Hollis
Pehaign
Social Security Board reports job insurance benefits paid
The Social Security Board reported that job insurance benefits totaling nearly 29.2 million dollars were paid to unemployed workers under state compensation laws during January. State payments for December and January included Virginia 343,873 and 377,362 dollars, and 330,939 and 340,000 dollars for Virginia respectively.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Virginia
Gandhi Sips Milk Before Hunger Strike For Rajkot Reforms
Mohandas K. Gandhi in Rajkot sips goat milk and begins a hunger strike demanding a voice in government for Rajkot inhabitants. Rioting kills two in Lucknow as the native ruler Thakore Saheb Shri Dharmen drasinhji maintains his reform stand.
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Rajkot
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Thakore Saheb
Dharmendrasinhji
Lucknow
Kathiawar
Cambay
Gandhi
Hikers Plan Work Trip to Clear Appalachian Trail
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club volunteers in Washington DC plan a work trip starting at Manassas Gap toward Linden to keep the Appalachian Trail free of fallen logs and overgrowth. Members regularly maintain sections from Harrisburg to the Virginia Tennessee border outside Shenandoah National Park.
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E Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club
Washington, D.C
Manassas Gap
Paris
Linden
Harrisburg
Tennessee
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Pickard Seeks Third Victory in St Petersburg Open
Henry G. Picard of Hershey Pennsylvania pursued his third straight winter golf win in an 18 hole playoff at the St Petersburg Open against Sammy Snead. Snead tied with a nine under par 207 as Picard had earlier posted strong scores and cash prizes including 2000 at New Orleans and 17.50 at Thomasville.
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ST Petersburg
Fla
Henry G. Picard
Hershey
Sammy Snead
Sam
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Candy Kid
Picard
New Orleans
Thomasville
Ooe
Bryant Kin Dies
Delmar DeForrest Bryant aged 80, a philosopher-recluse and cousin of poet William Cullen Bryant, died last night in his small Tulsa area home.
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Tulsa
Okla
Delmar DeForrest Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Here
Tutankhamun Tomb Discovery Guide dies at 66
Egyptologist Howard Carter, who with Lord Carnarvon opened Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, died at 66 after a long illness. He dismissed the pharaoh's curse and recalled sleeping in the tomb during the expedition. Carnarvon died six weeks after the tomb was opened.
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London
Howard Carter
Lord Carnarvon
Tut- Ankh-Amen
Carter
Valley of Kings
The
Nile
Luxor
Pharoah
Pontiff Plea for Peace Appeals to Cardials and People
The pope urges peace as the world faces immense evils and calls on cardinals and brothers to unite under divine providence. He asks for goodwill, mutual aid, and fervent prayer for leaders guiding nations toward prosperity and progress. He emphasizes hope after grace and the spread of consolation across the earth.
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Christ
Backward Steps Stop In Denver Case Of Escape Hysteria
John Bollinger, a 35 year old dishwasher in Denver, walked backward for four days through downtown. Doctors called it a rare escape symptom of repressed mental conflict and warned it could recur if he mentalizes the act. Police escorted him to Denver General Hospital where he now walks normally when not thinking about the urge.
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Denver
John Bollinger
Denver General Hospital
Bollinger
T. L. Williams
Plant Closes Near Pittsburgh Over Wage Cut Keeps 550 Idle
The Glassport plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Company shuts down today due to lack of orders and union refusal of a 15 percent temporary wage cut. About 550 employees are idle.
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Pittsburgh
Glassport
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation
Trustees Sale Of City Property In Winchester Virginia
Trustees announce a public auction to sell 414 Cameron Street Winchester Virginia a 37 by 180 foot eight room residence. Sale April 1 1939 at noon in front of the Court House. One third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by bonds deed of trust and insurance.
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Charles W. Grim
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
Court House
Cameron Street
M. M. Lynch
R. Gray Williams
Mrs. Woods Laid To Rest At Mount Hebron Cemetery
The late Mrs. Alice May Woods widow of Rev. Dr. William H Woods died early Wednesday in Edgewood Sanitarium Baltimore. Funeral services were held at Fort Loudoun the home of her daughter in law Mrs Leslie Neill Woods. The Rev Ronald S Wilson presided with hymns Abide With Me and Peace Perfect Peace. Pallbearers included grandsons Neill Robert and William Woods and others. She was daughter of Thomas Neill and Mary Lupton of Frederick county and mother of the late Leslie Neil Woods and Joseph L Woods of Baltimore.
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Alice May Woods
William Hervey Woods
Edgewood
Baltimore
Mount Hebron
Fort Loudoun
Leslie Neill Woods
Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Neill
Robert
William Woods
T. Russell Cather
Frank W. Bailey
Stewart Bell
Mary Janney Lupton
Frederick County
Leslie Neil Woods
The
Star
Joseph L. Woods
DiMag Finaly Signs Contract With Yankees in 1939
St Petersburg March 3 Joe McCarthy announced star outfielder Joe DiMaggio has signed his 1939 contract. DiMaggio is due to report Monday with the second squad and is believed to have signed for about 27000 dollars an increase of 2000 over 1938.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Joe Dimaggio
Dimaggio
Electric Fence Brings A Protest
In Tientsin on March 3 United States consular authorities joined British and French officials in representations to Japanese authorities against an electrified fence enclosing foreign areas. The fence was said to threaten United States British and French nationals in the crowded foreign sections.
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Tientsin
United States
Church Property Exempt From Taxation in Spain
Burgos March 3 The Nationalist government of Generalissimo Franco today declared all church property in Spain exempt from taxation. Franco promoted six Nationalist brigadier generals to division general ranks for their service in the Catalonian campaign.
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Burgos
Generalissimo Franco
Spain
Franco
Acid Reclaiming Plant Projected at Roanoke Plant
A contract for constructing an acid reclaiming plant at American Viscose in Roanoke was awarded to J. P. Pettyjohn Construction of Lynchburg. Work will begin within the next few days, cost about $160,000, and take six months to complete with machinery installation and operation to follow. The four story building will sit on the south side of the plant beside the Roanoke River.
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Roanoke
American Viscose Corporation
J. P. Pettyjohn Construction Company
Lynchburg
Erantee
James Chief Baer Peewee
Roanoke River
UAW, Chrysler Reach Wage Dispute Settlement
Detroit March 3 officials of the United Automobile Workers Union announced that Dodge Forge and Truck Division employees of Chrysler Corporation have reached a settlement in their wage dispute and would return to work Monday. Terms were not disclosed.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Dodge Forge
E Chrysler Corporation
Recruits Still Being Received For U. S. Reserves
Thurman Kerns of Whitacre Cecil L Barr RFD 1 George W deGrange and Robert Lee Strawderman are announced as enlisted in the regular army reserve by the local United States army recruiting station. They were sworn in at Martinsburg West Virginia by Col. Charles B Amory. Sgt Frank Likar says applications are being accepted and can be handled by appointment through the Martinsburg station or Winchester office.
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Thurman Kerns
Whitacre
Cecil L. Barr
George W. deGrange
Robert Lee Strawderman
Cootes
United States Army
Martinsburg
W. Va
Charles B. Amory
Baltimore
Frank Likar
Winchester
Stuart Green Rites Conducted
A large gathering filled Braddock Street M E Church yesterday afternoon for the funeral of Stewart Green who died early Tuesday at Memorial Hospital. The Rev T M Swann led the service with hymns The Old Rugged Cross and Sometime We'll Understand. Interment followed at Lebanon Church with Rev Lyons assisting at the grave.
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Braddock Street
M. E
Stewart Green
Memorial Hospital
T. M. Swann
Rugged Cross
Lebanon Church
Mr. Lyons
Strasburg
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Teachers
Norfolk
Negro teachers seek equal pay in Norfolk court
A writ of mandamus was filed in Norfolk circuit court to compel the city school board to pay Negro teachers the same salaries as white teachers. Judge Allen R. Hanckel will hear the petition on March 13. The suit by Aline Elizabeth Black, teacher at Booker T. Washington High School, seeks equal pay with district staff.
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Norfolk
Norfolk City School Board
Circuit Court
Allen R. Hanckel
Aline Elizabeth Black
Booker T. Washington High School
Church Committee To Hold Meeting In Frederick County
Frederick County Council of Religious Education members prepare to meet Saturday at 2 pm in Handley Library. Rev C H Anderson, president, urges full attendance. Committee includes Rev William Obaugh U S Fries F Estes Kline J B Snapp W H Cochran J W Richard P E Lineburg Mr Whitacre Gainesboro and others.
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Frederick County
Notice Buy Stark Trees Roses and Shrubbery on Plan
A local notice advertises Stark Trees Roses and Shrubbery for sale with an easy payment plan. J. B. Vanorsdale, agent, lists 29 S. Kent St as contact location.
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J. B. Vanorsdale
S. Kent St
War Admiral Scratched From Widener Cup Race
In Miami Hialeah Park fans react to Samuel D. Riddle withdrawing War Admiral from the $50,000 Widener Cup looming tomorrow. Stagehand emerges as the likely favorite as the field of six contenders tunes up, diminishing hopes of matching Sun Beau's lifetime earnings.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah Park
Samuel D. Riddle
War Admiral
Admiral
Stagehand
Riddie
Riddle
Stangehand
Sun Beau
Sir Damien
Bull Sea
King
Francesco
Teddy Weed
Iece
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