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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1939

Page

3

Fifty Players Start Junior Board of Trade Ping Pong Tourney

Fifty entrants will compete in two flights at the McVicar building starting Monday at 8 pm. Chet Hobart chairs the pairing committee with FP Largent Jr Jack Crow and Fred Strum Jr compiling a two flight format. Matches run 8 to 11 pm across five tables with seven matchups per table and forfeits allowed for absentees.

Dee Senciadiver William Miller H. B. McCormac George Snider H. D. Koontz Lester Arnold, Jr

Real Estate For Sale On Valley Pike Near Route 11

Tourist home on Valley pike offers 10 rooms brick with hot water heat and large lot suitable for cabins in rear priced at 8500. A cozy 6 room home with bath sits on 50 by 400 feet. An 8 room tourist home with electricity service station and cabins is furnished and ready for business or the cabins service station and a dance hall building are available. Coming before the World’s Fair rush, an investment opportunity.

Valley Pike Valley RO Boscawen Stewart St Boscawen St Woeesraeee N. Cameron St Berryville Pike Main St Berryville East Cork Luray Kent St Pune Sharp St Richards Ave Morningside Drive Winchester Euclid Ave Shawnee Ave Shenandoah Ave Whitlock Millwood Ave Front Royal Road

F F A To Shoot With Guardsmen In Stephens City

The Stephens City Chapter of Future Farmers of America will fire a rifle match against a Winchester National Guardsmen team Monday at 7 PM. The F F A boys recently won the Northern Triangle Federation championship and a return match is planned in Winchester next Monday.

Stephens City Future Farmers of America Winchester National Guardsmen Federation of Future Farmers Winchester

Tournament matchups listed with officials and rules

The page lists multiple pairings like Wen Bakey vs George Rad Ridgeley White vs Vincent Noonan and others for a tournament. It notes copies of the rules are available at the Young Men's Sport Shop with telephone 952 and declares the referee's interpretation final. The rules committee is named as Walter H Bosserman Jr H B McCormic Jr and C Ridgeley White, chairman.

Wen Bakey George Rad- Ridgeley White Vincent Noonan Ahne Kerr Russell Dan Henry Virginia Russell Paul Rosenberger Eleanor Scully Frances Grove Betty Riley Fenton Nelson Benny Thomas Dorothy Sencindiver Lucille Sencindiver Nellie McCartney Ridgeley White Hulma Hottle Pare Wees Young Men's Telephone Walter H Bosserman, Jr H. B. McCormic Jr C. Ridgeley White

State Capital Inland Port Project Planned for 1940

The plan calls for moving the far side to allow ship docking at the face while the near side area will be filled. The project is scheduled for completion in 1940.

Power of Presidents To Remove Officials in Reorganization Bill

Washington March 3 A long standing clash over presidential removal power resurfaces with a new government reorganization proposal. The bill allows the President to abolish agencies or their functions subject to Congressional approval highlighting a historical debate dating to 1789 involving Madison Adams and Johnson.

W. B. Radsdale Washington Congress First Congress State Treasury War Continental Congress Congress of the Confederation James Madison House Virginia Hso Butler South Carolina Senate Adams Andrew Jackson

Emerald Oil Promises Relief for Eczema and Itching

Nationwide availability of Moone’s Emerald Oil advertised as a effective remedy for rashes eczema itching toes feet poison ivy and other skin troubles. The ad claims quick relief and promotes healing with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.

Moone

Death of A L Nail at Hayfield at 84

A L Nail 84 of Hayfield died yesterday evening after long illness at his home. Born October 24 1855 in Newark he was a painter and skilled violinist who loved nature and birds. He is survived by wife Emma Crowser four sons Clifton Miller J Perry Nail Holmes V Nail two daughters Minnie White Georgia Nail and several grandchildren. Final rites Saturday 2:30 p m from Jones Funeral Home with Rev Luther McFarland officiating. Mount Olive interment pallbearers listed.

Albert Lee Nal Hayfield Mr. Nail John W Anna B. Nail Germany Newark N. J Emma Crowser Clifton F., Miller J. Perry Nail Holmes V. Nail New Market Minnie White Cedar Creek Georgia Nail

Uninvited Breakfast Guest Sparks Richmond Kitchen Crash

Sherman Anderson faced a dramatic morning as Lee Smith arrived at his Richmond home in his car crashing through the kitchen wall on the first day of March. Smith burst into the breakfast scene in a wild entrance, nearly causing harm.

Richmond Sherman Anderson Lee Smith

Debate Over Presidential Power of Appointment and Removal

The text traces clashes between Congress and Presidents over removal and appointment. It cites Grant, Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt, noting the Supreme Court rulings from 1926 and a later finding on FTC removal powers during Roosevelt’s era. It highlights ongoing conflicts in government reorganization debates.

Senate Grant Wilson Supreme Court Taft Congress Roosevelt Federal Trade Commission

Postal Plan Is Submitted for Postal and Telegraph Bondholders

The amended plan of reorganization for Postal and Telegraph and Cable Corporation, deemed fair and feasible by Judge Coxe, was mailed to known bondholders for acceptance. It proposes $40 cash per $1000 bond and securities in new firms, merging Postal’s cable and radio network with All-America Cables and Radio and Socidad Anonima Radio Argentina to form a new company owning the land line system. Bondholders may revoke acceptances until plan confirmation, unifying quoted bonds on the NYSE.

New York Postal and Telegraph and Cable Corporation Coxe United States District Court District of Postal All-America Cables and Radio, Inc Sociedad Anonima Radio Argentina Bankers’ Trust Company New York Stock Exchange

Nurse Corrects Duplicate Portland Hospital Entries

Nurse Jessie Eivers finds two patients named John Baxter in the Portland hospital records. Both 42 and 82 years old received three stitches in their left hands after wood chopping incidents.

Portland Ore Jessie Eivers John Baxter

Valley Sees International Interest In Shenandoah Tourism

Despite a slow tourist season Shenandoah Valley Inc. reports inquiries from Australia and several U S cities. Noel G Hildyard of Hobart Tasmania plans a late 1939 Virginia visit and seeks books maps and site details. Others from Lynchburg Tenn Chicago and Youngstown request trips and hotel information.

Shenandoah Valley, Inc Australia Shenandoah Valley, Ins Virginia Noel G. Hildyard Hobart Tasmania Cecile Murphy Chicago J. R. Thatcher Youngstown Ohio Chamber of Commerce Staunton

No Advantage In Football Says Michigan President

University of Michigan President Dr Alexander G Ruthven called for abolishing football unless it is returned to student education. He said the sport has degenerated into an extravagant spectacle and offered criticism in his annual report from Ann Arbor dated March 3.

Ann Arbor, Mich Alexander G. Ruthven University of Michigan

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. D. J. Green Winchester, Va Fred Strum, Jr William Graff William Forney Monte Bourjaily Wayn Whitham Bobby Green John Sencindiver Tom Whitam John Glaize William Harris Kenneth Robinson Woody Glaize Joe Schroth Joe Thomas George Hott Philip Glaize C. A. Hobert Paul Bourjaily J. K. Wheeler Vance _ Bourjaily Forest Jones Taylor Simpson Tom Scully Ae Bosserman Leonora Victor Johnson A. L. Nail Good Housekeeping Bureau Nan Mustare S. Main St Famed Valley Department Stores Loudoun St Solenberger’s Pintuck Patents Shenandoah Valley National Bank E Savings Federal Deposit iInsurance Corporation Golden Crown Stewart, Son & Co., Inc Baltimore Maryland Aly Y Enang
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