Essay Contest To Promote Frederick Health Unit
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade will sponsor an essay contest for English students from Frederick County high schools. A meeting Monday at 5 pm in Dr. Leon Slavin's office will finalize rules and awards. Participants include Gore, Stephens City, Gainesboro, Middletown, Miller Mountain View, White Hall and Round Hill students. John Scully will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Slavin
West Boscawen Street
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Frederick County
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Gore
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Middletown
Miller Mountain View
White Hall
Round Hill
John Scully
Junior Board of Trade
Free Passes Dropped Over Winchester For Tailspin Showing
Fifty free passes to the Tailspin showing at the Palace Theatre will be dropped from a chartered plane over Winchester Monday at noon. Manager Earl Sheetz will pilot the flight and release passes. Free admissions apply to those who recover passes. The film features Alice Faye Constance Bennett and Nancy Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Winchester
Earl Sheetz
Alice Faye
Constance Bennett
Nancy Kelly
Woman Admits Shooting Herself in New Jersey
In Summit New Jersey on March 4 police classified the case as an attempted death by own action. Elizabeth Schroeder Hummel 23 admitted at Overlook Hospital the bullet wound from Monday night was a personal attempt to end her life using her father’s .38 revolver. She said she felt she was a burden to her parents since separating from her husband two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit
N. J
Elizabeth Schroeder Hummel
Edwin Co. Hummel
Tobacco Company
Roy A. Martin
Union County Detectives
Hummel
Overlook Hospital
Martin
Man Held For Hearing In Theft Of Woolen Goods
Homer W. Hart Jr of Hagerstown is arraigned on charges of illegally transporting property valued over 5000 dollars believed stolen from Dunn Woolen. Federal agents allege Hart delivered 5000 dollars of automobile upholstering materials to Hagerstown and sold them. Hart denies knowledge of theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Homer W. Hart, Jr
U. S
D. Angle
Hart
Dunn
Martinsburg
W. Va
Local college scores and boxing results from last night
Indoor basketball results include Long Island 28 over LaSalle 21 and Temple 42 over St Josephs 38. Detroit 53 beat Toledo 52, Stanford 39 over California 35, USC 43 over UCLA 35, Oregon 39 over Washington 26. Boxing results list multiple bouts with judges scores and draws in Philadelphia Dayton and New Haven entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Long Island
LaSalle
Temple
St. Joseph's
Detroit
Toledo
Stanford
California
Southern California
Oregon
Washington
New York
Natic
Mann
New Haven
Paterson N. J
Gene Boin
Drew
Patsy Perroni
Cleveland
Gus Dorazio
Philadelphia
Jim Robinson
Bill Boyd
Birmingham
Ala
Jimmy Tygh
Chica Romo
Denver
Mrs Crisman Rites Monday at Pine Grove Church
Mrs Jamie Crisman of De Haven wife of Edward Crisman died March 4 at her daughter Eva Kidwell’s home in Winchester aged 64 She was daughter of John W Ware and Sarah Henry Ware Survived by husband ten daughters two sons and two sisters Services set for Monday at Pine Grove Church meet at Eva Kidwell home at 2 p m Rev C F Crowe to officiate Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery Pallbearers Lawn Crim Howard Place Walter Anderson William Earl Bailey and William Miller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamie Crisman
de Haven
Edward Crisman
Eva Kidwell
Winchester
de Dorsey
Falling Waters
W. A
Pine Grove Church
C. F. Crowe
Pine Grove Cemetery
Lawn Crim Howard Place
Walter Anderson William and Earl Baiey
William Miller
Mystery Case To Be Reopened
Nine defendants accused of supplying fake passports to a European espionage ring see the Robinson Rubens case revived in New York. A note alleges the ring used tombstone birth certificates from New York cemeteries to forge identities for two cases of fraudulent passports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robinson- Rubens
Clipper Arrives in Manila From Hong Kong
Pan American Airways clipper 18, a 74 passenger sea plane, arrives in Manila from Hong Kong. It is scheduled to depart for Guam on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Pan- American Airways
Hongkong
Guam
Star Tannery Native Dies at 65
W. R. Lineweaver of the St. James section died last evening after a year long illness. He was 65, long a farmer and poultry raiser, and a lifelong St. James Lutheran Church member. He is survived by his wife Clara McKIlwee and ten children from two marriages, plus a brother George Lineweaver. Final rites Monday at 1:30 from the home and 2 from St. James Church, with interment in St. James Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Lineweaver
St. James
Star Tannery
St. James Lutheran Church
Lillie Worley
Clara McKilwee
Shenandoah County
Seaton Shelliday
Revanna
Ohio
R. Brown Jenkins
Kingsport
Henry
Charles Lineweaver
Washington, D. C
Gilbert
Casper
Annie
Ruth
Betty
Bessie
Mary Lou
George Lineweaver
Toms Brook
St. James Church
Edwin Smith
Health Minister Visits Frail Gandhi During Fast
RAKJOT India March 4 The Bombay health minister flew to Rajkot to observe Mohandas K Gandhi as the protest fast nears the end of its second day Gandhi dressed simply slept well on a cot outside his hut and shows no new ill effects The Bombay stock exchange and cotton market closed in protest while other Indian exchanges fell as Gandhi seeks a voice in government and reforms Thakore Saheb Shri Dharmadrasinhji urged an immediate reforms committee meeting and prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rakjot
India
Bombay Presidency
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Rajkot
Thakore Saheb
Dharmadrasinhji
Western India
Thakore Haheb
Markey Weds Hedy Lamarr in Calexico Ceremony
San Diego reports Gene Markey, Twentieth Century-Fox associate producer, plans to wed Hedy Lamarr in Calexico California this afternoon. The couple, who met at a film party, say the union ends a yearlong friendship. Lamarr, soon to star in more MGM projects, rose to fame with Algiers and faced earlier censorship over Ecstasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Hedy Lamarr
Algiers
Gene Markey
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
Hollywood
Calexico
Markey
Joan Bennett
Bennett
Miss Lamarr
Ecstacy
Charles Boyer
America
Europe
Lewis B. Mayer
M-G-M
Walter Wanger Productions
Foreman Rites Set For Tuesday At Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Edward C Foreman who died Friday morning at 9 55 will be held Tuesday March 7 at 2 PM from the Presbyterian Church with Rev Ronald Wilson officiating. Interment will be Mount Olive Virginia. He was born May 21 1899 in Chambersville Frederick County Virginia and moved to Winchester as a child. He married Lelia Loy in 1918 and is survived by two daughters Cordell Bowley and Grace Foreman and by his mother Mrs Martha Foreman. He belonged to Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C Foreman
Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Mount Olive
Foreman
Chambersville
Frederick County
Winchester
Gratchen Glove
Virginia Woolen
Lelia Loy
Cordell Bowley
Grace Foreman
Martha Foreman
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Hutchinson Resigns as Secretary of State Central Committee
Stuart Va March 4 J Murray Hooker chairman of the State Democratic Committee announced the resignation of M A Hutchinson of Richmond as secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee. Hutchinson had been named to chair the State Compensation Board and urged acceptance of his resignation but no action was taken to replace him.
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Hooker
Hutchinson
State Compensation Board
Democratic State Central Committee
Blood Infection Fatal To Priest Dies After Long Illness
Reverend Jeremiah Toomey a 41 year old professor of morals at Dunwoodie Seminary Yonkers New York died after a three month fight with a rare blood infection strep tococcus veridans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jeremiah Toomey
Dunwoodie Seminary
Yonkers
N. Y
Frederick County Christmas Seals raise 422.96 with Bangles
The 1938 Frederick County Christmas Seal Sale shows a total of 422.96, up from 405.11 the previous year. A first time Bangle sale netted 12.42, funds paid for two sanatorium patients and eight X rays. Districts raised varying amounts while the county aims to continue the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Hodge's Friends Seek Return of Winchest er Street Commissioner
A petition to reinstate William C. Hodge as city street commissioner circulates with a long list of signers led by L. L. Shutts and H. C. Sheetz. The contended action follows from Hodge's removal with supporters arguing for his return to public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Hodge
City of Winchesters
L. L. Shutts
H. C. Sheetz
W. Lee Fisher
H. C. Sheetz, Jr
O. J. Dorsey
G. W. Lind
W. C. Perry
J. S. Grant
C. S. Brumback
H. L. Patton, Sr
Bond Bros
B. W. Largent
J. W
Jack Stern
Hugh S. Solenberger
Jack Wilkins
D. M. Reardon
Geo. H. Eagle
A. H. Rome
Carl G. Brown
S. W. Dick
John J. Zeigler
Henry Moling, Jr
H. P. Edwards
John R. Gano
Robert D. Glaize
W. W. White
E. W. Argenbright
F. Andrson
Editor James B. Clendenin Dies After Pneumonia
Huntington Herald Dispatch editor James B. Clendenin aged 41 died after a three day illness from pneumonia. Born in St Louis he began his career at 15 in East St Louis papers, was among West Virginia’s best known journalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. VA
James_ B. Clendenin
Huntington Herald- Dispatch
West Virginia
St. Louis
Clendenin
East
Theft of New Rifle Admitted
A model of the Army’s new semi automatic rifle was stolen from a Fort Meade supply room by a uniformed man who escaped under a sentry’s fire. The rifle was recovered the next morning near the scene.
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Baltimore
United States Army
Fort George G. Meade
Piedmont Hunt Races Set For March 11 On Mellon Estate
J C Hockman dies at 63 after long illness and amputations. Shenandoah county native, former Dellinger salesman, survived by sister Nell Crabill, brother Milt Hockman, and half sister Annie Larkins. Funeral at Lebanon Church Sunday with burial nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Jacob Cline Hockman
Shenandoah County
Allison Kline
Middletown
Mr. Hockman
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hockman
Kline
Nell Crabill
Oranda
Cornelius Hockman
Katurah Fravel Hockman
Lebanon Church
Milt Hockman
Spanish Nationalist nominee for Paris ambassador named
Paris March 4 The Spanish Nationalist government asks French approval of Jose Felix Se quencia mayor of Bilbao as its first ambassador to Paris. The nomination follows France recognizing Franco regime and Petain appointment as ambassador to Burgos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jose Felix Sequencia
Bilboa
France
Francisco Franco
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Burgos
Man Held In Woman's Death
Fifty year old Frank Frey was held in Michigan City Indiana on an open charge after the nude body of Dorothy Boener thirty formerly of Chicago was found in Freyer’s blood stained bed. Police Chief Julian Warner and State Detective Art Keller said they arrested Freyer following bloodstains on his clothing and in his car parked fifty feet from the rear of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Frank Freyer
Julian Warner
Dorothy Boener
Chicago
Freyer
Warner
Art Keller
Fire at Queen Hotel in Halifax Kills Dozens
Halifax Nova Scotia March 4 Canadian Press says Clyde McIntosh desk clerk estimates 35 people killed in the Queen Hotel fire. Firemen search ice coated ruins for more bodies as six unidentified remain in the Halifax morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Queen Hotel
Clyde McIntosh
Piedmont and Rokeby Point-to-Point Races Set for March 11
The Piedmont and neighboring hunts schedule a point-to-point at Rokeby near Upperville Virginia on Saturday March 11 at 2 pm over about four and one quarter miles. Three races are listed a ladies side saddle or stride 145 pound minimum a heavyweight 200 pounds for owners or close family and the Rokeby Challenge Bowl race 175 pounds for owners or their immediate family. Rokeby Bowl kept outright after three wins the winner receives plates and the bowl for one year. Entries close tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Hunts Point
Rokeby
Paul Mellon
Upperville
Home Agent Weekly Schedule for March 6 11
The home agent lists meetings for Frederick county groups from March 6 through 11. Activities include 4-H club project meetings, home demonstration club sessions, Yeast Breads demonstrations, and February accomplishments reviews. Events feature the Gore 4-H Club Armel Home Demonstration Club North Frederick and Friendly Grove groups with topics on home and road development and simple refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rural Youth Executive Committee
Miss Blair
Frederick County
Armel and
White Post
Charles Harrison
Armel
Gore 4-H Club
Lyda Cooper
Board of Supervisors
North Frederick
P. P. Glynn
Mt. View
Friendly Grove
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Mrs. Crisman
Mrs. Kidwell
Clipper
Winchester Steam Laundry
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Ronald S. Wilson
Claude Grove
Walker Bond
Mary Theis
John Whitacre
Mildred Hawkins
Ruby Everly
Dorothy Lind
Evelyn Cadwallader
Charles Rosenberger
Wyatt H. Richard
Opequon
Back Creek
Shawnee
Stone- Coan
North West
Wyatt Richard
Hodge
L. Guiliani
E. B. Capper
Morris Finkelstein
E. C. Stuart
M. D
Richard B. Brown
Lee A. Brown
Joseph Hodgson
John H. Dunn
Robt
F. Brill
R. S. Carpenter
L. C. Cooper
E. Bruce Capper
John R. Kremer
J. Earl Metz Fred S. Boyd
Walker McC. Bond
M. M. Lynch
F. O. Quantz
W. W Baker
Geo. W. Jenkins
Fred L Glaize Jr
John W. Waltis
J Elwood Smith
R. F. Cline
M. D. H. W. Ebert
W. W. Capper
H W. Copenhaver
H. I. Pifer
W. R. Pifer
J. E. Murnan
H. M. Darlington
P. D. Plank
John D Glover
Henry T. Goode
L. L Hockman
W. B. Snider
E. J Snapp
John W. Sibert
M. R Cather
C. B. Henry
L. C. Kremer
C. W. Moulden
J. D. Crowl
J. R. DuShane
H. W. Snyder
Frank Brown
J. G. Crisman
John W. Rosenberger
Jnc
H. Rosenberger
W. A. Sloat
Wm. H. Reed
R. C. Green
C. J. Swank
A. C. Oates
Ansel B. Solenberger
J.C. Hockman
Lucky Loans
Small Loan and Finance CO
E. Boscawen St
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock
Boscawen
GIMCO
Home Insulating Improvement Corp
Virginia
John W.rosenberger & CO
J.B. Vanorsdale
S. Kent St
Srbir
Pilgrim Washer
Imerves
W. Adams Plumbing & Heating
E. Piccadilly St
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