Lordly Male Fashion Show Draws Local Entrants
In WN Virginia on March 6 readers learn of a school fashion show set for March 15 at the high school auditorium. Men may enter in any outfit to win best appearance judged by a committee including H. Dennis Hoover and several Misses. Already signed entrants and probable additions are listed among local residents.
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Hoover
Stephens City
H. Dennis Hoover
Myrtle Rhodes
Cathleen Snapp
Katherine Watson
Wilson Bordén
Ben Rogers
Arthur Everly
Glenn Wilkins
Les Wright
Holmes Campbell
Robert Campbell
Garland Snapp
Walter Little
Rees Cooley
Howard Cooley
Robert A. Wall
A. G. Tevalt
W. F. Shipe
Raymond Headley
Bill Headley
Randolph Larrick
Harold Hottle
John Weinch
E Thompson
C. F. Jones
Les Shiley
Park Everley
BH Kline
Council Divided Over Sunday Tobacco Sales Debate
Twenty years after a contentious vote the council remains split on permitting tobacco sales in restaurants on Sundays amid citizen calls to repeal the old law. Mayor Glass faces criticism from motorists and diners who cannot purchase cigars or cigarettes with meals. Local eateries reportedly give away tobacco to customers to avoid breaking the rule.
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W. W. Glass
World War Guns Sold To Brazil
The War Department announced the sale of 90 surplus six inch World War guns to Brazil to bolster its defenses. Secretary Woodring noted the purchase follows talks with Brazil and a conference with President Roosevelt and comes from British wartime stock stored at Aberdeen proving ground.
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Brazil
Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Woodring
Aberdeen, Md., Proving Ground
Answers to Today's Quiz Revealed on Page Four
The page lists quiz answers including Edna Best and Dr. Robert M. Ortiz. It states about one fourth, Rome, and Eamon de Valera of Ireland. Other items name Franklyn Waltman Jr and Charles Michelson Democrat, twelve, colors yellow blue and red, Monticello, and chest and abdomen.
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Edna Best
Robert M. Ortiz
Rome
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Franklyn Waltman, Jr
Charles Michelson
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Junior Board Drives Funds for Apple Blossom Festival
Ben Belchie, chairman of the Junior Board of Trade, discussed the fundraising drive for the Apple Blossom Festival. The effort has not yet hit full momentum, but workers are clearing calendars to begin and complete the campaign. A list of initial contributors was released, with plans for weekly updates in The Star.
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Ben Belchie
Junior Board of Trade
Apple Blossom Festival Funds
Carter’s Little Pills: a two–pint daily remedy
An old ad describing Carter’s Little Pills as a daily remedy to prevent bile flow problems and stomach bloat. It promotes two doses of the product, priced 10¢ and 25¢, urging readers to ask for the pills by name and to refuse competing remedies.
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Carter
Virginia pork producers push sales via organized promotions
Virginia pork producers and agricultural associations have formed a committee to defend about 10 percent of the state's farm income from pork sales. They advocate national trends like sponsored pork weeks and retail promotions to boost Virginia pork and pork products amid price declines.
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Richmond
Virginia
K. A. Keithly
Harrisonburg
Marginal Virginians Urged Toward Better Living Standards
District Governor Samuel G. Preston cited Lions Club data showing about 100,000 white and 65,000 Black Virginians as marginal in income property and education. The report notes low tax assessments, substandard housing, limited schooling, and weak retail. It calls for closing birthrate gaps, decent housing, medical care, child start, and improved income and education.
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Virginia
Samuel G. Preston
Winchester Lions Club
Preston
Petersburg Lions Club
Baptists To Hear Verse Speaking Choir At Winchester
The Verse Speaking and Choral Choirs of Averett College will perform at First Baptist Church Winchester on Sunday morning March 10. The program features sacred verse and song with antiphonal choir work and solo items. Averett notes this is the first Verse Speaking Choir tour by a southern junior college with 28 members and three accompanists led by Madam Laura Janos Fuessel.
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Averett College
Winchester
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
Richmond
Tabernacle Baptist
Aubrey Williams
Theodore F. Adams
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Margaret Gullen
London
United States
South
Laura Janos Fuessel
Anna Mary Sanford
Madie Lee Walker
Premature Baby Of Hotingers Gaining Rapidly
The 9 week old premature daughter of J A Hotinger, an insurance agent, shows steady weight gain. Born December 28 at 2 pounds 10 ounces, she has reached 6 pounds 4 ounces and remains in hospital under Dr Thomas A Gibson care, with plans to move home soon. Her mother is Pauline Landis of this city.
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J. A. Hotinger
Hotinger
Thomas A. Gibson
Lewis M. Allen
Pauline Landis
Receivership of SA L to End
Norfolk March 6 Emmet McCaffery special Treasury attorney said the nine year receivership of Seaboard Air Line Railway must end. Special master Taylor led first public hearing on two reorganization plans. About 50 attorneys and security holders attended.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Emmet McCaffery
U. S. Treasury Department
Tazewell Taylor
Luther B. Way
Taylor
New Bridge For Potomac Near Ferry Optimism Rises
Frederick Maryland March 6 1941 Officials report work on a three state Potomac bridge project may begin this summer The span will connect Harpers Ferry three quarters of a mile below its town with Maryland Virginia and West Virginia sharing design as federal aid funds a major cross river link
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Frederick
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
Ezra B. Whitham
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Virginia
Maryland
Whiteman
West Virginia
Shenandoah River
Potomac
Whitman
Loy G. Shirley
Mayland
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Middletown
Averett College Verse Speaking and Choral Choir
Silco Price Stores
Cletrac
Cletracs
Frees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryville, VA
Council
Boy Scouts of
Winchester and
Martinsburg
Priz
George Barr
Paul Carper
Gervid Aikin
Carper
Barr
Henry
Lewis
H. R. Potts
H. W. Copenhaver
J. S. Brown, Jr
Harding
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Calvin Coolidge
Handley
Here
Washington and
Stewart Streets
Hanchers
Thomas W. Hancher
Fairmont Avenue
White Hall
Hancher
Inchers
Army
Navy
George C. Marshall
Goes Monteir
W Jones Funeral Home
Boyd
P. W
Baker's Restaurant
Boston
Crystal
Clevenger
E. A
Chapman Motor Company
D. Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Davis Grocery
E. Eddy
C. Vernon
Fowle
Philip B. Forney
Fred Glaize
Fred Ws
Helen Louise
Kurtz
Geo
Lupton
Lynch
M. M
M. Miller’ Hardware Co
Moling & Cather
N. Novick, A. J
Nichols Company
Caromel
Producers Stabilization Committee
R. S. Walker
Mt. Jackson
B. B. Jones
Berryville
George C. Herring
Blacksburg
C. S. Patterson
New Hope
Edward Carpenter
W. L. Weh- Hutcherson
Winston
L. M. Walker, Jr
Danny
Jonesdale Hatchery
Timberville
U. S
New Hampshire
Baptists
E. Piccadilly St
Little Hope
SA. L
Ferry
Shenandoah Span
Wees
Anderson
Winchester Front Royal
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