Carnegie Class Gifts Dan Leatherman A Memorial Case
A Carnegie class gift ceremony was held Tuesday night at Skyline Terrace in Front Royal. About 100 attendees included graduates and wives from Winchester Martinsburg Woodstock and Front Royal classes. Dan Leatherman received a weather case engraved Toe Dan From Woodstock No 1 as a memento from Woodstock Class.
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Skyline Terrace
Front Royal
Anie
William H. Strauss
Dale Carnegie Institute
Edward G. Aes
Winchester
Artinsburg
Danerman
Woodstock
J. Clark
Mount Jackson
William R. Shaffer
Maurertown
Dyes
Ary Nelson Tavenner
Burg
3 Ayers
Iyphester
Walter S. How
Martinsburg
Dan Leatherman
Chester
Wood- Mey
French Navy Reports Sink 12 U Boats and Break Blockade Threat
Paris reports the French and Allied navies sunk 12 German U boats and captured 18 000 tons of German shipping as Navy Minister Campinchi declares Allied naval supremacy for the first six months of the war. British forces note combined Allied navy strength totals about 50 ships.
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Paris
Germany
Cesar Pinchi
Campinchi
Former Times Editor Dies at 75 in New York
Dr. H Finley educator and emeritus of the New York Times died in his sleep at age 75. He recently underwent surgery at the Columbia Center but had recovered and returned home on 1 Avenue where he passed away.
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New York
H. Finley
Finley
Hertila
Columbia Feng Center
Avenue
Treasury Figures Show Daily Receipts and Totals
Treasury status lists daily receipts of 13 million plus and a gross total exceeding 42 billion. It notes a net figure around 2.34 billion and a day’s increase of about 2.75 million.
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Awaseington
Treasury
British planes claim kill off northeast Scotland in noon action
The Air Ministry announced British fighting planes shot down a German plane off the northeast coast of Scotland near noon. RAF sorties earlier scouted German naval bases at Wilhelmshaven Helgoland and Cuxhaven and major northwest German ports, facing anti aircraft fire and heavy searchlight. Crews returned safely after a combined 10 000 miles of flight in two consecutive nights of reconnaissance.
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London
Air Ministry
Scotland
Royal Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Helgoland
Cuxhaven
Germany
Senator Weaver's Wife In Hospital
Mrs Aubrey Weaver of Front Royal wife of State Senator Weaver is scheduled to enter University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville for observation today March 7 1937 or 1938 context not explicit.
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Charlottesville
Aubrey’ S Weaver
Front Royal
Weaver
University of Virginia Hospital
Bible Lecture Set For Tonight At First Brethren Church
Russell Humberd of Martinsburg West Virginia will deliver an illustrated Bible lecture at the First Brethren Church tonight. He will show a large collection of Bible themed slides during the message. A second lecture is scheduled for Friday night at 7 30 o'clock.
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Russell Humberd
Martinsburg
W. Va
First Brethren Church
Humberd
Wreckage and Name Grutto Indicate Freighter Loss
In the North Sea an empty life raft and wreckage bearing the name Grutto were found as evidence of the loss of the 920 ton Netherlands freighter Grutto with a crew of 18. The Grutto, sailing between England and the Netherlands, left London Tuesday and was due in port yesterday.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
North Sea
England
London
Prayer Service Announced For Tonight At Two Homes
The Congregational Church announces a cottage prayer service at 7 30 this evening. It will be held at the homes of Mr and Mrs Harry A Racey on Charles Street and Mr and Mrs Clayton A Pugh on North Louden Street with Rev R A Whitten officiating.
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Harry A. Racey
Charles Street
Clayton A. Pugh
North Loudoun Street
R. A. Whitten
Congregationalogiaca Church
True Bill Returned in Negroes Case Connection
A grand jury in Corporation Court returned a true bill in the case of Howard Grandison colored. He is charged with feloniously marrying Florence Thomas on or about February 22, 1940 while already married to Mary Grandison. Date for the hearing has not been set.
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Corporation Court
Howard Grandison
Florence Thomas
Mary Grandison
Oates Buys 76 Acres At Lehew Public Auction
A. C. Oates of Winchester purchases 76 acres at Lehew West Virginia including buildings and timber land from the late James Johnson for 4020 dollars at a Monday public sale.
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Lehew
W. Va
James Johnson
A. C. Oates
Winchester
Answers to Today's Quiz Are Printed on Page Four
Answers to today's quiz printed on page four include Spencer Tracy Sam Rayburn Havana and a note that in Germany they are called badger hounds Public Utilities official French and eight. It lists locations for minting in Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco and Baltimore as the final item.
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Spencer Tracy
Sam Rayburn
Havana
Germany
Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
Baltimore
New Hospital To Be Little City
RICHMOND March 7 The Medical College of Virginia's new 18 story 2 230 396 hospital is 60 percent complete Officials say wall plastering is underway on the fifth floor The hospital will resemble a small city with modern machinery and conveniences including a central controlled radio loudspeaker system It will feature a 15 ton day plant a swimming pool and pneumatic tube systems for supplies
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
C. Stuart Duggins
PWA
Building Acorn Heights Homes South of Winchester
Benjamin Cather constructs six bungalows in the Acorn Heights subdivision just south of Winchester. In the same section, a garden service station owned by Robert Rogers fronts the Valley Pike.
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Benjamin Cather
Winchester
Acorn Heights
Garend
Robert Rogers
Pike
Lenten Service At Centenary Reformed Church
The Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger will conduct special Lenten services at 7 45 PM Friday evening in Centenary Reformed Church. Everyone is invited.
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S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Divorce by desertion sought in Frederick Circuit Court
In Frederick County Virginia a complaint in chancery seeks a divorce from Pauline M Finchum by H Amos Finchum on grounds of desertion for over two years. The order requires publication in The Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse plus mailing to the defendant.
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Frederick
Virginia
H. Amos Finchum
Chancery
Pauline M. Finchum
Court House
Winchester
Bessie Brannon
Circuit Ae
Frederick County
A. Raymond E. Perrine
Delegate Zigler Chases Thief After Car Glove Theft
Richmond Virginia March 7 Delegate Howard Zigler a Republican member of the General Assembly rushed to a meeting when a thief rifled the glove compartment of his car near a downtown cafeteria Zigler dodged a blow chased the thief through alleys and streets about a quarter mile and recovered a pair of gloves then released the would be crook noting no police were in sight
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Richmond
Howard
Zigler
General Assembly
Chanters Prepare Easter Music Program
Floyd Haines director of The Chanters announced a planned Easter music program for Easter Sunday afternoon likely around 3 o'clock at an unspecified venue. A Chanters meeting and rehearsal will be held tomorrow at 7 30 PM at Miss Mildred Jones’s home on South Loudoun Street.
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Floyd Haines
Chanters
Mildred Jones
South Loudoun Street
Mother and four children die in Tennessee house fire
Mrs Gilliam Mosley and four of her children perished when a blaze engulfed their Mount Pleasant three room home early today. The victims were Jimmy 20 Lee Irwin 17 Sadie 7 and Marjorie 5. Two other children were away. Origin of fire is undetermined.
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Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Gilliam Mosley
Jimmy
Lee Irwin
Sadie
Marjorie
Presbyterian Stewardship Rally Friday in Loudoun Street Church
A stewardship rally led by Winchester Presbytery's committee is set for Friday at 7:30 PM in Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. Speakers include Rev. Harry Crim of Strasburg, Dr. B. K. Tenny of Atlanta, and Dr. H. Kerr Taylor of Nashville.
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Stewardship Committee of
Winchester Presbytery
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
R. 8. Wilson
Winchester Church
Harry Crim
Strasburg
B. K. Tenny
Atlanta
H. Kerr Taylor
Nashville
Tenn
Tenny
Assembly
United Sterards Ship Council
Taylor
Sorsian Muimeion
Romney
Martinsburg
Help Kidney Health Pass 3 Pints a Day
An ad style fragment discusses kidney function and suggests symptoms like backache swelling and dizziness. It mentions a claim that waste from blood affects health and urges taking action promptly rather than waiting, with references to pay and years of use.
Police Court Refers Mrs. Orndorff For Liquor Charge
Mrs. Matt Orndorff faced Police Court for illegal sale of liquor and received a six month suspended jail sentence plus costs. Jesse Teeters, charged with intoxication, was fined ten dollars and twenty five cents.
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Matt Orndorff
Jesse Teeters
Psychologist Endorses Kissing Amid Longevity Claim
University of Idaho psychologist J W Barton advocates kissing as harmless, citing a centenarian who credited long life to kissing a pretty girl whenever possible. The remark suggests lighthearted support for kissing as a social gesture.
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Moscow
Ida
J. W. Barton
University of Idaho
Barton
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