Apple Institute Set for Martinsburg W V March 17 18
The fifth annual National Apple Institute opens March 17 at the Shenandoah Hotel Martinsburg West Virginia and runs through March 18 A banquet at 7 pm features toastmaster Dr J H Gourley Speakers include Prof B S Pickett W B Baughman and others on topics from institute future to market and merchandising Apple industry figures from Missouri Michigan Illinois Ohio and Washington are to present legislation highlights A keynote by Senator H F Byrd on I Grow Apples and R R Pierce on Fruit Concentrates cap the sessions with committee elections and appointments.
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National Apple Institute
Martinsburg
Shenandoah
J. H. Gourley
Spreakers
B. S. Pickett
W. B. Baughman
Missouri
Mchigan
Illinois
Ohio
Washington
R. S. Hollingshead
Food Research Division
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Margaret Sawyer
Glass Container Association
H. F. Byrd
R. R. Pierce
Cleveland
Public Sale Of Store Goods And Auto Tires
By virtue of a distress warrant, at Lemley’s filling station one mile east of Stephenson City on Route 277, March 13, 1939 at 10 a.m., Gilbert Orworf’s goods and automobile tires and supplies will be sold at public auction. Sheriff Coleman Dunn, Auctioneer. Terms cash.
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Lemley’s
Stephens City
Gilbert Orworff
Brucetown
Edward C. Martz
United States District Court For
Western District of Virginia
Brucetown Woolen Mills, Inc
Clearbrook
Winchester
Virginia
Herbert S. Larrick
Real Estate and Personal Property For Sale
Real estate and personal property offered for sale with a variety of lots from Valley Pike to Millwood Avenue and prime locations for cabins, mansions, farms or service stations. Also a river fishing lodge and furniture including piano and desks. Contact for locations, acres, soil type, and investment.
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Valley Pike
Millwood Ave
Richards Ave
Shawnee
Shenandoah
Eume Aves
Whitlock Addin
Red Cross Active in Winchester Frederick County Chapter
The Winchester Frederick County chapter of the American Red Cross held its executive committee meeting. Reports showed 36 active ex service cases, February visits to 26 schools for Junior Red Cross enrollment, and three First Aid Stations visited. Plans include a First Aid class for operators and a county teaching class starting March 7. Milk and care funded for 19 children plus personal relief actions with the Welfare Department.
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Winchester-Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
H. J. Womeldorf
John 5S
Scully
Margaret Keller
Frederick County
City Welfare Department
Welfare Office
Charlottesville
Motor Corps
Winchester
Shirley Carter Memorial Fund
Louis Galento Bout Likely To Be Held At Yankee Stadium
Chicago bid for the Joe Louis Tony Galento bout in June but current evidence points to Times Square area near the New York Yankees home at Yankee Stadium as the likely site. New York State boxing commission will decide next Tuesday if Promoter Mike Jacobs can stage the fight here amid concerns over Newark Night Stick.
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New York
Chicago
Tony Galento
Times Square
River Avenue
New York Yankees
Tony
New York State
Mike Jacobs
Bill Brown
Newark
Fish spill on highway after truck crash near Cedar Rapids
Motorists on highway 30 witnessed workers shoveling fish from a paved road. Investigators found a truck loaded with fish was in an accident and twelve 150 pound cases spilled onto the highway.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway 30
Here
Round Up of Sports Notes From New York and Beyond
New York sports round up mentions Doc Sutherland leaving Pitt after receiving a fan letter about Marshall Goldberg's football pants. Florida doctors report Mose's arm dead. FFWs parade in Norfolk for William and Mary coach Carl Voyles. Indy 500 entry by driving fast and surviving to pits. Roanoke College quarantines for NY invitation tourney. Mickey Cochrane club buying rumors anger syndicate. Sid Luckman scope at Columbia job search. Jack Doyle skews Yanks odds. Sutherland and Hillhouse noted in two-league play. Mme Zantilla predicts Senators pennant. a Holliston sprinter contest saga. Brennan and Ferris discuss a sprint phenom. War Admiral race stance questioned. Dodgers offer $200,000 for Joe Medwick.
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New York
Doc Sutherland
Pitt
Marshall Goldberg
Florida
Man Mose
F.F.W
Norfolk
Carl Voyles
William and Mary
Tex Rickard
Gordon White
Roanoke College Maroons
N. Y
Mickey Cochrane
Leo Fisher
Sid Luckman
Man Hunt
Columbia
K. of C
Holliston
Mass
Frank Brennan
Brennan
Dan Ferris
Ferris
George Conway
Dodgers
Joe Medwick
Methodists Name Unity Committees for Kansas City Conference
Dr. Harry Early Woolever announced the selection of eight committees to represent the Methodist Episcopal Church at the unity conference in Kansas City on April 26. The committees were named by the Commission on Inter-Denominational Relations after a meeting in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Harry Early Woolever
Washington, D. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kansas City
Woolever
Joint Methodist Executive Committee
Union
Methodist Episcopal Commission On
Divorce by Desertion Filed in Frederick Circuit Court
Natelle F. Koontz seeks a divorce from Robert L. Koontz on grounds of desertion for two years. The order requires the nonresident defendant to appear within ten days after publication, with notices posted at the Frederick County Courthouse and mailed to the last known address. The Winchester Evening Star will publish the order weekly for four weeks.
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Circuit Court OF the Unty OF
Frederick
Virginia
Natelle F. Koontz
Chancery
Robert L. Koontz
Court House
Winchester
Collegiate Title Shared by Carnegie Tech and Georgetown
Carnegie Tech and Georgetown University agreed to share the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball Conference title as co champions rather than play a playoff. Conference secretary Robert Geasey of Temple University announced the schools tied with six wins and four losses each and abandoned a playoff since the circuit disbands this year.
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Philadelphia
Carnegie Tech
Georgetown University
Robert Geasey
Temple University
Treasury shows deficit and balance figures for March ninth
The Treasury reports receipts of 11 021 686 90 and expenditures of 19 174 388 70 leaving a net balance of 3 275 205 816 53 including a 2 622 236 552 95 working balance. In a later item a reader asks why corned beef is called that and learns corn referred to a particle of salt or gunpowder.
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Washington
Ziegler Nag Tops Derby Nomination List At Churchill Downs
The 65th Kentucky Derby nominations include El Chico leading a field of 115, with favored challengers like Challedon and Time Alone among hopefuls. Pending fillies Ciencia and others are missing, while overall nominations exceed last year and total prize money nears $350,000.
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Alex. McNeill
Louisville
el Chico
William Ziegler
Churchill Downs
Col
Matt J. Winn
the Downs
Aristides
Matt Brady
Ziegler
W. L. Brann
Challedon
Porter
B. Franzheim
A. A. Baroni
F. A. Carreaud
Rosebud
Paul Jones
Clyde van Dusen
Regret
Ciencia
Downs
Valiant
Allegro
Eight Thirty
Towson Jail Prisoners Eat From Tin Cans Report
The grand jury at Towson Md reports Baltimore county jail inmates dine from cans in cells no dining room exists. Nineteen prisoners 21 white and 16 negro described meals of cold spaghetti half a loaf of bread and coffee. Evening meals include devilled ham bread coffee with weekly stew soup and corn syrup.
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Towson
Baltimore County
Grand
Santa Anita Closes 52 Day Meeting With San Juan Capistrano Race
Santa Anita Park winds up its 52 day meeting in Los Angeles with the $25,000 added San Juan Capistrano handicap a mile and a half race expected to draw top thoroughbreds. The park will stay open for a charity day after the race. C S Howards Kayak II the winner of the $100,000 Santa Anita Big Cap was missing from today’s field.
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Los Angeles
Santa Anita Park
C. S. Howard
Mrs Sirbaugh Rites Sunday at Sandy Ridge Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Sirbaugh 60 of Cold Stream near Capon Bridge West Virginia will be held Sunday at 2 PM from the Sandy Ridge Disciples of Christ Church with Rev S J Goode officiating She died yesterday at Memorial Hospital She was daughter of Mrs Alice Whitacre and the late Taylor Whitacre and is survived by her husband a son Cletus Sirbaugh and several stepchildren Interment will be in the family cemetery at Cold Stream
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Bertha Sirbaugh
Julius Sirbaugh
Cold Stream
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Sandy Ridge
Disciples of Christ Church
S. J. Goode
Sirbaugh
Memorial Hospital
Alice Whitacre
Taylor Whitacre
Accused Woman Plunges To Death In Baltimore Jail
Mrs. Mary Cummings, 44, held on murder charges for slain husband Joseph Cummings, 47, reportedly fell 18 feet from a railroad tier in the city jail after a coroner's inquest linked her to the hammer attack. Police said the couple quarreled for two years over minor matters as they struggled for the weapon.
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Baltimore
Mary Cummings
Gas And Bill Hodge By Nina G Anderson
A tea pot home scandal unfolds as Gas and Bill Hodge face court. Hodge is cleared of gas theft with a verdict of not guilty after fifty minutes in Corporation Court. The piece laments city politics and urges putting Hodge back to restore community trust in Winchester.
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Nina G. Anderson
Hodge
Corporation Court
Bill Hodge
Winchester
Special Stamp To Mark Opening of Of New Berryville Postoffice
Berryville Virginia March 1 postmaster L N Glover to occupy new Berryville postoffice by March 13. Special commemorative covers issued today feature the building. Local residents return home with news and church and farm events noted. gathering at Memorial Methodist Church features agronomist talk on lime and fertilizer use.
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New
Berryville
L. N. Glover
Smith W. Purdum
Postoffice
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Louise Baier
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F. L. Ayler
Wayne Lewis
Louise Griffin
Virgina Marshall
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Lloyd. M. Bayne
Culpeper
Edward Lerch
Wyomissing
Walter Kalbach
Reading
Ayler
Roberta Ayler
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pa
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Louise von. Bosse
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