Shorter Shooting Season Considered by Commission Meet
The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries in Richmond will meet on March 28 to hear sportsmen about the next hunting season. Chair1 Carl H. Nolting notes a 60 day shooting season may be cut to rebuild quail supply after a shortage last season. Wardens are asked to collect recommendations from sportmen and relay findings to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond
Carl H. Nolting
Nolting
Commission of Game O Inland Fisheries
Winchester
Ederick County
Wreck at Loudoun and Wick Causes Minor Damage
Two cars collided at the Loudoun and Wick intersection with no injuries reported. Total damage estimated at $110 with splits of $50 to a Leon Moore vehicle on Fayette Boulevard and $60 to a Sam Sogna car on Jackson Avenue UT. Adjustments made by the involved parties.
House Debate Over British Aid Bill Proceedings
Woodrum outlined two months of debate and a plan to trim the British aid bill. He proposed a brief international briefing with Secretary Hull and consultations with the army and navy on potentially spare weapons and equipment. Details would be guarded to avoid military significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Army
Navy
Woodrum
First American Woman Receives Order of the British Empire
Mrs. Jennie Burnham Cameron of Kirby Muxloe England is honored as the first American woman decorated with the Order of the British Empire for her heroism during an air raid. She assisted 165 men and women to safety and cared for them through the bomb-torn night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Burnham Cameron
Kirby Muxloe
Eng
Try-Outs for Senior Class Play at Middletown High
Middletown Va March 13 John P Kirlinski assistant principal announced try outs for the Senior Class play a 3 act farce entitled She's A Daisy cast to be announced soon Rehearsals set to begin next week Director Kurlinski names Christine Wright Audrey Hunt among heroine contenders. others include Jean Campbell Dorothy Tevalt Harvey Austin Malcolm Brumback Edward Rowles Arthur Shipe Helen Hottel Ann Lee Grim Vera Lee Headey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
John P. Kirlinski
Daisy
Christine Wright
Audrey Hunt
Jean Campbell
Dorothy Tevalt
Harvey Austin
Malcolm Brumback
Edward Rowles
Arthur Shipe
Helen Hottel
Ann Lee Grim
Vera Lee Headey
Mr. Kurlinski
Tourists Spend A Large Sum In Shenandoah Valley
Staunton March 13 During 1940 718 488 out of state automobiles containing 2 155 464 tourists came into the Shenandoah Valley and left here 16 166 980 according to Cedric G Gran managing director Shenandoah Valley Inc chamber of commerce he states was an increase of 8.6 per over the preceding year using as a basis for arriving at these figures the traffic census tabulation recently issued by the statewide highway planning survey Virginia Department of Highways Mr Gran claims that the increase amounted to 84 862 more cars with 170 574 more people and with 1 279 305 additional cash revenue this does not include out of state visitors who came by train or bus nor does it include out of state trucks additional to this strictly tourist income Mr Green says are the 1940 commercial travelers 530 832 of them who came by automobile and who spent some 2 654 115 in the Shenandoah Valley how money was spent how these visitors spent their money is indicated by surveys made by the American Automobile Association and the Virginia State Planning Survey
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Gran
Green
Shenandoah Valley
American Automobile Association
Virginia
Training In U B Church Leadership School In Winchester
The United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street hosts a leadership training school from March 17 to 21 with 7 30 to 9 30 PM sessions. All Winchester district churches are represented and other denomination workers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Religious Education of the
United Brethren Church
North Braddock Street
Winchester
J. Paul Gruver
Carl W. Hiser
Leslie O. Shirley
Edmond Harding to Speak at Rural-Urban Meeting
North Carolina humorist Edmond Harding will be principal speaker at the Rural-Urban meeting tonight at the George Washington Hotel at seven. About 75 farmers have been invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Harding
North Carolina
George Washington Hotel
Navy Budget Hearing Reveals Limits on Expansion and Tech Plans
The Senate committee heard that requests will exceed 3.36 billion dollars for the next year as the navy pursues expansion, while no further fleet growth is planned beyond current programs. Rear Admiral Towers outlined submarine detection experiments and storage plans for 10,000 aircraft engines, and stressed low risk of aerial or sea attacks against the United States in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Th Knox
Stark
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Navy
Norfolk
Oakland
Calif
Towers
United States
Relief At Last For Your Cough
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a potent cough remedy for chronic bronchitis chest cold or acute bronchitis. It claims the medicine goes to the seat of the problem loosens and expels phlegm and aids natural healing without narcotics. Money back guarantee offered if relief is not seen.
Regulating of Soft Coal Prices Held Fascistic
Representative Reed of New York warned that federal minimum price regulation for soft coal could steer the government toward fascism. Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee as it weighs extending the bituminous coal division for two years, he warned of drift toward fascist principles whenever industries are deemed sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed
House
Ways and Means
Answers to Today's Quiz
Quiz answer list shows items 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 with targets like British naval base, Lincoln one cent piece, Washington quarter, Jefferson five cent, third, biscuits, Himalayas, Giacomo Puccini, and hymn writer.
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British Naval Base
Lincoln
Washington
Jefferson
Himalayas
Giacomo Puccini
Handley Students Enrolled in Standard First Aid Course
The Winchester Frederick County Red Cross sponsors a standard twenty hour first aid course for Handley students. George Reading, a volunteer instructor, leads classes in the city hall court room on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Organizer Mrs. Gertrude Organ arranged the effort with a list of enrolled students including Pat Dudley and many others.
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Handley
Sored
Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
George Reading
Volunter
City Hall
Gertrude Organ
Pat Dudley
Biscoe Ginn
Mamie Shenholtz
Helen Gatewood
Jas Sirbasigh
Elizabeth Linkous
Almond Smidley
Helen Massey
Bobbie Womeldorf
Estelle Armentrout
Bobbie Williams
Farley Massey
Catherine Randolph
Marie Hudson
Betty Pifer
Virginia Ritenour
Norvell Montague
Natalie Brown
Carlton Weakley
Anna Wolford
Three Held For Grand Jury On Robbery Charges
Charles Town West Virginia March 13 two men and a woman were held for grand jury action on robbery charges. Thadman Kershner Marilyn Lowe of Parkersburg bound over on Shepherdstown holdup charge and found with separate Woodstock fugitive warrant. Marshall Henry of Weston held on a 15000 bond for the Woodstock Shepherdstown robberies. State Police Corporal G W Bushch arrested the trio near Franklin March 9 after a radio report of the Woodstock drug store robbery.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Woodstock
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
Thadman Kershner
Marilyn Lowe
Parkersburg
Atlantic and Pacific
Marshall Henry
Weston
G. W. Bushch
Franklin
No Commission Named To Locate Defense Factories
The Senate sent a $1.53 billion defense appropriations bill to President Roosevelt after criticism over the missing provision to locate defense factories. The joint conference committee eliminated the commission but funded housing, fleet replacement, and naval facilities at Guam, Samoa, and other outposts. It would also provide 46.05 million for naval air stations at bases acquired from Britain in exchange for destroyers.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Joint Conference
House
Guam
Samoa
Great Britain
California Leads Seed Flower Production in U S and World
California produces 76 percent of the United States seed supply and 50 percent of the world’s. The state dominates flower seed output, shaping national and global markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of California
United
Jim Crow Equal Accommodations Case Before Supreme Court
Representative Arthur W. Mitchell argues that railroads must provide equal interstate travel accommodations for Black passengers. The case, supported by the Justice Department, challenges a dismissal of a petition seeking equal treatment for a Black traveler from Chicago to Hot Springs in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Arthur W. Mitchell
D-Ill
Congress
Arkansas
Chicago
Hot Springs
Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clarke County Budget Debate Over School Building Plans
Fishpaw accuses Clarke County Board and School Board of a scheme to push a 35 000 Berryville school item while a 60 000 Boyce project is the agreed limit. He says no more funds should be approved this year. Supervisors Fenton and Lee back the understanding.
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Ates India
Aea
Fay
Clarke County Board
Clarke County School Board
Isor
John M
Boyce
Fishypaw
Berryville
William Fenton
Edward B. Lee
Stenographer Dies After Hotel Blast in Sofia
Teresa Armstrong a 23 year old stenographer for the British legation in Sofia died from injuries after a suitcase bomb attack in the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul. The blast left four dead and severely injured her, with both legs amputated.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Teresa Armstrong
Sofia
George W. Rendel
Bulgaria
Man Sought In Slaying Surrenders To Chicago Police
Walter Appelt, 32, an insurance collector, surrendered at the State's attorney's office on a charge of murdering his estranged wife's suitor Joseph Lorenz, a 47 year old chemical engineer. Appelt had been hunted in downstate Illinois and Detroit since Monday night. Waneta Appelt, 28, said she planned to divorce him and marry Lorenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter Appelt
Joseph Lorenz
William Scott Stewart
Stewart
Daniel Gilbert
Appelt
Downstate
Illinois
Detroit
Lorenz
Waneta
Weekly Tax On Salaries Being Planned
The report notes support for raising the corporate tax rate from 24 percent to 30 percent for earnings over 25 000 and hints at higher individual surtaxes. Senators George and Harrison back revising levies, while excise taxes remain unchanged. The finance panel also agrees the president's request for 7 billion dollars in aid to Britain and others complicates the tax situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Congress
Britain
Berlin Press Represses Willkie Ancestry Claims
The Berlin press traces Wendell L Willkie family roots in Ascherleben and cites a copper smith grandfather Joseph Wilhelm Willcke. It alleges emigration due to alleged Jewish cheating and notes a later sale of the shop by the deceased’s widow to a Jewish neighbor Bernhard n with disputed proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Berliner Zeitung
Willkie
Joseph Wilhelm Willcke
Joseph Willcke
Bernhard N
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