Winchester Evening Star to Sponsor Marble Tournament
The Winchester Evening Star announces a spring marbles tournament with a chance for Winchester and nearby youths to reach the National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood New Jersey the last week in June. Open to players 14 or younger by July 1 1939 with no entry cost and prizes including a bicycle wristwatch and a trip to the World Fair. The winner will represent the area and compete against champions from across the country while the paper covers the journey and week long celebration.
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United States
New York
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Famous Wildwood
N. J
Mississippi
Western Champs
Wisconsin
Northern Champs
Poconos
Wildwood
Ringer
Weatch
Three Nominated For Golf Club Board Vacancies
At a Winchester Golf Club meeting three nominees were named to fill board vacancies for the upcoming year. The candidates Mrs. B. B. Dutton C. Ridgeley White and Edward E. Stone may have their designation finalized later by the board. The session was harmonious and 1939 plans look promising.
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Winchester Golf Club
B. B. Dutton
C. Ridgeley White
Edward E. Stone
Final Tributes Given To Saito
United States and Japan held a joint ceremony in Annapolis as Hiroshi Saito, the popular Japanese ambassador, was honored after his death. Ashes were loaded onto the cruiser Astoria for voyage to his homeland on Roosevelt orders. The funeral rites involved midshipmen and academy officers with Maryland motorcycle police escort.
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Annapolis
United States of America
Hiroshi Saito
America
Astoria
Roosevelt
Saito
Washington
United States Naval Academy
Maryland
Coldest World Temperature Recorded at Verkhoyansk
The lowest earth temperature recorded at a meteorological station is 90 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at Verkhoyansk in Siberia on February 5 and 7, 1892.
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C. S
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
County Man Sues New York Central Over Bridge Reinforcement Method
A. G. Leake of Middletown Virginia has filed suit in Albany federal court against the New York Central Railroad claiming infringement of his welding based bridge reinforcement patent. The method claims to reinforce structures under load by expanding and contracting a welded plate to induce initial stress, offering economical repairs for railroads and highways.
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A. G. Leake
Middletown
United States District Court
Albany
N. Y
New York
Mr. Leake
Hartford
C W. Coulston
Washington, D C
Matt Smith
New York Central
Leake
Accuses Mother Of Wounding Him In Knife Assault
Clifton Zimmerman, 14, in serious condition with knife wounds, accuses his mother Mamie Zimmerman, 33, a cashier on a gambling boat, of wounding him. Detective Lieut. A E Slaight found Mrs Zimmerman with slashed wrists. she claims a struggle with a strange woman. The boy says his mother threatened him.
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Long Beach
Calif
Clifton Zimmerman
Mamie Zimmerman
A. E. Slaight
Handley Track Team Plans Inter Squad Meet
Handley high will stage an inter squad meet Friday at Handley stadium to help coach Snag Sargent assess candidates. With many graduates leaving holes on the roster the coach cites several promising newcomers while about 100 athletes seek varsity berths.
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Handley
Handley Track
Handley Stadium
Snag Sargent
Sargent
Mrs. Ould To Hold Class For Young People
A four day Epworth Training Conference for youths 15 to 23 will be held at the Front Royal Methodist Church starting Monday at 7 30 p m. Mrs W H Ould of Roanoke will lead the course focusing on Ideals for a Christian Home with discussions on love courtship marriage and church home relationships.
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Epworth
Front Royal
Shenandoah
Martinsburg
W. Va
Staun
Jessie Martin
Martha Brent Burruss
Jack Franklin
Elizabeth Franklin
Dorothy Fadley
Baptist Church Mission Bombed in China Raid
American missionaries of the Southern Baptist Convention in Chengchow Honan report six killed or injured when the Baptist Hospital was hit during a Japanese air attack. A refuge camp run by the mission suffered about 200 casualties.
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Shanghai
Southern Baptist Convention
Chengchow
Honan Province
Baptist
Changchow
Baptist Mission
Red Cross
Giant Clipper Takes Off Again
Pan American Airways giant clipper No 20 departed San Diego at 6 25 am bound for Baltimore via New Orleans with Capt R O D Sullivan at the controls. The 74 passenger craft will join the recently christened Yankee Clipper in trans Atlantic service.
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San Diego
Calif
Pan-American Airway
Baltimore
New Orleans
R. O. D. Sullivan
San Diego Bay
Cancer Control Month Proclaimed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt proclaimed April as cancer control month and urged the medical profession scientific groups and all opinion organs to urge the nation to support the cancer control program and maintain vigilance in this fight for humanity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Junior and Senior Banquet Set for Tokes Inn
The school announces the Junior and Senior Banquet, hosted by Juniors, to be held at Tokes Inn, marking a major social event of the year.
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Tokes Inn
Tax Levy Demand Would Disappear
Senator Schwartz predicts demands for revision of federal corporate taxes would vanish once businesses see the figures. He says a single corporation income tax would be needed to sustain revenue if other levies are repealed and would face strong business opposition to any increase.
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Washington
Schwartz
D.-Wyo
Wyoming
White House
Rev J D Russell Opens Three Week Revival
The Rev J D Russell, formerly of this city and now pastor of the Warren Riverton Methodist charge, announces a three week revival beginning tomorrow at 7 30 PM at Riverton Methodist Church. He will lead the opening meetings with assist from neighboring ministers each night through Easter Sunday with a different preacher scheduled for Tuesday through Friday. The public is invited to attend at 7 30 PM nightly.
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J. D. Russell
Warren-Riverton
Riverton Methodist Church
Mr. Russell
T. M. Swann
Winchester
W. D. Sheets
White Post
W. O. Luttrell
Berryville
W. W. McIntyre
D. D
Miss Lucy Massie Weds Branson Funk
Branson J Funk and Miss Lucy E Massie, both from prominent Frederick county families, were married at Kernstown today by Rev E Summers McGavock, pastor of Union Memorial church. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Massie and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Funk of Opequon.
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Branson
Weakness In Feed Market Reflects Spring Growth Easing Demand
The weekly feed market review notes weaker markets in mid March as grass pastures grow in the Central West and southern states, cutting feeder demand for wheat mill feeds. Prices eased across several regions with light immediate shipments and mills using current production to fill March contracts.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Central West
United States
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Kansas City
Warrenton Hunt Hosts Sixth Point-to-Point Races
Warrenton Virginia hosts the sixth annual point-to-point races by the Warrenton Hunt at Waverly Farm on Spring Road. The first race drew 15 entries and the second 20 entries with post time at 11 a.m.
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Warrenton
Warrenton Hunt
Robert C. Winmills
Waverly Farm
Spring Road
Haskin and Wagner Speak at Local Rotary Meeting
Frederic J. Haskin of Washington D C, director of the Winchester Evening Star information bureau, and Rev. Fred Wagner of Martinsburg West Virginia spoke at the local Rotary Club meeting this week. Haskin often contributes special articles to The Star and runs a daily question and answers feature.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Winchester Evening Start
Fred Wagner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Haskins
The
Star
Fatal Runover Probe In Loudoun County
The Loudoun county coroner in Leesburg opened an investigation into the death of Eva Jackson 55 of Unison who was struck and killed by a five ton stone laden truck on the Leesburg Winchester highway near Purcellville. State Officer L P Landers said Jackson and her husband with their employer driver John Fields stopped near Court ney Inn so she could speak to her sister then reentered the car and was struck by Charles Edwards from Waterford who swerved to avoid her. She died at Memorial Hospital after being brought to Winchester Hospital. Edwards truck under contract to the State Highway Department was involved. The same truck later caught fire in Mountville.
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Loudoun County
Leesburg
Eva Jackson
Leesburg -Winchester
Purcellville
Memorial Hospital
L. P. Landers
Eva
John Fields
Courtney Inn
Landers
Charles Edwards
Fields
Edwards
Waterford
Winchester Hospital
State Highway Department
Mountville
Sirbaugh's Game High Leads Local Bowling Standings
High individual game Sirbaugh with 155 in a T O league. Ayers tops individual set with 372 for N F. National Fruit claims high team game 587 and Buncutter Tire best team set 1 626 as standings show Gulf Oil Texas Oil and United Food near mid pack.
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Buncutter Tire
Gulf Oil
Texas Oil
United Food
B'nai B'rith
National Fruit
Post Office
Lee Baking Co
Valley Service
Glaize and Bro
Nehi
Sirbaugh
T. O
Ayers
N. F
Army Launches Recruiting Drive for Young Pilots
The army began a nationwide recruiting campaign to train youths as pilots for over 3,000 warplanes authorized by Congress. Five officer groups will visit colleges and universities to recruit June graduates for army aviation training, with other youths enrolled meanwhile.
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Washington
Army
Congress
President Roosevelts Potomac river yacht cruise planned
President Roosevelt will spend the afternoon aboard the yacht Potomac cruising the Potomac river. White House officials said guests include Frederic A. Delano his uncle and Mr and Mrs Littleton Hambly of Dutchess County New York along with Hamblys Washington friends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac
Potomac River
White House
Frederic A. Delano
Littleton Hambly
Dutchess County
N. Y
Hamblys
Baltimore Market Quotation Report March 18
Livestock and produce prices listed for Baltimore with apples potatoes eggs butter and dairy figures. Cattle hogs and sheep values shown with comparisons to prior Friday and top bids noted. Philadelphia Chicago markets cited for butter poultry hogs and steers with regional price movements. Wheat and corn prices given for Baltimore and Winchester markets.
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Baltimore
Maine
U. S
Baltimore Livestock
Philadelphia
Scoer
Chicago
Futures, cash grain quotes ease after gains in wheat pit
European political tensions eased in Chicago wheat trading as prices slipped from yesterday’s highs. Winnipeg and Berlin reports fed the downturn while favorable domestic winter wheat weather supported softer quotes. Cash grain notes list No. 2 hard wheat at 71.14 and various corn and barley price ranges across futures and cash markets.
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Chicago
Rumania
Liverpool
Berlin
Winnipeg
Chicago Cash Grain
Illinois
Wall Street Stocks Dip On War Nerves Then Climb Some
Traders faced war nerves in a volatile session with many issues sliding early. Air craft names held up amid expectations of accelerated rearmament, while prominent firms like U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Westinghouse DuPont and Sears Roebuck posted losses. Glenn Martin and United Aircraft advanced modestly as quotes for select stocks were listed.
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New York
Chamberlain
Hillish
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
Them
General Motors
Chrysler
Westinghouse
DuPont
Johns-Manville
U. S. Gypsum
Sears Roebuck
U. S. Rubber
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N. Y. Central
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Baptist Church Mission
GIMCO
Virginia
Home Insulating Improvement Corp
W. Boscawen St
Lucy Massie
Branson Funk
Frederic Haskin
Loudoun
East Boscawen St
Stock Market Report
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Am Can
Am Rad
Am Smel
AT & T
Bethlehem
Chrysler Con Edison
Gear Motors
Goodyear
Int Har
AR Republic
Southern R
S Oof N J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
Steel
Va-Car Chem
Western Union
Woolworth
Soeans - Gee ‘Ner
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddeck & Boscawen
Silco
RINSO
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Europe
Toda
North America Assurance Society
Andrew G. Briggs
District of Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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