Farmers Can Test Hybrid Corn On Their Land
Virginia farmers may operate stations on their land for hybrid corn tests under Virginia Tech guidance. Research at state stations aims to identify hybrids adapted to Virginia. farmers can test four to five hybrids and report results. Adaptation, local conditions, and seed origin affect yields. hybrids from the corn belt often underperform local Boone county or Reids Yellow Dent varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia
Virginia Tech
S. Ents
J. D. Guthrie
Agronomy Staff
Corn Belt
Boone County
Reids Yellow Dent
Holland
Williamsburg
Bowling Green
Charlotte
Appomattox
Chatham
Fishersville
Glade Spring
Reckless Driving Defined by Speed Rule
The notice states that any person who exceeds a reasonable speed under current traffic conditions shall be guilty of reckless driving.
Bucks hunter warns of dangerous deer
Dick Golden guarding the state game protection unit reports Jim Servaes fighting for life after a 450 pound buck attack. Golden killed the deer and warned that bucks at this season are not to be trusted.
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Pratt
Kas
Dick Golden
Jim Servaes
Servaes
Schnitz in Knepp Apple Dish Featured By The Star
Apple recipe notes Winchester as a major commodity and offers a daily recipe. Schnitz in Knepp uses dried apples and ham in a dumpling batter. Soak apples overnight and cook ham until tender before adding apples and their soaking water. Fold in spices and bake dumplings in ham broth until done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Schnitz
Knepp
Report on wartime shipping losses by nation
Lloyds Gazette lists Allied and neutral ship losses at 338 vessels totalling 1,199,938 tons. German losses number 34 vessels totalling 184,641 tons, not counting 27 captured. British ships 168 totaling 654,698 tons dominate the tally with other neutrals itemized. An AP tabulation through March 13 shows 434 merchant ship losses since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd's Gazette
Lloyds
Norway
Sweden
Associated Press
Britain
France
Germany
Denmark
Netherlands
Greece
Death of Frederick county farmer R H Elliott at 80
Reuben Howard Elliott a Frederick county farmer died at 7 15 last night at his daughter Mrs Edward Cooper near Gore after an eight month illness from a paralytic stroke. He was born January 19 1860 and survived by children including John W Elliott Perry R Elliott Mrs Varnie Boyce Mrs Edward Gissell Mrs Ralph Campbell and Mrs Edward Cooper and twenty four grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Mrs Cooper home with services at Mount Olive A B Church near Hayfield officiated by Revs C H Anderson and Lester Messick. Burial in Mount Olive Cemetery with pallbearers M H Rosenberger Luther McFarland Frank Haymaker Jacob Rosenberger Julian Rosenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Howard Elliott
Frederick County
Edward Cooper
Gore
Mr. Elliott
William Elliott
Mary Scribner
Elliott
John W. Elliott
Winchester
Perry R. Elliott
Clarke County
Varnie Boyce
Lester Messick
Mount Olive Cemetery
M. H. Rosenberger
Luther
Arthur McFarland
Frank Haymaker
Jacob
Julian Rosenberger
Look For Fish Wearing Badges In Los Angeles Harbor
Inspector Bert Hastings of the sheriff's office found a small box with 300 outdated badges for constables and deputies tossed into Los Angeles harbor. Some badges date to 1913. The tongue in cheek note suggests fish wearing sheriff's badges may explain sightings.
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Los Angeles
Bert Hastings
Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles Harbor
Postoffice Honors Dog That Aided Mail Carrier
In Inglewood California a bronze statue of the dog Rex Penelope that followed mail carrier Lorenz Prader for 13 years and about 60000 miles was unveiled in front of the post office. The monument includes an animal drinking fountain.
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Inglewood
Calif
Lorenz Prader
Rex
Prader
Penelope
Orders For Explosives Pouring In
Washington reports heavy Allied orders for explosives to expand American powder facilities tied to the aircraft industry. Britain and France plan finance to build new plants. a Franco British advance to Atlas Powder Co. seeks TNT capacity. Negotiations for large powder plants and TNT production continue amid war tax and Europe conflict uncertainties.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Atlas Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Ada
Ated
Missouri
Real estate transfers listed for Frederick and nearby counties
Frederick County and Martinsburg real estate transfers show deeds recorded for numerous parcels. Transactions involve buyers and sellers including Sirbaugh, LaFollette, Shenk, Renner, Luttrell, Yost, Seal, Whitacre, Crossen, Tevalt, Barrett, Wilkins, Ritter, Harmer Ritter, McKee, Halde man, Cold Storage, Annie Schlack and others with prices ranging from 1 to 5 500 dollars. Properties include acres in Back Creek and Stonewall districts and town lots in Winchester.
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T. Clark LaFollette
James Johnson
Frederick
Hampshire County
W. Va
Conley Johnson
A. C. Oates
Frederick County
John F
Eppa L. Luttrell
Robert C. Luttrell
E. W. Shenk
Gainesboro
Katherine McFaden Yost
Connie I. Renner
Nellie Mills Renner
Acorn Heights
Winchester
Nellville Orchard Company, Inc
Martinsburg
James Henry Seal
Papermill Road
Bessie L. Martin
Et Air
Delbert Whitacre
Back Creek
Arthur H. Bayliss
Vermont Crossen
Stonewall
Theodore Newlin
Bulah V. Tevalt
Indian Hollow Road
M. M. Lynch
J. M. Steck
Ethel B. Barrett
E. M. Funk
C. G. Wilkins
Middletown
Ernest L. Ritter
Ivy Harmer Ritter
Sidney Gore School News Highlights Chapel Program and Activities
In chapel a program featured reports on Alexander Graham Bell by Juanita Brill and Luther Burbank, plus poetry, song, and a forthcoming debate on home training versus school training. The Boys Athletic Association elected officers and discussed spring sports, while Freshman News notes spring fever and classroom recollections from Gore school.
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Chapel
Alexander Graham Bell
Juanita Brill
Luther Burbank
Richard Campbell
Betty Mae Halloway
Miss Adams
Edna Rosenberger
Rosa Lee Fox
William Crowser
Stanley Biggert
Harold Larrick
Pete
Lady's
Boys’ Athletic Association
Glee Club
Ralph Frye
Juanita Roe
Eva Foreman
Scott Wingfield
New hormone treatment offered for psoriasis
Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt of the University of Chicago announced a hormone therapy using lipocaic from the pancreas that cleared up over half of psoriasis cases and greatly helped others. He noted potential benefits in preventing fatty liver and artery hardening in diabetes, with experiments ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
New Orleans
Lester R. Dragstedt
University of Chicago
Federated Biological Societies
Dragstedt
H. P. Blum
U. S. Public Health Service
Cancer Institute
Bethesda
American Physiological Society
May Be Gold In Them That Hills
In Crum West Virginia on March 18 I V Perry reported discovering gold bearing quartz on a hillside behind his store. He also found nuggets he believed to be gold and sent both quartz and nuggets to an assayer in Kansas City for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crum
W. VA
West Virginia
I. V. Perry
Perry
Kansas City
Treasury Receipts and Debts Report March 15
Treasury figures show receipts 53,846,167.41 dollars and expenditures 24,931,807.36 dollars for March 15. Net balance stands at 2,333,011,702.18 dollars while gross debt is 42,365,461,822.10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
History of the Annual Apple Blossom Festival
The article recounts the Apple Blossom Festival’s fundraising roots in 1928 with a 25 member finance committee canvassing Winchester for six days. It notes ongoing public subscription support in 1940, with Winchester and Frederick County residents urged to contribute to sustain the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Police Judge Seeks Long Term In Lebanon Race
William H. Turner, Lebanon’s 24 hours a day police judge, filed for re election at age 95 with a plea to remain in office until he is 100. He pledges to be called after any arrest day or night and says his system saves the city hundreds of dollars yearly by cutting prisoner boards while awaiting hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
William H. Turner
Pole
Turner
Ballot Error Elects Three to City Council in Issaquah
In Issaquah Washington on March 18 voters cast for three candidates to fill two open council seats. The ballot read vote for three and the three who were elected represented the only candidates on the ballot. County Attorney B Gray Warner called the result an error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issaquah, Wash
B. Gray Warner
Chamberlain Criticized for War Policy Delays
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal opposition leader, condemned Prime Minister Chamberlain for delaying Churchill and Eden's inclusion in the government. He argued six months earlier Churchill as first lord of the admiralty could have prevented the loss of the Royal Oak and its crew. The speech was delivered in Manchester on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Archibald Sinclair
Chamberlain
Admiralty
Anthony Eden
Archibald
House of Commons
Churchill
Royal Oak
Scapa
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National Safety Council
Apple
Lloyd’s
A. P
R. H. Elliott
Farmer
Rae Eerie Caes LL
Aed
WED. & Thurs
Victor
Nevaeval
Bileara
Atlantic
Garvin Bowles
Carl W. Sirbaugh
Shawnee
Mary L. Holliday
John B. McKee
Stewart and
Clifford Streets
Charles S. Cross
Anna Haldeman
South Kent Street
Winchester Cold Storage Company, Inc
Arthur Lewis
Hogan Lewis
North Kent Street
Annie C. Schlack
Sue E. Schlack
North Braddock Street
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Loudoun St
Black Diamond Merchant
England
Mussolini
Italy
Sidney Gore School News
Willis Michael
Mary Virginia DeHaven
Corinne Wingfield
Boys Athletic Association
Charles Cooper
Irene Mauze
Frank Allanson
Meyers
Gerlading Constable
Stanley Bigsert
Jimmy
Evelyn Anderson
Rosalie Fox
Crystal Triplett
Helen Hook
Eunice Foreman
Whitey
Rebecca Adams
Landacre
Ira Allanson
Virginia Nixon
Annabelle Hark
Lillian Trip- Jett
Johnny Strosnider
Foxhall
North Braddock St
America
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ssrib Ryeegordec
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
New York
N. Y
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