New Parcel For Apples from Virginia Horticultural Society
W. 8. Campbell of the Virginia State Horticultural Society reports that a bushel and one-eighth apple box has been recommended to standardize packaging. The 11 by 13 by 17 inch box holds about one bushel of apples with minimal bruising, and full specs will appear in the April Virginia Fruit. Committee: T. B. Byrd, E. B. Bonham, J. T. Henley. Representatives from two box makers attended. Growers and manufacturers urged to adopt the specs.
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W. 8. Campbell
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia Fruit
T. B. Byrd
E. B. Bonham
J. T. Henley
Half of U S Wheat Loans Repaid by March First
Virginia AAA reports more than half of 1939 government loans to wheat growers repaid by March 1. Loans total $86,614.15 on 117,436 bushels at 73.8 cents per bushel, with $47,375.41 repaid through Feb 29 on 44,111.18 bushels across counties such as Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
AAA
Clarke
Culpeper
Fairfax
Fauer
Fredick
Loudoun
Rappapannock
Rockingham
Shenandoah D. Warren
European Rivers Rampage Floods Hit Southeastern Europe
Five deaths reported as the Danube rises to its highest level since 1876. Floods pour over banks into Hungarian homes and threaten large farming areas in Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Romania as rivers rise across southeastern Europe. Fear grows over possible losses of life and property.
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Budapest
Danube
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Europe
Judge Convenes U S Court In New Building
The United States District Court opened yesterday in a new federal building with judge John Paul hearing civil motions and naturalization cases. Fifteen naturalizations occurred, with more expected today. the court plans to be fully ready by Saturday for the dedication led by Assistant Postmaster General Smith W Purdom.
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United Grants District Court
Federal
John Paul
Paul
Smith W. Purdum
Federal Court
George Washington National Forest
G. Pred Switzer
W. C. Chandler
Fredericksburg to Open Its Shrines for Garden Week
Fredericksburg prepares for Virginia's Annual Garden Week April 22 to 27 reviving colonial life. Eighteen century booths in Old Market Square sell flowers fruit and Virginia crafts as costumed market women reenact era commerce. Plantations Mit Kenmore and the Lewis home will feature colonial garb and tours by descendants.
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Fredericksburg
Virginia
Old Market Square
George Washington
James Munroe
Sukey Livingston
Garden Club of Virginia
Kenmoreh
Col
Pielding Lewis
Betty
Kenmore
Infant Survives High Temperature in Spokane Case
An infant girl in Spokane remains improving after surviving a temperature of at least 110 degrees. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Yount, was brought in Friday night as the father and A A Shuler kept her alive with artificial respiration. Mrs Shuler drove 55 miles from Ritzville to assist, and Dr E J Barnett noted the fever could not exceed the thermometer. The doctor attributed the crisis to a disturbance in the heat regulating center.
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Spokane
Wash
James Yount
A. A. Shuler
Priest Believed Swept To Death On Aconcagua Peak
In Buenos Aires on March 19 a Catholic priest Father Kastello who sought to celebrate mass atop Mount Aconcagua 22834 feet high on the Argentine Chilean border has been missing for over two weeks. Rescue observers found a gale torn tent and a disorderly camp remains near the summit leading Andes sealers to fear he was swept to his death.
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Buenos Aires
Father Kastello
Aconcagua
Pappy Smith Named Playing Manager for Cornwall Team
CORNWALL ONT March 19 George Pappy Smith of Tupper Lake NY has signed as playing manager of the Cornwall team in the Independent Northern Baseball League. Smith a pitcher formerly with the Philadelphia Athletics but never appeared in the majors. He began his pro career with Hagerstown in the Blue Ridge circuit.
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Cornwall
Ont
George
Pappy) Smith
Tupper Lake
N. Y
Smith
Philadelphia Athletics
Hagerstown
Blue Ridge
British War Loan Over-Subscribed Signals Strong Market Response
London reports that Britain's new 300 million pound three percent war loan has been heavily oversubscribed. Chancellor Sir John Simon told the House of Commons it marks a very satisfactory beginning to a series of loan operations needed to support the war effort.
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London
Britain
John Simon
House of Commons
Simon
Care of the Feet booklet offered by Information Bureau
The Winchester Evening Star advertises CARE OF THE FEET a 32 page booklet with guidance on proper shoes foot hygiene safe home care and foot exercises. It costs ten cents and can be ordered by sending a dime with a coupon to Information Bureau Washington D C directed by Frederick J. Haskin.
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The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
X Y Z Affairs Envoys and French Counterpart Names
In the X Y Z Affair the American envoys were C C Pinckney John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry. The French envoys were X M Hottinguer Y M Bellamy and Z M Hauteval.
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John Marshall
Elbridge Gerry
X—M. Hottinguer
Y— M. Bellamy
M. Hauteval
Harrisonburg Considers Turkey Festival Again
Harrisonburg and Rockingham county residents will decide Thursday night at 7 30 in the courthouse assembly hall whether a Turkey Festival will be held this year A mass meeting of contributors and last year participants will vote on officers and discuss festival plans The festival board will elect leaders and last year contributors have a vote in the process Director General J A Garber urges quick planning and continuation of the project unless another takes over.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Court House
J. A. Garber
Festival Board of Directors
Garber
Hearse Chase Ends With Drunken Driving Arrest
In Dallas on March 19 a hearse zigzagged through the street as Officers J. W. Ferguson and Dal Lee pursued it. The driver quipped about graveyards and jails before being arrested for drunken driving.
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Dallas
Tex
J. W. Ferguson
Dal Lee
Lee
Architect of Cologne Cathedral Parried Devil in Fatal Bet
J. L. L. A. Meister Gerhard, famed architect of Cologne Cathedral, allegedly wagered with the devil over the cathedral’s completion. Losing the bet, he leapt from the scaffolding to save his soul.
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J. L. L. A. Meister Gerhard
Cologne
Shenandoah Valley Academy sale of furnishings and property
By decree dated February 5 1940 the Rockingham Circuit Court orders public sale at Shenandoah Valley Academy on March 30 1940 at 1010 A M. of personal property held by trustees including gym remains and household items. Cash terms. Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall. Commissioner J Sloan Kuykendall performs sale duties. Bond of $1000 posted by Kuykendall. Clerk J Robert Switzer records.
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Wee Circuit Court of
Rockingham
Ee M
Shenandoah Valley Academy
R. Gray Williams
Dunn and Duvall
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Penne Sa
K. Benham
H. R. Ern
M. M. Lynch
V. R. Gray Williams
J. Robert Switzer
Circuit Court
Rockingham County
Bata Case Referred to Justice Department
A complaint against Bata Shoe Company Belcamp Maryland alleging wage hour law violations has been turned over to the Justice Department for action. Wage hour administrator Col Philip B Fleming said the move follows three months of inquiry by the wage hour office. Bata established the Belcamp plant last year. Jan Bata’s original company is based in Zlin, then Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Bata Shoe Company
Belcamp
Justice Department
Philip B. Pleming
Jan Bata
Zlin
Czechoslovakia
Rainfall Averages From 1913 39 Period
Present and past rainfall data show 24 tours ending 8 a m with 11 inches in March to date 2.47 inches year to date 6.37 inches. Average monthly precipitation over 27 years 1913 39 is listed for each month with a total annual rainfall of 35.53 inches courtesy Winchester arch laboratory.
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Winchester Arch Laboratory
Requiem Mass Tomorrow For Diocese Vicar
The Right Rev Monsignor Felix Fr Kaup vicar general of the Catholic diocese of Virginia died in a Richmond hospital at age 60. A solemn mass will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral with an office of the dead at 10 a m. and a requiem at 10 30 p m. He came to Richmond 38 years ago from Germany and served at Sacred Heart Cathedral since 1918 as rector after stints at St Peters Portsmouth and American College Louvain.
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Richmond
Felix Fr. Kaup
Virginia
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Germany
Dortmund
Westphalia
College of St
Henry Ford Praises Newspapers as Daily Educators
Henry Ford extols newspapers calling them the best educators arriving daily and keeping readers up to the minute with current events. He emphasizes their role in informing the public and shaping knowledge.
Farm Federation to Hold Convention in Richmond
The annual convention of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation will meet in Richmond on Thursday and Friday with about 1,000 members expected. Related events include the Institute of Cooperation, a rural youth conference and a women’s conference. Group meetings begin Thursday at 1 p.m. covering potato and vegetable, tobacco, peanut and cotton, and livestock poultry and dairy conferences.
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Richmond
Virginia Parm Bureau Federation
Institute of Co-Operation
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