Garden Specialist Plans Frederick County Visits On Problems
L. C. Beamer assistant garden specialist of Blacksburg travels to Frederick county starting tomorrow evening to discuss 1939 season problems. He leads a Stephens City session on vegetable diseases and resistant plants Tuesday night and then visits Gainesboro district tomato growers Wednesday for a culture talk at Gainesboro Consolidated High School. Also L. W. Moore of W. P. L. holds a top working demonstration in P. H. Golds orchard Timber Ridge Tuesday morning. D. A. Tucker horticulturist to conduct April 3-4 top working in Julius Richards Opequon orchard and Braithwaite orchards, and in R L. Bageant White Hall on Tuesday.
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Blacksburg
Frederick County
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Gainesboro Consolidated High School
L. W. Moore
P. H. Gold
Timber Ridge
D. A. Tucker
Julius Richards
Opequon
Max
Paul Braithwaite
R L. Bageant
White Hall
Clarke County agent wins 1938 livestock award
C Funkhouser, Clarke county agent, received the annual award for outstanding livestock program. The prize was presented by Prof. R E Hunt of the Virginia Tech animal husbandry department. A summary of Funkhouser’s achievements appeared in The Winchester Evening Star.
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Co. C. Funkhouser
Clarke
R. E. Hunt
Virginia Tech Animal Husbandry Department
Funkhouser
Winchester Evening Star
Mob at Winchester confronts agents over liquor killing
The Richmond Times Dispatch recalls a 1919 incident where 500 people mobbed a Winchester hotel housing prohibition agents accused of killing a runner on the Shenandoah Valley turnpike. The slain man was among blockade runners with liquor headed south during a gun battle near Fisher's Hill in Shenandoah County.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Turnpike
Fisher’s Hill
Shenandoah County
Divorce Dinner To Speed Parting
NEW YORK March 27 A divorce dinner tonight will speed Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone to an amicable parting of their marital ways. The two film stars planned a dinner and theatre party on the eve of their divorce decree, expected to be granted in Hollywood tomorrow.
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New York
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Hollywood
Helen Jacobs Plans Wimbledon Return From Williamsburg
Helen Hull Jacobs, 30 year old tennis star, quits winter writing to resume competition at Wimbledon in June. She will train by facing William and Mary College men players, then sail to England for intensive practice ahead of the British test.
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Helen Hull Jacobs
Wimbledon
Forest Hills
William and Mary College
England
Guldahl Heads to Augusta After Greensboro Win
Greensboro N C March 27 Golf's National Open Champion Ralph Guldahl left for Augusta Ga confident of winning the big purse there. He carried $1200 for first in the Greensboro Open which he won with 280 strokes and believed his two Augusta National finishes against the star field led by Bobby Jones would seal another victory. He said he is due to win this time and credited his wife for the forecast.
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N. C
Ralph Guldahl
Augusta
Guldah
Bobby Jones
Irate Fans Burn Stands After Asturian Win
In Mexico City fans set fire to stands at Asturias Park after an umpire’s ruling gave Asturias a 3 to 2 win over Necaxa. Damage was estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Asturias Park
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Necaxa
World Fair Buses Stop Here On Way To New York
A caravan of Greyhound buses en route from Pontiac Michigan to the World’s Fair in New York plans a stop in Winchester this week. Officials of cities along the route will inspect the vehicles. A Postal Telegraph messenger will coordinate messages to cities and announce the arrival time in Winchester. The buses feature new travel design and some longer than standard highway coaches. No exact arrival date was available from the local Greyhound terminal.
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Winchester
Pontiac
Mich
New York
Postal Telegraph Company
Greyhound
Younger Pupils At Gore To Stage Operetta
The Gore school will present A Rose Dream an operetta by first second and third graders on Thursday March 30 at eight oclock in the new consolidated school auditorium. Mrs Lawrence Weaver and Mrs Ernest Shook direct with forty six children singing. Costumes were made by high school girls and parents. Admission is 25 cents. Public invited.
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New Consolidated School
Gore
Lawrence Weaver
Ernest Shook
Ernie Pugh
Tom Thumb
Pine Motor Company executives visit Detroit factory preview
Charles A. Pine, with Alfred Chapman Calvin Chapman Alson Hott and Myer Hamburger, attends a special meeting at the Dodge plant in Detroit. Dodge introduces new diesel truck motors touted as 75 percent more economical than current engines. They will return Wednesday.
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The
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Alfred Chapman
Calvin Chapman
Alson Hott
Myer Hamburger
Detroit
Dodge
Treasury Daily Balance Update March 24
The Treasury reports March 24 receipts at 15.6 million dollars and expenditures at 25.9 million. Net balance stands at 3.44 billion with a 2.78 billion working balance, gross debt at 39.97 billion, up 10.84 million from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Burkhart Family Reaches Resolution On Old Dental Bill
In Auburn New York fifty years after treatment Dr Adam P Burkhart’s bill for dental work for a Dansville woman was settled when his son Dr George A Burkhart received a $3 check from the woman's executors. Attorneys said the unpaid bill was found among old papers.
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Auburn
N. Y
Adam P. Burkhart
Dansville
Weather Wacky Pontiac Thief Steals Garden Tools
A thief in Pontiac, Michigan, broke into a shed at the Municipal Golf Course and left with a lawn mower four shovels two rakes and a toboggan after temperatures reached 78 degrees.
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Pontiac
Mich
Anything Can Happen On Diamond
Judson Bailey surveys a wild spring week of baseball with surprising upsets and hot bats. The Browns still led the Looney League while Phillies and Athletics surged, Cincinnati slumped, and Hal Reiser of the Dodgers starred with eight hits and two homers in three games.
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St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
Dolph Camilli
Brooklyn Dodgers
DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Hal Reiser
Dodgers
Browns
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Giants
Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Exhibitions On Ball Diamonds In Training Camps
Results from yesterday's exhibitions across spring camps include New York N defeating Cleveland A 7 to 4 in New Orleans and Boston 13 Brooklyn 6 in Clearwater. St. Louis N beat New York A 4 1 in St. Petersburg, while Cincinnati N edged Boston A 9 5 in Tampa. Detroit A topped Washington CA 8 5 in Orlando. Toledo A over St. Louis A 8 6 in Harlingen. Philadelphia A beat Jersey City 7 6 in Lake Charles. Philadelphia N lost 5 2 to San Antonio TL in Brownsville. Detroit B A defeated Buffalo I 6 2 in Lakeland. Rain canceled Chicago games in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and Pittsburgh N versus San Francisco PC, and Pittsburgh N versus Oakland PC in Oakland.
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Funkhouser leases summer home near Shenandoah bridge
Charles Town March 27 R J Funkhouser has abandoned plans to build a summer home on Bushby Ridge south of the Mountain Mission and has leased the Brooke Wynkoop residence east of the Shenandoah bridge for one year starting April 1. Funkhouser, a business man linked to a company owning thousands of acres near Shannondale, resides in Hagerstown and New York.
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W. Va
R. J. Funkhouser
Bushby Ridge
Mountain Mission
Brooke Wynkoop
Shenandoah Bridge
Funkhouser
Hagerstown
New York
Shannondale
Lenten Services At Bethel Church
The Rev. E. B. Smith will conduct evangelistic Lenten services at Bethel Church each evening from Monday March 27 at 8 o clock through Friday March 31. Everyone is invited to attend.
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E. B. Smith
Gravel Springs Lutheran
Braniff Twin-Engined Flight Crashes After Motor Fails
Oklahoma City reports a Braniff 14 passenger twin engine airliner crashed after a powerful motor allegedly failed during ascent. Eight people died including Captain Claude Seaton. Four survived with injuries. survivors include Carl Erickson. Federal investigators inspect debris to determine cause.
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Braniff
Claude Seaton
Dallas
H. D. Collins
Seaton
Carl Erickson
Chicago
Capt. Seaton
Malcolm Wallace
Perry R. Smith
Corpus Christi
Tex
Apple Shipments To Foreign Markets Reported by Inge and Company
Apple shipments to foreign markets reported by Inge and Company show totals for destinations including Liverpool London Southampton Havre Hamburg Bremen Antwerp Alexandria and others with figures such as Liverpool 6804 5485 11072 London 4079 3927 5152 Havre 447 Hamburg 12030 Bremen 2434 Antwerp 2921 14749 Alexandria 756.
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Inge and Company
Liverpool
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Havre
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Bremen
Antwerp
Alexandria
Black Egg Laying Hen Shocks Kelley Swit with Dark Eggs
A young hen yields nearly black eggs, darkening Kelley Swit’s expectations of white shells in a curious poultry note. The sight contrasts with typical egg coloration and highlights unusual hen genetics or diet effects.
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