Seventh Grade Class Tours Star Plant
Twenty seventh graders from Handley School with Miss Erma Kelley visited The Winchester Evening Star plant. They examined teletype machines, linotype, stereotyping, and the rotary press, learning how the Star prints and transmits news as part of their newspaper project.
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Handley School
Erma Kelley
Winchester Evening Star
Miss Kelly
Horace McInturff
Pete Yeatras
Harry Himelurff
Pete Hamman
Betty Jane Turner
Lucille Weaver
Betty Pries
Irvine Johnson
Lois Jensen
Aspacia Sempeles
Evelyn Preston
Betty Hengeveld
Allen Harman
Mae Fauver
Rhodes Huntst«ry, Jr
Neil Driver
Gwen Lindstrom
Alice Ann Amos
Pavey Lupton
Mary Ellen Flenner
Anne Cover Barton
Star
Training School Enrolls 58 at Bunker Hill Event
Ridgeway West Virginia reports a Church of the South Berkeley Methodist training school at Bunker Hill High School March 15 through 22. Enrollment reached 58 with two courses offered The Spirit and Genius of Methodism taught by Rev. Mr. McNeer and Christian Worship led by Rev. H M Amoss. After 20th session 33 credits were issued total 18 for Christian Worship and 15 for The Spirit and Genius.
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Bunker
Real estate offerings on Valley Pike and vicinity
Listing of multiple properties for sale across Valley Pike and nearby streets including 8 to 14 room brick and frame homes, tourist houses, a service station with cabins, farms and acreage, with prices from 2 700 to 12 500 and notes on financing. Also notes ready for business and gentleman’s farms with orchards and outbuildings. Rentals and potential storefront use included.
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Valley Pike
Richard Ave
Boscawen St
Boscawen & Stewart
Tges
Southwerk Street
Berryville Pike
Berryville Avenue
National Avenue
East Cork Street
Luray. Va
Strasburg
Route 118
National 4-H Farm and Home Accounting Activity Set
The National 4-H Farm and Home Accounting Activity for 1939 invites 4-H members under 21 to keep farm, home, or crop enterprise books. Entries require a 12 month span, inventories, receipts and costs, and a 1000 word summary. awards totaling 4350 dollars from International Harvester will be given in blue red and white groups.
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International Harvester Company
Nausea After Anesthetic May Be Controlled
A Boston scientist reports benzidrine as a promising method to curb post anesthesia nausea though safety remains uncertain. Dr Henry K Beecher of Massachusetts General Hospital notes the drug, previously used for colds and alcoholism, may shorten the intoxication period after anesthesia amid ongoing studies into central nervous system activity.
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Boston
Henry K. Beecher
Massachusetts General Hospital
Beecher
Montreal
Toronto
New England
Fight Resumes After No Contest Bout in Baltimore
Boxing match restarted after judges ruled the bout a no contest on the earlier card. John Kopovich and Vince De Paula resumed in the middle of the third round, completed the six round fight, and Kopovich won a decision.
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Baltimore
John Kopovich
Vince de Paula
Kopovich
Mountain Fires Char Cumberland Area Blazes Grow
More than 200 acres of Allegany county timberland burned over the weekend as warm dry weather heightens fire danger. District Forest Warden Urner Wigfield reported large blazes on Will's mountain north of the Narrows burning about 40 acres and on the east side of Dan's mountain near Rawlings with flames covering 25 acres.
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Cumberland
Allegany County
Urner Wigfield
Will's Mountain
Narrows
Dan's Mountain
Rawlings
Virginia's state growth over a decade shows tax balance
Virginia expanded state government from 4 600 to 12 000 employees and expenditures rose from 32 371 261 to 70 308 983 dollars from 1926 to 1937. Growth came with ABC profits, highway spending rise, unemployment insurance, federal aid, and broadened social programs without new taxes.
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Richmond
Robert C. Harper
J. H. Bradford
ABC
Highway Department
Virginia
UCC
Clash anticipated over doctors rights and public welfare
Dr Frank B Thompkins president of the Eastern Osteopathic Association says physicians may need to adjust private rights to align with public rights. He supports socialization of needed health care but opposes elimination of private practice.
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New York
Frank B. Thompkins
Baltimore
Eastern Osteopathic Association
Association
Thompkins
Cherry Blossoms To Attract Throng
The Japanese cherry blossoms in Washington are expected to reach peak beauty over the coming weekend attracting thousands of motorists from Maryland Virginia and nearby states. Park Service officials anticipate peak bloom by next Friday barring unusually cold weather. Early blooms near the tidal basin with a second variety about ten days later near the East Potomac Park drive.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
The
Park Service
Tidal
East Potomac Park
Public assistance expansion fuels larger governmental relief systems
The expansion of governmental services necessitates a broader public relief setup and the enlargement of financial administration systems to manage the increased welfare programs and aid distribution.
Prepared For Defense Is Prepared For Defense
Baltimore report quotes Col. Charles F. Russell, former Irish air force commander and WWI hero, predicting an enemy would sacrifice 75 percent of any air squadron against London. He is recovering at Johns Hopkins Hospital and says England will defend its capital with or without allies. He downplays Germany’s air strength and claims German planes are inferior to the Royal Air Force.
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Baltimore
Charles F.russell
London
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Russell
England
France
English Channel
North Sea
Germany
America
Royal Air Force
U. S. Attache Kept On The Run Through Europe
Washington dispatch notes Maj. Lowell M. Riley the former U S military attache in Austria and later Prague now stationed at the U S legation in Romania as Hitler redraws postings after the Anschluss and seizure of Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Hitler
Maj
Lowell M. Riley
United States
Legation
Austria
Riley
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Majors Browed and Full of Orange Juice About Ready To Break Camps
Atlanta writer Gayle Talbot surveys 1939 baseball prospects in the American and National Leagues. The Yankees appear strong with potential shifts around Lou Gehrig and Lefty Gomez, while Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and Cincinnati show varying improvements and risks. Cubs and Giants face doubts, Reds boast depth and pennant chances, Bees loom if last year’s leaders slip, with star players named across teams.
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Gayle Talbot
Atlanta
Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Lefty Gomez
Red Ruffing
St. Petersburg
Gehrig
Babe Dahlgren
Boston Red Sox
Yanks
Detroit Tigers
Sox
Ted Williams
Tigers
Schoolboy Rowe
Fred Hutchinson
Cleveland
Johnny Allen
Washington Senators
Bucky Harris
Cincinnati
Will McKechnie
Faw
Reds
Lefty Grissom
Chicago Cubs
Bill Jurges
Giants
Cubs
Pittsburgh
Hubbell
Schumacher
Marinette Menominee Smelt Carnival Names Contest
The Marinette Menominee smelt carnival committee in Marinette Wisconsin considers new glamorous names for the silvery catch. A prize of 25 pounds of smoked smelt is offered to entice a name that adds appeal and draws crowds.
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Marinettte
Wis
Mich
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Omps Funeral Home
Berry- Seng
Winchester
Meek
Millwood Avenue
Front Royal Road
Richard’s Avenue
Morningside Drive
Shenandoah Avenue
Shawnee and
Whitlock
Hagerstown
Peter P. Ragland
Manu Ie
Jerce
First National Bank
Powell
Wyoming
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Earl Durand
Durand
Ials
Shields
Howe
Firestone Battery
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
N. Loudoun St
U. S
General Electric
General
Miller “” Anderson
Front Royal
South
Johnny Vander Meer
Paul Ringer
Bucky Walters
Moore
Grissom
Ernie Lombardi
Willard Herserger
Frank Cormick
Dolph
Brooklyn
Bill Werber
Sweet Ou
Ival Goodman
Craft
Wally Berger
Boston Bees
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Studebaker
Tudebaker
Lottery
South Bend
Raymond Loewy
King of
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Dellinger
E. Piccadilly St
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