Frank J Best long-time Santa Fe railroad man retires
Frank J Best a Frederick native and dean of Oklahoma railway men retires May 1 after 53 years with the Santa Fe Railway Co. At 73 he plans a trip to Winchester Virginia and a return to private life, with golf and flowers his leisure goals.
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Frank J. Best
Brucetown
Winchester
Mr. Best
William J. Frances Jefferson Best
Arto Hgere
Olin
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Oklahoma Railway Men
Santa Fe Railway Co
Best
Shenandoah Valley
The
Santa Fe
Topeka
Guthrie
Douglass
Kan
Newkirk
Ponca City
Oklahoma City
State Capitol
Lake Overholser
May Head P.T.A. Nominee for 43rd Convention
Mrs. William Kletzer of Portland Oregon is nominated for a three year term as president of the national P.T.A. at the 43rd annual convention in Omaha Nebraska.
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William Kletzer
Portland
Oregon
P.T.A
Omaha
Nebraska
Best family ties mark Clinton farewell for longtime official
Best, married to Mamie Hartenbower since Christmas 1894 in Douglas, leaves four grandchildren William Thompson, Marylyn Ann, Charles Otis, and Frank. Daughter Mrs Otis C Thompson resides in Clinton. Successor Henry T Anderson, Guthrie agent, takes over duties.
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Best
Mamie Hartenbower
Douglas
Otis C. Thompson
Clinton
William Best
Thompson
University of Oklahoma
Marylyn Ann
Charles Otis
Frank
Henry T. Anderson
Guthrie
Private employers add 18 percent more hires in March
Federal Security Administrator McNutt released figures showing private employers increased hires by 18 percent in March versus a year earlier. He noted rising demand in industry and commerce and that idle workers are slowly being absorbed.
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Washington
McNutt
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Roosevelt
WPA
CCC
National Youth Administration
Office of Education
Special Service at Pentecostal Mission Saturday May 4
A special service is announced for Saturday May 4 at 8 o clock at the Pentecostal Mission 113 South Cameron Street. Rev J B Shade stated the Rev Lake Gilbert from Knoxville Md will preach. There will be special music.
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Pentecostal Mission
South Cameron Street
Shade
Lake Gilbert
Knoxville
Destruction By Airplanes Is Described Near Narvik
J Norman Lodge reports from Formofoss near Namsos Norway describing German air raids on allied troops that left lower Namsos wrecked with cratered squares and charred ruins. British and French anti aircraft batteries were newly deployed to defend the area.
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J. Norman Lodge
Associaed
Narvik
Namsos
Norway
Formofoss
Germany
Albemarle Peach Crop Seen At Half Normal in Crozet
Ray W. Warrick, Crozet fruit grower, doubts a total loss from the freeze and estimates 50 percent of a normal commercial peach crop in Crozet this season. He bases this on orchard observations after the cold wave, noting 400 to 500 carloads versus a normal 800 carloads. Some growers fear near wipeout but expect some fruit for domestic use. Mrs. Bush's Sister Dies.
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Ray W. Warrick
Crozet
Albemarle County
Mr. Warrick
Death of Mrs Effie L Everhart at Lovettsville
Mrs Effie L Everhart age 62 of Lovettsville Loudoun county died Tuesday morning due to illness. She leaves husband Harry E Everhart and four sons and a daughter all of Lovettsville. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 PM at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Lovettsville with Rev Tobler officiating. Interment in adjoining cemetery.
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Walter H. Bush
Effie L. Everhart
Lovettsville
Loudoun County
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Mr. Tobler
Potomac Synod meeting ends with pension plan talk
Frederick Md May 1 final session of the Potomac Synod Evangelical and Reformed Church highlighted election of officers committee reports and a debate on a pension plan Representatives from Maryland the District of Columbia and Virginia attended Six delegates ministers and lay members were named to attend the general synod at Lancaster Pa in June The committee on Evangelism urged a stronger drive and cited Rev Harvey A Fesperman of Hagerstown The principal speaker yesterday was Rev Dr Charles E Schaeffer secretary of National Missions from Philadelphia
Prayer Service at Grace Church This Evening
A prayer service will be held at Grace Church at 7 30 this evening. The sermon topic is Personal Evangelism.
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Grace Church
Seasonal exemption found for Appalachian apple storage industry
The Wage and Hour Division announced that cold storage of apples in the Appalachian Area is an industry of a seasonal nature and partially exempt from hours provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. A 15 day window for petitions for review was opened by Col. Philip B. Fleming. The Appalachian Area spans parts of Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and West Virginia with 16 warehouses including Winchester Cold Storage.
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Associated Press
The
Star
Washington
Appalachian
Harold Stein
Hearings
United States Department of Labor
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Register
Alleghany Mountains
Blueee Mountains
Virginia
Albemarle
Nelson
Amherst
Bedford
Henry
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
United States
Winchester Cold Storage Company, Inc
Stein
Envoy Returns Her and Apple Warehouses
Regional apple storage warehouses operate only September to November for harvest and rest of year for maintenance and sales. A regional group of warehouses functions as a branch of an industry with large export share, handling York Imperial apples and storage only, ceasing operations after receiving apples.
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York
Jobe Family Visit Noted in Brucetown Notes
Brucetown, Va. May 1 Mrs. E. B. Jobe and son from Winchester visited their aunt Miss Belle Jobe on Wednesday afternoon. Many friends of Mrs. J. R. Smith are pleased to learn she ...
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Brucetown
Jobe and Son
Winchester
Belle Jobe
J. R. Smith
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Frederick
United Food
Loudoun St. Winchester
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Reformed Church
Foxhall
Herbert Re
Washington, D. C
Tuo
J. B. Bradeley
Tom Price
Ashby Price
New Market
Ada Hollis
Eeburg
W. Va
Fala
J Snapp
Sund
B.C
Lynn W. Franklin
U. S
Stockholm
New York
Sweden
Plaza Min
Sunshine Cleaners
East Piccadilly
al Ee
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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