Locals Prepare for Park Opens Season Against Prince George Club
The Winchester Park team hosts the Prince George Athletic Club of Maryland Sunday at 3 P M at Winchester Park Virginia. Manager Mallory announced a tentative starting lineup including Du vall Swanson Luby McQuillian McDimick Crowl Keller Patton and Burch. Fans are encouraged to attend as the Park Association seeks an opening win after weeklong preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Park Association
Prince George Athletic Club
Eastern Shore
Maryland
Co. B. Mallory
Duvall
Swanson
Luby
McQuillian
McDimick
Crowl
Keller
Patton
Burch
The
Beautifiers Of Pike To Meet In Staunton May 12
Groups from Route 11 communities will assemble in Staunton May 12 to hear the report of the organization committee and to organize for beautification of the historic pike. Delegates have attended meetings from Roanoke to Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Hrrisonburg
Strasburg
State Highway Department
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisonsburg
Har
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Roanoke
Winchester
Leaders Of 4-H Clubs Schedule Week Meetings
The home agent's schedule for May 9 to 14 lists Gore Bryarly and other 4-H clubs meeting for project work trainings and demonstrations. Iva Byrd Johnson of Blacksburg will present on undergarment cutting and finishes. various clubs plan regular meetings and a quilting party at Gravel Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryarly
County Court House
Iva Byrd Johnson
Blacksburg
Gravel Springs
Harold Cooper
Gainsboro 4-H Club
North Frederick
Paul Braithwaite
Armel 4-H
Mt View
C H. Harbaugh
Round Hill
Miller
White Hall
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs Carver at Mount Williams
The late Mrs An nie Elizabeth Carver of Mount Williams died Thursday night in Berryville while nursing. Relatives meet at Miss Emily McCormick s Berryville home at 1 pm for procession to St John s Church Mount Williams for service by Revs Luttrell and Tucker. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by three brothers and her sons. she was twice married, first to Samuel G Noakes of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily McCormick
Berryville
St. John’s Church
Mount Williams
W. O. Luttrell
Louis Tucker
Mount Hebron
Redown Benedict Arnold Novel At Handley Library
A new historical novel by Frank O. Hough titled Redown chronicles Benedict Arnold and his rise to wartime fame at Saratoga followed by his infamous betrayal. The book describes his debts obscurity and lingering calls to duty as a dramatic portrait of a notorious figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict Arnold
Frank O. Hough
Arnold
Saratoga
Nigel SR
Judas Isca
Handley Library
Work On Municipal Hangar Resumes With Finishing Hope
The hangar at the new municipal landing field, delayed by scarce fittings, has resumed work and may near completion. Captain A H Perkinson of Richmond, aiding A H Pettigrew, inspected the largely framed structure and noted side sheet metal. New field features two runways, 500 feet wide by 1,800 feet long, already used by several aircraft this year.
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Municipal Landing Field
A. H. Perkinson
Richmond
A. H. Pettigrew
Winchester
Perkinson
Sun Shines on 64th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
Weather favors a near record Derby crowd as ten three year olds prepare for the 64th Kentucky Derby. Fox remains top choice with Bull Lea hotly pursued. betting light early as fans await post time around 4:30 pm CST.
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Churchill Downs
Fighting Fox
Bull Lea
CHURCHILL _ DOWNS
Louisville
Universitys of Louisville
Indiana
Ench
Fox
Warren Wright
Hal Price Headley
Menow
Herbert M. Woolf
Lawrin
Maxwell Howard
The
Chief
South End Hose To Hear Sermon Sunday Evening
Members of the South End Hose Company will attend divine services in their own hall at 8 o clock tomorrow evening. Rev. S. J. Goode of the Church of Christ and chaplain of the company will deliver a sermon and conduct the worship. Friends of the firemen are invited. Hymns include Coronation The Old Rugged Cross Onward Christian Soldiers and The Way of the Cross Leads Home. The program includes scripture readings prayers readings by Mrs. L. B. Whitacre and selections by the Gore quartet. Office rs are J. C. Sheetz J. H. Lillis and J. E. Armel Ushers are Stover Clark Charles Mowery J. H. Lillis and Howard Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Hose Company
J. Goode
Church of Christ
Old Rugged Cross
City to Begin New Storm Sewer Work After Braddock Street
City Manager A M Field said work will start on a storm sewer project near Robinson Cole Storage Company after the Braddock street project finishes. The South Brad dock line will be shorter and may need blasting. drainage will be provided in front of the Zero Pack plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Field
Robinson Cole Storage Company
Braddock Street
South Braddock Project
Relief May Cost Three Billions in Next Fiscal Year
Harry L. Hopkins testified before a House subcommittee that the relief program may cost 3 billion dollars in the full next fiscal year, instead of the 1 billion anticipated. He projected a peak load of about 3.1 million relief clients next winter and said 1.25 billion would cover 2.6 million people until October with potential rise to 3.1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Budget Bureau
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Hopkins
She Claims He Did Her Wrong
Gaye Melton a show girl filed a $200,000 suit in Superior Court alleging William Koenig seduced her on a patio yacht near Catalina Island last June. She seeks $100,000 for seduction and $100,000 for breach of promise. the complaint says Koenig’s marriage plans were a ruse. Koenig was formerly general manager of production at Universal Studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gaye Melton
Superior Court Today
William Koenig
Hollywood Film Studio
Catalina Island
Miss Melton
Koenig
Universal Studios
Because of You My Mother by Grace England Turner
A poem praising a mother, expressing gratitude for guidance and love. The speaker vows to pursue goodness, light, and joyous womanhood, hoping to walk with the mother in heaven someday. The author Grace England Turner is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Heaven
Grace England Turner
Boston Letter Threats Hit Governor’s Daughter Case
A 41 year old social worker confessed to writing a letter threatening Governor Hurley’s daughter. Police Captain John F. Stokes said the man was sent to a psychopathic hospital for observation today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John F. Stokes
Charles F.hurley
Psychopathic Hospital
WPA Strike Shifts to Monthly Saturday Work Schedule
WPA employees in Camden Gloucester and Salem counties walked out today protesting a new schedule that would require work one Saturday each month.
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Camden
N. J
WPA
Gloucester
Salem Counties
Wedding Invitations Announcements at Star Job Print
Invitations issued for a wedding printed at Star Job Print. The notice lists the couple's names, wedding date and venue details, reflecting a formal local social announcement.
Tournaments Scheduled By Local Golfers
Mrs E R Coffey announces the Winchester Golf Club will hold first women’s cone golf meeting on May 10 at 9 30 AM. Handicap rules begin June 1 with no entry fee. prizes provided by the club. The men’s committee reports a 20 man team will play Martinsburg tomorrow, Staunton on May 15, and Purcellville on May 29. results to be printed in The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Coffey
Winchester Golf Club
B. B. Dutton
Philip Williams
Anne B. Kern
Staunton
Stonewall Jackson
Purcellville
Star
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Carver In Berryville
Mrs Annie Elizabeth Carver aged resident of Mount Williams Frederick died Thursday evening at Miss Emily McCormicks Berryville home. Relatives meet at 1 pm at McCormick residence then go to St Johns Church Mount Williams for service conducted by Revs Luttrell and Tucker followed by interment. Carver native of Mount Williams area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Elizabeth Carver
Berryville
Emily McCormick
McCormick
St. John’s Church
Mount Williams
W. O. Luttrell
Berryville M. E. Church
South
Tucker
Carver
Frederick
Lewis may seek White House bid via Pennsylvania primary
James L. McDevitt, head of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, says CIO chief John L. Lewis would be on the march to the White House if he captured the majority party in Pennsylvania. He calls Lewis interest in the May 17 Pennsylvania primary a last desperate effort to control the Keystone state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James L. McDevitt
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor
CIO
John L. Lewis
White House
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Track At Bel Air To Be Improved
Bel Air Maryland May 7 G Raymond Bryson general manager announced an eighty thousand dollar program of improvements including a new club house. New sections will be built between the two present grand stands increasing seating to ten thousand the largest of the states five minor tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Air
G. Raymond Bryson
Supreme Court Adjourning For Summer After Tuesday Opinions
The Supreme Court announced it would adjourn for the summer after delivering opinions on Tuesday May 31. Justices completed filings and prepared for the break, with opinions issued on the final court day of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Borah scrutinizes alleged Pennsylvania slush fund
Senator Borah released a telegram from Bertram G. Frazier of Philadelphia accusing Joseph Pew Moses Annenberg and Joseph R. Grundy of financing a large slush fund in the Pennsylvania Republican primary. Frazier claims the fund aims to back candidates for governor lieutenant governor and US Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Bertram G. Frazier
Philadelphia
Zier
Pennsylvania
Frazier
Joseph Pew
Oil Company
United States
Joseph R. Grundy
Moses Annenberg
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
United States Senate
WPA employment rises from 1.45 million to 2.53 million
Harry L. Hopkins told the House appropriations committee that WPA project employment grew from 1,448,855 on September 25, the low point of the current year, to 2,530,255 on April 16. His testimony, before a subcommittee, included a state by state table of WPA employment and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works’ Progress
House Appropriations Committee
Cash Loans Boom as Firms Seek Reconstruction Finance aid
Washington reports booming demand for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan program with 20.4 million dollars lent in 2.5 months and 55 million in additional applications. loans span Maine, New York, New Jersey, Kansas, Georgia, Michigan, and Alabama as banks increasingly push project financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maine
West Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Kansas Stove
Georgia
Michigan
Alabama
Jesse H. Jones
Steeplechasers Awaiting Call at Virginia Gold Cup
A half hundred of the east's top steeplechasers gathered in Warrenton for the seventeenth Virginia Gold Cup. Mrs. Frank M. Gould seeks a second leg on the $1,000 trophy with Ostend, the 1937 winner, entering the four mile timber test. Ostend is favored in a six-horse field after strong showings at Camden Middlebury and the Maryland cup races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
Frank M. Gould
Ostend
Camden Middlebury
Gould
Traffic Ends Downtown Strike in Pittsburgh Arbitration Pact
Traffic returned to normal in Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle after a six day strike that left 20,000 parking spaces empty. An agreement to arbitrate union demands for higher wages and shorter hours ended the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Baptists Report 1937 Gains Across Departments
Richmond Virginia May 7 1937 E P Aldridge statistical secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board said today that for the first time since the depression Southern Baptists showed gains in all departments in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Southern Baptists
E. P. Aldridge
The
Baptist Sunday School Board
National Labor Board Ordered To File Inland Steel Record
Chicago May 7 The National Labor Relations Board must file with the United States Circuit Court of Appeals a complete record of its proceedings in the Inland Steel Company hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Inland Steel Company
Fruit Damage Signs Noticed In Augusta Co
Damage to apples by freezing reported in Augusta County and surrounding areas. A Winchester orchardist visiting the county found limited sample data and said the full extent will be known after the June drop. Temperatures dipping below freezing after buds formed tempered optimism among local growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta County
Winchester
Augusta
Frederick
Appraise Estate of Col Roszel Valued at $10018.06
The estate of the late Col Brantz M Roszel long time Shenandoah Valley Academy superintendent is appraised at $10018.06. The valuation was certified and filed with Clark M Smith Clerk of the Corporation Court. Appraisers were T rs ae J V Arthur and E G usk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Brantz M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Clark M. Smith
Corporation Court
T. Rs Ae J
Blonde Bombshell Causes Stir At El Morocco Across Ramos
A dramatic scene unfolds as a blonde attacker at El Morocco hurls multiple full highball glasses toward Argentine Arturo Ramos to seize his attention. After a chaotic disruption, Ramos escorts her to the foyer, and friends take the intoxicated figure home as the pair resume their earlier quiet chat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handsome Ramos
Arturo
Ramos
el Morocco
Niobe
Ramos Addie Brooks
Lutherans Conference Set for Winchester Week
Announcement of the Winchester Conference of the Lutheran Synod Virginia to be held at St Paul Church near Fawcett Gap on Thursday and Friday May 12 and 13. Clergy and lay delegates from the low Shenandoah Valley area are expected with a filled program of services, devotions, reports, discussions on parish education and evangelism, and a closing session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
The
Lutheran Synod
Virginia
St. Pau
Stephens Ci
St. Paul’s
Fawcett Gap
Winchester Conference
Shenandoah Valley
Wardenville
Shepherdstown
John Fray
J. P. Deck
F. B. Lingle
Whithyme
Parish Church School Board
Glaize
É. K. Rhodes
Josey
FP. Fry
P. E. Shealy
Miss Blair Returns From REA Meeting in Virginia
Miss Madeline Blair and fellow Northern Virginia home agents attended a Rural Electrification Association meeting in Harrisonburg Virginia. The program featured electric appliances demonstrations and meals cooked by electricity with participation from Swink VPI assistant agricultural engineer and Clara R E A chief with Mrs Bohannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Blair
Harrisonburg
Virginia
R. Belle Burke
Chalottesville
Home Agen
M Swink
Clara
Bohannon
Wastington
D. C
Notice to Home Seekers at Magruder Nursey in Winchester
Two properties for sale including a plant nursery with oil heat and electric beds. Business established offering good opportunity for the right man. Possible tourist home operation in connection with the nursery. Apply F. W. Magruder 552 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia May 5 1966.
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Magruder
F. W. Magruder
North
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Virginia
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Small Loan & Finance CO. Inc
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George B. Carver
Derby
South End
Harry Hopkins
House
Martinsburg
Elaine Judith Colan
Helaine Judith Colan
Herman An
Estelle
Trafic
Baptists
Augusta Co
Col
Roszel
Lutherans
St. Paul Church
C. J. Ric
F. B. Ling
J. Rice
H. Kibler
W. B. Snydt
E. B. Cooper
America
Ee D. D
W. Kibler
J. A. Keisier
Miss Blair
REA
ASCO
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