Death of Philip Carper After Long Illness
Philip Mark Carper 68 died at Memorial Hospital about 4 30 this morning after a long illness. He had farmed and for eight years worked at Mount Hebron Cemetery. His widow was the former Rosie Crowser of Frederick County who died 14 years ago. He was a member of the Sarah Zane Fire Company and the Sarah Zane Hall bell tolled in his memory. Surviving are eight children and numerous siblings. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 from his daughter Mrs Keller home with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Remains at Jones Funeral Home before removal.
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Philip Mark
Mort) Carper
Memorial Hospital
Mount Hebron
Carper
Rosie Crowser
Frederick County
Sarah Zane
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Sarah Zane Hall
Raymond Carper
el Carper
Marshall Carper
Marjorie Fuller
Ethel Carper
Colleen. Farmer
Winifred Keller
Winchester
Elsie Loy
Falls Church
Ed. Carper
Hagerstown
Mick Carper
Harry Carper
Ernest and
Holmes Carper
Elia Woore
Clearbrook
Edith McDonald
Gilbert Bayliss
Maynard Bayliss
Elso
Mrs. Keller
Gray Avenue
W. A. Wilkerson
Douglas Green
Albert Patton
Howard Patton
George Patton
Benjamin Fuller
Hunter Carver
Jones Funeral Home
Keller
Infrared Drying Cuts Labor in War Castings
Infra-red rays dry green sand molds in about 90 minutes, starting in 30 seconds, enabling faster pouring and meeting Navy specs. The process eliminates labor previously used with torches and charcoal, broadening wartime foundry use nationwide and for quick drying of painted equipment.
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Science Service
ST. Louis
American Foundrymen's Association
L. M. Duryee
Connecticult Light & Power Co
Navy
Whitehead Deer Speeds 50 MPH For Short Distances
The whitehead deer can reach speeds of 50 miles per hour over short distances, highlighting its rapid burst capability.
Death of Lester DeHaven in Martinsburg Va Falls at Store
Lester DeHaven 46 of Martinsburg W Va died suddenly of a heart attack in a downtown Martinsburg store yesterday afternoon. He was son of the late Carl and Efsie DeHaven of DeHaven Va. Survived by widow Ady Whitacre Gore and siblings Essie Alabaugh Maude Harden Winch ester Woodrow DeHaven Gray DeHaven Mabel Thelma. Funeral arrangements—Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg at 4 1 1 o clock Wednesday, then Pine Grove Cemetery for graveside rites.
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Lester DeHaven
Martinsburg
W. Va
Carl and
Efsie DeHaven
DeHaven
Ady Whitacre
Gore
Essie Alabaugh
Maude Harden
Winchester
Woodrow DeHaven
U. S. Navy
Gray DeHaven
Baltimore
Mabel
Pennsylvania
Thelma
Brown Funeral Home
Pine Grove
First Aid Classes Start At Gore High School
At Sidney Gore High School classes began April 12 with a Standard Class led by instructor Mrs George Reading and a Junior Class taught by Mrs Thelma Wise Carver and Miss Louise Franke. Students include Juanita Brill Elsie Clike Ruth Kathryn Feeley Dorothy Harbaugh Anne Hoover and many others.
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Sidney Gore High School
Thursay
Juanita Brill
Elsie Clike
Ruth Kathryn Feeley
Dorothy Harbaugh
Anne Hoover
Junior Lafolett
Junior Larrick
Rena Michael
Harry Morrison
Eva Richard
Mae Elizabeth Smoke
India Katrina Triplett
June Triplett
Mary Triplett
George Reading
Nancy Anderson
Norman Anderson
Betty Jane Anderson
Carl G. Bock
Dorothy Biggert
Richard L. Campbell
Hazel
Estella Foreman
Harrison
Foreman
Betty Halloway
Vernon Hoover
Rosemarie Hunotsberry
Hazel Johnson
Granville LaFollette
Elizada Michael
Otis Mecomber
Junior Morrison
Margaret Mauzze
Ezell Neice
Wanda Ashby
Virginia Palmer
Harold Douglas Pugh
Virginia Smith
William A. Sirbaugh
Mildred Loucille Taylor
Martha Triplett
Roy Garland Wingfield
Elsie Elizabeth Whitacre
Catherine Hulver
Calvin Fox
Douglas Lafollette
Janie Ragland
Viola Rosenberger
Thelma Wisecarver
Louise Franke
Fate of Pimlico Fall Season in Doubt
Maryland Jockey Club reports 15 day spring season mutuel handle at Pimlico totaled 10.09 million dollars, a 20 percent rise over last year, with a daily average of 672 865 dollars. A State Racing Commission meeting next week will decide whether Pimlico receives fall racing days as Gov O Connor signs a bill enabling up to 50 days for a track. The club also hosted a five day charity meet raising over 79 000 dollars for the national war fund.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
State Racing Commission
Maryland Jockey Club
Mutuel
Herbert R. O’conor
General Assembly
National War Fund
Treasury Status May Receipts Expenditures Debt Daily Change
The Treasury report for May shows receipts of 123,565,649.91 dollars and expenditures 267,577,040.29 dollars. Gross debt stands at 136,028,845,482.36 dollars, an increase of 143,752,061.34 dollars from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Radio Industry Faces Changes In Business Deals
Supreme Court upholds FCC regulations striking at exclusive options that local stations grant networks to air programs nationwide. NBC and CBS warned the ruling will force networks to negotiate with hundreds of stations for each show, instead of relying on long term options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Commission
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcast Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
NBC
CBS
Nationwide Broadcasting
Rain shortage cripples May peas and truck crops in Virginia
Norfolk report says continued drought will yield a much poorer May pea crop in Princess Anne county and harming strawberries, soy beans, and other truck crops. Early picked berries fetch about 40 cents a quart. prices on Carolina blocks are higher. Authorities consider importing Bahamian farm workers to meet harvest needs.
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Norfolk
Princess Anne County
H. W. Ozlin
F. W. Pearson
Pearson
Wallace, N
Wheat futures rise on bullish crop report
Chicago grain quotations show wheat futures up as much as 7 to 8 cents at the opening, backed by a bullish government crop report issued after yesterday's close. Rye and oats also advance with higher opening prices.
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Chicago
Local Medical Men Lead War Service Support
Winchester and Roanoke contribute more physicians to armed forces than any city in the state. The hospital reports staffing shifts, new administrators Miss Beaulah M. Brown and Miss Sara Hamilton, and a sound financial position with a small operating loss and growing endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Roanoke
Armed Services
Hospital
Peeths
Army
Navy i Ee
Department of Nursing
Mary J. McCone
Miss Brown
Beaulah M. Brown
Waynesboro
Bennett J. McCarthy
Hamilton
Army Nursing Corps
Sara Hamilton
Mississippi
United States Buys Silk Abroad in 1939
In 1939 the United States imported 51.6 million pounds of raw silk from foreign nations at a total cost of 121 million dollars. The purchase highlights wartime supply priorities and foreign trade patterns before World War II.
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United States
Buckner Escaped Mortification By Hair Breadth
Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. recalls nearly being captured on American soil at Kiska in the Aleutians last June. He flew to Kiska in late May to urge reinforcement, stayed three days due to weather, and left May 30. Japanese forces occupied the island June 4 to 6. ten Navy weather station personnel were killed or captured.
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Kiska
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Buckner
Washington
Spiritual strength claimed superior in Tokyo air force noted
Lieutenant General Ashinari Uchida admitted Japan’s air force lacks technical knowledge but asserted Japan’s spiritual strength surpasses American. He, as director of aeronautical affairs, urged greater war production and said Japan must attack the American mainland by air as the Pacific war moves toward a critical phase.
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Ashinari Uchida
Tokyo
OWI
Uchida
Gen
Japan
Massachusetts Adopts Final Original State Constitution
Massachusetts completed the adoption of a written constitution, becoming the last of the original thirteen states to ratify a formal framework. This marks the end of a lengthy process defining state governance and legal foundations.
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Massachusetts
Flood Threat Grips Northwest Arkansas Cities
Lowland residents from Fort Smith to Harrison faced rising creeks and swollen rivers as flood warnings spread. The Arkansas and White Rivers were forecast to rise with highways and rail lines cut off. Red Cross workers and Camp Chaffee soldiers supervised evacuations while Eureka Springs suffered damage from Leatherwood Creek washing out two railroad bridges between Missouri and Arkansas.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Warrison
Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Arkansas
White
Red Cross
Camp Chaffee
Eureka Springs
Leatherwood Creek
There
Seligman, Mo
Ration Office Closes Thursday Meeting on War Rationing
The district conference will be held at Front Royal at the school on Thursday, May 10 a.m. The meeting covers new war developments in rationing and price boards. Rationing officers and volunteers are invited to attend. The ration office will be closed all Thursday.
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Price
Front Royal
V. OG
War Price and
Rati Board
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Philip Carper
G. L. Grim Radio Shop
Nat. Ave
George W. Kurtz
Gore High
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Colgate
Palmolive
Silica
N. Loudoun St
Evening Star
Wall Aper
Rollerkoater
Miller’s Hardware
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Peysaes
McCarthy
Certified Public Accountants
Virginia Lines
Georgette H. Bull
Mellon Foundation
Mellon
Come
General Tire
George Washington Garage
Geo. T. Barnsley
Loudoun St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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