Bishop Peele Opens New Montague Avenue Church
Bishop W W Peele spoke at the opening and a union service in Winchester yesterday and last night at Market Street Church. He outlined three Methodist objectives including spiritual liberation, educated leadership, and a relentless passion to save the world. Offerings were shared between Montague Avenue and Greenwood churches for building costs.
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Winchester
W. W. Peele
Montague Avenue
Union
Market Street Methodist Church
J. Norris Hering
Baltimore
Ebert Memorial
Market Street
C. L. Reiter
Harry G. Balthis
W. W. McIntyre
D. D
Herman McKay
T. M. Swann
K Street Church
Tyre
Peele
Christ
Pas ‘Sion
Greenwood
Richmond visit highlights regional ministers gathering
The narrative notes a guest staying in Richmond as he was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre for a dinner honoring ministers of the Winchester area and their wives. Earlier, Bishop and Mrs. Peele and others joined the Swanns for dinner at the Wayside Inn in Middletown.
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Richmond
McIntyre
Winchester
Bishop
Peele
T. M. Swann
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Amplifying Data On Accounting Practices Furthered
The article reviews growing use of accounting machines in cities and counties, noting improvements over handwritten municipal records. It explains that changes in local book-keeping will be procedural, not a full system revision, to fit new maintenance methods.
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Barney
Apple Crop Begins Well In This Area
Richmond reports indicate mixed fruit prospects with freezes in April causing damage to peaches cherries pears and plums in the southern counties though overall apple buds largely survived. Central area weather hindered fruit set while northern areas show favorable outlook except York orchards. Wheat conditions vary with late seeding and winter storms weighing on yields. 1939 crop totals show 7 511 000 bushels and rye harvest near 40 percent of fall sown 52 000 acres.
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Richmond
Henry M. Taylor
Taylor
York
Steve Brodie's Brooklyn Bridge Jump Date
The famed stunt occurred on July 23, 1886, when Steve Brodie leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
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Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
N. H
City records to be revised for machine use
The auditor noted that converting hand kept records to machine readable form requires many procedure changes and revisions of city forms. The surveys aim to gain expert guidance in these revisions and procedure changes for future machine use.
Strong Mobile Defense Urged On War Plans
The article details calls for a stronger mobile defense and a larger army. General Marshall recommends 15,000 more regulars to form an additional infantry division and expand mechanized units. Navy revisions will be reviewed at a House Naval Committee inquiry opening Tuesday.
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Congress
George C. Marshall
Army
George W. Strong
Marshall
House Naval Committee
New Books Added to Handley Library Shelves
Handley Library adds a mix of fiction and non fiction titles. Notable novels include The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley. Non fiction titles cover careers reading techniques and public welfare topics.
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Handley Library
Pearl Buckintment
Frankau
Germany
Erick Mann
Patience of Maigret
George Simenon
Gas
Hall and Hardhoft
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
John Steinbeck
Dorothy Hewlett
Love Is Only Cure of War at New Market Anniversary
Rev. Roy D. Coulter urged love in the heart as the only path to peace at the 716th Battle of New Market anniversary in New Market. Veterans, V. M. I. cadets, and bands from Shenandoah county and Mt. Jackson joined a parade of 600 people, with children placing flowers on graves and taps by Bugler Michael Crim concluding ceremonies.
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New Market
Roy D. Coulter
Congregational Christian Church
St. Mathews Cemetery
Coulter
Lewis Koon
Memorial Society
United Daughters of Confederacy
Michael Crim
Shenandoah County
Mt. Jackson
Hospital Board Meets Tomorrow
The Memorial Hospital board of directors will hold its annual meeting at the hospital tomorrow. The session starts at 1 p.m. with a lunch break announced during the program.
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Board of Directors
Memorial Hospital
Divorce Granted in Desertion Case Cooper v Cooper
A partial divorce decree was granted in Corporation Court in the case of Mrs. Katherine Cooper versus Marion Cooper on grounds of desertion.
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Corporation Court
Katherine Cooper
Marion Cooper
Missionary Reports Highlight Unfinished Task Theme
Reports on missionary work in Liberia presented at the Women of the Winchester Conference in Stephens City Virginia. Miss Laura Gilliland described Evangelical, educational and medical efforts, noting local leaders' faith and the role of medical aid in gaining trust.
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Stephens City
Winchester
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Trinity Church
F. L. Roof
Laura Gilliland
Africa
Liberia
Roanoke
Synodical Missionary Society
India
R. H. Andersen
Synod
America
John H. Pray
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Belle Crigler
Madison
P. E. Shealey
Woodstock
A. R. Shumate
Waynesboro
Toms Brook
J. A. Keisler, Jr
Carl A Honeycutt
H. M. Supinger
John Fray
J. T. Frye
Wardensville
Carl A. Honeycutt
F. B. Lingle
Strasburg
W. H. Kibler
Quicksburg
Frances Jenkins
Stras
Young Women’s Circle of
Mt. Calvary
Mt. Jackson
Answers to Today's Quiz Review Page Four
Answers listed include names such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Wallis Warfield Simpson. Questions cover figures like John Barry John Paul Jones and geopolitical bodies like the House of Lords. The quiz also mentions postal rates thirteen or twelve cents and identifies actor as the final clue type.
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Aenore Roosevelt
John Barry
John Paul Jones
House of Lords
House of Omanens
Pacific End
San
Middletown Grange Plans Annual Safety Contest
A Middletown Grange special committee leads an annual safety program contest with National Grange support across 36 states. Thirty three cash awards await top rural safety contributors. A Haymarket rally nearby drew a large Grange delegation. new membership applications were received.
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Middletown Grange
2 & Brumback
Hammond
Tareaset Brumback
Grange
National Grange
Thomas H. MacDonald
Gladys Hammond
Edna Brumback
R. H Hammond
B. O. Brumback
D. N. Gruver
Haymarket
Bull Run
German assault seeks quick win by splitting Allied forces
A British source reports the main German attack on the lowlands is developing as expected with aims to wedge the Belgian and Dutch armies apart. Indications suggest the Nazis will stake nearly everything to win the war quickly.
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London
Eee
W. W. Glass Urges Eagles to Reciprocate Mothers Good
Former Winchester mayor W. W. Glass spoke at Mother's Day exercises by Winchester Aerie No. 824 Fraternal Order of Eagles at Braddock Street Methodist Church. He urged members to reciprocate their mothers' kindness and lauded mothers' roles in sustaining virtue and order.
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Winchester Aerie No
Order of Eagles
Braddock Street Methodist Church
W. W. Glass
Winchester
Mr. Glass
Fraternal
Boys’ Town
Nebraska
Glass
L. G. Bridgers
Star of the United Brethren Arch
Lillian Milleson
G. C. Ritter, Jr
Germans Lose 400 Planes In Three Days
Paris reports an official French compilation estimating that Germany lost 400 airplanes in the first three and a half days of a new drive. It notes 34 shot down by French anti aircraft guns and 88 by French and British aircraft in France and Belgium, with 50 destroyed on the ground in Dutch airfields.
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Paris
Western Front
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
RAF Attacks Rhine Front Communications and East Belgium Troops
The air ministry said the Royal Air Force bombed German communication lines between the Rhine and Dutch frontier and heavily bombed troops advancing in east Belgium as of May 13.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Rhine
Belgium
Four Die In Beaver Dam Hill Crash On Solomons Island Road
Medical examiner for Anne Arundel County took charge of four bodies after a head on collision near Beaver Dam hill. Miss Feritta Brashears Seeger and Miss Carson suffered fatal injuries including skull fracture, broken necks, and multiple wounds. Police say Lowman returned to Annapolis after collecting milk when his truck met the auto head on. John Jones was hurled from the vehicle and survived. The car was destroyed and overturned as rescuers lifted the bodies from under the debris.
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Anne Arundel County
Feritta
Brashears
Seeger
Carson
San Auto Coming
William A. Stallings
Lowman
Annapolis
Beaver Dam Hill
Solomons Island
John Jones
Jassersby
German Flag Tops Liege Citadel As Allied Advance Speeds
The report notes German flag raised on Liege citadel since May 13 with forts still resisting. Allied forces advance west of Liege and north of the Meuse toward the city, while French troops move west of the Ourthe. Air operations claim 320 enemy planes destroyed on May 12 with 31 own losses.
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Page
Rotterdam
Belgium
Albert Canal
Hasselt
Liege
Meuse
Ourthe
Zweibrucken
Westwall- Maginot
Lions To View Apple Picture At Club Luncheon
A photo on the apple industry will be shown at the Lions Club luncheon tomorrow afternoon under Appalachian Apples, Inc. Carroll Miller, executive secretary, will lead the event. The image was recently exhibited at a Kiwanis luncheon.
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Lions Club
Appalachian Apples, Inc
Carroll Miller
Kiwanis
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Thrifty Ee
General Electric
General
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Frances Maule
H. H. Arnold
A. Jordanoff
Emil Ludwig
H. V. Morton
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A. C. Klein
M. J. Adler
E. Piccadilly St
Lutheran Women’s Group
Antietam Paper CO
Eagles Fraternity
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Stote
Glaize & Bro
Pittsburgh
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Stoker
Pocahontas Fuel CO. Inc
South Braddock
Virginia
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