Stranger Loaned Car Vanishes from Berryville Scene
Albert Compton of Washington D C reported that a stranger identified as A Williams borrowed his 1940 Ford sedan and did not return it. Clarke County authorities circulated District tags No 74695 and notified nearby jurisdictions as the missing car sought a return or trace.
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Berryville
Albert Comp
West Clifton Street
Arrington
D. C
Ww. Buckner
Tee
Compton
Berrye
A. Williams
Buckner
Charles Town
W. Va
Clarke County
Clarke Court Dockets Week’s Cases
In Berryville Virginia Justice Loring C. Kackley’s court this week heard Perry Elliot fined ten dollars sixty cents for drunkenness and William Duke ten dollars fifty cents for drunkenness. George Colbert and George Olbert were fined eight dollars twenty five cents each for theft of chickens with thirty days in jail for Olbert.
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Berryville
Loring C. Kackley
Perry Elliot
William Duke
George Colbert
George Olbert
Stage Air Raid over Cairo Reported by Eastern Command
Cairo May 17 reports state German air actions in the Middle East. The Eastern Command notes a Nazi air raid on British air bases in the region as part of initial military operations in Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eastern Command
Actia
Middle East
Rainfall Delays Continue as Farmers Rally to Plant
Rainfall remains below normal with only about two thirds of normal acreage planted. Farmers postponed plowing awaiting rain, yet activity renewed yesterday as crews resume spring planting efforts amid uncertain conditions.
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Star
Va Sheriffs Converge For Two Day Session At George Washington Hotel
McCann a former association president will attend as approximately 250 sheriffs deputies and family members gather for the Virginia Sheriffs Association two day meeting. Sheriffs Bywaters notes convention headquarters at the George Washington Hotel with officers last year at South Boston led by George T Turner J P Kerlin Charles Curtis and J Prank Culpepper serving as president vice president secretary and treasurer respectively.
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McCann
Sheriff Bywaters
George Washington Hotel
South Boston
George T. Turner
Weirwood
Northampton County
J. P. Kerlin
Nokesville
Prince William County
Charles Curtis
Hampton County
J. Prank Culpepper
Suffolk
Nansemond
Army plane crashes kill six in southern Ohio
In violent weather two Army planes crashed within 100 miles in southern Ohio. Six men were killed and seven others unaccounted for. Victims include Captains R A Van Deran and John C Stanley of Washington and Dayton, with wreckage stretching near Nelsonville and Wilmington. A motor buried deep in earth and witnesses noting a 100 yard swath through trees marked the disasters.
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Columbus
Ohio
MDS
Nelsonville
Floyd Duffy
Texas
Air Corps
Wilmington
J. W. Sessums
Wright Field
R. A. van Deran
Dayton
John C. Stanley
Washington
E. B. Webb
State Highway Patrol
Martinsburg Man Killed After Drinking Bout
Martinsburg West Virginia May 17 Prosecuting Attorney Clarence E Martin Jr said J Willis Knipe 38 a local official died from injuries after falling down stairs during a drinking fight John A Lemen 21 confessed to pushing Knipe down the stairs Lemen faces a murder charge though he was recently an official at a local limestone quarry The case centers on a quarrel over whiskey
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Clarence E. Martin, Jr
J. Willis Knipe
Martin
John A. Lemen
Knipe
Lemen
Mrs J V Marston Dies at Woodstock Va
Ada Pitman Marston 69 wife of Joseph Ver non Marston died after a weeklong illness at Praver Hospital Woodstock. She is survived by her husband, a daughter Mrs Herbert Allen of Washington, and stepchildren Claude H Marston and Mrs Sterling St John plus Mrs Albert Brodell. Funeral from Dellinger Funeral Home Sunday with burial Massanutten Cemetery.
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Woodstock
Ada Pitman Marston
Joseph Vernon Marston
Praver Hospital
Marston
Martha
Herbert Allen
Washee
Albert Brodell
Tacoma Park
Claude H. Marston
Readelphia
Sterling St John
Scarsdale
N. Y
Dellinger Funeral Home
F. H. Strieby
Massanutten Cemetery
Baldridge Addresses South Carolina Junior State Stages
Tom Baldridge spoke today at the South Carolina State Junior event, addressing attendees within his jurisdiction and outlining goals for the program.
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Tom Baldridge
South Carolina
Mr. Baldridge
Winchester Meeting to Hear Everts Scudder on London Today
Mayor Anderson urged Winchester residents to attend a public meeting at the George Washington Hotel at 8:30 p m next Tuesday evening. Everts Scudder, a World War I veteran and representative of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, will speak on London Today. The mayor praised Mrs Victor Arthur as committee chair for aiding Winchester in air raid relief funds and related efforts.
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Anderson
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Everts Scudder
London
Victor Arthur
Eng
Scudder
America
England
T. J. Haines Rites Held
Funeral services for Thomas Jack son Haines 43 died May 13 conducted at Mt Zion Church Augusta West Virginia with Rev E Summers McGavock and Rev B J Goode officiating. He lived on the Springdale farm of Mrs J Van Meter Hack at Bartonsville and was born September 28 1897. Survived by Bertha Haines Mrs Burr Cheshire Noah A Haines Jesse A Haines and Mrs J W Shanholtzer. Pallbearers included Dan Carlyle Brady Haines Bursie Orndorff Herbert Loy Amond Haines Clyde Tutwiler burial in Mount Zion Cemetery.
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Thomas Jackson Haines
Mt. Zion
Augusta
W. Va
E. Summers McGavock
Kernstown
J. Goode
Haines
Springdale
J. van Meter Hack
Barytonsville
Lumber Mill Fire Spreads Rapidly in Salisbury
Fire began in a strawberry crate plant room at Bounds Lumber Mill on Brown Street and rapidly spread through two city blocks threatening a third. Firemen evacuated residents and warned to move furniture as flames reached the mill office yard and storage houses.
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Salisbury
Bounds
Brown Street
Department of
Murphy Scholarship at Harvard for Men Named Murphy
The 1916 Murphy Scholarship at Harvard University was donated by William Stanislaus Murphy, A.B. 1885, to fund collegiate education for men named Murphy. The fund supports scholars pursuing education at Harvard.
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Murphy
R. A
Harvard University
William Stanislaus Murphy
Navy Is Shocked By Ship Strike
In San Francisco on May 17 Assistant Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal offered Army and Navy help to end a week-old shipyard strike that halted 11 yards and 15,000 workers. The walkout by AFL and CIO machinists affected defense orders worth about 500 million dollars and followed a coastwide agreement between shipbuilders and unions.
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San Francisco
Army
Navy
James V. Forresta
AFL
CIO
John Frey
Metal Trades Department
Forrestal
New Orleans
Twelfth Naval District
Presidio
John W. Greenslade
Twelfth Naval Trict
Mrs Beck Dies In Norfolk
Mrs. Walter Beck a Winchester native died unexpectedly in Norfolk Virginia. Formerly Miss Meta Grim she was married to a Norfolk bakery official. Her body will be taken to Winchester for funeral Monday at 4 PM from Kurtz Funeral Home with burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery. She leaves two female cousins in Winchester.
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Norfolk
Walter Beck
Winchester
Meta Grim
William Grim
Norfolk Bakery
Kurtz Funeral
Mt. Hebron
Beck
Fred Crisman
William Wagner
Strother Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Miss Margaret Shepherd Strother will be held tomorrow at 4 30 p m from her Peyton street home. Rev Carl H Honeycutt of Grace Lutheran Church will officiate with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include Walter Anderson Ernest Carper Howard Grove Herman Baker Clarence Pifer Robert Bell J George Baetjer and Henry Brown.
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Margaret Shepherd Strother
Peyton Street
Carl H. Honeycutt
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Walter P. Anderson
Ernest A. Carper
Howard K. Grove
Herman Baker
Clarence B. Pifer
Robert S. Bell
J. George Baetjer
Henry W. Brown
Siege and Air Raids Mark World War II Fronts
Axis forces recaptured Salam and Fort Capuzzo after British gains, with Tobruk still under siege as German and Italian troops hammer defenses. In Britain a major Luftwaffe raid hit Birmingham while RAF bombed Cologne Boulogne and Syrian and Lebanese targets. Royal Navy and air forces clashed over Europe and the Middle East as tensions rise across the region.
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Salam
Egypt
Fort Capuzzo
Salum
Sidi Azeis
Tobruk
Birmingham
Luftwaffe
Britain
England
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Rhine Valley
Boulogne
Channel
Germany
Suez Canal
Damascus
Rayak
Palmyra
London
Berryville Beats Upperville for 8th Straight Win on Clarke Diamond
Berryville Bobcats defeated Upperville 13 to 10 in a loosely played game. Potts allowed early scoring, then Emmatt hit a homer and Henson added a triple as Berryville pulled ahead with big innings. Potts went 3 for 3 at the plate.
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Berryville
Clarke Diamond
Bobcats
Upperville
Potts
George Pope
Emmatt
Henson
Uppervile
Bobby Houghton
Pope
Cochran
Houghton
Seizure Notice for 1932 Dodge Coupe in Virginia
Treasury Department Alcohol Tax Unit notices seizure of a 1932 Dodge Coupe with accessories in the Western District of Virginia for violating Internal Revenue Laws. Claimants must appear in Richmond by June 16 1941 to file Claim and Cost Bond or property will be disposed of. R E Tuttle District Supervisor.
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Treasury Department
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Western District of
Virginia
Internal Revenue Laws
Frederick County
Richmond
R. E. Tuttle
Nellie Lake Dies After Heart Ailment in Clarke County
Mrs. Nellie S. Lake aged 62 died yesterday afternoon at 5 at her home near Bethel Clarke County from a heart ailment. She lived in the Opequon area with her husband and church affiliations. Surviving are her father and two spouses from a prior marriage a son and several Hawkins and Bayliss relatives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home South Loudoun Street with interment in Round Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named as E Grim Glenn Burch Stanley Carper Howard Locke Burrell Thompson and Charles Taylor.
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Nellie S. Lake
Bethel
Clarke County
Wae L. Lake
Evarhl Kohls Sinvay
E. Bayliss Hawkins
Mary E. Bayliss
Lake
Opequon
Frederick Lee
Methodist Church
Claude E
Stephen Co. Hawk Jr
Hawk- Berryville
John Mins
Boyce
Winston A. Hawkins
Berryville
Milton R
Joseph M. Hawkins
Catonsville
Vennor Bayliss
Een
Marshal] Lee
Freeland Lee
Kent Cooper Makes Musical Bow
New York May 17 radio premier by Frank Black orchestra features baritone Kent Cooper in the composition Dixie Girl described as hummable and singable. It marks Cooper's first new tune in years and showcases his long composing career with a new easy whistling melody.
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New York
Frank Black
Cooper
Long
Derailment Halts B and O Traffic between Confluence and Cumberland
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed twelve cars in the Brook tunnel east end near Confluence on the Pittsburgh to Cumberland line. The eastbound track was cleared by midnight, but the westbound line remained blocked. No injuries were reported and cause is undetermined.
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Confluence
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
John Hewes
Pittsburgh
Brook Tunnel
Hewes
Maryland
Ashby Sentenced to Three Years and 1500 Fine
Ashby received a three year term and a 1500 dollar fine after a court proceeding. The case involved officers and unspecified charges relating to alleged recommendations and a vehicle incident.
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Ashby
Crochet Pattern for Naval Ship Themed Set
Crochet chart and instructions patterned after a ship era motif inspiring a chair or buffet set. Includes filet crochet in cotton with charts and directions. Pattern 6956 provides step by step guidance for creating a complete ensemble.
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Edward Lake
Round Hill
Kent Cooper
Tina
Bs Loe
Steve Gaienee
Black Bea
Bimelech
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Knell
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
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Phillips
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