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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1939

Page

2

Stephens City Degree Team Wins District Contest

Stephens City Future Farmer Degree team won first place in the district contest and earned the right to represent the Northern Triangle and Shenandoah Federations in final contests for western and northern Virginia. Middletown placed second and Mount Jackson third.

Stephens City Future Farmer Northern Triangle Shenandoah Virginia Handley High School Middletown Mount Jackson Stephens City Jack McAboy Robert Russell Cecil Teets James Yeakley Ralph Snapp R. A. Wall Gervis

Navy Officer Recalls Squalus Rescue Ordeal

Chicago interview with Lieut. John C. Nichols who survived the Squalus disaster off Portsmouth New Hampshire describes escape efforts. He details the slow sinking the use of the diving bell the crew’s air management and hope that the Momsen lungs might have offered an exit if needed.

Chicago Chicago Tribune John C. Nichols O. F. Naquin

Republicans To Determine Stand On Tax Revision

Senator McNary of Oregon said he would ask 22 Republican colleagues to unite on a stance for business tax revision before Senate debate and vote as a bloc. He favored a party conference similar to the Democrats proposed plan and would call a caucus if a corporation tax bill reaches the Senate after House action.

Washington McNary Oregon Senate House

Track meet finals to crown hopefuls this Saturday

Jack McAboy of Stephens City placed second in the public speaking contest. Finals for the track meet are anticipated Saturday with several records expected to fall. Track events start at 1 p.m. and may extend into the afternoon while literary and degree contests run in the morning.

Jack McAboy Stephens City

Supreme Soviet Ponders Proposals For An Accord

In Moscow on May 25 the Supreme Soviet convened amid renewed British efforts to enlist the USSR in a British French front. President Andrei Andreieff presided as Britain sent new proposals for a British French Russian mutual defense pact. Stalin was absent. Maxim Litvinov sat among delegates after his May 3 replacement.

Moscow Russia Britain Soviet Union Andrei Andreieff Joseph Stalin Maxim Litvinoff

Queen Mother Thanks Truck Driver For Flowers

Queen Mary recovering from bruises and an eye injury sent a letter of thanks for flowers to Albert Cooper the truck driver involved in the collision. The bouquet was delivered to Marlborough House after the accident while the queen was in the car. Lady Constance Milnes-Gaskell wrote the note.

London Mary Albert Cooper Marlborough House Constance Milnes-Gaskell Cooper

Final Rites for Mrs Turner B Scrivener at Church of Christ

Final rites for Mrs Turner B Scrivener were held yesterday at 2 pm at the Church of Christ. The service featured hymns by Floyd Haines and was conducted by Rev. S J Goode, Rev. W L Dudley, and Rev. Charles Hume Funk. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.

Turner B. Scrivener Turner A. Scrivener Church of Christ S. J. Goode W. L. Dudley Charles Hume Funk Floyd Haines Mount Hebron Cemetery Hugh Myers Oscar Miller George Riley Lee Whitacre H. B. Dunlap L. L. Hockman Floyd Grim J. F. Bly Clevenger W.L. Dudley C. R. Anderson

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