Route 50 Move Angers Clarke County Residents
Boyd County citizens condemn the Virginia State Highway Commission decision to place U S Route 50 a mile south of Millwood and Boyce. Locals warn of economic harm, farm disruption, and lost property values, citing opposition from Berryville groups and local councils.
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Frank Marston
Boyce and
Millwood
Clarke County
Virginia State Highway Commission
Boyce
Star
Highway Commission
Henry P. Mitchell
Commission
Boyce-Millwood
Berryville
Waterloo
Richmond
Robert H. Gardiner
the Star
Chandler to Speak Tonight at Democratic Banquet
Governor A B Chandler of Kentucky will be guest of honor at a banquet in Blackstone hosted by the Nottaway County Young Democratic Club for the Fourth Virginia District. Judge Thomas W Ozlin and Gross will share honors with Chandler at the event.
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A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Blackstone of Young Democratic Clubs
Virginia
Nottaway County
Young Democratic Club
Chandler
Gross
Thomas W. Ozlin
Stores to Close on Memorial Day in Winchester
A majority of Winchester stores will close Tuesday May 30 for Memorial Day observance. Andrew Bell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said banks, five and dimes, chain grocers, most independents and other large stores would observe the holiday, many for the first time.
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Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Handley FFA Leads Northern District Meet At Local High
At 3 30 this afternoon Handley F F A track team led the annual Northern District meet at the local high school stadium with 12 points. Lincoln Madison 8 Aldie Washington Mt. Jackson New Market 3 each Fairfax 2 King George 1.
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Handley F. F. A
Lincoln
Madison
Aldie
Washington
Mt. Jackson
New Market
Fairfax
King George
Peonies for Memorial Day and June 6
Hurst Rainbowridge Gardens offers finest quality white pink and red peonies for Memorial Day and June 6. Delivery by telegraph and anywhere. Phone 819. May 27. Ip 11.
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Hurst Rainbowridge Gardens
Day's End Sale Notices Near Berryville Farm
Market listing details a dairy equipment auction with household goods and farm tools. Sale location given as 5-27-1p-it near the Ford Farm, 2 miles northwest of Berryville.
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Berryville
Ford Farm
Yard Party at Ridgeway Thursday Chicken Plate Sup
Yard party scheduled at Ridgeway with chicken plate supper from 6 to 9 o'clock. A benefit event is noted with plans for Friday if rain interferes. Magee 299 appears as a referenced location or contact.
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Ridgeway
Vancouver Prepares Royal Welcome Parade Route Set
Vancouver brims with events as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit May 27 to June 1. Thousands gather along a 57 mile royal route with Scots in kilts, Chinese lanterns, Japanese cheering, and varied European costumes. They tour Little Mountain Park Burrard Bridge and city halls before sailing.
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Vancouver
B.C
George
Queen Elizabeth
Chinatown
Little Mountain Park
Burrard Bridge
Victoria
Frantic Rescue Effort As Miner Is Trapped Underground
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on May 27 rescuers used a power shovel to reach Robert Galligan a 38 year old miner entombed 75 feet underground after a rock slide at 10 am yesterday. Galligan signalled his location from a coal hole while two companions escaped the shaft caving in. Police controlled a growing crowd as the shovel from St Clair sped to the site to speed up the rescue.
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Shenandoah
Robert Galligan
St. Clair
Goebbels warns of final counter blow to encircling powers
Berlin May 27 Goebbels issued a final warning to powers seeking to encircle Germany and said every blow on the front will be met with a deafening counter-blow. He cited London Paris attempts to bring Soviet Russia into a British French front and outlined plans for a huge shadow army under Nazi Storm Troops.
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Berlin
Goebbels
Germany
London
Paris
Soviet Russia
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Rome
Institute For Economic Inquiry
Europe
Army
Navy
Voelkischer Beobachter
Mixed Weather Outlook Ahead for Atlantic States
Weather forecast for the North and Middle Atlantic States indicates showers at the start of the week, then generally fair conditions on Tuesday, with showers again Wednesday and Thursday and fair weather to finish. Cooler Monday and Monday night, warmer midweek, cooler by Friday.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Love Bug Sailors Seek Marriages Aboard U S Cruiser
Sailors aboard the U S cruiser Omaha at Villefranche urge French officials to grant marriage permissions to about twenty Riviera women as the ship sails for home. Captain Wallis Lind, commander of the Omaha, has urged men not to wed at present.
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Villafranche
France
United States
Cruiier
Omaha
Riviera
Wallis Lind
Morgenthau Presses Tax Review For Balanced Budget
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that tax changes must not cut federal revenue and urged reexamination of three tax groups including the undistributed profits tax. He stressed maintaining a balanced budget while considering present international crisis and long term recovery.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Congress
Yankee Clipper Heads For Home
The Yankee Clipper refueled at Hamilton Bermuda due to adverse weather and resumed the first round trip mail flight to Port Washington Long Island. The 4114 ton plane left Horta at 2 21 p m EST yesterday and was due here at 5 30 a m EST today, carrying 1133 pounds of mail from Marseille Lisbon and Horta.
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New York
Hamilton
Bermuda
Atlantic
Pan- American Airways
Port Washington
Long Island
Marseilles
Lisbon
Horta
Great Circle
Azores
Winchester Fairgrounds Sold for 25000 Cash
The Winchester fairgrounds property of about 20 acres within the city limits was sold for approximately 25000 in cash to A C Oates, a local lumber dealer, with Jacob A Yost revealing the deal. Oates plans may include an apple packing house and cold storage, while parts of the site will remain for baseball use this season. The property, bought by the bank at a trustee sale around six years ago, spans 1200 feet by 700 feet and includes 114 lots with street plans and rear alleys.
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Winchester Fairgrounds
A. C. Oates
Jacob A. Yost
Parmers and Merchants National Bank
Oates
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Fairgrounds
Winchester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loudoun Street
Morningside Drive
Pennsylvania Avenue
Yost
The
Star Today
Virginia
John Glaize
Star
Col Cochran Dies in Philadelphia After Illness
Lieut.-Colonel Charles W. Cochran, a Frederick County native and veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars, died yesterday at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia after an operation. His brother Dr. Fred Cochran of Brucetown left for Philadelphia upon learning of the death. He had worked with the Big Four Railway and later with the Interstate Commerce Commission Eastern District, serving with the ICC at the time of his death.
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Charles W. Cochran
Frederick County
University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital
Philadelphia
Fred Cochran
Brucetown
Cochran
Big Four Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern District
Blacksmith Shop in Albin to Become Sweet Cider Mill
The historic John D. Hartman blacksmith shop in Albin Virginia, dating to the Revolutionary War, will start producing privately owned sweet cider this fall. Lewis A. Hudson, who owns a nearby filling station, bought the building and is remodeling to install a cider mill, offering custom cider making for local customers.
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Albin
John D. Hartman
Lewis A. Hudson
Landmark
Hartman Heirs
Mr. Hudson
Divers toil to raise sunken submarine Squalus plan
More than 60 divers work as Navy outlines a staged salvage of the sunken submarine Squalus off Portsmouth New Hampshire. The operation aims to lift the craft gradually over days to weeks using new helium oxygen breathing mixtures and pontoons.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Navy Yard
Frederick County Music Festival set for May 31 at Handley High
The second annual Frederick County Music Festival is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday May 31 at Handley High School rain or shine. Miss Annie Preston Starling will supervise with Dr L A Richman arriving by 10 a.m. to help finalize plans. Students from county schools will ride buses to the Handley grounds with singers due by 12:30 p.m. The program includes an invocation by Rev R B Nelson an address Why Teach Music by Dr Richman and various first grade group songs from multiple schools.
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Frederick County
Annie Preston Starling
Es Handley High School
L. A. Richman
Richmond
Winchester
Miss Starling
Handley Grounds
R. B. Nelson
Dr. Richman
Chanters to sing on Virginia Day at New York World's Fair
Winchester Chanters choir directed by Floyd Haines voted to perform two concerts at the New York World's Fair on July 6 designated as Virginia Day. The trip funded by the Winchester Chamber of Commerce with a $350 cost, $50 underwritten, and bus transport arranged with Greyhound for $9.20. Chaperones include Dr and Mrs C R Anderson and others. organizers Grover Whalen Captain John Reilly and Ed are coordinating arrangements.
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Winchester Choir
Floyd Haines
Virginia
New York
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Fair Grounds
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Greyhound Bus Company
Lions Vote Divides District in Virginia Conference
Roanoke Virginia May 27 Elmer L Bristow of Petersburg was elected governor of the 24th District Lions International at the state convention closing session Delegates backed a plan for two governors but one treasurer and secretary and a panel to draw district lines after the 1940 convention Wells New York first vice president urged the good neighbor policy and Americanism program at a banquet honoring retiring district governor Sam Preston of Winchester
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Roanoke
Elmer L. Bristow
Petersburg
Lions International
R. B. Torbett
Bristol
Harry Wade
Vinton
Alexander T. Wells
New York
Sam Preston
Winchester
Ambulance Repair Work Completed at Friendship Fire Company
The ambulance damaged in a street collision has been repaired and placed back in service. The first post repair trip carried Howard Taylor, recently injured, from Memorial hospital to his home.
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Friendship Fire Company
Howard Taylor
Memorial Hospital
Frankie Snapp Wins The Star Marble Tourney At Handley
Frankie Snapp, 13, son of Mr and Mrs James Snapp of South Cameron street, won The Star’s second annual Winchester Evening Star district marble tournament at Handley. He earns a free week at Wildwood New Jersey to compete in the National Marble Tournament, with his parents accompanying him. Runner up was Billy Everhart of John Kerr School. other contestants included Otis Sargent, Lloyd Burner, Edwin Corbin, David Sargent, Richard Stine, Donald Teets, and Johnny Strasnider.
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Frankie Snapp
James Snapp
South Cameron Street
Winchester
Sargent
Billy Ever
White Hall
Gainesboro
Stephens City
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Col. Cochran
Handley High
Parkins
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