Fifteen Area Schools to Send Teams for Thursday Contest
Fifteen northern Virginia high schools will send three member teams to a Thursday judging contest at the Frederick county fair. Middletown, Stephens City, New Market, Mount Jackson, Woodstock, Toms Brook, Strasburg, Berryville, Leesburg, Washington, Front Royal, Boyce, Gainesboro, Handley, and Swinburne will compete judging corn, apples, and poultry or dairy animals. A loving cup will be awarded for the top score, with other prizes for high team marks. Thousands are expected at the two day fair showcasing vocational agriculture and home economics entries.
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Frederi Junior Farmers Club
Stephens City
Middletown
R. A. Wall
Pauline Rhodes
J.cowles
Gainesboro
W. R Legge
Northern Virginia
Winston Huffman
Ar‘thur Shipe
Malcolm Brumk
Franklin Brum
James Yeakley
Ralph App
Will New Market
Mount Jackson Scinburo
Woodstock
Tomsock
Strasburg
Berryville
Lit
Washington
Front Royal
Boyce
Handley
Memba
Winchester Real Estate Sale Offers Farm and City Homes
Real estate notice lists a 10 room tourist home with farm produce furnished and a full set of facilities near Winchester Virginia. Includes Fairfax Lane 2 story brick 7 rooms and other brick and frame houses with baths furnaces and extra lots. Also farms with 130 acres limestone land and orchard and poultry farm opportunities. Multiple lots and prices, owner invites buyers to come and see.
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Winchester
Berryville Pike
Fairfax Lane
Bath
A. Piccadilly ST
Furnace
Fairmont Ave
Millwood Ave
Richard Ave
Pike
Stephenson
Ime
Bankers Meet On October 12 In Waynesboro
The Thirty first annual meet ing of Group Three of the Virginia Bankers Association will be in Waynesboro on October 12 attracting over 200 bankers from the valley region and northern Virginia. Sessions include talks by G Fred Berger Giles H Miller L W Bishop and C G Quesenberg with an after dinner address and a 9 30 am start for the morning program at the high school auditorium and Hotel General Wayne hosting the banquet at 1 pm Columbus Day holiday noted and a pool turnout expected.
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Virginia Bankers Association
Waynesboro
Valley
Virginia
General Wayne
G. Fred Berger
Norristown-Penn Trust Company
Norristown
Citizens
Waynesboro Bank and Trust Company
Three Killed 31 Injured In Dry Clean Blast
Three killed and 31 injured in a dry cleaning plant explosion that wrecked the building and blew through a theater wall. Sylvia Binder, shop manager, among the dead. 19 hospitalized, 12 treated at the scene. fire officials suspect chemical fumes in the basement.
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New York
Sylvia Binder
Valentine
Explosion Forces Crew to Abandon British Steamer Marrwarri
Off the Welsh coast the 8 063 ton British steamer Marrwarri was abandoned after an explosion. Five of the 91 crew were injured lightly. the cause and fate of the ship were not immediately disclosed. Owners are Jaca and John Brocklebank Ltd.
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London
Marwarrn
Wales
Marrwarri’s
Jaca
John Brocklebank, Ltd
Misstep leads thief to steal police prowler car
The would be auto thief in Seattle took a sedan that was a police prowler. He activated the siren near the headquarters, causing the siren to blare. Police quickly jailed him.
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Seattle
Lewis Attacks Administering of Laws Continued
Labor leader L the article quotes criticizes policy on housing social security unemployment and health protection while decrying WPA and PWA cuts that he says shift burdens to state and local relief. He cites 1939 industry profits from 7.1 to 24.6 percent and warns against a war order driven temporary boom as a cure for unemployment.
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WPA
PWA
Unclear financial figures and garbled OCR data
The provided text shows a jumble of numbers and stray symbols, lacking readable context or identifiable entities. No coherent events, people, or organizations are discernible to summarize into a proper article item.
Soviet Navy Concentrates Off Finland
Moscow dispatches report a Baltic build up with Kronstadt massing a whole armada of battleships near Finland. Tens of thousands of Soviet troops advance toward the Baltic States as Sweden buys German warplanes and torpedo boats. Kremlin diplomacy signals strategic readiness amid wartime Britain and France.
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Witt Hancock
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Baltic Sea
Kronstadt
Leningrad
Finland
Baltic States
Baltic
Sweden
Germany
France
Britain
Tronty
Blackea
Kremlin
Leatherman Speaks at Lions Club Luncheon on Refugees
Dan Leatherman spoke at the Lions Club luncheon this afternoon on the refugee problem from European disturbances. Bryan Stotler reported a Williamsburg rally, noting four new clubs formed in the state and 46 of 58 clubs represented. J. H. Lowden sang two numbers, and N. E. Durchette of Bedford and his family recently moved to Winchester.
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Dan Leatherman
The
Lions Club
Europe
Bryan Stotler
Williamsburg
N. E. Durchette
Bedford Lions Club
E. A. Crowl
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Durchete
Winchester
Mayor Pat McCarty Honeymoon Parade in Strasburg
Strasburg, Virginia, October 10. Pat McCarty, the town’s popular mayor, returned from his honeymoon to a noisy welcome. Two fire trucks escorted him to Main Street where he mounted a cavalry charger for a humorous town procession. He had married last week to Caroline Keller.
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Strasburg
Pat” McCarty
McCarty
King (Main) Street
Caroline Keller
Obituary: Edward Ruppel 29 Succumbs After Illness
Edward Ruppel of 1126 Conway street died last evening about 6 40 after six weeks of illness linked to a back injury. He leaves a widow Maggie Largent and two daughters Wanda Maudrae and Peggy Louise, plus five half-brothers and other relatives. Funeral from Harry Largent’s Whitacre home at 2 PM Thursday with pallbearers Forrest Foreman Carson Hook Roy Hoover Frank Haines W M Lupton M L Sager and ministers S J Goode and Frank Crowe officiating.
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Edward Ruppel
Conway Street
Bickers Motor Company
Ruppel
Carl Ruppel
Camp Meade
Whitacre
Mr. Ruppel
Forrest Foreman
Carson Hook
Roy Hoover
Frank Haines
W. W. Lupton
M. L. Sager
S. J. Goode
Frank Crowe
Death of John W. Allamong 53 in Winchester
John W. Allamong aged 53 died last night at 11 at his sister Mrs J E Ware's home on Southwerk street. He once worked for Westinghouse as an electrical engineer, returned to Winchester due to ill health, and was a Montague Avenue Methodist Church steward. Funeral Thursday at 10 from Montague Avenue Church, with burial in Hamburg Pennsylvania. service led by Rev Harry Balthis and Hiram Lodge Masons. Surviving are wife May Raubenhold and siblings Mrs J E Ware Mrs J H Peery Luther Allamong Carson Harvey Howard Calvin Ray Allamong plus many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers: Hiram Lodge members.
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John W. Allamong
J. E. Ware
Southwerk Street
Edward and
Annie Allamong
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Company
Winchester
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Luther Allamong
Fairfield
Carson
Harvey
Howard
Calvin
Ray Allamong
Jones Funeral Home
Hiram Lodge
A. F
A. M
Evacuation Scenes As War Reaches Village Shelters
Eyewitness diary from a village receiving area describes 1200 evacuee children arriving in a day with gas masks and kitbags. Mothers and babies relocate under distress while volunteers register and billet families. The writer notes mass patriotism and urges US entry to shorten the conflict.
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Salford
Poland
Athenia
Many Unique Acts Seen In Old Journal
A Winchester Republican issue from November 18, 1825 was showcased at The Star office by Walker M. Bond. The paper, printed in Winchester on Loudoun Street, features poetry and lengthy literary content with few local news items and numerous small ads, including slave sale engravings and liquor still illustrations. The Shawnee Springs sale ad, tied to David Lupton’s will, references a factory site and dam, linking to Bond through family ties to Mrs. Bond.
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Winchester Republican
Star
Walker M. Bond
Republican
Samuel H. Davis
Sign of the Eagle
Loudoun Street
Virginia State Lottery
Quantico
Shawnee
Shawney) Springs
Joseph Lupton
Nathan Lupton
David Lupton
Shawnee Springs
Bond
Scripsit meaning on old manuscripts
Scripsit is Latin for he wrote it and indicates the authorial writing. It appears after a signature or marginal note to show the writer’s involvement.
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Scripsit
London Under Fire Fears and Messages From the Home Front
Wartime diary tone reveals Londoners huddled in windowed houses with torches and gas masks ready. The writer laments air raid sirens and hopes for safety, fearing a new bomb and recalling past dangers while noting the grim resolve for children’s futures.
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J. C. J. Green
N. Cameron St
Winchester, Va
Central Press Radiophoto
Iadebski
inLoearaset
Newark
Lewis
Reserve District
Farmers & Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of
United States
Federal Reserve
Ieee
Ray
State of
Frederick
J. H. Yost
J. H .Yost
L. Me
Paul M. Haldeman
Mary G. Hershberger
Gersemsner
Er Orm
Libbey
Owensford Quality Glass
John W. Rosenberger & CO
S. Braddock ST
SILCO
Leatherman
Lions
J. H. Lowden
Mandalay
Committee On the Blind
Hallowe’en Dance
Briggs, Andrew
North America Assurance Society
Pat
Mr.Allamong
Montague Avenue Church
Hitler
U. S
Mrs. Park
Sonny
David
Stokol
W. Adams Plumbing & Heating
E. Piccadilly St
Old Journal
Shawney
Lupton Estate
Greyhound
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock
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