Old Mill at Greenspring A 1801 Built Heritage Near White Hall
Greenspring Virginia millers Walter and Wilbur Anderson run the Old Mill built in 1801 about a mile from White Hall. The article describes the 60 foot cantilever beam, an iron waterwheel with frewood-cut cogs, and giant French burrs powering operations. A large dam draws migratory birds, including five white cranes. The famous spring yields a deep, wide bottomless pool noted as one of the area's largest springs with a swimming hole below the dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenspring
Walter Anderson
Wilbur Anderson
Green
White Hall
Frederick County
A. L. Anderson
Walter
Wilbur
National Concert Membership Drive Opens October 17
Winchester branch of the National Concert Association launches its annual membership drive October 17 with a luncheon for workers. The campaign runs October 17 through 22 to fund sponsorship of nationally known artists for Winchester concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
National Concert Association
A. C. Halvosa
Leon Slavin
Aeed
Walker McC. Bond
Gwendolyn Haynes
Winchester National Concert Association
Japanese Transports Stand Off Bias Bay Ready to Strike
The China Mail reports 17 Japanese transports with at least 35,000 men near Bias Bay ten miles north of Hongkong awaiting invasion toward Canton. Hongkong and Canton authorities tighten precautions on food supplies and rationing amid official uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
China Mail
Bias Bay
Canton
Strachey Denies Communism. Discusses Political Views
John Strachey tells readers he is not a Communist and describes himself as a Socialist and former Labour MP. He argues that social development offers the greatest hope in the United States and notes deportation proceedings from 1935 were dropped after his voluntary departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strachey
Russia
United States
Farm Check Is Planned For Wheat Programs
Frederick county officials announce planned farm checks for the 1939 Wheat Adjustment and Soil Conservation programs. Commercial farms will be inspected by seeded acreage and non commercial farms by harvested acreage, with payments potential tied to compliance and soil building bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stine
Frederick County
Italian Diplomats To Be Shuffled
Rome reports anticipated reshuffling of Italian diplomats to fill vacancies in Washington and Paris. Gino Buti, director-general of European and Mediterranean affairs, is named as a likely successor to Fulvio Suvich, ambassador to Washington, who left to head a large Italian insurance firm.
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Rome
Washington
Paris
Gino Buti
Foreign Ministry
Fulvio Suvich
Bank Closing Notices for Columbus Day 1938
On Columbus Day October twelfth 1938 banks will close as it is a legal holiday. Paper maturing that date may be paid on Thursday October thirteenth 1938. Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank Shenandoah Valley National Bank Commercial and Savings Bank announce closures with signatories George Bushnell J H Yost Harold Brown John Sloat.
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Geo B Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
J.H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Harold G Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
John I. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Freshman Backs From C V A L Seen At V P I
Four members of the V P I freshman backfield come from C V A L schools. Dick Kern Willard Henderson Paul Butts are noted performers from Handley Fort Hill Martinsburg. Brad Montgomery of Keyser made WV all high school team 1937 and is a regular at Keyser.
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Dick Kern
Handley
Willard Henderson
Fort Hill
Paul Butts
Martinsburg
Brad Montgomery
Keyser
West Virginia
Montgomery
Cumberland Valley
Virginia
Richmond
Alabama
Benj. Fuller Dies at 66 in Winchester
Benjamin Humphrey Fuller longtime Winchester resident died at Memorial Hospital from a stroke. A former Virginia Woolen Company weaver, he was 66, born October 29, 1872, and survived by his widow Fannie, two daughters, siblings, and several relatives. Funeral at his East Lane home with Rev. Dr. Flickinger leading. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named.
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Benjamin Humphrey Fuller
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Puller
Millwood
Clarke County
George and
Mary Underwood Fuller
Virginia Woolen Company
Centenary Reformed Church
Puller
Fannie Fuller
Claude Massie
Charles Town
W. Va
Paul Fletcher
Harrisonburg
George Fuller
Berryville
Hattie Barr
Rose Alexander
Precautions Are Taken Against Demonstrations In Vienna
Police closed traffic in front of the Vienna palace of Cardinal Innitzer to deter riots after a sermon accusing the church of being robbed. Youthful elements were blamed for attack plans as authorities prepared to curb demonstrations and guard churches and parish offices.
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Vienna
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Joseph Buerckel
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Dinner honors 84 year old Union Trust chief in Maryland
A gathered group of Baltimore and Martinsburg leaders marked the 84th birthday of Mr. Lynch at a dinner in his honor. Guests included Col. Thomas P. McAdams representative, Loring Cover Sr., Col. C. W. Cochran, Mrs. Cochran, Congressman A Willis Roberson, Arthur Linn, Joseph Dellinger, and regional bankers. The event, arranged by Jacob Yost and R Gray Williams, finally featured speaker Mr. Thorpe after earlier postponements.
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Union Trust Company of
Maryland
Thomas P. McAdams
Baltimore
Loring A. Cover, Sr
Lynch
University of Virginia
Col
C. W. Cochran
Winchester
U. S
Washington
D. C
Cochran
A. Willis’ Robertson
Lexington
Arthur H. Linn
Hamilton National Bank
Joseph Dellinger
National Fruit Product Co
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
Carl Whitmer
Walter Pollard
Maurice M. Lynch, Jr
Hackensack
N. J
Lacey Rice
R. L. Bentz
Old National Bank of Martinsburg
W. Va
Clarence
R. Gray Williams
Thorpe
Hagerstown
Williams
E. Cooper
Charles R Mcann
Court Refuses Suppress Motion In Espionage Case
Gustav Rumrich Eric Glaser and Hermann Voss, all former military or defense industry workers, are among 17 fugitives named in a conspiracy to steal defense secrets and plot Panama Canal Zone mobilization. Assistant U S Attorney Burke notes Hofmann surrendered disputed papers willingly and provided a letter permitting removal of luggage from her liner stateroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Rumrich
Eric Glaser
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Hermann Voss
Bristol, Pa
Panama Canal Zone
United States
John W. Burke
Wallace unveils new farm plan to boost domestic markets
Wallace promotes surplus farm products markets and a reorganized Agriculture Department to strengthen administration against possible Congress price fixing. The Crop Reporting Board notes abundant supplies in major crops, with cotton and wheat facing surpluses while farm prices hit post 1934 lows and income may fall by about a billion dollars from 1937.
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Agriculture Department
Wallace
Congress
Federal
Lewis Offers Resignation If Green Steps Down
In Houston on October 11 John L. Lewis proposed resigning as C I O chairman if William Green resigns as A F of L president. Green indicated delegates would decide, while Lewis spoke amid a split in the labor movement with C I O director John Brophy present. The convention report said a solution requires Lewis to lose authority or step aside.
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Lewis
Houston
A. L. of
Green
C I. O
Tex
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Washington
A. F. of S
Mrs Sibert Dies In Sleep While Visiting In Middletown
Mrs. Sibert widow of William Sibert of Middletown died in her sleep during a visit to her niece Mrs. George Bywaters in Opequon. Long heart trouble suspected. She left a daughter Mrs. B. F. Woodson and a grandson L. L. Sibert. Survived by multiple Henson siblings. Interment likely at Middletown beside her husband.
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Riverton
J. E. Henson
the Fork
Warren County
C. H. Henson
Grover C. Henson
Robert Henson
Middletown
John W. Henson
Roanoke
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