Resuscitator Gift Planned for Winchester Hospital
Clarke County Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital votes to donate a resuscitator in memory of Riley Moore. They consider using an $8,000 bequest to fund a four room isolation ward, with plans to outfit one room once the ward is built. Mrs. Abram Hewitt presides as new president.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Riley Moore
Joseph F. Moore
William Beverley
Graham Dougherty
Beverley
Llewellyn Bull
Clarke
Abram Hewitt
Lefty Duvall and Wil son Kelter Lease Local Station
Donald Lefty Duvall and Wilson Kelter lease the Conoco Service Station at the corner of North Avenue and North uidoun street. They opened for business today after taking over from former operator Guy Webber. Duvall is known locally as the Parks reliable left handed pitcher.
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Donald
Lefty” Duvall
Wilson Kelter
Conoco
North Avenue
North Uidoun Street
Lee Given Chance To Change Views Sign Up In Clarke
Clarke County Virginia news reports John T. Lee a 35 year old Millwood man refused to register for the draft The national lottery is set for October 26 to November 1 The local draft board will meet to choose headquarters and arrange serial numbering of 1038 registration cards Lee may still change his mind before the lottery and face possible leniency if he appears before his local board.
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Berryville
John T. Lee
Millwood
Clarence A. Dykstra
Washington
Lee
Clarke Board
W. A. Bradford
Supper Postponed for Lutheran Benefit
The Rev. C Worthington Lowe announced the benefit supper for Our Saviour Lutheran Church has been postponed from tomorrow to Saturday November.
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C. Worthington Lowe
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Washington Choir to Sing at Warren County High School
The Washington Chapel Choir will perform tomorrow night at the new Warren County High School Auditorium. Director D Sterling Wheelwright presents a varied program including Handel’s Messiah aria Surely He Hath Borne and the comic Vanka n Tanka by Dargomirsky. Many pieces are sung a cappella. Wheelwright, choral chair of the National Federation of Music Clubs, is noted for blending modern works with masters.
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Washington Chapel
Warren County High School
Dargomirsky
D. Sterling Wheelwright
Mr. Wheelwright
National Federation of Music Clubs
Tabernacle Choir
Salt Lake City
Stockholder sues Republic Steel officers over strike funds
In Cleveland on October 18 a stockholder filed suit against Chairman Tom Girdler and 17 Republic Steel Corp officers and directors seeking accounting and repayment of 12.8 million dollars alleged to be misspent during the 1937 little steel strike.
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Cleveland
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Little Steel
Britain Reports Invasion Attempt in World War II News
The report details RAF bombing claims on Berlin and rail and industrial targets, German counterclaims of RAF actions, and naval clashes at the Bristol Channel. It notes potential Spanish involvement and the long London night raid, with UK command naming Vice Admiral John C. Tovey to lead the Home Fleet.
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RAF
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Reichland
High Command
Bristol Channel
Flanders
Dober Harr
Strait of
Dover
Spain
Rome- Berlin
Great Britain
Gibraltar
London
Britain
Liverpool Dock
Midlands
Liverpool
John C. Tovey
Tovey
Mediterranean
English Rotary Letter From Hucknall Under War Conditions
A Winchester Rotary Club member shares a letter from William H. Proctor in Hucknall describing life under wartime rationing. He notes industry, air raids, fuel limits, and food rationing, yet reports no real hardship and ongoing community service in sectors like Special Constabulary and Air Raid Precaution.
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Hucknall
Winchester
Byron
Hucknall Church
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices
Market quotations from Baltimore and Chicago show mixed farm and livestock figures with potatoes and poultry steady, eggs firm, and cattle and hog prices uneven. Wall Street indexes reflected optimism on political trends though little market-moving news emerged.
Stock Market Report Income Gains Hit by Early Selloff
In New York on October 18 profits appealed to traders and prices moved irregularly lower. Steel and other recent climbers bore the brunt of forenoon selling, with a brief active period then a slow-down and a late modest recovery near the fourth hour as aircrafts and other sectors reacted.
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New York
Grain quotes drift as prices ease in Chicago market
Chicago futures and cash grain quotes show a listless session with fractional declines. Wheat profits held near yesterday's close while corn oats and soybeans posted small moves amid narrow trade and expectations for next year’s acreage.
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Chicago
Cash Grain
Cash
Junior Board of Trade Meeting Postponed
The regular October meeting of the Junior Board of Trade is postponed until next Friday at 8 p.m. It will be held at the George Washington Hotel as usual, announced by President J. Pinckney Arthur.
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Board of Trade
J. Pinckney Arthur
George Washington Hotel
Mr. Arthur
Padding of WPA Rolls Is Denied
The Senate campaign committee heard an official denial that the WPA was padding its rolls and listened to a charge that WPA workers were coerced to vote for Roosevelt. Acting WPA commissioner Howard O. Hunter testified rolls would show a smaller unemployed percentage on election day. Richard N. McKibben of the Workers Alliance claimed intimidation and a pro Roosevelt company union pressure.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Committee
WPA
Roosevelt
Howard O. Hunter
Efforts To Load Ship With Defense Supplies Pushed
In San Francisco on October 18 government and labor negotiators announced a settlement ending cargo disruption that halted loading of the liner President Taft. The ship planned to sail for Hawaii and the Orient with defense supplies and bring Americans back from the troubled area.
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San Francisco
President Taft
Hawaii
Kesmen
American Presidents Line
Orient
Democrats Accused of Demanding Gifts in Campaign Drive
New York Oct 18 Republican National Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr labeled the Democratic National Committee as pressuring more than a million federal employees to donate to campaign funds. He cited a New York Times report saying Edward J. Flynn outlined how workers could contribute while skirting law. Martin called Flynn’s letter a cold blooded Ruthless bluff at a press conference.
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New York
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Martin
New York Times Today
Edward J. Flynn
Ed. Flynn
Treasury
France Declares Against Jews with Broad Government Ban
In Vichy on October 18 France enacted anti Jewish measures restricting access to public administration press film radio and armed forces as well as colonial service and law court roles to those without Jewish grandparents or marriages to Jews, marking a harsh state policy shift.
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Vichy
France
Europe
County-Wide Deer Season Approved in Frederick County
The Frederick Board of Supervisors moved to oppose a county-wide deer season this year but later rescinded. The plan ties Frederick’s season to Shenandoah County with similar restrictions and stricter enforcement, and proposes a county-wide season next year including sanctuaries. The season is set for November 20 and 21.
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Frederick County
Shenandoah County
Frederick
Edw Blount Detained Over Plot To Kill FDR
Edw Blount remains detained on charges stemming from a plot against Franklin D Roosevelt. A former Berryville High student recalls Blount completed school around 1928. Federal investigators allege he found Nazi propaganda aboard a vessel and praise Hitler.
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Blount
Fdr
Berryville High School
Frost
Inquiy
Hitler
Danzig
Fuehrer
James F. Reilly
Clarke
Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Rackley
Young Blount
Market Prices and Seed Rates at Baltimore Grain Market
Timothy seed 3.65 and al sike 9.00 11.00 per cwt. Fancy red top 7.50 8.00. Cloverseed 8.00 10.00. Wheat No 2 red winter 92 1 2 cents. Corn 80 82. Wheat 87c bushel. Corn 78c. Barley 53c. Prices based on deliveries at mill with year ago comparisons.
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Philad
P. R
Baltimore
Winchester
Van Camp To Sing For Golden Rule Bible Class
Van Camp will sing a solo at a special musical for the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Church on Sunday morning October 20. C. P. McVicar serves as class teacher.
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van Camp
Braddock Streetee
C. P. McVicar
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Clarke Auxiliary
Rixey Moore
Malley Pride Bread
United Food Stores
Just
Winchester Furniture CO
Mr. Pigeon
Robert Pigeon
Beth-El Hospital
Washington Choir
Steel Firm Dies
Proaxis Ramon Serrano Sumner
Morocco
Miles Music CO
West Boscawen St
Special Constabulary
Home Guard
Observer Corps
C. 7 Post
Out Put
Rotary
Rotary Ub
William H. Proctor
N. J
Jerseys
Baltimore Livestock
U.S. Dept
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Wall Street
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al. Chem
Am. Kaa
Am. Smel
A. T
Anaconda
B. and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Cigar
Elec
Genl. Motors
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern R
S. O. of
N. J. Mi
Western Union
Woolworth
Stock Market Report
Edward Knodle
Company B Armory
Hagerstown
Queen Victoria
Duchess of Kent
J. Gilbert & Son
Shenandoah
Winchester National Guard
Paul Hartman
George F. Miller
J Prescott
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pingley E
Carper
the Plaza Cleaners
Golden Rulers
Rockwell Cleaners
Kellys
Avee
Qatars
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Oes
Victor
Anderson
N. Braddock St
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