Mrs Susan Bowman Died Yesterday at Winchester Memorial
Mrs Susan Bowman died yesterday morning at 5 50 in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a ten day stay. She was widow of John C Bowman and had lived in Winchester before moving to Shenandoah county two years ago. Survived by four children and two sisters with four grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2 from the late home and 2 30 at Strasburg Methodist Church conducted by Rev J C Murphy. Interment Lebanon Cemetery.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
John C. Bowman
Winchester
Shenandoah County
Charles Hottel
Mr. Hottel
Strasburg
John R. Bowman
Donald C. Bowman
Philadelphia
Jack C. Bowman
Raymond Shanholtz
Harry Hottel
Roy Griffey
Gilbert Kronk
Strasburg Methodist Church
J. C. Murphy
Lebanon Cemetery
Commodore Manning Would Die Before Joining Union
Commodore Harry Manning veteran sea skipper and master of the liner America says he would starve before joining the AFL Masters Mates and Pilots Union. He calls the union demand an affront to his constitutional liberties and made the remark in reply to reports the Norfolk local urged officers to join before the liner's first postwar voyage.
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New York
Harry Manning
America
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Clarke County To Hold Diptheria Clinic At Schools
Clarke County nurses plan a diphtheria toxoid clinic for preschool and school age children at Berryville elementary and high schools on Tuesday October 22 and at the W E T Williams Training School in Josephine City that afternoon. The program moves to Boyce Agricultural elementary and high school Millwood and White Post colored schools the following Friday. Transportation is arranged for those needing rides. a nominal fee is charged.
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Berryville
County Nurses Association
Clarke County
W. E. T. Williams Training School
Josephine City
Virginia
Stephens City Burglars Miss $200 At High School
Deputies investigate after two Stephens City High School buildings are entered by breaking doors and windows. About $6 in change was stolen from the principal's office and several hundred dollars from annual ads had been banked the day before. Janitor W S Cooke discovered the break about 6 30 this morning and notified Robert Ayler who reported to county officers.
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Stephens City High School
Robert DeHaven
DeHaven
Robert E. Ayler
W. S. Cooke
Ayler
Labor turnover rebounds to wartime levels in August
Washington reports August hiring in all manufacturing at 68 per 1000 workers, up from 59 in July and 30 in August 1939, signaling a return to wartime labor activity. Women rose ahead of men in 14 of 19 major industry groups two months ago, matching in two others.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
North Hill property sold for $60,000 in Clarke County
The Clarke County Circuit Court confirms the sale of the historic North Hill Castleman home at Castleman’s Ferry to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Mitchell for $60,000. The property has long stood as a summer resort with a colonial house, gardens, springs, and a noted history dating back to 1774 with connections to the Mercer and Carter families.
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North Hill
Castleman’s Ferry
Clarke County
Ringgold Hart
Joseph F. Moore
Lily A. Livingston
R. W. Mitchell
Castleman
Shenandoah River
Betty Lewis
Carters
John D. Orr
Pittsylvania County
Charles Carter
Betty Carter
Castleman and McCormick
The
Castlemans
Livingston
Zehmer Heads Education Group At Virginia Cooperative Ed Meet
George B. Zehmer, director of the extension division at the University of Virginia, was elected president of the Virginia Cooperative Education Association for the coming year at the close of the 41st annual convention yesterday.
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Bristol
George B. Zehmer
University of Virginia
Virginia Co- Operative Education Association
Davis to press new trial after death verdict in detective slaying
Counsel for William Davis a 43 year old Halifax county Negro convicted of killing a Southern Railway detective seeks a motion for a new trial before Circuit Judge J R H Alexander in Warrenton Tuesday.
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Warrenton
William Davis
Halifax County
Southern Railway
J. R. H. Alexander
Defense opens in Crockett murder trial at Urbanna
Lou Crockett a 35 year old Tangier Island waterman faces murder charges in the Sept 27 death of Clifton Ward on a boat tied at Urbanna. Prosecutors closed their main testimony as Ward was fatally shot and Sheriff Segar said Crockett admitted the shooting during an onboard argument. Crockett fled but surrendered two days later at Onancock.
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Saluda
Lou Crockett
Tangier Island
Clifton Ward
Urbanna
Ward
R. B. Segar
Middlesex County
Crockett
Onancock
Hunt Jewel Thieves Reach Across Ocean in Windsortor Theft
Police extended the manhunt for the Duchess of Windsors jewelry theft to Europe and the U S as investigators pursue a theory of international gem thieves. The Duke valued the loot at under 80 000 dollars and criticized sensational reports claiming up to 2 million.
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London
Duchess of Windsor
Europe
Atlantic
England
Sunningdale
Virginia FFA Delegation Heads to National Convention
A 12 member Virginia delegation will travel to Kansas City for the National Victory Convention of the Future Farmers of America October 21 24. Virginia officials include Edward Goode Ferrum retiring president Carnice Mannon Virginia Association president and R Edward Bass assistant state supervisor. Also invited are six American former degree candidates including Joe Barlow Jr Shumansville and J L Hopkins McGaheysville among others with ages 18 to 20.
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Richmond
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
R. Edward Bass
Edward Goode
Ferrum
Carnice Mannon
Virginia Association
Virginia
FFA
United States
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
National Organization
Future Farmer
Joe Barlow Jr
Shumansville
William R. Perrow
Concord Depot
J. L. Hopkins
McGaheysville
Conam
B. Hopkins
C. T. Covington
Clover
Thomas Tanner
Gladys
William Simmons
Bridgewater
Weverler Roller
Weyers Cave
Officials Executed for 42000 Yards Cloth Theft in Moscow
Moscow dispatch reports two officials from the Moscow Regional Sewing and Fabric Repair Union executed for stealing about 42000 yards of government cloth. The crime was uncovered by Soviet authorities and the punishment carried out locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Trad
Moscow Regional Sewing and Fabric Repair Union
Film Star June Haver Granted $2,250 Weekly Contract
Los Angeles court approves a contract for film star June Haver aged 20 to earn 2250 dollars weekly. She entered films four years ago with a 75 dollar weekly wage and is urged to save 20 percent of earnings.
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Los Angeles
June Haver
Miss Haver
Coal production estimate for week ending Oct 12
The National Coal Association reports 12.2 million tons of bituminous coal produced in the week ended Oct 12, using incomplete carload data. The prior year’s week had 6.2 million tons, with a supervisory strike ongoing at the time.
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Washington
National Coal] Association
Government mediation opens hotel strike talks in Washington
On October 18 the government arranged a conciliation conference between hotel management and union leaders. Eighteen central hotels have been short of maids waiters bellhops and other staff since last Friday over wages and working conditions. Clyde Mills as government conciliator set up the joint session after a proposal for impartial arbitration from hotel association lawyer Joseph C McGarraghy.
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Washington
Clyde Mills
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Hotel Association
Justice Department to seek new treason indictment in Berlin radio case
The Justice Department announced it will ask a federal grand jury in Washington to return a new treason indictment against Douglas Chandler and Robert Best, accused in 1943 of broadcasting Nazi propaganda from Radio Berlin. Three Germans will be brought here in about a week to testify.
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Washington
Justice Department
Douglas Chandler
Robert Best
Berlin
Eisenhower Leaves Frankfurt After European Tour
General Eisenhower departs Rhein Main Airport near Frankfurt by plane for Washington after an inspection tour of the European theater. He tells reporters he is impressed with the tremendous progress toward Allied occupation objectives. Lady Mary Theresa Burghley gains an uncontested divorce from Lord Burghley on adultery grounds.
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Frankfurt
Eisenhower
Washington
Rheinman Airport
London
Mary Theresa Burghley
Lord Burghley
Bermuda
Marriage of Worth E. McKinney and Margaret D. Moore
Worth E. McKinney of Charlotte North Carolina a member of the war crimes prosecution staff and Margaret D. Moore of Aghevile North Carolina were married in Tokyo on October 18.
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Tokyo
Worth E. McKinney
Charlotte
N. C
War Crimes Prosecution Staff
Margaret D. Moore
Aghevile
Wage Question Open in Cleveland
Walter P. Reuther president of the CIO United Automobile Workers Union announced in Cleveland that wage contracts covering more than 400 000 auto industry workers would be reopened within the next 60 days.
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Cleveland
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Entire Valley Observes National Apple Week Plans
The Shenandoah Valley Inc outlines Apple Week from October 26 to Apple Day October 31. Growers and merchants are urged to display apples, post proclamations, feature apple dishes, and donate gift boxes to editors outside the valley. several Valley chambers will participate.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Florenz Hinz
Staunton
Hallowe’en
Woman’s Page
Entire
Valley
Hint
Waynesboro
Front Royal
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Martinsburg
Kanawha County Youths Charged With Shooting at Officers
Three Kanawha county youths were arrested on warrants charging shooting with intent to kill after firing a shotgun three times at two state policemen from about 20 yards away in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha _ county
Gun that shoots around corners from World War II
A reader asks about a weapon that fires around corners. The answer notes a German World War II machine gun with a 90 degree angle design as a historical development.
Plane Crash Victims From Laramie Area
Bodies of 13 people killed in an unexplained charter plane crash near Laramie Wyoming were shipped home for burial. Passengers and crew from Canada and seven U S states died when the twin engined aircraft fell to a snow covered prairie just after midnight near the city airport.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming
Canada
New Pythian Heads Portsmouth Temple of Virginia
Grace Hill of Roanoke elected grand chief of the Temple Pythian Sisters of Virginia at the annual convention in Portsmouth. Officers named include Grace Harrison of Martinsville grand manager Cecil Spindler of Blackstone grand junior Lola Marks of Washington DC grand mistress of records Julia Hill of Richmond grand mistress of finance. H. E. Nichols of Roanoke installed as Grand Chancellor of the Virginia Knights of Pythias. UK
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Portsmouth
Grace Hill
Roanoke
Temple
Pythian Sisters of Virginia
Grace Harrison
Artinsville
Cecil Spindler
Blackstone
Lola Marks
Washington, D. C
Julia Hill
Richmond
H. E. Nichols
Virginia Knights of Pythias
Soldier convicted of manslaughter in parour strangling case
London report says Thomas South a 31 year old British Army sergeant strangled his wife's lover in the glare of a flashlight held by one of his two children. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison.
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London
Thomas South
Four Americans and 16 Japanese Convicted in Japan
In Yokohama four American soldiers and 16 Japanese were convicted of black market charges involving illegal possession and sale of American and British goods. The Americans, Pvts. Berry, Vantt, Richland, and C., George Harris, John R. Andrews, and T-5 Robert C. Spears, received five years hard labor, dishonorable discharge, and tax forfeiture. They were accused of stealing and selling to a Japanese, including drums of American gasoline worth 10 000 yen. The Japanese co-defendants received two years in jail.
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Yokohama
Ogy
Berr
Vantt
Richland
US. C
George Harris
Rocky Mount
N. C
John R. Andrews
Meridian
Miss
Robert C. Spears
Tribett
Clarke County News Highlight Featured Daily in The Star
Clarke County news is highlighted daily in Clarke's Daily newspaper The Star, showcasing local reporting and community updates for residents.
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Clarke County News
Clarke
the Star
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Boston City Hospital
International Soundphoto
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Entire Valley
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
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