Guards For Huge Liners Guarded In New York
In New York on October 25 a double police guard protected the British Queen Mary and French Normandie passenger liners, the largest in the world, after a naval intelligence tip warned of possible sabotage within weeks. Twenty five officers and two sergeants patrolled day and night at the piers as ships tied side to side in the Hudson, each camouflaged and retired from passenger service due to the war.
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New York
Reut
Coddington
Naval Intelligence
Naval Telligence Department
Chicago Youth Arrested After Quick Car Theft
Nick Metrovich, 21, took a car from a dealer and drove off. Police charged him with reckless driving passing a stop sign lacking safety test stick and driving without state city and Griver's licenses.
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Chicago
Nick Metrovich
Mark Kappes
Real estate for sale in Winchester Virginia ads
A collage of property notices offers numerous real estate opportunities around Winchester Virginia. Listings include tourist homes, two story brick houses, frame houses, farms with orchards, limestone land, and factory sites along Route 11 Valley Pike with varying terms and prices.
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Berryville Pike
Virginia
Fairfax Lane
Bath
Piccadilly ST
Specia Fairmont
Handley’s Library
Millwood Ave
Richard
Winchester
Valley Pike
Berry Pike
Paper Mill
Carpers Valley School Aims for 100 Percent Health Goal
Carpers Valley School seeks full 100 percent dental corrections and 100 percent health certificate eligibility for 5 Point Health. The intermediate room under Mrs. Josephine Hinkle achieved the goal last year. this year the entire school hopes to qualify. A social next Friday will raise funds for dental work with gifts from Winchester business leaders and food donations from patrons.
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Carpers Valley
Josephine Hinkle
Ella Guthridge
Winchester
Rent Ads for Apartments and Garages on Loudoun Street
Classified rental notices show apartments at 411 N Loudoun 1 31 tf and 406 N Loudoun with contact 562 4 6 tf. Additional listings include a large front bedroom at 523 N Braddock dated 10 25 31.
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Loudoun Street
Loudoun
N. Braddock
Mrs. Bertha Pauline Bohrer Dies After Illness at 32
Mrs Bertha Pauline Bohrer 32 wife of John Bohrer died after a yearlong illness at their Attwell Avenue home in Winchester She is survived by her husband two children her father five sisters and two brothers Funeral services will be at the Assembly of God Church conducted by Rev Court ney Anderson with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Bertha Pauline Bohrer
John Bohrer
Attwell Avenue
Winchester
John
Sarah Marple Bennett
Bohrer
Janeva
Irene
John Bennett
Milfred Michael
Keddysville
Walter Widmeyer
Baltimore
Allen Welch
Lewistown
Till
Austin Newbrough
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Wilbur Marston
Whitacre
William Bennett
Stotlers Cross Roads
Frank Hinkle
Brunswick, Md
Omps Funeral
Attrell Avenue
Assembly of God Church
Courtney Anderson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Roosevelt's son receives second lieutenant commission
Roosevelt, son of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British Army's Middlesex Regiment. The article notes his previous service as a captain in the U S Army during the last war and includes a photograph from that period.
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Middlesex Regiment
Ermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Postal Hazards Reported by Lincoln Officials
Lincoln postal officials investigating vanished life insurance policies and a death claim mailed to Harrison Arkansas received an explanation about a cow. The box was open and the cow ate all but small bits of the documents. a neighbor witnessed the incident but could not save the mail.
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Lincoln
Ne.s
Harrison, Ark
Lions Plan Halloween Dinner Dance at George Washington Hotel
Lions Club members learned at a luncheon that the annual Halloween dinner dance is set for Monday night at 7 30 at the George Washington Hotel with the hotel orchestra providing music. Tickets are on sale. A recent Leesburg Lions meeting featured a road sign presented by Lion Henry Goode on behalf of the Winchester Club. J H Louden Baratoux sang as a guest of P G Ireland.
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Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Leesburg
Lion Henry Goode
Winchester Club
J. H. Louden Baratoux
P. G. Ireland
Newspaper Advertising Yields Strong Praise From Retailers
Retailers hail newspaper advertising as effective as manufacturers and distributors spent 167 million dollars last year for newspaper space, reflecting broad support for the medium.
Rainfall Statistics from Winchester Research Lab Report
The report tracks present and past rainfall totals with month by month figures and year to date totals. It notes October to date at 2.05 inches and year to date at 39.52 inches with averages across months from April to December and an average annual rainfall of 35.09 inches over 26 years, courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Prisoner For Forgery Fitted To Jail Suit Weighing 300 Pounds
In Greenwood South Carolina a heavyset prisoner charged with forgery could not wear a standard uniform and a tailor was needed. The man weighed 300 pounds with a 20 inch neck and 50 inch waist. An unrelated Q and A notes elephants have the longest gestation at 22 months.
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Greenwood
S. C
Middletown League gains members to support school
Middletown High principal Orville D Hoover reports 50 plus members joined the Middletown Community League. Dues are five cents a month or 45 cents a year to fund school improvements while other league funds go to school needs. The group plans a November 10 3 act comedy under Hoover’s direction with cast including C G Wilkins W A Shipe and Mrs J E Rudy among others.
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Orville D. Hoover
Middletown High School
Middletown Community League
Hoover
Christine Wright
Alice Cochran
Helen Hottel
W. W. Kliner
C. G. Wilkins
W. A. Shipe
Eye faster than ear shown by light and sound speeds
The Better Vision Institute notes that sight outruns hearing. Lightning is seen immediately while thunder arrives later, as light travels 186 miles per second and sound about five miles per second. The delay demonstrates the eye’s quicker perception.
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Better Vision Institute
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