War Disrupts Apple Trade and Shipping Methods
A U S Department of Agriculture report notes war disruptions raise transport costs and halt weekly import statistics. Apples tied up in poor conditions arrive from Virginia ships. refrigeration and faster handling are advised to improve Europe deliveries. Prices vary widely by crate and storage, with higher returns for iced shipments compared with ordinary stowage.
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Bureau of Foreign Agricultural Relations
United States Department of Agriculture
Wash‘eton
Europe
Liverpool
Grimes
Jonathans
Glasgow
J T Adams Dies
J T Adams died here this morning in Dubuque Iowa as reported by the Republican committee in 1921.
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Dubuque. IA
Aera Trepublican T Committee
County News Briefs From White Post Virginia
Mrs Barbour Baldwin and her son Jimmie visited her mother Mrs Mary Gore and Dr Charles Warner and Dr Dearmont fished this week. Several scarlet fever cases reported in Boyce and Berryville. Mrs Sallie and Max Dearmont and Mrs Curtis Meade visited The Plains. Jury members Maesmer Carper and Thompson served in Berryville all week. Mrs John Bohrer died in Winchester leaving husband and two daughters.
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White Post
Barbour Baldwin
Jimmie
Mary Gore
Charles Warner
Dearmont
Sherman Maesmer
Winchester
Frank Carper
Bill Dearmont
Rixey Dearmont
Meadea
Sallie
Max Dearmont
Curtis Meade
the Plains
Serman Maesmer
Albert Thompson
Berryville
Local Notes From Lebanon Church Area
Community items report visits and guests in Lebanon Church Virginia October finds residents sharing time with friends in nearby towns. Virginia Campbell wins a prize at Strasburg fair while Martha Ann Unger competes in a beauty contest. A Halloween party is planned at the schoolhouse with a dollar prize for best costume.
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Ray Windle
W. L. Whittington
Frank Snarr
Chilseer
Irene Hammond
Oak Grove
M. L. Hottel
Jimmie
Viola Wilson
Jefferson Stagg
Davis
Himelright
J. J. Keller
P. E. Shealey
Annabelle McDonald
Jane
Madelyn Snarr
Dewey Lver
Mt. Falls
Preston Stickley
Wily
Ray Hammond
W. A. Hockman
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Apple Pie Ridge Items
Apple Pie Ridge Virginia notes list visitors and family updates. Mr A W Adams and Miss Inezre hosted guests including Mr and Mrs McKenney and Buddy of Capone West Virginia. Amanda aunt of Miss a Thee improved after illness. Mr and Mrs M H Brown visited Abshire family. Miss Henrietta Fincham from Berryville stayed with her mother Rob-
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Apple Pie Ridge
A. W. Adams
Inezre
McKenney
Buddy
Capone
W. Va
Amanda It Acre
A Thee
M. H. Brown
Abshire
Henrietta Fincham
Berryville
Rob
Boyce Brevities Highlights Local Social Bitings This Week
The Boyce season opens with both men and women teams matched to last year’s averages. Vestry meeting in Leesburg with Rev. Robert A. Goodwin and Henry Post Mitchell. Various visitors from Baltimore Pittsburgh Washington and Virginia towns call on local families including the Kibs Jolliffe Everly Mileys Roystons. Oyster supper at Boyce Episcopal Parish House at 6 p m tonight.
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Tilp
Pittsburgh
van Deventer
Katherine and
Doris Reid Jolliffe
Washington T
Roseville
Alex Jolliffe
Julian Everly
Randolph Rogers
Charles Mileys
Chantilly
Roger Strode
Harrisonburg
B. T. Brown
Washington, D. C
Mary Lanham
Eva Lee
New York
Clarke County
J. W. Eddy
Jesse Carr
Jefferson County
W. Va
A. L. Jobe
Bose
Warrenton
Emmanuel Guild
Boyce Episcopal Church
Brownley McKay
B. B. McKay
Millwood
R. W. Royston
Lexington
Ruth Royston
Waynesboro
Rally service at U B Church attended by local residents
Cedar Grove Va Oct 28. Mr and Mrs H K Dick Miss Barrett and Mrs Georgia Miller were among attendees at the rally service held at the U B Church in Winchester on Wednesday. Mr C H Pries schedules sale of household articles Saturday October 28 at 11 am. Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs H K Dick Thursday evening included Mrs Ann Dick and Miss Mildred Boyce of Winchester.
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Cedar Grove
H. K. Dick
Barrett
Georgia Miller
U. B
Winchester
C. H. Pries
Ann Dick
Mildred Boyce
Dr McIntyre to Deliver Sermon at Montague Ave Church
The Rev W W McIntyre D D district superintendent of the Winchester district will preach at Montague Avenue Methodist Church tomorrow night at 7 30. Pastor Rev Harry G Balthis announced the young people of the church will attend the service in a body.
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W. W. McIntyre
D. D
Winchester
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Harry G. Balthis
Balthis
Pastor W O Luttrell Bids Farewell At Berryville Church
Rev W O Luttrell preached his last sermon in Berryville before serving as pastor in Manassas for the coming year. About 200 members who joined during his ministry sat together as the church thanked him. He warned that drifting is deadly and ruins both the drifter and others, urging vigilance against spiritual decline. Judge Loring C Kackley voiced appreciation for Luttrells work. Rev A O Lyons will assume Berryville duties this week.
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Berryville
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
W. O. Luttrell
Manassas
Mr. Luttrell
Loring C. Kackley
U S Soldiers For Defense Only Says Woodring
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring pledged guns in American hands would be used for defense only and urged no funding for wars of other nations. He spoke before the National Guard Association, stressing he will keep sons from marching to war.
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Baltimore
Harry H. Woodring
America
National Guard Association
Woodring
Steel Mills Are Rushed In Alabama
Birmingham steel plants run at 94 percent capacity as World War demand surges. Since September 1 domestic orders have added 15 000 workers and raised payrolls over 1 250 000 dollars monthly. Pig iron prices up 2 dollars a ton as mills boost output for domestic buyers while exports decline.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Japan
Press humor at White House dulls under war strain
Washington dispatch notes a sag in official press conferences as wartime strain grows. Roosevelt and Wallace show weaker humor, Morgenthau flubs a joke about the California ham and eggs plan, and Ickes and Perkins pull fewer bon mots.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Morgenthau
California
Ickes
Cummings
Frank Murphy
Farley
Perkins
Pat
Mike
Embargo repeal muted by German officials
German officials minimized the US Senate’s arms embargo repeal as merely a gesture seen favoring Western allies. They cited allied editorials praising the move but warned it may not deserve a halo. A spokesman noted the embargo repeal still needs House approval.
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Berlin
United States Senate
Germany
House of Representatives
Slovak Leader Tiso Elected President by Parliament in Bratislava
The Rev. Joseph Tiso, a Catholic priest, was unanimously elected Slovakia's first president by Parliament in Bratislava, a role he would hold under his bishop's jurisdiction who must swear temporal allegiance to him. Previously, Tiso served as Slovakia's premier before the Czechoslovakia split.
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Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Tiso
Markets Report Glasgow Apple and Pear Trade Shifts
Market notes from Glasgow indicate modest apple arrivals at northern markets with weak demand at British auctions. Anticipated large shipments from British Columbia to Glasgow contrast with small local supplies in good condition. Pear prices drifted lower in London and Liverpool while Glasgow held steady to higher. grapes showed active demand. Some California Ribiers cargoes exhibited waste.
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London
British Columbia
Glasgow
Liverpool
Turkey production hits new high as price trends shift
Chicago reports the 1939 turkey crop at about 32 million birds, a 22 percent rise from 1938 and the largest since 1936. Marketings for Thanksgiving may be 38 percent versus 41 percent last year, with larger post holiday sales possible. Prices remain slightly under those of a year ago.
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Chicago
Turkey
Two Executions For Espionage By French Army
Paris reports the first wartime executions for espionage in France. Dr Karl Roos a 60 year old Alsatian autonomist leader and a soldier named Lobestein were executed by firing squad after treason and espionage convictions. Eight defendants faced varying sentences from prison terms to life for providing German agents with troop details from March 1936 and September 1938.
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Paris
France
Karl Roos
Lobestein
Germany
Rhineland
Bodies Of Nazi Sailors Found In French Waters
French military commentators reported proof that a German submarine was sunk in undisclosed waters after bodies were found floating near the attack site. Five German sailors and a naval officer were recovered. reports from Dover noted over 50 seamen found with a submarine near Goodwin Sands.
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Paris
Dover
Eng
Goodwin Sands
Kent
Treasury Status October 26 Receipts and Debt Figures
Treasury reports October 26 receipts of 7.74 million dollars and expenditures of 21.23 million. Gross debt stands at 41.02 billion, rising by 0.23 million from the previous day.
Luise Rainer Arrives in Hollywood After Europe Stay
American actress Luise Rainer lands in New York then heads to Hollywood after a nine year European stay. Her husband Clifford Odets, the playwright, is at the pier to greet her as they share that Cliff and T are the best of friends.
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Luise Rainer
New Yorker
Hollywood
Europe
Glifford Odets
Pier
Cliff
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