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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

05 Sep 1939

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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1939

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Rockingham Honors Ruth Wampler as Turkey Festival Queen

Rockingham County begins its first annual Turkey Festival with a grand crowning at Wilson Hall Madison College. Senator Harry F Byrd crowns Miss Ruth Wampler as queen before about four thousand attendees. ceremony features George Grattan IV bearer, Miss Dolly Arm entrout music, and a formal procession with 50 Virginia princesses.

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Harrisonburg Ruth Wampler Rockingham United States Harry Hana Byrd Wilson Hall Madison College Rockingham County Dolly Armentrout J. A. Garber Nelson T. Huffman Beethoven Virginia Alummae Jackson Queen Elizabeth Misses Natalie Zirkle Alice Jean Pickett Zer Helen Wine Cleta Liskey Jackson Hall George Grattan IV Lord Fauntleroy William Thomas Pheonters S. P. Duke Harry F. Byrd Byrd Miss Wampler Paul H. Bowman Bridgewater College Turkeyland Beverly Tucker White Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Sibyl Shover Senator Byrd Duke Commonwealth Congress Europe Rockingham I Lois Mason John Gitchel Madison ‘College
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German Shipping Ties Grow in Mexican Ports

Reports from Mexico City indicate seven German steamers are already tied up in Mexican ports as of September 5, signaling expanded German naval and commercial presence in the region amid ongoing tensions and wartime activity.

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Mexico City Mexican
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Bremen Mystery Deepens as Liner Sails Toward Mexican Waters

The German trans Atlantic liner Bremen remains missing after departing New York nearly a week ago. Reports indicate the ship may head into neutral Mexican waters for refuge, with authorities seeking its exact whereabouts.

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Bremen New York
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Caroline Chatfield on Working Wives and Business

A columnist laments the clash between employed wives and their husbands inability to support them. He notes working wives face bias from male managers and the friction with single female workers. He quotes experiences of marriages strained by work and unemployment.

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Problems of love and labor in married life

Caroline Chatfield offers a reader letter about enduring financial strain in a marriage. A wife notes she must work to support both husband and baby, fearing he may not provide for college or stability, while staying in love and lifting him up amid judgment from others.

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Caroline Chatfield
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Public Sale of City Realty in Winchester Va No. 424 South Kent Street

Trustee will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Va on Friday September 22 1939 at 12 oclock. The property is 424 South Kent Street known as Woore property with the deed of trust dated May 29 1933 from Boyd F Jackson and wife to the trustee. Terms require one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and insurance deed of trust. Auctioneer C I Brumback.

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Boyd F. Jackson City of Winchester County Court South Kent Street
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