Officials invited to dedicate Va Route 275 program
Va and W Va officials invited to help dedicate Route 275 set for September 15 at High View. The ceremony will run 12:39 to 5 p.m. with beef and pork served for attendees. Groves near the state line owned by A C Oates host the event. rain plan moves to a packing shed. Delegations from Berkeley Springs and South Branch Valley planned for invitations.
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W. Va
Andrew, Beil
the of Commerce
Virginia
West Virginia
Sta
Bounary Line
A. C. Oates
Oates
State Line
McKilwee
Berkeley Springs
South Branch Valley
Great Winchester Fair Closes After 53 Years
Hon Kenneth N Gilpin of Boyce urges Clarke County road transfer to the state noting toll roads will be resurfaced or rebuilt under state control. He favors a prior bond plan to raise 200000 for state loans. One driver killed in auto races on closing day.
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Winchester Fair
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Clarke County
Berrys Ferrys
Millwood
Berryville Pike
Winchester
Artis
Auto race day at fairgrounds marks first on track with crowds
The Star reports 12 000 attendees on the grounds from dawn to dusk as autos replace horses for the first time on the track at the Winchester fairgrounds. One driver Fay Woolf died when his Ford racer failed and struck a building.
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Fairgrounds
Fay Woolf
Virginia Barrel Co
Boasts of Bund Stir Local Tensions in Pennsylvania
Authorities report rising ill feeling between residents of Sellersville and members of a nearby German American Bund camp. Bund members sought police protection after two attacks on the camp in two nights. Signs were stolen and recovered in Perkasie after Fritz Kuhn praised Hitler.
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Sellersville
Bund
Perkasie
Fritz Kuhn
Winchester Park Playground Schedule Revised This Week
The Winchester Pa playgrounds will be open after school from 3 to 6 on weekdays and 9 to 6 on Saturdays, 1 to 7 on Sundays, supervised by Miss Rebecca Kern. Pools will be available for several weeks weather permitting, with games and equipment in use. Officials report an unusually fine season and an upcoming statistical summary and narrative report on children’s activities.
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Winchester Pa
Rebecca Kern
The
Star
Whitlock Avenue
Danley
Valley Airways
Herbert Schutte
Richard E. Crenshaw
City Fuel Company
East
Baker Street
Lawrence C. Hollis
White Hall Grange Booster Meeting Draws Crowd
About 100 people attended the White Hall Subordinate Grange annual Booster meeting with Roy Bageant presiding. The program included remarks on Grange achievements and home church school cooperation, a Virginia FFA medal presentation to Jack McAboy, and a sale by Rev. A R Sadof sky. Refreshments followed the event.
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White Hall
Roy Bageant
B. F. Strother
Aries
America
William B. Obaugh
R. A. Wall
Stephens City
Middletown
Virginia State Grange
Virginia F. F. A
Jack McAboy
Virginia State F. F. A
White Hall Grange
A. R. Sadofsky
White Hall Methodist Church
Obaugh
Grange
Mr. Sadofsky
R. H. Baker
Fred Brenckman
Washington, D. C
Legislative Office
The
National
Death by accidental gunshot in hunting tragedy
Robert Harlan Jenkins 14 died when an apparent hunting accident ended his life near Sulphur Springs Road. Philip Purtlebaugh, named in the report, is connected to the incident as the shooter. The Jenkins family planned funeral services in Winchester and Sperryville with interment at Woodville.
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Nellie May Jenkins
Sulphur Springs Road
Route 50
Purtiebaugh
Mr. Jenkins
Colonial
Jones Funeral Home
Winchester
Jones
Sperryville
Woodville
Robert Harlan Jenkins
Culpeper County
Gussie
Ada Florence
Ellen
Richard Paul
District 6 teachers plan Waynesboro meeting October 14
The County Teachers meet discussed preparations for the District 6 gathering in Waynesboro on October 14. Attendees reviewed submitting nominations for several roles and approved a $5 donation to the Preventors fund.
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Stickley
Retha Cooper
Annie P. Starling
Saxton Sampsell
Martha Funk
Russell Orndorff
Ana
R. E. Ayler
Wayne Guthrie
Myrtle Rhodes
Fred Braithwaite
Frank Whitacre
Kenneth Stevens
Verna Cooley
John P. Kurlinski
H. Dennis Hoover
Catherine Matson
Loring Woore
Waynesboro
Preventors
Miss Starling
Army Flier Missing Over Pacific Coast
United States army aviator and his aircraft are missing after a storm encountered by 30 pursuit planes along the Pacific coast to the canal zone.
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Cristobal
Canal Zone
United States Army
Pacific Coast
Services Thursday For Mrs. Rosenmeyer
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Rosenmeyer widow of Samuel Rosenmeyer a well known Winchester shoe merchant will be held at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Claude Grim 109 North Washington street tomorrow morning at 9 30 o clock The Rev Rothstein of Harrisonburg Va will officiate and interment will be in Baltimore Md Mrs Rosenmeyer died suddenly yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock.
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Emma Rosenmeyer
Winchester
Samuel Rosenmeyer
Claude Grim
North
Washington Street
Rothstein
Harrisonburg
Baltimore
Bush Meetings Continued Across Week at Purcell Corner
The Rev E H Stanley will continue evangelistic services each night this week through Sunday at the corner of Purcell and Woodstock avenue. He will also preach Sunday morning at 11 o clock.
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E. H. Stanley
Purcell and
Woodstock Avenue
Prayer Service Reopened After Summer Break
The Wednesday evening prayer services at First Baptist Church resume tonight after a summer pause caused by hot weather. The Rev. Dr. E. T. ar was among those confirming the renewal plans.
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First Baptist Church
E. T. Ar
Bosnia Survivors Reach Lisbon After Sinking
The Norwegian ship Eindlander arrived in Lisbon with 33 survivors from the Cunard steamer Bosnia which was torpedoed and set ablaze before sinking yesterday. One crew member was reported killed.
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Libson
Eindlander
Cunard
Bosnia
Cunard Line
Turkey Orders Double Shifts for Munition Factories
The Turkish government ordered 24 hour operation with seven day weeks in all factories producing munitions and military supplies. Istanbul museums began moving art treasures indoors for safety from possible air raids. Turkish press attacked Germany accusing it of planning to dominate the world by brutal force and barbarism.
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Istanbul
Germany
Strange Mixture Being Reported
Berlingske Tidende reported a Rome Berlin Moscow Tokyo axis forming. An Italian military mission arrives in Berlin after a Soviet mission meeting daily in the defense ministry. Moscow and Tokyo reportedly began negotiations for a non aggression pact.
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Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Berlin
Tokyo
Defense Ministry
Moscow
Approve 200 For Purchase Of Fire Hose In Berryville
Berryville Virginia September 6 the town council unanimously appropriated 200 to John Enders Volunteer Fire Department for 300 feet of 1 1 4 inch fire hose to replace worn hose and support existing 2 1 2 inch hose. The measure passed after a second Tappan motion.
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Berryville
John Enders
Frank E. Tappan
Harold Scheur
Herbert Whiting
Tappan
Harley P. Cheshire
Apple Juice Not On Local Menus
John Williamson from Bowling Green Ohio traveled through Winchester to Washington and sent a postcard saying apple juice is on the menu here not in Winchester. The piece notes juice is not on local menus yet available in several stores and enjoyed as a cold breakfast drink by users.
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John Williamson
Bowling Green
Ohio
Winchester
Washington
Britain Seizing Private Riches In Wartime
Sir John Simon announced in the House of Commons that powers were taken to place private gold, foreign exchange and foreign securities under government control. The treasury and Bank of England moved 280 million sterling in gold to a wartime exchange account.
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London
John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
Treasury
Bank of England
Pan American Clipper Leaves Port with Record 34 People
A Pan American air clipper departs Port Washington for Lisbon carrying 34 passengers, including actress Annabella wife of Tyrone Power. She plans to bring back her parents and her young daughter from France.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Pan-American Airways
Lisbon
Portugal
Annabella
Tyrone Power
France
Shipping News Censored on Vessel Movements
British and French steamship offices enforce a strict censorship on ship news leaving the immediate future of the Queen Mary and the Normandie uncertain. The Normandie has been in port for over a week and was joined yesterday by the Champlain as a German liner Bremen remains unreported at sea.
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New York
Bremen
British Forces Unified Under Ministry Plan
The Ministry of Information announced coordination of Britain’s armed forces into a single unified army. Regular army, territorial army, militia and auxiliary forces are merged through administrative changes.
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London
Ministry of Information
Regular Army
Territorial Army
Costa Rica Orders German Ships to Dismantle Radios
In SAN JOSE on September 6, Costa Rica ordered five German ships anchored at Puntarenas to dismantle their radio stations. The ships had sought refuge in Costa Rican waters after Britain and France declared war.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Puntarenas
Great Britain
France
Incumbents Named for Vacancies on City Staff
At the Common Council meeting last night all elective city positions for the coming year were filled with incumbents named. City Manager Lee Grant will continue, James P. Reardon becomes city solicitor, Donald Weems police magistrate, Dr. E. W. Miller meat and milk inspector, and Wilbur Chapman janitor of City Hall.
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Common Council
Lee Grant
Arthur M. Field
James P. Reardon
Donald Weems
E. W. Miller
Wilbur Chapman
Clem
R. C. Clem
Grover C
Roy
Carper
William E. Riley
EB. L. Waltham
Julian Williams
Holmes E. Yeakley
R. E. Bayliss
Yeakley
Commissioner of Revenue
Wick Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Annual Meeting of Northern Virginia Alumni Sept 22
Alumni of the University of Virginia in Northern Virginia will hold their annual meeting at the Mimslyn Hotel in Luray on Friday evening September 22 at 7 o clock. Speakers include Judge A M Dobie Virginius Shackleford Charles Fenwick Norman Pritchett and J Macauley Lauck. The 75 member body is invited along with those yet to join. officers include J Sloan Kuykendall on the executive committee and H H Shockey as vice president.
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University of Virginia
Northern Virginia
The
Alumni Association
Mimslyn
Luray
Capt
Frank Wray
Berryvile
A. M
Dobie
Federal Court
Western District of Virginia
Virginius Shackleford
Charles Fenwick
Norman Pritchett
J. Macauley Lauck
J. Sloan Kuykendall
H. H. Shockey
President Seeks No Censorship On News Here
White House secretary Stephen Early said Roosevelt wants no censorship on broadcasting or press for now while the United States remains neutral. Plans exist to control communications if war comes, with the Communications Act authorizing government seizure of radio facilities during wartime.
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Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
Early
Italy Maintains Neutral Course Amid Europe Conflict
Rome reports Italy pursues neutrality in Europe’s war and does not expect to join soon while keeping military readiness. Air raid shelters are dismantled, more equipment is requisitioned for movements and supply of 1.8 million troops, with similar measures in Albania and Ethiopia. Fascist press shows enthusiasm over Germany’s advance in Poland.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Albania
Ethiopia
Poland
British Repel a German Air Raid
The British ministry of information said anti aircraft batteries and fighter squadrons repulsed German bombers attacking the English coast early today. Ground observers heard machine gun fire and gunfire along the east coast though no raiders were seen crossing the Thames.
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London
Ministry of Information
England
Britain
Thames
Essex
Thames River
United States Declares Neutral in European War
Paris reports the United States officially informed France that it will remain neutral in the European conflict. The notification came today as tensions rise and foreign policy moves are announced by Paris.
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Paris
United States
France
Answers to today's quiz list corrected items
Answers printed on page 4 list today test questions with items Ietapa Allegheny Oregon 1919 compulsory enrollment for service North Dakota Vim naturalization potential Two Silis ik Col. Charles A Lindbergh The format shows quiz responses without full context.
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Ietapa
Allegheny
Oregon
North Dakota
Silis’ik
Charles A. Lindbergh
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