Borax Reverses Alfalfa Yellowing In Virginia Trials
Blacksburg Va Sept 6 Virginia Tech agronomists report alfalfa yellowing often stems from boron deficiency. Experiments show ten pounds of commercial borax per acre improves yield, green color, and bloom. caution urged on excessive application.
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Blacksburg
Williams—Experimenturg Station
Virgina Tech Agronomists
T. B. Hutcheson
V. P. I. Agronomy Department
The
Agricultural College
Virginia
Wilbranch
Ducesteas
Tion
Hutcheson
Sky writing cost and height details from advertising firms
The Sky Writing Corporation of America states the average inscription costs about 150 dollars. Skywriting occurs above 10,000 feet with letter heights from three quarters of a mile to one mile. The typical inscription measures roughly ten to fifteen miles in length.
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Sky-Writing Corporation of America
Call Issued For Doctors Defense Service
The United States Civil Service Commission urged physicians nationwide to join the national defense program as full-time or part-time civilian medical officers. Part-time service allows continued private practice and includes daily sick calls with emergency duties, with pay set by hours. Local doctors were among those urged to apply at once to the Secretary of the Board or nearest post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Board of the
State Engineers Discuss Problems Of Waterworks
The Virginia section of the American Water Works Association opened its annual meeting in Charlottesville with about 75 engineers. E R Sharpe and R C Baldwin spoke on small waterworks operations and corrosion control, with closing sessions featuring Captron, Roberts, Howard, Jordan, and Messer as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Virginia
American Water Works Association
Wm. G. Myers
Harrisonburg
E. R. Sharpe
Henrico County
R. C. Baldwin
C. and O. Railway
Richmond
J. D. Captron
Lynchburg Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry Company
Arthur Roberts, Jr
Lynchburg Foundry Company
Norman J. Howard
Toronto
American Association
Harry E. Jordan
New York City
Richard Messer
State Health Department
Stephens City Notes Prayers, visits mark Stephens City week
Stephens City Virginia notes list trips to New Jersey for Labor Day guests of relatives and visits by Dr E M Steele and family. Eldridge Lemley leaves for Kentucky on business. Mr and Mrs Proctor of Washington stay with Mrs Proctor’s parents. Social events include dinner guests at Strasburg and a window sale planned by the King’s Daughters class at M E Church. Birth of twin girls Mary and Martha to Ed Baker and wife noted. Women’s Society of Christian Service held a meeting with a lengthy list of attendees and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Harry Warren
Wayne
Kay
New Jersey
E. M. Steele
Eldridge Lemley
Kentucky
Proctor
Washington
Harry Frazier
Marshall Venable
Dorothy Herrell
Eugene Barr
Strasburg
Annie Griffith
Canton
George Tobin
Jessie
Lola Madagan
Frank Atkins
Martinsburg
Ed. Baker
Mary
Martha
King’s Daughters
M. E. Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Edwin Fritts
Homer Welch
Nellie Putman
Annie Williams
Carmel Golliday
J. T. Pritts
Marvin Hammock
Arthur Grim
Boyd Steele
J. G. Jackson
Brucie Shryock
Robert Lemley
Blakemore
Charles Staples
Henry Ritenour
Mary Tevault
Alva Steele
Louisa McLeod
Genevieve Massie
Miller Bailey
Laurabel and
Steele
Your Health Dr Logan Clendenning Feature
Read Dr Logan Clendenning for daily health guidance. The column offers helpful, authoritative tips and medical insight from a trusted physician.
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Logan Clendenning
Shenandoah Schools Set to Open September 16
Shenandoah county schools will open September 16 after a county board meeting in Woodstock approved transferring funds to operate a nine month term. Classes will run to June 6 with modifications for the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival and January Saturdays, and a Teachers Institute is planned for September 44. teaching appointments and transfers were approved but full lists were not ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Cen Te Oo
County Board of Supervisors
Winchester
Court House
Alien Registration Q and A Series Published
The Winchester Evening Star publishes a 49 question set on alien registration at the request of local post office officials. Topics cover procedures for children turning fourteen during registration, citizenship status, fingerprinting for first citizenship papers, temporary visa considerations, and the registration obligation for refugees and non citizens.
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Winchester Evening Star
Four Murder Cases For A Trial Jury
Princess Anne Maryland jury pool for September term opens September 23 and will hear four murder cases. Patton Sterling Willie Myers Ivory Brown and Walter McKinley Brown face charges. Brown is accused of a fatal stabbing at King's Creek two years ago.
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Princess Anne
Patton Sterling
Willie Myers
Ivory Brown
Walter McKinley Brown
King’s Creek
Practical Needlework Illustrated Instructions
Revival of interest in needlecrafts as war begins prompts knitting and other basics. The booklet covers knitting crochet embroidery and sewing with many illustrations and simple steps. Send ten cents postpaid to receive a copy via Information Bureau Winchester Evening Star Washington D C.
Answers to Today's Quiz From The Mail
Below are the questions to test as printed on page 4. Swim. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. United States. Six years. Fifty two. Freelance. Colored. Prize fighter. One who is not a citizen of any country. Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV.
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United States
Henry IV
Farmers May Obtain Loans for fall sowing and livestock feed
The Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office offers short term credit for seed, fertilizer, and feed purchases. Loans mature August 31, 1941 at 4 percent interest with crop lien security, or first lien on livestock for feed loans. County agents can provide preliminary blanks, with J Gray Beverley supervising counties including Clarke and Winchester.
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Urgency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
Production Credit Association
No Threat by Infantile Paralysis in Virginia
Richmond reports from September 6 quote Dr. I C Riggin state health commissioner that poliomyelitis cases so far this year are only slightly higher than 1939 but not alarming. Cases are scattered with no epidemic, and the Health Department's latest week notes six new cases versus nine prior. Several deaths occur including in Charlottesville Richmond and a Virginian in Eastern Tennessee.
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Richmond
I. C. Riggin
Virginia
Health Department
Charlottesville
Tennessee
Public sale of valuable city property in Winchester Virginia
Public auction by trustee B P Harrison in front of the county courthouse at 11 a m on Saturday September 21 1940 offers three tracts on Southwark Brad dock and Woodlawn avenues plus three Conway Street lots with two parcels to follow. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds deeds of trust and insurance.
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Albert Strader
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
S. Braddock
Southwark Streets
Southwark Street
Braddock Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Conway Street
Ross Street
B. P. Harrison
Dunn & Duvall
Dynamite Slaying Case Ties Garvin Family
In Scotland Connecticut Charles Garvin 58 and an 18 year old hired farmhand are held over the dynamite slaying of Garvin’s 84 year old father. A quarrel over an estate led them to rig an explosive that detonated when the elder Garvin turned on his car radio.
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Charles
Garvin
Scotland
Conn
Tressay
Strike Averted At Celanese Plant In Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland a threatened strike at Celanese Corporation of America appeared to be averted by a last minute agreement to continue negotiations. Secretary Frances Perkins proposed a wage rate and retroactive adjustment with further talks in Washington. About 10 000 workers are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America
Frances Perkins
Textile Workers Union
Perkins
Washington
Rain Delays Tobacco Festival Queen Pageant
Rain halted the Tobacco Maid pageant at the Sixth National Tobacco Festival in SOUTH BOSTON VA delaying the presentation of festival Queen Martha Scott. The event will be staged tonight and Saturday night with Farley and Senator Carter Glass among those expected to review a parade and the queen’s royal tour through the Virginia plantation country.
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Boston
Martha Scott
Virginia
Richmond
Halifax
Charlotte
James A. Farley
Carter Glass
Miss Scott
Grocers to Hold Parley on New Wholesale House
A mass meeting of Winchester area grocers will meet September 9 at 8 p m in Sarah Zane hall North Loudoun street. The gathering informs about the grocer owned wholesale house The Grocers Wholesale Inc to operate from October 1 at W E Cooper and Son building Cecil H Bailey is president with Charles Burgess vice president and Hoye Riley secretary treasurer Directors include Lou Larrick L C Carper B W Largent W F Brown C S Burgess Robert Jasper Hoye Riley Cecil Bailey and Paul Massey. The only markup will cover operating costs. Out of town men will discuss similar Virginia projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester and
Sarah Zane
Loudoun Street
Grocers Wholesale, Inc
W. E. Cooper and Son
Cecil H. Bailey
New Concern
Charles 5. Burgess
Hoye Riley
Lou M. Larrick
L. C. Carper
B. W. Largent
W. F Brown
C. S. Burgess
Robert S. Jasper
Paul L. Massey
Virginia
Notables Set to Speak at John Marshall Highway Picnic
Strasburg on September 6 will host the fourth annual interstate John Marshall Highway picnic with speakers A Willis Robertson Jennings Randolph Harlan M Calhoun and Ralph B Dean. The event sponsored by the Strasburg Chamber of Commerce and Capon Valley board of trade aims to promote John Marshall Highway linking Virginia and West Virginia. Activities include band music allegante singing entertainment and on site dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Harlan M. Calhoun
Moorefield
W. Va
Ralph B. Dean
Commonwealth
Hardy County
John Marshall
Ee W. Va
Shenandoah Valley
West Virginia Panhandle
Strasburg Chamber of Commerce
Capon Valley Board of Trade
Wardensville
John Marshall Highway
Iiia
She's Kept Busy By Orphan Pigs
In Snow Hill Maryland on September 6 a widow Mrs William A Harris Sr tends 11 orphaned pigs after her son died. She buys 11 small milk bottles with nipples and fills them with cow milk to feed the pigs. She wakes several times at night to replenish the bottles.
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Snow Hill
William A. Harris
Commerce Group To Hold Meetings In Virginia
Chamber of Commerce executives from Virginia will meet here on November 29. A planning committee including Andrew Bell of Winchester Ced Gran and Finley Tynes of Staunton T Cover Johnson of Suffolk Robert D. Ramsey of Lynchburg R H Perry of Charlottesville and Verdon E. Kemp of Richmond selected the date and site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Com
Andrew Bell
Winchester
Ced Gran
Finley Tynes
Staunton
T. Cover Johnson
Suffolk
Robert D. Ramsey
Lynchburg
R. H. Perry
Verdon E. Kemp
Richmond
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Rosenberger and Co
Braddock St
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Carol
Magda Lunescu
Swift
SIL
A. C. Slonaker & Son _ Telephone
Winchester 284
Warehouse
P. R. R. Yards
Stephens
Jones Funeral Home
Shenandoah
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Owee New State
Washington, D. Cc
Goodrich Truck Tires
Easy Terms
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen
J. Gray Beverley
Clarke
Fairfax
Fauquier
Frederick
Loudoun
Prince Williams
Stafford
Warren
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
Celanese
Grocers
Orphan Pigs
Commerce Group
Pone
Wallhide
Fairfax Lane
E. Piccadilly St
RCA Victor
RCA Victor Radio
N. Braddock St
Anderson
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