Junior Bees Win Softball Series at Sacred Heart Club
The Junior Bees clinched the softball series among Sacred Heart Athletic Club for Boys with trophies from the B F Goodrich Company and Capitol Theatre to be awarded later. Final standings show Junior Bees dominating Midgets and Tigers, despite a loss to the Rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. Bees
Sacred Heart Athletic Club
B. F. Goodrich Company
Capitol Theatre
V. Junior Bees
Tigersers
Junior Bees
Tigers
Ting
Jun Bees
P. Haymaker
W. Bly
K. Albin
M. Michael
M. Carper
Royston
A R
J. Borror
Kern
Blue Streaks
Rouss Park
Winchester
Front Royal
Keller
Bees
Lewis
Boy's Athletic Club
Church To Meet At New Location
The church plans a dedication service at a new home of worship after board meeting led by president E Zilmore. A date will be announced. The public is invited to visit and worship with the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2. E. Zilmore
Thet. R.A
Marathon baseball game sets new duration record in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the All American Amateur Baseball Association reports a record length game between Ensminger Studio of Harrisburg and Spring Grove Maryland began at 5 p.m. and, after nine innings, was tied 6 to 6 at darkness. Officials ordered continuation in the tenth inning until a winner emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
All- American Amateur Baseball Association
Ensminger Studio Nine
Spring Grove
Maryland
Baptism Services Planned at Gore Hebren Church
The Hebren Baptist Church at Gore will hold a baptism Sunday at 3 p m weather permitting. The Rev Nathanael B will conduct the service at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Hebren Baptist Church
Nathanael B
Three Granted Permits To Erect Dwellings
Three local residents received building permits last month from Commissioner C P McVicar to construct or remodel homes in the city. J Ashby Sprint builds a stone dwelling on Cecil Street for about 6500 dollars. Cecilane A erects a brick dwelling on National Avenue East Street for around 4000 dollars. A W Shade to remodel a veneer house on Shawnee Avenue costing about 6000 dollars. L M Gibbons to remodel by adding two rooms at 686 Woodstock Lane cost about 500 dollars. Bond Brothers seek a concrete block warehouse behind their N Cameron Street buildings costing about 200 dollars. John Allen to remodel a brick dwelling at 316 W Leicester Street. Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative Inc plans a branch plant on North Kent Street costing about 46000 dollars, a 200 by 75 feet facility at Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Revenue
C.P. McVicar
J. Ashby Sprint
Cecil Street
Cecilanea
National Avenue
East Street
A.W. Shade
Shawnee Avenue
L. M. Gibbons
Woodstock Lane
Bond Brothers
N. Cameron Street
John Allen
Leicester Street
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc
Broadway
Winchester
North Kent Street
Japanese Surrender and Allied Prisoner Removals Reported
In the Philippines 10 000 Japanese troops in the Cagayan valley surrendered to Maj. Gen. Beightler’s 37th Division. Allied prisoners were freed from a Japanese train to Kobe then Yokohama. Formosa rescue and Port Dairen contacts noted as Seventh Fleet moved prisoners. Nipponese pilots shifted from voluntary kamikaze to drafted duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Johore
China
Asia
Nanking
Manila
Japanese Troops In the Area of North Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
Buckeye
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Jonathan Wainwright
United States
Kobe
Bataan
Corregidor
Wake
Guam
Yokohama
Navy
Formosa
Seventh Fleet
Port Dairen
Manchuria
Mukden
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Air Station
Hagime Onishi
Picture Of Late Capt G W Kurtz In State Magazine
The Cavalier official Virginia Funeral Directors Association publication carries a picture of the late Capt Geo W Kurtz founder of Kurtz Funeral Home. He was a member of the Virginia State Board of Embalming and a pioneer in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Kurtz
State Magazine
Cavalier
Virginia Funeral Directors Association, Inc
Capt
Geo. W. Kurtz
Kurtz
Pioneer Funeral Directors of
Vir
Capt. Kurtz
Virginia State
First Baptist Church Resumes Sunday Forums with Visual Program
The First Baptist Church reopens Sunday forums led by Rev. N B Habel and Dr E H Clark with a revised schedule focused on the Christian Way of Life. Visual films from the Religious Film Association of New York will accompany discussions, starting with Saint Paul’s life and the road to Damascus. Supper at 6 and adjournment by 8. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Board of Christian Education
N. B. Habel
Habel
E. H. Clark
Religious Film Association of
New York
Saint Paul
Paul
Damascus
St. Luke
Ananias
Chicago Grain Quotations Sept 7 Grain futures firm
Chicago opening grain quotations show futures firmer amid dull trading. Wheat gains linked to government purchases. prices listed for Sept Dec May July contracts across wheat corn oats rye with modest shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
County Teachers To Plan Banquet
The public relations committee of the Fredrick County Teachers Association plans a banquet in the first half of the school year. A visitor speaker from out of town would be invited and local public officials would attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredrick County Teachers Association
Warm And Humid Weather Forecast For Districts
The advance forecast predicts warm and humid weather for District Four in Virginia with cooler periods Sunday and Monday. Scattered showers expected mainly in the north late Saturday or Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. District Five in West Virginia to experience scattered showers Saturday and Tuesday with warm Saturday cooler Sunday and Monday and rising temps midweek. Winchester reports a high of 71 and a low of 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Four
Virginia
North
District Five
West Virginia
Winchester
Valley Football League Opens Season September 28
Six high schools in Frederick County and towns Stonewall Stephens City Boyce Berryville Strasburg and Hedgesville W V begin play in the Valley Football League six man format. Clarke Courier Berryville sponsors present a season trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Athletic League
Loop
Frederick County
Stonewall
Stephens City
Boyce
Berryville
Strasburg
Virginia
Hedgesville
W.a
Clarke Courier
Market Quotations and Baltimore Livestock Prices
Market notes show produce mostly steady with apples and other fruit prices steady across Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and nearby states. Livestock quotes list cattle calves hogs sheep with ranges for weights and quality and overall activity described as slow or steady.
Chicago Livestock Market Report Highlights Substantial Activity
Salable hogs 3,000 to 5,500. barrows and gilts 14.75 ceiling at 140 lbs. sows 14.00. Cattle and calves mixed. steers and yearlings weak, top 17.25, oulk 12.50-16.00. cows and grass heifers weak. Vealers 14.50 down. bulls dull. Sheep 1,500 salable, fairly active, lambs 13.25 to 13.50, ewes 5.00-6.00. Overall market steady to strong for select lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S. Sept. A
140 Acre Farm Near Ashby Station for Sale
Substantial 140 acre farm near Ashby Station includes a splendid house two barns hog pen poultry house silo corn house sheep barn and more. Land is good and easy to farm with tenant house two wells cisterns and electricity. Asking price 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashby Station
Wall Street pausing after brisk open as traders eye corrections
New York stock market opened strong on Thursday and held some gains into today’s session. Caution rose as investors anticipate a possible technical correction and weigh tax cut prospects. Early advances to modest levels persisted, with industrials and utilities reaching eight year highs and bonds holding steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Baptist Association Chooses New Officers at Shenandoah Meet
The Shenandoah Baptist Association elected Dr. Denver Davis moderator and named B. S. Hilton vice moderator A B Humer clerk Rev H B Hubel Sunday School superintendent Rev W S Wallace B T U director. The Lost City Baptist Church of West Virginia joined, increasing membership to 23 and next year’s meeting was set for Front Royal Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luray
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Denver Davis
Dr. Davis
First Baptist Church
Charles Town
E. T. Clark
Winchester
B. S. Hilton
A. B. Humer
Berryville
H. B. Hubel
W.S. Wallace
Bentonville
Lost City Baptist Church of
West Virginia
Front Royal
Warren County Man Dies in Route 55 Crash
Charles A. Punk, 35, of Front Royal and Cedarville, was killed when his 1937 Oldsmobile coupe left Route 55 near Riverton and struck an electric light pole. Coroner Dr. D M Kipps said Punk’s neck was broken. He was employed as a utility man at the Afton Inn Hotel in Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Punk
Front Royal
Cedarville
Riverton
D. M. Kipps
Warren County
Funk
Punk
Lizzie Roberts
Afton Inn
Scout Leaders Plan Financial Drive for Fall Campaign
Shenandoah Area Council officials of Boy Scouts of America held a meeting in the City Council chambers to outline an intensive fall fundraising drive slated for late October. Roy E. Potts chaired the finance committee with Fred Matson, T. W. Lowry, C. Town, T.S. Brastow, B. Downing Jr., and Scout Executive H. J. Wilkins present. Details on dates, goals, and direct appeal will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Roy E. Potts
Berryville
Fred Matson
Martinsburg
T. W. Lowry
Charles Town
T.S. Brastow
8. B. Downing, Jr
Front Royal
H. J. Wilkins
Wilkins
Start of Atlantic Commercial Flights Possible Soon
Washington reports three American airlines may begin north Atlantic service in six to eight weeks using surplus four engine planes. Initial ops will cover certified routes while foreign landing and transit rights are secured. Pan American Airways American Export Lines and TWA may fly to Eire via Newfoundland with limited London service under wartime and permanent accords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Airlines
North Atlantic
Pan American Airways
American Export Airlines
Transcontinental
Western Air
Eire
Newfoundland
United States
London
Pan-American
Jobless Pay Plan Seen Unworkable by Senate Leader
Washington Sept 7 President Truman’s 25 to 26 week jobless benefit plan was dismissed as unworkable by Senator George Chair Finance Committee. He signaled a likely end to the bill despite White House support. State laws would deduct any federal unemployment aid from state benefits, leaving many workers with reduced or no aid. The Finance Committee’s stance plus hostile House reaction dim the plan’s chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Knitters and Seers Needed At Red Cross Drive
Volunteers with the Winchester Frederick County Red Cross are urged to join the Production Corps. A window display at the Northern Virginia Power Company shows knitted and sewn items in progress for military and civilian war relief. Call 5412 to help and review the current sewing and knitting quotas for coats dresses shirts and caps plus 5 000 weekly surgical dressings for Martinsburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Production Corps
Northern Virginia Power Company
North Loudoun Street
Stewart Bell
Winchester-Frederick County
Red Cross
Europe
Volunter
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
Red Cross Office
Legion Members to Meet at Church for Cadet Rites
Members of the American Legion will meet at the Soanne Ce eet 64 First Brethren Church at 3 o clock to participate in military rites for Aviation Cadet Weldon Helsing who died in a crash last week. Legion members will serve as pallbearers. Interment will be in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Brethern Church
Arene
Weldon Helsing
Legion
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
West Virginia Track Driver Fined for Reckless Driving
James William Sheely of Martinsburg was fined ten dollars and costs in Police Court for reckless driving after his 1941 White truck backed up to clear Boyd's Drug Store, striking Landon G. Boyer in a 1938 Oldsmobile on Boscawen Street. The truck end gate shattered Boyer's window but no injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Sheely
W. Martin Street
Martinsburg
Harris Express Company
Boscawen Street
Sheely
Boyd’s
Landon G. Boyer
Woodland Avenue
Boyer
American generals recount Japanese prisoner ordeal in Manila
Six American generals, including Brig. Gen. Charles C. Drake, arrived in Manila after being freed from Mukden prison. They described brutal prison-ship conditions from the Philippines to Formosa, with many officers dying from starvation and suffocation. Vachon blamed harsh treatment and urged firmness toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Japan
Manchuria
Charles C. Drake
Brockton
Mass
Mukden
Wainwright
Bataan and Corregidor
Drake
Clinton Pierce
Brooklyn
A. J. Punk
Washington, D. C
C. H. Seals
Birmingham
Ala
Radford Cheynoweth
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph Vachon
Westbrook
Maine
Philippines
Formosa
Vachon
Karenko
101St Division
Mindanao
Pine Grove Poultry Farm Incorporated Receives Charter
The State Corporation Commission grants a charter to Pine Grove Poultry Farm Inc to raise sell and prepare poultry and eggs and to buy and sell feeds incubators and related products with capital stock between 2000 and 10000 dollars. Howard J. James based at 125 West Piccadilly Street is president. Raymond Corrigan and Helen Corrigan of Mt Falls serve as vice president and secretary treasurer and Mr Corrigan is listed as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Corporation Commission
Pine Grove
Mt. Falls
Corrigan
Berryville Council Forms Committees on Water Meters
Berryville town officials appoint Roy E Potts Dr D Blanton Allen and Robert D Fowler to study installing water meters in apartments and businesses. A budget committee includes G Kenneth Levi Roy E Potts and Dr D Blanton Allen. Street committee authorized to spend 1000 to 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Potts
D. Blanton Allen
Robert D. Fowler
Berryville
Man Burns From Gas Torch Accident at Cork Street
Bernard Hodgson of 20 EB Cork Street was severely burned yesterday when a gasoline torch he was using exploded. He is reported much improved today at Winchester Hospital where he remains a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Hodgson
Cork Street
Winchester Hospital
Citizens raise 100000 for injured GI Jimmy Wilson
Citizens nationwide donated 100443 to secure the future of Private Jimmy Wilson the two armed two leg injuries plane crash survivor in Atlantic City New Jersey The funds from Philadelphia Inquirer Charities Inc will be placed in government securities until a trust is arranged for a steady life income Voluntary gifts no tax will be charged and Atlantic City mayor Thomas D Taggart Jr acts as Wilsons legal counsel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Ptc
Jimmy Wilson
Jimmy
Thomas D. Taggert,Jr
Wilson
Philadelphia Inquirer Charities,Inc
Taggart
Repatriated Sailors Tell of Cruelty in Japan Camps
Oakland reception greets 21 weak sailors and Marines, first from Japanese prison camps. Three additional planes bring more freed men, including Tang survivor Clayton Decker who recalls harsh treatment and shares a note on Major Gregory Boyington's camp time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Japan
Clayton ©. Decker
Paonia
Colo
Tang
Formosa
China
Decker
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
Pappy
Japs On Islands Surrender Guns
Australian defense minister Beasley states surrender terms for Japanese forces in Borneo Dutch New Guinea Celebes Halmahera Timor Ambon and Adjacent islands will be accepted by Allied command under Mountbatten. Dutch Timor arrangements made Portuguese Timor to follow with Portuguese cooperation. Australian forces have been sent to Nauru and Ocean Islands to accept surrenders for Admiral Nimitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Southeast Asia
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Borneo
Dutch New Guinea
Celebes
Halmahera
Timor
Ambon
Islands
John Albert Beasley
Dutch Timor
Portuguese Timor
House of Representatives
Nauru
Ocean Islands
Nimitz
U. S
Beasley
Answers to the Bend Quiz from Manchuria Page One
The page lists quiz solutions with concise identifications: 2 Motion picture actor 3 Admiral William F Halsey 4 C S Forester 5 Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry 6 Claudette Colbert 7 Vermont 8 Samuel F Smith 9 First organized stock market in New York City met 10 Hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
William F. Halsey
C. S. Forester
Matthew Calbraith Perry
Claudette Colbert
Vermont
Samuel F. Smith
New York City
Hard
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Blue Bird
George W. Kurtz
Bryant Harper
Seles
Co. W. Miley, Jr
Beryville
Stephens, City
Nes
W. Va
Jonathans
Grimes
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Stock Market
Baptist Association
Quisling
Atlantic
Poultry Business Is Incorporated
Hodgson
Glaize & Brother
N. Cameron ST
Lupton Orchard Service CO
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