Poirot Finds Underhay Relative Asks Major Porter Aid
Rowley Cloade and Poirot seek a living link to Robert Underhay by consulting Major Porter. Porter identifies the dead man as Underhay from a press photo, confirming a crucial clue in the Warmsley Vale case. The scene shifts to Porter’s modest Campden Hill home as Poirot and Cloade press for more details.
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Rowley
Poirot
David Hunter
Rosaleen Cloade
Robert Underhay
Stag
Beatrice
Hunter
Underhay
Rosaleen
Hercule Poirot
Rowley Cloade
M. Poirot
Mr. Cloade
Campden Hill
Major Porter
Warmsley Vale
Porter
Arden
Enoch Arden
Stag Inn
Farming and Fruit Growing Stem Frederick County Life
Farming and fruit growing form the backbone of Frederick County community life in the Shenandoah Valley. The 1944 federal census shows 7 3 45 ting apple trees across about 500 orchards, with harvests around 2 0 0 0 0 0 bushels yearly. Apple and peach industries drive wealth, with 10 million dollars invested in the Winchester Frederick apple sector and peach growing rising in importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Tipginia
Erick County
Clarke
Winch Tf
4-H Hog Sale At Page Warren County Show Sept 16
More than 100 hogs will be exhibited and offered for sale at the Page Warren county 4-H show in Front Royal on September 16. George C. Her of VPI will judge the breeding and market hogs. More than $85 has been donated for prizes.
Rail Wage Hike In Non-operating Group Discussed
CHICAGO September 9 Railroad labor and management negotiators discussed demands of 1 176 million non operating workers for higher wages. The unions seek a 40 hour basic week with full pay and a 25 cent hourly raise plus overtime and double time rules for extra shifts. G E Leighty says average straight time wage is 56 45 for a 48 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
G. E. Leighty
The
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
County Board OKs Religious Instruction Plan
Frederick county school board approved a resolution allowing the Frederick county council of churches to run a religious education program this year. Teachers must be at schools by 8 45 am and stay until 3 30 pm with limited sick leave. Transportation issues require board approval for exceptions. The board will seek state aid to extend time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County School Board
Frederick County Council of Churches
State Board of Education
Covered-dish Fete Arranged by Troop 9
A covered-dish dinner for Boy Scout troop 9 and parents will be held at Market St. Methodist Church at 6 30 p m tomorrow. Scoutmaster Harold Rowe will preside and announce fall and winter troop plans with help from Paul Chamberlin and Robert Kellas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market St. Methodist Church
Boy Scout Troop 9
Harold Rowe
Paul Chamberlin
Robert Kellas
Berliners and Russians collide over border island in 1945
Berliners report Russian occupation of a Baltic island from spring 1945 for ten months, leaving in 1946 after Danish protests. Naval authorities note Russian planes possibly operated from German bases and say at least 12 aircraft flew over Rovnene at about 300 feet altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rvenne
Answers to Daily Quiz Highlights Key Facts
Answers to the page four quiz list reveal Mediterranean as question one and Tennessee for two. It notes the first year of independence for three and Woodrow Wilson's for four, with ebb tide for five. Libra and Jack Dempsey appear in six, Henrik Ibsen in eight, Zebulon for nine, and Larry Doby for ten.
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Mediterranean
Tennessee
Woodrow Wilson
Ebb Tidle
Libra
Jack Dempssy
Henrik Ibsen
Zebulon
Larry Doby
Quarles Outlines Handley School Plan and Family Ties
Winchester superintendent stresses public schools serve 80 to 85 percent of graduates not going to college. He predicts a space crunch but a bright outlook with planned Virginia Ave addition and 1950 elementary annex. Quarles married teacher Nancy Crisman. they live at 1435 Greystone Terrace with two children.
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Handley High School
Quarles
Winchester
Virginia Ave
Handley
Nancy Katherine Crisman
Greystone Terrace
George Wilson
Nancy Redd
Elizabeth W. Quarles
G. W. Quarles
Wear White to Be Seen on Night Roads
Advice urges pedestrians to wear white or light clothing when walking on highways at night. Stay visible, use sidewalks where available, and walk facing traffic to improve safety and reduce risk of collisions.
Scout Roundup To Be Discussed At Group Meeting
The Shawnee district committee meets Monday at 8 p m in Market Street Methodist Church led by Laurens Jones. Representatives from Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties will report on troop and Cub pack conditions and plans to inspect all troops for membership appearance and program.
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Mondaov
Market St. Methodist Church
Laurens Jones
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Scoutrail
Peron
Middletown Fire Company Profits From Yard Parties
President T Ainsworth Sperry and officers report Middletown Fire Company netted about 909 from three yard parties to fund a 7200 fire truck. Yard parties grossed 1100 with 25 won in Gordonsville parade by the outfit and auxiliary. This is the third time the company has won prizes for best appearing company at Strasburg and New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Middletown Fire Go
Fire Company
Gordonsville
Middletown Company
Strasburg
New Market
Truckers Strike Widens in Metro Area
In a broad work stoppage about 15 000 truckers in the metropolitan area and nearby New Jersey, employers filed unfair labor practices charges with the National Labor Relations Board against local 807 for alleged interference by striking drivers. Mediators held separate sessions with a area wide union committee representing 12 teamster locals including 10 for 807, which has about 10 000 on strike, but no settlement progress was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
National Labor Relations Board
Local 807
Teamsters
Ca. 807
Gloucester training school students urged to register at Botetourt
Negro students from Gloucester training school plan to register today at Botetourt high school for whites after accusing the Negro facilities of being unequal. Oliver W. Hill of the NAACP said an inspection found no substantial change since a Federal court order to equalize facilities. Registration of white and Negro pupils occurred in the county, while Gloucester training school students were advised not to register pending a test at Botetourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cester County
Gloucester County Training School
Botetourt High School
Botetourt
Oliver W. Hill
Richmond
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gloucester Training School
Gloucester County School Board
Botetourt School
Gloucester Courthouse
Negroes in Virginia Seek Compliance on School Facilities
In Richmond the Federal district court orders equal school facilities for Negro students. A Negro inspecting team described the training school as wholly inadequate and Lawyer Martin said a contempt motion would be filed within days against the King George school board for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal District Court
Richmond
Martin
King George
Sales Directory September 11 Listings from Winchester Area
A compilation of upcoming sales in the Winchester Virginia area listing multiple auctions on September 11 and later dates. Items include real estate household goods antiques chinaware and furniture, with locations such as Boyce York Inn Paper Mill Road Millwood Road Rt. 50 and the Frederick County Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Baker
Boyce
L. J. Clevenger
Loudoun St
T. C. Keckley
Winchester
Paper Mill Road
Alfred DeMazzon
York Inn
Es Rogers
Millwood Road
E. B. Cooper
Frederick County Court House
Yugoslav Invasion Alleged at Greek Border Sparks Crisis
Athens reports Yugoslav troops allegedly invaded Greece with nine Greek fatalities cited by War Minister George Stratos. He urged Allied and UN intervention to prevent a broader war and proposed an international force to seal 500 miles of Greek borders amid Albanian, Yugoslav, and Bulgarian provocations linked to guerrilla groups led by Markos Vafiades.
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Athens
George Stratos
Greece
Greek Ae
Stratos
Comaes
Markos Vafiades
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M. Hercule Poirot
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Stir County
Biove
Associated Press
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J. 1. SE
County Board
Okehs Religious Instruction
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Ford
Buick
B. W. Alabaugh Whitacre, Va
Westinghouse
Hoosier
Coleman Dunn
Hottel
Byron Brumback
Flinchbaugh
Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
Arizona
Hollywood
David-Bradley
Buddy Artri
Holmes Rogers
Goodsyear Tires
Buncutter Tire CO. Corner
Braddock & Germain
Middletown Fire Company
Signs OF the Times
Glaize & Bro
Glou
United Nations
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
C. I. Brumback & Sons
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Dodge-Plymouth
Albin
Tommy D. Lockhart
Brannon’s Cleaners
Chrysler Town & Country Chapman Motor Co
W. Boscawen St
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
Stoves Ranges
Winchester FurniTure CO
Winchester Seed CO
N. Cameron St
Phene
Northern Virginia Power CO
Ash
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