Record Court Sets August Busy with 79 Docketed Trials
Clarke County Trial Justice Loring C. Rackley reported an all time high in cases heard in August. 79 cases were docketed and 75 resulted in convictions with 33 decisions including one acquittal. Sheriff Buckner led arrests with 25, Town Sergeant Carper 18, and special officers 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Loring C. Kackley
Clake County
Rackley
Buckner
S. M. Carper
Forse
Mrs Massey Remembered For Wide Circle Of Friends And Service
Mrs. Massey a Winchester resident and former Girl Scout commissioner has died. Funeral services are set for 4 PM Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church with burial private. She leaves husband William P Massey and three children Helen William Farley, plus a sister, two brothers and many longtime friends. Her life connected to Honolulu Rome Boston and Switzerland and she counted Hendrik van Loon and Frances Parkinson Keyes among close associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerritt Judd
Hawaii
Dr. Judd
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Community Christmas Tree Fund Nets 247 For Berryville
Berryville Virginia reports the Community Christmas tree fund cleared 247.85 at a card party hosted by Mrs. Blackburn Smith. The event funds two trees for county children, one white at the community building and the other for the colored industrial school. Notables attending included Rev H G Lane and Charles Town leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
William E. Cameron, Jr
Community
Berryville and
Clarke County
H. N. Dorsey
H. G. Lane
Grace Episcopal Church
John Briscoe
Charles Town
Mother Confident C. M. Henkel Safe After Suez Sinking
Mrs. Henkel confirms her son C. M. Henkel Jr 28 Second Officer on the Steel Seafarer is safe after the ship was sunk by an unknown bomber near the Gulf of Suez on Friday All hands were reported saved Ensign Henkel is a U S Naval Reserve officer and Virginian with a notable sea career and ties to Winchester Alexandria and Lynchburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Steel Seafarer
C. M. Henkel, Jr
Suez Gulf
C. M
Winchester
Steel Seafarer
S. S
Birmingham
Henke
New York
Cape of Good Hope
South Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
India
Australia
East
Far East
U.S. Naval Reserve
New London, Conn
Virginia Episcopal School
Lynchburg
E. B. Cooper
Isthmian Line
Steel
Richard F. Starrett
Alexandria
Germans Admit Leningrad Connections Cut as Neva Canal Falls
German spokesmen asserted Leningrad’s land links are severed and the Neva canal is in German hands cutting communications with Schluesselburg. They added parts of Lake Ladoga shores remain under Russian control while Finnish troops advance from the north. Estimates put Soviet defenders near 1,000,000 as the push toward annihilation looms.
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Leningrad
Neva
Schluesselburg
Lake Ladoga
Artist T F Emmons Dies in Clarke Virginia
Thornton F Emmons aged 84 native of Baltimore died Monday at Battletown Inn Clarke County Virginia from complications. Funeral at Enders parlors with burial in Greenmount Cemetery Baltimore. Survived by brother Lieut George F Emmons four nephews and two nieces. An artist and horse lover he painted Sir Barton for Bernard B Jones of Audley farms Clarke county and Washington.
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Berryville
Thornton F. Emmons
Baltimore
Princeton
N. J
Horace F. Emmons
Battletown Inn
Henry G. Lane
Grace Episcopal Church
Enders
Greenmount Cemetery
George F. Emmons
Victoria
British Columbia
Columbus
Ohio
Frances Emmons Peacock
Garden City
L. I
Cuba
A. P. Osborne
S. F. Baughman
W. A. Bradford
E. P. Berlin
W. T. Willingham
R. M. Ware
Mr. Emmons
Sir Barton
Bernard B. Jones
Audley Farms
Clarke County
Washington
Garden Prizes Awarded By City Federation Committee
Mrs. Lester Arnold announced the annual garden and yard prize winners. Winners include Prettiest flower garden Mrs Henry Cave and Mrs Cecil Fletcher Best vegetable garden Adam Myers and E S Ashley Prettiest flower box Mrs Hazel Gear Prettiest shelf of Shani plants Mrs Mary Greenwalt Nearest and most sanitary back yard Mrs W R Pope and Mrs Walter Sellars Prettiest child s rock garden Anna Sellars and Prettiest child s flower bed Betty Lou Cullers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Arnold
Federated Council of Church Women
John W. Rosenberger
H. H. Jennings
Ora Bailey
Catherine Schulz
Henry Cave
Cecil Fletcher
Adam Myers
E. S. Ashley
Joan Crawford to Attend 29th Division Revue in Baltimore
Actress Joan Crawford will appear at the opening of the 29th division show "Snap It Up Again" in Baltimore. She travels from New York for the event as 200 cast members rehearse at the Maryland Theater for a 1500 soldier audience, with a 25 member orchestra and varied acts.
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Baltimore
Joan Crawford
Twenty Ninth Division
Harry Haller
Haller
Miss Crawford
New York
Maryland
Fifth Regiment
South Enders To Buy Uniforms For Company
At the regular meeting of the South End Hose company the festival committee praised members, the ladies' auxiliary and the public. Bingo games will begin soon to raise funds for new company uniforms not owned for several years. A designs committee was named with L E Armel C C comes Melvin Renner and William Gochenour.
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South End Hose Company
Ladies’ Auxiliary
L. E. Armel
C. C. Comes
Melvin Renner
William Gochenour
Aylor and Steele Lead Stephens City Firemen Board
R E Ayler was reelected president of the Independent Hose Company in Stephens City Virginia at a meeting last night Other officers named include Joe Funk and Hugh Racey as vice presidents G W Lemley secretary F Grove White treasurer Julian D Steele fire chief Maurice Lemley first lieutenant and Howard E Massie second lieutenant Holmes Grim third lieutenant The auxiliary elected officers and plans for a modern steam heating plant were announced with incorporation steps for the company discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
R. E. Ayler
Independent Hose Company
Joe Funk
Hugh Racey
G. W. Lemley
F. Grove White
Julian D. Steele
Maurice Lemley
Howard E. Massie
Holmes Grim
W. C. Adams
J. W. Welch
Harry Booth
Leslie Orndorff
Mildred Lee Grove
Don Lemley
Holmes Yeakle
F .Grove White
Pat Reardon
Route 1
Winchester
Harry Carbaugh
Roosevelt to Demand Strict Accounting for Losses at Sea
President Roosevelt plans to demand Germany account for American lives and ships lost since 1939 as Nazi actions sink five American owned vessels. He may seek repeal of the neutrality act or new naval orders. administration circles see increased danger in belligerent waters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
United States
Congress
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
City of
Rayville
United States Maritime Commission
United States Lines
Australia
Ie Charles Pratt
Freetown
British West Africa
Standard Oil Company
Panama
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Steel
Red Sea
Sessa
Iceland
Army shoe inspections frequency per week
Army shoes are inspected once a week by Quartermaster Corps technicians to ensure comfort and timely repairs.
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Quartermaster Corps
Conferees Press Toward Quick Compromise on Defense Tax Bill
Washington September 10 Conferees labored to resolve House and Senate differences in the large defense tax measure With the Treasury facing an estimated $2,000,000 daily loss pending new excise levies leaders expected a weekend agreement The debate centered on personal income exemptions and corporate taxes while 22 of 44 items were already in accord and the House recesses until September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
DNC
Ways and Means Committee
Reds Claim Fierce Battleline Action on Zigzag Front
Soviet information bureau rebutts Nazi radio boasts claiming Soviet air power and Baltic navy destruction. It notes German claims are fabrications while asserting Soviet fliers artillery and infantry have sunk German and Finnish transports and submarines and that thousands of Romanian losses occurred near Odessa and near Kiev in Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
Odessa
Kiev
Ukraine
Answers to Daily Quiz Provide Quick Reference
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include topics on fish language Virginia and leaders in history. It lists Zachery Taylor John Tyler and Martin Van Bur en. It references George Russell and Carole Landis with a sixty five answer and a true false item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Zachery Taylor
John Tyler
Martin van Bur
George Russell
Carole Landis
Roosevelt appoints five-man board to settle rail dispute
President Roosevelt taps a five member fact finding board to resolve a nationwide rail labor strike risk. Carriers demand a 30 percent base pay raise while the railway unions seek similar gains. The board members will be neutral and paid 75 dollars per day plus expenses with a nine page list of involved carriers attached.
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Roosevelt
Stitchery towels with scetties cross stitched in black
A pattern set of six motifs for towels uses a black scetties transfer and colorful fills. Pattern 7103 includes scalable motifs averaging about 7 by 9 percent in size, suitable for kitchen decor.
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Clarke Court
Mrs. Massey
Hero of
Philip Jessup
Columbia University
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Prof
Jessup
C. M. Henkel
Ya i
Benrus
Ial
Benrus Tre Wateh
the Times Airways
Credit Jewelers
Loudoun St
Eres
T.F. Emmons
Clarke
Revue
South Enders
Fordham
Robert I. Gannon
Fordham University
New York College
R. E. Aylor
Julian Steele
Rees
Leesburg
Veal
Northern Virginia Power CO
Reds
Poe
Stockton
Bulwer
and Collins
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Stokol
Mervel W. Adams
Dial
Alice Brooks
Winchester Dept
14Th Street
N. Y
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