Labor saving show at Lup ton Orchard Service opens Oct 13
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service presents a labor saving show at Lup ton Orchard Service on October 13. The exhibit features a portable motor performing a dozen jobs a hay drier model and a compact feed grinder demonstrating how turning grain into feed can save steps. County Agent I Fred Stine says the demonstrations cover farm and home efficiency sponsored by Frederick county board of agriculture and home demonstration clubs with Walker McC Bond as chairman and Mrs C L Butler and Miss Agnes V Shirley as co chairmen.
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Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
Lupton Orchard
Dorem
Thehay Drier Center
I. Fred Stine
Extension Service
Frederick County Board of Agriculture and Home Demonstration Clubs
Walker McC. Bond
C. L. Butler
Slash in Export of Coal Suggested
The Office of Defense Transportation called for temporary reductions in coal exports from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore until Northeastern stockpiles are built up. ODT said the suggestion was delivered to Presidential Assistant John R Settlman for Commerce Secretary review on import licensing control.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
ODT
John R. Settlman
Secretary of Commerce
Five Thousand Communists Dead in Two Days Battle
Official sources report government forces killed about 5000 Chinese Communists in two days of bitter fighting near Taispu on the Peiping Paoting railway's western flank, about 50 miles southwest of Peiping. The apon a small Celebes wild buffalo features in a cross word puzzle note.
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Peiping
Taispu
Peiping-Paoting
Cross Word Puzzle Fame
Celebes Island
Jalopy Racers Here Sunday
A jalopy auto race is scheduled at the Airport Speedway on Sunday with 23 cars from Myersdale and Richmond. Charles Wilkins won Richmond’s Labor Day feature. Earl Anderson second, Jimmy Shaw third, Doug Bailey fourth. Notable entrants include George Donovan, Paul Raeder, H W Newell, Bob Parker, and more.
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Airport Speedway
Myersdale
Richmond
Charles Wilkins
Earl Anderson
Jimmy Shaw
Doug Bailey
George Donovan
George Prutzman
Paul Raeder
H. W. Newell
Bob Parker
Wally Maurer
Elwood Frye
Art Parnell
Turner Cole
Kenneth Cather
Tommy Myers
Chas Wilkins
Charles O'Conner
Ed Bowers
Johnny Belgrad
Ralph Williams
Stratosphere Chamber Aims to Simulate High Altitude Flight
Britain builds the world’s largest stratosphere chamber to test aircraft at pressures like those found to 70 000 feet. A 25 by 50 foot cylinder at Barrow-in-Furness and Weybridge will test structures controls and engines while vacuum pulls pressure to one twentieth atmosphere in 90 minutes matching climb rates of 10 000 feet per minute.
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London
Britain
Vickers- Armstrongs Naval Yard
Barrow-in-Furness
Weybridge
Charles Huff Rites Held in Berryville
Funeral services for 27 year old Charles Huff who died Monday in Richmond will be held at 2 30 P M Friday at Enders funeral home Berryville with interment in Green Hill cemetery Pallbearers are Kenneth Clevenger Charles Ray Miller Earl Newcome Clarence Higgs Robert Shenk and James Tharpe He was a son of Mrs Edith Huff Weller of Washington and the late Charles Clayton Huff of Clarke county He is survived by his mother three sisters Mrs Bernard Hummer of Baltimore Mrs John Newcom and Mrs Andrew Higgs of Winchester.
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Charles Huff
Richmond
Ender
Berryville
Green Hill Cemetery
Kenneth Clevenger
Charles Ray Miller
Earl Newcome
Clarence Higgs
Robert Shenk
James Tharpe
Huff
Edith Huff Weller
Washington
Charles Clayton Huff
Clarke County
Bernard Hummer
Baltimore
John Newcom
Andrew Higgs
Winchester
Winchester ministers oppose Sunday movie openings
The Winchester Ministerial Association condemns plans to open movies on Sundays, linking it to a breakdown of Sabbath observance and rising arrests. They warn such changes threaten the community’s Christian moral foundations and urge adherence to traditional principles. Signed by Thomas J. Hawkins chair, James B. Roe, Ronald Wilson.
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Winchester
Winchester Ministerial Assn
Thomas J. Hawkins
James B. Roe
Ronald
Wilson
Methodists Hold District Session at Woodstock
The Winchester district of the Methodist church met at Woodstock with Rev. F B Ogles urging focus on grace over programs. Speakers included Bruce Slaven district lay leader and Rev Lyle Ewell. Preliminary Virginia conference reports were presented as the year ends.
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F. B. Oglesby
Winchester
Methodist Church
Woodstock
Bruce Slaven
Harrisonburg
Lyle Ewell
Lynchburg
Virginia
General Archer Lerch Dies in Seoul Korea
Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch, 58, died in Seoul of a heart attack thought to be hastened by his strenuous work as military governor of the U S zone in southern Korea. Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge praised Lerch for giving his life in the cause of Korean independence.
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Seoul
Archer L. Lerch
U. S
Korea
John R. Hodge
Lerch
Lerch Falls Ill During Interim Government Setup
Lerch nearly completed his plan to establish an interim government in Southern Korea to train Koreans in self governance when he became seriously ill on August 29.
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Lerch
K Korea
Cullinan Diamond Found in 1905 Largest Gem Discovery
The Cullinan, the world’s largest diamond, was discovered in 1905. It weighed about one and three quarter pounds, marking a historic gem find.
Front Royal Chamber Boosts Secretary Pay
The Front Royal chamber of commerce directors raised executive secretary James A. Payne's salary from 300 to 350 monthly retroactive from June 1 and approved a 750 bonus.
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Front Royal
Front Royal Chamber of Commerce
James A. Payne
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