Experimental apple juice venture in Inwood West Virginia
A WV extension division and Inwood Growers Club test a canned apple juice process using a flash pasteurizer to preserve natural apple flavor. They plan blends from Grimes Golden, Ben Davis, Red and Golden Delicious, Stayman and Winesap to find best taste and cost, with commercial production tied to the apple crop.
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Inwood
W. Va
West Virginia
Prettyman
Westmeetharvernity Extension Division
Inwood Fruit Growers Club
Inwood Packing House
Washington State
Extension Division
Bureau of Chemistry and Engineering
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Pensioner Signs Checks Backward In Des Moines
An Iowa man who survived a serious illness allegedly signs his monthly welfare checks in reverse to endorse them. Officials report the unusual habit as part of a welfare case in Des Moines citing the elderly recipient’s actions after recovery.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pull
British freighter Olive Grove torpedoed off Ireland
Captain James Barnetson of the Olive Grove leads crew onto the U S liner Washington after the torpedo strike 200 miles off Ireland. The Olive Grove was sunk by a German submarine with 83 onboard.
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James Barnetson
U.S
Washington
Ireland
Food Supply Is Plentiful in Domestic Crop Forecasts
The Agriculture Department reports harvests will be bountiful with crops including corn barley beans sugar beets and tobacco set for a high 10 year yield. A presidential proclamation lifts limits on refined sugar sales enabling about 500000 tons to enter domestic markets. Fruit and nut crops show record cherries apples pears prunes and near average pecans walnuts almonds and filberts in prospect.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Europe
Hotels Aim to Allow Liquor by the Drink in Virginia
The Virginia Division of the Southern Hotel Association voted to back legislation with the Virginia Hotel Association to permit liquor by the drink in Old Dominion hotels. Officials say cocktails would reduce hotel liquor consumption and promote temperate drinking as Virginia seeks national travel status.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia
Southern Hotel Association
Virginia Hotel Association
Old Dominion
Atlantic Seaboard
Level Heads Needed New
The New York Packer notes war in Europe unsettles U S business status with optimism in grains and metals yet gloom in other lines. It urges traders to stay balanced, follow Secretary Wallace’s advice, and continue normal operations while watching developments closely.
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New York
Wallace Giver
August Sales Rise In Fifth District Department Stores
Five district department stores show a six percent rise in August sales from a year earlier, with eight month gains at three percent nationwide four percent. South Carolina leads August gains at 13.2 percent and eight months at 16.2 percent, while Charleston, Lynchburg posted the strongest district increases for August.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of
United States
South Carolina
Charleston
S. C
Virginia
Lynchburg
No Evidence of War Profiteering
Richmond reports Pearne E. Ketron states bids for state institution supplies show no war profiteering amid price hikes. He notes some items unchanged for Oct 1 purchases, while flour rose to 4.73 and meal to 1.80 per 100 pounds, sugar up 1.50 per hundredweight. some meat bids not yet received.
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Richmond
Pearne E. Ketron
State Division of Purchase and Printing
Ketron
Answers to Today's Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 cover topics from government to geography Cordell Hull and Chief Justice references appear among the listed items The responses include locations Washington D C and a geographic gap between the Great Lakes The results show professional football and a high percentage about 92 percent with a comment on tie breaking rules
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The
United States
Washington, D
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Cordell Hull
Filling Station Planned At North Avenue and Loudoun
After a court battle, a permit is issued for a Continental Oil Company station at the North Avenue and North Loudoun Street intersection. The long-standing brick dwelling on the site is being razed, and the property is leased by Charles Harper to the oil company.
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Circuit Court
Continental Oil Company
North Avenue
North Loudoun Street
Charles Harper
Hometown Talk Skies Over Gydnia Danzig Ports
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce heard W Chapin Huntington discuss Gydnia and Danzig with focus on Poland’s port development and the Polish Corridor. He noted Gydnia’s growth to 125000 residents and argued Hitler used the area to push broader territorial aims.
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Berryville
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce
Central Europe
W. Chapin Huntington
Huntington
Clarke County
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Gydnia
Danzig
Hitler
Europe
Pastors Attend Synod Meeting in Richmond
The Rev. Ronald S. Wilson pastor of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church and the Rev H J Womeldorf assistant pastor left for Richmond to attend the Presbyterian Synod of the Southern Presbyterian Church annual meeting at Union Theological Seminary. C M Martin departed as church lay delegate.
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Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
H. J. Womeldorf
Richmond
Presbyterian Synod of
Southern Presbyterian Church
Union Theological Seminary
C. M. Martin
Winchester Presbytery to Meet September 26
The fall meeting of the Winchester Presbytery is set for September 26 at 7 30 p.m. at Moorefield Presbyterian Church. Representing Loudoun Street Church are Henry Moling Jr and alternate Burton Ritter. the host church’s delegation includes Rev. Allen Jones, former pastor of the Opequon Group.
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Winchester Presbytery
Moorefield Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
Henry Moling Jr
Burton Ritter
Allen Jones
Opequon Group
Tor
Tobacco Sales Are Postponed in Rocky Mount
Opening of two tobacco warehouses in Rocky Mount scheduled for next Monday has been postponed due to an embargo in England on currency and withdrawal of British tobacco companies from the market. The delay affects the local tobacco board of trade and warehouse operator Cam B. Perdue.
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Rocky Mount
Rock Mount
Cam B. Perdue
Tobacco Board of Trade
Perdue
England
Old Belt
North Carolina
Viroe
Auto Mishap Near Cedar Creek Injures Mt. Jackson Man
Audine Bly of Mt. Jackson a service station manager sustained slight injuries when a tire blew out on his car near Cedar Creek causing it to veer into a ditch. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and is resting comfortably. A back injury is suspected. others in the car were uninjured.
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Audine Bly
Mt. Jackson
Cedar Creek
Memorial Hospital
New Gum Aims to Stop Tooth Decay
Boston report on germ arresting chewing gum as dentists scientists claim immunity principle in saliva reduces acid bacteria. V R Kokatnur and Murray Jelling say organic peroxide likely behind decay resistance and propose synthetic peroxides in gum to protect susceptible teeth.
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Boston
New York
American Chemical Society
V. R. Kokatnur
Murray Jelling
Painter Child Is Recovering From Arm Injury
Herbert Painter five year old son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd W Painter of near Stephens City is recovering from a multiple fracture of his arm after being trapped beneath a toppled stack of feed in his father's store. The bone was splintered and he spent weeks in the hospital. Now home he rests in a cast from the waist up with shoulder injuries slowly mending, doctors say.
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Herbert Painter
Lloyd W. Painter
Stephens City
Home Accidents Rival Car Deaths
Washington reports accidents in homes nationwide claim about the same number of lives as highways. Harold F. Enlows, Red Cross leader, urges a school-year home hazard check as cold weather confines youngsters indoors. Last year 6,750 children ages 5 to 14 died from accidents. falls and burns led.
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Washington
Harold F. Enlows
Red Cross First Aid and
Enlows
Red Cross
Stubborn Blaze Damages Bluefield Feed Building
A three story Sublette Feed and Supply Building in Bluefield West Virginia sustained about 150000 dollars in damage from a late night fire of unknown origin. Firefighters from Bluefield and Bluefield Virginia battled the blaze for hours and passed hoses into upper floors of neighboring structures to prevent wall collapse. no injuries were reported.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Sublette Feed and Supply
Three Die In Canadian Rail Collision Near Border
WARROAD Minn Sept 12 Three persons were killed and several injured in a head on collision between two Canadian National trains just across the border in Canada. One train was a long grain train and the other an engine and a caboose.
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Warroad
Minn
Canadian National
Clarke Trial Court Busy With Hearings For Two Mountain Men
Trial Justice Loring C. Kackley set a hearing for Ellwood Wiley who was arrested by State Trooper George Miller near his mountain home for driving without an operator's permit and with improper lights. Separately Owen Ruffner David Ruffner and Walter Sampson were found guilty of stealing about 50 watermelons from Charlie Hummer and placed on probation on payment of the melons and court costs of three dollars each.
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Berryville
Loring C. Kackley
Ellwood Wiley
Berry’s Ferry
George Miller
Wiley
Justin Kackley
Owen Ruffner
David Ruffner
Walter Sampson
Charlie Hummer
Castleman's Ferry
Five Stake Races For Bowie Meet
Baltimore Sept 12 Five stake races with purses totaling 32500 were announced for the November 16 December 2 meeting at Bowie race track by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association today. The track association will add 120000 in purses for the regular race cards including several overnight features paying 1500 to 2500 dollars.
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Baltimore
Bowie
Southern Maryland Agricultural Association
The
Track Association
New Commander For Fort Meade
Brig Gen Clement A Trott has taken command at Fort George G Meade succeeding Maj Gen Walter Krueger who moves to Fort Worth Texas Trott arrives from Schofield Barracks Hawaii and will be joined by his family next month He previously served as chief of staff of the Fifth Division in France earning the Distinguished Service Medal for sound tactical directions aiding four offensives.
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Fort George G. Meade
Clement A. Trott
Walter Krueger
Krueger
Fort Worth
Tex
Gen
Trott
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
France
Clarke Justice Continues Case
Clarke Justice continues the case against Frank Ashby from the outskirts of Boyce. Ashby was arrested early Sunday after a liquor inspired brawl with his son Osburn Asn by and other family members. Deputy Buckner detained him at his home and he was jailed to cool off.
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Berryville
Loring C. Kackley
Frank Ashby
Boyce
Ashby
Osburn Asnby
Buckner
Tennessee Poll Tax Held Valid
Two federal judges ruled Tennessee’s poll tax a constitutional prerequisite to voting in national elections. The decision denied Henry Pirtle’s petition for injunction against Grundy County election officials, backed by the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Henry Pirtle
Grundy County
Pirtle
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Southern Conference On Human Welfare
Middletown Council Rejects Aid to Fire Company
At a special meeting the Middletown Council decided not to contribute to the Stephens City Independent Hose Company as Middletown lacks adequate water sources to utilize the equipment. C Leslie Wright took the oath as council member succeeding Thomas M Sperry who resigned.
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Middletown
Stephens City Independent Hose Company
C. Leslie Wright
Thomas M. Sperry
Virginia Troopers Arrest 8942 in First Half of 1939
Richmond reports Col. M. BATTLE states during the first six months of 1939 state troopers arrested 8,942 for law violations. 3,891 faced moving-violation charges with 2,991 convictions. 3,855 were charged or summoned for license, signal, or parking offenses with 80 percent convictions. Felonies totaled 3196 arrests. patrols covered 2,911,340 miles and 280,168 hours.
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Richmond
Col. M. 8. Battle
Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
Col. Battle
Apple Exports Reported For Last Week From New York
Apple exports for the week ending September 9, as reported by Inge and Company brokers and forwarders of New York, list destination totals for blis boxes has drms Liverpool London Southampton Rio de Janeiro Santos San Francisco and others. A separate note from San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf features a waiter sign about avoiding war talk with patrons.
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Apple
New York
Inge and Company
Liverpool
London
Southampton
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Warnings Of Nazi U-Boats Studied In Washington
State Department officials studied in silence a report that a German submarine warned that all American ships ignoring halt orders would be fired upon. Britain seized contraband resin bound for Hamburg. Experts noted international law limits on sinking neutral ships carrying contraband and the need to warn crews.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Hamburg
Germany
N. Nicholson
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Wacosta
Glasgow
New York
Nicholson
G. Self
Berlin
United States
Head On Collision Near Old Chapel
Berryville Virginia September special report describes a two car head on crash near Old Chapel curve three miles south of Berryville. Doug Barrett of Byrd orchard and passenger Franklin McAfee were injured. J O Young of New York, former Clarke County resident, escaped with a knee bruise. One car driven by Barrett was on the wrong side of the road and Barrett faces reckless driving charges. Hearing date not yet set.
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Berryville
Old Chapel Curve
Here
Doug. Barrett
Byrd Orchard
J. O. Young
New York
Clarke County
Barrett
Mr. Young
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Dr. Prettyman
West Virginia Extension Service
U. S
MR. Schuyler Larkin
Winchester
North America Assurance Society
Shenandosh Valley
Coc
Painter Child
Cy An
Uae
SILCO
N. Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Clarke Trial Court
Fort Meade
Clarke Justice
Stokol
Adams Plumbing & Heating
E. Piccadilly St
Mary Wine
Denver
Col
San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf
Miomo Ceragili
Old Chapel
USG
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Braddock St
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