Middletown High Sees 300 Plus Enrolled for 1939 40
Middletown High School opens the 1939 40 session with over 300 students and potential for 50 more after seasonal farm and orchard work ends. Principal H Dennis Hoover expects a larger total than last year. The Community League holds its first meeting at 7 45 pm Wednesday led by president L Wright with officer elections on the agenda. Plans include softball and basketball, no football, a baseball team in spring, and a school paper supplement to the Winchester Evening Star forthcoming. Home economic and vocational agriculture students are preparing for the annual Stephens City fair.
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Middletown High School
Hoover
the Star
Middletown
Stephens City
Winchester Evening Star
Dempsey Still Holds World Title After Firpo Classic
Sixteen years ago this week Jack Dempsey retained the heavyweight championship with a second round knockout of Luis Angel Firpo at the Polo Grounds New York. The victory followed a dramatic first round where Firpo nearly toppled the champion, later remembered for ring generalship that secured his place among boxing’s all-time greats.
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Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Polo Grounds
New York
Dempsey
Fir
Two British Trawlers Sunk as Others Escape
London report from the Ministry of Information says two British trawlers named Lord Minto and Arlita were sunk with crews rescued by a third trawler. It says several British merchant vessels including Rothesay Castle Baharisland and Baron Lovat were attacked but escaped the U-boat. No location or cause specified.
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London
Ministry of Information
Lord Minto
Arlita
Rothesay Castle
Baharisland
Baron Lovat
Reds Open World Series Ticket Office in Cincinnati
The National League pennant race not yet decided. Cincinnati Reds opened a world series ticket office offering three game strips for October 7 8 and 9 in New York. Major league only tickets at 16.95 per three game strip with reserved seating.
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TI. O
Cincinnati Red
New York
License Of Fruit Dealer Suspended
BLACKSBURG Virginia September 19 The federal perishable agricultural commodities act has suspended the license of H E Hall a fruit dealer from Indiana after complaints he failed to pay for two carloads of apples from Winchester Virginia and 11 carloads of watermelons from Georgia The act administered by the agricultural marketing service aims to enforce fair play by licensed commission merchants dealers and brokers who handle interstate fruit and vegetable shipments
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The
Star
Blacksburg
H. E. Hall
Indianapolis
Winchester
J. L. Maxton
Virginia State Extension Service
Hall
Virginia
Georgia
Federal Department
Maxton
Agricultural Marketing Service
Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Thect
Executor's Sale of Mary C Rhyan Property in Winchester
The executor M M Lynch offers at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia on Saturday Sept 30 1939 at 12 noon the home of late Mary C Rhyan 26 Valley Avenue with two parcels 39 by 100 feet and 42 by 60 feet and a whole property option. One parcel contains a five room residence and the other is a 42 foot frontage on South Braddock Street with 60 feet depth. Immediate possession and terms one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire policy.
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Mary C. Rhyan
Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Valley Avenue
Braddock Street
Ray Grim
E. W. Cather
M. M. Lynch
Notice of Separate Property and Nonresponsibility
Local notice states that the wife has left and the husband will not be responsible for any debts she incurs. Signed H. L. Fletcher dated September 19, 1911.
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H. L. Fletcher
Kings Daughters And Sons To Hold Clarke County Convention Thursday
Clarke County Kings Daughters and Sons plan a Grace Episcopal Church gathering Thursday Sept 23 at 2 pm. Mrs E Jaquelin Smith announces the convention with guest speaker Mrs A R McCally of Richmond and Rev W O Luttrell to lead services. The Golden Rule Circle hosts lunch at 12 30 pm with Mrs Ralph M Ware and Mrs H B Whiting in charge.
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Ralph M. Ware
H. B. Whiting
Windsor Becomes Major General in Britain’s War
The Duke of Windsor resigns as field marshal and Bri tish high commissioner and is named major general in the field. King George accepts the temporary resignation and assigns the rank as of September 3, the day Britain declared war on Germany.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
George
Britain
Germany
Maryland Law School to Admit Third Negro Student
The University of Maryland law school will admit another black student this year the third in its history. William H. Murphy of Baltimore an Oberlin College graduate and nephew of Carl Murphy editor of the Afro American will be the student. Murphy filed his application last February.
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Baltimore
University of Maryland Law School
William H. Murphy
Oberlin College
Carl Murphy
Murphy
Fulbright Becomes University President in Arkansas
James William Fulbright aged 35, former University of Arkansas football and tennis player and Rhodes Scholar, becomes president of the university. He took office succeeding the late Dr. J. C. Putrall and has served on the law faculty for the past three years.
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Fayetteville, Ark
James William Fulbright
University of Ar
Fulbright
Arkansas Law School
J. C. Putrall
Property Trespass Warning From F I McClure
Notice from F I McClure forbidding hunting trapping or trespassing on the property and stating violators will be prosecuted with dates 9 19 23 30 31 referenced.
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F. I. McClure
U. S. Embassies Dismantled Before War Turmoil
Four American embassies and legations have disappeared in three years as tensions rise. The Warsaw embassy moved from Poland to Romania and may set up in Paris. The shrinkage began in 1936 with Italy’s capture of Addis Ababa, followed by Vienna after Austria’s annexation and Prague after Germany’s takeover.
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Washington
Warsaw
Poland
Rumania
Paris
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Mexicana Applique Patches Pattern Offered By Newspaper
A pattern for applique motifs inspired by Mexico is offered with four 53 by 8 inch patches and four 1 inch squares. The transfer pattern, materials list, color schemes, and stitches illustration are included. Send ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
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Mexico
Joe
Winchester Evening Star
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Apple growers urged to channel harvests into by products amid war
Dr. Fred W. Hofmann of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station warned apple growers to stay calm and shift supplies toward canners syrup producers evaporators and other by product uses. He noted the pound sterling weakness and British apple surpluses threaten prices and urged prudent marketing and credit practices to weather potential lean seasons.
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Blacksburg
Fred W. HofMann
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Hof Mann
London
Department of Agriculture
Britain
Hofmann
Urges Poles to guard honor of their nation
Paris dispatch notes Polish President Ignace Moscicki calls on all Poles to defend their nation’s honor so justice will prevail. He says to remove the symbol of the republic’s power from the present crisis and transfers the presidency’s headquarters to ensure sovereignty and republic interests amid the German threat and Russian invasion.
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Paris
Ignace Moscicki
Poland
Germany
Rivers and apple industry notes from early 20th century remarks
The passage discusses river conditions, barge activity in 1918-19, and a rising pound sterling. It notes continued price increases and a surge in the apple industry, alongside lasting unfavorable effects. It argues there are too many trees for the market, with excess capacity in the country.
Incomes Report Details Virginia 1938 Earnings
Virginia 1938 average family income was 1754 with national average 2088. Per capita income 343 in Virginia and 483 nationally. Private productive enterprise yielded 719 million, government services 129 million, relief and pensions 48 million, other private income 32.3 million. Cash income 843 million, in kind value 85 million. Government income per capita 18, lowest after North Carolina. Manufacturing led with 135 million to individuals. agriculture 126 million. transportation 90 million. trade 109 million. services 109 million.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
National Industrial Conference Board
Carolina
Nevada
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Community League
K. O. Firpo
Citizens’ Committee of
Texas Oil Companies
Citizens’ Committee
Winchester Lumber Co
W. B. Cornwell
Jubal A. Early
Phil Sheridan
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Katherine Greene
Sheridan
Early
Fort Loudoun
Mary E. Bush
Frances M. Dargie
Ver Ville Hasman
Vella B. Moon
Adele Affleck
Lottie Covington
Ardenia Jones
Marguerite Pardona
S. Berth Williams
Ada E. Marsh
Olivvia Lamont
Gladys Cochran
Katherine Glass Green
Reds
Omps Funeral Home
Standard “Super-Chief
Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
Kings Daughters and Sons
Clarke County
Stockholm
Charles Backman
Backman
St. Louis
Chicago
Sweden
St. John’s Newfoundland
Windsor
Law
Athletic Star Heads University
MO. S. Solenbeerger Co., Inc
N. Loudoun
U. S
Copa Re
Household Arts, Inc
Aly
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
Riverton
South Fork, Clear
North Fork
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Anderson
Winchester Front Royal
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