Hurricane Heads Off Coast Yet Rain Forecasted For Norfolk
Weather Bureau officials said the hurricane would pass 100 to 150 miles east of Cape Hatteras tonight and bring heavy rain and winds of 35 to 45 mph to Norfolk area. Flooded streets reported in New Haven as tides surged. Jacksonville bureau noted the storm moving north and east of Cape Hatteras.
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the Star
Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlantic
Norfolk
John Murphy
Murphy
Cape Hatteras
New
Haven
Conn
Jacksonville
Fia
Piorida
Tolerance On Lead Spray For Apples Raised
Secretary Wallace raised the allowed lead residue on apples shipped to .018 grain per fruit. The move, following Public Health Service experiments, increases tolerances for free and fluorine residues and reflects a more liberal standard for growers and handlers under a special appropriation.
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Washington
Wallace
Weages
Public Health Service
Stephens City fair set to showcase student projects
MA Winchester notes Shenandoah Valley climate remains favorable for hurricanes and storms. The Stephens City fair dates are set and the event highlights student projects that reflect credit on individuals and the community. Visitors will find diverse products on display.
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Stephens City
Kindergarten Opens October 3 for Ages Three to Six
Kindergarten opens October 3 for children aged three to six. Tuition is five dollars per month. Location at Marian Pine Du Vall 110 Kent Street. Harrisonburg Teachers College training noted. Phone 697 R.
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Marian Pine Duvall
Kent St
Harrisonburg _ Teachers College training
Virginia Apples Sell Cheap in Roanoke and Winchester Areas
W. 8 Campfield secretary of the Virginia Horticultural Society reports Roanoke growers get 40 to 50 cents per bushel for culls while Winchester district culls fetch as low as 20 cents. The apple crop is nearly cleared in the South with demand growing. Virginia fruit reports a short packing in southern Virginia and the Piedmont. Harvests, led by Yorks and Ben Davis, begin in the Winchester district with full swing expected next week.
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Campfield
Virginia Horticultural Society
Roanoke
Winchester
Tennessee
Kentucky
Carolinas
Virginia
Piedmont
Yorks
Ben Davis
Bankers Hold Bi Month Clearing House Dinner
Eighteen of the twenty member banks attended the bi monthly dinner meeting of the Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah and Page County Regional Clearing House Association at Dorothy's Inn Narrow Passage Virginia. Houston H Newman chaired the event with remarks on service charges and banking practices. Bank officers from Farmers and Merchants National Bank Strasburg First National Bank Berryville and others contributed discussions on bank advertising and purchasing. Winchester Mayor J C Robertson attended and spoke about official recognition. The next board meeting is set for Strasburg and the association dinner will be held in Luray on Monday November.
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Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah
Page County Regional Clearing House Association
Dorothy’s Inn
Narrow Passage
Houston H. Newman
Edinburg
Frank Butsler
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Trust Company
Fred 3. Maphis
Strasburg
First National Bank
Ralph M. Ware
Berryville
Br. OR Anderson J. C. R.erson
Winchester
Hinde
Secer
Association
Luray
Public Sale of Bank Stock in Front of County Court House
Public sale of 213 shares of Commercial and Savings Bank stock in front of County Court House on Saturday September 24 1938 at 12 oclock noon. Alice O Groves administrator of T J Orndorff deceased lists the action in the notice.
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Court House
Alice
Groves
T. J. Orndorff
Star staff veterans reflect decades of service
The Star profiles long tenured employees from carriers to press foremen, noting many began as youths and continued with the paper for 20 to over 40 years. Highlights include C Douglas Barnett starting at age twelve, and Harold March progressing from carrier to linotype operator.
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Back
C. Douglas Barnett
Ralph
Grant Seabright
Harry F. Byrd
Cee
Fred W. Forney
Harold March
The
Star
Aiiibamtae
Ype
Harrisonburg
News Record
Fansler
Camp Lee
Fred Forney
the Star
Linotype
Eddy Press
Edwin Ritter
Ritter
Rotary
Kenneth Rush
John Hoover
Shenandoah
Secede
Asia
Exonerated In Fatal Mishap Jury Clears Cameron
A jury acquitted John H. Cameron of manslaughter in the Christmas Eve 1987 fatal bicycle collision near Berryville. The Corbin boy cyclist had been riding on the wrong side without a light when struck by a truck driven by the defendant. The verdict was delivered after deliberations that ended around 6 36 PM.
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Corporation’ Court
John H. Cameron
Berryville
Jurpe
Corbin
Lloyd Carper
Clark M. Smith
Cameron
Harry R. Kern, Sr
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Foreman Carper
James S. Grant
Frank M. Anderson
E. Miller Streit
Emerson Akwn
Raymond Rossman
W. A. March
William F. Clevenger
Roy S. Carper
Roland Any
Thomas W.maews
Rat Coffey Wins Pro Am at Washington Club
E R Rat Coffey a Winchester Golf Club pro and Paul Bennett an Opequon Club amateur won the pro am tournament at the Washington Golf Country Club with a best ball 67. Coffey placed high in regional pro am events all summer and also took second in the pro sweepstakes with 71 as Cliff Spencer of Maryland shot 70 to win. The event was played in light rain with a small crowd around the clubhouse.
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E. R. “Rat” Coffey
Winchester Golf Club
Paul Bennett
Martinsburg
Washington Golf Country Club
Coffey
Cliff Spencer
Maryland
Ten Killed as Train Collides on Siding at Tortuga
Ten people die and at least 77 injured in a collision of two Southern Pacific passenger trains on a Tortuga siding near Niland California. A faulty switch diverted the westbound Argonaut onto the siding as the Californian waited to pass. Several identified victims and two overturned locomotives are listed, with three unidentified girls and a woman among the dead.
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Southern Pacific
Nnland
Calif
Tortuga
Here
Anniversary Of Battle Recalled At Winchester Retreat
Seventy four years ago today Confederate forces defending Winchester retreated as Union troops under Sheridan pressed their advance toward Fisher's Hill. Historical notes cite 13 278 Confederates and about 30 000 Union soldiers with heavy fighting near the Opequon July 1864 and subsequent pursuit into the Shenandoah Valley.
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Winchester
Sheah Valley
Confederatermy
Early
Sheridan
Opequon
Barry
Crook
Federal Ee
Torbert
Martinsburg Turnbi
Fisher's Hill
40000 American Legion Parade In San Francisco
Los Angeles reports that 40000 American Legion members from every state and overseas move in a grand parade across twenty blocks to Memorial Coliseum. National Commander Daniel J. Doherty will review them as the event claims the West’s longest parade and second largest in U S history.
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American Legion
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum
Daniel
J. Doherty
West
New York
Angi Bugle
Corps Competi
Hungarian Polish Envoys Confer With Herr Hitler at Obersalzberg
Envoys from Hungary and Poland were received by Adolf Hitler at the Berghof on Obersalzberg to discuss the Czechoslovak crisis. The meeting followed a Budapest flight of ministers and included talks on self determination for Hungarians in Czechoslovakia. Reports noted possible Hungarian aims to influence post crisis spoils and mention Admiral Horthy's intended visit to seek support.
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Bechtesgaden
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Reichchancellor
Czechoslo
Berghof
Obersalzberg
Munch
Admiral Horthy
Hitler
Mussolini Promises Italy Readiness for War in Speech
Premier Mussolini loudly denounces foreign critics as Italy proclaims preparedness amid the Czech crisis. He declares Italy to be feared and rejects foreign scorn, insisting resistance to external pressure is irrevocably established.
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Udine
Italy
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Buncutter Wins McCormac Cup At Winchester Golf Club
R E Buncutter, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, won the McCormac memorial trophy at the Winchester Golf Club with Eddie Goss as runner up. Buncutter shot 168 gross for 36 holes and 138 net, while Goss totaled 161 gross and 143 net. Nelson Page took third with a net 146.
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R. E. Buncutter
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Golf Club
Eddie Goss
Buncutter
Goss
Nelson Page
Carl L
Liams
Junk metals bought and used pipe sold by local firm
WANTED junk metals iron rags batteries radiators. We pay the highest market price. Also sell used pipe all sizes guaranteed. Phone 254 Winchester Junk Co. 13 Pairfax Lane.
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Winchester Junk Co
Dancing Chuck and Rays Barbeques Specialty Eatery
Local dining note highlights Dancing Chuck and Rays Barbeques renowned for country ham sandwiches. Weekly specials and Tuesday offerings noted, with emphasis on homey, regional fare.
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Chuck & Ray
Paris Skeptical On Negotiations
Paris signs cautious on the Czechoslovak crisis as Britain and France weigh a Franco British plan while Germany presses demands. Poland warns on peace and signals possible force to regain Czech or Polish inhabited territory if talks fail.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gazeta Polska
Rome
Paris
London
Berlin
Open Forum Draws Prominent Winchester Figures on Armory Bond
Winchester residents are invited to an Open Forum by the Junior Board of Trade at Handley Library tomorrow night. Attending will be Mayor Charles R. Anderson State Senator T Russell Cather Admiral L M Nulton and Dr Allen Hawthorne. The meeting will discuss the $33000 municipal armory bond issue for the two local National Guard companies ahead of the September 29 vote. Dr Leon Slavin will chair the session and attendees may ask questions about the armory and bond.
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Winchester
Junior Board of Trade
Handley Library
Charles R. Anderson
T. Russell Cather
L. M. Nulton
Allen Hawthorne
National Guard
Leon Slavin
Board of Directees
Board of Trade
Czechoslovakia replies to British French proposals Prague
The Czechoslovak government said its reply to Britain and France allows further diplomatic negotiations while noting important reservations. The note, presented in Prague, addresses proposals linked to Sudetenland and other terms. Thousands of troops were placed on alert near the Sudeten border as tensions rose and anti aircraft defenses watched for bombs.
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Paris
France
Adolf Hitler
Berets
Czechoslo
Germany
Sudeten
Europe
Geneva
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Daladiers
Hitler
Paul Marchandeau
Prague
London
Jain-Daladier
Sude
Tenland
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt proclaims Fire Prevention Week beginning October 9 to curb preventable fires. He urges national cooperation to reduce loss of life and property and calls for elimination of fire hazards. Winchester firemen hope locals heed the plea amid city cellars and basements filled with debris.
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Roosevelt
Winchester
Found pup with harness but no license
A handsome young white female bulldog with a harness is found. No license or owner details provided. The notice notes location as at once and references identifiers 41 and 1182 with date 9-17 Ip-ti.
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Bulletin
Shenandoah Valley
News Desk
Blair March
Rat Coffey
Washington Club
Hansen
Moling & Cather
Florence A. Tator
Chestnut St
Rhinebeck, N. Y
E. W. Hall
Loma Linda
G. A. Hall
Robert N. Richardson
Argonaut
P. E. Martin
Cali
Fornian
H. R. Parsons
the Argonaut
Il Duce
McCormac Cup
Carl Campbell
Open Forum
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