Calendar of events Thursday and Friday listings
The calendar lists local meetings at Kernstown Methodist Miss Minnie Triplett home then Modern Woodmen at Odd Fellows Hall Queen Anne class Lutheran Church and Grace Forney. Friday includes R Conrad American Legion Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel Woodmen of World session and Christ Church choir rehearsal.
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Kernstown Methodist Church
Miss Minnie Triplett
Modern Wootimen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Queen Anne
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Miss Grace Forney
South Washington Street
Conrad American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Woodmen of World
Christ Church Choir
Church
Dorothy Cather to Wed Harold Bageant in October Ceremony
Miss Dorothy Cather and Harold Bageant will marry in the United Brethren Church on Thursday October 5 at 7 30 pm. Miss Cather a Handley graduate class of 1931 and Mr Bageant a local high school graduate class of 1932 are both locally connected.
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Silas G. Cather
Dorothy Cather
Harold Bageant
F. M. Bageant
Gainesboro
United Brethren Church
Miss Cather
Handley
Mr. Bageant
Washington Couple Married Here Yesterday Afternoon
A wedding conducted by Rev. Father Robert E. Hannon united Miss Marie Miller and Mr. Richard Roy in Sacred Heart Church rectory. The Washington D C couple are the children of local families in Washington and Winchester. The bride wore a grapevine gown with talisman roses and corsage. Moving on a social note, Mrs Ethel Slonaker left for Madison College to finish her AB degree after two years on Gore High School faculty.
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Washington
Robert E. Hannon
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Marie Miller
Richard Roy
Washington, D. C
Miller
Clarence Roy
Martin Motor Company
Clarence Roy, Jr
Vanetta Brown
Winchestre
Ethel Slonaker
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Gore High School
Actress Annabella Powers Daughter Rescue From War
Annabella Powers wife of Tyrone Power flew to Europe by clipper to recover her daughter Ann Murat from a prior marriage as war began. They are shown debarking the American Clipper at Port Washington New York. Nearby, Pete Jenkins family hosted visitors from Hayfield Virginia and Winchester.
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Annnabella
Tyrone Power
Europe
Ann Murat
Port Washington
N. Y
Pete Jenkins
Winchester
Carson Miller
Hayfield
Mr. Melvin Himelright Honored On Birthday
A birthday party at Laurel Hill honored Mr. Melvin Himelright with guests including Mrs. Charles Himelright and several relatives. The item also notes church events, travels, and local social visits across Winchester and nearby towns.
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Melvin Himelright
Laurel Hill
Charles Himelright
Clarence Clowser
Winchester
Frank Hottle
Clary
Courtney Himelright
John Smith
George Dailey
Earl Coffley
Baltimore
Modern Etiquette Q&A with Roberta Lee
The piece answers etiquette questions on signing thank you notes, wearing engagement and wedding rings after a husband’s death, and table settings. It advises signing the wife’s name only but stating “George and I” in the note, confirms a widow may wear rings, and prescribes one salt and pepper pair per place.
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George
Baron's Dramatic Ejection From Italian Liner Rex
Baroness Ruth Oppenheim of Cologne wife of a German banker is shown before being ordered off the Italian liner Rex as it sailed from New York. Thirty passengers with German Czech and Slovak passports were put ashore. The baroness threatened to wage a private war on Italy.
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Ruth Oppenheim
Cologne
Rex
New York
Italy
Armel and Saddler Guests Visit In Local Homes
Mrs. W L Armel of the Armel section visits Mrs L E Armel of South Camer on street. Mrs Mason Snapp returns from Washington DC after ten days with relatives. Miss Frances Profitt entertains Mr and Mrs James A Saddler of Washington DC at her home. Mr Edgar Rush and family move from South Braddock street to National avenue.
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Margaret Brill
Virgil Orndorff
Star Tannery
Nina Glynn Anderson
Charles Street
O’sullivan
Elizabeth Furnace
William Reed
Reed
Washington, D. C
de Anderson
W. L. Armel
Armel
County
Mrs. L. E. Armel
South
Cameron Street
Frances Profitt
James A. Saddler
Edgar Rush
South Braddock Street
National Avenue
Nazis Pound West Front as French-British Readies Offensive
From Basel Switzerland September 21 1940 German batteries pounded lines of communication along the western front while Swiss observers noted swift night movements by French troops and hints of a major assault on the Siegfried line. Patrols on both sides sought prisoners and troop positions as French consolidations suggested a large battle looms. Behind the Siegfried line German motorized reserves waited to reinforce as needed.
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Charles S. Foltz
Basel
Switzerland
Siegfried Line
Amd
French and German Front Lines Heat Up As War Drags On
Reports say German night attacks were repelled near the Blies and Nied creeks east and west of Saarbruecken as sappers work ahead of any infantry assault. French plane losses numbered three in dogfights over France while German pilots were pressed hard. Civilians shift behavior near the Maginot line as families delay removal by aiding the army while Baden sees an influx of evacuees amid expected shelling risk.
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No-Man's- Land
Blies
Nied Creeks
Saarbruecken
Maginot Line
Baden
Em exports to England reach about one sixth of total in 1938
In 1938 America sent around 521 million dollars of its exports to England, about one sixth of the nation total export value of 3,094 million dollars. The data reflect the share of U S overseas commerce directed to England for that year.
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America
England
Germans Not Anxious Now For A Fight
Allies and Germans are set for action on the western front but avoid haste in a major offensive. The Poland crisis pressures an allied strike to relieve Poland, while Nazi policy avoids fighting the Allies unless forced. Berlin still pursues peace terms.
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Poland
Erste
Hitler
Germany
France
England
Roosevelt Calls for Repeal Amid War Debate
President Roosevelt urged no new legislation and urged restraint as he warned darker periods may lie ahead. He defended noninvolvement and pledged to keep the Americas safe while supporting the Monroe Doctrine and neutrality policies. Senate opposition to arms embargo repeal convened before his Capitol address.
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Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Hull
Capitol
Nazi Diplomacy and Warsaw Blockade Prospects
German strategists weigh Warsaw capitulation by pressure without civilian harm while Washington weighs neutrality shifts. Biddle cables report German bombings and military targets. Warsaw radio notes heavy artillery and civilian suffering amid German efforts to sway U.S. policy. A French funeral for a Siegfried Line patrol leader and a German broadcast of The Marseillaise are highlighted.
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Warsaw
Peace propaganda persists amid war talk and funeral gesture
The piece notes continued peace propaganda and a friendship gesture toward France at a military funeral for French Lieut Louis Deschanel. German papers claim war aims achieved and warn that if attacked they will defend themselves. fear of intensified conflict and air raids looms as the war continues.
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France
Louis Deschanel
Berlin Allegemeine Zeitung
Germany
West
United Brethren Appointments and Conference Proceedings
The Virginia Conference session continued with reports from boards on elders order resolutions and ordination. Bishop Batdorf and President Lynch led discussions on completing the ministerial campaign. An evening sermon by Bishop Batdorf preceded stationing committee reports. Delegates will meet in Keyser for the 1940 annual meeting.
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Ton. O
Batdorf
Lynch
W. D Mitchell
Reliance
Divinity Dames
Carl Hiser
Martinsburg
Bridgers N
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Annabella and
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D. D. Crenshaw
Richard
Suzanne Nicodemus
Canada
Niagara Falls
Pittsburgh
Victor Snow, Jr
Logan
W. Va
T. Roussell Cather
South Stewart Street
Virginia Cather
Mr. Snow
Vance Bourjaily
New Castle
Craig County
Monte Bourjaily
Annapolis
St. John’s College
C. R. Sine
Capon Bridge
5. J.goode
West Monmouth Street
Mrs. H. K. Sunderland
Altoona
A. K. Maloy
John Hawkins
Boyce, Clarke County
N. B. Shingleton
J. W. Parish
Lyda Morgan
Gore
H. R. Langdon
Charles Town
Charles Langdon
Myerstown
Pitt Sager
Winchester Memorial_hospital
Martha DeHaven
Robert K. Barton
Robert T. Barton
Grace Forney
Mildred Carper
Frank Carper
White Post
Margaret Jane Athey
Gray Avenue
W. B. Sinnott
Bethesda
Miss Athey
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College
Savannah Golliday
Elkridge
Carter Whittington
Carter, Jr
Robert Golliday
Sam Oll
Arthur Anderson
Ella Emmert
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Alecia Beauty Salon
Roberta Lee
West Front
Royal Mercury
The
Boersen Zeitung
Dewitt MacKenzie
Danzig
Berlin
Poles
Fuehrer
Faherer
Diplomatisch-Politische Korresponder
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr
United States State Department
Biddle
Mne
Pollish
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Great Britain
Louis Paul Deschanel
French Republic
Lovett Bros
N. Loudoun
Carnation Beauty Shoppe
V. Lewis
W. B. Snider & Son
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
United Brethren
L. C. Bridgers
G. D. Batdorf
Harrisburg
J. H. Brunk
W. F. Gruver
A. J. Secrist
J. W. Wright
J. E. Oliver
Petersburg
A. P. Hovermale
Dayton
O. Shenandoah College
Glen V. Ryebush
Waynesboro
G. C. Ludwig
Keyser
W -Va
H. H. Keiter
Dayton, Va
J. R. Collis
W. A. Flick
U. P. Hovermale
Ohio
R. L. Brill
M. J. Miller
Lebanon Valley College
J. H. Oliver
G .L. Ludwig
J. R. Collins
C. K. Welch
C. W. Tinsman
Virginia
Anti-Saloon League
E. E. Ullrich
Wader S. Miller
Shenandoah College
Clyde Lynch
Annville
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Winchester Business College
Haldeman’s
Haldeman’s Creamery
Wiener’s
Wonder
Smart Shop
the Style Shop
Bloom’s Dept. Store
the Workingman’s Store
Lovett
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