Farmers Busy With Annual Fair Arrangements At Stephens City
Future Farmers prepare for the 4 H Club fair in Stephens City Middletown with three crop division entries and a judging contest set for October 2 A trophy awaits the winning team and twelve schools including Winchester Shenandoah Strasburg Toms Brook and Stephens City participate The Agricultural Building is decorated and judging begins Wednesday and Saturday with top winners shown at the Shenandoah Valley Bank in Winchester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Middletown
Henry Carbaugh
Billy Orman
Stephens City
Ernest Sdarnes
Maurice Carpenter
Ns City
James Garrett
Billy Rickard
Andiey
Berriville
Borce
Gain
Washington
Skyvile Larar
Administrator's Sale of Household Effects in Winches Va
As Administrator of Rhoda C. Anderson deceased, the estate holds a public auction at 19 W Cork Street Winchpes Va at 10 o clock Monday October 6 1941. The sale lists a room suite kitchen cabinets range clock beds dressers bureaus chairs morris chair rockers bedding wardrobe rugs mirror safe draperies dishes pictures and other items. Cash Terms. No removal until paid. Auctioneers Duvallé Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda C. Anderson
Cork Street
Winclpes
Morris
M. Lynch
Admi c. T. A. Exotree
C. Anderson
de Duvallé& Dunn
Religious Education Week Observed by Frederick County Churches
Religious Education Week from September 28 to October 5 will be observed in Frederick County. A service at Stephens City Methodist Church next Friday night October 3 will begin with a 15 minute song sing along led by William Miller, with lyrics projected on a screen. Rev L O Shirley will speak on the Cooperative Interdenominational Advancement Movement spanning 50 Protestant denominations. After the auditorium program, attendees will join a social in the basement with games and refreshments. no charge, but a free will offering will be taken. Public invited. every church should be represented.
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Frederick County
Stephens City Methodist Church
William Miller
L. O. Shirley
Cooperative Interdenominational Advance
International Council of Religious Education
Sidna Allen Dies After Long Life and Legacy in Woodcraft
Sidna Allen, 75, died at his daughter’s home near Hillsville after a long illness. He lived in Mount Airy before relocating to North Carolina and, years earlier, was part of the Hillsville Court shooting aftermath that sent Floyd Allen to death row. His funeral is planned at his daughter’s home with burial in Gardner Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Betty Mitchell Allen, another daughter J S Wilson, seven grandchildren and a great grandchild. Sidna and Wesley Edwards were captured in Des Moines after fleeing Wytheville. He was pardoned in 1925 after 13 years and four months served of a 35 year sentence. During prison he crafted wood art later valued highly.
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Hillsville
Sidna Allen
Here
State Penitentiary
Allen
Fairview
Mount Airy
N. C
Eugene Gardner
Gardner Cemetery
Gardner
Betty Mitchell Allen
J. S. Wilson
Leaksville
Iowa
Wesley Edwards
Des Moines
Wytheville
Claude Allen
Floyd
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Aged Woman Dies From Beating in Media Area
Mrs. Elizabeth Watson aged 83 died at Chester Hospital after being beaten near her home in Media with her sister Belle Gears age 80 seriously hurt. Detectives questioned a suspect hours after the attack described by the sisters as by a tall dark haired man in a pink shirt. The case is the eighth such assault in two years in Delaware County.
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Media
Elizabeth Watson
Chester
Watson
Belle
Gears
Fred Jack
Delaware County
Elizabeth Gibson
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page 4 list key items. The entries include Yes for question 1, False for question 2, Augusta for question 3, Edgar Allan Poe for question 4, boxing the compass for question 5, Bock beer for question 6, casus belli for question 7, and George Washington for question 9 with New Netherlands noted for question 10.
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Augusta
Edgar Allan Poe
Boxing the Compass
Bock Beer
Casus Belli
George Washington
New Netherlands
New
Thomas Hardy Taliaferro Dies in Washington DC
University of Maryland faculty member Thomas Hardy Taliaferro died suddenly in Washington DC. Funeral set for Monday at 11 AM. He is survived by wife Janie Tyson Smith of Baltimore. The couple had visited in his section with many friends.
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Mollie Wood
Washington, D. C
Thomas Hardy Taliaferro
University of Maryland
Those Who Listen Are Doomed
Berlin reports two men were sentenced to death for listening to foreign broadcasts and spreading what they heard. The cases mark the first known death penalties for tuning to foreign radio stations, including Johann Wild aged 49 of Nuernberg who admitted aligning with Germany's enemies by regularly listening to hostile broadcasts.
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Berlin
Johann Wild
Nuernberg
DNB
Germany
Round Hill 4-H Club Holds Meeting
Members met Thursday night at the school with Nelson Carpenter presiding in the president’s absence. They discussed plans for the 4-H Club fair and heard reports from delegates who attended the camp and short course. Mary Gay Marker spoke on how 4-H can aid the defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Hill
Nelson Carpenter
Mary Gay Marker
British Force Eyes Iran Rail Moves and Continent Invasion Hint
The report notes a transport appointment Brigadier General Sir Godfrey Rhodes to direct Iran logistics as railways aid operations to Russia. It also cites Lieut.-Gen. A G L McNaughton saying an invasion of the European continent may be needed, with timing unclear and tied to Germany's Baltic actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persian Gulf
Godfrey Rhodes
Iran
Russia
Europe
A. G. L. McNaughton
England
Germany
British Isles
44th Division Billeted Across Maryland and Virginia
The 44th Division troops including engineers artillery and misc units were billeted at the colored base ball park the airport and nearby fields. A brigade of infantry and artillery with 4510 officers and men and 711 vehicles camped at Lucketts Loudoun county. A second column of infantry and artillery with 4432 officers and men and 695 vehicles camped at Point of Rocks across the Potomac from Luckett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucketts
Loudoun County
Point of Rocks
Potomac
Luckett.s
Mrs Mollie Cook Dies Suddenly in Stephens City
Mrs Mollie L Cook 72 wife of Samuel V Cook died at 8 am after a years long illness. Born in Frederick county she was active at Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church in Vaucluse. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Albert Jones of Blacgon California three grandchildren two sisters and one brother. Funeral plans not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Mollie L. Cook
Samuel V. Cook
William Martin
Alice Stickley Lineburg
Frederick County
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church
Vaucluse
Albert Jones
Blacgon
Calif
Albert
Kenneth
Mary Lou Colaw
Minnie Dinges
Nan Leidig
P. E. Lineburg
Junior Euterpian Concert at Market Street Church
The Market Street Methodist Church hosts the first in a series of Sunday evening miniature concerts before the worship service. Beanca Danley performs Nocturne on piano, with Bobby Conner also on piano and Betty Cather on violin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Methodist Church
Euterpains
Beanca Danley
Bobby Conner
Betty Cather
President Holds New Liberty Ship At Sparrows Point Yard
President Roosevelt presided at the launching of a 416 foot Liberty cargo ship built by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point. Mrs. Genevieve Sykes Duncan christened the vessel as the Patrick Henry readiness and liberty theme echoed as the two ships per day goal and worldwide freedom were urged. Navy pace quickened with six ships launched this week including the battleship Massachusetts and five destroyers. Maritime Commission aims to complete about 1,400 merchant ships by end of 1943 with 312 contracts awarded for ugly ducklings including 112 to Britain under lend lease.
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Ers Steamship Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Genevieve Sykes Duncan
J. M. Sykes
Houston
Texas
Roosevelt
Baltimore
America
Massachusetts
Maritime Commission
Brain water content and body hydration fact
The body is seventy percent water while the brain consists of about ninety percent water by weight. This reflects the brain’s high water composition compared to the overall body.
WPA to seek funds for wage hikes and winter roll increases
WPA commissioner Howard O. Hunter indicated Congress may be asked to fund pay raises for over one million workers. He estimated a 10 percent increase to align earnings with living costs and said rolls would expand this winter to aid thousands displaced by defense priorities. Current scales run from $38.20 to $81.90 in the South and higher ranges in the SE and West.
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Washington
Congress
Howard O. Hunter
WPA
Hunter
South
West
Baltimore Livestock and Produce Markets Report
Baltimore markets report mixed movement across commodities with potatoes and poultry steady, eggs around 27.44, butter 28.0. Cattle at week’s top 12.50 for 927 lb dryfed steers, calves none, hogs largely 5 lower, Chicago notes test offer with hogs 10.85-11.50 and cattle 11.00-12.75. Spring lambs ease to midweek 12.35, natives near 11.50, pork byproducts steady.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
U. S. Dept. Agr
Chicago Livestock Chicago
U. S
Midweke
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore on September 27 reports Wheat No 2 Red at 1.14 per bushel for spot domestic deliveries. Corn 89 to 91 cents, Winchester Markets Wheat 1.07, Corn 88 cents, Barley 65 cents per bushel. prices based on mill deliveries. year-ago figures show Wheat 82 cents, Corn 77 cents.
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Baltimore
Garlighy
Winchester
Claim Air Victory in German Radio Broadcast
New York September 27 German radio today announced to a DNB service that 89 Russian planes were destroyed yesterday with 66 fallen in air combat.
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New York
DNB
Houston White 66 Dies at Home in Elkins West Virginia
Houston E White 66 formerly of Frederick county died yesterday at his home in Elkins West Virginia Funeral services will be at 2 PM EST from St John s Lutheran Church with Rev Carl Honeycutt officiating He is survived by his wife Amanda Nott two children Lucretia Bowers and Houston Nott White and a grandson Houston Nott White He leaves six brothers and sisters and was a Methodist Church member and Western Maryland Railway employee.
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Houston E. White
Frederick County
Elkins
W. Va
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Carl Honeycutt
Grace Lutheran Church
White
Henry White
Opequon
Harriet Snapp White
Amanda Nott
Davis
Lucretia Bowers
Houston Nott White
L. E. White
Mountain Falls
H. O. White
Winchester
L. A. White
Washington
W. F. Orndorff
G. C. Funkhouser
Fairfax
D. 8
Proffitt
Methodist Church
Western Maryland Railway
Anna Anderson Dies in West Virginia
Miss Anna Nellie Anderson a 71 year old nurse died at the home of her nephew the Rev H S Merry in Clarkesburg West Virginia last night She was born in Clarke County daughter of Joseph E and Elizabeth Ware Anderson Survived by brother Bruce G Anderson of Berryville Body to Enders funeral home with arrangements pending
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Anna Nellie Anderson
H. S. Merry
Clarksburg
W. Va
Clarke County
Joseph E
Elizabeth Ware Anderson
Bruce G. Anderson
Berryville
Ender’s
Britain Uses Lend Lease To Hold The Axis At Bay
President Roosevelt pushed a dollar free lend lease plan to aid nations resisting Axis aggression. He suggested repayment mainly in kind with goods US needs after the war. Admiral Land testified the merchant fleet loss reached 13 to 14 million tons, about a quarter of prewar world tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Land
Robert Collier Appeals Conviction For Assault
Robert Collier charged with assault and battery for injuries to his wife which required hospital treatment has noted an appeal from his conviction in the court of Trial Justice A J Tavenner. He was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 100 dollars and costs and contends county officers lacked jurisdiction. Deputy Sheriff Robert DeHaven says Collier also faces charges of intent to commit felonious assault on an officer. at arrest he reportedly held a fully loaded gun and stated he was going away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Collier
Court of Trial
A. J. Tavenner
Collier
Robert DeHaven
Tiie
Public sale of county realty in Frederick County Virginia
The trustee under a deed of trust dated Oct 5 1939 will offer at public auction on Sat Oct 25 1941 at 10 AM in front of the County Court House Winchester VA for a parcel near Marlboro P O Operon Magisterial District Frederick County containing 58 acres more or less. Up to one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and insurance required. Right to withdraw or continue reserved. Trustee Herbert S. Larrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer F. Newcome
Frederick Count
County Court House
Winchester
Marlboro
P. O
Operon
Frederick County
B. F. Long
B. C. Shull
Headley
Herbert
Larrick
Largest Liberty Loan issue named in WWI record
The Fourth Liberty Loan, concluded October 18 1918, was the largest single loan with more than 22 000 000 subscribers.
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H.H.A. A
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Bezen
Glaize & Bro
Carrol County
Carroll County
Floyd Allen
Thurman L. Massie
I. F. Webb
Commonwealth
William M. Foster
Augusta Fowler
Nancy Ayers
Dexter Goad
Goad
Mr. Taliaferro
Round Hill 4-H
Mervel
Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Junior Euterpian
Northern
W.P.A
Baltimore Produce
Is Health Insurance
Winchester Furniture
South Main Street
Houston White
St. John’s
Anna Anderson
Burks Sims
Loudoun
Dial
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Berryville 1
Leesburg
Bruce Streamline
Seeuuee Kenaneraeae
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Cloverdale
Pepsi-Cola
D. A. Gordon & CO
S. Main
Philco
I. F
Miller
Anderson Plumbing & Heating
E. Boscawen St
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