Business Lags in March 1935 Report Highlights
March business showed slower collections and credit sales due to Easter in April and one fewer business day. The National Retail Credit Association and National Consumer Credit Reporting Corporation data cover 73 cities and 21 700 stores. Average gains were 5.1 percent in collections and 3.9 percent in credit sales, with notable regional variances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Retail Credit Association
National Consumer Credit Reporting Corporation
Evelyn Creswell
Winchester Credit Bureau
Hattiesburg
Miss
Charleston
S. C
Helena
Mont
Hutchinson
Kan
Topeka
Kansas
Subpoena Seeks Frances Malone Hospital Records
Judge Philip Williams in Frederick county circuit court orders Winchester Memorial Hospital to produce all progress records and x ray plates for Frances Malone daughter of Mr and Mrs Percy Malone who was treated March 31 to August 30 1932 after an automobile accident with Herman H Hable. Records due by April 29 tied to Malone damages suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Malone
Percy Malone
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Malone
Hable
Philip Williams
Frederick County
Herman H. Hable
China Sets One Year Military Training for Students
Nanking China April 24 The nationalist government orders all male high school and college students to undergo at least one year of intensive military training. General Chiang Kai Shek envisions a modern powerful force and anticipates 100000 trained reservists each year within ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Chiang Kay-Shek
Chiang
Local History Awakening Through Middletown Inn Visit
A resident laments declining interest in local history and highlights the Wayside Inn at Middletown as a vivid example. The 1797 Wilkinson Tavern houses period furnishings, Currier and Ives prints, a library with classic authors, and a battlefield connection to Cedar Creek and Sheridan in 1862.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Currier and Ives
Cedar Creek
Wilkinson Tavern
Shenandoah Valley Stage Lines
General Sheridan
Camp Plans Set for County 4-H Clubs
In May representatives from all county 4-H clubs will travel to Camp White Rock on Capon River to map the summer program. The joint camp, slated for the last week of June, aims to host 50 boys and girls with Miss Elizabeth Farrar and I. Fred Stine in charge. Wilbur O Byerne from Blacksburg will assist in nature work and the camp program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp White Rock
Capon River
Elizabeth Farrar
I. Fred Stine
Wilbur O'Byrne
Blacksburg
First Low Cost Housing Project Under Way
Federal Housing Administrator James A. Moffett began construction on the first low cost housing project insured under Section 207 of the National Housing Act. He climbed a steam shovel at Colaignial Village Inc on Wilson Boulevard near Clarendon Virginia to mark the start of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Moffett
Colagmial Village, Inc
Lord Tweedmouth Pneumonia Victim
London April 23 Lord Tweedmouth aged 62 former Lord in waiting to the King and son of the second Baron Tweedmouth died today from pneumonia. He had a brilliant military record and once won a polo pony by walking on his hands up and down a flight of 30 stairs at Coronado Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Tweedmouth
Baron Tweedmouth
Gladstone
Coronado Beach
Calif
Westchester Apartments Builder Heads Ring Construction
Gustave Ring, president of Ring Construction Company and developer of the Westchester Apartments, is noted as head of the corporation. The project is described as conveniently located for government employees across the Potomac from Georgetown, D C in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac River
Georgetown
D. C
Washington
Gustave Ring
Ring Construction Company
Civil Service Examinations Announced for 1900s
The United States Civil Service Commission announces openings for Immigration patrol inspector at 1800 dollars yearly and minor laboratory apprentice at 1020 dollars. Filing deadlines are May 4 and May 13 respectively. Full details from J. H. Taylor, secretary, Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the local post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Immigration Patrol
Department of Labor
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
J. H. Taylor
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
The Game of Curling Defined as Horseshow Inspired Sport
The article explains curling as a blend of horseshoes and shuffleboard played on ice. Players slide heavy weights toward the center of a target circle rather than a peg.
Women on Stage in Restoration England
After the Restoration women were finally allowed on stage. Charles II granted a 1662 theater license in London with a clause permitting women to act female parts. Mrs. Coleman, who played Ianthe in Davenant's Siege of Rhodes, circa 1656, is likely the first English actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II
Dorset
Gardens
London
Union Bank of Winchester Stockholders Meeting Notice
There will be an Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Union Bank of Winchester on Thursday April 25 1935 at 11 o'clock a m All stockholders are urged to be present George Bushnell cashier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank of Winchester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thackery
Dickens
Eliot
Bulwer
Trevillian Station
Custer
General Rosser
Stonewall Jackson
Sheridan
Strasburg
Psterstela
Lacaerr & Mees
Dupont
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St
Liggett & Myers Tobacco CO
Byles Forgrave
Beth
NM S
Bickers
Bickers Motor CO
George B
Bush
Nell
Chevrolet
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
John S. Miller & Company Sleadquarters
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Republic Oil CO
Eas Corp
Myers
C. I. Brumback’s
N. Cameron St
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