Health Board Backs Approved Winchester Water Supply
At a special council session the Winchester Board of Health urged actions to meet State Board of Health standards for an approved water supply. A special committee was named to assess necessary steps and report back, while the city manager was asked to contact the state to confirm improvements needed and the possibility of approval and signage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
City Board of Health
State Board of Health
C. Douglas Barnett
Council
H. H. Hable
J. H Rosenberger
P. D. Miller
A. T. Hawthorne
W. W. Dellinger
C. R. Anderson
Peyton Marshall
A. M. Field
Richard Messer
Board of Health
Winchester
Benj. B. Dutton
P. W. Boyd
City of
R. Anderson
E. C. Meredith
Learn to drive an automobile and stay safe
MA Winchester notes that everyone should learn to drive to understand why precautions matter for both drivers and pedestrians. He argues driving reveals emergency possibilities and the need for alert drivers, yet stresses pedestrians benefit from knowing vehicle operation principles.
Sole owner becomes executive head at Hansbrough and Carter
The sole owner has become executive head of the old general insurance and investment firm after the death of Shirley Carter who had succeeded partner S. H. Hansbrough. Mr Grim, long time partner of Carter, inherits the right to acquire Carter's interests under the will and likely will purchase them. He has long been identified with the firm.
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General Insurance and Investment
Hansbroug and Carter
Shirley Carter
S. H. Hansbrough
Grim
Carter
Mr. Carter
Republicans To Name Delegates For State Convention
Republicans of Winchester and Frederick county will meet at 8 p m Friday August 20 at the George Washington Hotel to elect delegates and alternates to represent them at the state convention in Richmond August 28 Eugene Anderson and Homer B Garber chair the county and city committees The city and county will each elect one delegate and one alternate for every 50 votes cast for Governor Landon. A joint meeting may follow to discuss the political situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
George Washington
Richmond
Eugene Anderson
Homer B. Garber
Landon
Building Code Passed On Two Readings By Council
The Common Council approved the Building Code ordinance on first and second readings by an 8 to 0 vote. Fred Forney led the measure amid protests by Herman Hable over builder input and potential rise in building costs. City officials argued the code protects the public and standardizes safety while ensuring legitimate work. Curb work authorization for 250 feet on Jefferson Avenue near Handley campus was approved. the School Board will fund the project and be repaid.
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Common Council
Fred Forney
Herman Hable
Forney
Field
Peyton Marshal
Hable
Messrs
Marshal
Anderson
Barnett
Coble
Hawthorne
Jamison
Rosenberger
Curb
Jefferson Avenue
Handley
Russian fliers thought safe but perhaps down
Fairbanks Alaska August 14 seven planes carrying Russian north pole flight crew were believed lost but safe somewhere in the Arctic. authorities report six Soviet fliers including Teva Oneffsky now missing en route from Moscow to Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Mattern
Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
Jimmy Mattern
Moscow
Winchester Woolen Mill plans power plant and dividend outlook
Winchester Woolen Mill directors re elected with Percy Miller as president and L Elwood Smith as vice president. A steam powered plant of 150 hp is proposed at an estimated cost around 20000 dollars. The mill reports a six percent dividend and a payroll of 3000 dollars weekly, with 150 staff, amid strong summer output and cautious outlook into November.
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Winchester Woolen
Percy Miller
L. Elwood Smith
C P. McVicar
M. D Weaver
C. P. McVicar
F. S. Hunt
W. A. Bailey
Brook Rind
Winchester
New England
Winchester Woolen Mill
Scout Leaders Of Shenandoah Area Meet Next Tuesday
Shenandoah Area Council Scout leaders plan Tuesday night at 8 at Handley Library to review the finance committee's work and to discuss the resignation of Rev George Earle Owen as president. They will also arrange welcomes for new Scout Executive Daniel Henry arriving Thursday or Friday and plan events to introduce him to local Scouts and leaders.
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Shenandoah Area Council
Handley Library
Finance Committee
George Earle Owen
Owen
University of Chicago
Daniel Henry
Shenandoah
Peaches Ready at Orchard at 50 Cents Per Bushel
All peach varieties are ripe and priced at 50 cents per bushel at the orchard operated by C. C. Bauserman. Contact phone is 17 F 11 for directions or pickup.
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Orchard
C. C. Bauserman
Yard Party at Pleasant Valley Church
Country ham and home made ice cream offered with other goodies. Event noted for Wednesday the 18th near Senator Byrd's Orchard on Apple Pie Ridge Road Pleasant Valley Church.
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Senator Byrd
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Pleasant Valley Church
Flower Show By Old Fredericktown Garden Club
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club hosts a flower show from 3 to 8 PM Thursday September 2 at the George Washington Hotel. Exhibits welcome from Winchester Clarke County Garden Club Little Garden Club and Old Fredericktown Garden Club with 14 classes including a children’s division for under 14. Plant material must be grown by exhibitors and exhibits must be in place by noon with pickup after the show or next morning.
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Old Fredericktown
Old Frederickawn Garden Club
Americans Killed in Shanghai Bombing Aids Urge Sparing City
Secretary Hull announced the U S government has pressed Japan and China not to make Shanghai a theater of operations. He said the Asiatic fleet is ready to evacuate about 3 000 Americans if needed and that diplomats and naval officials are coordinating protection for nationals amid the Shanghai aerial warfare.
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Washington
Hull
Shanghai
State Department
Children Must Be Vaccinated Says Frederick County Official
Notice served today by Leslie D. Kline, Frederick county schools superintendent, requires all school children to be vaccinated for smallpox under state law. Noncompliance risks a $25 fine or jail. exemptions only with physician approval. The district also adopts a county zoning plan to assign pupils to 26 schools, aiming to reduce crowding amid consolidation.
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Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County
Capitol Theatre Receives 15000 For Major Improvements
Tom Baldridge announces more than 15000 is appropriated for carpeting rubber mats RCA sound and projection gear new screen stage speakers and six more rows of seats. 1000 modern steel chairs to be installed and aisles widened. stage narrowed by 16 feet and boxes removed to expand seating. Air conditioning work and door relocation planned for next summer.
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Tom Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
Washington
Baldridge
Anna Hahn Pleads Innocent In Cincinnati Mass Deaths
Mrs. Anna Hahn, a German-born former teacher, pleads innocent to murder charges in the death of George Gsellman and faces related inquiries as Cincinnati authorities probe three additional deaths. Prosecutor Outcast cites new leads while detectives confirm poison traces and a possible second poison link in Hahn’s home.
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Anna Hahn
Cincinnati
George Gsellman
Dudley M. Outcast
Outcast
George Hess
Americans Die In Shanghai Bombings Amid Citywide Warfare
At least three prominent Americans plus others were killed or wounded as Chinese Japanese air attacks struck crowded areas of Shanghai. Missionary Dr Frank J Rawlington motorcar dealer H S Honigsberg and Princeton professor Dr Robert Reischauser died. many casualties reported in the international settlement.
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Shanghai
Frank J. Rawlington
China
H.S. Honigsberg
Robert Reischauser
United States
Princeton
Palace Hotel
Nanking Road
Cathay Hotel
International Settlement
Avenue Edward VII
Thibet Road
Reuter
Honigsberg
Cathay
Palace
Kerby
Rouse
United States Marine
Izumo
Japan
Soochow Creek
Bernhard Covit
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lost envelope of money near Brown Farmers Bank
Fire sale notice for damaged goods at half price from Gardner B. Hillyard. Items include small cans paints five cents, brushes five cents, barn paint red one dollar a gallon, shellac one dollar fifteen cents a gallon, paints one dollar a gallon, floor varnish one dollar sixty cents a gallon, room lot wallpaper one dollar, borders two cents.
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Gardner B. Hillyard
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Joan Kuleba
New York
Staten Island
New Dorp, S. I
Health Board
Clifford D. Grim
Jefferson Street
Bulletin
Teva
Oneffsky
Signal Corps
Anchorage
Signal Corps’ Alaska Communications System
Winchester Company
New York Bar Judiciary Committee
Black
D.-Ala
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
United States Supreme Court
Alfred A. Cook
Association of the Bar of
Senate
United States Senate
Scout Leaders of Area
Old Frederick Club
George Washington Hotel
Great City
Navy
Kline
Frederick
Capitol
George Schuttle
Patrick Hayes
Grand Jury
Gsellman
U. S
Republic
Cor. Water & Amherst
Amherst St
Brown Farmers, and
Merchants Bank
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