Gains in Farm Income and Rail Revenues Reported
The report notes farm cash income for the first seven months of 1937 at 4.024 billion, the best since 1930, with forecasts for continued high incomes amid strong consumer demand and livestock sales. American railroads show July revenues up 27.4 percent year over year to 339.57 million, with gains across Eastern, Southern and Western districts. The Chamber of Commerce warns tax changes loom as excise taxes expire this year and income tax revisions may follow, urging scrutiny of federal taxation and administrative issues ahead of autumn legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Association of American Railroads
Business Review
Chamber of Commerce Review
Plans Complete For Fun Festival At Winchester Park
The Fun Festival opens Tuesday evening at Winchester Park with Rus sell Potts as secretary and Ryland Conner as president leading preparations. The event runs nightly through Saturday with five dollar gifts each evening and a fifty dollar prize on the final night to a lucky attendee. Proceeds bolster playground development funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park
Russell Potts
Ryland Conner
Pennsylvania
Mrs Campbell to Be Teacher for Young Christians Class
Mrs. Campbell, wife of Robert Campbell, will guest teach the Young Christians Class at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Sunday School tomorrow morning. Her lessons are described as unusually interesting and the subject will be The Holy Spirit in Missions. Visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Campbell
Braddock Street
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Campbell
RAF searches for missing Imperial liner Horsa at Basra
Royal air force planes scoured Basra today for the Imperial liner Horsa which vanished with eight passengers after leaving for Bahrain island off the Arabian coast at 11 30 p m yesterday.
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Basra
Iraq
Royal Air Force
Horsa
Bahrein Island
Arabian
Red Cross Plans September 14 Meeting and First Aid Station
Miss Elizabeth Kerr announces Winchester Frederick Red Cross executive committee will meet September 14 in the council chamber. The chapter sponsors a new first aid station on a nearby highway with Frank R. Horton conducting first aid classes for station personnel.
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Elizabeth Kerr
Winchester- Frederick
American Red Cross
Frank R. Horton
Desirable 137 Acre Farm Near Winchester Va For Sale Or Exchange
For sale or exchange for city property in Winchester Virginia a 137 acre farm nine miles west of Winchester a quarter mile north of Route 50 features an eight room house electric lights telephone ample water bank barn outbuildings twenty acres of orchard seventy acres timber and the remainder cultivated. N Hayfield Va 8 29 21.
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Winchester
Route 50
N. Hayfield
Lauck's Work in the Philobiblon
The last issue of philobiblon includes a 16 page insert by Douglas C. McMurrie titled The First Printing In Virginia. It reproduces the George Washington Journal title page and notes Lauck printed it at Washington and Lee University. Lauck, a former Winchester resident, trained under George F. Norton and is Nora A. Lauck's son.
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Philobiblon
Vienna
Austria
Herbert Reichner
Yote
Douglas C. McMurrie
Linotype Baskerville
C. Harold Lauck
Journalism Laboratory Press
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Lauck
Journal of George Washington
Winchester
George F. Norton
Nora A. Lauck
Peyton Street
Washington, D. C
Quiet Week End For Gov. Landon
TOPEKA Kas August 29 A quiet weekend in the country with close advisers was planned today by Gov Alf M Landon After his drought conference with President Roosevelt in Des Moines September 3 the Republican Presidential nominee looked forward to a period of rest before resuming his campaign in a mid September tour of Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana with principal speeches tentatively scheduled for Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis
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Topeka
Kas
Alf. M. Landon
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Stout Named Successor to Lorimer at Saturday Evening Post
Walter D. Fuler of Curtis Publishing announces Wesley Winans Stout will succeed George Lorimer as editor of the Saturday Evening Post. Lorimer resigns after more than 38 years. withdrawal effective January 1. Stout, associate editor for 12 years, steps into the role.
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Philadelphia
Walter D. Fuler
Curtis Publishing Company
Wesley Winans Stout
George Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Lorimer
Stout
Seven Men In Court Charged With Fighting
Seven men from Star Tannery area faced trial in county court for a Sunday night free-for-all outside Slade Orndorff and wife store. After conflicting testimony and reluctant witnesses, Trial Justice A J Tavenner taxed the court costs on Claude Racey Edward Wymer Claude Brill Richard Orndorff Curtis and Elmer McIlwee and Gaylen Racey.
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Star Tannery
Toto
County Court House
Trial Justice Court
Slade Orndorff
A. J. Tavenner
Claude Racey
Edward Wymer
Claude Brill
Richard Orndorff
Curtis
Elmer McIlwee
Gaylen Racey
Weather outlook for August 31 to September 5
Washington forecast shows generally fair conditions for the North and Middle Atlantic States with moderate temperatures at start. Temperatures rise midweek then showers, likely clearing to fair and cooler later in the period.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Rappahannock County Added to NRS Supervision
Rappahannock county joins the northern Virginia counties under Winchester National Reemployment Service, directed by Walter M. Shade. Other counties now supervised by Shade include Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and the city of Winchester. Shade will spend Tuesdays in Washington for convenience. The move follows completion of unemployment labor work in Rappahannock. Also, the State Highway Department seeks bids for 0.12 mile macadam at Hupps Hill foot and Strasburg north limits, unfinished since last winter.
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Rappahannock
Virginia
Winchester
Shade
State Highway Department
Hupp
Last Rites For Late Mr Fries
Funeral held for Levi O. Fries a retired Frederick County farmer and teacher. Relatives and friends from Philadelphia Cleveland Martinsburg and Alder attended. Services by Rev George W Stover and burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Levi O. Fries
Frederick County
Leslie E. Fries
Loudoun Street
R. L. Lang
Philadelphia
Edward Keller
Brook
Cleveland
Lyle J. Pries
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mamie McSherry
Alder
Montana
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
L. Jackson
M. S. Glaize
Philip Klompus
M. M. Lynch
E. L. Stine
William A. Bailey
Typhoon Kills 391 in Korea as Homes Destroyed
An official report states 391 people died in a Southern Korea typhoon. Many victims drowned in swollen streams as hundreds of flimsy houses were blown away and communications were disrupted. The disaster follows another flood in Central Korea that left nearly 7,000 homes destroyed and over 500 dead or missing.
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Seoul
Korea
Korean
Prize Novel Winner I Am The Fox At Atlantic Monthly
Winifred Van Etten of Emmetsburg Iowa won the 1936 Atlantic Monthly prize of 10000 for best novel I Am The Fox The author has edited a college monthly published one short story earned an MA at Columbia University taught then married and now receives congratulatory telegrams The Handley Library offers the book for borrowing and the library will close at 9 PM starting September 1.
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Winifred van Etten
Atlantic Monthly
Am the
Emmetsburg
Iowa
College Monthly
Columbia University
Am the Fox
Handley Library
Hable's Palace Showdays With For The Service
Hable's Palace Theatre presents Buck Jones in For The Service today only with battles of fists and weapon against Hell's Half Acre. Buster Crabbe stars in Flash Gordon on the same program. Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings headline Seven Sinners at the Palace Monday and Tuesday. Fox News reel and novelty supplement the bill.
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Buck Jones
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Hell’s Half Acre
U.S
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
the Palace
Edmund Lowe
Constance Cummings
Eddie
Connie
Europe
Fox News
Take Time To Be Careful by Wilmer F. Shryock
Wilmer F. Shryock of 113 North Loudoun Street issues a cautionary note titled Take Time To Be Careful urging readers to act with care and prudence in daily tasks and plans. The short piece emphasizes mindful conduct and safety.
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Wilmer F. Shryock
Loudoun St
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Satan Meets A Lady
Warner Bros
Dashiell Hammett
Bette Davis
Warren William
Baxter
Lou
Bigg Fee
FOX
AN Hunter Claire Trevor Jean Dixon
Richard Sherman
McNamee
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Winchester Furniture
Gray & Sheetz
Buddy
Handley
Sis
John le
Farmers & Merchants National
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Joint
Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Legislation
Mrs. Campbell
Gov. Landon
Mr. Fries
ASCO
The
Hable’s Palace
General Electric
Shenandoah Elec
Ap. Co
Fighting Marines
Hable
Frederic March
Warner Baxter
Lionel Barrymore
20Th Century Fox
AUDIT
TAX Service
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
State Planters Bank
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power Co
Service
J. W. Arthur
Winchester, Virginia
Whitman’s Chocolates
Rhodes Drug CO
George W. Kurtz
Case Farm Machinery
Cletrac Crawler
Silver King
RTR
H. S
Pat” Barr
N. Cameron St
Insurance
Henry T. Goode General Insurance
Court Square
Parlett Funeral Home Voyne
Parker, Conklin and Sheaffer
Clowe’s Jewelry Store
N. Loudoun St
Hansbrough & Carter
Fordsons
Caterpillar
John Deere
Lupton Orchard Service Co
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