Construction In City Shows Strong Permits Increase
City building permits rise with August as second best month and total year value reaching 276000 plus. multiple projects listed include apartment houses on East Cork and North Stewart, brick dwellings, a filling station, shed, store, and garages detailing owners and locations across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Cork
William Massie
North Stewart Street
H. B. McCormac
Wolfe Street
Chalmers Nelson
Frederick Avenue
W. E. Bridgeforth
Liberty Avenue
P. R. Dettra
Cease E. Kerns
Woodland
Clarke Fair Gymkhana Opens Thursday at Clarke County
Clarke County Fair sponsored by the Clarke County Visiting Nurse Association opens Thursday at 10 am at the Horse Show grounds Berryville. Events include a male horse race with $20 top prize and $5 second prize, plus gymkhana stunts and exhibits. An exhibit area features Baby Picture contest entries from the Junior Women’s Club with over 200 photos including historic images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Billy Clagett
Moore and Dorsey
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Woodley Farm
Oak Grove
Junior Women's Club
Germany
Jail bakings ignite coroner inquest heat torture claims
A coroner's inquest probes four inmates who died in a county prison heat torture episode. Witnesses describe guards releasing steam in punishment during a hunger strike while others recount red hot cells and water from toilet bowls as inmates begged for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hersch
Francis Smith
Alfred W. Brough
Maurice Spatz
Patrick Pane
Joseph Forte
Communists Urge Defeat of Senator Tydings in Maryland
The Maryland Communist state committee issued a statement urging Democratic voters to defeat Senator Millard E. Tydings in the Senate primary. It cited David Lewis’s support for New Deal legislation and framed the appeal as nonpartisan guidance to registered Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Committee
The
Communist Party of Maryland
Millard E. Tydings
David Lewis
Britain Warns Germany Anew On Czechoslovakia Crisis
London's authorized spokesman warned that any party in the German Czechoslovak crisis showing no real will to settle must face criminal folly. Britain intensified contact with Praha and Henlein while placing secret observers in Bohemia to monitor incidents and press campaigns.
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France
Germany
Britain
London
Pee Nee Sees
President Benes
Czechoslovakia
Reichsfueder Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Praha
Bohemia
Adolf Hitler
Midways Top All Stars Nine With New Hurler
The Midway Ball Club defeated the Winchester All Stars 4 to 3 at Joe Cronin's diamond in the Fair Grounds. Downs of Frederick Maryland hurled eight strikeouts against Cooley who worked nine for the All Stars. The All Stars had crushed Midwayers 8–0 recently and plan to meet challengers through season end with the Cooley brothers in the rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cronin
Fair Grounds
Midway Ball Club
Winchester All Stars
Downs
Frederick
All- Stars
Dr. Pepper
G-Men
Washington
Cooley
All-Stars
Midwayers
Cooley Brothers
North Mountain
Hawthorne
Japan's War Machine Active On Six Fronts
Shanghai dispatch reports the Japanese military exerting full force across six large Chinese provinces. Intense battles pressure the Anhwei Henan border as forces aim to cut the Peiping Hankow rail line north of Nanjing. A Japanese column forded the Peiping river from Linan and moved toward Yehkiatsi near the Honan frontier amid sporadic Chinese resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Anhwei-Henan
China
Hanai
Capi
Peiping
Linan
Yehkiatsi
Honan
Field Reviews Fiscal Progress in Winchester City Ledger
City Manager Arthur M. Field commends Commons Council for four years of cooperation and reviews Winchester finances from August 1 1934 to August 1 1938. Cash in bank rose from 10130.06 to 51210.37 while liabilities fell from 42275.55 to 838.51 and surpluses grew from 46034.69 to 101040.81. Tax rate cut lowered annual levy by 15 cents, reducing revenue by 45000 over the period, offset partly by 36000 collected in 1938 taxes versus none in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Field
Members of Commons Council
Field
Winchester
Mrs Bessie Sencindiver Dorsey Laid to Rest in Martinsburg
Mrs Bessie Sencindiver Dorsey 75 widow of W B Dorsey died Monday at her Washington DC home after a three month illness from a stroke. Educated in Winchester at Valley Female College she taught in Berkeley County and led church music. Survived by four sons, two granddaughters and two brothers. Funeral in Washington then burial in Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Sencindiver Dorsey
W. B. Dorsey
L. N
Mary W. Sencindiver
Berkeley County
W. Va
Washington, D. C
Dorsey
Winchester
Old Valley Female College
John P. Hyde
Seekene
Lewis W
Washington
Henry
New Orleans
Robert
Cleveland, O
Maurice
Baltimore
E. L. Sencindiver
Martinsburg
R. B. Sencindiver
Wichita
Kansas
Green Hill Cemetery
Solenberger Addresses Kiwanis on Frederick County Schools
Frederick County School Board member Ansel Solenberger spoke at a Kiwanis Club luncheon, praising progress in public schools. He cited improved standards, cooperation from Handley School Board, and noted Gainesboro consolidated school completed while a Gore high school is under construction and a county high school near Winchester may follow. Everett Jarvis attended as the sole guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel Solenberger
Frederick County
Kiwanis Club
Solenberger
Handley School Board
Gainesboro
Gore
Winchester
Everett Jarvis
Evere C
Weds Lawyer Who Represented Her In Divorce Suit
Kathryn Faust Neely, once an advertising model, married Howard Gibbs, a 28 year old lawyer who assisted her in a prior divorce. The ceremony occurred July 16 in Elkton Maryland, with the couple still living with parents. Her first marriage, eloped at age 16 to John Champ Neely son of Senator M. Neely of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kathryn Faust Neely
Howard Gibbs
Elkton
Kathryn
Henry Faust
Bingroom
John Champ Neely
West Virginia
Matthew, M. Neely
Maryland
Government To Buy Dried Milk Surplus Stocks
The Surplus Commodities Corporation will purchase 2,681,340 pounds of surplus dry skim milk from the Dry Milk Committee Corporation of Chicago for 118,262 dollars. The milk comes from 67 carloads of surplus stock across 12 plants in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Missouri Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland New York and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Dry Milk Committee Corporation of Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
Vermont
Immense French Flying Boat Docks at Port Washington
The 41 ton French flying boat Lieutenant De Vaisseau Paris landed at Port Washington at 2 18 p m after a 22 hour 48 minute flight from Horta Azores. The aircraft covered 2397 miles at an average speed of about 104 miles per hour, the largest air transport in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Washington
N. Se
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris
Horta
Azores
Militia Strikes Mountain Front on Southwestern Front
Government dispatches report militia strikes at mountain positions linking the insurgent base at Castuera with advance positions before Cabeza Del Buey near Hendaye on the Spanish frontier. Barcelona reports say the advance has cut the railroad between the points and no positions are occupied.
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Hendaye
France
Castuera
Cabeza del Buey
Barcelona
Final Rites In Mt. Hebron For Dr. Rouss
Dr. Alexander H. S. Rouss 56 a noted physician died in his sleep at his home near Kabletown. Funeral services were held at his home in Mt Hebron with Rev. John W. Gummere and Rev. Goodwin Frazer officiating. Survivors include his widow former Anna Stough of York and one daughter Mrs Clyde Lyon of Washington. He served as a U S Army medical officer in WWI and earlier practiced in Brucetown and Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander H. S. Rouss
Peominent Photons
Bhs
Avon Serred
Futhy BA
Charles Town
Dr. Rouss
Capt
Milton
Mary C. Osbourn Rouss
Kabletown
Fishburne Military Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Brucetown
Winchester
United States Medical Corps
France
Newport News
Rouss
Frank
George
Myerstown
Frank Rouss
Milton Rouss
State Senate
Anna Stough
York
Cylde Lyon
Washington
Charles Broadway Rouss
New York
Germany Plans Trial Flight For New Airship LZ 130
Friedrichshafen. Germany will launch the LZ 130 airship next week under Dr. Hugo Eckener to demonstrate dirigible principles despite the Hindenburg disaster. The ship carries a training crew and will not carry passengers until helium is available. Its notable feature is a water recovery system for exhaust, enabling ballast management without venting helium. The zeppelin measures 738 feet with 17,062,800 cubic feet of gas and 4,400 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Lakehurst
N. J
South
North Sea
Baltic
TVA Merit System Under Fire Before Congress
Knoxville dispatch reports Rep Wolverton Republican of New Jersey accuses the TVA merit system of lacking merit during questioning of Gordon Clapp youthful personnel chief. Wolverton says the committee stifled information and notes Clapp admitted his former Chicago roommate Arthur Jandrey worked in TVA personnel but says he received no undue preference. Clapp ties Jandrey’s move to a recommendation by TVA chairman Arthur Morgan, who has since been deposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
Congressional
Wolverton
Gordon Clapp
Rep. Darden
D.-N. CC
Clapp
Arthur Jandrey
University of Chicago
Jandrey
Arthur &. Morgan
Clerk Accused Of Concealing Large Deposits In City Real Estate Bureau
New York August 31 William L Lange a $2400 a year clerk in the city real estate bureau is accused by Commissioner of Investigation William B Herlands of failing to explain income that allowed him and immediate family to deposit about $192000 in banks from 1931 to 1938 Lange is one of four civil service bureau employees facing formal accusations filed yesterday with the mayor by the commissioner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Real Estate Bureau
William L Lange
William B. Herlands
Lange
Civil Service
Real Estate Bureau
Lawson Indicted For Conspiracy In Baltimore Brokerage Case
William P. Lawson Baltimore police commissioner was indicted on 12 counts of conspiracy conversion fraud and false pretenses in the former brokerage business. Three associates Frank Mueller Frederick A. Mueller and Vincent L. Clisham were indicted on conspiracy charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William P. Lawson
Grand
Lawson
Frank Mueller
Frederick A. Mueller
Vincent L. Clisham
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Clarke Fair
George Jones
Millwood
Garland Williams
Nettie Yowell
State
Louisville Colored School
Edsall
Kennedy Edee
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
Lester
Lester McDonald
Palace Theatre
Nehij
Earl Sheetz
Palace
Mervil Buh
Johnny Kaknis
Frank Turgeon, Jr
Hitler
Midways Take All Stars
Commercial Small Loan & Finance CO. Inc
E. Boscawen St
Japan
Northern Virginia Power Company
Council For Cooperation
Ing
RADIO
WFMD
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen and
Cammer Tire Co
Cor
Valley Ave. & Braddock
Hyde School
Flying Boat Docks
Mt. Hebron
T. V. Authority
W. Adams
E. Piccadilly
Remdel
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Brad
C. I. Brumback
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