Japan Returns Seized Launch And Flags With Apologies
Japan apologizes as it returns the American owned launch seized by sailors. Two American flags are handed back along with two Italian vessels and an explanation that the acts were a mistake. US protests by Consul General clarify flag handling and seizure context amid broader efforts against Chinese ports and ships near Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Shanghai
United States
Whangpo
William Hunt Steamship Company
Clarence E. Gauss
Nanking
Kiangqian
Yangtze River
Commercial Pacific
Traf
Handley Library Commended For Courteous Service
A Winchester civic note praises Handley Library for its contribution to the community. The author emphasizes the library’s architectural beauty and wide range of literature while crediting the efficient staff for the facility’s increasing usefulness and courteous, patient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
Winchester
To Command Fleet Admiral Bloch Succeeds Hepburn
In a change of command the 59 year old Kentuckian Claude Charles Bloch will assume command of the U S fleet on February 1. He presently leads the battle force and succeeds Admiral Arthur J Hepburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Charles Bloch
U. S
Bloch
Arthur J. Hepburn
New Coal Prices Aimed at Helping Home Buyers
Officials of the Bituminous Coal Commission announced a new minimum price schedule set to reshape the soft coal market. Home owners would pay lower prices while industrial and commercial rates rise. the plan, applying to most eastern mines, goes into effect December 15 with freight and retailer margins added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
Home Prace
Benets
Mississippi
Iowa
Commission
Supreme Court
Joseph's Dream Practical Finds Joseph's Dream Practical
The Rev John R Hendricks preached at the Eight Day Preaching Mission in Middleburg Va on Genesis 37 19 Behold this dreamer cometh. He called Joseph a practical dreamer whose dream of power grew through adversity as he moved from selfishness to service in God’s sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Hendricks
Methodist Church
Middleburg
Congregational Christian Church
Hendricks
Joseph
Christmas Bargain at Hodgson & Brown Counter
Retail note advertises 50c and 1.00 price levels with Hodgson and Brown branding. The line hints at a holiday sale spread across a counter display dated or paged 12 1 1p 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Building And Fire Code Revision Faces Council Split
The Common Council sent the proposed Building Electrical and Fire Prevention Code back to committee for revision after criticism that it is overly complex and infringes on contractor authority. Dr Charles R Anderson supports simplification focusing on fire hazards and public safety but opposes excessive detail on construction methods. Fred W Forney notes a fire prevention code requires a building code, as debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Anderson
Allen T. Hawthorne
O. L. Jamison
A. C. Oates
Hawthorne
Anderson
Fred W. Forney
Firemen Aid Old Santa in Winchester Toy Drive
The Winchester fire companies announce a program to provide new and repaired toys for local children in Frederick County. Captains appoint committees to manage the project and volunteers will donate paint glue and materials to convert work benches into toy repair shops. The Fellowship Club supports with a Capitol Theatre toy matinee at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Fellowship Club
Clifton Gough
South End Hose Company
William Godhenour
Stover Clark
Wilbur Anderson
Howard Clark
Friendship Company
Richard Boxwell
Lester Forney
Raymond Campbell
Buddy” Comer
Harry Lewis
Wade Guard
M. D. Weaver
Charley Rouss Company
Pat Dunn
Samuel Laren, Jr
Alvin Lee
John Dykes
Dorsey Hattle
John Birmingham
Lohring Crabill
Sarah Zane Company
Lee Brown
George Sumption
William Brown
Arthur Rowles
J. W. Hollar
Cecil Funk
Santa Claus
Capitol Theatre
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Notice
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening December 2 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Richard Boxwell, Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Richard Boxwell
Old Santa to parachute into Winchester for pre Christmas visit
Santa plans an early trip to Winchester arriving December 13 in a chartered airplane at Handley High School at 3 o clock. He will descend by parachute then rest at The Winchester Evening Star before visiting local stores, greeted by merchants and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Winchester
Evening Star
Handley High School
Santa
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester construction may reach 300000 in 1937
Total permits issued by November 30 show 284039 this year, up 28119 from all of 1936. November permits totaled 17950, with several new dwellings and subdivisions under way, suggesting no let down in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Henkel M. Lamp
Kitchen
Virginia Avenue
Standard Oil Company
Stewart and
Boscawen
R. F. Cline
Tennyson Avenue
M. J. Herrell
South Loudoun
Unemployment Commission Forms Benefits Section
Major Frank P. Evans announced the organization of a benefits section to handle claims after January 1. Deputies in employment service offices statewide will train here and then examine claims determine validity weekly benefit amounts and start dates. Deputies named include George D. Delo Harrisonburg John D. Burnett Staunton and Francis W. Bailey Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frank P. Evans
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Commission
Evans
George D. Delo
Harrisonburg
John D. Burnett
Staunton
Francis W. Bailey
Winchester
Teachers See Richmond Reports At County Meeting
Frederick County teachers gather at the county courthouse Saturday afternoon after noon to hear reports from the Virginia Education Association convention in Richmond and to discuss the three point program for a sound retirement law free textbooks and an adequate teacher salary scale. An executive committee meeting at 10 o'clock will finalize plans for the session with Paul Behrens of Gore as chairman joining Miss A P Starling Winchester Miss Saxon Sampsell Stephens City Ralph Triplett Mrs Claude Stickley Stephens City and Superintendent Leslie D Kline Winchester. Delegates R E Aylor Stephens City R J Britton Gaine sboro and Mrs Auburn Cadwaddaler Winchester will report on the Richmond meetings with Miss Starling and Mr Kline contributing. An Orville Wake Middletown high school principal will speak on A Teacher Code of Ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Virginia Education Association
Richmond
General Assembly
The
County Association
Paul Behrens
Gore
A. P. Starling
Winchester
Saxon Sampsell
Stephens City
Ralph Triplett
Claude Stickley
Leslie D. Kline
R. E Aylor
R. J. Britton
Gainesboro
Auburn Cadwaddaler
Miss Starling
Kline
Orville Wake
Middletown High School
Bryarly and Green Return to Real Estate Field
Bryarly and Green, successors to Bryarly Brothers, resume real estate work after 12 years with options to sell parcels of realty on Tennyson avenue and Valley pike within the city limits. The firm will continue insurance operations. Members are R. Thornton Bryarly and Robert C. Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryarly and Green
Bryarly Brothers
Tennyson Avenue
Valley Pike
R. Thornton Bryarly
Robert C. Green
Executor's Sale of Hardesty Farm and Orchard
Executor's sale of the Hardesty farm and orchard set for Saturday November 12 at 11 o'clock in front of the Court House. See inside advertisement in the Star today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardesty Farm
Court House
Star Today
Immediate Agricultural Outlook Bright, Say Analysts
Chicago reports that farm and industrial statisticians deem the immediate agricultural outlook optimistic. They cite no recession in national cash farm income and note October income reached a seven year high while price declines reflect higher production, leaving grain values largely unchanged from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Mullin
Chicago
General Business
Farm Hand Sought in East Clifton Assault Case
A farm hand is wanted after a man suffered a skull fracture from a blow delivered from behind a telephone pole on East Clifton Street. Marple described the assailant as stepping away after the attack.
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Marple
East Clifford Street
Zack McDaniel Arrest Warrant Issued In East Clifford St. Assault
Frederick county farm hand Zack McDaniel is charged with felonious assault with intent to kill in the East Clifford street attack on R. C. Marple. Sheriff J. W. Newcome arrested him after a warrant was secured by Chief Clayton W. Hollis. Marple is listed in serious but not critical condition at Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull.
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Zack” McDaniel
J. W. Newcome
R. C. Marple
Newcome
McDaniel
Hollis
Clayton W. Hollis
Frederick County
Robert Clayton Marple
East Clifford Street
Memorial Hospital
Donald Weems
Marple
Francis Funk
Miss Susan Smith Dies in Clarke County
Miss Susan Burwell Smith of Clarke county died at Silver Spring in Berryville at 5:30 PM from a heart ailment after a long invalid period. She belonged to the Smith–Randolph lineage and joined Christ Church Millwood after Old Wickliffe, with funeral services at the Old Chapel and burial in the adjacent cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Susan Burwell Smith
Clarke County
Silver Spring
Robert Smith
Smith
Warren Collier Smith
Elizabeth Burwell Randolph
Robert Randolph
Newmarket
Old Wickcliffe Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Christ Church, Millwood
Elizabeth, Wellford
Louisa
Anne Smith
Jefferson County
W. Va
R. A. Goodwin
Christ Church
Millwood
Tucker
Grace Church
Carlton Fox
Nelson Parish
Richard Smith, Jr
T. C. Hall
T. J. West
Gilbert Cadwallader
Henry P. Mitchell
Benjamin Randolph
Shopping Days Till Christmas Highlight
A fragment notes there are 20 shopping days until Christmas and jokes about buying a quarter to complete a task now. The line reflects holiday shopping cadence and a playful urgency.
Private Sale at 1628 Valley Ave in Hamilton
Household goods still on sale at 1628 Valley Ave Hamilton. Prices reduced as items remain available in this ongoing private sale offering assorted furniture and domestic goods to shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Ave
Hamilton
Read Resigns as Apple Festival Director in Winchester
Congress leaders fear crop control and other bills may be jeopardized. Dr. Lewis M. Allen announces Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival will return to Winchester next spring. Fred A. Read Jr resigns as director general citing pressing business. a new director general is to be chosen after consultations. Treasurer reports last year’s festival paid, small remaining balance. Planning for 1938 to proceed after Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Shenandoah
Winchester
Lewis M. Allen
George Washington Hotel
Fred A. Read, Jr
Allen
Brakeman Hero of Wreck On B and O
A brakeman named G. Mason from Brunswick Maryland ran 200 yards past derailed coal cars to warn the Fort Pitt Limited of an oncoming passenger train. His warning helped avert fatalities as the train halted before the wreck. All traffic shifted while major trains were rerouted over the Western Maryland Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Fort Pitt Limited
G. Mason
Brunswick
Western Maryland Railway
Frederick County Farmers Meeting Thursday Night
Farmers in Frederick County are urged to attend a 7:30 PM meeting at the courthouse to hear provisions of the 1938 farm conservation act. Fruit growers receive a special invitation. they may earn an allowance up to $2 per bearing acre for following approved practices. Fred Stine will present the program to W. Larrick Jr who will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Fred Stine
W. Larrick, Jr
Famous Westminster Choir to Perform at Handley Auditorium
Mrs Eu lalia Savage Nalley announced the internationally famous Westminster Choir will sing at Handley Auditorium on February 3 under the auspices of the First Baptist Church choir. Details of the program were not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulalia Savage-Nalley
Westminster Choir
Handley Auditorium
First Baptist Church
Split over farm and labor bills deepens budget balancing debate
Washington dispatch reports a behind the scenes fight over crop control and wage hour measures in the House. Labor bloc heads planned a petition to bypass the rules committee and bring the wage hour bill to a vote within two weeks while southern lawmakers demand farm bill concessions. Speaker leaders downplay worries as corridor talks intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House
Norton
D-N. J
Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
Applicants at fair job lines think of self not service
The writer visits the New York World's Fair employment division and notes female applicants focus on what the fair offers them. They ask about hours pay and vacations, not the work. The piece advises job seekers to emphasize how they can serve the employer and show initiative before applying.
Christmas Cards 50 for $1.00 at Shewbridge Store
Classified notice offers 50 Christmas cards for one dollar at Charles Shewbridge's Store. Also seeks a good home for a beautiful young female Maltese cat and provides a phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shewbridge
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Cy Priday
Satur
Mary S.S. Yeakley
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