Local reader urges balanced teaching of communism in schools
Oscar O Brown July 6 1935 letter argues curriculums should present communism fascism and nazism from an American viewpoint. He warns against oath requirements for teachers and stresses how material should be taught to Winchester children at John Handley School and district schools.
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John Handley
Handley School
Winchester
Oscar
Brown
Missy Wilkins
Handley High School
Miss Wilkins
Donald Smith
Handley
Rotary
Esident Marshall
George Washington Hotel
Henry Mitchell
Boyce
E. Blackburn Moore
William Phipps
Towson Md
Henry H. Cockers
Barre
Vermont
Front Royal
Hensell Family Attends West Virginia Funeral
Mrs. Charles Hensell of Grimes returns home from Berkele y Springs West Virginia after the funeral of Sher rard C. Unger who died Friday. The service was at Bethel Church near Berkeley Springs with a large turnout from Grimes Winchester and area including Clyde Sibert and family Arthur Orndorff Ellis Randall C W Hensell and Nelson Hensell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Charles Hensell
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Sherrard C. Unger
Bethel Church
Clyde Sibert
Wilbur
Winchester
Arthur Orndorff
Ellis Randall
C. W. Hensell
Nelson Hensell
Mr. Unger
60 000 Acres of Land Withdrawn From Cultivation
Virginia's land use study shows an average 60 000 acres removed from cultivation annually from 1880 to 1930 and more since 1930. The plan urges diversification and better marketing, noting idle marginal land and reliance on distant suppliers for vegetables and meats while same products exist on Virginia farms. It also cites inadequate soil surveys and calls for better knowledge of land to determine proper use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Wisconsin
California
Police urge civilians to file fingerprints for ID use
A letter from J Edgar Hoover directs the Bureau of Investigation to encourage civilians to submit fingerprints. The prints are kept in Washington for identity verification in accidents or amnesia cases, not for crime records. Prominent Winchester residents have already participated.
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Willows
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Department
Washington
Hoover
Winchester
The Voice Of Experience at Palace Theater
The Voice Of Experience will be shown at Hable's Palace Theatre Monday and Tuesday with Crime and Punishment. Based on confessions from 5 000 000 letters, the radio figure offers audience members a chance to submit personal problems by letter for private solutions.
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Carter & Glaize
Frederick J. Hill
County Court House
Taylor L. Barr
Voice of Experience
Hable’s Palce Theatre
Palace Theatre
Experience
Weather forecast for Bay Shore to Hatteras coast
Fresh northerly winds diminish and shift to variable by Saturday. Weather fair tonight and tomorrow with lighter winds on Chesapeake Bay north of the Potomac River over the next 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Christmas Seal Sale Makes Good Progress Here
The ongoing drive shows steady nursing visits with a surge in the last two weeks. A diphtheria toxoid clinic treated 135 children and an orthopedic clinic examined 36 patients with one referred for hospital care.
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Eri
Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital
Association
Robert V. Funsten
University of Virginia
University Hospital
Kiwanis Club
Piedmont Sanatorium
United Brethren Church
Presbyterian Church
Shenandoah Workers Grow Business Told to Rotarians
E R Lindstrum told Winchester Rotary Club the Shenandoah Community Workers near Mount Jackson run a diverse operation producing wood furniture carvings rugs and iron pieces with pine and walnut from Bird Haven. The venture began in 1931 and by 1932 employed sixty people with daily output reaching $800 as catalogs reached 100000 names and orders came nationwide including Sweden.
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Shenandoah
Mt. Jackson
E. R. Lindstrom
Winchester Rotary Club
Vocationaire Committee
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Armstrong
Bird Haven
Orkney Springs
Nature Magazine
United States
Sweden
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West Va
Valley Forge
Baker’s Service Station
Wilmer F. Shryock
North Main St
Voice of
Palace
EK H
E. R. Lindstrum
Mount Jackson
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power CO
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Om Czee
Nash
Plymouth
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Power-House
Sam
Gesiich Electro-Pak
Cammertireco
Vullanizing &Road Service
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Winchester Va
IL Telephone Ptet
New Day
Aldie
Treerry & Myers Tosacco Co
Bickers Motor CO
Bickers
Reublic
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst Boscawen
Valley Ave
Braddock
Republic Oil CO
Piccadilly
C. I. Brumback
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