Farm Program Faced by Leadership Change Risks
Washington dispatch reports across the farm bill battle as opponents push changes to compulsory crop controls. House votes 85 to 76 to drop farmer approved wheat quotas, with action aimed at extending to corn and cotton. Administration leaders warn prices would tank without quotas. Senate slows as debates continue. Wallace forecasts a 40 percent production gain if reforms unite farmers workers business and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rep
Coffee
D-Neb
Kleberg
D-Tex
Jones
Agriculture Committee
Wadsworth
R-Ny
United States
Senate
Borah
R-Idaho
McNary
R-Ore
Vandenburg
Rmich
Copeland
D-Ny
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Christmas Seals Help Fight Tuberculosis And Support Health
Mr Winchester urges buying Christmas Seals as a wartime health measure. He notes many in Frederick county benefit from dental clinics and stresses sound teeth aid school work and future well being. Health is a key happiness factor and dollars cannot replace it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Lindberghs Appear at Dinner Aboard President Harding
Charles A Lindbergh and his wife secretly return from exile arriving in New York aboard the President Harding and rush to Englewood New Jersey to visit Mrs Dwight Morrow while their children Jon and Land stay in England. A shipboard photo shows them dining with Captain James E Roberts as the liner sails home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Famous Flyer
New York
President Harding
Lindberghs
Jon
Land
England
James E. Roberts
United States
Central Press
Week of Prayer Services Planned by Winchester Ministers
Winchester ministers association met at Handley library to arrange a week of prayer services. An inter church committee will organize the seed sowing and local ministers will speak. Rev S L Flickinger presided in absence of president and vice president. Rev Herman J Womeldorf opened with prayer. Several local ministers attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Handley Library
Interchurch Committee
S. L. Flickinger
Herman J. Womeldorf
Flickinger
Bond
Clark
Womeldorf
Nelson
Wilson
Miller
Boyer
Swann
Dudley
Mathias Wyott
The
Salvation Army
United Brethren Church
Herman McKay
Market Street Methodist Church
Decisions Given In Mellons Case
The United States Board of Tax Appeals overruled a major portion of the government tax claim against Andrew Mellon. It held Mellon did not file a false or fraudulent return to evade taxes and won on six of ten main points plus a partial seventh. The ruling offered no definite tax deficiency figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Andrew W. Mellon
Mellon
Secretary of of the Treasury
National Museum of Art
Tax Board
Treasury
Shipping Apples Grimes Stayman and Delicious
Pure Food Store lists shipping apples Grimes Stayman and Delicious in two sizes 2 to 3 inches, offered by the vendor. Readiness and packaging details indicate a fresh fruit sale or delivery option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Food
Lindbergh Asked to Fly Giant Soviet Transport
Baltimore December 17 Col Charles A Lindbergh has been invited by the Glenn L Martin Company to inspect and fly if he wishes the giant flying boat built for a Soviet transport Company officials confirmed the invitation but no reply had been received Lindbergh is a technical adviser to Pan American Airways for whom Martin built several smaller flying boats and is deeply interested in the new transport largest of its kind ever built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles A. Lindbergh
Glenn L. Martin Company
Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
Martin
Madison Lodge 300 Members Rally Honors Grand Master
Approximately 300 members and ladies attended Madison Lodge No. 6 I O O F rally in honor of Grand Master Aubrey Wallace of Roanoke Virginia. The Falls Church Lodge degree staff was praised as among the best in the Grand Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lodge No. 6
1.O.O.F
Aubrey Wallace
Roanoke
Falls Church Lodge
No. 11
Grand Lodge
Wallace
George Washington Hotel
Lodge
Boscawen Street
Odd Fellows
Lynchburg
Berryville
Taylor Barr
Alexandria
Richmond
Hagerstown
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
W. Erle Edwards
Co. C. Stickley
Vaucluse
Gra .E. Meister
Madison Lodge
Fruit Growers Protest Maritime Board Ruling
Apple growing members of the Virginia Horticultural Society plan an ally protest of the United States Maritime Commission ruling denying the Baltimore Mail Line operating differential subsidy. Northern Virginia growers ship to Europe via Baltimore. proposal drafted for the society’s annual convention opening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Virginia Horticultural Society
United States Maritime Commission
Baltimore
Virginia
Europe
John D. Neff
Staunom
Resolutions Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars Campaign to Keep U.S. Out of War
Winchester post launches a nationwide drive by 3600 local units led by Commander A. Lee Cobb to collect signatures on petitions urging Congress and the President to keep America out of war while maintaining a strong national defense. Gold Star Mothers get first access to sign, followed by war mothers, veterans, officials, and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Congress
America
Winchester Post
United States
United States of America
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
The
A. Lee Cobb
Coble
National
Kansas City
Gold Star Mothers First
Matinee features Winchester talent at Capitol Theatre
A Saturday matinee arranged by the Fellowship Club at Capitol Theatre showcases amateur performances and popular short subjects. The program includes Silly Symphony Broken Toys Popeye The Sailor in The Organ Grinder Swing Porky's Garden with Porky The Pig Floyd Gibbons in Unusual Experiences and The Ballerina. Admission is by toy clothing or non perishable food donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Fellowship Club
Capitol Theatre
Porky
Pig
Floyd Gibbons
Kiddies
Gift Suggestion A Diamond Pleasing
Hodgeson and Brown present a refined gift idea featuring diamonds as the ideal keepsake. The piece advocates timeless sparkle and elegant design for gifting occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Tokyo rejoices as Nanking falls amid war rumors
Belman Morin reports Tokyo in ecstatic frenzy over imminent Nanking fall. Officials weigh a declaration withdrawing recognition of the Nanking regime while Chiang Kai-shek rumored to seek aid from Soviet Russia. Celebrations spread through shops, bells ring, and crowds gather to honor Hirohito as medals glitter and lanterns fill the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belman Morin
Tokyo
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hunan
Soviet Russia
Japan
Chiang
China
Fruitmen Headed to Virginia Horticultural Society Meeting
Leading fruit growers from the Winchester district depart for Charlottesville to attend the Virginia State Horticultural Society's 42nd annual convention opening this evening. The session runs to Thursday afternoon with topics including whether to pursue state or national legislation to curb low-grade fruit competing with higher quality produce. Frederick County producers seek influence in voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Charlottesville
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia
Frederick County
Dodd Resigns Berlin Embassy Post in 1938
United States Ambassador William E. Dodd will resign effective January 1938. His resignation follows Nazi hostility toward him after he opposed accepting an invitation to the Nazi party congress in Nurnberg. Prentiss Gilbert served as chargé d affaires during the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
William E. Dodd
Nurnberg
Prentiss Gilbert
DuPont Outlines Plan To Create 3 Million Jobs
Lammot Du Pont unveiled a 10 year plan at the National Association of Manufacturers urging private industry to invest 25 billion dollars to create 3,000,000 jobs. He called for government pledges to stabilize tax rates fair labor costs and legal rules, and a broadening of markets through new products and lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lammot du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
National Association of Manufacturers
du Pont
Dentists Hear A T Little Paper From Virginia Prosth
The December meeting of the Shenandoah Valley Dental Study Club in Harrisonburg featured Dr. A T Little presenting a paper on prosthetic dentistry from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. A large turnout attended as Dr. R E L Miller Jr presided and Dr R H Kerlin received a floor lamp gift from Dr C Bruce Harlee in recognition of his recent marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Harrisonburg
Claude Morrison
Little
Shenandoah Valley
R. E. L. Miller, Jr
Front Royal
R. H. Kerlin
Winchester
C. Bruce Harlee
E. Blanton Allen
Berryville
J. H. Morris
Charles Town
W. Va
R. E. L. Miller
Orville van Deusen
Grant Spitler
Luray
W. A. Wunder
C. E. Bowman
Woodstock
A. A. Shutters
Edinburg
W. A. Delp
Roosevelt Jaw Safe from Bone Involvement in Tooth Socket
White House officials reported that X rays show no bone involvement in President Roosevelt's unhealed tooth socket. Secretary Early said jawbone scraping would be unnecessary, with infection limited to gum tissue. A cleaning procedure was performed, and a decision on returning to the office depended on treatment results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Early
Chinese Final Stand in Capital Reported Failing
Army leader leads large Communist forces in a guerilla defense plan to attack communication lines as a final stand in the capital appears doomed.
Japanese assault tightens siege of Nanking amid heavy bombardment
Dispatches from Shanghai report Japanese forces advancing on Nanking with scaling ladders and a spearhead thrust toward the Yangtze. Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang reportedly left the city for Kiangsi as air raids intensified, with eight Americans aboard Panay for safety and 17 staying inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Chiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Madame Chiang
Banenene
Kiangsi
Apanese
Yangtze Valley
Anhwei
Ge Se
Yangtze River
Nanking-Shanghai
Purple Mountain
Sun Yat-Sen
Panay
Stand Fast On Shared Effort Behind Great Deeds
A bold reminder that progress hinges on collaboration and leadership. The text highlights Daniel Boone, Robert Fulton, Florence Nightingale, and Clara Barton as figures who catalyzed change through teamwork and vision, not solitary effort, noting Nightingale’s Crimea nursing staff and Barton's founding of the American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Boone
West
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Florence Nightingale
Crimea
Clara Barton
Massachusetts
American Red Cross
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MR Winchester
Committee of Ministerial Association
U. S
Maritime Board
U.S.A
President
Chanters
Floyd W. Haines
Handley School
Floyd Haines
Lutheran Sunday School
Haines
Orgatron
Homer Kitt Company
American Guild of Music
Moling
Willis Bicycle and Radio Shop
War Office
Gen Sugiyama
Army
Imperial Palace
Emperor Hirohito
Yasukuni
Dodd
DuPont
Dale Carnegie
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