Crop Control Bill Nears House and Senate Action This Week
Administration aides predicted final passage of the crop control bill in both chambers this week after House and Senate votes. They cited a House rejection of eliminating cotton quotas and a Senate defeat of a three-year limit amendment, with remaining concerns over a motion to return the bill to committee and opposition to Labor Department control of the wage hour measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
McNary
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Native morale drift in Samoa under outside influence
Governor Samoa Captain Milne reports to Washington that outside influence harms native morals. He cites younger men imitating movie stars, craving stronger beer, and chieftain authority being challenged. Women wear silk and rayon, ride bicycles, and rely on mail order catalogs, raising concerns about cultural change.
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MacGillivray Milne
Samoa
Washington
Captain Milne
Yesteryear
Lost Yellow Persian Cat Reward Notice
A lost yellow Persian cat seeks return with a reward. Contact phone 707 and address 418 N Braddock. Also an advertisement for Packard Electric Razor by John S. Miller & Co with similar contact date.
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N. Braddock
Packard Electric
John S. Miller & CO
Coal and Wood Ad Appears in Classifieds
Local diary ad notes Coal and Wood listing with contact Phone 414 and attribution to W. J. E. Hershberger. The brief item documents a small classified notice in the period text.
Porto Rico Molasses Arrives at Pure Food Store
Porto Rico molasses has arrived at Pure Food Store as of December 8. The item is offered in the latest stock update, inviting customers to purchase while supplies last.
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Porto Rico
Dr L M Allen Confirmed as Apple Blossom Festival Chair
The Apple Blossom Festival Executive Committee reappointed Dr. L M Allen as chairman after he briefly resigned. The committee also decided to hold the festival next year with no successor yet named for Director General, vacated by F A Read Jr, with plans not expected to reconvene until early 1938.
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L. M. Allen
Shenandoah Valley
Allen
Dr. Allen
F. A. Read, Jr
Santa Claus to Visit Winchester For Christmas Shopping Season
Santa Claus will parachute onto Handley High School grounds at 3 PM Monday to greet merchants and open the Christmas buying season in Winchester. Andrew Bell of the Chamber of Commerce will welcome him, then he tours stores before returning Christmas Eve for the city program and another store visit. He will depart for other cities after Winchester.
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The
Winchester Star
Santa Claus
Winchester
Jimmy
Johnny
Mary
Jane
Santa
North Pole
Can't Hunt On His Own Estate Estate Reluctant Game Refuge
Willis Van Devanter retired Supreme Court justice, barred from hunting on his 700 acre Maryland estate because it is a game refuge, traveled to South Texas to hunt deer after a Marion Indiana trip. He returned to Washington only for a shave then went to his Ellicott City farm and on to Houston.
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Washington
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court
Maryland
South
Texas
Marion
Ind
Ellicott City
Houston
80 Families In County On Master List
Frederick county citizens plan to support The Fellowship Club with eighty needy families on this year’s master list. Centers will accept food clothing and toys for Christmas baskets to be distributed on Christmas Eve. Fellowship Headquarters open at George Washington Hotel on December 11 with contact numbers 1120 and 7815. A toy matinee for county children is Saturday at 10 am with admission of a clothing item toy or staple food.
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Fellowship Club
Frederick County
Fellowship
George Washington Hotel
Dewey Elliott Sentenced Six Months for Meat Theft
Frederick Circuit Court concluded criminal cases with the six month sentence for Dewey Elliott charged with stealing meat from a Gore Virginia smoke house. The 1932 theft occurred in February and Elliott was jailed years later after being captured in West Virginia. Effie Grady owned the meat.
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Frederick
Dewey Elliott
Gore
Elliott
West Virginia
Shalako Ritual Ends as Zuni Seek Blessings for Next Year
At Zuni New Mexico the Shalako festival wrapped after a two day rite. Six rain couriers completed their pilgrimage, blessing crops and departing for Salt Lake near Hunt Arizona. Two years of omens faded as villagers praised prosperity and fertility through chants and ceremonies.
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Zuni
N. M
Coronado
Bibola
Shalako
Sacred Salt Lake
Hunt
Ariz
Flareback of eee Hit In Dixie
Winter grips the Atlantic seaboard with snow and freezing temperatures from Maine to Florida. Buffalo records eleven inches of snow. Western Massachusetts and upper New York see snow. New York City predicts flurries. Florida endures a two day cold spell though relief is near as a new mass of cold air approaches Texas and the southwest. At least five deaths from exposure in the south underscore severe hardship among the needy. Weather forecasts warn of continued cold, with frost in the south and a front moving through the region late tonight through Thursday.
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South
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Rockies
Buffalo
Massachusetts
New York
New York City
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Texas
Southwest
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Virginia
Historic Church To Be Reopened At Rest
The Methodist Episcopal Church South at Rest in Winchester District will reopen for public worship on Sunday December 12 after extensive interior and exterior repairs. Two services are set with former pastor Rev F H Strieby preaching at 2 30 PM and Rev Dr W W McIntyre at 7 30 PM, plus musical programs by the choir and quartet.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
South
L. H. Smallwood
Winchester
F. H. Strieby
Woodstock
Devotional Service at Market Street Methodist Church
The regular Wednesday evening devotional service begins at 7 45 tonight at Market Street Methodist Church with Rev Herman McKay delivering the message. Spiritual preparation for Christmas will be offered and the minister will explain the Bethlehem event and shepherds field outside the city.
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Market Street Methodist Church
Herman McKay
Mr. McKay
City of Bethlehem
Shepherd's Field
City Council Adopts Traffic and Revenue Measures
The council approved a traffic ordinance amendment covering parking noises and restrictions on fireworks. It adopted an ordinance to enable revenue from reckless driving cases and reported year end receipts about 272000, 11000 over estimates, with expenditures 7438 under budgets.
Mr Hable To Host Christmas Party For 3500 Children
Herman H Hable announced preparations for a Christmas party for at least 3 500 children of Winchester and Frederick county. The December 24 event at 10 a m at the Palace Theatre includes gifts orange candy and a one hour screen program with toy trains picture books and construction books among the prizes.
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Herman H. Hable
Winchester
Frederick County
Palace Theatre
Old Santa’s
Welfare Bureau Seeks Shoes and Clothing Donations
A morning appeal from the city Welfare Bureau requests donations of children's shoes and men's clothing for the needy. Citizens are asked to contact Mrs. Homer Lyman and contribute before Christmas time, with other donations welcome.
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City Welfare Bureau
Homer Lyman
Will of James Henry Finnigan Recorded in Frederick Court
The will places the entire estate to his wife Gussie M Finnigan who qualified as executrix. Her official bond is set at 1600 dollars.
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James Henry Finnigan
C. C. Brannon
Frederick Circuit Court
Gussie M. Finnigan
Japanese Warn All To Quit Nanking Expecting Battle
Nanking reports eastern suburbs hit as Chinese troops blow bridges to deny cover to Japanese forces. The capital wakes to artillery but maintains order with civilians moving to a semi safety zone. The US gunboat Guam sails to Wuhu amid rising danger. Americans and British property affected as Tangshan near Nanking sees fighting and Chinese batteries defend the highway.
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Nanking
United States
Guam
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Nanng
Tangshan
Tanshan
Shanghai
No Man’s Land
Tokyo Hears America and Others Seek To Stop War
A Tokyo foreign office spokesman said the United States England Germany and Italy may be mediating the Sino Japanese war. He added Japan awaits results and hopes China will seek peace as Nanking falls. Embassies offered no comment on mediation efforts.
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Tokyo
America
United States
Japan
China
Nanking
Naning
War
Navy
Foreign Office
England
Germany
Italy
Sleeping Boy Killed as Plane Crashes Into Austin Homes
A plane on a Dallas to San Antonio run plunged into two houses in northwest Austin killing a sleeping 2 year old boy and Capt I A Avelino a Mexican army air corps pilot. Leonard Albright and Capt Avelino died in the crash. A third child and the mother survived briefly stunned. Flight members were warned to turn back but Avelino followed the flight.
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Austin
Tex
Albright
University of Texas
Dave Peeler
Hudson Anderson
Home Sanders
Avelino
Dallas
San Antonio
Much Christmas At White House
Christmas at the White House features two family dinners two youth parties and two trees. Grandchildren of the President will attend the two meals and Sara Roosevelt shares honors with Bill Roosevelt. A December 30 dance for 400 young people will host John Roosevelt Jr and Anne Clark with the First Lady helping decorate four trees.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Sara Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Bill” Roosevelt
New York City
Women’s Trade Union League
Hyde Park
N. Y
Elks To Stage Minstrel Charity Show In Winchester
Winchester Lodge of Elks plans a charity minstrel titled Hit It Up at Capitol Theatre Friday January 21. A cast of 100 with 50 local women will perform for charity proceeds. Rodgers Production Company will direct with a matinee planned.
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Elks
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Capitol Theatre
Edwin T. Snider
Ary
Lodge
Winchester
Rodgers
Snider
Fortification talk as Chiang Kai-shek fate may shift in crisis
Shanghai dispatch says authorities consider a government without Chiang Kai-shek and peace with Japan if Chiang leaves Nanking. Rumors of negotiations to spare Nanking spread as battle looms, with Japan holding back a major assault and a truce seen as possible before Page 2 continuation.
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Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Nanking
Shanghai
The Write Itself as Path to Great Books
A columnist argues many dream of a great book but few commit to the hard writing. He recalls advising a young woman, focusing on her tastes and persistence rather than technique to see what truly drives a writer.
Gift suggestion: a wrist watch The Preferred Gift
A catalog entry presents a wrist watch titled The Preferred Gift from Hodgson and Brown. It suggests a stylish, practical present and positions the timepiece as a refined choice for gifting occasions.
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Hodgson & Brown
Willis' Bicycle and Radio Shop Ad
IVER JOHNSON quality bicycles offered by Willis' Bicycle and Radio Shop. Shop features a range of models and accessories for cyclists and radio enthusiasts in one local shop.
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Iver Johnson
Quality Bicycles
Willis’ Bicycle and Radio Shop
Refuse collection rules for tight containers
Public notice instructs residents to place all trash in tight containers. Peach baskets or cans without tight bottoms will be picked up only if used for refuse.
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Coal & Wood
W. J. E. Hershberger
DR. L. M. Allen
Effie Grady
Dixie
Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Kansas-Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Methodists of Rest
W. A. Baker
Arthur Field
General Reserve
Peyton Marshall
Baker
Mr. Hable
Welfare Bureau
C. ¥. McDaniel
Kelley Field
Chiang
Madame Chiang
Dale
Carnegie
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