Council Adopts 1939 Budget With Five Cent Tax Increase
Common Council on third reading approves a 1939 budget of 296000 with a tax rate of 1.25 per 100 assessed value an increase of five cents. A public hearing is set for January 12 1939 at 7 30 PM to protest budget items and may reopen items not protested. The budget includes 281741 for operations 14259 for capital outlay and 16000 from surplus to balance. A proposed bond election may be called for improvements listed as capital projects totaling 14259.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Council
Herman Hable
Finance Commttee
Allen Hawthorne
Handley Library
Percy Miller
Department of the Budget
Aested
County school buses praised for safety record
MA Winchester commends the county school board for pre emptive safety measures and stellar bus safety results. The Handley Library will receive additional stacks, strengthening a valued community cultural and educational asset. Residents are urged to use library opportunities now.
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Handley Library
For Sale Cheap to Quick Buyer Modern Brick Dwelling
For sale a modern eight room brick house near downtown on principal street. Terms to suit buyer. Inquiries to 137 N Loudoun St or call 389. R. T. Bryarly listing the property and contact.
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Loudoun St
R. T. Bryarly
Kennedy Seeks Hitler Aid for Refugees and War Debts
United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy urged international loan cooperation and some Hitler cooperation to resolve Europe's refugee crisis. He discussed war debts, personal plans for his return to the United States, and timing around his voyage on the liner Queen Mary.
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Southampton
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Europe
Hitler
Great Britain
Britain
Kennedy
James A. Farr
Library Adds Book Stacks at Handley Library
The Handley Library plans installed stacks costing 6841 dollars with 1242 dollars as an initial payment funded by the Handley Board and to be refunded by the city over several years. Dr Hawthorne urged inclusion in the budget, a request unanimously approved after discussion at the Common Council meeting.
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Handley Library
Common Council
Handley Board
Hawthorne
C. Vernon Eddy
Winchester
Watches from Hamilton Gruen Bulova brands offer gifts
Hodgson & Brown presents a large assortment of watches including Hamilton Gruen Bulova Longines Wittnauer Elgin Waltham Westfield Imperial and Zena with gift options for shoppers.
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Hamilton
Gruen
Bulova
Longines
Wittnauer
Elgin
Waltham
Westfield Imperial
Zena
Splt Hodgson & Brown
Pan American Conference accepts Cuban anti persecution resolution
The Pan American Conference steering committee accepted a Cuban resolution condemning religious and racial persecutions as undemocratic and called for its circulation among delegates. Argentina may oppose the measure in its current form while the session closes December 27. Delegates await keynote speeches by U S Secretary of State Hull and Latin ministers on Pan American cooperation.
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Andrew Berding
Lima
Peru
Argentina
Germany
United States
Cordell Hull
Spain
Ceen
Hull
Toy Matinee Draws 1200 to Capitol Theatre
About 1200 people attended the Fellowship Club's annual Empty Stocking toy show at Capitol Theatre. Bob Riley hosted at 10:30 with a lively program featuring local and visiting performers, including Horace McInturff and Juanita Steele, plus Our Gang and Popeye films. Scouts helped usher and assist, while donations and toy traffic exceeded prior years as the event supported needy youngsters.
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Capitol Theatre
Fellowship Club
Bob Riley
Horace McInturff
Juanita Steele
Carlton Racey
Louise O’roark
Margaret Jane Athey
John Henry
Gollen Farm
Colleen Hoover
Winchester
Sarah Zane
Charley Rouss
South End
Seegeld
Cemeiar
Tom Baldridge
Enatre
Children Lack School Books
Superintendent Kline said Frederick County teachers report many children cannot buy needed books. Those with extra or no longer used books should donate to the bookless students. contact the superintendent’s office if books are available.
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Kline
Frederick County
Fort Pitt Limited Jumps Track in Night Derailment
The Baltimore and Ohio Fort Pitt Limited derailed near Holgate ten miles east of Defiance injuring three women seriously enough for hospital care. Eight of ten coaches left the rails and some plunged into mud. Cause undetermined with main line traffic being rerouted.
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Fort Pitt
Defiance
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Holgate
Here
Akron
W. C. Baker
James Knowell
St. Paul
Retail Selling In Huge Volume
America's Christmas shoppers flooded stores and shops in a week of record retail volume, led by apparel, house furnishings and electric appliances. Demand favored practical gifts and lower price items, while toy sales remained strong. Wholesale orders rose and railway freight jumped, with steel and auto activity showing a brisk if uneven pace.
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Paul D. Gesner
New York
America
State Trooper Wounded Near Stuart In Snowstorm Pursuit
Virginia State Trooper L. E. Thomas, 27, was shot and critically wounded on a snow covered mountain road near Stuart while pursuing a sedan linked to Roy Kelley, an escaped North Carolina convict, as Kelley and fellow convict Paul Dell flee after a Burlington, North Carolina sheriff and police officer killing. Thomas drove to a residence despite exposure and shock. authorities seek Kelley and Dell in two states.
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Stuart
L. E. Thomas
Virginia
Here
Thomas
Roy Kelley
North Carolina
Kelly
Paul Dell
Burlington
N. C
Patrick County Commonwealth
F. P. Burton
Stuart Hospital
Teachers Of County Meet Frederick County Association Reports
Members of the Frederick County Teachers Association met at the courthouse to hear delegates’ reports from the state convention in Richmond and to appoint committees for the session. Dr Frank Graham urged federal aid for public education as he spoke on economics affecting the South and equal educational opportunities.
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Frederick
Stewart Bell
Fred Braithwaite
Waynes. Guthrie
Retha Cooper
Mary Elizabeth Brown
T. M. Swann, Jr
R. E. Ayler
Mr. Ave
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
South
Body of Miner Patterson Found Shot in Snow Near Harlan
The bullet riddled body of Chris Patterson a 35 year old one legged coal miner was found roadside six miles from Harlan Kentucky Patterson was out on 5000 bond for murder in the roadhouse killing of Frank White a former Harlan deputy sheriff Patterson had eight bullet wounds officials think he was killed elsewhere and dumped in a snowbank He had been subpoenaed in the Harlan anti labor conspiracy trials at London last spring but did not testify White was a defendant in those trials.
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Harlan
Chris
Patterson
Frank White
Chad Nolan
London
White
Al Capone Comes Back to Chicago Amid City Changes
Chicago dispatch notes Al Capone plans to return from Alcatraz on January 19 1939 after a Cook County sentence for tax reports. The piece tracks the flat city crime scene Capone leaves behind with the Syndicate decimated by prosecutions, gangland killings and aging members.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Cook County
Byrd Demands Reduction In U S Spending
Senator Byrd at the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers' Association meeting calls for deep federal spending cuts and critiques Eccles, urging retrenchment and economy. He estimates direct public debt near 41 billion dollars by July, with total debt possibly around 50 billion including agency bonds and notes.
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Boston
Byrd
D-Va
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers’ Association
Tugwell
Corcoran
Congress
Eccles
New York
Memel Germans Close Campaign Ahead of Diet Elections
Memel in Lithuania prepares for the Diet elections as Nazi influence expands. A Neumann spokesman warns of demanding reunion with Germany when the new Diet convenes in January. Martial law was repealed November 1 lifting restrictions and allowing Nazi propaganda to surge in Memel.
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Memel
Lithuania
Germany
Ernest Neumann
Baltic
Memellander
Nazi Party
Neumann
Treasury Status December 8 Receipts and Debt Update
The Treasury reports December 8 receipts of 13 440 566 25 dollars and expenditures of 23 063 174 77 dollars. Gross debt stands at 38 667 177 174 86 dollars, with an increase over the prior day.
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Washington
Treasury
Demands Placed On Daladier By Paris Students
Paris students through the Paris Students Federation demand the government replace Italians with French in professional posts in Tunisia Algeria and French Morocco. They warned they could mobilize 20 000 students for street demonstrations if Italian protests continue over France possessions.
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Paris
Tunisia
Algeria
French
Morocco
Georges Mandel
Demonstrations Across North Africa Challenge Italian Campaign
Anti Italian demonstrations spread from Tunisia to Algiers as Arab and French students voice opposition to Italy's Tunisia campaign. Police guard frontier towns while leaders of Italian groups face charges for inciting race hatred and resisting arrest.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Algiers
Algeria
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Libya
Ubaldo Rey
Dopolavoro Society
Luigi Spano
Catalanotti Francois
School Buses To Be Tested And Holiday Changes Voted
Frederick County School Board ordered monthly bus inspections to ensure safety. Leslie D. Kline said state police will check buses regularly. The board also approved starting the Christmas holiday on December 22 for distant teachers. The Gore old school building sold for 700 dollars to N B Shingleton for conversion to a dwelling. Rock Enon and Hampton bid items were not demolished and bids were reviewed.
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Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Gore
Ing
N. B. Shingleton
Rock Enon
Hampton
No Shooting At Middletown City Officials Announce Strict Rules
Middletown Virginia mayor Fred Larrick says there will be no shooting on Christmas Day and warns fines for offenders. Sergeant Trone Sperry to enforce cameras but patrols will also target dogs running at large at night amid numerous complaints.
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Middletown
Fred Larrick
Trone Sperry
Larrick
Daladier Forms New French Chamber Majority Amid Turbulence
Premier Daladier carved a fragile majority in the Chamber of Deputies after a riotous session ending at 2:25 am. The confidence vote stood 315 to 241 with 60 abstentions, drawing support from conservative and far right factions while Socialists and Communists opposed him. The premier faces three risky paths as he eyes the 1939 budget and potential elections or a reshuffled government.
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Charles 8. Foltz, Jr
Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
France
Chamber
French Social Party
Francois de la Rocque
People’s Front
Lebrun
Senate
Large Barn Destroyed by Fire on Malone Farm West of Middletown
A large barn on the John M. Malone farm four miles west of Middletown was destroyed by fire Thursday around 2 PM. The loss was large and at least partly insured with one policy for 1,200 dollars. The barn held a large quantity of feed and other contents, and coverage for some items remains unclear.
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John M. Malone
Middletown
Plan Insurance For The Firemen
Firemen receive proposed budget funding to obtain master policies protecting those injured on duty. On motion of Pred Forbey, $575 was allocated to secure the insurance plan after a firefighter was seriously hurt in a recent blaze.
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Pred Forbey
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San Diego
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U. S
R. M. Shaw
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Courtney
U.S
Massachusetts
Marriner 8S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Moling & Cather
Golden Glow
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