Staunton C W A Hopes 10 Put Men to Work Here
Staunton and Winchester officials report the Civil Works Administration expects to authorize workers soon for local projects. The head office has approved 55 770 man hours worth about 25 000 dollars at 45 cents per hour for unskilled labor with materials not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Civil Works Administration Board
Frank W. Bailey
Staunton
W. F. Day
Civil Works Administration
Virginia
Bailey
Winchester
Richmond
Millwood
Berryville Avenue
Handley Library
Oll
Lindberghs Plan Next Leg From Manaos For Christmas Home
The Lindberghs will stay in Manaos through today and tonight with Pan-American Airways reporting they depart around 5 a.m. tomorrow Eastern time on another leg toward home for Christmas. Their exact route was not disclosed though intimates suggested Trinidad and Puerto Rico as options after a 932 mile flight from Para, Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manaos
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
Para
Amazon
Federation Meeting at Grace Church to Feature Mudge
The Winchester Church Federation meeting is set for 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening December 12 at Grace Lutheran Church. Rev Dr William K Mudge of Harrisburg PA executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches will be the main speaker. Miss Evva Stouffer will play violin and a union choir will sing. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Church Federation
Grace Lutheran Church
William K. Mudge
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Evva Stouffer
Roosevelt urges continued cooperation for controlled agriculture
In a letter to the Farm Bureau President Roosevelt says we seem to be on our way but urges continued cooperation with the administration's era for controlled agriculture. In Hutchinson the cowboy Jack Wisdom, wanted for three killings, is moved to a Kansas reformatory for safety. A nationwide snow cover affects many regions, a Bellefonte auto crash kills four and injures three, and New York stocks rise on hopeful business signals. Foreign dispatch notes government troops seize a rebel-barracks at Vilanueva as Lindberghs plan a staged return flight home tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
Farm Bureau
Agriculre
Hutchinson
Oklahoma
Jack Wisdom
Kansas Reformatory
Washington
Bellefonte
Postmen of Air Brave Death In Mountain Storm
Two Transcontinental and Western Air Lines planes crashed in a snowbound Allegheny range near Portage Pennsylvania. Pilot Gene Burford parachuted to safety. Harold G Andrews landed at Roaring Springs Blair County after delivering mail. Storm forced cancellation of all passenger flights.
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Associated Press
Portage
Transcontinental
Western Air Lines
Alleghany Mountains
Gene Burford
Columbus
Ohio
Harold G. Andrews
New York
Roaring Springs
Blair County
Alleghanies
RE Burford
Fire Ends Hampden Marathon Dance Contest Tragedy
A dance marathon in Hampden Maine ended in fire and tragedy as a blaze swept through the Paradise Dance Hall during a 30 hour storm. Three bodies were found and identified as John Ryan Emile Pelletier and Gertrude Sousa. Survivors suffered frostbite and burns amid zero degree winds. The blaze origin remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hampden
Paradise Dance Hall
John Ryan
New York City
Emile Pelletier
Waterville
Gertrude Sousa
Dracut
Mass
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Reported For The Star
Closing quotations show Chicago December 8.554, May 8.75, July 8.50. Baltimore spot wheat 9.0, Winchester spot wheat 8.7. Data supplied daily by Winchester Milling Corporation through Stickel Sales Corpora tion dealers in cash grain and futures.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickel] Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
President Roosevelt urges continued farm coop in national program
President Roosevelt told American families to keep cooperating with the administration’s program for controlled agriculture. At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago he said the malalignment of supply and demand has been years in the making and cannot be cured overnight. He cited money flowing to those cooperating producers and government checks aiding farming’s outlook and employment in cities. Edward A. O’Neal pledged Farm Bureau support for the Roosevelt plan and NRA policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Roosevelt
Fammies of America
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Roosevelt Agricultural Program
Spanish Government Seizes Vilanueva Barracks Amid Revolt
Government troops charged through heavy gunfire to capture the Vilanueva military post once held by rebels. At least seven rebels were killed, raising total archist fatalities to 85 as the revolt spread across central and northeastern Spain. Madrid quiet, Barcelona tense with 14 trucks deployed to deter bombings.
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Vilanueva
Associated Press
Madrid
Anarchist Revolutionary Movement
Spain
Barcelona
Ickes Breaks Rib After Ice Fall in Capital
Secretary Ickes was confined to Naval Hospital after a fall on the ice while leaving home for his office. A surgeon found a fractured rib and muscular derangement. his condition was described as not particularly serious and he remained under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Naval Hospital
Ralph W. McDowell
Officers' Group Meeting Postponed to December 20
The Reserve Officers' School group meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening is postponed to the evening of December 20 at Shenandoah Valley Academy due to Col. B. M. Roszel being ill with grippe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Officers’ School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Col
B. M. Roszel
Grippe
Penna System In Competition With the Trucks
The Pennsylvania Railroad launches door to door collection and delivery for less than carload freight from Winchester and expanding system wide under Interstate Commerce Commission order. Shipment picked up by transfermen. charges start at 50 cents minimum and 35 cents per 100 pounds. deals with shipper or consignee as applicable and adds to rail rate with no extra hidden costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Winchester
M. V. B. Snake
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consignee
Pennsylvania
Stockholders Vote On Sale of Shenandoah Valley Bank Preferred Stock
A special stockholders meeting at Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester convenes to authorize selling preferred stock to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The plan, involving 300 000 dollars of five percent preferred stock and 100 000 par value subscribed, aims to strengthen capital, support deposits, and align with federal insurance plans set to begin in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Re Finance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New York City
National City Bank
Gray Williams
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Williams
Jones
Reconstruction, Finance Corporation
United States
Winchester
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Norval W. Oates Dies at 34 in Memorial Hospital
Norval W. Oates 34 of Rock Oak West Virginia died Sunday afternoon at Memorial Hospital at 12 10. He was admitted two days earlier and his body was taken to Rock Oak for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norval W. Oates
Rock Oak
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
Public Sale Near Burnt Factory
Household and kitchen furniture hogs chickens and farm machinery to be sold Friday December 15 at 11 a m. Location Robert Stump near Burnt Factory. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stump
Burnt Factory
Aucts, Duvall and Dunn
Cowboy Slayer Jack Wisdom Held in Kansas Reformatory
Kansas governor orders calm as Jack Wisdom, the cowboy linked to three killings, is moved to the Kansas State Reformatory for safety. Oklahoma guards were mobilized after rumors of a mob. Wisdom is sought for a Wichita kidnapping and a Meade ranch murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Enid
Kingfisher
Okla
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Wisdom
Jay
Harry Pritchard
Wichita
Kan
Tickets Go On Sale For Beneficiary Football Game
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for a Sunday game between the Winchester Park Semi Pros and the Meridian Athletic Club in Washington DC. Proceeds will aid hospital bills for Paul Carper, a well known Winchester athlete now convalescing after leg amputation from an old injury. Local fans are urged to support the fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park
Meridian Athletic Club
Washington, D. C
Paul Carper
Winchester
Paw
Skating Party Postponed by Snowy Weather
A roller skating party planned by the Girls' Athletic Association tonight has been postponed indefinitely due to snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Fruit Growers Meeting in Winchester Dec 14
Important meeting of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Assoc. at 2 p m on Thursday December 14 at the County Court House Winchester. All growers and others interested in apples are urged to attend. Also featured are bulk mince meat 2 lbs for 25 cents and linen handkerchiefs from Pure Food Store Moling and Cather's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Zook pleads not guilty in lynching case at St. Joseph
John F. Zook former policeman pleads not guilty to first degree murder charges tied to the St. Joseph Missouri lynching of Lloyd Warner a 19 year old black man who confessed to assaulting a white girl Zook is accused as mob ringleader in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Zook
St. Joseph
Lloyd Warner
Zook
Mass Meeting Advances Winchester Churches Federation
The Winchester Federation of Churches formed after pastors and church representatives adopted a constitution and by laws. A mass meeting at Grace Lutheran Church tomorrow at 7 30 p m will feature Dr William H Mudge executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. The session includes a union choir and violinist Evva Stouffer with council planning to complete organization afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Federation of Churches
Presbyterian Church
Grace Lutheran Church
William IL. Mudge
Pensylvania Council of Churches
Thomas
Evva Stouffer
Council of the Federation
Wynekoop Freed As Accessory In Wife's Murder
In Chicago on December 11 the state dismissed the accessory charge against Earle Wynekoop in the killing of his wife Rheta. The court granted the dismissal after evidence failed to substantiate the charge, leaving his mother Dr. Alice L. Wynekoop facing possible execution for murdering her daughter-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Charles 8. Dougherty
Jay A. Schiller
Earle
Alice L. Wynekoop
Valley Snow Ties Up Maryland Virginia Settlements
Wet snow blanketed Winchester and Frederick counties with about 3.1 inches, halting travel as winds rose. Reports from Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley noted several inches, while areas in Maryland and West Virginia saw heavier falls. Forecasters predicted cloudy skies and rising temperatures with possible light rain. Four killed in Bellefonte crash as snow and darkness impeded visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Research Laboratory
Maryland
West Virginia
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Piedmont
Old Dominion
Richmond
Mertcury
Roanoke
Norfolk
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Don’t Buy Obsolete Jewelry Warns Hodgson & Brown
An advertisement for Hodgson & Brown urges customers not to buy obsolete jewelry and promotes a full line of watches, diamonds, silverware, and other gifts with modern merchandise at reasonable prices. It guarantees quality and invites customers to come in and be convinced that prices are right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
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Alf M. Landon
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Federation of the Churches
Dr. Mudge
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Walker McC. Bond
R. B. Campbell
L. A. Thomas
Cenfer
Handry Library
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