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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1938
Page
5
The Common Council approves the 1939 budget with real estate and personal property revenues and other funds totaling 13 960.00. A public hearing is scheduled for 7 30 p m January 12 1939 where citizens may protest items. if not protested the budget becomes final.
A survey of 35 large cities shows most cut traffic fatalities sharply in 1937. Providence reports a 69 percent drop with speeds limited to 25 mph. Columbus, Cleveland, Birmingham, Louisville, Detroit and others post gains ranging from about 40 to 60 percent. Cleveland prosecutions rise, urging enforcement through water, schools and radio warnings.
The Western Union Telegraph Company says a boy’s letter and 15 cents for an insulator damage marks its first compensation for the 20 million destroyed over 60 years. The firm notes many acts of vandalism with glass caps on wire poles.
In Carpers Valley on December 12, residents report visits among neighbors and families. Mr and Mrs Stewart Kline hosted guests of Karl Carper. Miss Madeline White and siblings stayed with Mrs Dinkle Carper. numerous other transitory visits include Madeline White's cold, Edgar White with Loring Carper, and trips to Berryville and Winchester for business and social calls.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church plans a White Christmas service next Sunday at 6 45 pm. Members are invited to donate food or clothing to support a Christmas basket for needy families in Winchester and Frederick counties, with a food donation of at least one pound. The Devotional committee sponsors the program.
Treasury daily status shows December 9 receipts 16.76 million dollars and expenditures 26.69 million, producing a gross debt of 38.667 billion dollars, a decrease of 1 percent from the prior year.
In Dansville New York the mumps outbreak swept through sixty nine students. Esther Shafer Public Welfare Officer and Dr Gustav Selbach Director of the County Health Laboratory Astoria Oregon are named in related notes. A burglar robbed Mrs J F Hamilton treasurer of Roseway Community Church and erased an $18 70 ledger entry.
The Federal Monoply Committee was shown a 1935 production rise to nearly 6.0 billion containers from 1.1 billion in 1899, with value estimates of 21.5 million and 12 million in those years. Employment fell from 28,370 in 1899 to 24,044 in 1938 as output per worker rose from 40,000 to 245,000 annually. Senator O Mahoney said testimony will probe patent use restrictions and potential industry concentration.
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