Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts Meet Friday
The Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual meeting Friday at 4 30 PM in City Hall. W W Glass former Winchester mayor will speak. President Fred D Maphis of Strasburg will preside. Officers and council members will be elected and 1939 program plans discussed. Nomination committee includes Hartman Winchester Porter Martinsburg and Shutters Mt Jackson. Committee is John S Scully P McVicar and A McDaniel.
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West Virginia
Hartman
Winchester
M. H. Porterfield
Martinsburg
A Shutters
Mt. Jackson
Calls Arguments In Ford's Cases
The Supreme Court called for arguments today on whether the National Labor Relations Board should be allowed to withdraw an order directing Ford Motor to reinstate 29 employees at Michigan plants. The case comes from a Federal Circuit decision in Washington, D C.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motors
Michigan
Federal Circuit Court
Vington
Rebels Bid Frontal Assault in Spain War
Government troops taunted insurgents across trenches as Franco prepares a major offensive. Premier Negrín warned the army of the war’s greatest battle and said the insurgent thrust would strike on the Talán front west of Barcelona. Source dated December 13.
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Francisco Franco
Juan Neexin
Talan
Barcelona
Arce
Killed By Bomb From Plane At Langley Field
At Langley Field Virginia on December 13 Milton Hoffman about 35 from essick was killed instantly when a high power bomb dropped from a Langley Field plane during bombing practice on Plum Tree Island exploded near his boat in Back River opposite Plum Tree. The bomber squadron released explosives over the range. Hoffman a former Langley Field soldier was fishing in Back River when the bomb exploded. Parts of his body were scattered over a wide area.
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Wlangley Field
Milton Hoffman
Essick
Langley Field
Wlum Tree Island
Itis
Hoffman
Langley
Back River
Plum Trees
Has Novel Idea To Make The Girls Become Apple Conscious
Clemen S McPhee of Providence says he has developed ideas to boost retail apple sales, focusing on marketing to women. He describes a device that halves apples midstem to calyx, preserves them with cellophane, removes the core, and adds sugar and cinnamon to prevent browning and improve flavor. An excursion train carried Dartmouth and Stanford-bound teams.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Clemen S. McPhee
Providence
Rhode Island
Douglas McPhee
McPhee
Dartmouth
Stanford
Everett & Barron
Canada
Eden At Capital See Officials In Private Visit
British statesman Sir Anthony Eden visits Washington for private talks with President Roosevelt. He tours Mount Vernon and the Lincoln Memorial, attends a White House tea with Mrs. Roosevelt, and greets crowds at Union Station. No official receptions accompany the trip.
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al Press Club
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Robert Eden
Maryland
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac
White House
Edens
Roosevelt
Eden
Homburg
Chamberlain
United States
Drug Concern Officials To Be Arrested
NEW YORK December 13. F Donald Coster president of Mc Kesson and Robbins Inc drug concern under securities act probe was ordered arrested by federal authorities. George Dietrich assistant treasurer and George Vernard Montreal agent for English firm W W Smith and Co were also ordered taken into custody. Warrants filed in federal court by A U S A Irving H Kaufman who with officers went to New Haven to arrest Coster and Dietrich.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Securities and Exchange Act
George
Dietrich
George Vernard
Montreal
W. W. Smith and Co
United States
Irving H. Kaufman
New Haven
Coster
Young Colored Woman Of Boyce Died Yesterday
Dorothy Anderson a 30 year old colored resident of Boyce Virginia died at her home after a long illness. She was the daughter of George E. and Mary Foster Anderson and is survived by her father a sister Daisy Jordan of Philadelphia and three brothers Edward Golden and Gloston all of Clarke county. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM at White Post colored Baptist Church with Rev. Truman officiating. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
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Boyce
Dorothy Anderson
George E
Mary Foster Anderson
Daisy Jordan
Philadelphia
Edward
Golden
Gloston
Clarke County
White Post Colored Baptist Church
Harry Truman
Truckers Strike Settled After Five Days in New York
Long distance trucks moved freely in and out of New York City as a five day strike ended. Higher meat prices were forecast due to a walkout by packing house employees. Striking truck terminal platform workers accepted a 21 month compromise with the Highway Transportation Association.
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New York
New York City
Highway Transportation Association
They Endorse TB Seal Sale
The National Grange and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks voice strong support for the Christmas Seal Campaign of 1938. L. J. Taber of Columbus advocates continued public effort to combat tuberculosis, while Edward J. McCormick M D urges nationwide aid to conquer the disease.
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National Grange
L. J. Taber
Columbus
Ohio
Benevolent and Protective Order OF Elks
the Elks of America
America
Edward J. McCormick
Toledo
Two For Vacancy On T V A
Congressional colleagues proposed that Senator Donahey and Senator Brown might join the Tennessee Valley Authority to fill the vacancy left by Dr. Arthur Morgan's ouster. Both are on the special committee investigating the power agency with Senator Schwartz endorsing Brown for his long utility experience and state service in New Hampshire.
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Washington
Donahey
Ohio
Senator Brown
DNH
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
Roosevelt
Special Congressional Committee
Government Power Agency
Schwartz
D-Wye
Brown
New Hampshire
Public Service
Ruth Etting Testifies in Snyder Trial Cross Exam
Torch singer Ruth Etting known as Nutsy faced cross examination on her claim that Martin Snyder shot pianist Myrd Alderman at his Hollywood home last Oct 15. She testified Snyder threatened her life and forced them at gunpoint, recounting the shooting and her later telegrams and dealings with Alderman.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Etting
Myrd Alderman
Martin
Snyder
Alderman
Edith
Beverley Hills
Chicago
Santa Fe
Pasadena
Tijuana
Mex
Alma
Broadcasting of Liquor Ads Denounced by NAB Board
The National Association of Broadcasters board adopted a resolution stating American broadcasting stations should not carry advertising for distilled spirits. The resolution clarified that distilled spirits means hard liquor.
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Washington
Board of Directors
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB Board of Directors
American Broadcasting
Real Estate Suit Details Showdown On Property Sale
The case features Dr. L M Allen admitting an $18 000 offer and $500 check presented by Lockhart. Lemley testifies he might accept 17 000 but denies agreeing to sell, while a tenant list supplied by Lemley is reviewed. Witnesses including Kline Parker Staples and others testify for Lemley as he notes Winchester is his sole property activity.
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Lockhart
Leslie D. Kline
Lomax Parker
C. E. Staples
Grover Clevenger
Powers Dr. Steele
Mr. Lemley
Winchester
Lockwart
Winchester Realtors
Memorial plaque links Eden lineage to Maryland church
A memorial plaque in an Episcopal Church recalls Rev. John Scott, born 1747, chaplain to Sir Robert Eden, last colonial Maryland governor, and ancestor of Sir Anthony Eden. Eden, the British peace advocate, is touring the U S and planned to visit the tomb near Washington. Church officials could not confirm the plaque’s origins after a ten year presence.
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Winchester
Anthony Eden
Episcopal Church
John Scott
Prince William
Boscawen
Loudoun Streets
Robert Eden
Anthony
Washington
Maryland
R. T. Barton
Woman’s Auxiliary
Diocese of
Virginia
Robert B. Nelson
W. Nelson Page
County Dwelling Burns To Ground
A vacant frame house near Reynolds Store, formerly owned by Ray Calvert, was burned yesterday. Reported by Pete Largent of Winchester, who recently acquired the property. The site included a barn, corn-crib, and bungalow that also burned in recent years. The six room house was built about 20 years ago and insurance status could not be confirmed.
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Ray Calvert
Reynolds
Pete” Largent
Winchester
Calvert
False Hopes Laid To TVA Body
Representative Jenkins of Ohio charged that the Tennessee Valley Authority fostered false hopes of low electric power rates nationwide. The TVA investigating committee member angrily clashed with TVA power planning engineer J A Krug over TVA rates as a yardstick for private power industry.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States
Ohio Republican
TVA
J. A. Krug
Protests Over Beating of American Reporter in Memel
In Kaunas Lithuania on December 13 the United States protested the beating of Robert Sellmer an American freelance newspaperman native of Milwaukee and resident of New York by three uniformed guards. An American consulate official investigated the incident said Sellmer was struck for not responding to Hitler salutes while crossing a Memel street before the Memel Diet elections.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
United States
Robert Sellmer
Sellmer
Milwaukee
New York
Memel
Dies predicts White House pressure on un American activities probe
Rep. Dies of Texas predicted the administration would exert its full pressure to prevent the House committee on un American activities from obtaining authority to continue next year. He said the goal is to block the committee and form a partisan white wash. Roosevelt and Ickes have criticized the committee and its testimony.
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Washington
Dies
D.-Tex
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Roosevelt
Ickes
GM cuts Flint plants to 32-hour four-day week
Detroit December 13 A GM spokesman said the Chevrolet plant in Flint will run a 32-hour four-day week this week and Buick will adopt a similar schedule next week. No extension of the curtailed hours was indicated. Unofficially no new workers would be hired. United Auto Workers members at Chevrolet plan to picket if operations exceed 32 hours, seeking restoration of seniority for laid-off workers.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
Buick
United Automobile Workers Union
Will of Columbia cloakroom attendant praises gratitude
The last will of 82 year old Mary Elizabeth Staff from New York reveals a gratitude testament. Dying last May she left most of her modest $7 000 fortune to 37 fellow employees she knew during her 28 years at Columbia University library where she worked for 65 per month.
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New York
Mary Elizabeth Staff
Columbia University
Miss Staff
St Louis Water Works Run With Sparing Use
St Louis kept water flowing amid a six hour strike as three of four pumping stations operated. About 120 million gallons a day entered the system, higher than normal, with supply expected to remain adequate for 24 hours though pressure could dip in southwest districts. Union dispute over engineers led to recalls and demands for reinstatement and transfers.
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ST. Louis
Chain of Rocks
Bisell's Point
Baden Stations
St, Louis
St. Louisans
John B. Dean
Dean
International Union of Operating Engineers
Engineers’ Union
Pastors Favor Marriage Law In Va notice
Religious leaders in Winchester and Alexandria express views on a uniform marriage and divorce law. The Rev W W McIntyre and Rev E T Clark support uniform laws and a possible medical exam. Rev S L Flickinger backs uniformity, while Rev R A Whitten urges state by state solutions. Rev George W Stover questions need for change. Alexandria reports 66 licenses last week, 29 prior. Maryland law took effect Thursday.
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McIntyre
W. W. McIintyre
D. D
Winchester
M. E Church
South
Maryland
Clark
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Virginia Assembly
Virginia
Pennsylvania
R. A. Whitten
The
Congregational Christian
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Alexandria
Last Rites For Mrs Mary Carson McNeill At Delbrook
Funeral services were held at 3 pm at Delbrook the Riverton home of Judge A C Carson for Mrs Mary Carson McNeill late sister of Judge Carson. She died in Front Royal yesterday morning at 2. pallbearers were her nephews Harold W Smith Dr B B Dutton Percy L Randolph John J Hedrick Lieut Thomas D Ferguson and Lieut Warren W Whiteside Jr. Rev Ronald Rowland officiated at Prospect Hill Cemetery where she was buried. Mrs McNeill 76 was born in Enniskillen Ireland and widow of Angus McNeill of Glasgow whom she married in 1884.
Wage-Hour Law Tests Soon Due In Two States
Washington dispatch reports the Wage-Hour law likely to face court tests in New York and South Carolina within days. Administrator Elmer F Andrews says he wants quick constitutional answers and notes 3,000 complaints alleging violations of minimum wage and maximum hour rules. Investigators are reviewing serious breaches across several states as he promises leniency for honest mistakes.
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New York
South Carolina
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Connecticut
Georgia
Tinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
North Carolina
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