Potomac Edison Cuts Domestic Electric Rates January 15
Potomac Edison System announces a one half cent per kilowatt hour cut in domestic lighting rates, effective January 15 1933. Winchesters Mayor and City Council praise the move with Northern Virginia Power Company manager W M Krise stating Virginia customers will share in an $85 000 saving while the Virginia State Corporation Commission approved the new rates. The reduction extends to Winchester and rural areas served by the company including Berryville Boyce Stephens City Middletown and other communities.
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W. M. Krise
Northern Virginia Power Company
Winchester
Potomac Edison
Virginia
Krise
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Potomac Edison System
Berryville
Boyce
Stephens City
Middletown
Extension of Wage Reduction Proposed by Rail Executives
W. F. Thiehoff, chairman of railway executives, proposed extending the current 10 percent wage reduction for six months beyond January 31. Management asked that any future wage changes go to the railway labor board and affect the base pay rate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Brotherhood
W. F. Thiehoff
Railway Labor Board
Christmas Flower Prices at The Flower Shop
Readable text notes poinsettias cyclamen and euphorbia offered at moderate prices. Promotion highlights seasonal plants for holiday decor and gift needs at the florist.
Mills Says Beer Revenue Falls Short of Balancing Budget
Secretary Mills told the House Ways and Means Committee that legalizing beer would not by itself balance the budget, estimating annual revenue at 125 to 150 million dollars. He called the Colier bill’s beer provisions practicable but the wine section impossible and urged a general manufacturers sales tax instead.
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Washington
Mills
House Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Hoover
Rainey
Noted marrying parson moves after a fight in Elkton
The Rev. Edward F. Minor known as the marying parson of Elkton began moving from his home after clashing with three taxi company buyers who ordered eviction. Minor sought to appeal after a circuit court denial while Frank Brown faced assault and battery charges and was convicted. the others had charges dismissed.
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Associate
Elkton
Edward F. Minor
Frank Brown
Garrett S. Steele
William L. Cann
Minor
Brown
Mandey Drenen
Drennan
Fragmentary remark on native life in early London Daily Paper
The fragment notes a harsh portrayal of indigenous life, describing natives in skins or bare, and their family’s struggle to survive by farming or herding, as cited from a London daily paper.
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London Daily Paper
Colonial Coverlets Delight Moling and Cather Shoppers
A brief notice notes price point at 1.39 for colonial coverlets drawing buyers to Moling and Cather’s. The fragment implies satisfied customers and steady demand for the textile offer.
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Moling & Cather’s. Iplt
Winchester Common Council Ends Year With Unfinished Business
Winchester’s Common Council held a special session at City Hall to clear 1932 unfinished business and set up ahead of 1933. The meeting, attended by nine council members led by President Fred L. Glaize and Mayor Charles R. Anderson, reviewed claims, street projects, and quarry leases, with several items referred for further study and action.
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Winchester
City Hall
Fred L. Glaize
Charles R. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
Fred W. Forney
Lawrence C. Hollis
Percy D. Miller
Peyton J. Marshall
W. Nelson Page
John H. Rosenberger
W. W. Dellinger
Herman H. Hable
J. Henkel Henry
Charles H. Harper
Hollis
Marshall
F. Amos Shryock
Page
State Highway Department
Street Committee
Stewart Perry
Streets Committee
Miller
Rosenberger
Christmas Appeal Encourages Winchester Help
A Merry Christmas plea asks Winchester residents to join the Fellowship Club and assist Santa Claus in visiting every home. Call 113 for details on how to help.
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Winchester
Fellowship Club
Santa Claus
113
Winchester Fellowship Club seeks help for needy children this Christmas
The Fellowship Club of Winchester appeals for public aid to aid hundreds of struggling families in Frederick County. Case stories include Billy, 5, believing Santa brings an airplane, though his family is penniless due to desertion. Call 113 to adopt a family and provide gifts or clothing for Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Fellowship Club
Winchester
Santa
Little Billy
Billy
Frederick County
Fellowship Club of
Many Men To Be Given Work On the Roads
Major James Mars of the Salvation Army announced he handed a list of 38 men and their addresses to Mr Miller of the state highway force. He said the men will be employed as soon as right of way is obtained, with some work already started last week despite bad weather.
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James Mars
Salvation Army
Miller
State Highway Force
Mars
Letcher Shaull Dies in Wyoming Home at 71
Relatives report the death of Letcher Shaull at his Laramie Wyoming home on December 5. He was about 71, son of Ephrian Shaull of Middleway West Virginia. He was survived by a brother Wise Shaull, a Colorado rancher, with his wife and earlier family ties noted in Frederick, Virginia, and Jefferson County.
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Letcher Shaull
Virginia
Laramie
Wyo
Shaull
Ephrian Shaull
Middleway
Jefferson County
W. Va
Alice Virginia Lauck
Frederick County
James M. Hott
Jacob S. Lauck
Wise Scaull
Colorado
Scaull
Wyoming
Visit Colonial Art and Craft Shop Brimming With Gifts
A description highlights a shop named Colonial Art and Craft described as brimful of gift suggestions located just across from the post office. The note specifies hours lp tu th s at tf.
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Colonial Art & Craft
Post Office
Rank and File Veterans Demand Immediate Cash Bonus
Rank and file veterans protest in Washington demanding immediate cash payment of the bonus, protection of disability allowances, and denunciation of troops used to evict the 1932 bonus army. Committees led by James W. Ford and Samuel J. Stember presented petitions to Speaker Garner and Vice President Curtis.
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Associated Press
Washington
Curtis
Garner
James W. Ford
Ford
Samuel J. Stember
Hoover
Congress
Stember
Senate
House
White House
Capitol
Broad Plaza
Bonus Army
Agreement on Farm Measures Nears House Panel
The House agricultural committee received a unanimous farm relief framework closely matching the domestic allotment bill. Frederick T Lee presented three core aims: administration by Agriculture, coverage of wheat cotton tobacco and hogs, and parity with pre war purchasing power from 1909 to 1914.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Frederick T Lee
Lee
Department of Agriculture
Bicycle Christmas at Willis' Bicycle Shop
Willis' Bicycle Shop hosts a festive event with a 1p display and holiday pricing. Local cyclists urged to visit for deals and service demos amid seasonal cheer.
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Rome
Willis’ Bicycle Shop
Fruit Growers Meet Held by West Virginia Society
Winchester and Frederick county fruit growers join Martinsburg session of the West Virginia Horticultural Society. The program features talks by A B Eagle and a four-grower symposium on 1932 to 1933 lessons, beetle reports by W S Hough, mulching and spraying discussions, pruning focus, and a closing general round table led by H E Knowlton.
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Winchester
Frederick County
West Virginia Horticultural Society
Martinsburg
A. B. Eagle
Harry W. Miller
Paw Paw
Charles M. Solenberger
Cumbo Orchards
Gray Silver
Merritt W. Patton
Cherry Run
S. Hough
E. C. Sherwood
Leif Verner
Leatherman
E . John
Berta
Sodenon County
Douglas Miller
Gerardstown
Grimes Golden
Oliver W Stewart To Speak At First Baptist Friday
Winchester Temperance Committee announces mid day lunch talk by Oliver W Stewart in the church social room on Friday December 16. He will recount how Christian men and women refuted whiskey and beer advocates at Senate hearings with facts and figures. They urged no compromise no repeal and no surrender to return of the saloon.
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Winchester Temperance Committee
Oliver W. Stewart
First Baptist Church
Stewart
Senate
Flower Shop Christmas Wreaths For Home Or Cemetery
The Flower Shop advertises Christmas wreaths suitable for home use or cemetery memorials. A selection of seasonal decorations is offered for passengers seeking festive decor or tribute arrangements.
Apple Market Report on New York Shipments to British Ports
Shipments from New York to British ports for the week ending December 10, 1932, show cargo details and pricing for Geogic and cold storage apples. The report notes exchange rates and present rates, with specifics for York, Stayman, and various port dispatches including Liverpool London and Southampton.
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New York
Tocbib
Pixs
Cooper Harnden & Coverpool
Georgic
Yorks
GR. Cooper Harnden & CO
Scotland
French Cabinet Restnd After Deputies Refusal 10 Side With Herriott
Hunt club in Millwood Virginia reports a snowy Saturday on December 10 with the Blue Ridge Hunt at Long Branch estate. About 25 to 30 riders toured Old Bethel Church Lover's Leap Shenandoah river road Abbeyville and Glenvin before breakfast. Guests included Mr and Mrs Frost Miss Margaret Rolland Miss Ellen Wheeler and others.
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Millwood
Blue Ridge Hunt
Long Branch
Hugh M. Nelson
Old Bethel Church
Lover's Leap
Shenandoah River
Abbeyville
Vineyard
Glenvin
Lone Branch
Honery
Virginia
Henry W., Frost
H. W. Frost, Jr
Nina Tabb
Margaret Rolland
Turner Wiltshire
Cary Lanahorn
Middleburg
Ellen Wheeler
Young
Bingham
Fairfield, Conn
Pierre Tartone
Kenneth
New York
Nancy Huidekover
Famous Holevroof Hosiery 75c Pr Up boxed Free
Moling & Cather advertise Holevroof Hosiery at 75 cents a pair boxed free with purchase. Limited offer appears in local merchants circular.
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Moling & Cather’s
Wanted to buy Winchester Cold Storage bonds
WANTED to buy $12,000 of 6% Winchester Cold Storage bonds. Write A. B., care Star. 14-1p-61. EVER since she discovered how well and efficiently we handle family washings she has had an extra day a week. Phone 28. Winchester Steam Laundry Ip-m-w-s-tf
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Winchester Cold Storage
A. B
Care Star
Winchester Steam Laundry
Chamber Votes To Postpone Payment Of Interest To US
The chamber approves delaying interest payments under twenty million dollars to the United States. The action reflects a French law interpretation aimed at a radical socialist leader and targets anti allied measures.
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Chamber
United States
England to Pay Debt Installment in Gold
Neville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that England will pay its 95,550,000 dollar debt installment in gold in New York tomorrow or under an agreement between the Federal Reserve Bank and the Bank of England.
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Associated Press
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
England
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Bank of England
France Defers Debt Payment After Herriot Vote
Paris reports Deputy vote 380 to 50 to defer the debt due tomorrow until an international conference. Herriot’s planned resignation failed 402 to 187, triggering his cabinet’s resignation. U.S. stance cited as factor. Washington watches as France faces uncertain reparation future.
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Paris
Decouard Herriot
Poliee
Thement
Herriot
Chamber
Foreign Affairs and Finance
U. S
Socialist Party
Gov
Washington
France
State Department
Capitol Hill
City notes urge doubling marriage licenses fee
Boston Mayor Curley proposes to petition the incoming Legislature to double the current one dollar marriage license fee. Fellowsville reports a marble wreck at a freight truck, with children grabbing marbles after school. In Milwaukee Cosimo San Felippo’s stomach ache prompts his 14 year old son to summon fire alarms and emergency responders. Assistant Postmaster notes children request food and clothing more than toys for Christmas. Seattle Judge Caplan reduces a divorcee’s apartment allowance to fifty dollars and offers to find cheaper housing.
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Associated Press
Boston
Curley
Milwaukee
Wis
Cosimo San Felippo
Joseph
Felippo
Seattle
Alex Caplan
Anna Greenbaum
Hibernia Bank Rewards Staff With Christmas Gift
San Francisco reports that instead of only extra pay the bank offers a full day off for each woman employee to go shopping as part of the holiday goodwill.
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San Francisco
Hibernia Bank
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State Corporation Commission
The
Star
This
Treasury
Mr. Minor
Elkton, Md
TB Fund
Tuberculosis Association
Palace Theatre
Baker's Drug Store
People’s Drug Store
Jack Okie
Shirley Grey
the Stoker
Monte Blue
Dorothy Burgess
Tuberculosis Society
S.P.C.A
Merry Christmas
Llowship Club
Yeserday
Berkeley
W.S. Hough
Oliver Stewart
APPLE
Kvumuwsd
Bois
Bskts
Liverpool
Southampton
Herriott
Hunt Club
Italy
Fellowsville
Marbles
McGrath
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