Britain Pays War Debt In Full In Routine Transfer
The United States received war debt payments from six nations while five, France and four others, defaulted or skipped payments. Britain transferred 95.5 million dollars in gold to the U S via the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve. Italy Czechoslovakia Finland Latvia Lithuania also sent funds, while France Belgium Poland Estonia and Hungary did not pay. Greece previously defaulted. the overall impact on credit remains speculative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Mills
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
New York
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
France
Belgium
Poland
Esthenia
Hungary
Greece
Britain
London
Federal Reserve Bank
Branch Postal Office Is Rifled Of About $400
The Hamilton sub-station post office in Baltimore was robbed during the night. A safe door was blown off by explosives and $400 in cash and stamps were stolen, but the strong box remained untouched. Entrance was gained through a hole from an adjoining building under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Hamilton Sub-Station
Charles Hinricks
Real New York by Miss Worden Tops Book News
New York World Telegram editor Miss Helen Worden’s The Real New York is a best selling guide priced at $2.50 from Bobbs Merrill. The book earns praise as a spellbinding travel and shopping companion with sketches by Worden and appeal to readers in Winchester and Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
New York
Helen Worden
New York World-Telegram
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Miss Worden
Winchester
George Washington
Leeds
California
Powys
Frank Walker Killed in Ohio While Caring for Daughter
A telegram reports the accidental death of Frank Walker a native of Frederick County Virginia in Newark Ohio. He was struck by a car while crossing near his home on the way to a drug store for medicine for a ill daughter. He leaves several daughters and siblings James Walker Hattie Green Carrie Mayberry and many relatives in Virginia West Virginia and Ohio. His funeral and interment occurred in Newark Ohio.
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Newark
Ohio
Frank Walker
Billy” Walker
White Hall
Frederick County
James Walker
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Hat
Jubilee Singers To Give Program At Mount Carmel Church
The Jubilee Singers of Charles Town West Virginia will perform at Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church on South Braddock Street at 8 45 tomorrow evening under the Honey Bee Club. A 30 minute encore of requested numbers will follow. White friends of Winchester are invited to attend this concert of jubilee folk classic and spiritual songs.
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Jubilee Singers
Charles Town
W. Va
Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church
South Braddock Street
Honey Bee Club
Winchester
Temperance Lunch Tickets On Sale For December 16 Event
Hon Oliver W Stewart hosts a temperance lunch at the Baptist Church on December 16 at noon. Tickets cost fifty cents and are available at Moling & Cather Walter P Anderson John W Rosenberger & Co C E Huntsberry’s and Cooper Market and Oil Co. Secure them early. Also notices a request for a good home for a pretty white female puppy phone 41.
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Oliver. W. Stewart
Moling & Cather
Walter P. Anderson
John W. Rosenberger & Co
C. E
Clarke County selects Edward Thoma as clerk of circuit court
J Howard Thoma Berryville attorney Edward Thoma will be appointed clerk of Clarke County Circuit Court to fill the remaining term of the late Eugene B Glover. The appointment becomes effective January 1 1933 with Lucy Allen to serve as deputy until Thoma qualifies.
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J. Howard Thoma
Berryville
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Eugene B. Glover
Philip Williams
Seventeenth Judicial District
Williams
Mr. Thoma
Loring C. Kackley
Edward McC. Williams
Thoma
Lucy Allen
Clarke Circuit Court
Warrenton
Fauquier County
John Thoma
Law School
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Lewis and Thoma
William Travers Lewis
Lewis
Miss Allen
Glover
Havin
Thomaon
Ce Glover
Identity Of Auto Operator In Icy Highland Ave Crash
Winchester police and family seek the driver who struck Mrs. Hilda Jackson on Highland avenue Tuesday morning. The car did not take her to hospital. a following vehicle carried her to Winchester Memorial Hospital where she later died not. Mrs Jackson’s back injuries and lacerations were serious but she is reported improving and has been sent home on Gray avenue.
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Winchester
Highland Avenue
Hilda Jackson
Gray Avenue
Jackson
Edward C. Jackson
See Bread Made in Our Modern Plant At See Baking Co
Advertisement invites readers to visit a modern bakery plant by See Baking Co with contact phone 302 and month-1p-tf notation for location or schedule.
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Baking CO
Christmas Fund Seeks Help for Winchester Children
Jubilee appeal urges Winchester residents to join the Fellowship Club and support Santa’s visit to every home. Call 113 for details on how to help this holiday effort.
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Winchester
Fellowship Club
Santa Claus
113
Winchester Gets Ordinance To Curb Deceptive Advertising
The Winchester Common Council passed on third reading an ordinance to prohibit deceptive ads for merchandise securities and services with fines from one hundred to five hundred dollars. Sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce, the measure follows similar actions in Richmond and other Virginia towns.
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Ordine
Chamber of Commerce
Common Council
Winchester Common Council
Retail Merchants Association
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Andrew Bell
The
Commerce Organization
Richmond
Winchester
Miss Noland's Middleburg Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire starting in an attic from a defective flue gutted Miss Charlotte H. Noland's frame and stone residence near Middleburg. Leesburg and Warrenton fire companies fought the blaze through to a total loss, about eight thousand dollars, but the Foxcroft School buildings and contents were saved.
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Charlotte H. Noland
Foxcroft
Middleburg
Leesburg
Warrenton
W C Marshall Retired Publisher Dies at 78
William C. Marshall 78, a former Warren ton Virginian editor for thirty years, died suddenly at his Warrenton Virginia home. He is survived by his widow, daughter Mrs. David M. Warren, a brother John Marshall, and three grandchildren. he descended from Chief Justice Marshall and was born at Oakhill near Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Marshall
Warrenton
John Marshall
Greenwich
David M. Warren
Nashville
Oliver Stewart Speaks Tomorrow at Temperance Rally
The Winchester Temperance Committee invites men and women to a mid day lunch and address by Hon. Oliver W. Stewart at the First Baptist Church social room tomorrow Friday Dec. 16. The talk will outline temperance work and urge opposition to whiskey and beer advocates in Congress to protect the nation’s Christian citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Oliver W. Stewart
Congress
Winchester Temperance Com
New Railway Labor Proposal Extends Wage Agreement
Union rail labor proposed a counter offer to extend the current wage reduction for 10 percent by one year beyond its January 31 expiration. Railroads had urged a six month extension and wages to be negotiated under the railroad labor act. No changes to basic wages are proposed by either side.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Union Railway Labor
For Sale By S P C A Cabinet Victrola
For sale by S P C A a cabinet Victrola in perfect condition call 624 W or 41 J for details.
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S.P.C. A
Special All Wool Automobile Robes for Sale
An advertisement notes all wool automobile robes priced at $3.95 offered by R. M. Swimley on one page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Swimley
Frank H. Dorsey Chosen Master of Masonic Society
Frank H. Dorsey was elected worshipful master of Winchester Hiram Lodge 0.21 A F and A Masons at its regular annual communication. He succeeds J Cry M Seabright Jr. Other officers were elected and installed, with past master jewel presented to Seabright by E Calvert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Dorsey
Winchester
Hiram Lodge
Ohio
Harry L. McCann
O. C. Cassell
William E. Cooper
C. Vernon Eddy
Harvey F. Carper
Claude H. Grimm
F. T. McFaden
E. D. Calvert
W. S. Taylor
R. H Ridgeway
M. J. Palvid
Tiler
Harry H. Wingfield
William B. Wagner
Philip Klompus
Seabright
Calvert
Mr. Seabright
Death Removes George W. Hogue Retired Summit Point Farmer
George W. Hogue 84 died at his Summit Point home after a period of failing health. Born near Leetown he spent most of his life farming there. He married Betty McDonald of Jefferson County. she died ten years ago. Survived by one daughter Miss May Hogue. Funeral Friday at 2 at the Methodist Episcopal Church Summit Point with Rev. W. D. Eye. interment Edge Hill Cemetery Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hogue
Summit Point
Leetown
Betty McDonald
Jefferson County
May Hogue
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. D. Eye
Edge Hill Cemetery
Charles Town
Billion Saving In Vet Hospitals Is Figured Out
Washington December 15 Frank T Hines administrator of veterans affairs told a joint congressional committee that about one billion dollars could be saved in veterans hospital construction over 33 years and nearly 12 million dollars yearly from current appropriations if existing facilities are extended by 1965 instead of building new hospitals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
Joint Congressional Committee
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Hines
Atmosphere Latent Factor in Price of Nickel Sandwich
A note suggests atmosphere affects the value of a nickel sandwich priced at 75 cents. The text hints a mood or setting influences perceived worth and sale appeal.
Parcels Should Not Be Placed In Parked Cars
Chief of Police C W Hollis warns shoppers not to leave packages in autos especially with doors and wheels unfastened. He cites numerous thefts from parked cars and urges vigilance while noting many petty thieves are vagrants. Police pursue suspects. small packages are easily concealed.
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C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Robbers Who Hold Up Bank Are Pursued
Five robbers held up the Bank of Manhattan Trust branch at One Hundred and sixtieth Street and St Nicholas Avenue, fleeing with about 15000 in cash. They used tear gas bombs in leaving. Police in the Bronx pursued, under new shoot first orders, after an earlier shootout and taxicab capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bank of Manhattan Trust Company
Bronx
Amy Johnson Seeks Northward Record Challenge
Amy Johnson, holder of the London to Capetown speed record, passed Oran on the return leg as she aims to beat the northward record set by Victor Smith. The rival, 19 year old Smith, took off from Croydon Field toward Capetown shortly after Mollison announced Johnson had left Oran. Johnson’s southward record stands at 4 days 6 hours 55 minutes, while Smith’s Cape Town to London best is 11 days 15 hours.
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Associated Press
London
Amy Johnson
Capetown
Oran
Algeria
Victor Smith
J. A. Mollison
Youne Smith
Croydon Field
Miss Johnson
New York Legislature Helps City With Budget Cuts
Albany reports the State Legislature passed bills enabling New York City to cut forty million from its 1933 budget in an extraordinary session. The body also moved on Roosevelt's request to reorganize city government for efficiency and economy, creating a bipartisan committee to study the proposal.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
New York City
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Visit Colonial Art and Craft Gift Shop
A quaint Colonial era craft shop advertises a brimful selection of gifts and decor. Located just across from the post office it operates on Fridays and Saturdays with market style hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Art & Craft
Post Office
Santa Claus Helps Again at Greenwood Farm Dairy
A children oriented note from December 12 1932 from KO KO MO in Winchester Virginia praises young delivery helpers at Greenwood Farm Dairy. The writer applauds cheerful service and mentions not employing anyone under eight years old and promises more balloons if supply runs out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Farm
Winchester
Prof Gasque Speaks to Winchester Kiwanis on Modern Education
Prof Q D Gasque principal of Warren County High School spoke at the Winchester Kiwanis luncheon on modern education. He stressed vocational guidance and broad study areas beyond reading writing and arithmetic including foreign languages domestic science and vocational training. The group held a song contest with a disputed decision, settled with a compromise. Kiwanian Garland Quarles and Judge Williams recited poems and lines from masters. The club voted $20 for the Red Cross Christmas effort and planned a Christmas party next Wednesday at the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. D. Gasque
Warren County High School
Front Royal
Winchester Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Gasque
Philip Williams
R. McGlass
Williams
Russell Cather
Garland Quarles
Judge Williams
Goor Fellowship Club
Looa
Red Cross
Skipped Hotel Bill Leads to Arrest in Our City
William Aldrich a salesman in typewriters and stenographic supplies is held on a Charlottesville warrant for not paying a hotel bill at the Queen Charlotte Hotel. He was arrested here this morning and jailed pending transfer to Charlottesville officials who were notified by Chief C. W. Hollis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Aldrich
Charlottesville
Aldrich
Queen Charlotte
C. W. Hollis
M. F. Greaver
Free turkey with Philco Kelvinator or Richland purchase
A Christmas promo offers a free turkey with any Philco Radio Kelvinator or Richland Electric Refrigerator costing 80 dollars or more. Down payment 10 dollars and 2 dollars weekly. Miller and Anderson advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philco
Kelvinator
Richland
Miller & Anderson
Virginia urged to join national safety contest
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce urged all Virginia cities to enter the National Safety Council contest to improve street and highway safety. Col. LeRoy Hodges said many cities already participated last year and hopes to broaden participation statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia States Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
National Safety Council
LeRoy Hodges
State Chamber
Hodges
Old Dominion
Clifton Forge
Lynchburg
Portsmouth
Waynesboro
State Chamber of Commerce
Town Menaced By Night Fire in Upper Marlboro District
A fire starting in a vacant department store in Upper Marlboro Maryland swept a section of the business area. It destroyed the Blumberg building and damaged the Farmers and Merchants Bank and Jacob L Fisher General Store and their adjoining home. Loss estimated at $15000. Firemen said origin unknown.
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Assiess Ef Press
Upper Marlboro
Ernest Blumberg
Katherine Duvall
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Jacob L. Fisher
Fisher
Blumberg
Special Services At Stines Chapel
Services will be held at Stine's Chapel next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev G M Morrow pastor of the Opequon group of Presbyterian Churches will preach. The service is a follow up to last week's meeting with an invitation to profess faith in Christ. Services begin promptly at 10 to allow the preacher to keep his 11 o'clock appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stine’s Chapel
G. M. Morrow
Opequon
Presbyterian Churches
Cinderella frocks with bag and toy for sale
Margaret L. Hodgson offers a girls outfit set including a Cinderella frock with matching bag and toy for one dollar. Available sizes 2 to 6 years and two-year-olds.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Flashes Of Life News Snippets From Across The Nation
A collection of brief domestic notes from cities including Philadelphia Bainbridge Louisville West Palm Beach Connellsville and Connelsville. Stories range from a man criticizing a police arresting officer to temperance recitation required by a judge a Santa Claus being surprised by a crying child a doctor testifying in a damages suit and a driver famed for a bumper chicken sighting. The items capture quirky local color and oddball incidents in concise vignettes.
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Star
Miss Wordens
Society
World- Telegram
County
Edward Thoma
Clarke Court
Oboy and
Betsy Ross
Merry Christmas
Noland
W. C. Marshall
Oliver Stewart
Masonic Society
Ko-Ko-Mo
U. S
Turkey
Winchester Cold Storage
A. B
Care Star
Stine Chanel
Cinderella
Philadelphia
Abe Leider
Miller
Abe
Bainbridge
Henry W. Grady
P. D. Rich
Louisville
West Palm Beach
Fla
H. Mason Smith
State Board of Health
Connellsville
Pat
F. W. Jones
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