Council OKs 1.20 Tax Rate for 1938 Budget Hearing Dec 30
Common Council approves the tentative 1938 budget with a 1.20 tax rate and adds Lewis Farm purchase, Bridgeforth subdivision street work, Amherst drainage upgrades. Hearing set for Thursday December 30. The budget totals about 290000 in revenue and expenditures, with minor revenue boosts from licenses and property receipts.
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Council
Common Council
Lewis Farm
Bridgeforth
Amherst
Bayliss
Allen Hawthorne
Herman Hable
W. A. Baker
Evening Star
Friendship Fire Company
Winchester Christmas Appeals For Timely Mail
A Winchester notice urges residents to buy Christmas stamps early and mail promptly. It stresses avoiding delays at post offices and asks people to package mail for instant cancellation and mail multiple times daily. It invites readers to add their own helpful tips.
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Winchester
Information Is Sought By Mr Jamison
During the meeting of the Winchester Common Council last night O L Jamison read six inquiries that remained unanswered. President Peyton Marshall designated the Finance Committee and city manager Arthur M Field to draft a written reply and provide copies to each council member. The list of inquiries was read but not discussed.
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Common Council
O. L. Jamison
Peyton Marshall
H. H. Hable
Arthur M. Field
Jamison
Winchester
Virginia
Suspect German Of Other Crimes
Paris dispatch reports two women who answered Weidmann recruitment ads went missing amid fears they share fate of Mme Janine Keller, found dead in a Fontainebleau forest grave. Police traced clipping from his St Cloud villa as searches expand to possible Canada link. Weidmann denies crimes outside France.
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Weidmann
Paris
Help
Eugene Weidmann
Mme
Janine Keller
Fontainebleau
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Cloud Villa
Thomas Brown
Qohees Montreal
Canada
Georges Berry
Storage Apples Set New Record
Cold storage apples on December 1 reached a record total of 35,342,000 bushels. Western boxes stood at 15,659,000 with 480,000 barrels and 18,243 bushels including eastern crates. five year averages and prior years provide context for storage trends.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Sleet makes roads skating rink like on Ridge Road
Motorists faced treacherous conditions as sleet froze into ice across streets and highways. Buses ran late by 15 minutes from the south and over an hour from the west while sand and gravel were spread at hazardous spots. Temperature ranged 18 to 25 with reports of a landmark freeze at Winchester Lab.
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West Hour
Winchester Research Laboratory
Blue Ridge Mountain
Warm Virginia relief from snow and ice expected
Warmer weather promised to ease wintry conditions across Virginia after snow and ice coated highways and sleet was reported in the Shenandoah Valley. The Salem district roads were clear but travel remained hazardous with three state fatalities due to slippery roads.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Department
Shenandoah Valley
Salem Road
Chicago
Middle West
High View Grange To Elect Officers At Meet Tomorrow
The High View Grange will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. in the rehouse to elect officers for the coming year. A. F. Lillard will preside and A V DeHaven of Stephens City High School will give the main program talk. All members are urged to attend as several important matters will be discussed.
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High View Grange
Rehouse
A. F. Lillard
A. V. DeHaven
Stephens City
DeHaven
High View Lodge
Subjects For Mass Meeting Are Announced
Frederick County Teachers Association public relations chair R E Ayler announces speakers for a mass meeting at Handley Library Friday at 7 30 pm. The event promotes the Virginia Education Association three point program and invites all interested in public school improvement. Speakers include State Senator T R Cothen on average salary and nine month term, Prof Q D Gasque on a sound retirement system, Garland Quarles on free textbooks, and G Tyler Miller on anticipated results from improved education in Virginia.
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R. E. Ayler
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Stephens City High School
Handley Library
Virginia Education Association
T. R. Cothen
Q. D. Gasque
Warren County High School
Front Royal
Garland Quarles
G. Tyler Miller
Warren-Rappahannock
Virginia
Passengers Land After Dollar Liner Hoard Landing
Four hundred fifty three shipwreck survivors from the Dollar liner President Hoover were landed in Manila. Joyful crowds cheered as refugees from Hoishoto Island recounted their ordeal near Formosa. Salvage experts doubted the vessel would be refloated, with Hong Kong salvagers expected.
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Manila
President Hoover
McKinley
Hoishoto
Formosa
Hoover
Hong Kong
Wage Hour Bill Faces Late Thursday Vote Fight
Washington reports militant House blocs push to discard administration wage hour reform and push rigid substitutes. Norton seeks committee bill with amendments. six northern and western members ready with alternatives. AFL backed Dockweiler plan for 40 cent minimum and 40 hour week. current bill allows flexible federal wage rules.
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Washington
House
Norton
Labor Committee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
AFL
Dockweiler
D.-Calif
American Federation of Labor
Sirovich
Pickets at Ford Plant Mass Arrests Reported
Kansas City December 15 mass picketing at the Ford assembly plant led police to herd about 150 marchers into patrol cars. The action involved men women and children as authorities moved to disperse the line.
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Kansas City
Ford Assembly
Nail Suit Underway in Frederick Circuit Court
Theodore Nail sues W O Redman and Ollie Redman seeking $10,000 in damages for injuries from a June 21 automobile crash. The case opened this morning with plaintiff testimony. court recessed for lunch at 1 PM and reconvened at 2 PM with further hearing. Plaintiff represented by B P Harrison. defendants by R Gray Williams and J Sloan Kuykendall.
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Theodore Nail
W. O. Redman
Ollie Redman
Frederick
Nail
B. P. Harrison
R. Gray Williams
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Joyful Useful Gifts Sought by Fellowship Club Leaders
Fellowship Club officials urged adoption of families to spread Christmas cheer and asked the public to contribute joyful gifts. They listed items including money clothing food and toys and noted a need for gifts for older boys and girls parents and grandparents.
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Fellowship Club
American rights in China raised by Panay bombing
Washington talks focus on broader rights in China after Japan's Panay attack. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull seek direct Japanese assurance against future infringements and reparations. Tokyo signals willingness to further gestures including a national flag salute and honors for victims.
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Washington
U. S
Hirosia Sito
Japan
United States
Cordell Hull
R i
Hull
Panay
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Nmese
Bae
Tokyo
Yangtze River
Panay Guns In Action As Ship Sunk By Bombing
Three American survivors arrived in Shanghai describing Panay as vigorously returning Japanese aircraft fire and clearly marked with American flags. They said the Panay and two Standard Oil ships were hit as 12 bombs were dropped, while two wounded survivors reported the crew kept firing until the attack ended.
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Shanghai
United States
Wuhu
Jim Marshall
Collier's Magazine
Panay
Marshall
F. Hayden Vines
Roanoke
John L. Hodge
Yangtze River
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Fall Fatal To Dr Sprunt In Lynchburg Hospital
Dr Alexander Sprunt 85 longtime pastor emeritus of First Presbyterian Church Charleston died at Memorial Hospital Lynchburg at 145 pm from a fractured hip after a fall while visiting his son Reverend James Sprunt. He had preached at Westminster Presbyterian Church Lynchburg the Sunday before the accident.
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Alexander Sprunt
First Presbyterian Church
Charleston
D. C
South
Memorial Hospital
Lynchburg
James Sprunt
Associated Press
Sprunt
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Japan Pressing Beyond Nanking in Aftermath Push
Shanghai dispatch reports Gen Iwane Matsui setting up a headquarters in Nanking to direct continued efforts to penetrate inland China. Chinese defenders about five miles northwest at Puchen fortify the railway line while mop up actions proceed in the ruined capital.
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Shanghai
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
China
Puchen
Pientsin-Pukow
Yangtze River
Kiwanis Feature Speaker Browning Talks Politics Business
Prof. E P Browning of Handley high school addressed the Kiwanis Club on current trends in politics and business. Forrest Jones hosted Foss Hayward of Springfield. Plans were set for a Rural Urban meeting next month with each club member to invite a farmer.
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E. P. Browning
Handley High School
Kiwanis Club
Forrest Jones
Foss Hayward
Springfield
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Public Sale Near Stephenson Depot Dec 17
Auction listed by Dunn & Duvall for Mrs. J. H. Finnigan Extrix features include a Guernsey cow a fine lot of blacksmith and carpenter tools butchering equipment household goods and chickens. Sale set Friday at 11 a.m. near Stephenson Depot.
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Stephenson Depot
Guernsey
J. H. Finnigan
Dunn & Duvall
Too late or too early for success warns of youth and age
The speaker recalls friends and a young man in his thirties who think they were born at the wrong time. He cites Helen Hayes around thirty five and Lindbergh as exemplary figures who achieved lasting success, implying timing matters across generations.
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Helen Hayes
Lindbergh
Auction Notice at Clarke W. Hardesty Farm
An auction is set for Monday December 20 at 10:00 A M covering stock implements and other articles located 3 miles north of Winchester on Red Bud Road. Clarke W Hardesty listed.
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Winchester Red Bud Rd
Clarke W. Hardesty
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Saito
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White House
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Fallen Capital
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