Major Barton Endorsed for Federal Post
Richmond lawyer Robert T. Barton Jr. of Richmond was endorsed for United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia by R. Gray Williams of Winchester. Williams praised Barton’s courage, persistence, and long family tradition in Virginia law, noting Barton's WWI service and upbringing alongside his father and grandfather in Winchester.
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Robert T. Barton, Jr
Richmond
United States
Virginia
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
The
Virginia Bar Association
Major Barton
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Williams
Barton
Bob Barton
Mr. Williams
Shenandoah Valley
David Barton
Bartons
Randolph Barton
Baltimore
Maryland
Robert T. Barton
Robert Barton
Virginia National Guard
A and P Stores Contribute To Local Relief
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company which runs three Winchester stores will donate groceries and provisions totaling 10 per month for four months starting December to aid needy locals this winter. Red Cross will distribute the merchandise as needed under the local relief program.
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Winchester
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Lawrence C. Hollis
Washington, D.C
Christmas floral display at Hurst shop
Chrysanthemums roses and sweet peas are blooming as well as pot plants for Christmas at a Hurst shop. Phone 819.
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HURST
Winchester Fruit and Market Report
Winchester fruit market report notes price ranges and supply levels for apples pears and berries. Traders report steady demand and mild weather influencing arrivals. Local retailers anticipate upcoming harvests and potential price shifts in the coming weeks.
Will of John H. Myers Probate Cites Trust for Wife
The will of late John H. Myers Frederick County farmer and former supervisor was probated in Corporation Court. Executor Maurice M. Lynch bonded for 9 000, with appraisers named. Provisions direct that all debts be paid, the estate held in trust for the wife for life, and after her death cash to be used for burial and church benevolence with specific bequests to relatives and institutions. A codicil adjusts bequests and provides for further donations to Union Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian Orphans Home, with life estate for the widow in a Winchester house and lot if desired.
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John H. Myers
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Purcell Avenue
Maurice M. Lynch
Clifford D Grim
J. Henry Moling, Sr
Stewart Bell
M. Lohr Capper
E. Blair Sheetz
Mary C. Myers
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Frank Taylor
Kent Taylor
Eva Taylor
Minnie Taylor
Henry Myers
Mary Taylor
James Taylor
Loudoun Street
William Massey
Wanted to Buy Bonds Notice
A classified line requests purchase of $12,000 of 6 percent Winchester Cold Storage bonds. Reader should write A. B. in care of Star. Location indicated by the notice is the Star office and page 14 section 1 column p-6.
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Winchester Cold Storage
A. B
Care Star
Christmas Cheer Drives Winchester Aid Drive
A spell of holiday fundraising invites Winchester residents to join the Fellowship Club and help Santa Claus visit every home. Call 113 for details on how to contribute and spread Christmas joy.
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Winchester
Fellowship Club
Santa Claus
113
Debts and Domestic Shifts Face New World Conference
Washington columns report mid December war debts payments closed as Hoover weighs a full review to Congress. France shifts focus to Chautemps attempt at a new cabinet while calls grow for an international debts conference. In Congress, proposals seek visa fees and stricter penalties for defaulting nations as World Court ties loom. Continued on Page 5.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
France
Camile Chautemps
McKellar
Ree
R. Pa
President Hoover to Spend Christmas in Florida
President Hoover is set for a Christmas vacation in Florida, leaving Washington a day or two before Christmas and staying at least a week by boat and car. A possible Can tora adjournment or a crisis could alter plans, and the White House New Year’s reception is canceled.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Florida
South
Cantora
White House
Lea Wine Bill Rejected by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected the Lea wine bill today, finding it contrary to the Eighteenth Amendment. Meanwhile a Senate committee debated including dry state protections in a proposed substitute.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Noyes Washington Star Editor Dies at 36
Thomas P. Noyes associate editor of the Washington Evening Star died today at Naval Hospital from pneumonia. He was the son of Theodore W. Noyes and nephew of Frank B. Noyes, aged 36, survived by his widow and two children along with his father.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas P. Noyes
Washington Evening Star
Naval Hospital
Mr. Noyes
Theodore W. Noyes
the Star
Frank B. Noyes
The
Phantom remote control car to roam Winchester streets Monday
Captain Lynch will launch a Dodge phantom car at 3 PM from City Hall as it travels a circuit through Cameron Piccadilly Loudoun and Cecil streets. Dr. C R Anderson and Andrew Bell will join, with police guiding crowds at Pine Motor Company showroom display of remote control automobile science.
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Winchester
J. J. Lynch
Pine Motor Company
Buncutter Tire Company
Miller and Anderson
Dodge
Capt. Lynch
C. R. Anderson
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
N. C
William Hawkins Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack
William Martin Hawkins 62, a longtime Frederick County farmer living west of Winchester, died at 9 15 this morning of a heart attack at his home after weeks of illness. Survived by wife Ber ties Busing, two daughters Pearl and Mrs Vernie A Grim, a son Loring Hawkins, and two half brothers, the funeral at Mount Hebron Mausoleum Chapel Sunday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. McFarland.
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William Martin Hawkins
Winchester
Frederick County
Hawkins
Frederick Countey
George
Cornelius Snapp Hawkins
Mr. Hawkins
Bertie Busing
Pearl Hawkins
Vernie A. Grim
Loring Hawkins
Lehew
W. Va
Harvey Snapp
Springfield
Columus Snapp
Chambersville
Electrocuted For Slaying His Wife's Attacker
O E S Howell, 42, former Sumter night watchman, was electrocuted at the South Carolina penitentiary for the murder of E Hart Williams, a Sumter filling station operator, whom Howell's wife identified as her attacker. Howell said he would have done the same under the circumstances. Also at Raleigh, two men were electrocuted: Harvey Wallace for murder of N H Perry, and Alexander Grier for murder during a filling station holdup.
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Associated Press
Columbia
O. E. S. Howell
Sumter
E. Hart Williams
Howell
Raleigh
N. C
Harvey Wallace
Alexander Grier
State Prison
Wallace
N. H. Perry
Lee County
Grier
Harold Carter
Santa Claus praises helper delivery at Greenwood Farm Dairy
A 1932 note from The Children's Friend to a helper at Greenwood Farm Dairy Winchester Virginia commends friendly service by young delivery workers. The letter mentions balloon shortages and restocking plans, signed Santa Claus.
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Greenwood Farm
Winchester
John William Good Will Probated in Frederick County
The last will and testament of John William Good, Frederick County farmer, drafted January 15, 1924, is admitted to probate. It leaves all real and personal property to his wife Julia Anne Good for her life with fee simple to their son Loring Thomas Good after her death. Witnesses were Harry R. Kern and Helen M. Cooper. C. H. Anderson serves as surety on bond. appraisers include Turner Lockhart Luther Good M. G. Anderson S. B. Larrick and Jesse Pugh.
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John William Good
Frederick County
Julia Anne Good
C. H. Anderson
MG. Anderson
Turner Lockhart
Luther Good
M. G. Anderson
S. B. Larrick
Jesse Pugh
Fire at Shirokiya Store Kills Ten in Tokyo Disaster
Ten people die and about 100 are injured in a massive Shirokiya department store fire in Tokyo sparked by Christmas tree lights. Up to 1,000 inside, 600 to 700 workers, mainly sales girls, trapped on upper floors. Firemen rescue through ladders and canvass chutes. five army aircraft aid with rope drops.
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Tokyo
Shirokiya
Tularemia Reported In Gainesboro Store Keeper
Ellis Bayliss, Gainesboro store keeper, near Winchester, is ill with tularemia or rabbit fever after skinning a rabbit. A small finger cut likely allowed infection. He is not considered critically ill.
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Winchester
Ellis Bayliss
Gainesboro
Here
Beech-Nut Coffee and White Daisy Flour Ad Notice
An advertisement offers Beech-Nut Coffee 24 pounds for 75 cents and White Daisy Flour 24-pound bag for 48 cents with delivery. Also seeks a good home for a pretty white female puppy and provides a phone contact.
Martinsburg Man Convicted for Dui in Police Court
Ray Shenk of the Martinsburg pike north of Winchester was found guilty in the local police court of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Police Justice Donald L. Weems sentenced him to a 23 cent fine, 30 days in jail, and a one year driving-permit revocation. Purchasers are delighted with the gift merchandise at Moling and Cather's.
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Ray Shenk
Martinsburg Pike
Winchester
Donald L. Weems
Shenk
New Chevrolet Oes On Display Here Tomorrow
The 1933 Chevrolet debuts with 192 improvements including a longer wheelbase a six cylinder engine and a new Fisher body. The display opens tomorrow at Winchester Auto Sales with Mr Bonnett stating the car is economical despite its size and power.
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Chevrolet
Winchester Auto Sales
Mr. Bonnett
Fisher
Bennett
Imorrow
Tomor
Winchester Bicentennial report praised by Virginia official
F Amos Shryock, honorary chairman of Winchester George Washington Bicentennial Commission, receives a letter from John Garland Pollard Jr., Virginia George Washington Bicentennial Commission director, praising Winchester’s 1932 Washington bicentennial report as the best yet and inviting attendance at the December 18 Mount Vernon event reenacting Washington’s burial.
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F. Amos Shryock
Winchester
George Washington
Bell
Virginia Commission
Mount Vernon
Free Christmas Turkey Offer With Select Refrigerators
Miller and Anderson advertises a Christmas sale offering a free turkey with every purchase of a Philco Radio Kelvinator or Richland Electric Refrigerator priced at 80 dollars or more. A payment plan of 10 dollars down and 2 dollars weekly is provided.
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Philco
Kelvinator
Richland Electric
Miller & Anderson
Hodgson and Brown Jewelers Store of Worthwhile Gifts
Retail ad highlighting Christmas displays and gift ideas at Hodgson and Brown Jewelers. Encourages early visits to avoid rush and to explore new and unusual gifts with complete stock available.
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Hodgson & Brown Jewelers
Winchester Fellowship Club Seeks Help For 175 Needy Families
The Winchester Fellowship Club asks citizens to aid 175 families facing destitution and unemployment this Christmas. About 100 county cases are listed. residents may phone 113 to receive a family name to sponsor, with requests including dolls for seven children in Mrs Ahas family and calls for neighbor partnerships to share Santa’s joy.
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Winchester
Fellowship Club
Santa Claus
Red Cross
Stata
Frederick County
Winter Grips Nation as Cold Snap Worsens
Northern states endure subzero chills with Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania reporting deaths from ice and fires. In Chicago four dead as firefighters fight a stockyards blaze and homeless seek aid while Baltimore and Frederick record record lows.
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Associated Press
New York
East
Great Plain
Mid-West
Middle West
Chicago
Stock Yards
Milwaukee
Pensylvania
Ohio
Tag Day Observed For Tuberculosis Fund In Winchester
Tomorrow will be tag day in Winchester to aid the Tuberculosis Association. Mrs. C. B Organ, chairman, says Handley High School girls will sell red cross tags on streets and in banks and businesses. No limit to the amount that may be paid. volunteers meet at Baker's Drug Store at 9 30 AM for tag distribution.
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Winchester
Tuberculosis Association
C. B Organ
Organ
Baker's Drug Store
Christmas restrictions hit jail inmates in Baltimore area
In Baltimore and Maryland institutions a ban on giving inmates gifts of raisins and holiday fruits was imposed to prevent fermentation. Separate reports note Enid Oklahoma facing wood shortages for relief work and Governor Murray’s horse-drawn wagon requirement.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
City
Maryland Penitentiary
Enid
Okla
H. Murray
Murray
Santa burglar tricks blocked by chimney packing
In Baraboo Wisconsin a would be intruder fails to gain entry at Mrs. Jerry Smith of Liontown as someone fills the chimney with concrete and gravel halting the attempted break in.
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Baraboo, Wis
Santa Claus
Jerry Smith
Liontown
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