Budget Deadlock Ends In 7 6 Split Vote On Revisions
City council failed in two attempts to adopt a 1937 budget with a 7 6 margin, adjourned to Monday night. Provisions swung between a $1.30 and a $1.25 rate, while a final move to $1.20 was rejected. Finance Chair Herman Hable pressed to trim $600 to meet the lower rate, but the meeting ended with no budget approval and continued debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Herman Hable
Finance Committee
Hable
Ralph Snapp
Payton Marshall
Peyton Marshall
A. Lee Cobb
W. W. Dellinger
Allen Hawthorne
Percy Miller
John Rosenberger
C. R. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
C. Douglas Barnett
Fred W. Forney
Joe H. Hable
O. L. Jamison
Intercepted letter from Winchester council to Santa
A Winchester Common Council letter asks Santa for a balanced budget with diverse tax rates, noting Christmas deadlines and requesting emergency aid. The letter, dated before December 25, requests Santa deliver the budget ahead to reach the Council Chamber by Monday evening.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Council Chamber
Pictures Don’t Do Wally Justice, Weaver Asserts
State Senator Aubrey G. Weaver of Front Royal defends Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in 1927 divorce proceedings at Warrenton describing it as simple desertion due to incompatibility. He notes reporters seek details but records remain nonpublic and unscandalous, praising Simpson as a fine, witty woman, not fully captured by photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson
Edward VIII
Richmond News
Weaver
Senate Chamber
J. M. H. Alexander
Wally
Noted King Presence Questioned Over Mrs Simpson
A clipped remark questions whether the king and Mrs. Simpson would wed, dismissing chatter about their potential marriage and noting ongoing debate about the couple’s future.
Chanters Offer The Shepherds Prayer Cantata At Capitol Theatre
The Chanters with the Euterpian Club and Old Dominion Choir perform The Shepherds Prayer at Capitol Theatre on Sunday December 20 at 3 30 and 9 00. Floyd Haines directs with Helen Woore as organist and Robert McNally as soloist. A silver offering will defray expenses.
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Capitol Theatre
Euterpian Club
Old Dominion Choir
Floyd Haines
Shubert
Pilgrim's Chorus
Tannhauser
Lucia
Hoffman
Liebestraum
Helen Woore
Leona Shade
Robert McNally
Philomena Laren
Catherine Conner
Anne Amelia Hoover
Sara Margaret Lupton
Gladys Patton
Taylor Barr
Paul Riley
Mrs Simpson's Cannes Villa To Host Teas Amid Privacy Push
Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson will remain largely indoors at Lou Vieil villa in Cannes for two weeks as hosts and friends plan teas and bridge to brighten her days. Bodyguards will be kept on duty indefinitely. police guard is scaled back as public interest varies.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Surete Nationale
Albert Lebrun
Villa Lou Vier
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
Pope Pius XI Wakes After Restless Night at Vatican
The 79 year old Pope endured a fitful night and relapse from illnesses that have kept him bed ridden for 11 days. He remains determined to view his illness as a temporary setback and continues to receive care at the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XI
Broadcast Schedule Listing for Columbia Network
A radio notice lists listeners to tune to WJSV WABC and WBT at 11 45 a m next Tuesday and Thursday for a special program aimed at housewives in this section with dates on 11 30 lp and extending Mondays and Wednesdays to 1 15.
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Columbia Network
WJSV
WABC
WBT
Mon & Wed
Flour Advances One Dollar per Barrel in Winchester Market
Winchester Milling Corp reports a two week rise of one dollar per barrel in flour prices. Local wheat quotes stand at 1.34 dollars per bushel, as published by the Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester Milling Corporation
The
Star
Auction of oil and gas interests in Oklahoma City
Public auction in Winchester Virginia on December 18 1936 offers undivided working interests in leases totaling a 1/400th stake in the Stahl Odebrecht Lease and a 1/2400th stake in the Bailey Gallagher and Lippert Lease both located in Oklahoma City Oklahoma Dunn and Duvall are the auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
Stahl-Odebrecht
Bailey, Gallagher and Lippert
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dunn & Duvall
Aucts
XMAS TREES FOR SALE
Shirley Temple dolls available at 2.95 each from Margaret L Hodgson. Call 378-1 for details..informations
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Treasure House Gift Shop Ad Next to Post Office
Local shop offers a fine line of gifts in pottery glass wood silver copper linens for Christmas weddings and other occasions. Elmer V. Hodges advertisement appears with full address and listing.
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Treasure House
Elmer V. Hodges
Suit a Week Club at The Men's Shop
A weekly suit giveaway advertised by The Men's Shop inviting customers to inquire for full details. The notice references a weekly prize and directs readers to seek information in store.
Five Treaties Also Given U K Resolution On International Law
Buenos Aires dispatch reports the Inter-American Peace Conference approved a U S proposal for consultation by American republics if peace is menaced, with unanimous support from all 21 republics. Secretary Hull called it epochal and also backed ratification of five existing American peace treaties. An additional protocol was approved, along with other measures, to maintain Western Hemisphere peace through a consultative system.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Montevideo
Conference Assembly
White House Holds Simple Funeral For August Gennerich
A simple White House funeral was held for August Gennerich, personal bodyguard to President Roosevelt, who died in Buenos Aires on December 2. President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, Vice President Garner, and Cabinet members attended. The service occurred in the East Room with Rev. Dr. G. E. Lenski officiating. The body was later moved to a train bound for New York escorted by James Roosevelt.
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Washington
White House
Gus
Gennerich
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Garner
Charles Guthie
Augustus
James Roosevelt
New York
Public Sale and Pet Adoption Notice
PUBLIC SALE Dec 21 10 am four miles west of Winchester for household goods. Harry L McCann Sheriff Adm r. WANTED Good homes for two very petty female kittens One Maltese and one black Phone 41 1.
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Winchester
Harry L. McCann
Sheriff Adm'r
Pleading Mother Finds Lost Son After 41 Years
Mrs Camilla Warner whose son Richard Douglas Foster was left at an Nebraska orphanage in 1895 after her husband’s death receives a letter from Scottsbluff asking if she is his mother. She recalls decades of searching and dreams of reunion hoping Santa brings travel funds for a visit.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Camilla Warner
Warner
Camilla Foster
Richard Douglas Foster
Milford
Neb
Scottsbluff
Maxwell Case Being Argued in Wise Virginia
Edith Maxwell, a 22 year old school teacher, stands accused in Pound County of fatally wounding her father, a 52 year old blacksmith miner, as he lay in bed. Assistant prosecutor Lewis McCormick opened the commonwealth's final summation, arguing the blows with a blunt instrument caused death and rejecting self defense or natural death claims. Judge Ezra T. Carter instructed on self defense and degrees of homicide, directing the jury to consider whether the blows were actual or contributory causes of death.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Pound
Lewis McCormick
Commonwealth
Ezra T. Carter
Edith
McCormick
Old Age Bill Is Reported
The administration's unemployment insurance bill was reported favorably to both Senate and House finance committees. The House committee was unanimous while Republican Senator G Vaughan of Galax opposed in the Senate committee. Amendments to clarify administrative features were adopted by a joint sub committee.
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Richmond
Senate
House
G. Vaughan
Galax
Santa visitation hopes rest with Winchester Fellowship Club
Over 900 children in 250 families in Winchester and Frederick County face Christmas Day without Santa unless the Fellowship Club reaches them. Sixty families are adopted. volunteers seek more from the public. Call headquarters to adopt a family or donate cash, food, clothing, or toys.
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Santa Vainty
Winchester
Frederick County
Santa Claus
Fellowship Club
Fellowship
Santa
Bary
Chuir
Duke Exiled King Fights Golf Loss as Royal Tensions Rise
In Enzelsfeld Austria on December 16 the former British king Edward VIII, now Duke of Windsor, lost a golf match to Baroness Rothschild and reacted with cheer after a tough tee. Reported irked by Archbishop of Canterbury criticisms, he may respond to the church leaders as Parliament weighs London debate on the issue.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Baroness Rothschild
Canterbury
Edward of
Windsor
Eugene de Rothschild
Edward
Runde Odeee
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Church of England
London
Winchester merchants invite open contest for Christmas decorations
An open letter from Sam C Brooks and Andrew Bell of the Winchester Chamber invites citizens to participate in a Christmas decorations contest. The merchants have funded a substantial cash and merchandise prize list to be awarded to the most elaborately decorated displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Sam C Brooks
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Chang Given Final Chance to Deliver Chiang
A Nanking official said Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang will be given one last chance to move Chiang Kai-Shek to safety. He warned that if mutineers resist or Chang clings to his position, Nanking divisions will use their full striking power. Sianfu Shensi, the provincial capital, remains surrounded as the rescue of Chiang is the expedition’s first duty.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang
Shensi
Sianfu Shensi
Chiang
Festival Leaders To Meet Tomorrow
The Executive Committee of the Apple Blossom Festival will meet tomorrow at 11 AM at the George Washington Hotel. It is the first preparatory meeting for the next annual celebration in Winchester marking the spring bloom on apple trees in the Shenandoah and Cumberland fruit belts. A chairman and a director-general for the ensuing year are expected to be elected, with all committee members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Winchester
Shenandoah
Cumberland
Missing Western Air Express plane hunted near Utah Wasatch
Vice-president Alan Barrie marshals seven private planes four Army craft and four of the line in a Utah search for the 10 passenger Boeing twin motor airliner lost after leaving Los Angeles. Five aboard remain missing including stewardess Gladys Witt, two women and three men.
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Gladys Witt
8. J. Sampson
Western Air Express
Utah
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Miss Witt
Sampson
Alan Barrie
Ariie
Milford
Delta
Eureka
Barrie
Western Air Express Transport
Frank Eastman
Western Air Station
Boeing
J. Samson
Roe
Milord
Alpine
Here
Wasatch Mountains
Pil Samson
Wiliam Bogen
M John Wolfe
Chicago
H. Edwards
Minneapolis
C. Christopher
Dwight, IL
B. G. Mitchell
Vegas
Nevada
Erick K. Balz#r
California
James A. Roe
Transcontinental and
Western Air
Kansas City
New Showing Candlewick Spreads by Moling and Cather
Advert shows IVER JOHNSON and Dayton Colson Columbia Finest Bicycles Made and Flyer Racer Sleds. W C Willis at 38 East Big Insu P advertises flexible flyer sleds and related merchandise.
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Moling and Cather
Iver Johnson
Dayton
Colson
Columbia
W.C. Willis
East
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John H. Rosenberger
Common Council
King
Aubrey Weaver
Pope
Doctor
Pontiff
Haines Marble
U. S
U. K
al Bier
St. Nick
Wise County Court
Duke
Hunt
Miller's Drug Store
Winchester Evening Star
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