Mass Meeting Approves Plan Of The V E A
A mass meeting led by Rev R B Nelson adopted a resolution backing a V E A program to be sent to the General Assembly in January. Speakers included State Senator T R Cather and educators Quarles Gasque and Miller stressing education, free textbooks, and teacher retirement.
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R. B. Nelson
Church
Ci- Christizens
General Assembly
T. R. Cather
Suponan Garland R. Quarles
Q. D. Gasque
Warren County
Front Royal
G. Tyler Miller
Warren-Rappahannock
Cather
Quarles
Gasque
Miller
R. E. Ayler
Couity High School
Aye O. W. Wake
Middletown High School
Paul Beavens
Gore
Portrait of Educator G Watson James to be presented
The portrait of the late Dr. G. Watson James, first editor of letters of Washington and Lee University and long time southern editor, will be given to his alma mater by his family on Founders Day January 19, 1938. The work is by Richmond artist William Polk Dillon. James was AP correspondent at Richmond for years.
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G. Watson James
Letters
Washington and Lee University
William Polk Dillon
Richmond
James
Associated Press
Rev Snyder Alleman Accepts Call to Pennsylvania Church
The Rev. Snyder Alleman resigns as pastor of the Stephens City Lutheran Parish to accept a call to McConnellsburg Pennsylvania. He served since 1928 and helped guide church improvements including a $1500 furnace and two vested choirs. He was active in the Frederick County Ministerial Association and previously led Woodbury High School in Bedford County and St Luke Church in Bainbridge during seminary training.
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Snyder Alleman
Ne City
McConnellsburg
Alleman
Stephens City
Frederick County
St. Paul's
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Woodbury High School
Bedford County
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Bainbridge
Lancaster County
Farm Measures Diverge in Senate and House
The article outlines Senate and House farm bills aimed at balancing supplies with demand, reducing surpluses and raising prices. The Senate favors tighter farmer controls, faster marketing quotas, acreage contracts for corn and wheat, and 55 percent of conservation funds redirected to parity payments, with referenda on quotas. The Agriculture Department projects 1930s level cash income for farmers, about 8.5 billion dollars, despite surpluses and low prices.
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Wallace
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Garner
Bankhead
Tuberculosis Tops Death Causes Among 15 to 45
The illustration shows tuberculosis as the leading cause of death for ages 15 to 45, with nearly 40,000 deaths last year in this group. It accounts for about 16 percent of deaths in this span, continuing the era’s “Seven Horsemen of Death” and urging Christmas Seals in the fight against the Great White Plague.
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United States
Eleanor Roosevelt Praises Winchester Fellowship Club Work
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sends a congratulatory note to Fellowship Club officers for spreading Christmas cheer to the under-privileged in Winchester and Frederick County. About 200 families remain on the master list and sponsors are urged to adopt a family or part of one as the deadline nears.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frank New In National Politics
Dr Glenn Frank is under consideration for chairman of the Republican policy committee in a shift that could mark his first major entry into national politics. After talks with Chairman John D Hamilton Frank said he would accept only if personal and business affairs allow.
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Chicago
Glenn Frank
Republican Policy Committee
John D. Hamilton
University of Wisconsin
Jonz
Hamilton
Republican National Committee
St. Louis
Revolutionary cotton gin by Frank H. Watson from Jonesboro
Frank H. Watson planter of Jonesboro Ark introduces a revolutionary cotton gin using a rapidly turning drum and centrifugal force to free cotton from seed and impurities without tearing fiber. The device preserves fiber length and increases cotton value and is pictured in Bridgeport Conn.
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Frank H. Watson
Jonesboro
Ark
Watson
Bridgeport
Conn
Robison Arrested in Winchester for Bogus Checks Case
Fredericksburg chief of police, 8 B Perry, took Joseph Robinson alias Henry Earl Hodges from Winchester after he tried to cash a bogus check. He faces charges in Fredericksburg for several worthless checks including 60 dollars at J W Mathews Co and 14 70 at Hirsh and Son and a third at Goldsmith clothing. A non existent account traced to National Bank of Fredericksburg prompted arrest.
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B. Perry
Fredericksburg
Winchester
Joseph Robinson
Henry Earl Hodges
Robinson
J. W. Mathews Company
Hirsh and Son
Goldsmith Clothing
R. W. Plumly Lumber
National Bank of
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Fredericksburg Bank
Perry
Manuel
Frank Offered First Active Role in Party Affairs
After a meeting with Mr. Frank he authorized a statement reserving decision on accepting a high party post. At 50 he had risen to public notice as an educator editor author and orator and could not commit for several days.
Lions Set January Ladies Night at George Washington Hotel
Winchester Lions schedule a Ladies Night event on Tuesday January 265 at the George Washington hotel. A luncheon includes Christmas songs by John Kerr children directed by Mrs Virginia Ann Shopey with Santa Claus distributing gifts to guests and Lions members. The club aims to provide Christmas baskets and clothing to blind families in Winchester and area.
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Cea Washington
John Kerr
Virginia Ann Shocey
Santa Claus
Lions Club
Winchester
Lions
George Washington
Reliance United Brethren Church Services Posted
Reliance United Brethren Church announces Rev. W. D. Mitchell to preach at 11 a m and Ridings Chapel at 3 p m There will be no preaching at Greenway due to revival work C E Society meets at 7 30 p m Public cordially invited
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W. D. Mitchell
Reliance
Ridings Chapel
Greenway
Revie
C. E. Society
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Ence
Watson Cotton Gin
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Reliance United Brethren Church
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