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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1938

Page

7

Mrs. Lizzie Smith 69 Dies After Heart Condition

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie L. Smith of 2 West James Street are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. T. M. Swann and Rev. W. O. Talbot officiating. Interment will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers include Amy Arthur Seprisht, M. Perry, A. A. Jenk, William Bayliss, Arthur Ritter, and Joseph B. Newlin. She died at 9:15 PM from a heart condition. a Frederick County native and widow of Charles Smith, she was a longtime Braddock Street M E Church, South member. Surviving relatives include a niece by marriage, Mrs. N. D. Siford.

Lizzie L. Smith West James Street Jones T. M. Swann Braddock Street M. FE Church South W. O. Talbot Mount Hebron Cemetery Set Amy Arthur Seaprisht M. Perry A. A. Jenk William Bayliss Arthur Ritter Joseph B. Newlin and Tennyson Smith Frederick County Whittington N. D. Siford Route 3 Charles Smith M. E. Church

Waterfront Shutdown Fears Over War Material Shipment

San Francisco faces a possible port shutdown as Chinese pickets and American sympathizers protest shipment of war materials to Japan. Longshoremen have refused to pass through picket lines at the Spyros and Beckenham piers, with a joint labor relations meeting expected to decide the crisis.

San Francisco Japan Almon Rothe Association Rothe Joint Beckenham Spyros

Bankers Group Set Dinner Meeting at Woodstock

The Regional Clearing House Association Group 3 of the Virginia State Bankers Association will hold a dinner meeting in Woodstock on Monday evening January 16. Woodstock bankers accepted the invitation. Speakers will include financiers with notable records. the program aims to be inspirational.

Clearing House Association Virginia State Bankers’ Association Woodstock

Fiery Judge Williams Silent on Retirement at 70

Robert Lee Williams a longtime U S Circuit Court judge and former Oklahoma governor marks 70 with good health and wit. He avoids retirement talk despite Roosevelt expectations and a dinner honoring him fueling speculation about future plans. He says retirement would be agreeable in principle only.

City Dec Robert Lee Williams U. S Roosevelt Oklahoma Williams Eastern Oklahoma Federal Court Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Cummings

Princeton to study public reaction to War of the Worlds broadcast

Princeton University will spend 3000 dollars to analyze the mass reaction following Orson Welles's War of the Worlds broadcast. Dr. Harold W. Dodds announced the project led by Professor Hadley Cantrill to assess public hysteria and the social psychological reasons across different individuals.

Princeton N. J Princeton University Orson Welles Mars Harold W. Dodds Princeton Radio Project Welles Hadley Cantrill Princeton Psychology Department

Police Believe Missing Girl Is Detained Near Kingston

State police in Kingston Pennsylvania pursue the disappearance of Margaret Martin a 19 year old business college graduate missing since last Saturday. Detectives check the possibility of a white slave ring abduction while authorities say she may be detained unharmed near the area. Major Clarke states abduction for ransom is unlikely.

Kingston Margaret Martin Luzerne County Miss Martin William A. Clarke

New Baby At White House Christmas Stockings Mentioned

A whimsical note from Beth Campbell describes a five month old Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and other Roosevelt family members expected at the White House for Christmas. It mentions Sara and James Roosevelt, Diana Hopkins with Harry Hopkins, and family guests in Boston and Seattle.

Washington Santa Claus White House Franklin D. Roosevelt President Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr Sara James Roosevelt Kate Diana Hopkins Harry Hopkins WPA Roose Velt Sara Delano Roosevelt J. R. Roosevelt Hyde Park James Franklin, Jr Sisse Buzzie Dall Seattle Wash Fort Worth Tex John Anne Boston Santa Executive Office

Man Burns Face In Auto Fire With Alcohol In Anti Freeze

Kesner Bryan of Augusta Kansas underestimated a flame near an antifreeze mix. A radiator attempt to test water level caused the alcohol in the antifreeze to explode, burning his face in the blast.

Augusta Kas Kesner Bryan

Rublee Invited To Berlin For Counter-Proposals

Rublee was invited to visit Berlin to present counter-proposals to Goering as German officials, led by Schacht, discussed a two year emigration plan for about 600000 Jews remaining in Germany. A refugee committee meeting yielded little support for the German draft but agreed Rublee should travel to Berlin soon.

Schacht Refugee Committee Berlin Goering Adolf Hitler Germany Reich Rublee

Four Killed In Crash Of Plane

The report details a fatal plane crash with four dead and parts strewn over the scene. Justice of the Peace H L Davis Jr noted the wreckage covered a two acre area and bodies were scattered, with Peague’s body found near the wreckage. Lyons, a Mercy Pilot and Coast Guard officer, and Rupert Germaine perished in the Texas crash while aiding seamen.

Peague Justice of the Peace H. L. Davis, Jr Salem Mass Perry S. Lyons San Antonio Tex Coast Guard Lyons Rupert H. Germaine Texas

Wagner Labor Act Revisions Sought in Congress

The article notes proposals to fund housing authority slum clearance and low cost housing and highlights President Roosevelt’s push for a broader social security program. Rep. Treadway endorses council ideas including replacing the reserve with a contingent fund to lower taxes while maintaining pay as you go. Rep Knutson criticizes extending old age insurance to farm and domestic workers.

United States Housing Authority Roosevelt Rep Treadway Massachusetts Ways and Social Security Advisory Council Council Knutson Rminn Henry Ford Rosie O'Grady Townsend

Fights High Living Cost

Washington story about Jack and Mrs. Cable living in a trailer to cope with high costs. Everett M Dirksen aide and family relocate to Washington for Congress with a mobile home in a municipal tourist camp. They note monthly savings of 50 to 60 dollars, but limits on trailer stay complicate life for Jean and Bill when Santa visits.

Washington Jack Cables Santa Claus Cable Everett M. Dirksen Illinois District of Columbia Congress Jean Bill Santa

Death Removes Dr. Courtney Former Pastor

Dr. Austin M. Courtney 88 veteran Methodist Episcopal clergyman and former Columbus district superintendent died after an extended illness. He served in Pittsburgh Baltimore and various Ohio appointments before retirement to Worthington as Methodist Home field agent. He led Market Street Church in 1875 76 and visited here recently recalling old friends.

Delaware Ohio Austin M. Courtney Columbus Pittsburgh Baltimore Courtney Methodist One Worthington Market Street Methodist Church Walnut Hills Cincinnati

For Rent Rooms 303 Pairment

FOR RENT Rroomasa 303 Pair ment 9 27 tf FOR RENT Apartment and garages 137 S Loudon 5 tf

Rroomasa Loudon N. Loudoun St

Special Services On Rural Charge Christmas Programs

The Rev H M Amoss announces rural charge services for Christmas. Little Mountain Church offers a 7 45 program tomorrow evening while White Hall Church and Bunker Hill Church hold 7 45 Friday programs. The sermon Life Begins Today is shared across Bunker Hill at 11 am Little Mountain at 3 pm and White Hall at 7 45 pm.

H. M. Amoss Bunker Hill Little Mountain White Hall

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