Valley Section Backs 1932 Road Allocations Across Staunton District
Northern Virginia representatives meeting at Culpeper favor permanent tentative highway allocations for Staunton district. Work on Route 11 near Winchester may start after January, with rights of way talks set for January 2 to widen the Valley Pike. Senator Weaver urged possible pruning of a 1.8 million highway appropriation, prompting strong support from Page and Warren counties for preserving funds.
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Virginia
Virginia State Highway Commission
Culpeper
Staunton
Winchester
Frederick County
C. I. Brumback
Richmond-Washington
Arlington
Fairfax
Prince William
National Capital
Old Dominion
Andrew Bell
Commerce
W. A. Royal
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Frederck County Board of Supervisors
Vaucluse
West Virginia Line
Staunton Valley
Aubrey G. Weaver
Weaver
Shirley
Senate
Page
Warren Counties
Rockingham
Mr. Weaver
Greenlea Letcher
Lexington
Winchester Public Schools Close For Yuletide Vacation
Winchester public schools dismiss at 3 PM for a Christmas break ending January 4. Students collected canned goods clothing and groceries for the needy with Salvation Army and District Nurses Association distributing them. A Handley High School Christmas pageant titled Yule Light impressed spectators and featured senior Charlotte Campbell and others.
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Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
Salvation Army and District Nurses Association
Handley High School
Christmas Trees For Sale At Haines Marble Yard
Reeded notice advertises cedar, arborvitae and pines for sale. It lists a marble yard address and multiple lot numbers where trees are available.
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Haines
Marble Yard
Treasure House for Gifts and Homemade Candies
Local storefront advertises a treasure house for gifts and homemade candies near the Post Office. The notice notes a shift in location and invites shoppers to visit the new display and counter area.
Directors Of The Union Bank Vote Dividend
The directors of the Union Bank of Winchester voted to pay the usual semi annual dividend of 3 percent to stockholders. Dividend checks will be mailed to recipients on January 1, 1932. The move signals the bank’s continued strength amid global financial reverses.
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Union Bank of Winchester
Union Bank
Winchester
Wanted at once good homes for maltese cat and kit
Maltese cat and Maltese kitten seek immediate adoption. Contact via phone 41-1. Advertisement placed 12-19-1p-tf.
Storage firm to close for two days over Christmas
Winchester Cold Storage Co. will be closed December 25 and 26 for the Christmas holiday. The notice indicates a two day shutdown for inventory and maintenance.
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Winchester Cold Storage Co
Star
Evening Star
Young Delaney Purcell Dies After Fall at Prettyboy Dam
Delaney Purcell aged 21, son of Mr and Mrs B Purcell of Bruce town, was killed instantly when he fell about 60 feet from a scaffold during concrete work at the Prettyboy Dam water project near Baltimore. He and other workmen were on the scaffold. Dr Milner Bortner pronounced him dead. This followed another fatality at the dam two days earlier when Samuel Haralik was crushed by a timber. Purcell’s body was taken to Brucetown by his father and Funeral Director Parlett. funeral arrangements were expected to be announced tomorrow.
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Delaney Purcell
8. B. Purcell
Brucetown
Star
Prettyboy Dam
Baltimore
Purcell
Milner Bortner
White Hall
Samuel Haralik
West New York
N. J
Parlett
Mussolini Delivers Tribute in Milan for Brother Arnado
Premier Benito Mussolini arrived in Milan by special train from Rome and mourned the death of his younger brother Arnoldo. He visited Arnoldo's widow and met Fascist leaders to plan the funeral, expected as a major party demonstration. Pope Pius sent consolations from Vatican City.
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Associated Press
Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Arnald
Arnaldo
Iice
Pope Pius
Vatican City
Irish Woman Dies On Steamer In Mid Ocean Storm
Mrs Sarah Rodgers 55 an American from Coleraine County Derry died aboard the liner Tuscania after a mid ocean storm last week Many other passengers were injured Her body arrived in Belfast where she had been returning to Ireland for Christmas after 30 years in the United States She worked as a cook for Robert McBratney linen in New York Death certified as hemorrhage Glasgow had reported a fatally injured woman and 35 others hurt in the same storm.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Sarah Rodgers
Coleraine
County Derry
Robert McBratney
New York
Glasgow
Tuscania
Ocean
Mrs Pinchot Seeks 15th District Seat Against McFadden
Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of the Pennsylvania governor entered the Republican race in the fifteenth district April primary opposing Rep Louis T McFadden who accused Hoover of selling out to Germany. Pinchot vows a dry platform while opponent Frederick Reichenbacker calls for repealing the eighteenth amendment.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress
Louis T. McFadden
Hoover
Germany
McFadden
Pinchot
Frederick C. Reichenbacker
Honesdale
Frederick T. Gelder
Susquehanna County
Reichenbacker
Body of Marian McLean Found Murdered in Cincinnati Basement
The six year old Marian McLean was kidnapped, found murdered in a tenement basement in Cincinnati. Coroner M Scott Kearn said she had been attacked and not dead long. her clothes were torn and a blue mark appeared on her forehead. Julius Servizzi, 17, last saw her with a dark complexioned man before she vanished last Thursday.
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Marian McLean
Associated Press
Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Charles Bischoff
Bischoff
M. Scott Kearn
Marian
Thestreet
Julius Servizzi
Outh
Salvation Army appeals for aid for the hungry in Winchester
Major James Mars of the Salvation Army reports poor kettle collections on North Loudoun Street with only 14 dollars last Saturday and an average of 2 dollars daily. He urges food or money donations before Christmas to feed those in need with a meal at the Reuss Engine House on Braddock and Boscawen streets from 12:30 PM.
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James Mars
Salvation Army
Loudoun Street
Mars
Winchester
Reuss
Braddock
Boscawen Street
Major Mars
Three Killed Many Hurt In Union Pacific Bus Crash
In a collision east of Hiawatha Kansas a Union Pacific passenger bus struck a freight truck early today. Three men died and 15 were injured, several critically, with the bus driver William Irwin of Omaha among the identified victims. Ralph Anderson of Nebraska City Neb was named as the truck driver. One victim remained unnamed.
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Associated Press
Hiawatha
Kan
Union Pacific
William Irwin
Omaha
Kansas
Ralph Anderson
Nebraska
City
Neb
Senate panel urged to cut 300 million from next year’s budget
Senator Harrison Democrat Mississippi introduced a resolution asking the Senate appropriations committee to reduce the next fiscal year appropriations by 300 million dollars below budget estimates. The move aligns with the Democratic committee’s plan agreed on a week earlier by the House and Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Democratic
House
Senate
Local Jail Overcrowded During Christmas Rush
Sheriff Pannett faces jammed Clarke County Jail in Winchester as 35 prisoners crowd cells including Lavina Reed a colored woman moved to Harrisonburg after Clarke County refused to take her. Prisoners are divided among remaining cells with capacity stretched and hopes for fewer arrests this Christmas season.
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Winchester
Pannett
Clarke County
Berryville
Lavina Reed
Harrisonburg
Lavina
Piggly Wiggly Opens New Winchester Store
Piggly Wiggly opened last Saturday in the Hable building on South Loudoun Street opposite the Palace Theatre, in Winchester. Manager H F Downey says it is the city’s only self service grocery and meat store, with plans to stress sanitation convenience and variety while anticipating 2500 customers on opening day.
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Hable
Palace Theatre
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Clarence Saunders
Memphis
H. F. Downey
Star
Mr. Downey
Boyce Citizens Hold Community Christmas Tree Event
In Boyce Virginia residents gathered around a community Christmas tree in front of the Parish Hall organized by the Boyce Agricultural High School Patrons' League. The event collected canned goods fruits toys and clothing for the destitute and a later Christmas Eve distribution is planned.
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Boyce Baptist Church
Boyce Agricultural High School
C. VanDevanter
Frances VanDevanter
Henry Clay Smith
P.lent
Washington
Elizabeth Burch
William and Mary College
J. G. Burch
Doris Reid Jolliffe
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol
Alex Jolliffe
Jane Jolliffe
Williamsburg
T. P. Jolliffe
Marian
Louise Martin
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
H. J. Martin
Tubeyries
R. W. Royston
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Ruth Royston
Waynesboro, Va
M. E. Royston
Winchester Memorial Hospital Christmas Gift Campaign Ends Soon
Only a few hours remain to contribute to the Winchester Memorial Hospital Christmas Gift Campaign. A total of 1050 in gifts will be distributed tomorrow at 9 p.m. from the Capitol Theatre stage. Solicitors are gathering donations and issuing tickets. those missed can still donate tomorrow or call Miss Lillian Anderson at 69 for pickup.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Capitol Theatre
Lillian Anderson
Luggage Display At Moling and Cathers Noted
Display at Moling and Cathers highlights luggage as useful and appreciated gifts.
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Moling & Cather’s. Lp
Farm sale of 40 acres at Stephens City on Valley Turnpike
A 40 acre Dr Thomas M Miller farm with a fine brick residence on the Valley Turnpike at the south end of Stephens City will be sold at noon Saturday December 26. See sale bills for details.
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Thomas M. Miller
Stephens City
Valley Turnpike
Shooting Match Christmas Day Near Winchester Prizes
A Christmas Day shooting match was held one mile from Winchester on Northwestern Grade offering prizes of turkeys geese chickens and ducks. Competitor Carl Renner is named among participants.
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Winchester
Carl Renner
Legion group meeting set for January 4 in Norfolk
Henry L. Stevens national commander of the American Legion will attend the Virginia Department officers’ annual meeting in Norfolk on January 4 at the Monticello Hotel. Dr. A. T. Finch and Col. B. M. Roszel will join, with reports on child welfare service to veterans and membership. The department's paid-up membership nears 5,668 with 11,357 last year. four new posts were formed at Alta Vista Exmore Fredericksburg and Richmond.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Henry L. Stevens
American Legion
Virginia Department
Monticello Hotel
A. m
A. T Finch
State Department
B. M Roszel
Boy Scouts
Virginia Legionnaire
Department
Veterans Administration
W. Glenn Elliott
State Adjutant
J. E. John
Roanoke
State Adjutant's Office
Santa Claus to Visit Palace Theatre for Kiddies Christmas Party
Santa Claus will arrive at 10 30 Christmas morning at Hable's Palace Theatre for the Palaces first Kiddies Christmas Party to benefit Winchester children and neighbors. He will grant a big screen program and hand out gifts to about 1000 boys and girls. All children may attend with parents welcome. no invitation or ticket required.
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Santa Claus
Hable's Palace Theatre
Winchester
Santa
Intensely Cold Weather Spreads Across Europe
Winter grips Europe as heavy snow and frost persist. Reports say southern Siberia endures severe cold with wolves attacking towns. two soldiers and a peasant are killed. Extraordinarily low temperatures and snow extend to southern France.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Siberia
France
Johnson to seek amendment on debt moratorium in Senate
Senate debate centers on expanding the one year debt suspension to cover unconditional reparations to France. Senator Johnson of California argues the President altered his plan under French pressure and urges a vote before adjournment. The session adjourns with talks of a possible marathon debate and Christmas recess.
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France
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Johnson
California
Congress
Germany
Hiram Johnson
Hoover
Smoot
Walsh
Montana
Reconstruction Corporation
Europe
Otto H. Kahn
Senate Finance Committee
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
America
Senate Banking Committee
Christmas Seals Fight T B as Troop 5 Sells Fruit
Boy Scouts Troop 5 promotes Christmas Seals and raises funds by selling oranges grapefruit and tangerines at the Betty Shoppe. The sale is publicized in a local notice with a calendar style brief.
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Troop 5
Boy Scouts
Betty Shoppe
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Mrs. Pinchot
Piggly Wiggly
Boyce
Hospital Giftampaign
Legion Group
Rostel
Merry
Christy
Opal Hemier
Mr. Hoover
Bernard Shaw
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