McCall Frazier to Quit Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Board
T McCall Frazier resigns from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to pursue private work with a Virginia corporation. Governor Price accepts the resignation effective before March 1. Frazier's term would have ended March 22. He offers to assist his successor for 30 to 60 days during the transition.
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McCall Frazier
State Liquor Board
Richmond
T. McCall Prazier
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Price
Virginia
Prazier
State Liquor Control Board
Frazier A Long Public Service Career In Virginia
Long serving Virginia official Frazier rose from private secretary to Congressman Peery to key roles including commissioner of insurance director of motor vehicles and chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He supported Peery’s gubernatorial campaign and is praised for his executive and administrative abilities across state offices.
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Virginia
Frazier
George C. Peery
House of Representatives
Governor Peery
Prazier
Division of
Motor Vehicles
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Peery
Old Time Flavor Mince Meat and Wreaths Advertised
HOLLY WREATHS 25 cents each and 2.50 per dozen offered by THE FLOWER SHOP. Also available OLD TIME flavor bulk Mince Meat in 2 pounds for 35 cents at PURE FOOD STORE.
Fellowship Club to Deliver Baskets for All Families
Officials announced that all families on the master list will receive baskets of food clothing and toys Saturday morning in trucks provided by local businessmen. Volunteers will handle delivery in the county with cooperation from other groups as the drive reports unprecedented generosity and prompt response.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester Post Office Handles Heavy Mail Record
Winchester post office logged between 60 000 and 70 000 letters and cards in one day the largest volume ever. Postmaster W Nelson Page said extra staff are helping keep mail moving and urged use of special delivery for long distance and late week mail. Business mail should be tied in bundles and placed in the designated box for quick service.
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Winchester
W. Nelson Page
Page
Shooting match prizes at Gainesboro road route 7 event
Shooting match announced for Monday December 26 starting at 10 am one mile west of the city on Route 7 Gainesboro road. Prizes include turkeys geese guineas and chickens. L F McDonald organizer.
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Gainesboro Road
L. F. McDonald
Christmas Flowers and Gifts At Local Pharmacies
Brooks Pharmacy advertises best gift values with Rexall Store offerings. Christmas boxes for the cemetery, potted poinsettias, cycleman primroses, wreaths and decorations are available from Jones Florist at 137 W Water St with phone 511.
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Brooks’ Pharmacy
Rexall
Jones Florist
W. Water St
Lewis plan to gain CIO voice ruffles Democratic Party
William B. Ardery reports a controversy over John L. Lewis and the CIO Lee push to place league endorsed delegates in the 1940 Democratic convention. Hatch warns of southern opposition while Davis sees possible cross party cooperation. Holt seeks a Senate decision on a third term resolution.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
John L. Lewis
Cio Lee
Labor
Nonpartisan League
CIO
Lewis
Hatch
D-Nm
South
League
Davis
R-Pa
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Guffey
Holt
Roosevelt
Senate
Two Army Fliers Die In Norfolk Crash
Two Army fliers died in a training flight crash near Norfolk Virginia Lt Gale Ellis of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania and Private Charles S Downer of Tarentum Pennsylvania were killed when their pursuit plane dived into the earth from about 500 feet the engine cut off and the aircraft burst into flames Navy officials moved the bodies to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth.
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Norfolk
Gale Ellis
Beaver Falls
Charles S. Downer
Tarentum
Jeff J. Bean
Bean
Navy
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Safety slogan contest prompt enhances holiday civic ethics
The Star invites daily safety slogans until Christmas with a slogan about brakes. An ad promotes Merry Xmas fruit baskets from CITY FRUIT MARKET priced 1.25 and up and lists telegraph delivery, taxi service Paul Poston phone 53, and drugstore Miller's offering Santa Claus visit at Hodgson and Brown Xmas Eve night.
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City Fruit Market
Santa Claus
Hodgson & Brown
Teacher Uses Axe In Beating Off Intruder At School
Miss Martha Jo Norman a 26 year old teacher at Sable school northeast of Denver told Sheriff Lewis Ballard that a scantily clad man entered before classes and attempted to attack her. She grappled him and swung an axe at him when he dodged and fled to a parked car and drove away.
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Brighton
Colo
Martha Jo Norman
Lewis Ballard
Adams County
Norman
Denver
City Narrowly Avoids Motor Fatalities This Year
Winchester aims for a year end safety record with no fatal accidents by midnight December 31. A map in the police court shows a red pin for two deaths, including James Corbin’s outside the city limits last Christmas Eve. Corbin’s death and Clinton Grim’s hit and run are noted. 18 city injuries, nine property only crashes, and 75 to 100 reckless driving cases are reported as Chief Hollis prepares a final tally.
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Winchester
James Corbin
Corbin
Clinton Grim
Kent Street
C. W. Hollis
Former Senator France Faces Alimony Dismissal Warning
Judge J Owen Knotts in Elkton Md dismissed a alimony non payment claim against former senator Joseph I France and warned his lawyers and Tatiana Dechtereva to stop arguing The court had ordered $300 monthly payments maintained while the divorce action continues and warned contempt of court if payments fail Parole in the action was suspended with the possibility of contempt if no payments are made.
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Elkton
J. Owen Knotts
Joseph I. France
France
New Windsor
Knotts
Conferences On WPA Funds Are Expected By Congress
Washington reports say Senate and House leaders plan to confer with President Roosevelt on an emergency WPA appropriation after a December 22 disclosure that funds will run dry by February 7. Estimates range from 500 to 750 million, with CIO leader John L. Lewis urging 1 billion for relief through July 1.
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Washington
WPA
Senate
House
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
CIO
Capitol Hill
Congress
Aubrey Williams
Relief Agency
Treasury
Rep
Woodruff
R-Mich
Republican Conference Committee
McNary
Oregon
Wheeler
D-Mont
Walsh
D-Mass
Roosevelt To Deliver In Person Address On January Fourth
Speaker Bankhead announced after a meeting with President Roosevelt that the chief executive would deliver his annual message to Congress in person on January 4. He noted the President would likely send the budget message a day or two later after the speech.
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Washington
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Congress
Warm Springs
Japs Soon Be No More Opines Chang Yung Foo at Millwood
Chang Yung Foo, a Chinese native, spoke at F P C Peffer store in Millwood, predicting Japanese forces will be ousted. He insisted Japan’s advance will reverse and urged reliance on headlines to gauge events while noting China’s suffering.
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Chang Yung Foo
Millwood Chinese
Millwood
FP. C. Peffer
China
Chang
Consolve Estate
Demands From Germany For Apology Rejected By U S
London reports say about 1 000 arrests occurred in insurgent Spain in a spy hunt linked to the case of the dirty shirt found in Harold Goodman the British vice consul at San Sebastian. Burgos said documents intended to warn enemies of Nationalist Spain were found in Goodman's valise. Washington begun searching for more than 1 500 missing American passports from volunteers killed or fighting for Barcelona government.
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London
Spain
Harold Goodman
San Sebastian
Irun
Foreign Ministry
Burgos
Valise
France
Francisco Franco
Washington
State Department
Barcelona
Franco
Cooperation Debate Shapes Pan American Defense Rift
In Lima the Pan American conference wrestles with rival defense plans as Argentina withdraws support from the majority declaration and pushes a separate text. U S Secretary Hull, Peru's Carlos Concha, and Brazil's Afranio Mello Franco seek a settlement amid warnings of excluding Argentina.
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Andrue Berding
Lima
Peru
Americas
United States
Argentina
Afranio Mello Franco
Hull
Carlos Concha
Mello Franco
Concha
Pedro Manini Rios
America
Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shop Pre-Christmas Sale
Sale notice announces reduced prices on shoes at Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop. Fragment indicates continued listing on page 2 column 6 with a pre Christmas promotion.
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Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shop
Boys Guests Of Rotary Club Enjoy Christmas Dinner
Thirty eight Winchester boys were treated to a Christmas party by the Rotary Club. They dined on a turkey dinner with trimmings enjoyed a Mickey Mouse film and received oranges and candy gifts. The event featured Reverend Ronald S. Wilson reading a Christmas spirit selection and Rotary members mingled with the youths afterward.
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Winchester
Rotary Club
Ronald S. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Col. C. Seymour Bullock
Rotary International
E. E. Keister
Strasburg
James Yates
Jack Zimmerman
Julian Anderson
Iher Boyce
Charles Boyd
Robert Breedon
Johnny Combs
Charles Lee
James Curry
Eunice Punk
Roy Funk
David Jenkins
Johnny Lauck
Roger Mahoney
Ralph Wisecarver
Jack Whitlock
Eugene Miller
Charles Racey
Nolan Schrader
Robert Schrader
Donald Scruggs
Pittman Delivers Personal Fact Statement on Global Governments
Senator Pittman says in a personal statement that Americans do not like the governments of Japan or Germany and oppose dictatorial or communist forms. He asserts the right to enforce morality and justice in peace treaties and notes the government will not rely on military force unless necessary.
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Washington
Pittman
D-Ney
Japan
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Welles rejects Germany's demand for apology over Ickes speech
Sumner Welles announced the United States rejected Germany's request for an official apology for Ickes' Cleveland speech. He told Hans Thomsen the German government should know its policy had shocked American public opinion, and implied broad condemnation of German authorities and press actions.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Germany
Ickes
Cleveland
Wilson
Roosevelt
Thomson
Welles
Thomsen
Morgenthau Seeks Extension For Stabilization Fund
Secretary Morgenthau announced he would ask Congress to extend the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund beyond its June expiry. He left the duration open to Congress and called the fund a vital adjunct of the treasury, noting its origin in 1933 to stabilize the dollar against foreign currencies.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
Stabilization Fund
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Gov. Price
D. J. Howard
Middletown League
Gift Headquarters
Paul Poston
Aon
Miller's Drug Store
U. S
Wells
Hans Thomsen
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