Middletown League Plans Book Repairs and School Improvements
The Middletown Community League voted to purchase binding and repair materials for 200 volumes to be done by NYA workers in Winchester. A rear school light was approved for parking, with funds summary showing over 54 dollars spent and 34 dollars remaining. Committees were formed to raise more money and plan future purchases, including new books and auditorium seating.
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Middletown
H. Dennis Hoover
H. 8. Jones
Mae Ginn
Kathryn Watson
Susie D. Wilkins
C. L. Wright
C. G. Wilkins
Taugh
Kathleen Snapp
Cantata The Christmas Star at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
The Mt. Carmel Baptist Church choir presents The Christmas Star cantata this Sunday December 24 at 9 oclock. Soloists include Susie Green Mary J F Green and Alice Weaver altos with Blanche Moten on piano and Charles Reed directing.
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Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Eee
Susie Green
Mary JF. Green
Alice Weaver
Green
Blanche Moten
Charles Reed
Conduct Rites For Auto Victim
Funeral services were held at 2 oclock this afternoon for Barbara Dolores Powell age 4 who died after being struck by an automobile on Wednesday evening. The Assembly of God Church on North Cameron Street hosted the service led by Pastor C H Res. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Nellie Keister Lucille Keister Anna Lee Keister Bever Hey Jean Keister. The driver Benjamin Belchiz faced a coroner's inquest.
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Barbara Dolores Powell
Assembly of God Church
North Cameron Street
Res. C. H
Mount Hebron
Nellie Keister
Lucille Keisiter
Anna Lee Keister
Bever
Jean Keister
Benjamin Belchiz
Phillips denies suppressing ILRB news story at hearing
Phillip G. Phillips, director of the National Labor Relations Board in Cincinnati Ohio, told the house committee he never tried to suppress a news article derogatory to the ILRB.
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Oe Direyor
National Relagions Board
Cincinnati
Yato
Phillip G. Phillips
House Committee
ILRB
Greek Steamer Alikmon Run Ashore Off Cape Henry
The Greek steamer Alikmon of about 4000 tons ran aground 35 miles south of Cape Henry Virginia while bound from Baltimore to Galveston. Coast guardsmen and a cutter planned to assist. The vessel, lacking cargo and drawing 14 feet, departed Baltimore with a newly recalled crew after the original crew declined higher wages.
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Mantec
N. C
Coast Guard
Alikmon
Cape Henry
Baltimore
Galveston
Tex
Vasilius Licanos
Noted Parisian Bridge Wrecked
Paris dispatch reports the St. Louis bridge near Notre Dame collapsed after a heavy barge struck its central arch, killing two and injuring at least three. Gas mains exploded, flames followed, and police battled crowds as investigators cited barge impact and a subsequent explosion.
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Paris
St. Louis
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Seine River
Tre St. Louis
Side de la Cite
British Officer Promoted for U-Boat Feats
London December 22 reports Lieut Comdr E O Bickford of the submarine Salmon promoted to commander for sinking a German submarine and torpedoing two cruisers. The admiralty notes the officer rose from near the bottom of Lt Comdrs over 800 peers, after passing Bremen on December 12. The Leipzig and a heavy cruiser were said to be badly damaged.
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London
E. O. Bickford
Salmon
Daily Express Today
Bickford
Admiralty
Bremen
Leipzig
Argentine Officials Seek Work for Graf Spee Crew
Buenos Aires on December 22 reports officials aim to place more than 1000 interned Graf Spee sailors in ashore jobs. Interior Ministry drafts rules to place crew in restricted zones away from the sea within a week to aid collection of their maintenance.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Graf Spee
Ministry of Interior
Weather delays clippers flights from Lisbon to Baltimore
Unfavorable conditions over the eastern Atlantic delayed the first Pan American clipper's double header from Lisbon. Officials said the planes may depart tomorrow and arrive in Baltimore Sunday if weather improves.
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Baltimore
Atlantic Ocean
Lisbon
Treasury Status Daily Balance and Debt Figures
Treasury figures show December 2 receipts of 27,072,435.76 and expenditures of 24,258,028.93 leaving a net balance of 2,582,810,475.76. Gross debt stands at 41,893,612.20 with an increase of 1,036,837.18 over the prior day.
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Washington
Pavuegary
Fokker Critical After Pneumococcal Meningitis
Anthony H. G. Fokker airplane designer and manufacturer was in an unconscious condition today due to pneumococcal meningitis, his physician said. The report comes from New York on December 22.
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New York
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Duties Toward Finns Reported By Daladier In Paris
Daladier tells the French Chamber that France has performed its duty toward Finns in a measure not inconsiderable, but he offers no details. He cites France’s war with Germany and announces French war casualties up to November, marking the first official casualty figures.
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Paris
France
Pinland
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Roosevelt backs plan for federal built hospitals in poor areas
President Roosevelt proposed a plan for the federal government to build small hospitals in states and counties too poor to fund health facilities. The government would cover all costs if a panel of experts confirmed communities could sustain them financially and medically.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dosinia Reaches Port After Mine Incident
MEETS A MINE LONDON December 22 The 053-ton British oil tanker Dosinia arrived at port today listing after a mine encounter.
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London
Uruguay places guards aboard Tacoma in Montevideo harbor
Uruguayan government placed armed guards aboard the German merchantman Tacoma and detained her in the inner harbor. Informed sources said the action followed Uruguay's rejection of German protests over Graf Spee’s treatment, to prevent a reaction aboard Tacoma which faces internment for participation in the conflict.
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Uruguay
Tacoma
Montevideo
Uruguyan
Graf Spee
Graf Spee Moves After Mine Explosion Prompting Lifeboat Evacuation
The German pocket battleship Graf Spee altered course following a mine explosion. A lifeboat accompanying the ship evacuated about 40 crew members to safety as officials assess the damage and continued operations.
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Graf Spee
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NLRB
Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Orion
Arrow
Port Everglades
Fla
Admiral Graf Spee
River Plate
Central Press
Fokker Worse
United
United Stores
United Food Stores
Johnny-on
Hahn
the Flower Shop
E. Piccadilly St
Melanie
Olivia de Havilland
James Stewart
Chamber of Commerce
Evelyn Early
RCA Victor
Bluebird
Columbia
Brunswick
Decca
Vocalion
Boehm System
Bethoven
Miles Music Coles
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Loudean
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