Continued hearing in tax and license case against Byard
Timpson man Byard jailed on bond for violating the magazine solicitor ordinance and testifying before Judge Weems. The hearing was continued to tomorrow after Byard, C McVicar, and Sgt Funk testified about bonds and offers of two magazines for 50 cents. The ordinance requires a $200 bond for soliciting magazine subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Byard
Timpson
Texas
Donald Weems
Byard
Funk
Ex-Policeman Guilty in Wife Slaying Case
William H. Buckingham, 67, a former Washington D C policeman, was convicted of murder in the degree for the July 19 fatal shooting of his wife Elizabeth at their Carroll County home. The jury deliberated nearly a day. Buckingham claimed an unknown intruder fired at them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Buckinghams
Yuletide Program at Capon Bridge Christmas Eve Evening
Capon Bridge Church of Christ hosts a Christmas program Friday night at 7 30 featuring a play pantomime recitations and carols. Scripture readings recount the birth of Christ and all are invited to attend for an enjoyable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capon Bridge
Church of Christ
Employment Panel Probes Recession and Unemployment
A congressional committee continues hearings to uncover recession impacts on jobless. Witnesses include John D. Biggers of the unemployment census and Isado Lubin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with reports from John L. Lewis and William Green. Industrial leaders from steel, auto, and textile sectors will be asked to speak on relief capacity and needed emergency aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Biggers
Secret Perkins
Isado Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
John L. Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Greeting From Bethlehem Reaches Winchester Aboard Ship
Thousands exchange Christmas greetings in Winchester as Mrs Maude Miller Pettus and Dr Winston Pettus, visiting Bethlehem, Peiping, and sites around the world, send a card from the Holy City. Pettus plans to join Presbyterian Hospital in New York after returning on February 1. he recently graduated from Yale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Bethlehem
Winston Pettus
Pettus
Maude Miller
Ughter
Edward Miller
Inwood
W. Va
Peiping
China
United States
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Yale University
Celebration of Yale Festival at Red Bud Church
The Red Bud United Brethren Church hosts a Christmas program Sunday at 3 PM. The lineup includes hymns, scripture, prayers, and multiple recitations such as A Warm Welcome by Billy Hart and A Dream by Ralph Linaburg, plus a pantomime While Shepherds Watch Their Flock and duets by Lineburg Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bud United Brethren Church
Billy Hart
Mary Cole
Nelson Linaburg
Mary Lou Hart
Mary Blanche Duke
Wise Men
John Cole
Ralph Linaburg
Bobby Hart
Santa Claus
Dorothy McDonald
Emerson Nelson
Nancy Nelson
Mary Ellen Carter
Leroy Nelson
Lineburg Brothers
Dora May Nelson
Dorothy Nelson
Denny Cole
Laura Nell Obaugh
Ruby Virginia Nelson
Three Injured In Auto Crash Near Kernstown
Three persons were injured in an auto crash near Kernstown last night. Howard McDaniel 27 Kernstown and William Starkey 24 Winchester drove the two cars. Starkey rear ended McDaniel as the latter prepared to turn left. Starkey’s car suffered about 150 dollars damage McDaniel’s about 50 dollars. Mrs M McCarty suffered cuts bruises and shock Mrs McDaniel bruises and shock Mr Starkey cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown
Howard McDaniel
William Starkey
Winchester
Starkey
McDonald
McDonald's
M. McCarty
McDan
Mrs Roosevelt Flies To Seattle Christmas Visit
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt flies to Seattle Washington by airplane for a surprise Christmas visit to her daughter Mrs John Boettiger and family. Most of the Roosevelt clan planned a White House Christmas but Mrs Boettiger travels due to an illness in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seattle
Wash
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
White House
Clipper Takes Second Survey Flight Toward NZ Service
The Samoan Clipper launched its second survey flight toward Auckland from Honolulu at 6 36 am local time. Captain Edwin C Musick piloted the 1067 mile leg to Kingman Reef as part of a 3410 mile route to test regular Hawaii to New Zealand service.
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Honolulu
South Seas
Auckland
Hawaii
New Zealand
Edwin C. Musick
Kingman Reef
Pago Pago
Samoa
New Word For Us To Ponder
In Charleston West Virginia families keep refrigerators on back porches and kids roam collecting any food or drink left in them. This practice reveals local habits of scavenging and resourcefulness amid sparse household resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Postmaster Tackles Mail Mix Up At Apartment
Local post office intervened at an apartment house after complaints of mixed up mail. An officer stood watch and recovered misrouted letters. Children were involved in the confusion as mail was redistributed amid a tense moment with a 3 year old objecting to his card being taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Slaving Charged In Pittsburgh Transport to Alliance
A United States commissioner held two men and a woman for court today on charges of transporting girls from Pittsburgh to Alliance Ohio for immoral purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States
Alliance
Mrs. Laura Whitacre Dies Aged 71
Mrs. Laura Whitacre of Martinsburg West Virginia died yesterday at age 71. She is survived by her husband C J Whitacre and five children Oliver DeHaven Holmes Whitacre Carter Luttrell Luther De Haven and Mrs Holiday plus a sister and four brothers. Funeral services are set for Sunday with burial at Chestnut Grove Virginia after services at the Holiday home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Whitacre
C. J. Whitacre
Siler
New York Avenue
Martinsburg
W. Va
Whitacre
Oliver DeHaven
Cross Junction
Holmes Whitacre
Bunker Hill
Carter Luttrell
White Hall
Luther DeHaven
Big Pool
Mda
Alvin Holiday
Chestnut Grove
Baltimore Markets Report Mixed Cattle Hogs and Poultry Prices
Baltimore and Philadelphia market notes show cattle steady to dull with steers 7.30 to 8.75 and cows 3.75 to 5.00, hogs mostly 35 cents higher, sheep steady, fat lambs firm. Christmas observance suspends trading Saturday. extensive listings cover poultry, eggs, butter, prices for regional grain, and feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
USDA
Philadelphia
Virginia
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Dept. Agri
Ang&s
Local Markets The Star notes market corrections
Local markets section appears daily with corrections but Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. The brief reminds readers corrections may appear in subsequent editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Brief Reads Oddly Fractured
Fragmentary OCR notes show a local wholesale market item with prices for two bags per order and a double quantity. The legible data include a few numbers and references to bags and pricing, but details are incomplete.
Stock Market Slips Before Holiday Quiet Sessions
New York trading closed with the market generally lower as holidays reduced activity. Losses extended to three or more points at the worst, with bids waning and many offers withdrawn while buyers waited for better opportunities. Rail stock holders remained confident the Interstate Commerce Commission will approve freight-rate boosts, even as last week’s car loading figures fell to under 600 000 due to peak crop shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Special Christmas Services Tomorrow at Centenary Reformed Church
Christmas observances begin tomorrow at 11 p m with Adoration of the Nativity as the theme. Congregation members invite the public to attend and worship. School children present their annual Christmas program at 6 p m on Christmas Day with several unusual features promised for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenary Reformed Church
Ual
Death of John Taylor at 23 in Winchester
John Clayton Taylor aged 23 died at 24 West Southwerk Street at 4 30 this morning from pneumonia. Son of the late William Taylor and Mrs Taylor he lived in Winchester and worked at a local billiard room. Funeral Sunday at 3 from Irvin Taylor 402 North Kent Street with Rev George Waters officiating and Mount Hebron Cemetery burial. Pallbearers named. Survived by mother and brothers Arthur Irvin Robert Charles and sisters Beulah Calvert Ruth Lane Anne Lee Taylor. Remains at Jones Funeral Home pending rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clayton Taylor
West Southwerk Street
Mr. Taylor
William Taylor
Taylor
Winchester
Irvin Taylor
North Kent Street
George Waters
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Russell Oates
Vincent Hollar
Gus Noonan
Howard Grim
Lewis Dunn
H. B. Kern
Arthur
Irvin
Robert
Charles Taylor
Beulah Calvert
Baltimore
Mabel Lane
Ruth Taylor
Anne Lee Taylor
Jones Funeral Home
Cigarette Output Tops Record in November Amid Stock Drift
Officials report cigarette production reached a new high in November for the eighteenth straight month. Foreign exchange moved with sterling at 4.9916 dollars and the French franc at 3.3978 cents. Selected stock prices quoted at 2 p m show notable values for Am Can Am Rad Anaconda and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. Chem
Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
A. T. and
Anaconda
B. and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Cigar
Elec
Genl
Motors
Grain futures slip despite cuts in world supply estimates
Chicago traders closed wheat and corn futures lower after world supply estimates were cut by 29 million bushels from a month earlier. Wheat prices ended Dec contracts at 94 5-8 to 3-4 cents, May at 91 4 to 3-4, July 85 1-8. Corn finished Dec at 68 1-8, May 59 3-8 to 1-2, July 59 3-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service At Christ Church
Impressive Christmas Program planned at Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester features a candlelight service at 11 30 PM on Christmas Eve with readings and carols. The Easter style rites, choir and congregation join in processions and Holy Communion on Christmas Day and the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
Brown
van Boskerck
Jubillate
Stults
Kyrie
Bridgewater
Anom
Ruebush
Santos
Camidge
Herald Angels
Episcopal Choir
Nelson Page
Richard E. Griffith
Hunter Gaunt
Peachy Hockman
Elizabeth Barr
Aloise Brill
Willie Mae Brumback
F. H. Buckley
Mary Louise Sartelle
Fenton Nelson
Bentley Thomas
Philip Williams
Joseph Haines
Joseph Thomas
Osmar Swanson
Joseph Hodgson
J. P. Hayley
Virginia Avenue Center To Close
The regular Friday evening meeting of the Virginia Avenue Community Center is canceled tomorrow due to Christmas Eve. It will resume next week with special holiday features on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Avenue Community Center
Fatal Clash Near Tiberias In Holy Land
British officials report eleven Arabs killed and one captured in a battle west of Tiberias between a large terrorist band and Trans-Jordan frontier police. Royal Air Force planes cooperated with the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tiberias
Royal Air Force
Grain and futures prices from Chicago and Baltimore markets
The report lists futures quotes for oats soybeans rye and wheat in Chicago with Dec May and July contracts and cash grain quotes in Baltimore. It shows No 2 red winter wheat at 96 1/4 cents and yellow corn at 55 cents per bushel with deliveries at mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aera
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester Grain Market
Orchid Club Christmas Program At John Mann Church
The Orchid Club a Sunshine Play division presents a candlelight ice tonight at 8 15 at John Mann Church Cork Street. Young girls aged ten to fourteen will sing carols and recite, with younger members contributing. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchid Club
John Mann
Cork Street
Sunshine Play Organization
A J Whisner Succumbs To Second Stroke
Andrew J Whisner 72 retired railroad man died at his nephew R C Blackburns home on National Avenue yesterday afternoon after a second paralytic stroke He had first stroke ten days earlier Born in Morgantown West Virginia he spent most of his life with Western Maryland Railroad Company in Cumberland His wife Dora Ellis is dead He leaves three brothers three sisters and one nephew Services will be held at Stines Funeral Home Cumberland Friday at 2 30 PM and burial follows beside his wife
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Whisner
R. C. Blackburn
National Avenue
Mr. Whisner
Morgantown
W. Va
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Cumberland
Dora Ellis
West Virginia
Arthur
Sidney
Millard
Ora Blackburn
Relia Huffman
Baltimore
Ada Hollar
Philadelphia
Methodist
Stines Funeral Home
Gas Well Afire in Los Angeles Tower Blazes At 200 Feet
A 200 foot gas-well tower in the El Segundo oil field roared with flames. Experts planned a dynamite push to extinguish the blaze and end the dangerous outburst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
el Segundo
Public Sale of Dr Smoke Real Estate
Special Commissioners announce a public auction in Winchester Virginia for two parcels from the Edgar I Smoke versus Ethel Westwater case. Lot 1 is 228 acres with improvements and Lot 2 is about one acre in White Hall with a residence. Bid terms require one third cash and two equal annual installments with deed of trust and insurance. sale date December 31 1937 at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar I. Smoke
Ethel S. Westwater
Circuit Court
Frederick County
County Court
Winchester
Frederick
County
Dr. Smoke
White Hall
Herbert
Larrick
Charles R. Bet
Russell Cather
C. I. Brumback
Evergreens Demand Surges Amid Seasonal Trade
A morning rendezvous of tree dealers notes high demand for evergreens and spruces as 125 trees are moved from West Virginia to a nearby store. Dealers cite costs of 10 cents per piece plus hauling and delivery with prices ranging from 25 cents upward. mistletoe is scarce in the local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Kiracofe Wins The Sweepstakes At Health Center Bowling
Jessie Kiracofe tops the mid winter sweepstakes with a 615 in the final five game block, totaling 1248 for ten games. Russell LaFollette, J Romick and others follow with high individual scores as prizes list 30 to 2 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Kiracofe
Health Center
Mr. Kiracore
Russell LaFollette
J. Romick
Romick
M. Lichliter
J. Scully
C. Funhouser
C. Mathews
P. Glaize
Scully
H. Funkhouser
Hawthorne
Free Christmas Trees Offered To Needy By Local Club
The George W. Clowser Transfer at 213 North Loudoun Street offers no cost Christmas trees to families in need. Trees are available to those who call for them tomorrow, with distribution arranged by the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Clowser
North
Loudoun Street
Union Service At Mt Carmel Set For 6 A M
Union Christmas services will be held at Mt Carmel F B Church Rev W N Holt of John Mann ME Church will deliver the sermon at the early service Saturday morning at 6 o clock A song and praise meeting will precede the worship Choirs are to unite and render carols A cordial welcome awaits everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Gainesboro M E Church South Services Notice
Gainesboro Charge M E Church South announces Sunday worship at Old Bethel with a sermon by Rev Meridith DeHaven at 11 a m and Sunday School at 10 a m Pine Grove preaches at 7 30 p m with a sermon by Rev Meridith DeHaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred, Crowe
Old Bethel
Meridith
Hable's Palace Opens With Border Cafe and Jungle Menace
Harry Carey John Beal and Harry Armida star in Border Cafe at Hable's Palace Theatre Friday only. Bullets spoke louder than words yet words were silk as danger and romance unfold on the border. Supplementary feature Jungle Menace runs with a comedy and cartoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Carey
John Beal
Harry Armida
Hable’s Palace Theatre
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