Hopkins Named Commerce Secretary Amid WPA Scrutiny
President Roosevelt appointed Harry L. Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce with Francis Harrington chosen to head the WPA and Aubrey Williams named National Youth Administrator. The move drew Republican criticism of WPA spending and prospects of Senate confirmation amid calls for investigation into WPA activity.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Francis Eo. Harrington
WPA
Aubrey Williams
White House
Williams
NYA
Hopkins
Davis
D-Pa
Commerce Department
Harry
Pennsylvanian
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Iowa
Otha Earin
Gillette
Senate
Commerce Committee
Bailey
DNC
King
Utah
Harrington
Nye
R-Nd
Gia
Logan
D-Ky
Winchester sees 1938 building boom with 109 664 value
Despite the recession era, Winchester reports 1938 construction costs totaling 385 815 up from 176 065 in 1933 and 209 750 in 1935. December permits amount to 19 500 for two dwellings on Highland and a dwelling on Morgan Street plus sheds. Several new subdivisions arose, with homes sold or rented.
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Winchester
Cannel
Frank Clevenger
Highland Avenue
Tom D. Halterman
Morgan Street
A. C. Oates
Negro Drive
Lupton Orchard San North Loudoun
Ellis Tevalt
South Loudoun
S. L. Haymaker
Orchard Avenue
Thousands Attend Palace Theatre Christmas Party
The Palace Theatre hosted Herman Hable’s annual Christmas party drawing about 3,100 inside and an estimated 3,500 including those turned away. Families from Winchester and Frederick County received gifts as three cartoons and two comedies entertained the crowd, with large crates of oranges and toys distributed.
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Santa Claus
Palace Theatre
Herman H. Hable
Winchester
Frederick
Budget Hearing Reminder For Citizens In Winchester
A public budget hearing is scheduled for Thursday January 12. City council members will present the budget in detail and citizens may request changes at the hearing, which is the sole chance to affect the budget before it becomes law.
Shooting Match near Gainesboro on Route 7 prizes Turkey Cheese Guinea Chickens
Shooting match set for Monday December 26 at 10 a.m. one mile west of the city on Route 7 Gainesboro road. Prizes include turkeys cheese guinea fowl and chickens. Organizer L. F. McDonald.
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Gainesboro Road
L. F. McDonald
Glass Urges Turning Relief Back to States Despite Opposition
Senator Glass criticizes a $1,000,000,000 WPA relief request as shocking and proposes returning relief to state and local governments. He notes Hopkins may leave WPA and hints at Cabinet consideration. Glass doubts Congress will reverse the federal relief approach.
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Virginia
William B. Ardery
Glass
DVA
Senate Appropriations Committee
John L. Lewis
CIO
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
WPA
Roper
Senator Glass
Congress
White Christmas Hits Eight States As Storm Sweeps South
Snow and cold weather from a Canadian storm bring a white Christmas to at least eight states. Two traffic deaths are linked to the blizzard in Illinois and Minnesota, while New York and Ohio report snow and delays. Air travel between New York and Chicago halts amid heavy conditions.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Middle West
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Nebraska
Cleveland
Illinois
Minnesota
Rockies
Atlanta Seaboard
Ster
Minneapolis
Duluth
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan Peninsula
Christmas Dinner at Bill Baker's Restaurant
Full course dinner advertised for 50 cents. Bill Baker's Restaurant promotes hearty portions and value. The notice mentions PURE FOOD STORE and a holiday menu detailing substantial food for shoppers.
Turkey dinner special at White Palace Restaurant
A turkey dinner with all the trimmings offered at White Palace Restaurant. The listing notes a price of 75 cents and a date code 12-23-1p-21.
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White Palace
Haines’ Marble Yard
City Fruit Market
Fruit Telegraph Delivery Service
President lauds Senator Glass on Federal Reserve Act anniversary
President Roosevelt and other leaders honor Senator Carter Glass of Virginia during the twenty fifth anniversary of the Federal Reserve Act. A bronze plaque with Glass likeness is unveiled in the Federal Reserve Board building as Glass expresses heartfelt gratitude amid letters from Roosevelt and McAdoo and a speech by Rep. Stagall.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rine
Sena’ Assa Virgins
Federal Reserve Board
Wiliam G. McAdoo
Senator Glass
Virginia
Transportation Board Urged To Regulate All Transport Modes
A presidential committee on railroads recommended creating a transportation board to oversee all transport modes, revise ICC rate rules, and apply a unified rule across modes. It urged abolishing the long and short haul clause and establishing a court for railroad reorganizations, freeing the ICC from consolidation plans while letting carriers pursue initiatives with board approval.
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Washington
Transportation Board
Carr
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Offices to Close for Christmas City Observes Holiday Monday
City offices will close Monday for Christmas along with the City Clerk and County Clerk offices. County Agent Stine offices shut Saturday and Monday. Handley Library and post office close. All four banks shut. No Winchester Evening Star issue that date.
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Smith
Brannon
Stine
Handley Library
Winchester Evening Star
Hemispheric Defense Plan In Turbulent Conference
Pan American conference braces for western hemisphere solidarity and defense as Latin American leaders reportedly draft a joint declaration. Disputes arise over whether an accord exists after Dr Carlos Concha announced an agreement while Argentine and Brazilian delegates dispute the claim.
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Lima
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Roberto Ortiz
Buenos Aires
Alfredo Baldomir
Montevideo
Oswaldo Oranha
Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Concha
Peru
United
Afranio Mello Franco
Expects Pope To Get TVA Office
Representative Rankin predicts Senator Pope will be appointed to the TVA board vacancy created by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan's removal. Pope loses renomination and retires from the Senate in January. Rankin, co author of the TVA act, made the statement in Washington.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
Pope
D-Ida
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Tydings Fears Potential War Return
Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland warned in New York that another war seems not unlikely in the next year or two. He added that people are hopeful it can be postponed and that the world would be lucky to miss another great catastrophe.
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New York
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Europe
Newcomers In Congress Learn Positions Amid Big GOP Hopes
The new Republican wave brings 170 House members and 23 Republicans in the Senate. New arrivals mingle as they prepare for the January session. Kean hosts a cocktail, Reed seeks an office, and Gavels loom as the Capitol gears up for order.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
William Tyler Page
House Republicans
Congress
Senate
Robert W. Kean
Hamilton F. Kean
George W. Gille
Indiana
de M. Reed
Kansas
Capitol
David Lynn
E. S. Kenyon
Kenyon
Garner
Speaker Bankhead
Diplomats Debate Potential Break in German-American Ties
Berlin reports two Nazi dailies warn of rupture and abrogation of relations after Harold L. Ickes denunciations of Nazi treatment of Jews. Welles rejects apology demand. officials predict an official statement soon as the dispute widens.
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Rudolf Josten
Berlin
Harold L. Ickes
United States
Sumner Welles
Ickes
Welles
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
H. L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior of
The
Sheriff Hunts For Stills Along Paddy Run
Sheriff John Bywaters and Deputy Bob DeHaven discovered another illicit still beyond Star Tannery on Paddy Run near Vances Cove. A 75 gallon still casing with cap and worm hidden rocks yielded a keg of liquor. no arrests were made.
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John Bywaters
Bob DeHaven
Heltzel
ABC
Winchester
Vance’s Cove
Paddy Run
Star Tannhery
Explosion rattles 50 story Irving Trust building in Manhattan
An afternoon blast in the Irving Trust building at 1 Pall Street shook the 50 story skyscraper but caused no injuries and negligible damage. The event sparked panic among Wall Street workers recalling the 1920 J P Morgan disaster, until investigators confirmed an electrical transformer on the 21st story setback exploded.
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New York
Financial District
Irving Trust
No. 1
Pall Street
Wall
Firemen Quell Small Blaze at Winton Popes Home
Firemen answered a call at 314 South Kent Street about 2 PM to extinguish an incipient fire at the residence of Winton Pope. Little damage was reported to the property.
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Winton Pope
South Kent Street
Christmas Eve Listings at The Plaza and Local Shops
At The Plaza on December 24 shoppers find holiday offers and events as local merchants promote specials. Firestone Auto Supply features tire balances and car services, while Hodgeson & Brown host Santa Claus on Xmas Eve night.
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Santa Claus
Hodgson & Brown
Twenty Rescued From Stricken Norwegian Freighter
Twenty persons including two women were rescued from the disabled Smaragd in the gale swept Atlantic about 600 miles east of New York. The Schodack reported all hands including the captain safely aboard after a night of anxiety. Smaragd, bound from Norfolk to Fort William, sprang a leak and sought aid.
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New York
Smaragd
Atlantic
Shhowy Helown
Radio Man Corporation
Schodack
Clifton Smith
Norfolk
Fort William
Scotland
North Atlantic
France
Elizabeth Cueno
Haugesund
Norway
A. S. Trygg
Rebels Claiming Great Victories in Catalonia Front
Zaragoza dispatches report insurgent high command saying government lines in Catalonia broke under a heavy onslaught. Franco forces, marching through snow, attacked near the Segre river and Tremp, aiming to reach Barcelona as government resistance faltered.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Catalonia
Francisco Franco
Bourg- Madame
France
Segre
Tremp
Barcelona
Franco
Tarra
State Dept Holds Rupture Talk As Premature
Washington observers discuss possible rupture in German American relations while the State Department calls such talk premature. The US rejected a German protest over Ickes speech and voiced no new steps unless forced by Germany. Senator King urged protecting American petroleum interests seized by Mexico amid reports of German access to Mexican oil.
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United States
America
Germany
Judah
Henry
Ickes
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
National Zeitung of
Essen
Coster-Musica
Coster
State Department
King
Department
Senate
Congress
Welles
Safety slogan from Langley
Edgar A. Langley, retired B and O locomotive engineer, offers a daily safety message. Drive carefully and watch out for yourself and others as The Star publishes slogans each day until Christmas.
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Edgar A. Langley
B. and
Jones Florist Christmas Stock for Cemetery Adornments
Christmas boxes for the cemetery and seasonal decor such as potted poinsettias and primroses, wreaths, and four editions. Jones Florist at 137 West Water Street lists phone number 511 for orders.
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Jones Florist
W. Water St
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Byrd
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Sckes
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
Moling & Cather
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Tng
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D.-Nev
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