Winchesters Thriving Christmas Trade Boosts Merchants
Merchants in Winchester report a boom in holiday sales with gains of 12 to 35 percent across departments from luxury to necessities. Drug stores and ladies apparel show notable rises, while manufacturing delays limited supply. Parcel post and express shipments rise as wage increases and bonuses signal improving conditions.
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Winchester
Parcel Post
Express
Frederick County
Virginia
Major strikes ease in autos while alumina walkouts persist
Associated Press reports one major automotive strike ends as aluminum workers accept terms to end a 14 day walkout. Other auto plants in Racine Kansas City Pittsburgh and Ottawa continue sit downs and picketing, with talks urged to resolve the maritime dispute affecting about 40,000 workers.
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Associated Press
Detroit
United Automobile
Racine
Wis
Automobile Workers
J. S. Case Company
Atlanta, Ga
General Motors Corporation
Kansas City
General Motors
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libbey-Owens- Ford Company
Toledo
Ohio
Ottawa
Aluminum Corporation of America
San Francisco
Perkins
Double Rites For a Couple in New Windsor MD
Preparations for a double funeral in New Windsor for Herbert W. Smelser and his wife following their deaths in a Rockingham North Carolina automobile accident. The 19 year old husband and 21 year old wife were buried after their car left the highway, plunging into a pond. Driver Percy Stutts was injured in the other vehicle. The couple, en route to New Windsor for the holidays, had connections to Gilman School Princeton Alabama and were returning from St Petersburg Florida.
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New Windsor
Herbert W. Smelser
Lesles Smelser
Rockingham
N. C
North Carolina
Smelser
Percy Stutts
Smelsers
Young Smelser
Gilman School
Princeton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
St. Petersburg
Fla
Merry Christmas and New Year Greeting from Hodgson & Brown
A holiday message from Hodgson and Brown Jewelers of Winchester Virginia expresses appreciation for customer support during the year and wishes a merry Christmas and a happy new year. The message appears in a December 24 publication.
Shooting Match at Berryville Pike Parlor
A local event titled Shooting Match occurs at Daddy Haymaker s Beer Parlor on Berryville pike all day Friday and Saturday December 25 and 26 featuring live fowls of all kinds.
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Daddy Haymaker’s Beer Parlor
Berryville Pike
Square Dance Golden Slipper Event Aimed for Dec 8
New management at a local venue announces a square dance titled Golden Slipper scheduled for Saturday night December 8. The card notes location on the left side and includes a reference to ticket or lane details.
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214
Spain Counts Her War Dead in Christmas Toll
Fascist gunners shelled central Madrid again today, scattering Christmas shoppers and damaging the tele phone building and stores. Across the nation Spaniards counted dead maimed and starved as religious leaders and Pope Pius XI urged an end to the war with pleas for peace.
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Madrid
Gran Via
Spain
Pope Pius XI
Rome
Christmas market at Shawnee Slaughter House
On Xmas Day at Shawnee Slaughter House, starting 9 a m, sale of turkeys chickens geese and pigs conducted by R C Clem and Robert Eagle for the listed event.
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Shawnee Slaughter House
R. C. Clem
Robert Eagle
Christmas garbage collection schedule change
Garbage will not be collected on Christmas Day. Friday’s collection will be moved to Saturday due to the holiday.
Star to Not Publish Friday on Christmas Day
The Star will not publish on Friday December 25 Christmas Day due to the national holiday.
White House Yule Program Overflowing
The White House holiday program overflows as President Roosevelt advances Dickens reading of Tiny Tim and Scrooge. Mrs Roosevelt helps distribute 1700 baskets to needy children and the LaFayette Arkansas community tree is lit. The White House plans a 7:30 p.m. Christmas dinner with turkey and festive fixes.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Tiny Tim
Old Scrooge
First Lady
Salvation Army
Ark
Quintin Paredes
Philippines
Shirley Temple at Hable's Palace Today and Friday
Parents escort children to Hable's Palace to see Shirley Temple in her finest picture running today and Friday.
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Hable’s Palace
Shirley Temple
For Sale 1935 Ford Coupe With Guarantee
For sale one 1935 Ford Coupe with new car guarantee listed by Hughes Motor Co. at price 450 dollars.
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Hughes Motor Co
Santa Claus Arrives for Community Christmas Program
All is ready for the Christmas program at 7 30 this evening with carols by the city choirs directed by Floyd Haines at the courthouse plaza. Handley band will escort Santa from the airport to the courthouse as Rev R B Nelson and Rev George Earl Owen participate.
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Santa Claus
Floyd Haines
Loudoun Street
Rouss Avenue
Santa
Handley Band
McIlwee
Andrew Bell
R. B. Nelson
George Earl Owen
Euterpian Club
Chanters
Old Dominion Chorus
St. Nick
Plan for government crop insurance backed by administration
Washington December 24 The administration bills propose government directed crop insurance to cover drought flood hall insects and other hazards similar to 1938 protections Farmers growing cotton corn and other grains would seek coverage after Roosevelt reviews the report and submits it to Congress Premiums in the wheat proposal would be paid in bushels per acre and the government would cover yield shortfalls if losses fall below half or three fourths of normal but price declines would not be insured Decisions on premiums losses and similar details would be set by farmer committees with state and agriculture department approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Sarah Churchill Weds Vic Oliver in City Hall Ceremony
New York December 24. Burnished haired Sarah Churchill and descendant of the Seventh Duke of Marlborough married Vic Oliver, night club master of ceremonies and comedian, in the clerk's office at city hall. They plan to sail on the Aquitania for London, a miniature Christmas tree in their cabin. The bride said her father cabled blessings with heartfelt wishes.
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New York
Sarah Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
City Hall
Vic Oliver
London
Bethlehem Nativity Procession Amid War Scars
In Bethlehem on Christmas Eve a subdued crowd watched the Latin patriarch lead a procession to the nativity grotto and church of St Catherine under watchful soldiers and wary pilgrims. Six months of Arab-Jewish conflict linger as looting and banditry shadowed Holy Land life.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Rachel
Holy Land
Sudan
Europe
America
Church of St. Catherine
Palestine
Cuba Names Laredo Bru President After Gomez Ousted
Cuba’s Senate impeaches President Miguel Mariano Gomez over a sugar tax bill and army school program, voting 22 to 12 to remove him. Vice President Frederico Laredo Bru advances automatically as Batista’s power struggle fuels fears of a dictatorship.
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Miguel Gomez
Edmund A. Chester
Havana
Frederico Laredo Bru
Senate
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Gomez
Island Republic
Col
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Laredo Bru
House of Representatives
Intensive Hunts Fail To Locate Missing Planes
Baffled ground searchers in Spokane and Utah pressed an aerial hunt for nine people aboard two Western Air transports. One wrecked plane in North Idaho had two pilots. another in Utah carried seven. Four Marine Corps planes joined from San Diego as ground teams and officials extended the search with snowbound difficulty.
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Spokane
Wash
Western Air
Northwest Airlines
North
Idaho
Milehigh Cemetery Ridge
Utah
Western Air Express
Marine Corps
San Diego
Virginia State Horse Show Society May Disband
Manly W. Carter president of the Virginia State Horse Show Association said the organization contemplates disbanding in January. He notes about 20 members and that the association is ruled by the American Horse Show Association. Secretary F. D. Gaskins says Virginians feel it futile to pay fees to both bodies.
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Orange
Manly W. Carter
Virginia State Horse Show Association
Carter
American Horse Show Association
F. D. Gaskins
Warrenton
Palace Party Is A Success
Three thousand and eighty nine children from Winchester and Frederick county crowded the Palace Theatre or stood in the lobby morning to attend the show. Many of the children were ill and could not attend the show, prompting letters from families seeking gifts or help for ill children. Mr Hable issued baskets and delivery instructions as eager youngsters arrived early for the event.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Palace Theatre
Hable Aucckho
Agreed European Security Pact Faces Aggressor Definition Snag
London reports that talks on a new European security pact hit a snag over who defines aggressor nations. German envoy Von Ribbentrop may take the issue to Hitler after Eden argued the League council must define aggressors. Germany wants the same right as France to name aggressors before League action.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
France
League Council
Germany
Eden
League
Iron Wanted and Goods Buy at Winchester Junk Co
Iron wanted paying 35 cents for 100 pounds while shipping. Best prices for all kinds of metal rags hides and furs. Winchester Junk Co 13 ax Lane between Main and Braddcock. A Joyously Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Pure Food Store 12-24 1p 1t
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Winchester Junk Co
Ax Lane
Main & Braddcock
Pure Food Store
Stricken Pope Pius XI Appeals for Peace and Defense
In a Christmas Eve message from Vatican City, Pope Pius XI spoke from his bed of suffering to beseech God for peace and for defense against evil forces, condemning communism and urging unity of good will. He referenced Spain and the danger to European civilization, his voice faltering but fervent during the 29 minute address.
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Andrue
Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Spain
Europe
Vatican
Nazi Germany
Holy See
Chrisy
Buenos Res
Chuck and Rays Beer Christmas Sale Notice
Christmas day sale set for December 25 1936 at Surrhyside one mile north of Winchester on Rt 7 from 10 a.m. Prizes include chickens turkeys and geese. L. F. McDonald reported.
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Surrhyside
Winchester
Turkeys Geese and Poultry Prizes Announced at Lat December Event
An old notice lists prizes including turkeys chickens geese and shoots with distances 244 miles east of Winchester and time 12 M. attributed to J. C. Kelchner.
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Winchester
J. C. Kelchner
Gas Company Notice Listed
A brief public notice from a gas company appears with an encoded or partial date and reference code 12-24-lp-lt, indicating a scheduled action or filing to be clarified in a full notice.
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the Gas Company
Ramsey Property to be Sold at Noon Saturday
The Thomas Ramsey property at No 668 North Main Street will be sold at noon Saturday in front of the courthouse.
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North Main Street
Christmas Holiday Closure Notice
We will be closed on Friday and Saturday December 25th and 2th for the Christmas Holidays. We thank customers for their patronage and wish a joyful Christmas season and a prosperous New Year. Winchester Day Cleaning Works and Front Royal Branch Office Front Royal VA.
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Winchester Day Cleaning Works
Winchester
Front
Royal
Front Royal
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Batista
IS Real
Show Society
Assocated Press
Pope Pius X
Hitler
Pontiff
Chuck & Ray’s Beer
L. F. McDonald
Thomas Ramsey
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