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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1937

Page

2

Frederick County Teachers Endorse 3-Point Program

A Frederick County mass meeting of teachers and citizens adopts a resolution endorsing the Virginia Education Association 3-point program. The resolution calls for a minimum nine month school year with at least 720 dollars salary, sound retirement law, and free state textbooks. Copies will go to Carter Glass Harry Byrd A Willis Robertson T Russell Cather E Blackburn Moore, Winchester Evening Star and Northern Virginia Daily.

Frederick County Virginia Education Association R. E. Ayler Stephens City Frederick County Teachers’ Association Congress General Assembly Handley Library Winchester Carter Glass Harry F. Byrd A. Willis Robertson T. Russell Cather E. Blackburn Moore Winchester Evening Star Northern Virginia Daily Robert E. Ayler Robert A. Wall Orville Wake Paul E. Behrens

Ford to Fight NLRB Decision Over 29 Unions Discharged

Ford Motor Company announced it would appeal the NLRB ruling to reinstate 29 workers and end what the board called company domination of a plant union. Attorney Louis Colombo said the timing of the appeal would depend on further steps, as police arrested 286 union members at the Dearborn plant while distributing literature.

National Labor Relations Board Ford Motor Company U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Louis Colombo, Sr Ford Labor Board NLRB Dearborn Mich United Automobile Workers’ Union

Winchester Gun Club New Year Shoot Delayed to Saturday

The Winchester Gun Club plans a New Year’s shoot next Saturday at Rouss Spring Park. Prizes include hams, turkeys, chickens, and merchandise across clay target and still target events. Shooters are classified by score with prizes to about one in five entrants. Guns will be provided for those without equipment.

Winchester Gun Club I' Adhance Perce Rouss Spring Park

City Budget Hearing Set for Thursday Night

The annual public hearing on the budget will be held Thursday at 5 30 p m in City Hall after the council adopted the budget on Tuesday December 14 The proposed 21 capital improvements costing 64430 may face questioning with the finance committee noting inclusion would raise the tax rate by 66 cents The budget assumes a 120 rate yielding 290000 with 38491 from the surplus.

Pital Council Herman Hable

Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Crunch Prices

Baltimore market reports mixed movement with fruit and produce notes. Livestock prices show weakness for hogs cattle calves and sheep amid unsettled demand, while Chicago bids reflect similar softening with steers heifers and lambs trading lower.

Chicago U. S. Dept. Agri

Stock Market Slump Areas Stocks Amid Year End Tax Selloff

New York stock market shows weakness across steel aircraft and armament shares as year end tax selling and government recession concerns depress brokers. Among movers, industrial leaders drop 1 to over 5 points while currency rates ease with sterling at 4.993. Frs and notes list provides prices for major names including American Can Am Trust Bethlehem Chrysler General Electric General Motors Packard U S Steel and Woolworth among others.

New York Robert H. Jackson Washington Financial District al. Chem Am. Can Am. Rad Am. Smel Anaconda B. and O Bethlehem Chrysler Can. Edison Corn Prod Genl Elec Genl. Motors Goodyear Int. Har J. Manville Kennecott M. Ward Natl. Dairy Packard Penn. R. R Republic Steel Southern R O. of N. J Texas Corp Union Pac U. S. Steel Va. Caro, Chem Va.-Car Pid Western Union Woolworth

Miss Henrietta Motter 74 Dies in Memorial Hospital

Death came yesterday to Miss Henrietta Motter 74 in Memorial Hospital after a brief heart attack first felt Christmas Day at her home in the Russell apartments on South Washington street. She survived by a sister and several nieces and a nephew. Funeral at Christ Church with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown.

Henrietta Motter Memorial Hospital Russell Apartments South Washington Street Sara Motter Misses Motter William Motter Hagerstown Winchester Benjamin T. Holliday West Boscawen Street Christ Episcopal Church Miss Motter Arthur Shriver Cumberland John Layman Dallas Tex Helen P Holliday City Columbia S. Bruce George S. Lansbury E. J. Thurston Body Ellen Insley Motter New York W. D. B. Motter Christ Church Robert B. Nelson Rose Hill Cemetery H. D. Puller B. M. Knight, Jr B. B. Dutton Harry F. Byrd J. B. Beverly William Beverley W. Nelson Page

Winchester Credit Bureau Moves to East Boscawen Street

The Winchester Credit Bureau office under manager Mrs James Grimes has relocated to the I O Q F building on East Boscawen Street. The nonprofit credit reporting agency for merchants and business men previously operated at 4 North Loudoun Street.

Winchester Credit Bureau James Grimes East Boscawen Street Bureau North Loudoun Street

Heflin Suffering From Lobar Pneumonia In Alabama

Former U S Senator J Thom Heflin aged 68 is ill with lobar pneumonia in Lafayette Alabama doctors say he is very sick but not yet in immediate danger. His speaking engagements for the Democratic senatorial primary campaign on January 4 have been cancelled.

Tom Heflin Lafayette Ala U. S J. Thomas Heflin

Home Owners Paying Better

The Home Owners' Loan Corporation reports improved borrower status with delinquencies down by 8.68 million dollars. On January 1 debts overdue totaled 108.204 million and now stand at 99.526 million. HOLC lent about 3.1 billion to around one million homeowners during the Depression years.

Washington Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Holc

Northwestern grade patient improves at Winchester Hospital

Mrs. John Patterson of the Northwestern grade has been under medical treatment at Winchester Memorial Hospital for three weeks and relatives report she is much improved today.

John Patterson Winchester Memorial Hospital

Mrs. Dahl Pleads for Husband Executed Pilot

Mrs Harold E. Dahl of Champaign Illinois appeals to General Franco asking for mercy for her husband 28 year old aviator shot down last July and sentenced to death by a court martial. He was reprieved by Franco in October.

Paris Harold E. Dahl Franco Champaign Ill Dahl

Grain futures pull ahead as Argentine corn soars

Chicago reports heavy buying of corn futures with Argentine prices rising sharply. Export demand boosts believed shipments overseas and Argentina's remaining export stock dwindle. Closing prices show mixed moves across wheat corn oats soybeans rye and lard. Baltimore words note wheat prices and a police official hospitalized with heart attack and quinsy.

Chicago United States Argentina Buenos Aires Chicago Cash Grains Baltimore

Paroled Dentist Dr Walter D Myers From Camp Lee

Dr Walter D Myers sentenced to a year and a day at Camp Lee for liquor conspiracy in Frederick county has been paroled effective December 23. He spent Christmas in Roanoke after a day in Winchester and plans to resume dentistry in Winchester early next year. An AP dispatch cites Justice Department confirmation.

Walter D. Myers Camp Lee Federal Frederick County Myers Winchester Roanoke Associated Press Washington Department of Justice U.S. District Court Harrisonburg John Paul

Winners Listed in Prize Drawing continuations

The page lists numerous prize winners and addresses across divisions, detailing cash awards from $20 to $2.50 in merchandise. Names include Mrs. Geo L Craig, Mrs. J E Marshall, Dr. C R Anderson, and Harry A Schmidt among others, with divisions and residential mentions.

Avenue Geo. L. Craig Valley Avenue Blue Gray Inn J. E. Marshall North Braddock Street Braddock House O. T. Ritter C. R. Anderson West Clifford Street Harry A. Schmidt South Washington Street G. A. Butler Glaize Avenue Millwood Road Douglas Fisher Virginia Avenue Thurston Clevenger Woodland Avenue Alson Loy Berryville Avenue I. L. Carper J. H. Minnigerode Millwood Avenue Herman Lee Carl Ritter North Cameon Street Wingfield Manor National Avenue Garland Quarles Shryock Warne Barrick Southwerk Street Jack Engle Shryock Donald L. Weems Tennygon Avenue M. W. Borwne Minnie LaMonds

Local Residents Named in Incomplete Address List

A fragment lists several residents with street addresses including Laurens P. Jones and J. R Kremer among others. The text ends mid sentence with Mrs J C Horn and a partial address.

Warren Eddy Shirley Street Laurens P. Jones W. Pall Mall Street J. R Kremer West Cecil Street R. S. Wilson North Braddock Street J. C. Horn North

Mrs Breedlove Rites Are Set For Tomorrow

Mrs Mary Pifer Breedlove 81 died at her Strasburg area home Sunday morning. She was a daughter of the late Pifer and Sarah Pifer and widow of Peter Breedlove. Survived by brothers Ed ward, Ephraim and sister Nettie Wisecarver. Funeral from her home Tuesday at 11 with burial at Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City Virginia.

Mary Pifer Breedlove Strasburg Ephraim Pifer Relief Nettie Wisecarver Berryville Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City

Local Directory Fragments Map Residents and Businesses

Readable names and addresses list several households on Fairmont Avenue Loudoun Street Gray Avenue Morgan Street and Cameron Street alongside business names Charley Rouss Fire Company Friendship Fire Company South End Hose Company Montgomery Ward Union Bank Colonial Art and Craft Shop Shenandoah Motor Company Consumers Utility Company reflecting a historical urban directory record.

W .H. Bosserman Fairmont Avenue C. M. Barrett Loudoun Street D. W. Fields Gray Avenue Talbert Yost Morgan Street Wade Gaard Parkway Harry W. Butler Clifford Street J. W. Newcome South Cameron Street Charley Rouss Union Bank Colonial Art and Craft Shop M. B. Clowe Shenandoah Motor Company Consumers Utility Company

Three Days Cough Signal Warns Of Danger

A three days cough signals possible progression from simple cold to serious illness. Creomulsion offers Beechwood Creosote based relief, designed to soothe, loosen, and expel germ laden phlegm. If relief is not felt, the druggist will refund the purchase. Creomulsion is written as one word with no hyphen.

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