Japanese Advance Toward Chinchow Reported From Manchuria
A Japanese drive toward Chinchow began with three infantry regiments a battery of artillery and two cavalry troops moving from Tienchuanetai toward Kowpangtze. Tokyo dispatches describe battles near Sanchiatzu and Matao in extreme cold with Chinese irregulars driven back. Lin Sen was elected chairman of the Chinese nationalist government in Nanking. Washington offered quiet official responses as Tokyo signaled continued operations toward Chinchow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Kowpangtze
Tienchuanetai
Peiping- Mukden
Chinchow
Tokyo
Rengo
Tienchuangtai
Sanchiatzu
Matao
Sea Heads
Nanking
China
Lin Sen
Legislature
Yuan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Canton
Linden
Washington
Japan
Great Wall
Peking
United States
Texas
Chinchow Mukden
Yingkow
Winchester Steam Laundry Linen Service Ad
Call 28 or 29. We return your linen as you like it. Winchester Steam Laundry advertises pickup and return options and a weekly schedule.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Janet Charles Gaynor Farrell Delights at 28 1p
A playful note highlights Janet Charles Gaynor Farrell in a described delicious setting priced at 28 1p. The item signals a theatrical or culinary tease with a whimsical payday for readers.
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Janet Charles Gaynor Farrell
Delicious
Janet Charles Gaynor
Farrell
Janet Chaynor
Farrell In
Clarke County Prisoners Granted Christmas Home Leave
Clarke county deputy sheriff Charles M. Feltner allowed five inmates to leave the jail on Christmas Day and return by 6 p.m. The men from Winchester and Clarke County walked home to dine with families and kept their promise, earning praise for their behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Charles M. Feltner
Clarke County
Feltner
Dan Fortune
Ellis Shifflett
Edmund Mason
Winchester
Chas. Holmes
Moses Harris
Turkey
Mr. Feltner
Local Sunday School Workers To Meet January 8
The Frederick County Council of Religious Education will meet at Handley Library at 10 30 Friday January 8. The new group replaces the Frederick County Sunday School Association and aims to include pastors superintendents and two members from each cooperating church or Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Council of Religious Education
Handley Library
Lewis Pidgeon
Frederick County Sunday School Association
Winchester
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Levee Crumbles Floods Glendora Town
Glendora Mississippi faced rising flood waters as the Glendora levee failed after days of pressure from the Tallahatchie river. The business district flooded to five feet with stores and many homes immersed. residents sought higher ground while no fatalities were reported.
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Associated Press
Clarksdale
Miss
Glendora
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Virginia Apple Exports Rise Sharply in 1931 Nine Months
Apple exports in Virginia surged in quantity and nearly doubled in value for the first nine months of 1931, rising 90 percent to 18,040,236 dollars from 9,456,272 dollars in the same period 1930. Tobacco remained strong, with shipments of 344,315,000 pounds, only eight percent below 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Commerce
Gandhi says he would sacrifice a million lives for liberty
Mahatma Gandhi addressed about 50 000 nationalist supporters in Bombay after returning from London. He warned that the fight for India's liberty could demand bullets rather than lathis and urged total commitment if no hope remained.
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Associated 5
Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
London
Congress
Three Die In Greenwood Auto Crash
Three men were killed and four others injured after two cars collided five miles from Greenwood South Carolina. The deceased were Ben Frazier 28 Ollie Davis 19 both of Greenwood and Will A. Atkinson 25 of Ninety Six South Carolina.
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Associated Press
Greenwood
S. C
Ben Frazier
Ollie Davis
Will A. Atkinson
Resistance to Change in County Government Reforms
A Virginia commission report urges reorganizing county government to unify functions, create clear policy vs execution bodies, and adopt county executive or manager forms. It favors consolidating departments, coordinating with the state, and reducing county jobs while improving procedures and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Report of Commission
Virginia
Commission On County Government
General Assembly
Commission
Commissioner of Revenue
Fee Commission
Three Die As Fire Rips Venice Restaurant in New Jersey
Coytesville New Jersey December 28 three men perished and two more were seriously hurt in a fire that swept the Venice restaurant. The owner says workers were asleep on the second floor and trapped as flames climbed the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Coytesville
N. J
Venice
Palisade
Pigs for sale at Hillcrest Orchards Winchester Va
Ohio Imp Chester pigs not registered. Nice litter 7 to 8 weeks old offered by GEO W Bowly at Hillcrest Orchards Winchester Virginia. Price five dollars per pig.
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Ohio
Chester
Fiddler Loses Appeal On DUI Conviction
H H Fiddler failed to overturn a Police Court DUI conviction in Corporation Court. He received a $123 fine 30 day jail term and a one year revocation of his driving license. Judge Philip Williams upheld the lower court sentence.
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H. H. Fiddler
Corporation Court
Police Court
Fiddler
Philip Williams
Auction sale for furniture and estate items at 500 High land Ave
Web notice announces an auction on December 30 at 1 pm at 500 High land Ave for an entire furniture stock with bidding by highest bidder. Also includes a lost dog notice for a female English Setter with white coat black ticks and one black eye collar name and contact reward for return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Ave
Donald L. Weems
Conoco Station Leased by L Buck Russell Winchester
L Buck Russell announces the lease of the Conoco Station on Boyce Pike at the edge of Winchester with modern equipment for auto service. Cars called for and delivered at no charge. Printer’s note 28-1p-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conoco
Boyce Pike
Winchester
Buck) Russell
Jones Woolen Company Refund Highlighted in Virginia
A 56-strong group including individuals firms and estates in Virginia shared 867009 in tax refunds for the prior year. Life Insurance Company of Virginia in Richmond led Virginia’s refunds with 320245 in income tax return overpayments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Richmond
Fire Chiefs Plan Insurance Bill for Firemen Pension Fund
Officers of the Virginia State Firemen's Association and State Fire Chiefs' Association will meet in Richmond at 3 PM to discuss a proposed insurance bill for January enactment. The bill would allocate 2 percent of all fire insurance business to localities for insured firemen and create a pension fund for aged and indigent firefighters. Fred W. Forney of Winchester leads the association.
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Virginia State Firemen’s Association
State Fire Chiefs’ Association
Richmond
Morton Wallerstein
General Assembly
Firemen’s Association
Winchester
Fred W. Forney
Virginia State Firemen's Association
Incomes Market Under Pressure Ahead of 1931 Classes
New York December 28. Incomes markets faced heavy pressure as trading resumed with little fresh news from the Christmas weekend. Rails prices showed a brief lift but mostly drifted lower toward the bear market levels cited on December 17. Sterling cables opened at 3.4154, down 15.4 cents, call money at 3 percent.
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Associion Press
New York
Sterling
New Claimant to Fortune Appears in Brussels
Mile Amelie Françoise Wendel, a direct descendant, arrives in Brussels claiming half of the Wendel fortune estimated between 75 and 100 million dollars. A Belgian attorney notes the will of John Matthias Gothleib Wendel tasked the property to stay in the Wendel family, challenging Ella Wendell's charity legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York Evening Post
Wendel
Mile
Amelie Francoise Wendel
Brussels
Belgium
John Matthias Wendel
John Matthias Gothleib Wendel
Ella Wendell
Learn to Dance at Washington Hotel Thursdays
Dance class series offered at the Washington Hotel runs every Thursday from noon to 1 PM. Instruction covers basic steps and form for beginners, with a focus on social dancing skills in a friendly setting.
The Champ in City Theatres Today and Tuesday
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper star in The Champ at Hable's Palace today and Tuesday with a second run at Astor Theatre New York at $2.00 top. Palace tickets are 10 and 25 cents. You must see The Champ.
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Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Hable’s Palace
Astor Theatre
New York
Palace
Distress Radio Halts Coast to Coast Programs
A Mexican steamship Superior sent an SOS causing Metro stations to suspend programs for about ten minutes. Coast Guard and naval stations chased a sparse signal from about 250 miles west of Managua while reports placed the vessel two days from Progresso returning from a Venezuela expedition.
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New York
Coast Guard
Superior
Mexico City
Progresso
Yucatan
Venezuela
Managua
Nicaragua
Mobile
Ala
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Naval Radio
Colon
Canal Zone
New York Coast Guard
Metropolitan Radio Staions
Merida
New York Dispatches
Mexican Gulf Shipping Company
Puerto Morelos
Quintana Roo
Vicente Gomez
One Killed, Three Hurt In Gangster Fight
In Philadelphia a gunfight among seven men left Samuel E Grossman dead and Albert Skale critically wounded. The incident occurred on multiple floors around a building at Girard avenue and Watts street, linked to the Mickey Duffy case in Atlantic City last summer.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Samuel E Grossman
Mickey Duffy
Atlantic City
Albert Skale
Duffy
Herman Ducher Sentenced to Hang for Murder
Herman Webb Ducher was re sentenced to death for the murder of John W. Anderson during an attempted holdup. Judge Joseph N. Uhlman refused to alter the prior death sentence. Governor Ritchie holds the power to commute the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Herman Webb Ducher
John W. Anderson
Criminal Court
Joseph N. Uhlman
Ducher
Ritchie
Youth Cleared of All Blame in Death of Mauck
Warren Daugherty a youth and local store clerk of Albin Frederick county was exon erated of all blame in a police court hearing over the death of Joseph L Mauck night watchman at Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar plant. The testimony showed Daugherty tried to avoid Mauck on Fairmont avenue and that he stopped and summoned aid. Mauck died from multiple injuries including a skull fracture. Several other court cases were heard including fines for drunkenness and a robbery charge against Briscoe Parker.
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Warren Daugherty
Albin
Frederick County
Joseph L. Mauck
Mauck
Daugherty
Shenandoah Valley
Vvar Company
Fairmont Avenue
Pennsylvania Raila
Memorial Hospital
Friendship
Art
Donald AL. Weems
Clarence Butler
Martinsburg
Mitchell
Whitlock
Briscoe Parker
George Riggs
Weems
Parker
Grand Jury
Corporation Court
Hollie Jasper
Hollie
Everett Meadows
H. S. Pifer
Salvation Army Christmas Entertainment Tonight at Court House Hall
The Salvation Army hosts its annual Christmas program at 7 30 this evening in the Court House Hall. Major James Mars outlines an attractive lineup and a distribution of toys candies and fruits for children will occur. Everyone is invited to share in the holiday spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Court House Hall
James Mars
Five Killed In Mine Blast At Frickley Colliery
Five men were killed in an explosion in a refuse pit at the Frickley colliery near South Elmsall Yorkshire today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
South Elmshall
Yorkshire
Eng
Frickley
Inmates Thank Winchester Elks For Christmas Gifts
The Star publishes a card of appreciation from city and county prisoners to the Winchester Lodge of Elks William C. Miller and others and Mrs. Luther Pannett for Christmas gifts and a fine dinner. Miss Alice Newcome and Miss Clara Shank promote the 13th Month Sale at The Princess Mary Shoppe for December 26 to 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lodge of Elks
William C. Miller
Luther Pannett
Sheriff Pannett
the Elks
Pannett
Alice Newcome
Clara Shank
Princess Mary
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Mauce
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