Finance Committee Plans Report On Federal Funds
Herman Hable chairman of the Com Council finance committee says a full detailed report on federal funds will be presented to council on Tuesday January 4. The report follows written inquiries by Councilman O L Jamison at the December 14 budget meeting and letters between Jamison and City Manager A M Field. A public hearing on the 1938 budget is scheduled for tonight with possible revisions only by private citizen request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman H. Hable
Com- Council
O. L. Jamison
Jamison
A. M. Field
Council
Hable
Theme for Bible classes at Braddock Street M. E. Church
The Margaret Collins Denny and Comrade Bible classes plan the first quarter study on the Purpose of Worship in the Church. The text urges consistent attendance to strengthen in Christ and to work for world peace. Mrs. O. L. Jamison introduces the study. Mary Lou Steele sings. Mrs. J. H. Light and Miss Edith Light deliver the morning lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Margaret Collins Denny
O. L. Jamison
Mary Lou Steele
J. H. Light
Edith Light
Presbyterians Hold Morning Services at Clearbrook
Clearbrook Presbyterian schedules Pastor Rev T A Daffin sermon at 9 45 a m with a 9 30 a m session meeting and 11 a m church school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T A. Daffin
New Year Holiday To Be Observed Here Saturday
New Year’s Day will be observed in Winchester on Saturday. Banks and most stores will close, with many remaining open until 9 pm Friday for shopping. The Winchester Evening Star will not publish Saturday, and watch services and celebratory events are planned. Fireworks will be allowed 10 minutes before and after midnight except near Memorial Hospital quiet zone for patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Handleybrary
Winchester Evening Star
Memorial Hospital
Markets Report Fresh Local and National Livestock Prices
Baltimore market notes unchanged produce with capons geese and turkeys listed. Philadelphia and Chicago markets show varied poultry, butter, eggs, cattle, calves, hogs and sheep with prices and ranges across regions. No change in local markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Kent Island
Philadelphia
Baltimore Livestock
U. S
Stock Market Report Follows War Materials Rally
War materials stocks lead gains as defense spending expectations lift steel and aircraft shares. Investors cautious ahead of Congress opening and President’s message with currency mixed as French franc and British pound show small moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Radiator
American Smelters
Anaconda
B. and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Corn Products
General Cigar
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
National Dairy
Weeksheres Packard
Penna. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Va-Car Chem
Va-Car Pid
Western Union
Woolworth
Grain quotations show indecisive Chicago wheat trade
In light dealings on December 30 in Chicago wheat prices moved within a narrow range as export activity supported a steady tone. Domestic hard winter wheat shipments to Europe and Canadian sales to Britain, plus corn export purchases, shaped a cautious market with May and July futures cited and cash grain prices listed for wheat corn soybeans rye and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
United States
Great Britain
Chicz
Baltimore Grains
Baltimore
Winchester
Sperry Named Acting Postmaster in Middletown
E R Sperry of Middletown Virginia was appointed acting postmaster to succeed M Earl Kline who resigns effective January 1. The appointment comes from Postmaster General Farley and will last until a permanent appointee is chosen after Civil Service examination. Kline plans private business ventures but will make public his future plans later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Sperry
Middletown
M. Earl Kline
Kline
Mr. Sperry
Farley
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Commission
Boy Pappy Only Awaits a Chance
In Linton Indiana Circuit Judge J Raymond Powell heard the case of 12 year old Betty June Lacer and 13 year old Thomas H Chapman, parents of a 10 12 pound baby boy born Tuesday. The boy admitted paternity and asked to marry. Indiana laws bar marriage licenses for youths. judge took the case under advisement. The baby was named Thomas Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Ind
J. Raymond Powell
Thomas H. Chapman
Betty Jane
Betty June Lacer
Ben Lacer
Fred Chapman
Thomas
Lacers
Indiana
Thomas Howard
Monopolies To Engage Congress At Session's Outset
Senator Alben W Barkley says Congress will take up business monopolies first when it opens the new session He warns monopolies concentrate industry more than ever and resemble factors behind dictatorships He notes bids for public works showed 59 firms submitting cents level figures in recent procurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Louisville
Alben W. Barkley
United States
No Inquest In Double Tragedy
Commonwealth's Attorney J. C. Smith said no inquest would be necessary in the double shooting of Ballard Atkins and his wife Gertrude at their Clintwood Virginia home. Vincent Atkins, 12, testified he saw his father place a shotgun under his chin and pull the trigger after ducking under the covers. Officials attributed the shooting to financial worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clintwood
Commonwealth
J. C. Smith
Dickenson County
Ballard Atkins
Gertrude
Smith
Vincent Atkins
J. H. Anderson
Evening Star Delivery Notice for Winchester Readers
If you fail to receive your Evening Star in Winchester, call Postal Telegraph for prompt delivery. There is no charge for this service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Cumberland Woman Hurt As Auto Turns Over Near Winchester
Mrs. Catherine Shoupe of 129 Humberd Street Cumberland Maryland was hospitalized after a car owned by Edward Collins and driven by his father Edward L Collins veered off the Front Royal turnpike near Macedonia Church. The 14 month old child and two coon dogs survived uninjured. Mrs. Shoupe expected to return to Cumberland today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Shoupe
Humberd Street
Cumberland
Winchester
Front Royal Turnpike
Shoupe
Edward Collins
Edward L. Collins
Cumberland Railroad
Macedonia Church
Shoup
Collins
Southern Democrats draft budget balance plan for Roosevelt
A bloc of 10 southern Democratic Representatives works on a detailed budget balance program for submission to President Roosevelt. They aim to cut federal expenditures across agencies including the Work Progress Administration, Public Works Administration, and federal highway aid before the president's budget message to Congress next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Federal
Penalty For A Slaying To Close 1937 In Virginia
Richmond report notes John Winter 22 of Loudoun county is to be electrocuted in the Virginia penitentiary for the murder of Henry W. Saffell Unison merchant during an attempted holdup last August Winter and Lester Edds were accused of the crime The jury verdict was returned October 14 previous year and the execution will end 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
John Winter
Loudoun County
Loudoun
Henry W. Saffell
Unison
Winter
Lester Edds
Groes
Patrol Vessel Retrieves Details On Sea Tragedy
Coast Guard boat Perseus heads to port with the derelict 58-foot Alfje after locating wealthy yacht owner Dwight L. Faulding shot dead on a pleasure cruise. The tragedy occurred 190 miles southwest while the Alfje foundered amid fog off the Mexican coast. The Perseus awaits word from amphibian planes before releasing full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Perdo
Calif
Coast Guard
Perseus
Alfje
Dwight L. Faulding
Gale Warnings Return Along Oregon Washington Coasts
Gale warnings spread along the Oregon and Washington coasts for four days of gales heavy rains and snows with floods and slides. The events have already claimed six lives and caused heavy property damage across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Tex Ritter at Hable's Palace Friday Heroless West ern
Tex Ritter in Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts screens Friday at Hable's Palace Theatre with a Boy Scout jamboree backdrop. The program includes Jungle Menace in comedy and a cartoon.
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Tex Ritter
Tex
Boy Scouts
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Washington
Frederick Farm Develops as Horse Breeding Site
Under S L Shackelford of Willis Sharpe Kilmer Whitney fame the former Bes a Co Pitman estate near Bartonville Va on Route 11 south of New Market is being developed for horse breeding. The 213 inch acre property includes a dwelling barn and sheds and has been partly fenced and prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8S. L. Shackelford
Court Manor
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
New Market
Kilmer
Besa Co
Springdale
Foes Seek Revisions To Government Reorganization Bill
Opponents of the administration reorganization measure urge changes before Senate debate. They target three provisions including transferring audit powers to the budget office, curbing presidential authority to reorganize agencies, and replacing a three member Civil Service Board with a single administrator. Some also suggest trimming presidential staff assistants from six to three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
General Accounting Office
The
Budget Bureau
Auditor General
Civil Service Board
Young Benedict Sent To Prison
In Huntington Tennessee on December 30 a 13 year old girl Ida Bell Thomas saw her honeymoon end as the state’s new child bride law sent her husband for a day Garfield Taylor 22 was jailed for fraudulently obtaining a marriage license Magistrate Manuel McCormick also held George Campbell 30 for falsely attesting the girl was over 18
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Tenn
Ida Bell Thomas
Tennessee
Manuel McCormick
Garfield Taylor
McCormick
George Campbell
Luttrell Debating Team to Debate at Middletown
Announcement by the Luttrell Debating Team for an evening of profit and entertainment at the Middletown Community League meeting in the high school auditorium. The date is Thursday evening January 20 and the team roster plus debate subject will be released soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luttrell
Middletown Community League
Man Accused As Sex Slayer Is Held Insane
Alexander Manneff 23 of West Homestead Pa accused of sex slaying Louise Hornbeck 19 last October 18 was found insane by a three judge court in Elyria Ohio. He was ordered committed to Lima State Hospital until his sanity is declared and trial possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Alexander Naneff
West Homestead
Louise Hornbeck
Lima State Hospital
D. A. Cook
Manoff
Bill to curb alien fishing boats gains backing
Washington December 30 informed legislators disclosed that a bill with administration backing would tighten and extend law on fishing vessel documentation for five tons and over. It would require American ownership and operation and aim to gradually eliminate Japanese and other alien boats from U S waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pastor Charles Funk To Miss Friday Visit
The Rev. Charles H. Funk of the Church of Christ will not attend events in Winchester Friday night December 31. A reception honoring him and Mrs. Funk is postponed. He will be in Winchester Sunday to lead morning and evening services at the Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Funk
Church of Christ
Winchester
Funk
Correction on Shawnee Manor ownership in Claptrap story
The Winchester Evening Star clarifies that Shawnee Manor is owned by F. Amos Shryock, not C. Worthington Lowe, while rest of Claptrap arrival report remains correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Claptrap
Shawnee Manor Farm
C. Worthington Lowe
Shawnee Manor
Star
F. Amos Shryock
County Sees Record 163 Marriage Licenses Issued
Winchester and Frederick County records show 163 licenses issued to date, nearly double 1936’s total of 89, with more expected as new state marriage restrictions extend the interval between license and ceremony. The rise is linked to stricter laws in Maryland and other states.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clark M. Smith
C. C. Brannon
Maryland
Roosevelt calls for checks on unemployment amid business tension
The address criticizes private socialism and concentration of wealth as a threat to democracy. Senators Wheeler and Van Nuys weigh in on big business, anti trust laws, and the risk of strikes. Roosevelt reportedly considers a monthly unemployment check as census results show rising unemployment since mid November. Preliminary census results are due soon.
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Jackson
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senator van Nuys
D-Ind
van Nuys
Adams
D-Col
Roosevelt
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Clearbrook Presbyterian
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Rustic Tavern
West Cork St
Stock Market Report
Sperry
P. M
M. E. Kline
Pappy
Evening Star
Front Royal Road
Hable’s Palace
Frederick Farm
Young Benedict
Lovett Brothers
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
Miles Music CO
Bloom’s Dep’t. Store
Gray & Eddy
Thrift Auto Stores
John S. Miller & CO
Bell Clothing Store
Raylass Dep’t. Store
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