Japanese Advance Seizes Kowpangtze Rail Junction in Manchuria
Tokyo reports the forward Japanese force occupied Kowpangtze, a vital rail junction, after a Chinese retreat and a last rally toward Tahushan. Chinese forces destroyed railway sections to slow the advance and withdrew toward Chinchow as Japanese gains widen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Jiro Tamon
Konpangtze
Tahushan
Kamura
Chinchow
Chipche
Nanring
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chincow
China
Eugene Chen
Manchuria
Japanese Drive to Seize Key Rail Junction in Manchuria
Japanese forces swept two fronts in Mukden Manchuria taking the field to celebrate New Year. They advance toward Kowpangtze within striking distance of the Peiping Mukden Railway junction. General Jiro Tamon has pushed north from Yingkow and plans to enter Kowpangtze tomorrow. A second column from Mukden seized Himinmintun and Tahushan junctions along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Chinchow
Kowpangtze
Tahushan
Great Wall of China
Chaueh-Liang
Associated Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Peiping- Mukden
Jiro Tamon
Yingkow
Himinmintun
Investigation Demanded of Judge Parker Seeks Impeachment Probe
In Washington and Charlotte reports share that a petition calling for an investigation of Judge John J. Parker's conduct to determine impeachment grounds was sent to the House judiciary committee by Speers, Sand and Clay Works of Baltimore. Chairman Sumners declined to reveal petition details or grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Parker
Senate
Supreme Court
House
House Judiciary Committee
Speers, Sand and Clay Works, Inc
Baltimore
Sumners
Fourth Circuit
Ma Ee
Congress
W. F. Speers
Charlotte
N. C
Speers and Clay Works, Inc
Parker
Webbs and Chestnut
United States District Court
Maryland
Speers Company
American Trust Company
New York City
Gambler Slain At Pups Inc Club In New York
Louis Levine east side gambler is shot five times in the club room of the Pups Inc social organization on West Fifty first street. Police find a revolver of the same type as that used to kill Arnold Rothstein in Levine's pocket. About 50 patrons were playing cards when the shooting occurred before everyone fled.
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Associated Press
New York
Louis Levine
The
Pups Inc
West Fifty-first Street
Arnold Rothstein
Banks of Winchester Set Saturday Closing Dates
Banks in Winchester announce Saturday closings from January 1 1932 through September 1 1932 due to apple packing and Christmas shopping seasons. Statements list Farmers & Merchants National Bank Shenandoah Valley National Bank Union Bank Commercial & Savings Bank with respective cashiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company
J. H. Yost
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l. Bank
Wm. G. Hardy
W.P
Union Bank of Winchester
Geo. B. Bushnell
Commercial & Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
Help Wanted in Southtown Daily Help Ad
Young men and women of neat appearance and advanced high school students sought for special work. Good pay for spare time. See Mr Renner 4 to 7 p m at the Southern Inn or 10 to 11 a m at Shenandoah Motor Co Inc 29 1p 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renner
Southern Inn
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Notice TQ Firemen Regular Meeting of Sarah Zane Fire Co
The regular monthly meeting will be held at 8 o'clock Friday evening January 1. Officers for the ensuing year are to be elected and other important business transacted. Full attendance of members is requested. G. R. Barr, Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Company
G. R. Barr
Robert C Hall Dies After Short Illness in Virginia
Robert Carter Hall longtime Loudoun County lumberman and horseman died at age 67 at the home of his son in law Mayor F Amos Shryock in Winchester after a sudden paralysis. Born October 22 1862 at Clearmont Loudoun County he studied at Virginia Tech and later built a lumber business in Culpeper with his family. He is survived by his widow two daughters Rebecca Hall Dunn and Mrs F Amos Shryock a son Robert Turner Hall two sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held at the Shryock home with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carter Hall
Loudoun County
Virginia
F. Amos Shryock
Mr. Hall
London
Hall
Piedmont
Culpeper
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Martha Adams Sowers
Front Royal
Rebecca Hall Dunn
Winchester
Robert Turner Hall
C. F. Rinker
Upperville
Rush Rowland
Philadelphia
Arthur H. Hall
Baltimore
Richard E. Griffith
Wilmer Shryock
Frank Bailey
Thomas Elsen
Clarence Miller
Lester Brown
Beverley Wright
J. H. Morris
Lodge Bowles
George H. Heist
Harrison Tyler
Hunter DeButts
Marvin Richardson
Harry Copenhaver
Hamilton Smith
Washington
Winchester Lad Receives Walter Johnson Autograph Invention
A Winchester boy, Jack Swanson, received Walter Johnson's autographed parlor baseball game from the famed pitcher during a Washington banquet. Johnson presented the item to Mr. Cyril Mee for delivery to the Winchester youth, amid a newsboys convention banquet with sketches and songs by Johnson, Al trock, Pender, Langdon, and Mee.
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Winchester
Jack Swanson
Walter Johnson
Washington
Willard Hotel
Newsboys’ Association of America
Newsies
Nick Altrock
Joe Pender
Harry Langdon
Cyril Mee
Mr. Johnson
Joe Swanson
Mr. Mee
Young Swanson
Jack
Johnson
Rouss Fire Co Sets January Meeting and Elections
The Rouss Fire Co announces its regular meeting on Friday January 1 1932 at 8 o clock with election of officers. Members are urged to attend and enjoy cats and cigars. Also note a DeLuxe New Year Midnight Show at Hable's Palace tonight for girls seeking their missing boy friends.
Bomb plots and foiled assassination scare flash across cities
Investigators weighed anti fascist and Soviet sympathizer theories as a bomb exploded at the Easton Pennsylvania post office injuring explosives expert Charles Weaver who was hospitalized in critical condition. A separate attempt to kill Italian consul Cesare Buzzi Gradenigo in Cleveland was thwarted when a New York sender’s package exploded harmlessly. police suspect a fake name and the device was large enough to bruise a city block.
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Associated Press
Easton
Easton Post Office
New York City
Pate
Postoffice
Harry C. Getchel
Philadelphia
Getche
Charles V. Weaver
Cleveland
Cesare Buzzi-Gradenigo
Express
New York
William Trombetta
East Forty-fifth Street
Cornelius Eena
Society For Savings Bank
Public Square
Pastors Plan Special Week of Prayer Services
Winchester Ministerial Association sponsors a week of prayer from January 11 to 17. Schedule lists meetings at Church of Christ First Christian Christ First Presbyterian Market Street M E Church Braddock Street M E Church South and Grace Lutheran Church with dates for each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Church of Christ
First Christian Church
Christ Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
Market St. Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E
Braddock Street
Grace Lutheran Church
Nationalists Given Warning in India War Talk
In Bombay on December 31, Viceroy Lord Willingdon telephoned Mahatma Gandhi warning that renewed civil disobedience by Indian nationalists would meet a government response. One Gandhi advisor stated this means war.
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Associated Press
Bombay
India
Lord Willingdon
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
New Year's Eve Celebrations in Winchester Tonight
Old year ends and a new dawn is welcomed with watch night services at several churches and a charity ball at the George Washington Hotel hosted by Memorial Hospital Junior Auxiliary. Fire bells may ring at midnight and many home parties are planned. Banks and Handley Library close. post office hours altered. no mail delivery in city or county.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Memorial Hospital
Handley Library
Star
Tornado Rips Through Mississippi Counties Killing and Injuring
Five people died and three were dying with about 50 injured as a tornado cut a path through Simpson and Covington counties in Mississippi. Floods followed along the Yazoo River basin threatening Glendora and evacuations were ordered as farms and homes were damaged.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Simpson
Covington
Mississippi
Glendora
Yazoo
Anse Everett
Magee
Simpson County
Paul Brown
Mount Zion
John Rankin
Funeral Rites Tomorrow for Mrs. Blanche Hardesty
Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Carter Hardesty will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM from her home 120 West Cork Street. The Rev E A Lambert of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will conduct the rites. Interment will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Surviving relatives include an aunt four cousins five stepsons and other family members. Mrs Hardesty was born June 3 1860 at Spout Spring farm Clarke County and died after a long illness. Pallbearers include Dr A D Henkel John H Rosenberger John M Fishpaw Rev Norman Cooper Harry Hardesty and John Seal.
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Blanche Carter Hardesty
West
Cork Street
E.A. Lambert
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mount Hebron
Hardesty
Othol. Hardesty
Winchester
John B. Carter
Clarke County
Spout Spring Farm
John B. Kaufman
Mary Henning
Bettie Hardesty
Berryville
Lewis Dinkel
Romney
W. Va
Lily Dinkel
Charles Town
W Va
Stanley Hardesty
Summit Point
Holmes
Hugh
Walter
Roger Hardesty
Bank Reopening Planned for Williamsport Bank
Williamsport Maryland directors of the Savings Bank of Williamsport announce a reopening plan after closure. Depositors receive 30 percent of a paid fund earning 3 percent interest, with 70 percent withdrawable after three months to three years. Stockholders must subscribe 25,000 dollars in equal capital stock as surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Williamsport
Savings Bank of
Christian Endeavor Watch Night Services Planned
The Union Christian Endeavors of Winchester announce Watch Night services to bid farewell to 1931 and welcome 1932 at Centenary Reformed Church. The program starts promptly at 11 30 p m with all society members urged to attend the short program.
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Union Christian Endeavors of
Winchester
Christian Endeavor
Centenary Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Get Acquainted Supper Planned
Church of Christ and Bible School invite all members to a get acquainted supper in the church social room at 6:30 pm New Year's Day. Those without transport may call for a ride, and no member should miss it. Also notes a Calgary Herald quote about congressmen and Wall Street. Lost item: glass bottle with silver top marked A C K with a string of pearls inside, reported on Main Street between the 29th and 31st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Bible School
H. H. Jennings
Transportation Committee
W. L. Dudley
Main Street
Ann Brook Kern
Buracker Family Endures Tragedy and Suspected Murders
Page County farmer James A. Buracker, 70, faces a string of misfortunes as son Harrison is grievously injured allegedly by cousin Marvin Jenkins. The family has endured murders and disappearances of relatives, a fatal typhoid wave, fires, and ongoing suspicion surrounding a hidden killer.
Finland Votes Show Majority For Wet Side
A Reuters dispatch from Helsingfors reports in the capital 65,004 favor abolishing the city prohibition law versus 13,000 remaining strict. In rural districts 78,953 vote repeal while 18,858 back maintenance and 905 favor modification, net 59,190 for repeal.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Helsingfors
Finland
Two Masses at Sacred Heart Welcome New Year
The Church of the Sacred Heart will hold two Masses on New Year's Day at 8 and 10 o'clock. Sacred Heart devotions and benediction of the blessed sacrament follow the late mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart
Marx Brothers Open at Palace Amid Full House
The Marx Brothers "Animals Crackers" opened at the Palace to capacity crowds both afternoon and night. The film, once a Broadway blockbuster, priced at 6.60, is back tonight at Hable's Palace thrift prices of 10 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Palace
Winchester
Hable’s Palace
For Sale by Owner Chevro letting coach sought
For sale by owner a Chevrolet coach with about 500 miles running. Will sell at sacrifice. Call Win at phone 395-W. 29-1p-3t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
For Sale Black and Tan Toy Manchester Terrier Puppies
Obscure classified item listing offering black and tan toy Manchester terrier puppies for sale. Puppies expected to weigh about six pounds when full grown. Contact at 501 South Brad dock street. Noted as New Year's Eve posting with time stamp 11:45 and date 31-1p-11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Braddock ‘Street
Eastern fruit growers seek equal export freights with northwest
West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania horticultural leaders met New York railroad officials to push for export apple freights matching the 25 percent cut given to northwest apple shipments. No decision was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
C. C
M. W. Fulton
West Horticultural Society
Aetary
Dident
Northwestern
Spaga Cous
Northwest Dailies
Liverpool
Panama Canal
Europe
Pacific Coast
Pacl
European
New York
Barr Shipping Corporation
trans-Atlantic Steamship
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Chen
Nationalist
Shanghai
Marshal Chang
Peiping
Robert C. Hall
Loudoun
Rouss Fire CO
M. Lamp
Easton, Pa
Charles Rogers
Nancy Carroll
Evening Star
Mrs. Hardesty
Mount Hebron Cemetery
C. E
Reformed Church
Wall Street
Calgary Herald
Buracker
Page County
James A. Buracker
Harrison Buracker
Marvin Jenkins
Jenkins
William Jenkins
Luray
Zella Taylor Buracker
Edward
Blue Ridge
H. L. Buracker
Andrew Jenkins
Norfolk and Western Railroad
K. L. Buracker
Norfolk and Western
Essie Buracker
Harrison
Thomas Short
Andrew Broyles
Edward Buracker
Moling and Cather's
Marx Bros
Palace
United Kingdom
Hameburg
Bremen
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Havre
Copenhagen
Oslo
Gothenburg
Stockholm
Hamburg
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