Warrant Charges Four City Workers With Gas Theft
Warrants issued charging four street department employees with stealing gasoline from Winchester. Superintendent W. C. Hodge resigned after a meeting with the mayor, city manager, and police chief. Hearing set for tomorrow before Judge Donald Weems. Haines brothers and Henry Boyd named. Hodge left the city. Investigation traced to 1938 cost accounting showing street trucks used less gas than water department trucks.
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Winchester
C. R. Anderson
Arthur M. Field
C. W. Hollis
W. C. Hodge
Leo Haines
Howard Haines
Henry Boyd
Donald Weems
Francis Punk
Haines Brothers
Boyd
Hodge
Street Department
Water Department
Mephitis Meet Mephitis Humors in Skunk Observations
MR WINCHESTER cites Alan Devoe in American Mercury praising skunks for pest control and curious behavior. He describes a dusk gathering of six to twelve skunks circling, performing a ritual with stiff legged hops before dispersing to forage for bugs and salamanders.
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Alan Devoe
Mephitis
American Mercury
Four Babies Born In Texas Doing Well
Four girl babies were born at St. Marys Infirmary in Galveston Texas weighing from 3 3 4 to 4 pounds 9 ounces. Their mother Mrs W E Badgett 36 wife of a construction foreman was reported doing well after a flood transfusion given as a protective measure. Dr W J Jinkins the attending physician commented on the surprising births.
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W. E. Badgett
St. Mary's Infirmary
W. J. Jinkins
Oe Hospital
Veteran C P Employee Feted Upon 34 Years Service
C P Telephone Company veteran C H Smith of the Winchester plant retires after 34 years and a month. He received a life membership scroll in the Telephone Pioneers. Officials and co workers attended at the George Washington Hotel as Mr Smith’s service ended.
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C. H. Smith
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Winchester
George Washington
B. and O
Telephone Company
Smith
W. B. Fitzpatrick
Virginia C. & P. Company
Richmond
L. X. Blantz
Lynchburg
J. N. Wright
A. G Tucker
E. A. Crowl
L. J McElligott
Mr. Smith
Mr. Crowl
France Provided For Former Wife in Will
Dr. Joseph I. France former Maryland Senator and GOP presidential hopeful left his estranged Russian wife a monthly income of 150 dollars in his will filed for probate. The document disposes assets estimated at 400000 dollars.
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Elkton
Joseph I. France
Maryland
Joshua Clayton
Prance
Bingo Party at Sarah Zane Hall Weekly
Every Wednesday night at Sarah Zane Hall at 8 o clock. Admission is 25 cents with 20 free games. Valuable prizes awarded each game.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Methodist Encounters in Winchester Through the Years
Journal notes recount Francis Asbury preaching in a damp unfinished house in Winchester in 1772 when fewer than 100 Methodists lived in Virginia. A 1793 entry praises progress as rain soaked streets but preaching continued, and Bishop William Walter Peele will lead a Youth Crusade Rally at Braddock Street Church South with Rev. T. M. Swann as pastor.
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Francis Asbury
Winchester
Virginia
William Walter Peele
Richmond
Braddock Street
M. E. Church South
T. M. Swann
Four Die In Dwelling Fire In Cleveland
A blaze on Cleveland's west side killed four people in a second floor rooming house fire of undetermined origin. Victims were Elizabeth Smith and her two young sons Clare and Everett, plus a 17 year old youth. Two adults survived with burns and others escaped to the roof or through windows. The building housed eight other occupants who were displaced or treated for minor injuries.
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Cleveland
Elizabeth Smith
WPA
Clare
Everett
Benjamin H. Brand
Stephen Toth
Julia Fisher
Childen
Brand
City Hospital
Winchester Boys' Club Opens in McVicar Building
The Winchester Boys' Club opened today at 3 PM in the McVicar Building on West Boscawen Street with T. M. Swann Jr. as counselor and William McIntyre as assistant. Judge Donald Weems announced strong community interest as about 25 boys joined in the initial setup, following 15 and 25 attendees on recent days. The club plans a supervised program for city youths after school, continuing until school ends, when Winchester Park play activities will replace it.
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Winchester Boys’ Club
McVicar
West Boscawen Street
T. M. Swann, Jr
William McIntyre
Donald Weems
Winchester Park
Storm Brings Snow Across Midwest And East
A major storm moves from the Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard with rain or snow forecast for the Northeast and Ohio Valley. Northwest winds lash Nebraska Wyoming and the Dakotas with blizzard conditions delaying travel and causing several deaths nationwide.
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Middle West
United States
Rockies
Plains
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Nebraska
Wyoming
Dakotas
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New York City
LaGuardia
Spain Cortes convenes secret session amid Catalonia defense
Parliament in Madrid convened secretly in Catalonia to reaffirm resistance to the Insurgents. Deputies from central and southeastern Spain traveled north as government leaders strengthen Catalonia's security after last week's rout toward Barcelona. General Serrabia Hernandez is replaced by General Jurado as Catalonia’s top commander.
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Figueras
Spain
Parliament of Government
Cortes
Catalonia
Barcelona
Capi
Juan Negrin
Gerona
Juan Serrabia Hernandez
Jurado
Fight Over Virginia Judge Nomination Divides Senate
A bitter intra party fight over President Roosevelt’s nominee Floyd H. Roberts to a Virginia federal judgeship splits the Senate judiciary committee. Glass and Byrd condemn the pick as offensive while others hint Gov. James Price may endorse. A likely committee rejection could trigger a Senate floor battle for confirmation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Glass
D.-Va
Floyd H. Roberts
Byrd
James H. Price
Justice Department
Senate
Burke
D.-Neb
Judiciary Committee
Roberts
Barkley
Winchester Chamber Elects 1939 Officers and Board
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce announces the 1939 leadership. C P McVicar is president with P G Ireland as vice president and Andrew Bell as secretary for his 18th term. The board includes Avey, Ireland, Moling Jr., Pine, Armstrong Jr., Glover, Hamman, Riley, and others. Annual meeting set for February 16 at the George Washington Hotel.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
R. E. Avey
P. G. Ireland
Henry Moling, Jr
Charles A. Pine
C. P. McVicar
Andrew Bell
Paul M.haldeman
Frank Armstrong
John Glover
B. H. Hamman
Hoye Riley
J. Henry Moling, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Japanese Not To Indemnify Powers
Tokyo February 1 Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita told the Diet that Japan would not indemnify third powers for losses caused by Japan in China. He said Japan would demand indemnities from China for individual losses of Japanese nationals and that China would not be obliged to pay general indemnities. He added Japan would respect the vested rights of third powers.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Diet Today
Japan
China
Poison Deaths Probed in Three-State Ring Inquest
Philadelphia authorities summon sixty people to an inquest into the deaths of three men and a 17 year old boy, suspected victims of a three-state poison ring. The probe centers on whether a criminal network caused the fatalities and details of the alleged scheme are investigated by state and local officials.
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Philadelphia
Split Chicago judges debate wife slapping as cruelty
In Chicago two judges split over whether a wife may seek divorce for being slapped. Judge Philip J. Finnegan argued a slap is not cruelty and may even be a martial duty, while Superior Judge Oscar F. Nelson held any painful blow can be cruelty and sufficient for a divorce if proven twice. Mrs Mary Kuhar and Mrs Gwendolyn A Bishop testified to repeated slaps, prompting differing rulings.
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Chicago
Philip J. Pinnegan
Circuit Court
Mary Kuhar
Hus John
Finnegan
Oscar F. Nelson
Gwendolyn A. Bishop
Nelson
Bishop
Roosevelt open to selling war materials to independent states
A Senate military committee member reported President Roosevelt indicated the United States would sell war materials to independent European states beyond England and France if they could pay cash. The discussion reportedly touched on extending sales to non totalitarian nations and possibly placing U S frontiers in France during a world war, though some committee members denied this interpretation.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
United States
England
France
Europe
Democratic
Germany
Italy
London
Paris
Berlin
Mussolini Pays Homage to Fascist Militia Heroes
In Rome on February 1 Premier Mussolini paid ceremonial homage to the Fascist blackshirt fighters in Spain and reviewed about 20 000 militiamen at the Piazza Venezia and Via Nazionale marking the sixteenth anniversary of the organization. He gave medals to war survivors but did not address his followers, signaling possible pause until the end of the Spanish conflict amid rumors of new African concessions.
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Rome
Mussolini
Spain
Il Duce
Piazza Venezia
Via Nazionale
France
Africa
Auto
Bargain Watches at Hodgson & Brown Display
Rebuilt watches offered at bargain prices with guarantee. See our window display at Hodgson and Brown.
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Hodgson & Brown
HABLES PALACE Special Pictures Crowning Tyrone Power Queen Jeanette McDonald
Elberta peaches highlight summer flavor for table use. Pure Food Store advertises frost sealed slices at 24 cents per cup.
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Tyrone Power
Jeanette McDonald
Elberta
Pure Food
Veteran Senator Borah Hospitalized With Grippe
Senator William E. Borah, 73, Idaho Republican and long-serving Senate dean since 1907, was admitted to Emergency Hospital with a severe grippe. Mrs. Borah and Dr. Worth Daniels accompanied him. officials fear pneumonia but say he is not critically ill.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Grippe
Senate
Idaho
AFL to Campaign for Act Revision
Miami February 1 The American Federation of Labor plans a campaign to mobilize its unions behind revision of the national labor relations act. President William Green said all national and international unions with more than 3 000 000 members would be asked to back the drive underway in Congress. Green will appear before Senate and House committees to explain why the federation wants changes to the law.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Congress
Green
Senate
House
Federata
Uon
Shenandoah Area Council Wins Acorn Award for Growth
Dan Henry announces the Shenandoah Area Council of Boy Scouts of America received the President Walter W. Head Acorn Award in Recognition of Membership Achievements for 1938. The council saw 324 new Scouts, 80 Cubs, 15 new troops, and three new cub packs.
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Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Walter W. Head
Acorn
Dan Henry
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held Thursday evening February 2 at 8 o'clock. Officers elected in January will be installed into office at this meeting. All members are requested to attend. William Argenbright, Capn.
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Regalar
Friendship Fire Company
William Argenbright
Capi
Roosevelt policy shifts as US abandons neutrality on Rhine
Berlin reports Nachtausgabe and Lokal Anzeiger charge Roosevelt lectured the Senate Military Affairs Committee on backing democracies with arms, calling this a break with neutrality since World War I. Dispatches suggest Washington becomes the center of intervention in European affairs.
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Berlin
Nachtausgabe
America
Roosevelt
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lokal Anzeiger
Rhine
New York
United States
Hetz Aktion
Fuehrer
Washington
Wilson
Dispatch
Germany
Noonan Opens Probe Into Judge Manton Scandal
United States District Attorney Gregory F. Noonan announced a systematic investigation into the business dealings of Federal Judge Martin T. Manton. A special federal grand jury may be impaneled to examine loans totaling more than $439,000 taken from people with matters before his court.
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New York
United States
Gregory F. Noonan
Martin T. Manton
Noonan
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Small Group Moves to Fight Dies Committee Extension
A small group of House members decided to oppose extending the Dies committee on un American activities. House leaders expected passage later in the week. Chairman Dies predicted at most 306 members would vote against renewal. The Rules Committee gave Dies another chance to justify a two year continuation and $150000 appropriation.
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Washington
House
Dies
D-Tex
Chilean Congress to Provide Relief Fund for Earthquake Zone
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda asked Congress to set up a 2.5 billion peso relief and rehabilitation fund for the earthquake zone. Death toll estimates reached 30,000. Congress was expected to approve the request with no delay, likely funded by special taxes.
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Santiago
Chile
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Congress
Handley High Student Marshall Farmer to Speak at Rotary
Handley High School student Marshall Farmer, 15, will address the Rotary Club at the Thursday luncheon. He will describe his autograph collection of more than 1,500 signatures from governors, senators, representatives, and other prominent figures, with an exhibit of the collection noted in columns.
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Marshall Farmer
Handley High School
Rotary Club
Marshall
Rotarians
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Borah
Manton
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