Boyce Opposed to Weaver Bill on Route 50 Changes
Boyce residents oppose a Virginia Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Weaver giving the Highway Department power to alter Route 50 west of Fairfax County line. The bill could move the highway away from Boyce to bypass a railroad crossing, risking relocation costs for many on the current main street.
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Boyce
State Senate
Weaver
Front Royal
Highway Department
Fairfax County
Winchester
Washington
Upperville
Middleburg
Weather Outlook For February 14 To 19
North and Middle Atlantic States expect snow in the north and rain or snow in the south at the start and again midweek with rain at the end. Colder conditions in the central and northern areas Monday night, warmer by Wednesday, then cooler Thursday and a much warmer late week.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Keep Fit to Drive Warns Veterans of Foreign Wars
MA Winchester notes the VFW safety campaign urges constant fitness for drivers. Drunken driving faces strong condemnation as a danger to others, while many long haul truckers push fatigue by using pills or potions to stay awake at wheel.
Drunken Drivers Convicted Here Often Serve Shorter Terms
A survey of 75 drunken driving records shows 26 inmates released after 2 to 11 days, averaging 17.6 days. The other 49 served 20 to 80 days, depending on fines paid or time to serve. Aggregate sentences totaled 97 months. city fines last year reached 5,600 dollars.
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J. W. Newcome
Rumania Charts 14 Point Program Under Military Rule
Bucharest reports that the new government under Premier Dr. Miron Cristea issued a 14 point program promising justice and peace, radical reforms, and emigration of Jewish surplus. it pledges continued relations with traditional friends and League of Nations defense while easing anti Semitic measures from the Goga regime. The cabinet governs by decree without Parliament, with the army under a national state of siege holding broad civil powers.
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Bucharest
Romania
League of Nations
Christian Brotherhood
Miron Cristea
Octavian Goga
Goga
Carol
Dr. Cristea
Japan Admits Disorders in Nanking and Property Trespass
Tokyo reports to Washington that Japanese soldiers committed disorders in Nanking and illegally entered American property at Hangchow. It blames Nanking events on insufficient forces and cites wartime requisitioning in Hangchow with night operations and possible misidentifications.
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Tokyo
United States
Nanking
Hangchow
Fete Finance Committee To Meet Thursday
The Apple Blossom Festival finance committee meets at the George Washington Hotel on Thursday February 17. Co chairmen J P Arthur and H H Covington lead a large appointed group to approve the budget and organize festival operations. Firemen plan broader participation in the Trail of the Pink Petals parade with a full fire company representation under director general Baldridge.
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George Washington Hotel
J. P. Arthur
H. H. Covington
Philip R. Fowle
John P. Allen
B. F. T. Barr
William Beverley
Harry W Butler
Carl L. Campbell
Richard K. Eddy
W. E. Edwards
Arthur M. Field
John G. Fosbrink
Thomas A. Gibson
Henry T. Goode
Lawrence C. Hollis
Mc Sherry Lupton
Harry L. McCann
Percy D. Miller
W. Allen Perry
Alvin S. Pennypacker
Wyatt R Richards
Hoye L. Riley
C. Arthur Robinson
H. Delmar Robinson
Wilmer F. Shryock
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Fred Read
Ansel Solenberger
L. J. McElligott
Paul Rosenberger
Tom Bald- Tidge
Winchester Fire Department
Baldridge
Apple Blossom
The
Star
Frederick County
New Project For Flood Control Opened At Pickwick Lake
Impounded waters of the Tennessee river create Pickwick lake in Colbert and Lauderdale counties Alabama. The reservoir between Pickwick landing and Wilson dams will aid navigation, flood control, power production, and wildlife conservation. Gates at Pickwick landing dam began inundating thousands of acres, submerging Colbert shoals and forming a 50 mile 9 foot channel extending up the river.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee River
Colbert
Lauderdale Counties
Alabama
Pickwick Lake
Pickwick Landing
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson Dams
Colbert Shoals
Tennessee
Congressman Kleberg addresses 350 at Rouss banquet on government trend
Richard M. Kleberg United States Congressman from Texas and Commander R A Lavender spoke at the 44th Charlie Rouss Fire Company banquet. The event featured performances by Handley High School orchestra and the Strine xylo phone ensemble.
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Richard M. Kleberg
Texas
Charlie Rouss Fire Company
Rouss
Merchant Prince
Broadway
Handley High School
William H. MclIlwee
Samuel Strine
Hagerstown
United States
Richard A. Lavender
United States Navy
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
R. A. Whitten
Sue” Tokus
Four May Divide Big Stork Prize
Ontario Supreme Court accepts claims of four Toronto mothers to shares of the $500,000 stork derby prize left by Charles Vance Millar to the woman bearing the most children in ten years after his death. Each of the four mothers produced nine children. others contest claims. If two additional claims fail, the four will receive about $125,000 each from the Millar estate.
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Toronto
Ontario Supreme Court Today
Charles Vance Millar
Isabel Mary MacLean
Annie Katharine Smith
Kathleen Ellen Nagle
Lucy Alice Timlock
Millar
Lillian Kenny
Pauline Mae Clarke
University to Confer Doctor of Divinity on Local Pastor
The University of Richmond will award the doctor of divinity degree to the Rev. Edward T. Clark of the First Baptist Church, Winchester, at June 7 commencement. The same degree will go to the Rev. L. M. Ritter of Bowling Green, Virginia. Clark, a Winchester leader, has guided church growth and harmony for 12 years, with strong regional influence. Ritter, native of Clarke County, has served as a Winchester supply pastor and has kin in Millwood area.
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Edward T. Clark
First Baptist Church of Winchester
University of Richmond
F. W Boatwright
L. M. Ritter
Bowling Green
Clark
Buckingham County
Louisville Seminary
Winchester Church
Virginia Baptist Board of Missions
Baptist General Association of Virginia
Wistchester
The
Religious Herald
Winchester
Millwood
Clarke County
Preston Marks
Berryville
Rice Levi
Train Crash Kills Man and Injures Another in Murphysboro
In North Murphysboro a Mobile and Ohio fast passenger train jumped the track and overturned. The trainman died and a second crew member was badly injured in the crash.
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Murphysboro
Iil
Mobile and
Ohio
North
Davies Sails to Belgium After Russia Ambassadorship
Joseph E. Davies, newly named ambassador to Belgium, sailed from New York on the Bremen to wrap up Russia duties before heading to Brussels. Mrs Davies accompanied him.
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New York
Joseph E. Davies
Belgium
Bremen
Russia
Brussels
Tennessee Man Takes Own Life In Louisville Hotel
William Richard Tompkins of Gallatin Tennessee fatally shot himself after ending a telephone call with Miss Dora Nunsell of Los Angeles saying I am going to kill myself He died five hours later at City Hospital Detectives said he refused to discuss the shooting or the call and asked to be left alone A letter addressed to his father in Gallatin dated February 8 mentions repaying a loan tied to a life policy and the South Bend hotel stationery links to the Los Angeles call at the Plaza Hotel
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Louisville
William Richard Tompkins
Gallatin
Tompkins
Charles R. Tompkins
Gallatin Tenn
Nansell
South Bend
Ind
Plaza Hotel
Los Angeles
U S May Be On Verge of Real Test of Democracy
Dr. Francis P. Gaines president of Washington and Lee University warned in Williamsburg that America faces an ultimate test of representative government. He recalled Jamestown 1619 and urged vigilance as dangers to democracy grow amid industrial and sectional tensions.
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U.S
Williamsburg
America
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Gaines
Jamestown
Virginia General Assembly
Washington and Lee
James Madison
Virginia Assembly
Madison
Wright Convicted Of Manslaughter In Dual Tragedy
Paul A. Wright is found guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of his wife and John Kimmel in Glendale. The jury convicts on two counts, one for each fatal shooting, while a separate insanity plea is to be heard before the same jury. The sentence ranges from one to ten years in prison.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
John Kimmel
Wright
Jerry Giesler
California
Kimmel
Ingall Bull
Royal Burial Honors For Prince Nicholas At Tatoi
Prince Nicholas of Greece was buried with full military honors in the royal tomb at Tatoi castle after dying Tuesday from a month long illness. Duke of Kent and Co Regent Paul of Yugoslavia accompanied the bier on foot, followed by their wives Marina Olga and Elizabeth wife of Count Toerring in carriages.
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Athens
Nicholas
Greece
Tatoi Castle
Duke of Kent
Paul
Yugoslavia
Marina
Olga
Elizabeth
Count Toerring
Auction of Lemley & Brother Tailor Shop assets in Stephens City VA
Lemley and Brother Tailor Shop property goes to auction Saturday February 19 1938 at 2 p m in front of the post office Stephens City Virginia Sale bills available
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Lemley & Brother Tailor Shop
Post Office
Stephens City
Baldridge Named Chairman of Central Relief Drive
Tom Baldridge was chosen chairman of the individual subscribers division of the Central Relief campaign for March 1 to 7. Sam D. Preston announced the appointment noting Baldridge’s prior success as a team captain. The drive uses five or more teams to cover city sections and the slogan Be a Good Neighbor guides efforts to aid those once self-supporting but now in need.
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Tom Baldridge
Central Relief Campaign
Sam D. Preston
Baldridge
George E. Owen
Preston
Relief Association
Central Relief Funds
Lyman
Lee Coble
Poor Committee of Common Council
Front Royal Man In Accident On Northwestern Grade
A middle aged white man identified as J S Walters of Front Royal Va was injured in an automobile accident near North Mountain on the Northwestern grade His car skidded on a wet roadway and overturned He had scalp injuries and loss of blood and was hospitalized at Memorial Hospital with conditions described as improving today.
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J. S. Walters
Front Royal
Memorial Hospital
North Mountain
Walters
Hull outlines neutral and strong defense policy stance
Secretary Hull says U S foreign policy avoids extreme internationalism and isolation and seeks simple common sense. He argues for a larger Navy to preserve peace and denies any alliances while stressing independence and readiness to deter war.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Louis Lu@low
Indiana
America
Rep
Vinson
D.-Ga
Japanese Troop Movements Pose New China Threat
Reported heavy Japanese troop movements toward Kalgan and Paotouch en in Suiyuan and Ningxia regions raise fears of a push to disrupt China’s highway artery to Soviet Russia. Chinese authorities in Hankow fear attacks on vital lines as Ma Chan-Shan forces hold Wu yuan 100 miles from Paotouch en.
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Peiping
Inner Mongolia
Japan
Paotouchen
Wester Suiyuan
China
Soviet Russia
Kalgan
Chahar
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Ma Chan-Shan
Wuyuan
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R. A. Lavender
Kleberg
E. T. Clark
University
Mr. Clark
Clarke
Davies
Francis Gaines
DR. Gaines
Aid Group
Central Relief Association
Ludlow
Ningsia
Lanchow
Kansu Province
Heart of
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Gardner B. Hillyard
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