Winchester City Manager Arthur Field Resigns March 31 1939
Arthur M Field longtime Winchester city manager resigns effective March 31 1939 to accept another position details withheld. He conveyed the decision by letter to Common Council noting no council meeting that night and thanking the city for his associations and activities. Field a Seattle native and Cornell graduate 1914 Civil Engineer, served Winchester since 1916 apart from WWI service.
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Arthur M. Field
Winchester
Field
Common Council
Seattle Wash
Dudley Field
Annie M Field
Seattle
Cornell University
Rochester
N. Y
Officers Training School
Fortress Monroe
Coast Artillery Corps
City Manager Field Resigns Amid High Salary Offer
Dr Charles R Anderson says the resignation of Arthur M Field is prompted by a handsome salary offer and a bigger future. Councilman Barnett and Dr Allen Hawthorne praise Field as the best city manager the city has had and express regret over his departure.
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Charles R. Anderson
Arthur M. Field
Barnett
C. Douglas Barnett
Field
Allen Hawthorne
Dear Boys Banquet and Candidate Movement at Rouss Hall
Winchester notes a banquet at Rouss Hall with numerous candidates heading to the primary. The event drew praise for the feast and music, and for Dr. Wagner’s address on Charles Broadway Rouss initials. Co B messages linger about behavior and reminders of Brotherhood.
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Rouss Hall
Dr. Wagner
Charles Broadway Rouss
Remedy
Brotherhood
Filet of sale with ocean freshness aroma at Pure Food Store
A brisk sale item at Pure Food Store features a frost sealed filet described with ocean freshness imagery signaling a fresh seafood offering.
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Ape Pure Food
Bingo Party At South End Hose Company Tonight
A notice announces a bingo party at the South End Hose Company this evening at 8 o'clock. The event appears in a short classified-style notice with date codes 2-11 14-1p-21 included.
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South End Hose Company
Three Killed In Car Crashes Near Lynchburg
In Lynchburg Virginia on Feb 14 three young Lynchburg residents Jeane Burnett W L Berry Jr and Harry Tucker were killed when two cars crashed after leaving a night club. Three other sons were seriously injured but expected to recover. State Trooper L L Stanley said the front car left the highway struck a pole and rolled over, the second car hit the wreckage.
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Lynchburg
Jeane Burnett
W. L. Berry, Jr
Harry Tucker
L. L. Stanley
Roosevelt defense plan sparks House debate on army expansion
The House opened debate on Roosevelt emergency armament aid with May of Kentucky warning that invasion could come if the U S delays strengthening its bulwarks. The plan includes 300 million for expanding the army air corps amid a 552 million program.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
United States
Kentuckyian
Army Air Corps
Man Confesses to Double Slaying in Kentucky
Grant Ison, 40, farmer and father of three, admitted killing his mother Arminta Ison, 70, and sister Katy Ison, 24, as they sat at the breakfast table. Sheriff Hogg and County Judge Crase said motive unclear. Bodies were found after noon yesterday near Roxana in the Ken tucky River area. Ison was arrested at his home shortly after.
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Whitesburg
Doyle Hogg
Grant Ison
Hogg
Ison
Arminta Ison
Katy Ison
James B. Crase
Letcher
Virginia Line
Publishers Tour Brings Virginia Dailies to Winchester Star Dinner
Representatives from about a dozen Virginia daily newspapers tour the state meeting editors and visiting plant sites. The Winchester Evening Star hosts a 7 PM dinner at the Washington Hotel as part of a clinic style exchange with press peers.
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Virginia
Winchester Evening Star
Washington Hotel
Fredericksburg
FreeLance Star
Alexandria
Alexandria Gazette
Winchester
The
Star
Louis Spilman
Waynesboro News Virginian
M,. Botts Lewis
Clifton Forge Review
Strasburg
Northern Virginia Daily
Col
Richard F. Beirne
Covington Virginian
Clark Lindsay
Charlottesville Progress
Waynesboro
Spilman
R. Gray Williams
Winchester Star
the Star
Dr Edgar Gammon Named Hampden Sydney President
The Rev. Edgar Graham Gammon of Charlotte North Carolina was named by Hampden Sydney College’s board of visitors to succeed Dr Joseph D Eggleston who resigned after reaching age 70. Announcement says Gammon had not yet accepted the post but a definite answer was expected soon and the board hopes he will accept.
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Richmond
Edgar Graham Gammon
D. D
Charlotte
N. C
Hampden-Sydney College
Board of Visitors
Joseph D. Eggleston
Frank Johns
Gammon
Johns
Names for second Western Virginia federal judgeship
Richmond Virginia February 14. Senators T Russell Cather Winchester Leonard Muse Roanoke Judge George Morton Wise County join previously named candidates for the second Western district Federal judgeship. Earlier nominees included John S Battle Charlottesville Stuart B Campbell Wytheville Ane Barksdale Lynchburg A C Buchanan Tazewell Frank Taverner Woodstock Floyd H Roberts Bristol whose nomination was rejected by the Senate after Carter Glass and Harry Byrd deemed it personally offensive.
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Richmond
T. Russell Cather
Winchester
Leonard Muse
Roanoke
George Morton
Wise County
Virginia
John S. Battle
Charlottesville
Stuart B. Campbell
Wytheville
Kenner Whittle
Martinsville
Ane Barksdale
Lynchburg
A. C Buchanan
Tazewell
Frank Taverner
Woodstock
Floyd H. Roberts Bristol
Senate
Carter Glass
D-Va
Harry Byrd
Baldridge Named Director General for 16th Apple Blossom
Tom Baldridge, manager of the Capitol Theatre, is appointed director-general of the 16th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The 1939 fete plans include a $10,000 fundraising drive led by Pinckney Arthur and Henry Covington with Junior Board of Trade help. Headquarters at the George Washington Hotel will open with a full-time staff. The Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association may join with a parade consideration for August.
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Tom Baldridge
R. Gray Williams
Clarke Cooper
Victor Arthur
Fred Glaize
Lester Arnold
Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
Pinckney Arthur
Henry Covington
Bers
Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Treasury Receipts and Debts Report February 11
Treasury data show receipts of 1.01 million dollars and expenditures of 18.68 million. Gross debt rises to 39.74 billion dollars, marking an increase from the prior period.
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Washington
The
Treasury
France May Buy More Warships
Diplomatic sources report an impending Paris announcement that France has placed another weapons order in the United States. The deal, believed to be for 115 twin motor bombers, is expected to go to the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore.
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Washington
Paris
France
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Armstong Offers Metal Weatherstripping Caulking Services
E W Armstrong Co offers estimates for metal weatherstripping and caulking of windows and doors. Phone 639 for service details. Address 39 E Piccadilly St. (1-31 Tue Thurs lp tf)
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E. W. Armstrong
E. Piccadilly St
Wednesday Night Games at Sarah Zane Hall
Every Wednesday at Sarah Zane Hall the games begin at eight o clock Admission costs 25 cents with 20 prizes and valuable prizes awarded each game.
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Sarah Zane Hall
No Cinch Then Pioneer Avers Tough Troubles of Early Telephony
Charles H. Smith, 115 East Cecil Street, retired after 34 years with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone. He recently received life membership in Telephone Pioneers. In 1904 he worked for Winchester Telephone, then Southern Bell opened an office in town and manager Harry F. Byrd hired him to help string poles from Stephenson to Jordan Springs.
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Charles H. Smith
Chesapeake and Potomac
Mr. Smith
Telephone Pioneers
YV. B. Fitzpatrick
East
Cecil Street
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone .Company
Haddoxs Mark 60 Years With Quiet Home Anniversary
George W. Haddox and Mrs. Haddox celebrate six decades since their White Post wedding. The couple, living at 125 East Lane Avenue, plan a low key observance as Mrs. Haddox recovers health. Haddox is noted as a successful businessman and accomplished golfer with several holes in one at Winchester Golf Club.
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George W. Haddox
East Lane Avenue
White Post
Haddox
Winchester Golf Club
Pupils Hold Valentine's Party After Valentine Boxes Burned
In Donora Pennsylvania Allen Elementary burned seven boxes of valentines to prevent distress after a pupil fell ill with scarlet fever. Ronald Graham a seven year old boy had placed valentines in all boxes prompting a quick party planned by Principal Helen Wilson to calm upset classmates.
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Donora
Allen Elementary School
Ronald Graham
Helen Wilson
Grace Lutheran class to host twentieth anniversary banquet
Women of the Mary Martha Class at Grace Lutheran Church plan a turkey menu for the twentieth anniversary banquet of the Men’s Bible Class to be held at 7 pm Thursday in the church social rooms. Rev Dr Austin A Kelly will give the principal address, with Rev Dr R Homer Anderson speaking. Music by the class orchestra, welcome by E Homer Harlee, toastmaster Andrew Bell, solo by Mrs Robert F Cline, piano by June Cline. Expected attendance 175 plus guests from Gettysburg Seminary, and Bible classes from Martinsburg to Harrisonburg.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Austin A. Kelly
Gettysburg
R. Homer Anderson
Lynchburg
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Louis Kneiliing
E. Homer Harlee
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Robert F. Cline
June Cline
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harrisonburg
Frank Brown
Charles W. Fries
Benjamin F. Davis
M. L. Esworthy
Hitler Sees Bismarck Ship Unveiled in Hamburg
Adolf Hitler proclaims the Bismarck battleship a triumph of the Reich as 50 000 Nazis watch in Hamburg. He casts the iron chancellor as a providential, solitary fighter alongside the new vessel sliding down the ways.
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Hamburg
Germany
Fuehrer
Reich
Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
German Empire
Ritual Buried at St Peter's Under Great Altar
Pope Pius XI was carried to his tomb beneath St. Peter's Basilica in a quiet cathedral rite. The entombment contrasted with former popes' public appearances as crowds dwindled and officials gathered in mourning in Rome.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
St. Peter
Pius
St. Peter's
Mussolini
Vatican
Vittorio ‘Emanuel
United States
William Phillips
Aborto Mella Sant Elia
Carlo Respighi
Texas Congressman Urges Rouss Banqueters To Adhere To Principles
Congressman Fritz G. Lanham of Texas spoke at the 45th annual Charley Rouss Fire Company's banquet in a crowded hall with 350 attendees. He cited James Russell Lowell, urged loyalty to constitutional principles, and stressed that America will endure as long as those core ideas remain in the hearts of its people.
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Texas
Rouss
America
Fritz G. Lanham
James Russell Lowell
Charley Rouss Fire Company
V’i Jis Robertson
Virginia
Brief Sketch Of Rouss Life At 45th Winchester Banquet
The sketch of Mr. Rouss life appears among remarks by Burr P Harrison at the 45th annual banquet. Rouss born in Woodsboro Frederick county Maryland came to Charles Town West Virginia and Winchester where he worked in Senseneys store and opened his own business. He aimed to make Winchester men fashionable and women irresistible and every home comfortable. The piece continues on Page 2 column 9 with a talk by fireside orators about defending American principles against foreign agitators.
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Rouss
Burr P. Harrison
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester
Senseney
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Georgia
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D-Ga
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L. To R
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J. P. McElligott
L. Blantz
City
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
C. Harold Lauck
Washington and Lee University School of Journalism
Chris Barnes
Pulaski Southwest Times
Robert B. Smith
Virginia Press Association
Robert C. Harper
W. M. Humphries
C.C. Carlin
Dr. Gammon
Hampden
Sydney
Cather
George Washington
Tom Caldridge
Charles Smith
A Bismarck
St. Peter’s
Pope Pius
Sistine Chapel
Chapel of the Sacrament
Fritz Lanham
Lowell
Roland P. Wagner
Norfolk
John Carahan
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