Armory plans advance as budget debate continues
Captain Henry B. Boynton Roanoke architect presents two preliminary armory plans to Roanoke Common Council. He notes a preferred third plan after site study at Rouss Spring and aims to have blueprints ready for approval by March 6. Budget could include 43000 dollars if needed.
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Common Council
Henry B. Boynton
Roanoke
Boynton
Grant
Jack Brandon
Rouss Spring
Fine Arts Commission
State Military Board
Richmond
Miller To Head Musicians Union At Winchester Meeting
At the first meeting of Winchester Musical Society Local No. 366, American Federation of Musicians, John Pete Miller was elected president. Orville Hoover became vice-president and J. W. Bud Seal was chosen business agent. The event occurred at the Golden Glow with other officers and plans discussed.
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Winchester Musical Society
American Federation of Musicians
John “Pete” Miller
Golden Glow
Orville Hoover
J. W.bud Seal
Bers
Ion
W. Lloyd
North Lou
Gift Distribution Notice at Baker's Drug Store
Daily gift system shows today’s value as 13.00 with gift number 2281 held by Miss Elizabeth Keckley at 185S Cameron Street. The previous gift was 12.00 yesterday. the number was missing from the qualification sheet. Today’s gift is one. register your entry at Baker's Drug Store.
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Baker's
Elizabeth Keckley
Cameron St
Wanted Local Securities Will Purchase Bank and Woolen Co.
RT BRYARLY seeks to purchase stock in Farmers and Merchants Bank and Winchester Woolen Company. Real estate and insurance offered. Local notices imply financial investments and private party dealing.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank and Winchester Woolen Company
RT. Bryarly
Real Estate — Insurance
Ip-1t
Breast Wings and Legs for Sale at Market
An advertiser lists breast meat wings and legs for sale with contact phone 402 135 at N Market. The note appears in a classified style from a local page segment.
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YES
Luncheon and Bake Sale at Lutheran Church
A luncheon and bake sale sponsored by the Lutheran Church of Our Savior will be held Saturday March 2 at 139 North Loudoun Street. Proceeds support church programs and community service.
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N. Loudoun St
Lutheran Church of Our Sa
Council Moves to Amend City Charter for Trial Justice
The Common Council plans to amend Section 24 of the 1932 City Charter to create a Trial Justice replacing Police Magistrate. The change would expand the city court’s jurisdiction to ease Corporation Court docket congestion, with fast action urged before the March 9 adjournment of the General Assembly. Senator Burr P. Harrison will be asked to push steps toward enactment.
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Philip Williams
Common Council
Corporation Court
Williams
General Assembly
Council
Burr P. Harrison
Associated Press
Star Today
Harris Plans To Retire As Mayor
Harris, three term mayor of Berryville, Va, announces he will not seek another term due to business pressures. The retirement clears the field for candidates though no obvious contenders have emerged. Present officers’ terms end August 31, with a Democratic convention likely between April 1 and April 11. several councilmen plan to seek renomination.
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Berryville
H. B. Harris
Harris
Msper
Court House
Zone Report Accepted By City Council
Winchester Common Council accepted the Zoning Commission report and extended thanks to the committee. A public hearing on zoning is set for March 19 after publication of area boundaries. The city is divided into Areas A to E with Area E unrestricted and Areas A to D restricted to specified building types.
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Winchester
Common Council
Zoning Commission
Philip Williams
Percy Miller
Lawrence C. Hollis
Miller
O. L. Jamison
Jefferson Street
Boscawen and
Amherst
Washington
Jack O Neal Receives Ten Years For Armed Robbery
Judge Philip Williams imposes a 10 year sentence on Jack O Neal a Frederick county youth for armed robbery of two Winchester filling stations. O Neal pleaded guilty and sentences run concurrently with prior confinement. Osborne gets 12 months on each of three forgery charges suspended on probation.
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Philip Williams
Jack O'Neal
Frederick County
Winchester
O'Neal
Williams
O’neal
South
Loudoun Street
William Osborne
Front Royal
Warren Circuit Court
Sounds Like Raid Over Swiss Lake Shore In Rhine Frontier
Inhabitants along Lake Constance heard a sound resembling an air raid near the Zeppelin works across the shore. The report describes a heavy fringe of factory activity and distant explosions, with local officials noting no confirmation of an air attack.
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Romanshorn
Switzerland
Lake Constanz
Animals Being Eaten Amid North China Food Shortage
Report from North China details widespread animal slaughter to cope with acute food shortage. Farmers and markets struggle as supply declines and prices rise. authorities monitor meat shortages and public concern grows.
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China
Eight To Build Highway South Of Boyce Wins
The Virginia Supreme Court upholds the State Highway Commission right to relocate the Lee Jackson highway south of Boyce denying an appeal from Clarke County residents. The decision follows years of protest as the reroute proceeds with court dates set for April 1 and the session ending Friday.
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Boyce
Richmond
State Supreme Court
State Highway Commission
Lee-Jackson
Circuit Court of
Clarke County
Henry E. Batcheller
State Corporation Commission
University of Virginia
Hull seeks postwar order to curb autarchy and totalitarianism
Secretary Hull said conversations are under way with governments worldwide to prevent autarchy and economic totalitarianism after the war. He disclosed copies of statements on neutrals have been sent to American representatives abroad to raise awareness among capitals. The aim is postwar economic and military adjustments, not wartime conditions.
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Washington
Hull
Youth Held on Heavy Bond in Jewelry Store Case
A Philadelphia youth Herman Eintracht 21 was held in Knoxville Tennessee on 10000 bond for alleged attempted jewelry store robbery. Companion Arthur Bruno 19 remained in fair condition after a shootout with a patrolman. Authorities seek custody for Bristol Roanoke thefts and a Winchester Virginia car theft.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Philadelphia
Herman Eintracht
Arthur Bruno
C. B. Wells
Bruno
Seliectes
Bristol
Roanoke
Virginia Power Says It Won't Abide NLRB Ruling
Richmond officials report Virginia Electric and Power Company will not comply with the NLRB order to disestablish the employees association unless the ruling is upheld by the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Company
NLRB
Peery Attacks Price On Salary Budget Frankness
Former Governor George C. Peery says Governor Price’s defense of salary increases after the 1938 assembly is evasive and misleading. Peery claims the 36 300 excess for increases was provided in the budget and that the implication shifts responsibility away from the governor.
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Tazewell
George C. Peery
Price
Peery
Associated Press
General Assembly
Lloyd George Advocates Retaliation and Caution
London, Feb 28. Former WWI prime minister Lloyd George warned of air attack retaliation and urged firm actions to avoid reckless decisions. He said Britain must avoid war with Russia and keep food supplies adequate while preparing for a strong but honest peace that endures.
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London
Germany
Russia
Italy
Romania
David Lloyd George
National Defense and Public Interest Committee
Welles Receives Warm Swiss Welcome in Zurich
More than 1,000 Swiss citizens cheered Sumner Welles, Roosevelt’s special investigator, upon his arrival in Zurich from Rome. The Under-secretary of State, smiling, walks through rows of Cantonal police in full dress to a lakeside hotel before departing by train to Berlin.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Rome
Berlin
City and County Brevities Highlight Local Court Sentences
Eleven defendants in Clarke County faced fines totaling 1125 dollars and 1262 days in jail for ABC law violations. Clarence Evans, an Anniston hitchhiker, rode through Berryville en route to Wilmington, Del., describing a brutal cold wave and seeking work. Berryville Mayor Harris expresses opposition to F D R running for a third term, advocating two terms as sufficient.
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ABC
Wilmington
Del
Northern Virginia
Clarence Evans
Young Anniston
Anniston
Baltimore
Berryville
Orasome Evans
Berry
Waiting Period Bill Killed By Senate Committee
Richmond Va February 28 Senator Hunsdon Cary's proposed waiting period for strike or lockout calls and a water pollution permit requirement beyond 1941 were killed by the Senate General Laws Committee after an executive session. The panel also indefinitely passed the Parker bill giving cities and towns power over water purity and police power on watersheds.
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Richmond
Hunsdon Cary
Senate
General Laws Committee
Parker Senate
Robert W. Daniel
Prince George
United States
House Committee On
State Commission On Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia Baptists Prepare Protest Letter to Roosevelt
In Richmond on February 28 a resolution and a letter opposing Myron C. Taylor’s appointment as Roosevelt's Vatican representative were being readied in committee for transmission to the Baptist General Association of Virginia.
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Richmond
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Baptist General Association of Virginia
Mrs. Dutton to Direct Queen Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Mrs. B. B. Dutton will again direct the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Queen and Court for the 17th annual celebration planned for late April or early May. Her duties include arranging key events and selecting costumes for the royal entourage. She aims to recruit May Queens from Virginia and neighboring states and invite school princesses to strengthen the court.
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B. B. Dutton
Youths Signed for War Service Abroad
Walter E. Palmer, a 20 year old flier, confirmed reports that American youths are being recruited for war service abroad. He said at least 20 youths had been signed up on the west coast.
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Rockford, Ill
Walter E. Palmer
West
Senator Walsh says he will not oppose Roosevelt third term
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, who has opposed some administration policies, announced he would not be a party to any opposition to a third term for President Roosevelt.
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Inaeaienck
Walsh
D.-Mass
Roosevelt
Canadians Arrive to Join Finnish Forces
The Helsinki radio announced that the first Canadian volunteers had arrived in Finland to enlist with the Finnish forces.
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Helsinki
Helsinki Radio
Finland
Census Bureau accused again over census questions
Senator Tobey accuses the Census Bureau of prying into personal income data. Census Director W L Austin says the questions come from a representative cross section of the people. The pair spoke before a Senate sub committee at hearings on Tobey's resolution to remove the questions from this year’s census.
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Washington
Tobey
Census Bureau Today
W. L. Austin
Austin
Senate
Richmond readers back third term in local poll
In Richmond Virginia on February 28 readers of the Richmond News Leader sent 541 of 900 post cards to sample opinion on a third term. The tally showed 436 in favor and 105 opposed.
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Richmond
Retired Judge to Sit on Norfolk Circuit Court
Richmond Va Feb 28 Chief Justice Preston W Campbell of the State Supreme Court designated Judge C W Coleman a retired judge of a judicial circuit to sit in Norfolk Circuit Court at the term beginning March 2 His successor has not qualified.
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Richmond
Preston W. Campbell
State Supreme Court of Appeals
C. W. Coleman
Eef
Norfolk
Harrison Explains Vote On Liquor Tax and Gov Price Raises
State Senator Burr P Harrison explains his opposition to a 10 percent liquor tax in a letter to The Star noting the tax diverts funds from education and shifts profits upward for the ABC Board. He argues the liquor system should curb bootlegging, not maximize state revenue, citing the Winchester store example and projected profit increases.
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Harrison
Price
Burr P. Harrison
The
Star
Virginia
ABC Board
Winchester
Virginia House debates Auditor salary rise and tax cooperatives
The Virginia House of Delegates opened a drive to raise the auditor of public accounts salary by $1,000 to $7,000, approved 71 to 24 after a sharp defense. A resolution comparing personal service costs for 1938 1940 and the coming biennium was adopted 7 to 23. The Senate passed four bills, including tax on cooperative sales to nonmembers, and other minor measures.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Auditor of Public Accounts
Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Ashton
Iit
Norris-Moseley-Moses ‘Ball
Senate
Harrison
Zigler-Spiers House
Davisdolph House
Aubrey G. Weaver
Warren
Moffett-Apperson
ABC Board
Page-Norris
Wright- Moffett Senate
State Board
British aim to send expeditionary force to Finland
Highlights of War report from London states Britain plans dispatch of an expeditionary force to aid Finland against Russia. Amsterdam notes Dutch anti air fire on planes at night. Berlin claims Netherlands acts as gateway for British aircraft to reach fronts in exchange for oil and wheat. Helsinki reports Russia advances on Arctic routes and defense of the isthmus.
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The
Associated Press
London
Finland
Russia
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Berlin
Therlands
Public Invited to Bing Parties at Home on Wednesdays
Public invited to attend Bing Parties at Home each Wednesday evening at 211 NM Loudoun St. Best prizes for attendees. Come early with your family. 228-Weds.-lp-tf?
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Loudoun St
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G. Kenneth Levi
Scheuer
Russell
Dr. Tappan
Whiting
Nomi
Jack O’neal
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Harry 8. McDevitt
Temple University
M Hull
Hayley
Lloyd George
Welles
H. B
Joe) Harris
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Mrs. Dutton
MES. B. B. Dutton
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