Compensation Is Determined for State and Local Officers
In Winchester and Clarke County the State Compensation Board set yearly pay and office expenses for treasurers and the commonwealth attorney. County treasurer totals reach 6503 50 in 1941 with 4000 salary and 2503 50 expenses. Winchester city treasurer 6492 with 4500 salary and 1992 expenses. Commissioner of Revenue totals 6140 50 with 4300 salary and 1840 50 expenses. Clarke county treasurer 4000 with 3000 salary and 1000 expenses. Commissioner of Revenue Clarke 3222 with 2000 salary and 1222 expenses.
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Army requests three billion more for British aid prior to war
The army seeks a 3 billion additional appropriation for Britain's shadow plants to augment the 84 factories funded last summer. Combined with existing and planned production for Britain, total defense outlays would exceed 20 billion since 1940. The Maritime Commission plans two 35,000 ton ships for fast carrier conveyance as it expands shipbuilding to 179 vessels in 1940.
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Germany
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Answers to Today’s Quiz From Page Four
The page lists quiz answers: No 2 over $1,000. 3 South Dakota. 4 Chicago, Nl. 5 Yes. 6 Adriatic. 7 Once. 8 By purchase from Denmark. 9 Daniel Defoe. 10 Second Sunday in May. The Q A notes Joaquin Miller requested ashes sent over the Sierra Mountains in California.
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Denmark
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California
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Sierras
Community thanks for kindness after Mrs. Anna Walters
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy after the death of Mrs. Anna Belle Walters. They also thank for the use of cars and the beautiful flowers.
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Anna Belle Walters
Davis Charged with Carrying Nazi Peace Plans to U S
Cedar Rapids editor Verne Marshall claims William Rhodes Davis an oil operator from New York flew official Nazi peace plans from Germany to the United States in October 1939. The State Department reportedly suppressed the material. The plan allegedly called for a White House peace conference with President Roosevelt as mediator.
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Cedar Rapids
No Foreign Wars Committee
William Rhodes Davis
U. S
Germany
State Department
Arshall
White House
Roosevelt
Davis
New York
Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson Dies in Tulsa
Roberta Campbell Lawson 62 of Tulsa died after weeks of illness in a Tulsa hospital where she received blood transfusions. She was daughter of Johnathan Campbell and Emma Journeycake, a relative of the Glass and Magruder families. Widow of Tulsa attorney Eugene Lawson, she was a noted author and former president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. One son, Edward Campbell Lawson, survives. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Susie Glass Strider
Tulsa
Okla
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Lawson
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Winchester
Emma Journeycake
Mr. Campbell
Glass
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Woodstock
Eugene Lawson
Edward Campbell Lawson
British May Not Await Fall in Libya Front
Report from North Africa notes patrols along the Bardia Tobruk road and suggests a possible push to harry Italian positions. Weather could shape Sir Archibald Wavell's timetable with storms and cold nights expected. Royal Air Force and naval bombardments target Taranto Palermo Naples and East African bases as part of a Mediterranean offensive.
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Fire destroys home at Vaucluse and damages outbuildings
Fire swept a Vaucluse dwelling during midnight Tuesday, destroying the house and its contents valued around three thousand dollars. The building was insured but contents were not. A smoke house near the residence burned. meat was saved. Neighbors aided Strasburg Fire Department in saving adjacent outbuildings and a barn. Chiles, recently in Washington with the Post Office Department, returned home Tuesday and started a fire in the dining room before visiting friends. Initial reports blamed the kitchen for the blaze with no fire in the range.
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Strasburg
Mrs. Collie B. Phillips Funeral Held
News from Winchester reports the December 23 funeral service for Mrs. Collie B. Phillips of Charles Town born December 2 1871 in Frederick County. She was survived by husband Ernest W. Phillips three sisters and one brother with interment at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Pallbearers included six nephews Allen Hummer Robert Brown John Brown Earl Brown Robert Whitmore and Abner Whitmore.
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Ernest W. Phillips
Frederick County
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Millwood
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Herbert E. Brown
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Berryville
Goodwin Frazer
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John and
Earl Brown
Robert
Abner Whitmore
Mrs Bayliss 74 Dies After Illness At Daughter's Home
Mrs Elizabeth C Bayliss 74 of Kernstown Virginia died this morning at her daughter Ada Chapman's home in Womeldorf Pennsylvania after a two week illness from a heart attack. She was born in Hayfield daughter of John W and Mrs. Ramey and lived in Kernstown with her husband for about twenty years. She was a Brethren Church member at Mt Olive. Survived by husband daughter and two sisters Ella Kerns Hayfield and Emma Anderson Capon Spring. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from Jones Funeral Home with Mount Hebron burial. Further details to be announced tomorrow.
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Kernstown
Ada Chapman
Womeldorf
Bayliss
Hayfield
John W. Ramey
Brethren Church
Mt. Olive
Chapman
Ella Kerns
Emma Anderson
Capon Spring
Jones Funeral Home
Mount Hebron
Miller Heads Club Elects New Officers
Miller heads the club as incoming president Ancell B. Groves receives a retiring president pin and Miller receives a president pin. Groves notes the club remains flourishing and Miller lists goals for 1941 with committee appointments to be published in The Star tomorrow.
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Ancell B. Groves
Miller
Groves
Star
Noted Minister To Speak At Berryville Chamber Meeting
Berryville Va January 2 announcement by the Chamber of Commerce says the January meeting on Monday January sixth at the Parish House will feature Rev John B Cunningham of Pamphila Va as guest speaker. Luncheon served at one oclock by the Restory Guild.
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Berryville
Chamber of Commerce
John B. Cunningham
Pamphila
Cunningham
Clarke Coun
William H. Whiting
Professor Whiting
Clarke County
Clay Hill
Restory Guild
Pay Boost For 70 000 Railmen
A minimum order will raise the pay of 70 000 railroad workers by more than 7 million dollars annually. The wage increase, set to take effect March 1, was announced by Col. Philip B. Fleming, wage hour trader.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Wage Hour Board Proposes Uniform Rail Base Rates
The wage hour committee recommends base rates of 36 cents and 33 cents an hour for trunk line railroad workers including red caps dining car staff and clerical employees with similar gains on short lines. Col Fleming says about 65,000 trunk line workers will get raises and roughly 5,000 of 21,000 short line workers will benefit.
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Col. Fleming
Major Issues Rise in New Congress on Britain Aid and Labor
The new Congress faces debates over aid to Great Britain and a proposed limits on defense industry strikes. Many members predict a major clash over renewing the president's authority to devalue the dollar, set to expire June 30, with the Federal Reserve Board seeking curb inflation and opposing renewal.
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