Judges Open Basketball Season With Martinsburg Tilt
Handley coach Hunter Maddex leads the Judges in their season opener against Martinsburg at 7 30 p m in Handley gym. No final lineup set, with tentative starters listed and several 1928 football monogram winners possible. Schedule continues through February with multiple CCCL opponents and home and away games.
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Hunter Maddex
Handley
Charles ‘Town
W. Va
Handley Gym
Martinsburg
Maddox
Torri’ Ritter
Ick Sutton
Pete Himlright
Tom Whitham
Frank Yeakle
Carol Rowe
Harold Patton
Willy Cather
Percy Stewart
Warren County
Yan
Charles Town
Waynes
Shepherds Town
Hagerstown
Fort Hill
Shoemaker gang robs stores on two states nabbed in Moorefield
Four members of the Shoemaker gang accused of numerous robberies across Virginia and West Virginia are jailed in Hardy county and two brothers remain at large. Raids traced loot to Fulks Run Timberville and Shoemaker Hollow, with authorities linking them to other local thefts and possible Edom post office safe blast.
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Harrisonburg
J. W. Bazzle
J. K. Palk
Fulks Run
Vaughan
R. L. Miller
Timberville
Rockingham
Randolph Shoemaker
Ray
Elbert
John Grant
Foltz
Lee
Roy
Virginia
West Virginia
Corp
H. R. Shields
C. G. McClain
E.R. Turner
Bazzle
Edom
C. W. Burruss
Vaughan Drug
Elbert Shoemaker
Shoemaker Gang
Corporal Shields
States Take Up Social Problem
Chicago report notes 33 states convening with Republican control for first time in years. Legislatures plan to address labor, social security, old-age pensions, wage-hour laws, relief finance, civil service reform, and sales taxes. Wage-hour bills target 10 states. budget balancing and deficits cited in several. Old-age pensions, relief financing prominent in 18 states. Massachusetts faces repeal debate on teachers oath law.
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Chicago
California
Nevada
Utah
New Hampshire
Vermont
North Carolina
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wyoming
South Carolina
Connecticut
Michigan
Colorado
Florida
Ohio
Colorados
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Creomulsion Promises Relief For Persistent Coughs
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a remedy for chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims a three days cough signals danger and promises relief even after other medicines fail, with a druggist offering a refund if customers are not satisfied.
Niekisch Faces Treason Trial in Berlin Court
Ernst Niekisch an aging socialist and anti Nazi propagandist stands at the Volksgerichtshof on charges of high treason. He appears with two others in a closed hearing as authorities withheld specifics. The case cites postwar Munich Soviet council efforts and references the 1919 upheavals following Eisner's ouster and the 1923 failed putsch attempt.
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Berlin
Ernst Niekisch
Volksgerichtshof
People’s Court
Niekisch
Munich
Kurt Eisner
Independent Socialst Party
Ludwig III
Eisner
Count Arco-Valley
Adolf Hitler
Thomas to introduce impeachment resolution against Perkins
Representative Thomas of New Jersey announced plans to introduce a resolution calling for the impeachment of Secretary Perkins. He cites alleged misconduct in office and criticizes the labor department for failing to deport Harry Bridges, a West Coast CIO maritime leader.
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Washington
Jan
Thomas
Perkins
House Committee On un-American Activities
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
CIO
Death Takes Mr. Orndorff
Funeral services were held for Henan A. Orndorff a longtime Winchester stonemason and builder. He died Saturday night at 11 35 at his home 204 Millwood avenue aged 73 born February 3 1866 in Hagerstown Maryland son of Benjamin and Rachel Beeler Orndorff. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survivors include widow Elizabeth Fletcher three sons Clarence H Ernest and Charles E Orndorff two brothers Morris and Dover one sister Mrs Clara Whitacre and ten grandchildren.
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Henan
A. Orndorff
Millwood Avenue
Herman McKay
Market Street Methodist Church
Orndorff
Mount Hebron
Stuart Perry
Clifton Grimm
Harvey Lake
Virgil Prince
Luther C. Kremer
Henry Boyd
Hagerstown
Benjamin and
Rachel Beeler Orndorff
Shenandoah County
Maryland
Winchester
Friendship Fire Company
Elizabeth Fletcher
Clarence H. Ernest
Charles E. Orndorff
Morris Orndorff
Washington, D. C
Dover Orndorff
Hanging Rock
W. Va
Clara Whitacre
Braddock Street M E Church to Hold Joint Meeting
All circles of the Braddock Street M E Church will meet jointly tomorrow at 7 30 in the Woman's Assembly room. Pastor Rev T M Swann will deliver the lesson message.
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Braddock Street
M. E
T. M. Swann
Labor Relations Board Granted Withdrawal Right
The National Labor Relations Board won Supreme Court approval to withdraw from a circuit court case challenging an order against Ford Motor Company. Chief Justice Hughes led the decision affirming a Federal Circuit ruling from Covington Kentucky. The board moved to adopt the new withdrawal procedure after a past Supreme Court ruling condemned a secretary ordered charges reduction at Kansas City stockyards.
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Washington, Jan
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
Ford Motor Company
Hughes
High Tribunal
Federal Circuit Court
Covington
Labor Board
Wallace
Kansas City
McCormick Denies Widow's Suit Claims in $2 Million Suit
Harold F. McCormick, harvester magnate and defendant in a $2,000,000 heart balm suit, denies twice asking Mrs. Olive Colby of Kansas City to marry him and denying efforts to complete the marriage. His answer, filed in Superior Court, says she suffered no pain or loss of reputation.
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Chicago
Harold F.“‘Mccormick
Harvester
Olive Colby
Kansas City
McCormick
J. Francis Dammann
Police Report Shows Countywide Crime Trends And Bureau Activity
Identification Bureau highlights include 1535 criminals identified locally, 40 percent with prior records, 82 percent of criminals identified elsewhere, 45 crime scenes photographed, 34 latent prints obtained, 15 identifications from latent prints, and 1535 fingerprints sent to the U S Justice Department. Traffic Bureau processed 522 violations with 421 cases disposed by the department, and 719 lights out plus 611 sanitary investigations cited during the year.
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Hollis
Bureau of Identification
United States Department of Justice
Washington
D.C
Frederick County Board of Equalization 1938 Report
Assessed valuations and objections reviewed by the Frederick County Board of Equalization. Mary Virginia Larrick handled clerical work from 8 November 1938 as notices were issued and changes posted. Decreases in property values were led by Opequon district with 38710 dollars and Back Creek with 21230 dollars. The board met over 75 days with member mileage listed and compensation approved by the Board of Supervisors.
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Mary Virginia Larrick
Frederick County
Kathryn Lineweaver
Opequon
Back Creek
Winchester
JW Richard
L. H Ramey
Elijah Pifer
W. S. O’rear
E. M. Funk
Board of Supervisors
the Star
Windsor plans return without Duchess in March reunion
London reports a British royal family reunion without the Duchess of Windsor is planned for March. Former King Edward VII is expected to return to London for the first time since abdication, while the Duke and American-born duchess remain at Villa La Croe in Antibes.
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London
Duchess of Windsor
Edward VII
Duke of Windsor
Villa la Croe
Antibes
Queen Mother Mary
Nazis Ready to Speed Emigration
Philadelphia reports approval of a program by which American Quakers would provide immediate relief for non Aryans in Germany and speed Jewish emigration to other countries.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Daladier Declares France Ready to Defend Tunisia
Premier Daladier told the Bey of Tunis that all French forces are prepared to defend Tunisia against any Italian threat to French rule. He toured Tunis from Bizerte, met the Bey at the palace, and was greeted by cheering crowds despite protests by Neo Destours demonstrators.
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Robert B. Parker
Tunis
Tunisia
Daladier
France
St Ntion
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Italy
Bizerte Canal
Erik Labonne
Services For Charles Cross In Berryville Friday
Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM in Josephine Baptist Church Berryville for Charles Franklin Cross 52 a shift worker and glass blower who died December 30 in Mannington West Virginia He is survived by eight brothers wife three grandchildren and other relatives The body was brought to Clarke County where his parents were born for burial in the local cemetery He lived in Clarke County for about twenty years and was the son of William and Sarah Hatfield Cross
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Berryville
Charles Franklin Cross
Mannington
W. Va
Clarksburg
James H
John R
George H
Taylor
Wilereham
Robert
Chester
Emer
President Roosevelt Receives John L. Lewis at White House
President Roosevelt reviewed the final draft of his Congressional message and planned to deliver it tomorrow. He also agreed to meet several callers including John L. Lewis, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Washington
Van
Roosevelt
Congress
John L. Lewis
The
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mark Twain’s Old Press Agent Isidor Lewi Dies
Isidor Lewi aged 88 former press agent for Mark Twain and veteran journalist died of pneumonia in his New York hotel suite. He had bled broken leg from a Fall a week earlier and had been among the nation’s oldest reporters.
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New York
Isidor Lewi
Mark Twain
Staff Rites For Miss Sophia Staff Died In Gaithersburg
Miss Sophia Staff longtime Burnt Factory resident died at 6 30 AM yesterday at the Home for the Aged of the M E Church South in Gaithersburg Md She was the last of her immediate family and is survived by a single Washington DC niece. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 AM in Gaithersburg after which the body will be taken to Winchester for interment Pallbearers include C F P Swartz John McDonald John H Bromley A B Lee Reginald Duvall and John M Fishpaw.
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Miss Sophia Staff
Burnt Factory
M. E. Church
Gaithersburg
Miss Staff
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Winchester
Mount Hebron
W. O. Talbert
C. FP. Swartz
John McDonald
John H. Bromley
A. B. Lee
Reginald Duvall
John M. Fishpaw
Carper Elected President Of Municipal Band
At a meeting last night the McIlwee Municipal Band chose officers for the coming year with Harry Carper as president Warren McFarland as vice president Wilbur Kern as secretary and Emmett Darter as treasurer A concert will be presented within two weeks with time and place to be announced later Public concerts by the band draw large crowds.
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McIlwee Municipal Band
Harry Carper
Warren McFarland
Wilbur Kern
Emmett Darter
Supreme Court backs states in liquor sale bans
The Supreme Court upheld broad state authority to prohibit intoxicating liquor sales, affirming Michigan and Missouri laws barring importation. Justice Brandeis stated that the substantive power to prevent sale is conclusive. A dissent was filed and other cases, including TVA challenges, were pending.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Michigan
Missouri
Brandeis
TVA
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