Japanese Claim Other Cities Captured In Shantung
Japanese infantry columns pushed deep into central Shantung, claiming capture of Chufu seventy miles south of Tsinan and Tan on the Tientsin Pukow railway about fifty miles south of Tsinan. Bombers supported the advance as Suchow, Hankow and other targets were struck. Chinese casualties reported heavy. Two Americans killed in Hankow plane crash.
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Shanghai
Holy Land of China
Shantung Province
Tsinan
Domei
Japanes
Tokyo
Chufu
Confucius
Kung
Shantung
Tan
Tientsin-Pukow
Anchichuang
Tawenkow
Suchow
Sunghai
Kiangsu
Japan
China
Hankow
A. F. Sangster
Harold Walsh
San Francisco
Thoughts on Waste Effort in January Coronet
Fred Kelley critiques overcomplicated phrasing in communications. Examples include dollar amounts written with extra marks and redundant forms like the city name Philadelphia and phrases such as put in an appearance. He argues for direct language and advocates replacing Roman numerals with Arabic figures.
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Fred Kelley
City of
Philadelphia
Kelly
Braddock Brings 7128 Open to Open 9 pLEM Anderson
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Braddock and a number 7128 with an entry reading open to 9 pLEM Anderson. Details are unclear but involve a location or filing list. No dates or events clearly stated.
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Plem Anderson
Braddock
Senators Pay Tribute To Glass On His Eightieth Birthday
Washington reporters note that Senator Carter Glass, age 80, declines rest and plans to listen to the President’s annual message. Doctors advised him to stay home, but colleagues plan to honor him tomorrow recalling 35 years in public service from Virginia and a long Senate career. He quips he would rather be 40 than 80.
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Washington
Jan
Carter Glass
Roosevelt
Capitol
Glass
Senate
Virginis
Rehearsals Begin For Winchester Minstrel Show
Patrick Meaney of John B. Rogers Producing Company arrives to direct the old time minstrel planned by Winchester Lodge of Elks. First rehearsal at 7 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel with over 100 in the cast and about 50 Winchester girls with theatrical experience. Proceeds go to lodge charities.
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Patrick Meaney
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Rogers Ee
Winchester
Berryville
Meaney
Maltese kittens raceatl want large clean cotton rags
WANTED large and clean cotton rags at once at Star Office. Lost gold pees enaees blue case. Pifer Prog. Co.
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Star Office
Farmers Benefit From Federal Aid In Frederick County
Frederick county farmers received 195435.37 net from the Federal farm program 1933-37 with 209024.77 total funds. admin costs 13589.37 or 6.8 percent. Corn Hog 1934-35 62952.25 with 58436.04 payments 4516.21 admin. Wheat 1933-36 58118.84 with 54110.47 payments 4008.37 admin. Soil Conservation 1936 40888.89 payments 2064.79 admin totaling 42953.68 and 1937 42000 payments 3000 admin total 45000. Administration funded field supervisors and county committee stipends.
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Stine
General County Committee
Clarke County Farms Sold to Baldin for 15000
Arthur Alexander Baldin of Cleveland Ohio purchased the Kitchen and McKee farms near White Post, Clarke County, totaling about 500 acres with a brick mansion, for 15000 dollars. The sale, negotiated by Capt. Ewart Johnston, was recorded by Clarke County court officials and ownership will transfer by early March with renovations planned. Baldin, from a prominent Cleveland family, runs a bonding and brokerage business and intends to develop the property into a large hunting establishment.
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Clarke County
Virginia
Kitchen
McKee
White Post
Arthur Alexander Baldin
Cleveland
Ohio
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Ewart Johnston
Clarke
Baldwin
Ohio City
Clarke Ootmtyr
Bostic
Predicted President Plans To Revise Deficit Upward
Washington reports say President Roosevelt may raise the fiscal year deficit estimate to at least 1.25 billion dollars. Early figures show 645 million spent in the year's first six months, with officials forecasting a 1 billion dollar budget gap for 1939 and a revised 1.25 billion estimate. Morgenthau warned business conditions could still balance the budget if activity improves. Tax collections for the six months to December rose by roughly 400 million, with other taxes up about 130 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Mrs. R. E. Byrd Injured In Motor Mishap Near Aldie
Mrs. R E Byrd, en route from Washington to Winchester with Miss Margaret Byrd, was injured when her auto was forced off Route 50 near Aldie Virginia by a speeding sedan. She suffered a gash requiring stitches, shock, and bruises, but later under treatment was reported in satisfactory condition.
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R. E. Byrd
Aldie
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Miss Margaret Byrd
Guston Hall
Miss Byrd
Newspaper Man Is Found Dead
Seattle on January 4 a man tentatively identified as William W. Bryan about 40 formerly a rewrite man for the Baltimore News-Post was found dead in an elevator pit of a downtown office building. Coroners deputies believe he stumbled and fell while seeking shelter last Thursday night. Papers bearing the name and address 1622 Brandon Ave Petersburg Va and a Wenatchee World clipping with a bylined Bill Bryan on hoboing experiences and a letter to Miss F. B. T. Bryan, a Petersburg sister, were found with him.
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Seattle
William W. Bryan
Baltimore
News-Post
Bryan
Brandon Ave
Petersburg
Wenatchee
Wash
Bill Bryan
F. B. T. Bryan
Youth Found In Coast Guard Rescue Near Rocky Point
Richard W. Heartley Jr., 17, of New York City, who vanished last Thursday while paddling from Darien toward Florida in an 18 foot canoe, was picked up exhausted today by a Coast Guard patrol boat in Long Island Sound off Rocky Point, L I.
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New London
Conn
Richard W. Heartley, Jr
New York City
Darien
Florida
Coast Guard
Long Island Sound
Rocky Point
L. I
Heflin Presses Lead in Alabama Democratic Primary
Scattered returns from absentee boxes in cities show Congressman Lister Hill with a wide lead over former Senator James Heflin in the Alabama Democratic primary to determine who succeeds Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black as Senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Lister Hill
J.as Heflin
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
South End Co Names Sheetz As President
J. P. Sheetz, local plumber, was elected president of the South End Hose Company for the coming year. He succeeds Captain C. C. Gough after a four year term. New officers include Frank Foreman as first vice president Kenneth W. Curl as second vice president N. H. Burkhart as third vice president L. E. Armel treasurer C. C. Gough assistant treasurer John Lillis secretary Stover Clark assistant secretary Dr. Hugh Clark surgeon Howard Clark chief hoseman Charles Mallory and Wilbur Anderson as assistant chief hosemen Charles Bailey chief pipeman George Barb and Robert Godenour as assistant chief pipeman O. H. Lewis T. C. Clark Michael E. B. Lewis and P. W. Lockhart trustees. Lillis succeeds R. H. Grim as secretary and the company notes gains under Gough including a truck and pumper purchase and progress toward wiping out hall construction debt. A hose tower was recently added to the hall.
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J. P. Sheetz
South End Hose Company
C. C. Gough
Frank Foreman
Kenneth W. Curl
N. H. Burkhart
L. E. Armel
John Lillis
Stover Clark
Hugh Clark
Howard Clark
Charles Mallory
Wilbur Anderson
Charles Bailey
George Barb
Robert Godenour
O. H.lewis
T. C. Clark
Michael E. B. Lewis
P. W. Lockhart
Lillis
R. H. Grim
Gough
Clarke Estate Robbery Near Boyce Reported
Authorities investigate a robbery at Page Brook estate of Mrs. Philip Walker near Boyce Clarke County last Sunday night around 9. Loss includes a fur coat silver and antiques. Mrs. Walker awakened by a falling silver piece as intruders left. Burglars fled likely by car with lights out. car location unknown. Estimated loss several thousand dollars.
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Pagebrook
Philip Walker
Boyce
Clarke
Berryville
E P Hunter Dies of Stroke in Washington
Edmund Pendleton Hunter, a Winchester native and longtime Southern Railway official, died suddenly in the Occidental Hotel Washington after a Christmas visit. Funeral at Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester with interment in Mount Hebron. survivors include three sisters and a brother.
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Hunter
Stuart R. Hunter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
John P. Campbell
Caroline Hunter
Winchester
Robert M. Kennedy
Columbia
S. C
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Mount Hebron
B. B. Dutton
R M. Glass
William Beverley
Champe Conner
Col. B. M. Roszel
Thomas B. Byrd
Maury Middleton
Joseph Douglas
Herbert S. Larrick
Charles L. Bowly
W. Nelson Page
Maurice M. Lynch
Frank N. Hack
Gray Beverley
J. H. Yost
R. Gray Williams
Philip Williams
Narrow Escape From Injury In Motoring Mishap
Miss Agnes Moore of Edinburg and Miss Mary Powers of Riverton faced a narrow escape Sunday evening while driving to Riverton. Their car was squeezed between a parked truck and an oncoming vehicle near Cedarville, heavily damaging the Powers car. After brief repairs they continued to Riverton.
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Agnes Moore
Edinburg
Mary Powers
Riverton
John S. Sloat
South Loudoun Street
Cedarville
Tme Powers
Noted Virginia Lawyer Honored
Virginia stories note Henry St. George Tucker, Winchester lawyer, educator, and 19th century statesman, memorialized at the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals January term. A oils portrait was presented and hung in the State Library hearings chamber. Tucker began law in Winchester, married Anna Evelina Hunter, held multiple offices from House of Delegates to president of the State Supreme Court, later taught at the University of Virginia and died in 1.
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Richmond
Henry St. George Tucker
Winchester
University of Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Tucker
State Library
Anna Evelina Hunter
Virginia House of Delegates
Great Britain
Congress
State Senate
State Supreme Court
Univeads of
Virginia
Hudson Motors recalls 6000 workers for new car
Hudson Motor Car Company president A E Barit announced in Detroit that 6,000 men will be recalled to bring total factory staff to 12,000 within weeks. The company will begin production of a new car in the lowest price field, with payroll up by 1.25 million monthly and about 11 million more for tools and materials. The move aims to accelerate work and economic activity as business slows.
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Detroit
A. E. Barit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson Company
Barit
Wor
Dissolution of Injunctions Asked by Government
Attorney General Cummings said the government would seek immediate dissolution of nearly fifty temporary injunctions blocking public power projects in 23 states. The Supreme Court had upheld grants and loans to municipally owned plants, ending a three year legal contest.
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Washington
Cummings
Supreme Court
Alabama
Duke Power
High Tribunal
Train Crash Kills Two At Grace Crossing Near Erie
A New York Central passenger train struck an automobile one mile west of Erie on January 4 killing two Erie District Herald employees, billing clerk Irene Outwall Dry 31 and advertising salesman John McDonald. Debris disrupted railroad communications briefly.
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Erie
New York Central
Erie District Herald
Irene Outwall Dry
John McDonald
Cleve
Friendship Fire Co to Elect Officers in Thursday Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting in Friendship Hall Thursday evening at which the annual election of officers will take place. Immediately after the business session a social hour will follow with refreshments served. Members and especially the company invited to attend and participate in selecting the new captain.
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Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Hall
Con
Senate study on unemployment aims to aid jobs program
Washington reports a special Senate committee opening a study of unemployment vows no blame on business or government and seeks cooperation to craft legislation to create more jobs. Witness Isador Lubin says November to mid-December losses ranged 1.5 million, with big declines in construction railroads and manufacturing. He notes January is typically a seasonal low, with overall employment not yet a large drop from 1929 levels.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
D.S. C
Congress
Burns
Isador Lubin
Labor Statistics
First Committee
Lubin
Lee
Railroads
Marine Officer's Trial Halted at Queary Beginnings
At Quantico Brig Gen Harold C Reissinger faces a halt as he pleads mental incapacity to proceed with his court martial. Maj Gen James Breckenridge orders a pause until 9:30 a m tomorrow awaiting Navy instructions.
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Quantico
Harold C. Reissinger
Marine Corps
James C. Breckenridge
Quantico Marine Barracks
Secretary of the Navy
Big Gem Theft at Kings Point Home
Four gunmen robbed the palatial residence of J Edward Ae Sens Tenees in Kings Point New York on January 4 taking jewelry and valuables. Police conducted a search for the suspects as neighbors reported hearing noises during the break in.
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Kings Point
N.Y
J. Edward Ae
Anita Sae
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SV. A
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Southern Railway
Edmund Pendleton Hunter
Occidental
D. C
South Washington Street
Horace Davis
Mr. Hunter
Robert W. Hunter
Margaret Stuart Hunter
Old Winchester Times
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and Lee University
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