Winchester Finances Show Surplus As 1938 Budget Ends
Treasurer W A Baker told Winchester Common Council revenues exceeded 1938 projections by 19000 allowing a possible 16000 surplus restoration and a 3000 extra. Finance chair Herman Hable urged tax increases while debate over purging dead tax accounts and 1939 license ordinances ran late. Firemen’s insurance policy and a new filling station permit for A N Hannum were discussed along with completion of the Ceareron Street sewer project.
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Baker
Council
Onoposal
Hable
A. N. Hannum
Caeeron Street
Winchester
W. A. Baker
Common Council
Herman Habbie
Assault Victim Recovering After North Braddock Fight
Gilbert Johnson, 18, is recovering at Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull after an altercation with Ardell Nicholson at Oscar Nebel Hosiery Co. on North Braddock. A knitting needle fragment lodged near his neck spine, and doctors postponed removal due to his condition.
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Gilbert Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Ardell Nicholson
Oscar ‘Nebel Hosiery Co., Inc
North Braddock
Ro tarian Kiwanian Lions Luncheon Singers Draw Cheers
Winchester notes that college cheerleaders join luncheon crowds to lead singing at Ro taria n Kiwanian and Lions events. He says these men step from routine roles to belt out songs, lifting spirits amid talk of recessions and wars.
Friendship Booster Club Meeting Notice on Jan 4
Regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Booster Club will be held Wednesday night Jan 4 at 7 30 o'clock. All members requested to be present. Albert McCormac. Te lp- Today's Temperatures High 32. Year Ago High 42. Renewing Karl Amstot. Phone 7F 21. 13tp-21.
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Friendship Booster Club
Albert McCormac
Telp
Uncle Sam Is Deeper In Red Report Shows
The government finished the first half of the fiscal year deeper in the red than a year ago. Treasury figures show spending exceeded income by 1.6 billion dollars as of December 30 1938, with six month receipts at 2.93 billion and expenditures at 4.53 billion compared to the prior year.
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Washington
Treasury
Shrine Cxmme
New Yorker Will Address Bankers at Woodstock Dinner
E Shernan Adams of Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company in New York is set as the principal speaker at a Valley Regional Clearing House dinner in Woodstock at 7 p.m. Monday January 16. Attendees estimate 100 to 125 bankers. M R Morgan may also attend.
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E. Shernan Adams
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company of
New York
Valley Regional Clearing House Association
Woodstock
John I. Sloat
Adams
Houston H. Newman
Edinburg
Valley Group
Clearing House Association
Virginia State Bankers’ Association
Trials Open Over Philadelphia Prison Oven Torture Deaths
Prosecutors begin five murder trials of former Philadelphia County Prison officials tied to brutal punishment cells. Frank Craven faces murder and manslaughter charges before others including ex warden William Mills and guards Maguire Smith and Brough. Surviving inmates and state agents are key witnesses in the case dating from a summer imprisonment test described as the Klondike punishment block.
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Philadelphia
Frank A. Craven
William B. Mills
James Maguire
Francis Smith
Alfred Brough
Welfare Department
Klondike
Bombing Kills Dozens in Tarragona Train Attacks
In Tarragona 40 people died and 30 were wounded as insurgent planes bombed two passenger trains carrying refugees from front lines. Rescue crews worked amid debris in the port and on the trains while 25 more planes circled the city.
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Barcelona
Tarragona
Weather Shifts As War News Swells In Japan Office
Unseasonable warmth across several states yields record highs while Pacific Northwest braces for another gale. Reports cite a cyclone lifting cows in Oregon and freezing roads from New York to Ohio as Japan's political crisis deepens with Hiranuma poised to form a new cabinet amid nationalist pressure.
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Associated Press
New York
Pacific Northwest
Missouri
Cincinnati
Mercury
Cleveland
Columbus
Nebraska
Omaha
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Salem
Ore
Saranac Lake
Adirondacks
Portland
Tokyo
Hirohito
Wiichiro Hiranuma
Privy Council
Fumimaro Konoye
Hiranuma
Konoye
China
Japan
East Asia
Seishiro Itagaki
Kurahei Yuasa
Seihin Ikeda
High Disease Rates in Winchester and Frederick County
Dr. L J Roper reports high rates of communicable diseases in Winchester and Frederick County compared with state averages. A table compares diarrhea, diphtheria, measles, meningitis, mumps, whooping cough, scarlet fever, syphilis and typhoid fever per 100 000 across county and state, with city data included. The State Health Department and Citizens Health Committee urge investigation and preventive action.
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L. J. Roper
Winchester
Frederick County
State Health Department
Citizens Health Committee of
Leon Slavin
Citizens Health Committee
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Roper
State Department
Friendship Fire Company Elects Officers at January Meeting
The annual meeting of the Friendship Fire Company on Thursday evening January 5 at 8 o'clock in the company hall elected officers. After the business session a social gathering will follow. All members are urged to attend. Richard Boxwell, Capt.
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Friendship Fire Company
Companys Hall
Richard Boxwell
Secrecy Shrouds Navy War Games
Los Angeles reports secrecy surrounds annual navy war games as fleets move from San Pedro and San Diego for ten days of tactical exercises. About 160 fighting ships 600 airplanes and 56 000 officers and men will participate en route to the Panama Canal with operations planned in the Pacific Atlantic and Caribbean.
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Los Angeles
United States
San Pedro
San Diego
California
Panama Canal
Amnnda
Pacific
Atlantic
Caribbean
Roosevelt Sets Broad National Program Before Congress
President Roosevelt outlined a nine point plan including national defense to shield key facilities, continued spending to reach an $80 billion GDP, tax adjustments, labor peace efforts, executive reform, farm program improvements, railroad reconciliation, stronger social security, and revised neutrality laws. He emphasized efficient administration and protecting income and purchasing power.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Roosevelt hints at nine billion dollar federal budget
President Roosevelt signaled to Congress that he would recommend a federal budget near nine billion dollars in his forthcoming message. He noted the plan would continue an unbalanced budget but emphasized the method to achieve balance would be pursued in the coming months.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
Carter Glass Turns 81 With Quiet Dignity And Defiant Mood
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia marked his eighty first birthday by saying he would not celebrate. He quipped that he felt like the devil with 81 reasons why. Telegrams poured in as the Senate lauded him while flowers filled his apartment and he kept his birthday low key.
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Carter Glass
Eddie Gilmore
Washington
Virginia
Senate
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yanes
Seeks Way To Curb Speeders
Dr. Charles R. Anderson mayor urges a speeding campaign with hearings at any hour and more state officers patrolling arterial routes. He notes one Winchester officer covers six roads and cites out of state and local speeders plus speeding in Middletown and Stephens vy.
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Winchester
Anderson
Preserve that picture you received Christmas by having it framed
Fresh frosted jumbo shrimp 29 cents per pound and sea scallops 35 cents per pound advertised by Pure Food Store. The ad highlights framing services at Barr's Studio and promotes a holiday picture preservation offer.
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Barr
FDR outlines wartime program as peace not assured
President Roosevelt told Congress the world threat from dictatorial aggression remains, urging a combined foreign and domestic program. He called for rearmament, labor and farm reforms, tax tweaks, and government reorganization while warning against neutrality risks and possible non-military actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hans Thomsen
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Germany
Africa
Italy
Jopia
Asia
Japan
China
House
Garner
Bankhead
United States
First Place In News Of 1939 In This Area
The Star lists early 1939 firsts including Hetzel Oates and Alice McFarland’s daughter birth at Memorial Hospital. Sophia Staff dies, first local death. Jolliffe Studio theft. first Win chester marriage license to Snyder and Jones. Basil Monk pays first reckless driving fine. Cain and Delmyer suffer first auto mishap with minor damage. Gilbert Johnson and Ardell Nicholson tied as first assault injuries.
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Hetzel Oates
Loudoun Street
Memorial Hospital
Oates
Alice McFarland
Sophia Staff
Burnt Church
Star
Lawrence Jolliffe
Edward Cain
North Loudoun
John O. Delmyer
Mountain Falls
Delmyer
South Loudoun
Cain
Gilbert Johnson
Ardell Nicholson
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Sam
New Yorker
Sherman Adams
Hanover Trust Co
Detroit
Chicago
Maryland
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Ikeda
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Central Press
Dr. Anderson
Charles R. Anderson
Winchester Evening Star
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