Band Stand Sought For Winchester Budget Missed
A letter from Richard K. Eday asking for a Winchester band stand could not be included in the current budget, per Finance Chair Herman Hable. The idea may join a future bond issue if the council approves, benefiting MelTinee’s Municipal Band, Frederick County schools, and local high school bands at a new site near the park. The matter was tabled awaiting funding assurances.
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Win
Vine Herman Hable
Richard K. Eday
Hable
Eddy
MelTinee
Handi
Frederick County
Jon
Coogan Not Going Home After Mother's Plea
Hollywood report says Jackie Coogan refused his mother's offer to return home amid family tension and financial disputes. Coogan and Betty Grable remain separated after a brief joint period, with ongoing legal actions over film earnings and Bernstein family ties.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Ang
Arthur L. Bernstein
Jackie
Bernstein
Mooney May Go Free Soon
Tom Mooney, jailed nearly 22 years for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, may be pardoned after California Governor Culbert Olson sets Saturday for a hearing on the petition. Mooney contends he was framed by perjured testimony and faces a life term for murder with 10 dead and 40 wounded.
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Sacramento
Calif
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
California
Culbert D. Olson
Mooney
Olson
Lower Market Street
William D Stephens
Wilson
Couzens Daughter to Marry Again in Bloomfield Hills
Margot Couzens Chewning, daughter of the late Senator James Couzens, will wed Herbert Bryant of Alexandria Virginia in Bloomfield Hills tomorrow afternoon. Bryant, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur H Bryant, operates a business in Alexandria with his father. Margot previously married William Jeffries Chewing Jr of Fredericksburg in 1930, had two children, separated in 1935, and was divorced January 17, 1938.
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Detroit
Margot Couzens Chewning
United States
James Couzens
Couzens
Bloomfield Hills
Herbert Bryant
Alexandria
Bryant
Margot Couzens
William Jeffries Chewning, Jr
Fredericksburg
Misses Fleming Attend Richmond New Year Ball
Misses Raychelle and Roberta Fleming spent the past week with friends in Richmond and were their guests at a large New Year's eve ball.
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Raychelle
Roberta Fleming
Richmond
Handley Falls to Martinsburg in Open League Tune up
Handley basketball opened league play with a 41 to 16 loss to Martinsburg, runners up for the CA VL honors last year. Coach Maddox praised the green roster as Whit ham Yeakle Himelright Ritter and Sutton started. The locals host Warren County High School Friday with Les Young’s squad.
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Handley
Martinsburg
Cage
Hunter Maddox
Maroon Five
Whitham
Yeakle
Himelright
Ritter
Sutton
Les Young
Warren County High School
Quint
Banker Killed in a Fist Fight in Los Angeles
James Peters a 57 year old president of the Surety Mortgage Company of Portland Oregon was killed in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot fist fight with an unidentified attacker who escaped Peters stepson George Phillips 38 secretary to the company said he was attacked as he aided his stepfather Peters wife Daisy Peters and their daughter Betty 15 witnessed the sparring also seen by Phillips wife Helen 30.
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Los Angeles
James Peters
Surety Mortgage Company
Portland
Ore
Peters
George Phillips
Daisy Peters
Betty
Phillips
Helen
City Ends Year In Good Shape With Budget Deliberations
City officials report progress on delinquent taxes and purging dead accounts as 1939 closes. A conference with auditors is planned for January 12 to inform budget discussions, while a request to fund city insurance faced opposition and was withdrawn. A filling station permit was approved and sidewalk repairs mandated on Loudoun Street.
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Baker
Finance Committee
Hable
Allen Hawthorne
James P. Reardon
A. N. Hannum
Loudoun Street
W. W. Dellinger
Loudoun
Boscawen
Cork Streets
Arthur Field
WPA
Bridgeforth
Cameron Street
Doubles To Be Presented At Winchester Palace Theatre
Winchester viewers today and tomorrow can see the "Doubles" revue at the Palace Theatre. The 45 minute show features Hollywood doubles en route to New York for Warner Brothers. Cast includes Virginia Randel Mae West double Elizabeth Talbot Martin Greta Garbo double Tom Herbert Hugh Herbert double Sylvia LaMarr Joan Crawford double Margaret Bryson Loretta Young double Charles Clark Joe E Brown double and Ginger Alten Ginger Rogers double with mandolinist Bernardo De Paso.
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Winchester
Hollywood
Palace Theatre
New York
Warner Brothers
Virginia Randel
Mae West
Elizabeth Talbot Martin Debble
Greta Garbo
Tom Herbert
Hugh Herbert
Sylvia LaMarr
Joan Crawford
Margaret Bryson
Loretta Young
Charles Clark
Joe E. Brown
Ginger Alten
Ginger Rogers
Bernardo de Paso
Navy Bases Expansion Favored for Peacetime Operations
Washington reports House members expect rapid approval of a vast navy program to build air bases and shore facilities. Navy would establish two dozen bases for aircraft, destroyers, submarines, and ammo storage, with hearings possible next week. A separate bill seeks 10 000 airplanes and 100 000 reserve pilots. Guam and Unalaska bases could affect Japan relations.
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House
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
House Naval Committee
McCormack
D-Mass
Army Air Force
Army and Navy Union
Guam
Pacific Islands
Tokyo
Unalaska
Aleutian Islands
Mayor seeks immediate end to New York taxi strike
New York City faces a taxi driver strike by 11 000 drivers led by the CIO union with mayor Fiorello La Guardia calling for arbitration by the State Labor Mediation Board. Police cordon the city as bricks are thrown at a cab and drivers warn others to stay off the streets. Union demands include a closed shop, higher commissions, paid vacations, a nine hour day, and racketeering elimination.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Massachusetts
Laguardia
State Labor Mediation Board
Queens
Restraints On Politics In Relief Funds Debates Erupt
Senators draft bills to limit political use of relief funds and curb electioneering by federal and state workers. Hatch seeks two measures barring political activity by most federal employees and restricting state employees funded by federal money. Bridges Schwellenbach and others endorse tighter rules as Hopkins nomination to commerce secretary provokes scrutiny.
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Washington
WPA
Hatch
Has
Bridges
R-Nh
Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate Elections Committee
McNary
R-Ore
Commerce Committee
Harry Hopkins
Williams
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Senate
Nazi paper attacks West Virginia students over Life Hitler feature
Das Schwarze Korps condemns a Life magazine December 5 issue showing a Phi Sigma Kappa party at the University of West Virginia with guests in Hitler mustaches and brownshirt uniforms. The editorial mocks Heidelberg students and Roosevelt masks as barbary theater.
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Berlin
Das Schwarze Korps
Schutzstaffel
West Virginia
Life Today
Hitler
Life
USA
Phi Sigma Kappa
University of West Virginia
Big Mooney pardon hearing sparks hopeful celebration
A large celebration is anticipated if Thomas J Mooney gains a gubernatorial pardon for the 1916 San Francisco bombing conviction. He is to appear before Governor Culbert L Olson on Saturday, with supporters optimistic he will be released from imprisonment.
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Sacramento
Calif
England
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Lfe
Mooney
Culbert L. Olson
Olson
Phenneseizers
Charges Made Against Roper
Washington Jan 4 Daniel C Roper former secretary of Commerce faced accusations of using a government boat for private entertainment. Acting comptroller general Richard N Elliott claims officials used the vessel Eala in 1934 35 at a cost of 9 506 72 to the government.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Commerce
Richard N. Elliott
Roper
Commerce Department
Eala
Elliott
Don’t Sleep When Gas Presses Heart Adlerike Advertisement
An old remedial ad promotes Adlerike to relieve stomach gas and bowel pressure. It claims the product cleans out both upper and lower bowels and suggests it helps with symptoms that press on the heart. Available at leading druggists.
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