Penal Soil Conservation Program Yields County Aid
The soil conservation effort allocates 42079 to county farmers with 2079.68 admin costs. The plan supports diversion crops, soil building practices, and fruit grower participation in Frederick County, with committees and a county board guiding work since July and August, aiming for lasting agricultural policy.
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Ger Pty Ems
AAA
Soil
United States
Frederick County
Back Creek
Gainesboro
R. L. Omps
M. J Pease
L. .H. Ramey
J. L
County Board of Directors
William %. Huyett
J. H. Punkhouser
Fred Stine
Stine
Mattson Kidnapping continues with contact hints
The report notes ongoing Mattson kidnapping coverage with references to a contact offer and visits to the Mattson home. Officers remain silent at Dr. Mattson's request while the family endures immense strain since Charles Graton vanished on the night of the 27th.
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Charles
Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William
Muriel
Paul Sceva
Gus B. Appelman
Seattle Times
Paris
Mattsons
Mabel
Jealous Lover Slays Woman Then Kills Self
In Danville Virginia on January 5 a 28 year old woman Miss Louis Hayden was killed by her suitor Harry McGregor 23 who then shot himself after fatally wounding her in the Keeling home and firing additional blows as she tried to flee. Hayden died in a Danville hospital hours later. McGregor died by suicide in a barn after pursuing the woman from kitchen to yard.
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Danville
Harry McGregor
Louis Hayden
Keeling
Here
McGregor
Love Abduction Wife of 18 Returns Home
Mrs. Onie Wheeler an 18 year old says she disappeared voluntarily with Arthur Spence a 32 year old boiler maker. She arrived from Columbus and told Police Chief Curtis Berry she had been with Spence since Saturday night. Newark police seek Spence for abducting her by her husband a stove factory worker.
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Newark
Onie Wheeler
Curtis Berry
Arthur Spence
Wheeler
Columbus
Spence
Man And Son Sought In Boat To Earle's Beach
A Coast Guard picket boat searched for Carroll Plitt 54 and his son Charles 18 who disappeared on a trip from Baltimore to Earle's Beach in the Gunpowder river. They left early Monday in a new small boat bound for an anchorage near the beach.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Earle’s Beach
Gunpowder River
Carroll Plitt
Charles
Markets Report from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago
Baltimore livestock and produce prices show cattle 125, hogs 400, sheep 75 with modest changes. calves steady. Philadelphia poultry and eggs little changed with mixed butter and egg quotes. Chicago hogs 38,000 head steady to 10 lower. cattle 9,000 and calves 2,000 with fed cattle and yearlings strong, veal and stockers steady to firm. sheep 9,000 with fat lambs in demand and natives and westerns rising.
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Baltimore
USDA
Iladelphia
Philadelphia
Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agri
Local Wholesale Market Prices Across Grain Feeds and Meats
Local Wholesale Market lists prices for patent and mixed feeds, corn products, dairy and meat goods, with per bushel and per bag rates for several bag sizes. Products include cracked corn, shelled corn, corn meal, egg mash, middlings, butter varieties, lamb, hogs, and poultry categories.
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The
Star
Dais
Beni
Goa
Stock Market Rumblings Amid Labor Tensions in New York
NY Jan 5 stock market shows rallies in select issues but overall pace slows. GM gains after a union stance, while many big names like American Telephone, Boeing, DuPont drift. foreign exchange moves with sterling up to 4.91 and franc at 4.67.
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New York
General Motors
Chrysler
American Telephone
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
DuPont
Westinghouse
Anaconda
Inspiration
Calumet
Hecla
Standard Oil
N. J
Texas Corporation
Wheat and Grains Slump on Stop Loss and Demand Decline
Chicago reports wheat plunging over three cents due to stop loss selling and reduced export demand. Prices show May wheat at 1.32 3/4, July 1.15 7/8, with corn and oats also softer amid broader grain market weakness across futures and cash markets in Chicago and Baltimore.
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Chicago
Chicago Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
South End Elects Hable to Lead Hose Tower Budget Move
South End approves a $600 budget line for a hose tower by electing Hable as Finance Committee chair. The Hose Tower Committee is made permanent. City Revenue Commissioner McVicar speaks on fire department costs and the value of fire protection to Winchester residents.
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Hable
Common Council
South End Hose Company
Charles P. McVicar
Winchester
McVicar
Fire Insurance Premiums and Hall Debt Update
The treasurer reported large annual fire insurance premiums and noted no year with fire damage near 50 000. South End hall construction five years ago saw a loan of 8500, now down to 2000. A new fire truck and pump have been purchased along with retirement fees.
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South End
Drunken Driver Is Given Term
Roy Dove was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to one month in jail after a chase through the eastern city streets for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Several others faced jail or fines for statutory violations, including Elwood Dance, Jonah Walker, James Johnson, Elsie Boone, Noah Johnson, Nina Walker, and C. M. Smallwood for petit larceny.
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Roy Dove
Donald Weems
Elwood Dance
Jonah Walker
James Johnson
Elsie Boone
Noah Johnson
Funeral for Miss Margaret Osborne Held at Local Presbyterian Church
Funeral services were held at the family residence for Miss Margaret Virginia Osborne who died Sunday at her sister’s home on West Leicester Street. Rev. Dr. G Wilbur Shipley led the service and burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Fred E Boyd E B Blenaker William B Wagner George Haines Charles R Keeler and J A Moling Jr.
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Margaret Virginia Osborne
George Keller
West Leicester Street
G. Wilbur Shipley
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Miss Osborne
Roland and
Mary V. Osborne
Frederick County
Presbyterian Church
First Corinthians
Shipley
James Whitcomb Riley
Tennyson
Corinthians
Mount Hebron
Fred 8
Mrs Doris Ralston Dies in Sheridan Wyoming
Death of Doris McNeil Ralston 26 wife of Carl Ralston occurred yesterday at their Sheridan Wyoming home. Cause of death erysipelas after a brief illness. Survived by husband son Atley and her parents Mr and Mrs Walter McNeil. Niece of Miss Etta Robinson of this city.
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Doris McNeil Ralston
Carl Ralston
Sheridan
Wyoming
Melvin Miller Elected President of MelIlwee Band
Melvin Miller was chosen president for the ensuing year by band members at the Rouss Fire Company hall. Prof W H MelIlwee steps down as president though he remains connected as a former leader. Harry Carper is vice president with Stewart Mowrey secretary John Kern treasurer Paul Riley custodian and Andrew Dance librarian. The band has about 40 active members and rehearsals regularly. A mid winter concert was held Sunday at the Palace Theatre with another planned for late January.
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Melvin Miller
MelIlwee Municipal Band
Rouss Fire Company
W. H. MelIlwee
Prof. McTiwee
Harry Carper
Stewart Mowrey
John Kern
Paul Riley
Andrew Dance
Palace Theatre
Illness Fatal To Fred Harper Leader In Elks
Fred Harper former grand exalted ruler of the Elks died after months of illness at his Lynchburg home. Born in Southport New York he came to Lynchburg after UVA graduation and led lodge activities. He leaves a daughter and three sisters with ties to Wilmington North Carolina. Funeral is scheduled for tomorrow at his Federal Street residence.
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Wines Lodge of Elks
Fred Harper
Lynchburg
Harper
United States
Winchester Lodge
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Elks
Southport
N. Y
University of Virginia
John W. Daniel
Julia Halsey Daniel
Walter Lee Briggs
Annie Kay Vitou
William A. French
Marry Haden
Wilmington
N. C
City Ministers Complete Plans For Prayer Week
The Winchester association met with Chairman George Sarle Owen presiding to outline a five day Week of Prayer at the Presbyterian Church January 11 to 15. Each evening features devotions and a program led by city clergy with music by the Presbyterian choir and visiting choirs. The ministers also endorsed the Chamber of Commerce and its civic aims and noted Boy Scouts aided in the recent Red Cross drive.
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Winchester Rial Association
H Library
George Sarle Owen
R. A Whitten
Stover Sydenstricker
Flickinger
Clark Whitten
Bond
Horton
Owen
Dudley
Bly
Madigan
Andrew Bell
Sydenstricker
Presbyterian Church
George B. Owen
Robert B. Nelson
C. Worthington Lowe
L. Flickinger
Robert A. Whitten
E. T. Clark
Herman McKay
George W. Stover
W. W. McIntyre
W. L. Dudley
Presbyterian
Bell
Chamber of Commerce
FP. R. Horton
Committee On Scouting
Red Cross
Committee On Charity
Fellowship Club
Lions Hear Handley High Jug Band at Winchester Bank Luncheon
The Winchester Lions Club luncheon featured entertainment by a Handley High School Jug Band led by Kenneth Heine. Members included Joe Ritter John Hott Pete Edwards Paul Fries Holmes Newcome Paul Hunter and Wilbur Anderson. The event highlighted Lionism ideals such as cooperation education and public welfare with emphasis on health sanitation and child guidance.
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Lions International
Winchester Lions Club
John Hardesty
Lions Educational Committee
Jug Band
Kenneth Heine
Handley High School
Joe Ritter
Handley
John Hott
Handley Band
Pete Edwards
Room 24
Amber
Paul Fries
Stage Aces
Holmes Newcome
Paul Hunter
Wilbur Anderson
American Born King of Sark Returns to Independent Domain
A religious census will be conducted in the city soon after a week of promotion ends. Rev. Flicknger, chair of the inter church committee, stated ministers should join the Ministerial Association. Mrs. Bly urged cooperation with the W C T U, and the motion passed to pursue collaboration this year.
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King
Sark
L. Flicknger
Interchurch Committee
Bly
Bark Island
Robert
A Hathaway
Dame de Ee
Sibyl Cope
Beaumont
East Orange
N. J
Raid on Myers farm uncovers concealed still in 1936
A June 17 1936 raid on Dr W D Myers property unearthed a hidden whiskey operation five miles south of Nall filling station on the Northwestern Grade. A hidden road and concealed tar roof shed covered the still with mash barrels flanking it. Rufus Hawkins fled, later captured as federal officials joined the case.
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Pare One
Nall
Myers Farm
Rufus Hawkins
Otis Bennett
Dr. Myers
Hawkins
Lynchburg
New Congress marks historic party majorities in both houses
The passage notes the largest post Civil War party majorities, with seventy six of thirty six? senators and three hundred thirty two of four hundred thirty five representatives identifying as Democrats. The figures highlight overwhelming Democratic strength in the new Congress.
Gold Diggers Opens at Capitol with Pow ell and Blondell
Warner Bros_CAPITOL presents Gold Diggers a bright musical comedy opening yesterday at the Capitol featuring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell newlyweds as leads. The production boasts Busby Berkeley choreographed numbers with 200 dancing girls, new songs by Harold Arlen E Y Harburg and Warren Dubin, and supporting turns from Victor Moore Lee Dixon Rosalind Marquis Glenda Farrell and more.
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Warner Bros
Capitol
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
Busby Berkeley
Harold Arlen
E. Y. Harburg
Harry Warren
al Dubin
Veterans Pay Tribute To Late Fred M Affleck
At a Winchester Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting on January 4 a resolution honored Fred M Affleck. The post praised his active service, charity, counsel, and upright character and ordered the resolutions entered in the minutes and copies sent to his family.
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Fred. M. Affteck
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred. M. Affleck
A. Lee Coble
Douglas D. Spillman
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