Japs Fear U.S. Navy Expansion Sparks Regional Anxiety
Tokyo reports a Japanese navy spokesman warning that a $1.3 billion U.S. naval buildup could trigger a new arms race. He says the expansion may violate the Washington treaty limits and that Admiral Bloch's Hawaii assignment could bolster the U S Navy against Japan.
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Belman Morin
Tokyo
Jan
United States Navy
United States
E. R. Stark
United Tes
Claude Charles Bloch
Hawaiian
Japan
Bloch
Guam
Congress
Crossing death lawsuit seeks $10,000 in Virginia
Clarke Circuit Court action filed by the estate of Edgar Francis Eagle of Knox, Maryland, seeks $10,000 from Norfolk and Western Railroad for a Boyce grade crossing collision last January 13 that killed the youth. Administrators Levi and Jefferies, through attorneys, pursue trespass claims.
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Berryville
Clarke Circuit Court
Edgar Francis Eagle
Knoxie
Norfolk and Railroad
H. Levi
William
Rob D. Bauserman
Frank 8
Er, Jr
Woodstock
Eagle
Handley Library 1939 Annual Report Highlights Additions
The Handley Library reports its twenty-sixth annual year ending December 31, 1939. Highlights include completion of two new book stack stories, improved lighting, and ongoing repairs limited by finances. The collection totals 27,599 volumes with 669 net growth from 844 added books, 252 gifts, and 45 bound magazines or newspapers.
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Handley Board of Trustees
Handley Library
Stewart Barney
Life Begins At Forty For Cooley Mare
Life in Stephens City Virginia centers on a 40 year old mare owned by 63 year old John Cooley who swears the horse is as old as claimed. The mare reportedly foaled at the Chapman place now owned by Abram Zirkle with George Settles present. Another local, Harry Flowers, notes his 34 year old sorrel once hauled children to school and even helped rake hay at his Bartonville farm.
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Stephens City
John Cooley
Cooley
Harry Flowers
Flowers
Bartonville
Winchester Library Annual Report for 1939 Summary
The Winchester library reports 55 197 visitors in 305 days an average of 181 daily and 51 958 books borrowed with 349 in a single day. New borrowers reached 398 including 53 non residents with 35 deposits withdrawn. The Douglass School Branch Library served Winchester's negro residents 162 days with 1 350 books borrowed.
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University of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia State Highway Department
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia State Library
J. J. Warner
War Department
R. A. Whitten
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Clarke County
Handley Board
Douglass School
C. Vernon Eddy
Power line short circuit cuts Virginia power to thousands
A short circuit triggered by an overload cut power to 5 000 to 10 000 North Richmond homes and parts of Alexandria Arlington Fairfax and Loudoun counties last night. Restoration to all homes occurred by 8 30 p m. A Virginia Electric and Power Company official cited the disruption as the result of a cross connection with Virginia Public Service Company lines. A passenger plane pilot reported landing in a field after darkness delayed an airport arrival.
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Richmond
Alexandria
Virginia
A. H. Herrmann
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Virginia Public Service Company
Vepco
Arlington
Fairfax
Loudoun
Charlottesville
Herrmann
North Richmond
Fredericksburg
Ashland
Olan L. Jacobs
Smith Basin
N. Y
Jacobs
Virginia Woman Chooses Prison Time Over Exile
Mrs. Georgie Shelton of Spottsylvania County, a WPA worker, chose five years banishment from Virginia after pleading guilty to attempted murder. The judge suspended the sentence on the condition she leave the state. She later asked to serve the time in prison instead, and was ordered to report to jail as transfer to the state penitentiary was expected.
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Fredericksburg
Georgie Shelton
Virginia
Spottsylvania County
WPA
Frederick W. Coleman
Notice to Creditors Roscoe Funk estate filing deadline
All parties with claims against the estate of Roscoe Funk deceased must file authenticated claims with Catherine E. Funk admx by February 1 1940. Attorney Herbert S. Larrick. (1-10-21)
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Roscoe Funk
Catherine E. Funk
Admx
D. Herbert S. Larrick
Atty
Answers to Today's Quiz Revealed on Page Four
The page lists quiz answers: 1 North Sea 2 Doctor of Philosophy 3 E L Curly Lambeau 4 Germany Austria Hung ary Bulgaria and Turkey 5 Electricity 6 Jack Johnson 7 The place where a crime was actually committed 8 Department of the Interior 9 Au top si not au top si 10 Wine.
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North Sea
E. L
Curly) Lambeau
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Jack Johnson
Department of the Interior
Democrats Ponder Date for National Convention
Reports in the Senate said the Democratic National Committee may set its convention date to pressure the Republican convention into early August. Republican leaders argued for a date independent of Democrats, saying the minority needs more time to build a campaign. They warned against signaling concern over candidates and tactics.
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Washington
Senate
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Congress
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Price
Florence Allen
American Petroleum Institute
Louis Baker
Laura S. Bates
Harry K. Benham
J. L. Bloom
Allen Bond
Henry S. Borneman
Billy Boyce
Andrew Briggs
Walter Brother
Denmark
J. L. Deighton
Mary Denny
du Pont Magazine Company
Richard K. Eddy
Edward A. Filene
Stephen Foster
Henry B. Gilpin
Melvin Green
Blanche Grim
John Hawse
J. C. Henderson
Samuel M. Hedricks
Edgar E. Hume
Richard S. Jolliffe
Oan
Alexander T. Jones
Frances W. Jones
Alfred Kerfoot
Jacob C. Klinck
Benjamin L. Krouse
Roy A. Larrick
William Levin
J. Gordon Lindsay
Lions Club
Little Garden Club
Rose M. MacDonald
R. L. MacDonald Publishing Company
Mahogany Association
Mail and Express Publishing
W. P. Massey
Mattie Mee
Nannie K. Merryman
Milbank Memorial Fund
Kate Miller
Thomas Allen Massaeus
Robert J. McNally
Norfolk .and Western Railway Company
Wallace Nutting
Old Fredericktown
Lena Payne
Lewis Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon
Taylor Pierce
Raiden Publishing Company
Raymond Rich Associates
Randall H. Ridgeway
John W. Rosenberger & Company
Scouting Magazine
Commonwealth of Virginia
Georgia Shiner
H. V. Smith
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Ocal
Spiral Press
E. G. Swemn
Sara Tanquary
Fairbanks-Morse
Bond Bros
Cameron St
Spotsylvania
Bell
Bell's
Stokol
Servel
W. Adams Plumbing & Heating
E. Piccadilly St
Pine Motor CO
DODGE
Plymouth
S. Braddock
Cecil Streets
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
Micago
Houston
Knoxville
Winston Salem
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Miami
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
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