Sportsmen Pay Out Large Sum For Licenses In County
Licenses issued during 1938 totaled 1 607 with receipts of 2 806 dollars. County hunting and fishing led at 1 020 licenses costing 1 dollar each, plus state hunting and fishing 371 at 3 dollars, state resident fishing 145 at 2 dollars, non resident hunting and fishing 5 at 15 50, county hunting only 105 at 2 dollars, two day non resident hunting 21 at 5 dollars, two day non resident fishing 43 at 1 dollar, state non resident fishing 12 at 5 dollars, and county trapping 30 permits at 1 50. Big game stamps issued count unavailable.
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C. C. Brannon
Hunger marchers prod lawmakers in New Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey lawmakers press for quick relief financing solution after a hunger march failed to enter the Capitol. About two hundred pickets from the Workers Alliance and allies demonstrated before the Capitol last night while police kept them from entering the legislative chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Workers’ Alliance
Metz Wins Oakland Open With 69 In Playoff
Dick Metz of Chicago beat Ernest J. Harrison of Oak Park Illinois 69 to 70 in an 18 hole playoff to take first money in the third annual Oakland 5000 open tournament held at Sequoyah course Oakland California yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Dick Metz
Chicago
Ernest J. Harrison
Oak Park
Ill
Metz
Sequoyah
Harrison
Lowell High School Paroled from Doghouse After Probe
In San Francisco on January 17 Lowell High School was found to have improperly treated seven players during a six week probe by the San Francisco Academic Athletic Association. Four schools dropped Lowell from schedules after evidence at a meeting showed coach Ben Neff offered players favorable treatment including incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San, Francisco
Lowell High School
San Francisco Academic Athletic Association
Warges
Ben Neff
Lowell
A Ae
Vestry Elects New Grace Episcopal Church Leaders in Berryville
Berryville Va January 17 Grace Episcopal Church held its annual meeting electing vestrymen after reports show progress across auxiliaries and missions. Dr A P Osborn presided in place of ill Goodwin H Williams senior warden who resigned. Dr Louis Tucker left pastorate last November and Rev William D Smith will supply January 22 with sermon well attended.
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Berryville
Grace Episcopal Church
Page Lee
A. P Osborn
S. F. Baughman
H. B. Whiting
McC. Williams
L. N. Glover
Grace Church
Louis Tucker
William D. Smith
Christ Church
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for January 14
Treasury data show receipts of 5 750 852 02 dollars and outlays of 9 446 351 95 dollars with gross debt at 39 537 829 198 09 dollars, marking a rise from the prior day. Arkansas City police chief Lester Richardson plans to resign after reporting little crime in 1938 amid subsequent robberies.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Arkansas City
Kas
Lester Richardson
Virginia Tuberculosis Drive Progress Report
Virginia Tuberculosis Association officials reported partial results from 42 counties and nine cities showing 48 percent of the 109 819 Christmas seal goal raised. J Vaughan Gary said 52925 had been turned in from December and noted 54313 a year ago with more counties heard from this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
J. Vaughan Gary
Gary
Roanoke
Leslie Combs Foster
Three Baltimore youths held for church robbery
Three youths aged 13 to 16 were held for juvenile court in Baltimore for robbing St. Ambrose's Catholic Church. They took $110 from an unlocked church safe, returned $31, and spent the rest on a spree in a hired car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
St. Ambrose’s Catholic Church
Widow of Ouija Board Wizard Dies in City
Mrs Annie Smith Fuld aged 58 widow of William Fuld inventor of the Ouija Board died here after a long illness. Fuld was a Customs inspector for 28 years and claimed to have earned over 1 million dollars from the Spirit Communication Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Annie Smith Fuld
William Fuld
Fuld
Spirit Communication” Board
Cemetery Sold to Free City for Emigration Costs
The Danzig community sold its cemetery and synagogue land to the Free City to help defray costs of Jewish emigration.
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Free City of Danzig
Danzig
Free City
Weekend gatherings draw crowds for games and cheer
Saturday night, Sunday afternoon and Sunday night drew good crowds and good fun with lively crowds enjoying the events and atmosphere.
McIlwee Municipal Band Delights With Symphony Style Concert
Mary Lou Steele praises the McIlwee Municipal Band for a Sunday Palace Theater concert that showcased high level march music and operatic selections. The review notes precise baton work by Bandmaster W H McIlwee, strong woodwind and brass sections, and soloists Melvin Miller and Dick Kern with songs and arragements by M L Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIlwee Municipal
Palace Theater
W. H. Mcliwee
Grafulla
Washington Grays
Voelker
Black Forest
M.L. Lake
Melvin Miller
Dick Kern
Joe
Accuse Girl of Abandoning Babe in Baltimore Case
A 19 year old mother was held for grand jury in a charge of abandoning her three week old baby. The infant was found by Mrs Rebecca Wallenstein in the vestibule of her home and taken to the Florence Crittenden home. Neighbors aided police in locating the mother and her husband claimed he was out of work since Christmas Eve and that a friend would care for the child until he found work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Rebecca Wallenstein
Florence Crittenden
Snow and illness report from Rock Enon
Six inches of snow fell in Rock Enon on Friday January 13 with the thermometer at eight below zero. Larrick family members from Stephens City and Winchester visited a ill brother in Illinois. Larrick suffers from stomach cancer. Stewart Anderson's baby is ill at home. Roy Powell and family spent Saturday in Winchester.
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Rock Enon
S& B. Larrick
Bettie Williams Larrick
Minnie Wright Larrick
Stephens City
Maynard Larrick
Winchester
Illinois
P. O. Larrick
Stewart Anderson
Roy Powell
Public Sale of County Realty in Frederick County Va
Trustee Herbert S. Larrick offers at public auction a 24 acre Shawnee District parcel three miles east of Winchester near Buffalolick Road. The sale on February 15 1939 at 11 a m requires one third cash and two equal annual installments with bonds and a deed of trust, insured buildings, and interest paid semi annually.
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R. F. Barham
Frederick County
Winchester
Buffalolick Road
Herbert
Larrick
Measles Treachery to Young Children Warned by Health Official
In 1938 Virginia reported over 12 000 measles cases. Dr I C Riggin warns parents underestimate the disease and highlights that children under five face higher risk, severe illness, more complications and higher death rates. He urges protection, prompt nursing care and medical advice for under fives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Department of Health
I. C. Riggin
Star Social News Please Call or Write The Star Office
Notice asks readers to phone or write social news items to The Star office with a listed telephone number. It emphasizes time constraints and requests submissions by readers.
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Star Office
Card of Thanks for Clifton Lewis Affleck
Mr and Mrs J R Affleck express gratitude for kindness sympathy floral tributes and favors shown during illness and after the death of their son Clifton Lewis Affleck. They thank Memorial Hospital staff and attendees at the service with special appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Lewis Affleck
Memorial Hospital
J. R. Affleck
Thanking Friends for Kindness During Illness
Mrs. W. J. Carlisle and Family express gratitude for acts of kindness and sympathy during the illness of their beloved husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Carlisle
Nickel Thefts Bring Charges
Investigators described a three year scheme by a ring of transit workers who tampered with turnstile meters to skim nickels. The Daily take reached about 1500 dollars a day, with station agents and a maintenance man splitting the stolen fares. Detectives John E. Cody and Cornelius Callahan uncovered the fraud and faced bribery attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subway Company
John E. Cody
Cornelius Callahan
Dewey
Board of Transportation
Dope Cigarettes Being Peddled in Baltimore Schools
Police will watch for narcotics pedlars after an anonymous letter claimed marihuana cigarettes were sold to students at Forest Park High School. The note, from a parent, alleged sales from parked cars on school campuses and named young men posing as students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stanton
Forest Park High School
March of Dimes Containers Placed for Campaign
Laurens Jones announces units placed in stores and public places to collect contributions for the March of Dimes campaign against infantile paralysis. Half of the funds stay in Winchester and Frederick County to aid local prevention and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens Jones
Jones
Winchester
Frederick County
Radio Stars To Testify At Trial Of Jack Benny
Four famous radio figures are subpoenaed to testify in the Jack Benny smuggling case. George Burns Gracie Allen Jack Pearl and Kenny Baker are among witnesses. Burns has pleaded guilty to jewelry smuggling and co defendant Chaperau admits guilt in both cases. Mrs Lauer wife of a New York judge also pleaded guilty.
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New York
Jack Benny
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Jack Pearl
Kenny Baker
Burns
Benny
Albert N. Chaperau
Chaperau
Elma N. Lauer
Ecuador Girl Takes To Ship Makes Cuba Flight Attempt
Hermilinda Briones an Ecuadorian girl pilot who veered off course and ran low on fuel made a forced sea landing beside the Liberty Bell bound for Boston. She and mechanic A M Alfonso were rescued. Alfonso reached Fort Lauderdale and Briones planned to continue to Boston by steamship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Hermilinda Briones
Cuba
Boston
A. M. Alfonso
Liberty Bell
Alfonso
Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
Exemption Sought for WV Fruit Industry at FLSA Hearing
Henry W. Miller Jr of Paw Paw reports optimism over possible exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act for fruit packers and storers. He argues Congress intended a broad area of production and cites hearings in Washington led by Merle D. Vincent while detailing questions on how the rule could affect West Virginia apple and peach growers and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Miller, Jr
Paw Paw
West Virginia Horticulture Society
Washington
Randolph
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Congress
Miller
Merle D. Vincent
Labor Department
Pfourth
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D. I. Fahrney
B&c
Newark
Elizabeth
Plainfield
Martinsburg
Harpers Ferry
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Braddock - McKeesport
Cea
Savior & Ohio
Episcopalians
E. Boscawen St
Ose
Ouija Board Wizard
Ridgeway Roller Rink
Inwood
Mary Lou Steele
Babe
Co. I. Brumback, Auct
Margaret Mitchell
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O’hara
Olivia de Haviland
Melanie
George Kukor
David Selznick
Leslie Howard
Ashley Wilkes
Formfit Foundation Garments
Iva’s
W. Piccadilly St
March of Dimes Containers
Ecuador
Hamburger’s
Grunow
E. Piccadilly St
H. W. Miller
Firestone Voice of the Farm
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
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