American Youths Lead World In Athletics Drive
An analysis compares the United States favorably for sports access and coaching support with global trends. It notes government investments through WPA and other agencies building fields and playgrounds, while abroad Germany Italy Russia China expand youth sport programs and facilities. The Soviet Union emphasizes coaching colleges and mass participation, with millions in physical culture and winter sport testing across cities and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Graham Washington
America
United States
Works, Progress Administration
Germany
Italy
Russia
Herbert Schols
Berlin
Constantine A. Oumansky
Ees
U. S
Household Budget Booklet for 1937 Offered by Press
The Winchester Evening Star provides a HOUSEHOLD BUDGET BOOKLET for 1937. Readers can obtain a 32 page durable pamphlet from the Washington Information Bureau for ten cents. It includes monthly accounting pages and practical thrift guidance on budgets savings insurance and systematized thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Washington Information Bureau
Request for Household Budget Booklet
Information from Washington bureau notes a request enclosing ten cents for a copy of the new Household Budget Booklet. The form asks for name street city state and mailing address in Washington D C.
Burke Hospital Aids 1000 Miles Far Patients In Alaska
Mrs Grafton Burke and Dr Burke run the Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital at Fort Yukon Alaska near the Arctic Circle. The 50 bed facility serves Indians Eskimos prospectors traders and boat crews free of charge and drew patients from 1000 miles away by dog sled during emergencies. The couple aided influenza victims when the whole forty settlement was struck and a Red Cross nurse arrived by air after urgent wireless pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Burke
Winchester
Clarke County
Episcopal Church
Alaska
Henry B. Gilpin
Virginia
Burke
Fort Yukon
Capitol Hill Briefs and Civil Liberties Inquiry
Senate in recess as the La Follette committee resumes its inquiry into civil liberties violations in labor disputes. House debates extending the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to June 30, 1939. Ways and Means opens hearings on expanding presidential power for reciprocal trade agreements. Civil Service panel weighs extending civil service to all postmasters. Fish story from Arkansas City, Kansas: hospital custodian Charles Christian’s illness leads to his two goldfish dying two hours after his death following cared for by Mrs. L F Piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFollette Committee
HOUSE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ways and Means
Civil Service Committee
Arkansas City
Kas
Charles Christian
L. F. Piles
Christian
Death of Issac Wilson Shocks Berkeley County Community
The death of Issac Wilson occurred Monday in Martinsburg City Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Wilson drove the Berkeley Springs school bus in his second year, and his loss is mourned by students and neighbors. He is survived by his widow Carrie Smith and siblings Irving, James, and a sister in New Jersey.
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Irving
James
Stotler’s Cross Roads
W. Va
New Jersey
Seymour Bohrer
Harry
Howard Shrout
Hausenflucks Attend Inauguration in Washington
Oranda Notes Virginia reports Mr. J F Hausenfluck Sr attends the Washington inauguration with Mr and Mrs Joe Hausenfluck, noting their presence in the capital on January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hausenfluck
M. C. Keys
Front Royal
Mabel
Edith Orndorff
Clary
Minnie Orndorff
J. M. Brumback
Vernon Shaffer
Maurertown
Gertie Pangle
Gladys Ogden
Paul Manuel
Elmo Keller
Washington, D. C
Arlington, Va
Hontos
Charlottesville
L. M. Pangle
John
C. R. Keller
Genevieve
Leon
Dalton
Oranda
S. J. Goode
Oscar Miller
Winchester
M. M. Orndorff
Oranda, VA
Washington, D.C
Joe Hausenfluck
Whitacre Mention
Whitacre Virginia residents express sorrow as word reaches Whitacre that a local figure is ill or has died, prompting condolences from friends and neighbors.
Missing cat found after trip to Cape Cod
Mrs. Henry Stanton left for Cape Cod and her sister Mrs. M Renwick Dvett found the cat Gray missing. Four days later Stanton returned home and Gray was recovered, hungry and thirsty but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Neck
N. Y
Fruit Men in Waynesboro Fear Crop Damage from Warm Spell
Orchardists in the Waynesboro area Augusta county fear two weeks of warm weather may damage the 1937 apple and peach crop. Peach buds have swollen and could be ruined by a sharp freeze. apple buds are slower but potentially at risk. Frank Parker notes not major damage yet but warns another week of warmth could be disastrous. Scott Nininger reports peach buds swollen to a point where freezes would reduce bloom. Variation depends on location and tree varieties.
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Waynesboro
Augusta County
Frank Parker
Central Virginia Apple Association
Scott Nininger
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Red Square
Moscow
The
State
Iym Lea
Greyhound
Greyhound Bus Depot
N. Braddock St
Washington
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Roanoke
St. Louis
Miami
Los Angeles
Knoxville
Burke Hospital
Doctor
Far North
Ford
H. W. Ebert
Capitol Hill
Associated Press
Senate
Angers
Annie M. Whitacre
Whitacre
Raymond Mullens
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Mullens
O. H. Braithwaite
Ellis Haines
Capon Bridge
Carl Parrill
Mildred Dick
Hedgesville
John W. Whitacre
Geneva Gardner
Mary Largent
J. W. Brannon
J. D. Barrow
Elkins
Gardner Bageant
White Hall
O. H. Phillips
Roy Fletcher
Whitacre Mention
Whitacre, Va
Tiny
Gulf
Gulfpride
Pconomical Transportation
Taio
O.K
Nash
Chevrolet
International
Willys
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Pine Motor CO
Winchester, VA
Brad. & Cecil Sts
Braddock & Boscawen
Bickers Motor Co
Ite
Tigra Etn
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
N. Loudoun St
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