Storm Sewer Completion Aimed For Apple Blossom Festival
City crews expand workforce to 55, up from 30, to finish the storm sewer before the Apple Blossom Festival. Concrete pipe sections of 24 to 48 inches have been laid, with 2,174 cubic yards excavated through limestone. The project will improve surface drainage in southern and southeastern areas and remove hazardous surface drains at Loudoun Gerrard and Valley Braddock intersections.
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Jefferson
Valley Avenue
East Gerrard Street
Loudoun
Gerrard
Braddock
Richard Warner Returns to Frederick after Arkansas Visit
Richard Warner once a farmhand and traveling seeker arrived in Winchester by train with Sheriff J. W. Newcome and G. W. Lemley. He is charged with a holdup in Frederick County and was arrested in Hot Springs earlier this month after FBI flyers alerted authorities.
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Richard
Dick) Warner
Frederick County
Hot Springs
Ark
Warner
Winchester
J. W. Newcome
G. W. Lemley
FBI
Capitol Hill Debates Civil Rights and Budget Measures
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill pursue anti lynching reforms while Senate and House recess. The House advances a Navy bill for 553 million dollars and a revised housing bill. A House committee and a special unemployment panel continue hearings on business taxes and industry impact.
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House
Senate
Cleopatra Biography Backed by Emil Ludwig at Library
The library highlights Emil Ludwig's Cleopatra biography as a vivid tale of luxury danger courage and cowardice. Ludwig's study of The Nile spurred this dramatic first portrait of Cleopatra and earns the author credit for making readers want to meet her in a book.
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Cleopatra
Emil Ludwig
Nile
Winchester Central Relief elects new president
Mr. Page is chosen as president of the Winchester Central Relief Association, succeeding Dr. Howard. Page has long directed the annual campaign for funds and will lead the organization this year.
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Winchesterentral Relief Association
Howard
Page
Home Agent Schedule For Week January 24 29
The home agent outlines the week with offices Monday Tuesday and Thursday mornings and afternoons. Activities include A M office time and P M meetings for the Armel 4-H Club the Stonewall Home Demonstration Group at Mrs Ed Woore s home a leaders meeting with Miss Sallye Hamilton Blacksburg specialist on Renovation of Old Furniture and a Thursday chair re seating demonstration. Field work and Saturday office are planned.
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Armel 4-H Club
Stonewall
Ed Woore
County Court House
Sallye Hamilton
Blacksburg
Local Markets Prices and Varied Poultry Goods Listing
Local markets section lists patent flour and bag sizes with per barrel prices from 12 to 98 pound bags, shelled corn, meal, middlings and feeds including oats and dairy feed. It details live poultry pricing for hens roosters turkeys and guineas with per unit costs and an extended note on baby chick feed and flour variants.
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Our
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Veacwesa
BIA
Scout Aides Appointed By C. P. McVicar
The Central District BSA executive committee named chairmen of sub committees for 1938. Pinckney Arthur heads finance, B F Arthur leads troop organization, E B Cooper oversees camping, Philip Glaize chairs advancement, and W R Legge heads leadership training. Health and safety chair appointment postponed. Dan O Henry said pledges from the Winchester campaign will be collected soon.
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Central District
Pinckney Arthur
B. F. Arthur
E. B. Cooper
Philip Glaize
W. R. Legge
Committee On Health and Safety
Dan O. Henry
Shenandoah
Winchester
Mrs. Mamie F. McKee 52 Dies At Home Near Winchester
Mrs Mamie F McKee 52 wife of F A McKee of near Winchester died this morning at 6 o clock after brief illness She was a Frederick county native daughter of the late Snowden Anderson and Virginia Lonas Anderson She leaves husband several children Nellie Stotelmyer Stella Smith Dora McKee Oring W McKee Mary McKee and Annie V Hahn Brothers Wesley Thomas William and Edgar Anderson Funeral plans not set but relatives may meet at Omps Funeral Home before a service and burial at Trone
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Mamie F. McKee
F. A. McKee
Winchester
McKee
Frederick County
Snowden Anderson
Virginia Lonas Anderson
Nellie Stotelmyer
Stella Smith
Dora McKee
Wesley Anderson
Chambersville
Thomas Anderson
Gore
William Anderson
Edgar Anderson
Cedar Creek
Omps
Trone
Cuza launches anti Jew fight in Romania
In Bucharest on January 22 Prof Alexander Cuza age 82 and minister without portfolio announced plans for a world antisemitic congress. He stated he had fought Jews for more than half a century as about 1000 Jewish leaders from across Romania gathered to discuss seeking refuge in Britain and Palestine.
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Buharest
Alexander Cuza
Octavian Ga
Cuza
Romania
Britain
Palestine
Prisoner Taken To Botetourt By Special Officer
Special Officer J. D. Lemon of Fincastle Va traveled to Winchester Va to transfer E E Michael held for Botetourt county on a check charge. Michael faced trial in Fincastle for checks drawn on the Union Bank of Winchester not covered by funds. Lemon, active in the Kent kidnap case in Botetourt county, traveled over 5000 miles gathering evidence.
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J. D. Lemon
Fincastle
Winchester
E. E. Michael
Botetourt
Michaels
Union Bank of
Lemon
Kent
Legge To Speak At Frederick County Farmers Meeting
W R Legge vocational agricultural instructor at Handley High School will headline a 7 30 p m farmers discussion in Winchester court house. He will present a land resource map and charts on Frederick county resources with I Fred Stine county agent participating.
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W. RB. Legge
Handley High School
Frederick County
Courthouse
W. R. Legge
Free For Winchester
Fred Stine
Stephens City
Middletown
White Hall
Mt. Airy
Funeral for Mrs. J A Parker Draws Large Crowd
Mrs. J A Parker was laid to rest yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs J A Venable in Stephens City. A vast gathering of relatives and friends from Frederick and nearby counties attended the ceremony officiated by Rev Arthur Wake and assisted by Rev Snyder Alleman. Mrs Parker celebrated her 61st wedding anniversary last June with her husband Squire J A Parker, a well known figure in the county.
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J. A. Parker
J. A. Venable
Stephens City
Parker
Squire J. A. Parker
Frederick County
Arthur Wake
Strasburg
Wheat Futures Edge Up on Light Demand in Chicago
Chicago markets show wheat advancing up to a cent a bushel amid subdued selling, with May at 91 1 8, July 90 1 8. Corn and oats hold near steady while soybeans rise to 1.04 7-8. Cash grain prices in Chicago and Baltimore list No. 3 soft wheat around 1.00, corn 57 3-4 to 58 1-4, with oats at 33 1-2 to 35 1-2 per bushel.
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Chicago
Lord
Cash
Chicago Grain Chicago
Oates
Nin Tame Ak
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Hay Baler Dislodges In Auto Collision
A hay baler on a truck driven by Leslie McKee collided with a parked car driven by H W Boyd on Fairmont avenue. The baler was dislodged, totaling damages of 225 to Boyd, 90 to McKee, and 3 to the parked vehicle. Pangle fined for improper parking after the 7:30 am yesterday incident.
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Pangle
Fairmont Avenue
H W. Boyd
Leslie McKee
City jobless totals in regional comparison
The report lists jobless figures for several cities including Suffolk with 10,271 people and 649 employed, Staunton at 11,990 people with 690 employed, Hopewell at 11,327 people with 413 jobless, and Charlottesville at 15,245 people with 274 unemployed.
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United Penne
Wine
Paio
Compara Suffolk
Staunton
Hopewell
Charlottesville
Gasoline freighter Yamanda sinks at Parana river docks
In Buenos Aires on January 22 the gasoline freighter Yamanda sank within five minutes while mooring at Parana city docks. The crew swam to shore as rescuers rushed to the scene. Cause of the sudden sinking was undetermined.
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Buenos Aires
Parani
Parana City
Market quotations and livestock prices from Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore and Chicago markets report steady to lower cattle and hog prices with vealers down, sheep steady, and no poultry in Philadelphia. Hog and cattle figures show weekly comparisons, with beef cows and cutters firming at times and vealers easing.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agri
Philadelphia
Grand Tour San Francisco to California for private train journey
River Forest Illinois printing equipment maker Charles W. Ostrander heads a private family tour to California in a private railway car. Twenty two family members travel with a strict, prepared timetable as the trip nears its end.
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San Francisco
Charle W. Ostrander
River Forest
Ill
Drem
California
Wall Street Sees Mixed Rally Amid TVA Victory News
Stocks on a tentative rise in gold mining issues while utilities largely hold firm after a 3 judge ruling against 18 utilities. Market activity remained thin with wide bid ask spreads and about 450000 bonds changing hands.
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New York
TVA
Chattanooga Federal Cour
Wall Street
B. F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Senate
State Editors To Dine And Talk
Virginia press association members met to discuss the 0! program ahead of an open forum and roundtable. The banquet tonight features U S Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma as principal speaker.
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Richmond
Virginia Press
U. S
Josh Lee
Okalhoma
Sudden Death Shocks Hayfield Community
Sam L. Carnell died Tuesday night after a paralyzing setback at home in Hayfield Virginia. He lived a life of farming wood hauling and plant sales and was a faithful member of Mount Olive United Brethren Church. Funeral services were held at Mount Olive with a large turnout of friends.
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Hayfield
Sam L. Carshock
Winchester
Gore
Tanker Gulf King Grounded Near Norfolk Harbor
NORFOLK Va Jan 23 The tanker Gulf King from Port Arthur Texas went aground before noon today and anchored amid fog. No injuries reported as coast guard and tug crews assist in the situation.
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Norfolk
Port Arthur
Texas
Dairymen To Attend County Dairy School
Dairymen are invited to attend a two day dairy school January 25 and 26 at 10 oclock each day in the county courthouse. The program covers economics of dairy cattle breeding inheritance principles illustrated lectures demonstrations and practical breeding problems. All dairymen in the county are urged to participate.
Shouts Against Concordat With Vatican Heard
Cries of Down with the government and Long live freedom echoed as hundreds of Yugoslavs protested a Vatican concordat in a tense political scene. Contention focused on church state relations and government actions amid growing unrest.
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Vatican
Plea to Remove 10 Percent Admission Tax
William A Brady urged the House Ways and Means Committee to repeal the 10 per cent tax on admission tickets to legitimate theatres. He warned the tax risks bankruptcy and the sheriff, calling for relief to save a beloved theatrical institution.
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Washington
William A. Brady
House
Ways and Means
Benkivesey
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C. P. McVicar
Legge
J.A. Parker
Timothy Seer
Chicago Livestock
Stock Market Report
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Gen. Foods
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
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N. Y. Cent
Wm. L. Carnell
Western Frederick
High View
W. Va
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Eliza Carnell
Carnell
Memorial Hospital
Omps Funeral Home
Mount Olive
Old Rugged Cross
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R. Connelly
Greyhound Bus Station
Club
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