Cities Seek Right to Run Own Schools
In Richmond on January 23, officials from Richmond Norfolk and Roanoke urged that cities be allowed to handle school budgets independently. The bill aims to clarify the school code to ensure funds match approved budgets while controversy centers on charter and legal scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Capitol
Richmond
Norfolk
Roanoke
Senate Committee On Public Institutions and Education
Sidney B. Hall
E. Lee Trinkle
State Board of Education
Cather
T. Russell Cather
Winchester
Vivian Page
Trinkle
Metcahren
County Board of Supervisors
C. N. Sebrell
G. E. Heller
Hall
Slower sober saner driving urged by State Chamber
MA Winchester promotes a common-sense driving campaign with the slogan Slower sober saner. The plan urges slower speeds, sobriety, and sane driving to cut highway wrecks and protect innocent travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Chamber of Commerce
Arctic Cold Grips U S Midwest as Death Toll Rises
Chicago dispatch reports subzero Arctic blast sweeping from the Dakotas to the Atlantic with at least 48 dead across a dozen states. Temperatures plunged to 56 below zero at International Falls, Minnesota, and extended from the Rockies to New England, with heavy snow and potential relief not expected until Saturday.
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Chicago
Canadian Northwest
Dakotas
Atlantic
Midwest
International Falls Bridge
Minnesota
Rockies
New England
Tennessee
North Carolina
Hell
Minesota
Isconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
New York
Connecticut
Michigan
Winchester lawyers expand practice with Kuykendall Benham links
R Gray Williams announces J Sloan Kuykendall joins his general practice in Winchester at 38 Rouss avenue. Kuykendall partners with Benham since 1932. firm dissolved by mutual consent. Benham to continue practice at Reuss avenue. Williams, Mullen and Hazelgrove of Richmond indicate Williams joins their firm and will open an extra office there. Williams maintains Winchester residence and splits time for Richmond cases.
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R. Gray Williams
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Rouss Avenue
Kuykendall
Harry K. Benham
Kuykendall and Benham
Mr. Benham
Reuss Avenue
Louis Bennet
Supreme Court of Appeals
Williams
Fisher
Romney
W. Va
Williams, Mullen and Hazelgrove
Richmond
R Gray Williams
Willipoe
Winchester
Hilda B. Dean
Mr. Williams
TB Clinic Set by State Expert January 24
A tuberculosis chest disease clinic for adults will be held Friday January 24 at the District Nurse Association offices. The State Health Department specialist will diagnose early stage TB with cooperation from city and county physicians. Free clinic advised for households with TB exposure. no former sanitarium patients or appointments. Hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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State Health Department
District Nurse Association
Santorium
Executors Transfer Property to Grove at Valley Avenue
The deed recorded in the Corporation Court clerk office shows M. M. Lynch and O. T. Ritter as executors of Dr. W. J. Whitlock selling property to E. H. Grove at No. 1 Valley avenue for 830 dollars.
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Corporation Court Clerk
M. M. Lynch
O. T. Ritter
W. J. Whitlock
E. H. Grove
Valley Avenue
New Frontiers of Crime Discussed by Rotarian Ray Hansen
Rotarian Ray Hansen of New York former Chicago prosecutor addressed Winchester Rotarians at the George Washington Hotel luncheon. He urged a new police protection approach with four key traits and described school clinics studying problem youths to prevent crime, noting cases of paid “protection” and building safety costs as examples of organized crime pressure.
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Ray Hansen
New York
Chicago
Winchester Rotarians
George Washington Hotel
Hansen
Gosk
Front Royal Lions Amateur Contest Winners Named
Front Royal Va January 23 The Lions Club amateur contest at Murphy Theatre crowned Carolyn Rohr and Gloria Kibler first in a basketball tap dance duo Julian Wayland took second with a Bob White song A Browntown quartet and other performers highlighted the night The event featured local entertainers and a colored tap artist Lyle Roberts not in contest but to appear again tonight
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Front Royal
Front Royal Lions Club
Murphy
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival HQ Opens in Hotel
Fred A Read Jr announces fourteenth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival headquarters at the George Washington Hotel opening Monday with Miss Helen Buckley and Miss Katherine Manuel staffing as inquiries rise. Committees to be named soon as preparations begin months ahead for the event drawing crowds rivaling Mardi Gras. Mercury plunges to seven degrees below zero from 42 with a 49 degree swing in eight hours.
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Fred A. Read, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Ainally
Helen Buckley
Read
Katherine Manuel
Suspect Held in Petersburg Drug Store Hold-Up
Grover C. Griswold of Washington D C was a suspect in custody of Petersburg police in connection with a hold-up at O P Hare drug store Sunday night. A lone bandit obtained $119 and narcotics.
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Petersburg
Grover C. Griswold
Washington, D. C
O. P. Hare
Cold weather halts A P telephone service to The Star
Officials of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company attributed the morning outage to cold causing wire contraction. Wires snapped in two, stopping service for about five hours until nearly noon. The usual start time is 7 o'clock and service resumed around 11:45 AM.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
A. P
The
Star
60 Mile Gale Follows Northwest Wind But Drops Temps
A 60 mile per hour gale from the northwest swept through the county last midnight with temperatures plunging from 42 degrees to 7 below zero at the Winchester Research Laboratory by 2 am. Readings showed a 19 degree fall in eight hours and pipes froze in John Kerr School forcing closures. Weather crews noted 56 mph at Admiral Byrd Airport at 9:45 pm, cooling trends expected tonight with gradual warming tomorrow.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester Cold Storage
Peace of
North Sea
Exion
Gener
Admiral Byrd Airport
Hayfield
N. K. Larrick
Star
Mr. Larrick
John Kerr
Body of King George V Lies In State In London
King George V's body returned to London for four days of lying in state after a royal funeral train reached King's Cross. Thousands lined streets to honor the monarch once king Edward VIII, who accompanied him, pledged to follow his father's way.
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London
George V
Sandringham
King’s Cross
Army
Navy
Air Force
Grenadier
Royal Horse Artillery
Westminister Hall
Edward VIII
House of Commons
Buses Held As Blizzard Delays Reach West Virginia
Blizzards in West Virginia and Pennsylvania disrupted rail and bus service. No buses from Clarksburg reached Winchester since yesterday afternoon and routes west of here were stopped by impassable conditions. Snow drifts and downed trees delayed the Pennsylvania Railroad and other trains. Greyhound schedules were canceled on the route.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Clarksburg
W. Va
Union Bus Terminal
Washington, D. C
C. D. Puckett
Charleston
Greyhound Bus Lines
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mechanicsburg
Here
Harrisburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wetzel Removed To Shenandoah County Prison
Jack Wetzel was moved to Shenandoah county jail in Woodstock yesterday afternoon. He remains under medical care while facing charges of resisting arrest and attempting to shoot an officer. A hearing may be delayed a week or ten days as investigators probe jurisdiction and facts. Wetzel was arrested at Cedar Creek Valley after threatening officers. Sheriff Gochenour fired, injuring Wetzel, who was taken to Memorial Hospital.
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Jack Wetzel
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Wetzel
Frederick County
Shenandoah
Cedar Creek Valley
Carl F. Gochenour
Gochenour
Memorial Hospital
Mission Institute to Be Held by Virginia Church Groups
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Church and other Virginia Episcopal groups plan to send delegates to Richmond for the 13th annual missionary institute of the Diocese of Virginia at St Paul's Church parish house January 28-30. Leaders, speakers from mission fields, and lectures by Dr. T. H. P. Sailer will shape a program with lectures on Latin America and daily women’s classes.
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Woman's Auxiliary
Christ Episcopal Church
Richmond
Missionary Institute of the
Diocese of Virginia
St.Paul’s Church
H. St. George Tucker
Goodwin
P. D. Tucker
Robert Barton
Winchester
Virginia
Woman's Aufiliary
E. E. Osgood
Etta Ambler
Julian Roden
CM. Devi m
Mayo Memorial House
St. Andrew's
St. Mark’s Young People’s Service League
Pott
Walter Pott
Bessie Simson
China
Edna Eastwood
Wyoming
W. Leigh Ribble
Brazil
W. R. Mason
T. H. P. Sailer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Teachers College
Columbia University
Latin America
C. M. Davison
Nye Seeks Terrific Demand to Finish Munitions Inquiry
Senator Nye reports a terrific public demand would force completion of the munitions investigation as he fights for Senate funds. He cites inquiries into aviation steel coke and firearms and says United States and Bethlehem Steel probes must be kept brief due to funding limits.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Bismittee
Sdosivtatration
Italy
Ethio
Nye
Senate
R-Nd
Woodrow Wilson
Senate Democrats
Thaa
National Conference On the
Mae
Clark
D-Mo
United States
Bethlehem Steel
Why Shiver Deluxe Hot Water Heater and Defroster
Advertisement for a deluxe hot water heater and windshield defroster from EASY TEAMS CAMMER TIRE Co. at 932 Braddock & Boscawen. Promotes comfort and clear vision for drivers with a rich, good quality product.
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Goodrich
Easy Teams
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
CLEARANCE SALE DAYTIME DRESSES STEEPLY REDUCED
Local advertisement announces clearance dresses for daytime dinner and evening wear at 5 and 8 dollars, formerly 10 95 to 19 95, sizes 12 to 20 and 38 to 42. Also listed are income tax service, rag collection, and beauty shop offers with reduced prices.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Washington Politics and Officials in Transition
The President will decide the bonus issue. Jesse Jones of RFC is expected to become Treasury secretary. A gale hit Virginia bringing extreme winter cold. Henry G. Shirley urges a ten year program totaling $158,000,000 to upgrade 9,000 miles of primary roads. A Hawk's Nest tunnel investigation in West Virginia may force witness testimony.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
RFC
Secretary of the Treasury
Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Highway Commission
Washington — Committee
Hawk's Nest Tunnel
West Virginia
Foreign policy clash dominates League council session
Reports from Geneva say policy maneuvers trigger a sharp clash in the League council as nations argue over actions toward Italy and allied embargo options. In London London authorities prepare for the lying in state of King George V for four days. Paris reports four leaders refuse to form a new cabinet after Laval's fall. Rome notes Mussolini attacks a five power mutual aid pact and British Mediterranean maneuvers.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Rome
Mussolini
Mediterranean
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Gray Williams
Benham
Law School
University of Virginia
Department of Justice
Marshall
Peyton. J. Marshall
Carroll Menefee
Sperryville Club
J. W. Phipps, Jr
Towson, Md
William J. Sperry, Jr
Staunton
J. Victor Arthur
J. L. Kalbach
W. W. McIntyre
A. S. Hott
Lions
Rohr and
Kibler
Potomac
Cumberland
Shenandoah Valley
King George V
Mrs. Barton
Richmond Institute
Ey, Hickman
New Brunswick
N. J
Misaibaneik
Tee
Pittman
D-Ney
Acrinst
Income Tax Service
J. H. Seal, JR
Star Office
Colonial Beauty Shop
House Group
Ethiopia
World News
Geneva
League Council
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