Rescue Ships Reach Survivors Of Cavalier Crash In Heavy Seas
The tanker Esso Baytown with ten Cavalier crash survivors battled rough weather off Ambrose lightship and North River bound for New York. Strong seas and winds delayed docking by hours as the rescue vessel moved toward its pier with survivors awaiting hospital care.
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Esso Baytown
British Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Ambrose
New York
North River
Satur
Secretary Hopkins Congratulates Cavalier Rescue Captain Spurr
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins sent a telegram of congratulations to Captain Frank H. Spurr of the oil tanker Essowa for rescuing 10 survivors from the Cavalier disaster. He called the act a splendid contribution to the best traditions of the American Merchant Marine.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Frank H. Spurr
Essowa
Tragedy at sea prompts coast guard to end search
Town reports standard oil shipper will arrive after 4 pm as coast guard commander Bayliss says further search for three missing persons is futile. Five cutters at the scene hove to in a gale and weather makes search nearly impossible. Survivors suffer exposure.
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Bayliss
Coast Guard
Esso Bay
Spring Nearing as Cameron Street Shade Trees Are Trimmed
The Star notes spring approaches and reports a crew trimming Cameron street shade trees after windy conditions last night. It urges readers to donate books magazines or games to the Boys Club and directs readers to directors listed elsewhere in the issue for contact. A terrier found is sought owner by phone.
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Cameron Street
the Star
Eight Ships in Gale Signal S O S Off Southwest England
SOS signals came from eight ships in a Atlantic gale threatening 300 seamen and passengers and killing twelve on Britain's southwest coast. Vessels include Aconcagua 7230 tons bound for Liverpool, Tarkia 1911, Svend Poo 1800, Parklaan 3807, Terlings 2280, Bramhill 1821, Avra 4652. Aconcagua reports damaged steering gear.
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London
SOS
Atlantic
England
Lloyds
Aconcague
Tarkia
Svend Poo
Parklaan
Terlings
Bramhill
Avra
Aconcagua
Liverpool
Valparaiso
Swann Named Recreation Supervisor for Winchester Boys Club
T M M Swann Jr son of Rev T M Swann pastor Braddock Street M E Church to supervise recreation for the Winchester Boys Club at the McVicar building on West Boscawen. He teaches at Bryarly School and will manage after school activities along with ping pong handball bowling basketball rowing and more.
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T. MM. Swann, Jr
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street
M E. Church
Winchester
Swann
Bryarly School
Donald Weems
McVicar
West Boscawen
Handley
Club
Clark M. Smith
Andrew Bell
Clifford D. Grim
Forrest Jones
A. J. Bott
John Glaize
P. G. Ireland
Rites Set for Front Royal Doctor Hansbrough
Funeral services are arranged for Dr. Lyle Fenwick Hansbrough 59 a Front Royal physician who died at his home. The Rev John S Owens and Rev A L Har Son will conduct the ceremony tomorrow at 2 pm from the home with interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery He was a Randolph Macon Academy and University of Virginia medical graduate and active in civic life as a town council member Rotary Club and Red Cross leader He is survived by his widow Corrine Miller a son Dr Lyle J Hansbrough and two sisters.
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Lyle Fenwick Hansbrough
Front Royal
John S. Owens
A. L. Harrson
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Hansbrough
Orlean
Fauquier County
Rotary Club
Unity Lodge
A. F
A. M
Hiram Royal Arch Chapter
Winchester Commandery
Acca Temple of Shriners
Front Royal Lodge
Modern Woodmen of America
Kiwanis Ladies Night Plans Keep Up Club Traditions
Kiwanis Club members finalize arrangements for annual Ladies Night program set for tomorrow at 7 pm. Lyman M Kelley of Arlington County is welcomed as new lieutenant governor for the Capital District, replacing Andrew Bell of Winchester. Dr Edmund Harding of Washington DC will deliver a humorous talk on Kiwanis and the liver and perform music. The dinner and speech precede a dance chaired by President Sam C Brooks, with Rotary Lions and Robert Y Conrad Post leaders invited.
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Kiwanis Club
Capital District
Lyman M.kelley
Arlington County
Andrew Bell
Winchester
Edmund H. Harding
Washington, D. C
Harding
Roanoke
Sam C. Brooks
Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
UAW split deepens as Thomas named acting president
DETROIT Jan 23 The CIO executive board members suspended by Homer Martin elected R J Thomas as acting president. Anti Martins call for impeachment of four board members and plan a March 20 Cleveland convention clash with Martins Detroit based headquarters remain as leadership battles threaten CIO unity.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Homer Martin
R. J. Thomas
Martin
Thomas
Anti- Ma
Cleveland
Fort
International
anti-Martin
Congress of Industrial Organization
Fire Subdued on British Freighter at Brooklyn Dock
A four alarm blaze lasting over five hours in the engine room of the Silverash a 5311 ton British freighter at a Brooklyn dock was brought under control early today.
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New York
Brooklyn
Hopkins Attacked and Defended in Senate Nomination Fight
In Washington on January 23 the Senate debated Harry Hopkins’s nomination for Secretary of Commerce. Senators Glass White and Minton sparred over Hopkins actions and WPA politics while defending or criticizing his suitability and presidential latitude.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Senate
Glass
D.-Va
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Schnellenbach D.wash
White
R.-Me
Minton
D.-Ind
Maine
Indiana
AFL to push reforms of National Labor Relations Board
The American Federation of Labor plans to present amendments to Congress this week criticizing the NLRB. Proposals include a majority vote for bargaining representation, limits on invalidating union contracts, required notice to interested parties, standard examiner qualifications, affidavits of prejudice, and faster hearing and decision timelines.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
CIO
NLBA
Star Chamber
Pleads For An Opportunity In Youths Behalf
Baltimore January 23 James Marshall president of New York City's Board of Education calls for youth to share opportunities of service or risk undermining American democracy. He addressed the sixth annual general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds warning that youth feel insecure and fear no place in world today. He urged opening chances rather than waiting for older generations to die.
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Baltimore
America
James Marshall
New York City
Board of Education
The
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
Winchester honors Baldridge as outstanding young man of 1938
Tom Baldridge the manager of Capitol Theatre was selected as Winchester and Frederick county’s outstanding young man for 1938 by a citizens committee. He will receive the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Young Man's Distinguished Award at the March dinner. Baldridge, chosen from about a dozen local candidates, is praised for civic duty and efficiency and for leading roles in the 1938 festival and Boy Scout drive among other activities.
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Tom Baldridge
Winchester
United States
Citizens
Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Junior Board of Trade
Shenandoah Area
Central Relief Association
Kiwanis Club
Pierce Case Opens Tuesday in Fauquier Court
The trial of Jim Pierce of Millwood, Clarke county, accused of fatally shooting Rawleigh Elsen near Paris, Virginia, is set to begin in Fauquier Circuit Court. Defense counsel J Donald Richards and Richard Meritt were appointed to Pierce, indicted November 28, after he admitted firing the shotgun following warnings to stop attention to his wife. He fled to Millwood, disposed of the weapon in the Shenandoah river, and was captured the next day.
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Warrenton
Jim Pierce
Millwood
Clarke County
Rawleigh Elsen
Paris
Fauquier
J. Donald Richards
Richard Meritt
J. H. R. Alexander
Pierce
Fauquier County
Elsen
Shenandoah River
Berry’s Ferry
Bitter Cold Wave Grips North Coast and East U S
Bitter cold and high winds sweep the Atlantic coast as storms lash the region. Loss of life climbs with up to 30 below readings in Adirondacks and New York State while ships issue SOS calls and a rescue tanker heads to New York with survivors.
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Oneida Lake
Bridgeport
N. Y
Big City
New York City
New York State
Adirondack Mountain
Mountain View
Owl’s Head
Malone
Buffalo
Rochester
Watertown
Saranac Lake
Yesterda
Roosevelt seeks $850 million national health program
President Roosevelt urged Congress to study and adopt a long range federal state plan costing 850 million dollars by 1949 to improve health care and social insurance. The inter department report calls for indigent care hospitals maternal and child welfare and diagnostic services. The AMA opposes compulsory health insurance as a step toward socialized medicine.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Inter-Departmental
American Medical Association
Wagner
Inter-Departmental Committee
Guesswork Laying The Economy Relief Plan
Washington reports say Congressional economy advocates used guesswork to justify a relief appropriation of 875 million dollars for WPA from February to June. Senator McKellar criticizes a 725 million alternative, warning smaller sums would shrink WPA rolls to about 1,050,000 by June. Senator Barkley backs boosting to 875 million.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Senator McKellar
D.-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Browning Poem Included in National Anthology
Handley High School instructor E P Browning has an original poem “When Memories Awaken” selected for the national love poetry anthology Eros edited by Lucia Trent. The anthology, to be published by Henry Harrison, will feature works from various poets and be illustrated by Herbert Fouts. Browning will represent the compilation locally and urge submissions.
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E. P. Browning
Handley High School
Lucia Trent
Eros
Star
New York
Henry Harrison
Herbert Fouts
Browning
Trent
Five British Ships Bombed By Insurgents
Insurgent air raiders bombed five British ships near Barcelona on January 23, sinking the African Mariner and wounding two officers. The vessels Dover Robey Stanbrook African Mariner Thorpe Bay and Huntress were attacked, with Stanbrook hit seven miles offshore and the others in the harbor. Two officers, including the African Mariner’s second mate, were killed.
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Barcelona
Dover Robey
Stanbrook
African Mariner
Thorpe Bay
Huntress
William McClellan
Roosevelt defense plan would lift U S military rank
Washington January 23 officials said the proposed 45 000 increase in army strength would raise the United States to about 230 000 officers and men, moving up three notches in global active forces. The plan calls for 27 000 air corps, 13 000 Panama Canal garrison, and 5 000 more in other branches, totaling 552 million dollars. If Congress approves, the United States would rank eighth in two years even with trained reserves included.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Air Corps
Panama Canal
Congress
Cather Promoted In Navy Service
Winchester and Frederick county friends celebrate the promotion of Dr David C Cather from captain to rear admiral in the U S Navy Medical Corps. A Frederick county native, he has spent his career in naval service aboard ships and bases, recently stationed at Bremerton Washington. He plans a visit to the east soon with Mrs Cather likely joining, and will stay with his aunt Mrs James W Whettell in Clearbrook.
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Winchester
Frederick County
David C. Cather
United States Navy
Cather
Clark Cather
Board of Supervisors
Kate Shaull
John Kerr High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
University of Virginia
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Naval Service of
The
United States
Gremerton
Wash
East
James W. Whettell
Clearbrook
May Taylor
Tennessee
Dr. Cather
T. Russell Cather
Harry Cather
Norfolk
Found Hanging In Baltimore Wire Goods Firm
The frozen body of a Costek partner in a wire goods manufacturing business was found hanging from a rafter in his establishment early today by Louis Medevic, another partner.
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Baltimore
Costek
Louis Medevic
Cabinet Ministers Refuse to Quit as War Expansion Declared
The Spanish government ordered Barcelona civilians to evacuate as insurgent forces close in. Premier Negrin’s cabinet vows to stay and fight to the end, declaring a state of war. Madrid and Valencia remain under government control while Sitges falls and Barcelona bets on defense amid air raids.
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Hendaye
Barcelona
Juan Negrin
Jose Miaja
Madrid-Valencia
Spain
Franco
Madrid
Valencia
Sitges
Many Attend Anderson Rites
A large throng gathered at 11 oclock to pay final tribute to Eugene R. Anderson, Frederick county orchardist and farmer, who died Saturday morning at his father A L Andersons home in White Hall. Rev Howard Amoss and Rev R S Wilson assisted. Masons led the service and grave rites. Pallbearers included Claude Grim and Dr B M Knight Jr among others. Anderson was a Farm Bureau director, county Republican chairman, and longtime partner with his father in farming.
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Eugene R. Anderson
Frederick County
A. L. Anderson
White Hall
Anderson
Joseph Glass Baker
Kernstown
Howard Amoss
Bunker Hill
R. 8. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Amoss
Tennyson
Claude M. Grim
B. M. Knight, Jr
Brownie Thompson
Ralph Crisman
J. W. Morrow
Ansel Solenberger
Masonic Order
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Republican Committee
Four Die in Midair Collision Over Marechal Hermes
Rio de Janeiro reports a fatal midair collision over the suburb Marechal Hermes killing all four occupants of two army airplanes. Search and rescue teams launched with authorities stating preliminary findings and weather conditions under review.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Mare Calhermnes
Explosion kills ninety-two at Onura Coal Mine
Tokyo dispatch reports a mine explosion at the Onura Coal Mine in Tukuoka killing ninety two workers. Fifty bodies were recovered by today as rescue teams continued work at the site last night.
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Tokyo
Onura
Tukuoka
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Ernoon
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MR Winchester
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Kiwanians
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A.F.L
Pierce Case
Clarke
Associated Press
Upstate
Syracuse
U.S. Health
Big
Navy
Masons
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