Heavy Flood Strikes Eastern Kentucky Killing and Missing
In Morehead Kentucky on July 6 officials say 43 bodies have been recovered with about 100 still missing after a mountain flash flood swept through Rowan Breathitt and surrounding counties. Red Cross reports about 60 missing as rescue efforts continue amid swollen creeks and heavy rain. Property damage in Breathitt County estimated at 1 million dollars.
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Morehead
Kentucky
Red Cross
Washington
Rowan
Breathitt
Rowan County
Frozen Creek
Breathitt County
Lewis County
Jackson
Licking
Walter Deaton
Keck
W. S. Jones
Deaton
W. Crutcher
Seek Return Valuable Williamsburg Restoration Book
Vernon Eddy librarian reports a missing limited edition book from the Williamsburg restoration collection. The blue cloth bound 9 by 12 inch volume with under 100 pages contained engravings of colonial buildings and was not for circulation, making identification difficult. Return is greatly appreciated by library officials.
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Vernon Eddy
Handley Librarian
Williamsburg
Architectural Forum
Eddy
Winchester Chanters Shine at New York World's Fair
The Chanters Winchester choir presented concerts featuring Virginia Day, garnering strong publicity for the community and state. The article notes the choir climaxed a long tour with the honor today and extends congratulations to the group. It also urges farmers to report grain yields to the paper.
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Winchester Choir
Winchester
Yard Party and Chicken Plate Supper Notice
Ridgeway hosts a yard party and chicken plate supper on Friday July 14 with proceeds for Paynes Chapel. It is expected to rain Saturday affecting the benefit event.
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Ridgeway
Paynes Chapel
Forgery Hinted In Smith Case At LSU Scandal
Baton Rouge July 6 Dr James Monroe Smith ex LSU president is quoted by District Attorney Charles A Byrne as saying he invested university funds in stock market deals To benefit LSU Byrne says Smith admitted the operations were a mistake and forged endorsements may lead to forgery charges NYO officials note a September 1938 to June 1939 loss of 461320 14 in grain dealings with Fenner and Beane brokers while jailed for bond issues.
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Charles A. Byrne
New Orleans
Byrne
Smith
State University
Louisiana
Conrad Meyer
Dr. Smith
L. S. A. Board of Supervisors
Hibernia National Bank of
Fenner and Beane
Rain totals 1.20 inches in city floods July month average
Rain yesterday flooded streets in the business district with 1.20 inches measured at 8 am by the Winchester Research Laboratory. Most rain fell in the early afternoon. July total reaches 3.34 inches, matching the 26 year July average.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Five GM Plants Hit By Strike In Detroit Area
Five General Motors plants closed by a CIO United Auto Workers strike affecting about 3 700 tool and die workers and maintenance staff. Fisher Body No 21 in Detroit and other GM sites reported sizeable idle labor as picket lines surrounded the facilities. Conciliator James F Dewey sped to Detroit for talks with GM officials and union leaders.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Fisher
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Mich
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Fisher No. 23
A.m
James F. Dewey
Ted
Roosevelt Talk Irking Germans
Berlin reports say Nazi papers reacted with irritation to President Roosevelt s July 4 remarks on US neutrality laws. Voelkischer Beobachter claimed Roosevelt “dug up the war hatchet” while Deutscher Dienst warned the move could heighten world war danger.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Deutscher , Dienst
America
State Department
House of Representatives
Germany
Treasury Slashes Foreign Silver Price to 36 3 4 Cents
The Treasury cut its foreign silver price to 36.34 cents per ounce and resumed daily posting at noon for the price it will buy foreign silver. Last Friday the price was 38 cents, five cents above the prior year’s level. Domestic silver will fetch 71.11 cents per ounce for new mine output after July 1. Gold remains $35 an ounce, with a possible rise to $41.34 if needed.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
New York
Senate
Winchester Little Theatre selects cast for Outward Bound
The Winchester Little Theatre announces the cast for Outward Bound to be staged July 28 with Tom Powers leading. Cast includes Judy Owen and Jacqueline Winslow with professional training, plus local amateur actors Mrs. Douglas Fuller Smith W. W. Glass C. Ridgely White James March Roy Ryden Jim Largent Monte Bourjaily stands in for Powers who arrives July 19 for rehearsals. Directed by Mrs. Schuyler Larkin with Powers assisting.
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Outward Bound
Winchester Little Theatre, Inc
E. P. Browning
Douglas Fuller Smith
Frances Beverley
Tom Powers
Little Theatre
Judy Owen
Charles Town
W. Va
Jacqueline Winslow
Clarke County
Miss Owen
Washington
Kings-Smith School
New England States
Miss Winslow
American School of Dramatic Art
New York
Schuyler Larkin
Powers
Unknown Confederate Dead Inscription Author Doubtful
A Winchester Times fragment questions who wrote the line on the Stonewall Cemetery unknown Confederate dead monument. The 1876 notice signed by Winchester figures calls a public meeting for June 8 to discuss the monument’s erection, with further details continued in the newspaper.
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Stonewall Cemetery
Winchester
Rose MacDonald
Berryville
Winchester Times
the Times
R. W. Hunter
Evening Star
Manly Figure To Appear In Pastel Shades
Maurice Loreck of Baltimore, board member of the International Association of Clothing Designers, says new daytime suits will be three button drape with wide shoulders and tapered hips. Delegates in Boston predict two piece suits with odd vests for early fall.
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Boston
Maurice Loreck
Baltimore
International Association of Clothing Designers
Methodists Name Church Montague Avenue Methodist Church
The Rev. Harry G Balthis announced that the new Methodist Church in South Winchester will be named Montague Avenue Methodist Church. The name was chosen at a Quarterly Conference and awaits Bishop Peele’s approval to become official. If construction proceeds on schedule, the church should be occupied by the first Sunday in August.
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Harry G. Balthis
South
Winchester
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
W. W. McIntyre
D. D
W. W. Peele
Baltimore and Virginia
Richmond
Balthis
Barthis
Montague Avenue
Winchester children to attend Camp White Rock trip
Fifty or more Methodist children of Winchester will spend a week at Camp White Rock on the Capon river in West Virginia starting July 14. The trip is sponsored by Montague Avenue Methodist Church and the Golden Rule Bible Class Braddock Street Church. Children nine and older are invited. enrollment details to be announced in The Star.
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Winchester
Camp White Rock
Capon River
West Virginia
H. G. Balthis
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Braddock Street Methodist Church
McKiwee Band Concert Set for July 14 at City Hall Plaza
The McKiwee Municipal Band announces a summer concert Friday evening July 14 at City Hall Plaza. The band, invited to New York World Fair events, cannot make the trip but has now been invited to participate in the Turkey Festival program in New York in September.
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McKiwee
Plaza
City Hall
New York
Sarah Zane Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Company will be held Friday evening July 7 at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. Captain Loryn M. Crabill. 7-6-Ip-21.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loryn
M. Crabill
Britain to create vast arms credit fund for allies
London reports government introduced a bill to set up a potential £100,000,000 export credit fund to aid Poland, Romania, Greece and Turkey with arms orders, expanding the earlier £10,000,000 program. Five British squadrons will go to France for Bastille Day exercises. In Washington, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected two war referendum proposals, sending them on for Senate consideration.
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London
Britain
Poland
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Chamberlain
House of Commons
France
Air Ministry
Germany
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Chanters From Winchester Perform At New York World's Fair
The Chanters choir from Winchester sang in Virginia Day exercises at the Court of States today from 2 to 2 30 pm. Virginia delegates spoke during the program. A sacred concert is planned this evening from 6 30 to 1 36 o clock at the Temple of Religion. Officials considered broadcasting the event with NBC but no confirmation reached. The group planned to return to Winchester around noon tomorrow after a week in New York.
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Winchester
Court of States
Virginia
Temple of Religion
The
Star
New York
NBC
Dr. C J Heatwole Dies at Convention
Dr. C J Heatwole 65 secretary of the Virginia Education Association died unexpectedly in his San Francisco hotel room. Deputy Coroner said death was from over-excitement after an extensive sightseeing trip. He traveled with his daughter Miss Margaret Heatwole from Richmond to attend the National Education Association convention.
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San Francisco
C. J. Heatwole
The
Virginia Education Association
Michael Brown
Heatwole
Margaret Heatwole
Richmond
National Educational Association
WPA Workers Walking Out To Lose Positions If They Stay Off Five Days
Washington July 6 The Red Cross reported 40 bodies recovered in Kentucky flood areas and about 60 missing in Rowan and surrounding regions. Red Cross will aid about 500 families unable to finance rehabilitation. Two truckloads of food sent from Lexington to Covington. Communications say access roads into backwoods Jackson area were being opened as up to 60 lives feared in a 15 mile Frozen Creek stretch. Olive Hill reports no lives in town but extensive property damage. Lowlands nearby saw about 100 dwellings swept away.
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Washington
Redross
Kentucky
Rowan
Breathitt
Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Davis
Roosevelt
Lexington
Covington
Jackson
Olive Hill
F. C. Harrington
Works Projects
WPA
Works Project Administration
Bridge Near Half Finished Over Shenandoah at Castleman’s Ferry
In Berryville Virginia on Route 7 progress on the Shenandoah river bridge is at about the halfway mark. Twelve of twenty four concrete piers should be complete by week’s end and the west abutment already stands. The $150000 project by Blackwell Engineering and Construction of Warrenton faces steel delays but will meet a November 30 deadline if shipments arrive as expected.
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Berryville
Shenandoah River
Castleman’s Ferry
J. N. Harris
Harris
the Star
West Bank
Blackwell Engineering and Construction Company
Warrenton
Virginia Ridge
Roanoke
Arive
State Highway Department
North Hill Farm
William Buckner Sentenced in Mail Fraud Case
William P. Buckner Jr., a cocktail and beauty lobbyist, received a two year federal prison term and a $2500 fine for mail fraud and conspiracy linked to manipulated Philip pine Railway bonds.
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New York
wWilliam P. Buckner, Jr
Friendship Fire Meeting at 8 Tonight
Regular meeting at Friendship Fire Co. hall at 8 tonight. All members urged to attend as important business will be discussed. Cap. WM Argenbright signs the notice.
WPA Workers Warned of Job Termination Over Walkouts
Col. F C Harrington issued a telegram to state officials warning WPA workers who abandon their jobs for five consecutive days will lose employment. The move follows widespread walkouts protesting 130 hour monthly requirements under the new relief bill. AFL leaders discussed a possible national strike as union claims of widespread stoppages face official denial.
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Work Projects Administration
WPA
Thomas A. Murray
Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
Greater New York
APL
Washington, D. C
New York
Col. Brehon B. Somervell
Miller lands 15 pound Shenandoah catfish
Rod and Reel worker Bud Miller, at Virginia Apple Storage, caught a 15 pound catfish in the Shenandoah river after expecting a bass. The fish was weighed at Cuthbert's filling station in front of bystanders who said it was the river’s largest ever seen. The fish is frozen in crystal ice at his plant.
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Bud” Miller
Virginia Apple Storage
Shenandoah River
Miller
Cuthbert
Rouss Fire Company to Hold Regular Meeting July 7
Regular monthly meeting of the Rouss Fire Company will be held Friday evening July 7 at 8 oclock. All members urged to attend. M D Weaver President.
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Rouss Fire Company
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Dewey
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Methodists
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Mary S. Yeakley
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United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Dr. Heatwole
Castleman’s
William Buckner
Harrington
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