Japan Moves Large Army Toward Trouble Zone
Chinese officials report Japan is shifting substantial forces from Manchuria toward North China. Ten train loads left Mukden with two entering Shanhaikwan, and troops cross into Chinese territory at the Great Wall passes. Chinese sources say Manchurian troops are entering northern Hopei near Peiping and Tientsin, signaling potential large scale operations.
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Peiping
Japan
North China
Mukden
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Hopei
Tientsin
Hopei-Chahar
Manchuria
Kwantung
Hopei-Chahar Council
Marco Polo Bridge
Wanpinghsien
Marcopolo
Yungting
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Winchester weighs skunks versus rats in wartime theater
Mr Pingley tells council that skunks drive rats away and vice versa, suggesting rural residents favor skunks while city folk prefer rats. The piece notes skunks are fur bearing, require a hunting license for dogs, and a trapper's license for trapping, and hints at delaying vacation until the skunk war begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Pingley
Heat Spell Persists Across Nation With High Fatalities
Heat waves continue nationwide with at least 114 dead and hundreds prostrated. Weather Bureau warns of continued warmth east of the Rockies as overnight storms bring brief relief in some areas. Detroit felt a thunderstorm while Texas saw rain. highs near 100s in the corn belt.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Detroit
Texas
Corn Belt
Phillipsburg
Kas
Grand Island
Neb
Pierre
S. C
New York City
Rural Affairs Session Draws County People
About thirty persons from Frederick county will attend the ninth annual session of the Institute of Rural Affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute July 27 29. The theme is The Conservation of Human Resources highlighting rural living standards through agriculture and conservation programs. The Institute began nine years ago and serves as an open forum in the Southern States directed by VPI agriculture faculty with an advisory board of prominent leaders from nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Institute of Rural Affairs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Rural Institute of Affairs
American Country Life Association
Agriculture Faculty of
Garbage curb rules for waste collection
Household garbage must be placed in covered non leaking cans on curb or in alleys by 7 30 a m. Do not place items injurious to hogs such as chicken feathers or glass in garbage. No curb collections except by authorized contractor. 7 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 1p 7t.
Heat Wave Eases in Valley as Breezes Bring Relief
Winchester and vicinity continue to feel heat from the nationwide wave though breezes lessen the discomfort. Temperatures topped 90 but were tempered by breezes. Virginia forecast calls for fair weather with possible scattered thunder showers tonight and Sunday. Next week may bring occasional local showers Monday or Tuesday and Wednesday, then fair and above normal early, near normal later. A year ago July 10 in Winchester saw 104 degrees, with 104 again the next day before cooling.
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Winchester
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Washington
Winchester Research Laboratory
Clem To Collect All Wet Garbage
Winchester to hire R. C. Clem for exclusive collection of all wet garbage starting July 16. City to continue collecting refuse and ashes, with private haulers directed to Wisecarver farm by arrangement. Residents told to separate garbage and place on curb by 7 30 a m for rapid three hour pickup.
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Winchester
R. C. Clem
A. M. Field
Wisecarver
Senseney Road
Notice to pay for Evening Star March 27 1937 copy
The STAR OFFICE offers 25 cents for a copy of the Evening Star issue dated Saturday March 27 1937. Contact STAR OFFICE for retrieval or delivery arrangements.
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Evening Star
Star Office
No trace of Earhart and navigator in Pacific search expands
Coast Guard and Navy units pressed a large search for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan near the Phoenix Islands. Three navy planes were catapulted from the Colorado while Itasca patrolled southward and Canton refueling plans were set. If no discovery is made, a larger Lexington carrier search would follow.
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Honolulu
Phoenix Islands
Amelia Earhart
Colorado
Enderbury
Phoenix
Birnie
Sydney Islands
Swan
Canton
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Lexington
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Itasca
Russians Plan More Polar Flights To United States
Moscow reports two additional Soviet polar flights to the United States are planned. The crews include Mikhail Gromoff and Sigismund Levanevsky. One flight could begin when weather improves, the second within a month, likely to Chicago.
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Moscow
United States
California
Mikhail Gromoff
Sigismund Levanevsky
James Mattern
Siberian
Gromoff
Chicago
Arctic
Pole
Price Praises Holt in Altavista Public Address
James H Price lauded Saxon W Holt candidate for Lieutenant Governor in Altavista Virginia noting his 34 years in the state senate and long public service.
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Altavista
James H Price
Saxon W. Holt
Holt
State Senate
Consolidation Of More Federal Agencies Urged
The Brookings Institution urged merging law enforcement across the Secret Service Postal Inspectors and the FBI. The report, released by Senator Byrd of Virginia, proposes the Justice Department take over asset tactic counterfeiting and related duties, including presidential protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brookings Institution
Secret Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Byrd
D-Va
Special
Senate Committee On
Independent
Justice Department
Brookings Expert
G-Men
Drunken Driver Guilty In Bus Collision Near Middletown
Earl Kerns operator of a snake farm at Mt. Jackson was found guilty of drunken driving after a collision with a Greyhound bus about 8 30 last night a mile and a half south of Middletown on Route 11. The bus driver Charles H Sties Harrisonburg said the pickup crossed into the bus lane. Kerns received 30 days in jail a 100 dollar fine and a one year license revocation. The bus sustained 150 dollars in damage and the truck about 300 dollars.
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Earl Kerns
Mt. Jackson
Trial Justice Court
Greyhound
Middletown
Bayliss
Kerns
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Charles H. Sties
McCarran challenges Democratic leaders over court bill
Senator McCarran in a high pitched Saturday Senate opened with an attack on the administration judicial reorganization bill. He warned the party a future vote could depend on Nevada’s three electoral votes. The chamber drew crowds as 17 senators balance for and against the measure.
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Washington
McCarran
D.-Nego
Senate
Nevada
Democratic Party
Bear
Wheeler
D.mont
Robinson
Death summons William Spurr
William D. Spurr of Winchester, longtime carpenter and builder, died this morning in a Washington hospital after a period of ill health. He leaves a widow Annie Langley and two daughters, with funeral services planned at his Washington home and burial in Mount Hebior Cemetery after arrival of the body in Winchester.
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William D. Spurr
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Spurr
Mr. Spurr
Andrew Lewis Spurr
South Kent Street
Washington
Stonewall Brigade
2 Friendship Fire Company
Ete
Annie Langley
J. Madison Spurr
Mount Hebior
Liquor Problem To Be Discussed In Winchester church meeting
A Sunday 8 o clock union temperance meeting at Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester will discuss the liquor problem. The event is a cooperative effort of local ministers and churches with the Anti Saloon League of Virginia and will feature national league attorney Dr. Dunford and a brief address by Superintendent Ed J Richardson outlining practical Virginia programs. All Winchester community members are invited.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Dunford
United States
Washington
Ed. J. Richardson
Virginia
Scout Train Derailed En Route Home From Jamboree
The B and O New York to Chicago express derailed two cars after an open switch in Brunswick yards. No injuries were reported. scouts fled to Potomac river to cool off. Fifteen local boys named, with others returning home on later trains as jamboree winds down.
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New York
Chicago
Brunswick
Potomac River
L. D. Arnold, Jr
Delmar Robinson, Jr
Steve Spanos
Robert Green
Edgar Smoke
Washington
Martinsburg
Shenandoah Area
Shenandoah
Union Ends Two Tin Plant Strike in Canonburg
Union leaders and Continental Can Company reached a settlement ending a 2500 worker strike at two tin plants. Operations to resume tomorrow night after a wage scale dispute. details not disclosed.
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Canonburg
Continental Can Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
CIO
Continental
Standard Tinplate Company
D. GB. Geeseman
R. R. Cummins
South Bend
Ind
WPA
St. Joseph County
William H. Jordan
Jordan
J . Jennings
Yo Jordan
Cumberland
PIK
Thomas W. Koon
N. & G. Taylor Company
Koon
Mystery over initials on Jamestown silver dollar inquiry
Police traced a 25 cent silver dollar engraved with a salary note for Thomas 8 Collins, alderman in Jamestown Dakota Territory 1883 84. The initials D T sparked City Hall guesses until Frank Armstrong Sr of Washington DC suggested D T stood for Jamestown Dakota Territory, noting territorial status dates.
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Ernest Dove
Thomas 8. Collins
Jamestown
D. T
Frank Armstrong, Sr
Washington, D C
National Fruit Product Company
Dakota Territory
Armstrong
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James KF Price
the Star
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William Spurr
Can
E. B. Dunford
Christ
Episcopal Church
Canonsburg
Uolk Steel Corporation
John P. Dol Hin
Isaac Bradburn
Robert L. Glenn
Robert Gattens
Cleveland
Ohio
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Warren
Youngstown
Camp Perry
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