Government More Complex Government More Complex
President Roosevelt dedicates the 64 million Tri- Borough Bridge with PWA support, saying government must grow complex to meet changing human needs. He cites shifts from ferries to bridges and from antiquated to up to date governance amid urban expansion, slum clearance, schools, and sanitation.
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New York
Tri- Borough
Roosevelt
East River
PWA
Ickes
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
Seth Low
la Guardia
City urges owners to clear vacant lots and curb weeds
MR WINCHESTER notes residents hope owners of overgrown lots would act. The city leads by ordering corrections on some streets and civic pride rests on private properties. Weeds create unsanitary, unattractive views for many homes and hinder beautification efforts citywide.
Labor Chiefs Heartened By End of Strike
Labor Department officials welcomed a seven week strike ending at Wheeling Steel Portsmouth plant and a two week postponement of a broader port strike from Wilmington to Pensacola. Informal peace talks continued as President Roosevelt received an emergency briefing on the AFL rift between John L. Lewis industrialists and craft unions.
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Washington
Labor Department
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
James F. Dewey
Perkins
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Portsmouth
Ohio
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoreman's Association
Edward F. McGrady
Wilmington
N. C
Pensacola
Pila
New York
oNgton
the .C
Camden
N. J
Executive Council
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Speculators Free Markets In Stampede
Chicago wheat prices collapsed by five cents per bushel as heat fears fueled a stampede to dump grain. Prices fell to 1.042 for July and September and 1.055 for December, with trading halted at the day’s limit. Corn tumbled seven cents from its intraday high, then rebounded, while rye hit its five cent limit and oats slipped two cents.
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Chicago
Rev Dr Thomas to Close Pastorate at Grace Lutheran
The Rev Dr L A Thomas will complete his pastorate at Grace Lutheran Church with morning and evening services. He will preach Things To Come in the morning and The Man I Know Best at 8 in the evening. The Winchester Ministerial Association will oversee the service.
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L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Miss Laren
Floyd Haines
Ministerial Association of Winchester
Centennial To Ring Down Its Curtain Sunday
Berryville Virginia reports that home coming services will draw many Clarke county residents tomorrow while the Clarke County Centennial museum closes Sunday afternoon. The tilting tournament at 2 30 pm on the Horse Show grounds stands as today's main event. Officials say the four day celebration overall was very successful with about 1600 dollars raised the opening night.
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Berryville
Clarke County
A. F. Robertson
Mercury Climbs Past Hundred for Third Straight Day
Winchester endures extreme heat as temperatures reach 101 at the Winchester Research Laboratory. Heat wave causes agricultural stress across Frederick County with light showers, hail in Strasburg and New Market, and two barns burned near Mount Jackson and New Market. No direct heat deaths reported. one indirect death noted.
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Winchester
Strasburg
Front Royal
New Market
Timberville
Mount Jackson
Tenth Legion
Harrisonburg
I. H. Zinn
Stephenson
Jackson Wore Cap or Hat Sparks Baltimore Statue Debate
Col. B M Roszel cites Rev. Dr. James Power Smith notes that Stonewall Jackson wore a gray cap through much of the Civil War and only at Chancellorsville wore a slouch hat given by Major Hotchkiss, fueling the statue controversy in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Stonewall” Jackson
B. M. Roszel
United States Army
James Power Smith
Richmond
Jackson
Smith
Jed Hotchkiss
Manassas
Fredericksburg
Hotchkiss
Roszel
Louise Thaden Aims At 100 Kilometer Speed Record
NEW MARKET, VA July 11 Louise Thaden arrived at Endless Caverns Airport at 1 10 P M to seek a new speed record over a 100 kilometer course. She flies a small plane loaned by a Kansas company and is with the U S Bureau of Air Commerce marking staff. Weather delays kept the takeoff to about 6 P M. The 62 mile course runs from the field around a northern pylon on Capon Road farm owned by E L Campbell of Strasburg with Capt Ben King timing the flight.
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New Market
Louise Thaden
Endless Caverns
Washington
Kansas
United States Bureau of Air Commerce
Capon Road
E. L. Campbell
Strasburg
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Ben King
Bible Classes Meet Jointly at Braddock Street Church
Due to remodeling the Gold en Rule Bible Class Braddock Street M E Church South meets in the church auditorium with Margaret Collins Denny and Young Christians classes at 9 45 Sunday morning. Beulah Trenary leads devotional period on the creed. Jessie Mae Hillyard sings. Dr Hubert Sydeenstricker delivers the lesson.
Administratrix Appointed for Jacob H. Shryock Estate
Administratrix Mrs. Margaret Shryock has qualified as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband Jacob Henry Shryock. A $1000 bond with Harry R. Kern as security was provided. Appraisers named are W. H. Herrall, P. E. Lineburg, Eldridge Lemley, H. L. McCann and R. S. Smith.
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Margaret Shryock
Jacob Henry Shryock
Harry R. Kern
W. H. Herrell
P. E. Lineburg
Eldridge Lemley
H. L. McCann
R. S. Smith
Heat Wave Hits Virginia as Temperatures Top 105
Virginia reports about thirty heat prostrations with one fatality after a record heat spell. Mazie Johnson dies in Spotsylvania after 105 degree heat. others suffer in Lynchburg James River division and Hanover courthouse. Storms bring lightning fatalities and forest-fire relief as cooling storms dampen Petersburg and Richmond heat.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mazie Johnson
Spotsylvania County
Chesapeake and Ohio
James River
Lynchburg
Hanover Courthouse
Snapp Will Recorded Disposes Estate to Eddy Heirs
The Snapp will recorded in the Generation Court disposes of a $92,059.42 estate. Principal beneficiaries are nephews J. Frank Eddy and C. Vernon Eddy. Specific bequests include $2,000 to William R. Snapp and Elsie Snapp, and $2,000 each to John Eddy and Richard K. Eddy. Executors named as Eddy nephews with bond set at $150,000. Appraisers named and heirs listed including Elsie S. David and others.
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Rae Bon
A. Rush
Snapp
W. Was
J. Frank Eddy
C. Vernon Eddy
Mr. Snapp
William R. Snapp
Elsie Snapp
A. David
John Eddy
Richard K. Eddy
William M. Lupton
Richard B. Brown
Elsie S. David
Mechanicsburg
Charlotte
N. C
John V. Eddy
Winchester
Meade Memorial To Host Centennial Homecoming Service
In connection with the Clarke County Centennial celebration Meade Memorial church at White Post will hold a homecoming service at 5 o clock Sunday evening Rev Ronald Rowland rector announced today that early Eucharist will be celebrated.
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Clarke County
Meade Memorial Church
White Post
Ronald Rowland
South America Recalls Winter Weather Across Continent
Buenos Aires reports mild winter temperatures with Laquiaca at 14 above zero and Patagonia regions around 23 degrees. The South Orkney Islands near Cape Horn recorded nine degrees below freezing as winter envelops the region.
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Buenos Aires
South America
Argentina
Laquiaca
Patagonia
South Orkney Islands
Cape Horn
School Board Set Meeting to Discuss Damaged Building
The I derick County School Board plans a special meeting for Tuesday July 14 at 1000 am to review three repair reports by John H Rosenberger Fred L Glaize Jr and James L Gardiner Stephens City. Damages exceed initial estimates with mortar and plaster needing removal and replastering before work can start after insurance settlement.
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Iderick County School Board
Stephens City Oe
John H. Rosenberger
Fred L. Glaize
James L. Gardiner
Leslie D. Kline
Athletics Win Two In a Row Over Browns in Philadelphia
The Athletics beat the St. Louis Browns 10 to 7 in the first game of a doubleheader in Philadelphia. Finney and Dean delivered key doubles while Moses Higgins and Newsome added the decisive run scoring in the eighth. Reward offered for lost glasses in blue frame.
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Philadelphia
Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Finney
Dean
Moses
Higgins
Newsome
Now Open Sunday Complete Line Sunday News Papers
Miller's Medicines News at 107 N Loudoun Street promotes a full Sunday stock list.
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Miller's
Medicines News
N. Loudoun Street
Yard Party at Pleasant Valley Aid Society
Pleasant Valley Aid Society hosts a yard party near D A Smith on Thursday July 16 in a cool sanitary air conditioned restaurant at The White Palace.
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Pleasant Valley Aid Society
D. A. Smith
White Palace
Heat Wave Eases as Wheat and Corn Decline on Markets
Forecaster Lloyd predicts cooler air from the Pacific will move east as a heat wave ends. Wheat fell five cents and corn dropped seven cents from today’s highs on the Chicago Board of Trade, with crop damage pegged in the hundreds of millions. Scattered showers and cooler weather are anticipated in Michigan Indiana and northern regions tonight.
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Associated Press
Chicago
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago Weather Bureau
Rockies
Chicago Board of Trade
Pacific
Lloyd
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Indiana
Northwest
Lloyd's
Northern Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Idaho
Iona
Wyoming
Lower
Michigan
Water Pageant At Camp White Rock Planned For Sunday
Incienn Girl Scouts announce a Sunday afternoon water pageant along the Capon river. A Scout’s service will be held at 80 sae, visitors are asked to arrive by 6 and to leave the Lane, and Sunday afternoon is the only time guests are welcome. A banquet follows on Monday night in the dining hall.
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Camp White Rock
Incienn Girl Scouts
Capon River
Winchester Weather Summary
The Star presents today’s Winchester readings from the Winchester Research Laboratory. Maximum 101 degrees at 230 pm, minimum 69 at 4 am. Humidity 61 percent today, 43 to 88 percent year ago. Year ago: max 94, min 70.
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Star
Winchester Research Laboratory
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Col. Roszel
Winchester Evening Star
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Bannister River
Danville
F. N. Hibbard
United States
Weather Bureau
Petersburg
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United States Weather Bureau
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Stephens City School
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