President Roosevelt Tours Texas Train Stops Seem Less Politically Charged
President Roosevelt spoke briefly at Wichita Falls Childress and Clarendon during a Texas panhandle leg of his transcontinental train journey. He carried Sen. Tom Conally Gov. James Allred and Texas congressmen and warned against cheap wages while touting agriculture and land use reforms.
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Joseph H. Short
Fort Worth
Tex
Wichita Falls
Childress
Clarendon
W. D. McFarlane
Amarillo
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Texas
House
Maury Maverick
Hatton W. Sumners
Fritz Lanham
Ohio
Kentucky
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Robert J. Burkley
Alben W. Barkley
Hattie W. Caraway
Elmer Thomas
Lone Star
Hayfield Sees 104 Degree Heat In Shade
The Star's Hayfield correspondent in western Frederick county notes a 104 degree reading in the shade at 3 PM. The figure surpasses yesterday's high by four degrees and warns of widespread plant stress as heat takes toll on vegetation.
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The
Star
Hayfield
Frederick County
Winchester Troops Train at State Military Reservation
Citizens in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties focus on Virginia Beach as Company I and Headquarters Company of the Virginia National Guard encamp at the State Military Reservation. The note expresses pride in the soldiers and hope they benefit from the experience and may not be needed in emergencies.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Virginia Beach
Virginia National Guard
Queen Elizabeth Visits King George Amid Illness
Queen Elizabeth travels from Windsor to Buckingham Palace after doctors report King George ill with gastric influenza. The monarch spent a quiet night and requires rest, while doctors monitor his condition and the queen prepares for a forthcoming presentation party.
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King George VI
Buckingham Palace
London
Central Press
England
Windsor
Eng
Elizabeth
George
Royal Lodge
Countess of Strathmore
Lord Dawson of Penn
John Weir
Recent Illness Proves Fatal To G. W. Strickler
G Wilton Strickler a prominent Winchester business man and contractor died this morning at Memorial Hospital from a stroke of paralysis. He was sixty five. His death follows the passing of his sister Mrs Mary S Collins three months earlier. He leaves only the children of his brother Harbey Strickler as nearest relatives. He traced his family to John S Strickler and Helen Heatherington then to Virginia and Frederick and Clarke counties where dairy farming was once his trade.
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G. Wilton Strickler
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
National Avenue
Mr. Strickler
Mary S. Collins
Michael A. Collins
Harbey Strickler
Chicago
John S
Helen Heatherington Strickler
Franklin County
Virginia
Clarke County
Frederick County
Strickler
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour Organized in Roanoke
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour was organized in Roanoke at a called meeting on 19 North Washington street with Rev C Worthington Lowe named pastor. He resigns from the Virginia Synod and says the new church will operate independently while keeping Lutheran doctrine and may seek Synod admission later. Numerous congratulatory messages and expressions of loyalty from supporters were noted.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
North Washington Street
C. Worthington Lowe
Lowe
Virginia Synod
Roanoke
Grace Lutheran Church
J. J. Scherer, Jr
Virginia
Congress Opens TVA Probe In Knoxville
A congressional committee began an on the spot investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville with Senator Vic Donahey chairing. An executive session was held and a five day inspection tour of TVA projects will start, followed by public hearings open to all. The inquiry uses $50,000 in funding amid a dispute among TVA directors and a suit over the president’s removal power.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Vic Donahey
D.-Ohio
TVA
Donahey
Congress
A. F E. Morgan
David Lilenthal
H. A. Morgan Withes
A. E. Morgan
Roosevelt
Chancery
H. A. Morgan
Suc-Hia
Ional Com
Ey A
South End Hose Company Holds Evening Meeting
The regular meeting of the South End Hose Company will be held tonight at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. J. P. Sheetz, Captain.
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South End Hose Company
British Forces In Holy Land Patrols Amid Renewed Attacks
In Jerusalem and surrounding towns clashes leave many wounded and several killed as British troops and Palestine police counter ambushes near Mount Tabor. Across north Palestine violence includes bombings, arson, and raids with armored cars patrolling Jerusalem and police finding several bombs.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Palestine Police
Mount Tabor
Deborah
Darbourieyeh
Palestine
Nazareth
Tiberias
Galilee
Tulkarm
Haifa
Britain
Givat Ada
Tiberias-Roshpina
Lifta
One Killed In Crash Of Plane Near Panama City
A U S Army aircraft from Quarry Heights crashed at Taitilla point near Panama City killing Lt Paul R Gowen and injuring two others. Pvt Gareth H Bundy suffered major burns while Lt Kenneth R Crosher had minor injuries. Cause not stated. Gowen hailed from Caldwell Idaho Crosher from Pasadena California Bundy from Cleveland Ohio.
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Washington
David L. Stone
Panama City
War Department
Quarry Heights
Taitilla Point
Paul R. Gowen
Gareth H. Bundy
Kenneth R. Crosher
Gowen
Caldwell
Idaho
Crosher
Pasadena
Calif
Bundy
Cleveland
Ohio
Alvin Barret’s field incident at Ridge Road
Vague report from Ridge Road about Alvin Barret at the Valley Church site linked to the Christian Endeavor Society. The note mentions a puppy and a contact phone 41 or 1182, with unclear details and a July 16 Wednesday night timestamp.
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Alvin Barret
Ridge Road
Christian Endeavor
Society of Te Valley Church
Tragic death of Monte Tinsman in Capon Springs crash
Monte Tinsman twenty of 338 Kern Street died at Memorial Hospital at 4 20 this morning from injuries suffered last evening in a car bridge crash near Capon Springs West Virginia. He rode on a running board driven by Davis Lee Stultz and was crushed between the car and a narrow bridge with fatal back injuries. An undertaker plans to take the body to Upperville Virginia for funeral services as West Virginia troopers investigate the accident.
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Monte Tinsman
Kern Street
Memorial Hospital
Capon Springs
W. Va
Tinsman
Hubert Tinsman
Davis Lee Stultz
Winchester
Wardensville
Upperville
West Virginia
Apology Made For Chinwangtao Villa Invasion Incident
The Customs Commissioner at Chinwangtao apologized to Mrs. Cecil Lyon wife of the U S third secretary for a Japanese customs employee invading her Chinwangtao beach villa on July 6. The offender and others were discharged by the Japanese dominated customs service and left Chinwangtao. The incident involved beatings of Chinese staff and an attempted strangling of a Chinese nurse. Mrs Lyon is the daughter of Joseph C Grew U S ambassador to Japan.
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Peiping
Chinwangtao
Cecil Lyon
Customs Service
North China
Lyon Villa
Lyon
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Japan
Cubs Boss Demands Dean Ready For Return
In Chicago on July 11 owner Phil Wrigley ordered Dizzy Dean to be ready to pitch within a week. Dean, sidelined over two months with an ailing arm, said he was ready to go, while Wrigley insisted on his return despite doctors’ reports.
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Chicago
Phil K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs Today
Dizzy Dean
Dean
Wrigley
Cubs
Lawn Festival at Bethel Lutheran Church
Bethel Lutheran Church hosts a lawn festival on July 14 from 5 to 10 p m with a plate supper ice cream cake and a benefit for the Ladies Aid Special sale features summer dresses Moling 4 Cather listing indicates event details and time.
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Bethel Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid
Harvey aims to urge Konoye for Prince Fumitaka return
Plainfield New Jersey July 11 John S Harvey tutor headed for Japan to press Premier Konoye to permit Prince Fumitaka Konoye to rejoin Princeton next year after failing to graduate. He said the student might not be allowed to return in September.
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Plainfield
N. J
John S. Harvey
Japan
Konoye
Prince Fumitaka Konoye
Princeton
Fumitaka
Hottest Day Of Summer Prompts Drought Concerns For Farms
The section reports the hottest day of the year with temperatures reaching 97 in Worcester area. crops show stress from heat with grass and lawns damaged and corn beginning to fire in fields. June rainfall was deficient after a wet May, risking fruit and sapling health while Rockingham county saw a thunderstorm that downed power lines.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Rockingham
Debate over official secrets act ends with gag rule
In London the House of Commons invoked the gag rule as labor protests stopped discussion on the official secrets act. Capt FitzRoy barred talk about Leslie Hore-Belisha in military action against Duncan Sandys, daughter of Winston Churchill, amid a inquiry into the military tribunal and Parliament privileges. The prime minister asked acceptance of the privileges committee report recommending no further action while another select committee probes MPs liabilities under the act.
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London
House of Commons
E. A. FitzRoy
Labor
FitzRoy
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Duncan Sandys
House Privileges Committee
Winston Churchill
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Select Committee
No Change In Conditions At Virginia Woolen
There is no material change in business or employment at the Virginia Woolen Company, a long time textile mill operating at 60 percent capacity. Officials declined to comment on near term outlook. Earlier, Winchester Woolen Company boosted orders and will run two eight hour shifts for two to three months, bringing 160 workers back after a closure.
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Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester Woolen Company
Sweden Aims to Aid Humanity at Harvard Graduation
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden told Harvard guests that Sweden seeks to cooperate for the welfare of the whole human race and not prosper at others' expense. He spoke during his honorary Doctor of Laws conferment with Crown Princess Louise present, noting Sweden's postwar economic easing and urging restraint from myth of sole prosperity.
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Cambridge
Mass
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf of
Harvard University
James Bryant Conant
Louise
Prince Bartil
Harvard
Gustaf Adolf
Public sale of 259 acre farm with implements near Winchester
Auction notices announce a public sale of a 259 acre farm with household furniture and antiques. The sale is set for Thursday July 21 at 10 a.m., eight miles west of Winchester near Lamp's School A S Racey. Du vall Dunn Auds.
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Winchester
Lamp’s
A. S. Racey. Duvall & Dunn
Hughes Arrival in Paris Delayed By Tail Crack
Howard Hughes landed at Le Bourget Airport with a trans Atlantic leg from New York taking 16 hours 38 minutes. A slight tail crack forced repairs estimated at three hours delaying plans to depart for Moscow on a round the world flight.
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Howard Hughes
le Bourget Field
Paris
New York
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Moscow
Hughes
le Ie
Airdome
United States
William C. Bullitt
Lindbergh
Russia
E.S.T
Winchester Park Association Meeting Called for Tonight
The regular monthly Winchester Park Association meeting will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the City Council Chamber. Members are urged to attend.
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Winchester Park Association
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