Supervisors Seek Rail Overpass and Route 7 Upgrade in Winchester
Winchest er officials urged the Pennsylvania railway and state to construct an overpass across the railroad and add a new entrance for Route 7 near Fairmont avenue. They cited increased traffic from apple shipments and congestion at the canneries and urged a joint committee to present the request in person. A 1935 resolution had found no need for the project.
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Pennsylvania Railway
Winchester
Heitt’s Curve
Department of Highways
West Virginia Line
Fairmont Avenue
National Fruit Product Company
Shenandoah Valley
Highway Commission
Hughes Set Record Continued From Paris to Moscow
Hughes and crew arrive at Le Bourget after a long flight delayed by a bent wire control and rain. The message of arrival reaches Paris as crowds cheer Vive les Americans while ground crews refuel and tune the engine for the next leg to Moscow.
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Moscow
Hughes
Danzig
Hugh
Paris
Greenwich
Bullitt
Naval
Airdome
London
France
le Bourget
Textile workers strike as wage cuts announced
In Greensboro North Carolina on July 11 more than 1 000 employees at four Proximity Manufacturing Company textile plants refuse to work after management announced wage reductions.
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Greensboro
N. C
Proximity Manufacturing Company
Refras
Beca
King’s Illness Interferes With Royal Plans
The report notes the king’s illness since December 1936 raises concern in England though Windsor reassurances emerged. A Buckingham Palace reception and a London Hospital visit were cancelled, with a Birmingham hospital center opening likely postponed and a state visit to France in question.
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England
Royal Lodge
Windsor Great Park
Buckingham Palace
London Hospital
Birmingham
France
Windsor
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Royal Dael
London
Kathleen Snapp Leads Middletown Grange Program Night
Middletown Grange met with many members as Master E. M. presided. Kathleen Snapp led an evening program including songs, a reading by Staige Brumback, jokes by William Davison, and a six member stunt. A Yard Party with a Fashion show and cake walks is planned for July 16 at Stewarts Filling Station. The next meeting is set for July 22.
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Middletown Grange
E. M
Kathleen Snapp
Staige Brumback
Blacksburg
William Davison
Maxine Ogeden
Star Athlete Is Electrocuted
Charles Louis Chesna a 23 year old full back at the University of Miami was electrocuted while working as an electricians helper after touching a 4000 volt power line. He came from Hanover Pennsylvania and would have been a junior next fall. He is survived by a brother William of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania.
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Miami
Fla
Charles Louis Chesna
University of Miami
Chesna
Hanover
William
Wilkebarre
Texan Leads PGA Championship Qualifiers at Shawnee
Byron Nelson, a slim former Texan from Reading, Pa., shot a second round 68 to reach 140 for 36 holes as the professional field tore the Shawnee Country Club course to pieces in the qualifying rounds of the National PGA Championship.
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Shawnee - ON - Delaware
Byron Nelson
Slim
Reading
Shawnee C. C
Winchester Fisherman Reels 34-Pound Channel Bass
Herbert Schutte, a Winchester angler, caught a 34-pound channel bass while fishing with Dick Crenshaw, Edwin Snider and M. P. Carper near Windmill Point at the Rappahannock mouth. He travels by Bonita and plans another Bay trip with Jack Minnengerode and Roy Cather, aiming for more large fish.
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Windmill Point
Rappahannock River
Herbert Schutte
Winchester
Mr. Schutte
Poto
Jack Minnigerode
Roy Cather
Cardozo Buried In Simple Rites
Justice Cardozo was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Queens after simple services at Justice Irving Lehman's home. About 200 mourners attended including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Justice J Roberts. There was no eulogy as per Cardozo’s wish. He died at 68 from heart disease aggravated by overwork.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Benjamin N. Cardozo
United States Supreme Court
Cypress Hills
Queens
New York
Irving Lehman
State Court of Appeals
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Serdonn
Run J. Roberts
Pierce Butler
Stanley Reed
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Chester Evans Hughes, Jr
D. A. Jessurun Cardozo
Shereth Israel
Cardozo
Woman Scientist Seeks Thrills on Grand Canyon Float
Dr. Elzada Clover, a University of Michigan botanist, and one of the first two women to navigate the Colorado River, looks forward to the second half of the trip from Flagstaff to Lake Mead as her party prepares to explore Grand Canyon waters.
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Sees Ferry
Ariz
Elzada Clover
Colorado
University of Michigan
Grand Canyon
Lake Mead
Tamany Leader Hines and Davis Plead Innocent in Policy Racket
New York on July 11 James J Hines a key Tamany district leader and J Rich ard Davis a disbarred attorney for the late Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer pleaded innocent to conspiracy charges in the NYC multi million dollar policy racket.
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New York
James J. Hines
Tammany
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
New York City
Injunction Sought Over Future Police Raids
In New Orleans on July 11 attorneys for the Committee for Industrial Organization said a federal injunction would be sought to bar future police raids on the CI0 affiliated National Maritime Union headquarters.
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New Orleans
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIIO
National Maritime Union
Judge Tavenner Fines Speeder and Unlicensed Linens Case
Judge A J Tavenner fined Charles Harris $14.25 including costs for speeding. Harris was taken in custody by State Officer Prillaman. Tavenner has recently imposed fines of $9.25 on Jacob L Crisman J W DeHaven Russell Goble and A C Pierce for unlicensed items in their possession.
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A. J. Tavenner
Charles Harris
Harris
Prillaman
Jude Tavenner
Jacob L. Crisman
J. W. DeHaven
Russell Goble
A. C. Pierce
Reinforcements Rushed Into Espadan Mountains Front
Spanish government lanes reinforcements into the Espadan range near Hendaye to seal a last natural barrier against insurgent forces. Dispatches claim the insurgents have invested the mountains though observers doubt enough troops exist to encircle the massif. General Garcia Valino’s Navarrese units push goat trails past machine-gun nests toward Segorbe as Aranda’s Galician army advances along the coast toward Sagunto.
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Hendaye
France
Espadan
Satunto
Vaencia
Garcia Valino
Segorhbe
Sagunto
Miguel Aranda
To Regulate Juvenile Labor Under New Wage Hour Law
Miss Katharine Lenroot, chief of the children's bureau, begins work to regulate child labor under the new wage hour law. The bureau has started studying sections forbidding employment of children under 16, even as Roosevelt has not appointed a law administrator.
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Washington
Katharine Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
Roosevelt
Lenroot
Market Quotations Across Potatoes Eggs Livestock
Baltimore July 11 cattle 1050 fed steers 9.00-10.60 calves 575 Hogs 10.30-10.50 sheep 10.00-10.25 Chicago hogs 9.50-10.10 cattle 11.25-12.50 prime steers to 12.50 live. Philadelphia butter 26-31 cents per pound eggs 21-22 standards 24-26.
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U. B
Virginia
Maryland
Florida
Baltimore
V. S. Dept. Agri
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Idaho
California
Montana
Philadelphia
Issesaes Patent Orand
Stock Market Quiet with Small Losses in Leading Issues
New York July 11 Leading stocks softened fractions to two points amid wider declines in volatile issues. Aviation shares showed early strength but most faded. Trading was slow with the ticker often idle and about 1,200,000 shares changing hands. Notable quotes included Am. Can 96, U S Steel 55 5 8, Genl Motors 37 7, Chrysler 63 8, Penn. R. R. 20 3 8, Republic Steel 18 1, Western Union 29, Woolworth 46 1 2.
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New York
al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
Anaconda
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Can. Edison
Corn Prod
Elec
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Agaa
Packard
Penney (Jc
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
U. S. Steel
Va.-Car Chem
Va.Car. Pi
Western Union
Woolworth
Futures And Cash Grain Quotations From Chicago Markets
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets report mixed futures and cash prices on July 11. Wheat gains amid rust fears. corn and oats hold near steady values. Cash wheat ranges from 68 3-4 to 74 in various grades, corn around 58 to 59 for futures, oats mid 26 to 29 cents, soybeans near 84 to 87 1-2, rye about 52 to 53, with lard and bellies also quoted.
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Chicago
United States
Micago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Winchester Grain Market
Grahame Plans Reno Divorce After European Return
Actress Gloria Grahame announced in New York on July 11 that she would travel to Reno to divorce her husband of seven years, Francis Lister. She also said she plans to shoot a new film in Hollywood.
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New York
Margot Grahame
Europe
Normandie Today
Reno
Francis Lister
Hollywood
Junior Board Directors To Meet Tuesday
C Ridgely White announces an important Winchester Junior Board of Trade meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in his Rouss avenue office. The group may consider a proposal to sponsor a membership drive to open the swimming pool in the American Legion Building. John Rice will report on the citizens meeting about opening the pool.
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C. Ridgely White
Winchester Junior Board of ‘Trade
Rouss Avenue
Junior Board of Trade
American Legion
John Rice
Wreck search in Niantic Bay for unmapped craft
Coast Guardsmen scoured Niantic Bay for wreckage that may identify a craft which exploded and sank off Black Point last night, as authorities investigate the disaster and search for clues.
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Niantic
Conn
Niantic Bay
Long Island
Black Point
Dam Threatens Town With Flood and Reimbursement Demands
A mass meeting planned to pressure the government to tear down a dam or compensate property owners for flood damage. Col. William L. Moge declined to attend, calling a mass meeting nonclusive for engineering disputes and politics. Richardson warned Bartlett, ringed by water, would be cut off as a break in a drainage canal dike sent water toward the town and its only escape route tomorrow.
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Morrow
Bartlett
Richardson
Pilot error blamed for Wawona airliner crash
The Bureau of Air Commerce said a pilot's confusion about his location caused the Transcontinental and Western airliner crash near Wawona California on March 1, killing eight aboard.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Wawona
Calif
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