Grand Jury II to Probe WPA Walkouts in Minneapolis
Justice Department details: Murphy orders a federal grand jury in Minneapolis to hear FBI findings on the WPA strike. Victor E. Anderson to convene the panel in St. Paul with FBI evidence to be presented. Indictments likely if facts warrant.
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Grand Jury II
Minneapolis
Victor E.anderson
United States District Attorney
St. Paul, Minn
FBI
Murphy
Grand
Justice Department
Robert C. Bell
United States
Victor Anderson
Washington
Anderson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Weather Note for Riverton Areas
The report lists condition of Rivers at Riverton with South Fork cloudy and North Fork very cloudy indicating significant overcast in both locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
South Fork
North Fork
Hat talk and street work capes humor in a wartime column
Winchester mocks Hitler and Nazi propaganda while Pa jokes about baseball outs and hats. The column references Das Schwarze Korps and scorns foreign fashion, then notes Wick street construction starts tomorrow. Motorists are advised to drive the old road this evening.
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Hitler
Das Schwarze Korps
S. 8 S. Blackshirt Guards
Berlin
Yard Party at Welltown Church
A yard party is announced at Welltown Church on Wednesday July 19. The notice lists cash totals and price markers as part of event details.
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Welltown Church
Wed
Begin Tomorrow On Wick Street Progress On Road Work
Pennsylvania Railway and Winchester city signed an agreement to begin Wick Street construction from Fairmont to Cameron tomorrow. The railway will lease the right of way for 10 years and cover half the cost, with the city maintaining the road. An 18 and 15 inch storm sewer will be laid first, surface will be paved with pre mixed tar and about 20 feet wide, and six weeks are expected to complete the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railway
Winchester
Wick Street
Fairmont
Cameron
Grant
Harrisburg
Hatch political activity bill expected to spur House debate
Washington July 19. The revised Hatch bill on political activity faces peppery House debate. It originally barred most federal officials from political activity but was tempered by the judiciary committee, prompting criticism that relief officials may still engage in party work. The measure grows from the Senate campaign expenditures inquiry and targets abuses of federal funds by politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Projects Administration Today
Hatch
House
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
House Approves Pursuit in Crime
The House approved authority for Maryland and Virginia police to pursue violators into the District of Columbia. A measure sent to the Senate would require officers to bring arrested persons before a district judge who would rule on legality and, if lawful, order extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Senate
Religious Study In Public Schools Discussed In Frederick
A Frederick County meeting sponsored by the County Council of Religious Education is set for 2 30 Saturday afternoon at Handley Library to consider employing a qualified religious education teacher for public schools in Frederick County and possibly Winchester. The proposal, endorsed at district conventions, invites ministers and Sunday School leaders and urges public attendance. Weekday religious education operates in 22 Virginia counties with success in Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, and Rockingham. The local council hires teachers approves curricula and supplies funds, with enrollment only after parent consent, under the Virginia Council of Religious Education guidance.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Loudoun
Fairfax
Prince William
Fauquier
Rockingham
Council of Religious Education
Virginia Council of Religious Education
Ind
Japanese Police Board Arrests Passengers On Currency Charge
In Kobe on July 19 police boarded the American liner President Pierce and arrested several passengers for violating laws restricting the amount of Japanese currency brought into the country. Names and nationalities were not released, and the examining officer said the charges were not serious.
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Kobe
Japan
Pierce
Civic Leader J. W. Sibert Dies at 76 in Winchester
J. W. Sibert longtime Winchester civic figure died at Memorial Hospital at age 76 after a three month illness. native of Winchester and jewelry merchant by trade he served over 30 years as fire chief guiding the department through much of his life. He was a cousin of canal builder William Luther Sibert and left a widow and family.
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James William Sibert
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Sibert
Arabella Hooper Sibert
Hooper
Baltimore
Sibert
William Luther Sibert
Bowling Green
CC. E. Taylor
C. E. Taylor
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester Fire Department
War fears alter American vacations to home and South America
Washington reports that fears of war in Europe drive Americans to stay home or travel to South America. August Maffry of the commerce department cites a about 25 percent drop in foreign travel, with 1939 sailings nearly 100,000 below 370,267 last year. England, France and Germany top preferred destinations.
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Washington
Europe
Commerce Department
South America
August Maffry
Finance Division
Department
Globe
Maffry
Latin America
West Indies
Central America
Bermuda
England
France
Germany
23 Year Old Shaffer Runs for Senate as Republican
William R. Shaffer of Maurertown announces his candidacy for the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District seat in the November election, pending Republican committee endorsement in Shenandoah Frederick Clarke counties and Winchester. The Democratic nominees are Burr P Harrison and incumbent T Russell Cather. Shaffer, born in Middletown and raised in Berryville and Maurertown, is a Woodstock High School graduate and former Future Farmers of America state president.
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William R Shaffer
Maurertown
Shenandoah
Frederick
Clarke
Winchester
Shaffer
Burr P. Harrison
Commonwealth
Frederick County
T. Russell Cather
Mr. Shaffer
Middletown
W. S. Shaffer
Mill
Berryville
Woodstock High School
Puture Farmer Organization
London Chiefs Disappointed On Neutrality
London officials expressed disappointment as President Roosevelt abandoned his push for neutrality law revision. The British foreign office had expected no immediate effort to challenge neutrality policy this session. Cabinet discussions focused on Soviet Russia Poland and Japan, with talks on mutual aid and a British arms loan to Poland noted.
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London
Roosevelt
Congress
Foreign Office
United States
Britain
Russia
Poland
Japan
William Leeds
Moscow
Favors Advice On Pay Hour Change
Roosevelt backs wage hour amendments while Rep Cox proposes White House input to avoid a veto. Rep Barden defends figures challenging 2 million low paid workers and seeks exemptions for small farms and certain white collar roles earning over 150 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
White House
Congress
Barden
D-Nc
Lex
House Rules Committee
Elmer Andrews
Andrews
Roosevelt invites refugees committee to White House
London July 19 President Roosevelt invites officers of the 30 nation inter governmental committee on refugees to meet at the White House to discuss finding homes for Central European refugees. Announcement came after a Foreign Office meeting and Myron C. Taylor relayed the invitation to the committee leaders.
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London
Roosevelt
Committee On Refugees
White House
Washington
Europe
Ofice
United States
Myron C. Taylor
Wee House
Yeakley Blouse Sale Noted in Ledger
A terse ledger entry shows Mary S. Yeakley with a blouse priced at £1.00, dated 7-19-1p-11, cataloging a small item sale and its amount in the account.
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Mary S. Yeakley
Roosevelt faces European crisis after Congress adjourns
Berlin papers attack President Roosevelt for abandoning neutrality legislation with headlines calling him a war agitator and accusing him of surrender to isolationists. Rome papers echo the view, saying Roosevelt capitulated to isolationists after White House talks with Senate leaders.
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White House
Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Lokalanzieger
Boersen Zeitung
Senate
Rome
la Tribuna
Il Lavoro Fascista
Hull
New Elevator At The Storage Plant Expands Fruit Handling
Winchester Cold Storage plans to close for the week after moving the 1938 39 crop. A new platform elevator in No 2 building will speed inbound fruit movement. The plant will have six platform and five barrel elevators with maintenance underway including pipe painting.
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Winchester
William Beverley
Russell Taken Back To Prison
Warden Jess Dunn of McAlester Oklahoma returns Jack Russell after his week long flight across several states. Russell, 39, was captured by Sheriff Champ Crawford in northwest Arkansas near a fishing camp 15 miles north of Ozark. Officials discuss sending him to Illinois if possible while Oklahoma seeks return for the kidnap killing case of William S. Hamilton, 23, of Arkansas City Kansas.
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Ozark
Ark
Jess Dunn
Alester
Okla
Jack Russell
Russell
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Champ Crawford
Dr Hough Guests at Strasburg Rotary Club
Dr W S Hough entomologist in charge of Winchester Research Laboratory spoke to the Strasburg Rotary Club last night on the apple outlook predicting a slightly smaller Frederick crop this year while national production would exceed the 10 year average by seven percent or more. Senator Byrd has accepted an invitation to address a Boy Scouts benefit picnic at Fisher's Hill on Saturday August 5 at 2 30 PM.
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Strasburg
W. S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Fisher's Hill
Boy Scouts
May Eliminate Revolving Fund
Senate Majority Leader Barkley announced a plan to remove the permanent revolving fund from Belt's 2.8 billion lending program. He proposed amendments to curb state level lending corporations and limit government rail equipment leasing to carrier designed units, with lending authority to aid road purchases.
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Washington
Barkley
D.-Ky
Senate Banking Committee
President Belt
Legion Post To Choose Officers At Free Mess
Members of Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 American Legion meet at 7:30 pm tomorrow at Grover Schlack’s farm on Apple Pie Ridge road for a free mess dinner and annual officer elections. Adjutant Ralph Hengeveld notes tickets for the World’s Fair drawing will be collected that evening at 8:30 pm at the Gray and Eddy store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Grover Schlack
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Ralph G. Hengeveld
The
Post
Gray and Eddy
The Last Shipment of New Summer Dresses
Summer dress shipment being unpacked invites quick selection. Dresses in sizes 9 to 17 12 to 20 and 38 to 46 priced at 1.98 and 2.98. The Style Shop at 50 N Loudoun St advertises limited stock and sale. Yard party at Cedar Cliff Church in Vaucluse is scheduled Friday night July 21.
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Style Shop
N. Loudoun St
Cedar Cliff
Vaucluse
Roosevelt may push neutrality repeal to the public
White House aide Stephen Early said Roosevelt would call a special session if a European crisis arises after adjournment. The president is seen weighing a direct appeal to the country to repeal the arms embargo, while senators signal support for taking the issue to voters.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Stephen Early
Early
Johnson
R.-Calif
Borah
Ridaho
Senate
Pacific Coast
Hull
United States
Foreign Service
Barkley
Garner
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Church Sale and Supper Announced for July Dates
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church hosts plate supper on July 20 at 5 p.m. details list O% off sweaters and Yeakley appears in ad text. If rain, Friday. Old Bethel Methodist Church posts July 28 with multiple price codes and sale notes.
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Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
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