House Members Face Primary Battles Amid Roosevelt Tension
Washington July 27 The anti admin Labour allied bloc targets rules committee Democrats like Clark Dies and Lewis amid warnings from New Deal supporters. Prominent figures such as Maverick McFarlane and New York Mayor LaGuardia face opposition as roosevelt alignment shakes intraparty dynamics.
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Washington
House of
House Rules Committee
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Rules Committee
Cox
W. Jewel Crowe
Smith
William E. Dodd, Jr
Germany
Dodd
New York City
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
O’connor
Representative Maverick
Texas
Representative McFarlane
Maverick
Congress
McFarlane
House
Senate
MA Winchester Days Corn on the Cob Tradition
The piece extols corn on the cob season in Winchester with notes on famous appetites of Lillian Russell and Diamond Jim Brady. It urges readers to eat more vegetables during the season to gain weight and suggests starting with six ears per meal, building to a dozen, with plenty of butter.
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Lillian Russell
Diamond Jim” Brady
Clarke county finances praised by treasurer Burtner
Clarke county is reported to have strong finances with high tax collection. The 1937 county levy totaled 63000 with 57500 collected and 5500 outstanding. Intangibles levy 27000 fully collected except 284. After July 1 uncollected 17.42. Total 95000 levy including capitation taxes with 31095 surplus held in bank. County bonds due 1941 totaling 30000 backed by surplus. remaining railway bonds 18000 to be paid $1000 yearly.
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the Star
Berryville
Virginia
Clarke
W. D. Burtner
Treasue
Burtner
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
Norfolk and Western
Scouts Rally Planned Ahead of Camp at Grace Lutheran
Scouts in the city are invited to a pre camp rally Friday night at 7 30 at Grace Lutheran Church. Scout Executive Dan Henry urged scout masters to contact their troops about attendance. Camp White Rock hosts a camping committee meeting to add staff and prepare for the two week outing starting August 2. Lawrence Lawrence praises the site for its natural advantages and sanitation needs will be addressed before the camp opens July 31 for staff setup and August 2 arrivals.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Dan Henry
Shenandoah
E. B. Cooper
Sirbaugh
Lauren Jones
Camp White Rock
Lawrence
William Lawrence
New York
National Director of Health and Safety
Camp
White Rock
Spend Big Sum To Beat Low Mood
Federal and state spending to combat low mood and unemployment totals nearly 22 billion dollars since 1932. Treasury data show about 16.65 billion in emergency federal appropriations before July 1 and 5.1 billion in state relief last spring. Since April 8, 1935, highway building leads federal outlays, followed by conservation works and continuing relief to states.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
RFC
Congress
Yard Party at First Baptist Church Lawn
A yard party is planned on the church lawn at First Baptist Church Thursday night July 28. The event runs from 1 p to 1 t, inviting the community to a casual social gathering with activities and refreshments.
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First Baptist
Thur
Chuck and Ray Barbecue Advertisement Promotes Specials
Local notice advertises Chuck and Ray Barbeques offering country ham sandwiches as a specialty with beer priced at 10 cents. Reads as a recurring Tuesday promotion dated 1p-7-27 and 8-3aevery Tuesday.
Blouses 50 and $1.00 Mary Yeakley notice
Mary Yeakley appears in a short listing dated 7 27 with values 1p 21, indicating a purchase or sale entry for blouses priced at 50 and 1.00 in the clipped notice.
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Mary
Yeakley
Berryville Armory Project Planned For Community Use
Lloyd Williams Post officials expect a community building site on Church street to close soon with Armory facilities on the ground floor including an office and storage for weapons. The two story structure would house a Legion Hall on the upper floor and a large room for bazaars and dances when not in use by the National Guard. Construction hoped to start soon with completion not likely before November. deed signatures await. Wade Buckner, Harold Scheuer and M. F. Wisecarver lead planning for Lloyd Williams Post.
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the Star
Berryville
Lloyd Williams
American Legion
Church Street
Armory St
91St Brigade
Lloyd Williams Post
Legion Hall
National Guard
Moda
Secon
Wade Buckner
Harold Scheuer
M. F. Wisecarver
Naziism Bobs Up In Kansas Fight
TOPEKA Kansas July 27 A hotly disputed issue of Naziism and intolerance arises in the Kansas Republican primary campaign. Rev Gerald B Winrod seeking the nomination for Senator is accused by William Allen White of being a peddler of hatred. Winrod denies fascist inclinations and cites misinformation. National Chairman John D M Hamilton says the nomination would place Kansas Republicans on the wrong side of an issue. Winrod says Hamilton acted under pressure from powerful financial interests.
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Topeka. Kas
John D. M. Hamilton
Winrod
Kansas
Hamilton
For Sale Purebred Scottish Terrier Puppies
For sale pure bred Scottish terrier puppies offered by Roland Mitchell in Boyce Virginia. Ideal companions for young and old. Contact details appear in the classified listing dated 7 26 1p 51.
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Roland Mitchell
Boyce
Local Advert E. W. Armstrong Co. Contact Details
Small ad copy notes E W Armstrong Co phone 639 at 39 E Piccadilly Street appears in a mid page listing for porch and window needs with dated classification.
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E. W. Armstrong Co
Piccadilly St
Japs Press Up Yangtze In Huge Kiukiang Drive
Japanese naval units push along the Yangtze after seizing Kiukiang and threatening Hankow. Foreign oil plants suffer heavy damage as Chinese defenses weaken and embassies plan to move inward. American missionaries aid relief as fires and bombardments continue.
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Yangtze
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Hankow
American Church Mission School
American Standard Oil Company
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Chungking
Nto
Matenees
Yangtz
Edward C. Perkins
J. C. Frick
Pool Governors Meeting Tonight
Pool project officials urge all Board of Governors members to attend an 8 o’clock meeting at the Cross office in the City. Laurens Jones, Winchester Junior Board of Trade committee report on season tickets. Snag Sargent will discuss renovations nearing completion. Officials hope to open the pool Friday and Saturday.
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Board of Governors
American Legion
Oe Cross
Laurens Jones
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Snag Sargent
Virginia Apples Are Still Okay Says Visiting Producer
A Virginia apple grower reports a Virginia crop remains acceptable after a week touring Wenatchee Yakima and Hood River Oregon. The visitor notes rapid worm development in hot weather with temps reaching 105 in Yakima and 109 in Wenatchee on Thursday.
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Virginia
Northwest Fruit Belt
Wenatchee
Yakima
Hood River
Oregon
Sub Sculpin Christened at Portsmouth Navy Yard
The 1450-ton submarine Sculpin, twenty seventh in its class, was christened at Portsmouth July 27 by Mrs. Joseph R. Defrees of Washington DC, wife of Admiral Defrees who directs the Navy shore establishment division.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Joseph R. Defrees
Washington, D. C
Defrees
Navy
Young death by own action in Gotham Hotel plunge
John William Warde a 26 year old unemployed bank teller leaped from the seventeenth floor of the Gotham Hotel in Manhattan yesterday. His body lay in an east side funeral parlor as police cleared crowds and souvenirs of broken glass remained on the marquee.
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New York
John Warde
Gotham Hotel
East Side
Warde
Ward
West 47Th Street
Southampton
Long Island
True Virginia Legionnaire sparks intra Legion war in Roanoke
A Roanoke tabloid issued by a committee on publication in the American Legion calls for reform in the Virginia Department. The issue denounces mismanagement, advocates constructive service for veterans, and accuses leaders of rewarding political ambition while blacklisting capable members.
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Edwin C. Parker
Edward C. Goss
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Roanoke
Virginia Legionnaire
Associated Press Dispatch
Virginia Department
Charlottesville
Legion of
Asa
Star
Department of‘ Virginia
Tate
Legion
Mr Maphis To Address Winchester Rotary Club
Fred Maphis of Strasburg accepts invitation to deliver the luncheon address for the Winchester Rotary Club tomorrow at 1 pm at the Country Club. He is a banker and longtime Rotarian, and was the first president of the Strasburg Rotary Club. Four honorary members were elected: Senator Harry F. Byrd Admiral Richard E Byrd Admiral L M Nurton and R Gray Williams. Desirable Yarn Thread Knit ting and Crocheting Supplies Moling and Cather ip1t.
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Fred Maphis
Strasburg
Winchester
L. M. Nurton
R. Gray Williams
Statement By Hopkins Held Not Coercion
Senate campaign expenditures committee dismissed Hopkins claim that 90 percent of WPA workers would back Roosevelt as not coercion. Investigators will probe political abuses in Georgia Illinois Indiana, with eight residents of Spencer Indiana requesting inquiry. The committee reviews campaign contributions from 58 senatorial candidates and awaits 63 of 135 replies.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
WPA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Georgia
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
H. Ralph Burton
Spencer
Ind
James Wwregs
Los Angeles
McAdoo
Peencorstie
California
Mellen
Dairymen Invited to Convene in Winchester in 1939
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce invites the Virginia State Dairymen's Association to hold its next convention in Winchester in January 1939. R G Connelly of Blacksburg served as messenger. The last annual meeting in Alexandria drew 385 members.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Virginia State Dairymen’s Association
Blacksburg
R. G. Connelly
Alexandria
So enberger Rites Are Held
Friends and relatives of the late Howard Solenberger gathered at 125 West Cecil Street for final tributes. The service included scripture, prayers, two hymns, and military honors at Mt. Hebron cemetery for a World War II veteran of the Eighth Blue Ridge Division. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed among local civic and medical figures.
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Howard Metz Solenberger
Winchester
West Cecil Street
Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Solenberger
Robert Y. Conrad
Post
No. 21
American Legion
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Mt. Hebron
Eighth
Blue Ridge
Edwin C. Parker
T. Russell Cather
Philip Williams
E. C. Goss
Clifford D. Grim
Harold G. Brown
B. B. Dutton
L. M. Allen
E. C. Stuart
J. W. Arthur
Eugene Cooper
Wendel B. Goode
Percy Miller
Harry Butler
T. B. Byrd
B .M. Sullivan
J. Henry Moling, Jr
Jacob Marple
Ernest Punkhouser
J. Fred Thwaite
Fred A. Read, Jr
James Lindsey
Proposal For Bombing Probe Is Accepted
London July 27 The Spanish government unconditionally accepted Britain’s two man commission to investigate bombings of civilian centers while the insurgents accepted in principle The plan originally called for entry only if both sides agreed and Franco proposed changes widening the scope may delay the commission until his suggestions are studied
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London
Britain
Spain
Francisco Franco
British Ship Dellwyn Sunk at Gandia Harbor
The British cargo ship Dellwyn, 1,451 tons, was sunk in Gandia harbor by a seaplane at dawn. Two earlier near misses Monday failed to explode. No casualties reported. Dellwyn was unloading coal under international non intervention rules. Over 60 British ships bombed in Spain since the war began.
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Madrid
Dellywn
Gandia
British London
Angel and Son Company
Cardiff
Dellwyn
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Judgment Given Against Lowe in Default Suit
Judgment by default entered against Rev. C Worthington Lowe in Clarke county. Allen Hummer seeks $300 for board and maintenance of a horse at Hagerstown Maryland for several months. Case set for Judge Donald Weems to hear yesterday. Lowe failed to appear.
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Allen Hummer
Clarke County
C. Worthington Lowe
Hummer
Lowe
Hagerstown
Donald Weems
Deault
Fatal Blast on French U Boat at Toulon During Repairs
An explosion aboard the submarine L Espoir at the Toulon naval arsenal killed two sailors and seriously burned a civilian workman. The incident occurred during ongoing repairs aboard the vessel.
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Toulon
France
Naval Arsenal
Czechoslovak Plan Aims at Minority Rights
Praha officials announce a new minorities statute granting language use and school administration rights to nationalities within Czechoslovakia while keeping local self government for later. Premier Hodza calls the measure a basis for negotiations, with German autonomy questions unclear and Britain and France urging arbitration.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Milan Hodza
Konrad Henlein
Nazi Germany
Mili
Henlein
Germany
Berlin
Czecho- Slovakia
Runciman
League of Nations
Pickers' Tickets Ready for Winchester Area
Winchester Evening Star announces tickets for pickers with orders open now. Local event invites participants to secure passes and be prepared for the upcoming picking season.
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Winchester Evening Star
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Lutheran Church
Chuck & Ray
Morris J. Harris
Christens
Legionnaires
Goss and Parker
Mr. Maphis
Horshoe
Star Office
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