Chamberlain Says World Armament Race Likely To End In War
London July 31 Prime Minister Chamberlain warned war may be the only solution to the world armament race while expressing hope to reach peace. He disclosed British French and Soviet talks struggle over defining indirect aggression as they plan mutual aid talks and concurrent missions to Moscow.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
France
Moscow
Reginald Plunkett-Ernie-Erle-Drax
T. G. G. Eywood
Frederick Reborn Churches Shine As Flood Warnings Rise
MA Winchester notes two Frederick county churches, St. Omas Church in Middletown and the Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow, have been renovated. The piece also reports repeated flood damage as residents face more pump outs and a council suggestion to divert traffic from flood zones.
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Pa Frederick
Frederick County
St. Omas
Middletown
Indian Hollow
July rainfall sets all time record at 7.84 inches
Winchester towns endured a 15 minute downpour that flooded streets and basements as July rainfall reached 7.84 inches, surpassing all but 1931’s 7.29 inch total. Two month total rose to 16.95 inches, with June 1939 the only month to exceed this July.
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Jupe Pluvius
Winchester
Loudoun
Boscawen
Frederick
Clarke
Where Does Mr Harrison Stand in the Senatorial Campaign
A political advertisement questions Mr Harrison on his positions across major issues including public education, judges salaries and retirement, labor legislation, and the volunteer firemen relief bill. It prompts voters to know his stance on advancing or opposing current laws and government programs.
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Harrison
Suprem Court of Virginia
Mtn Onese
Mr. Har
T. Russel . Cather
Woman Wanted For General Housework In Modern Country House
Advertisement seeks a woman for general housework in a small family home with a good environment. Start pay three dollars weekly. Respond by writing TS care Star. Date 7 31 1p 21 eod.
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Care Star
Phone Election Returns Quickly Tuesday Evening
The Democratic primary election in Winchester Frederick Clarke counties and nearby areas opens the chance for rapid results. The Star asks election judges to copy and telegraph vote tallies for each candidate to The Star as polls close. Two office telephones will relay results, and staff expect to remain open through the night for updates.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
The
Star
Officials Subpoena 50 Garment and Bakery Officials
New York July 31 Many officials from the garment and bakery trades were subpoenaed by the July grand jury in a drive to uncover payments to Louis Lepke Buchalter. Prosecutors seek books and records to trace possible funds linked to the fugitive gangster amid a nationwide manhunt and the Penn murder case.
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New York
Louis
Lepke
Dewey
Notorius
Gurfein
Isadore Penn
Slippery Roads Cause Multiple Accidents in Winchester Area
Five auto crashes occurred in the Winchester region over the weekend, including a fatal collision near Clearbrook that claimed the lives of William Lee Arnold, 16, and James Travis Arnold, 22, of Biglersville, Pennsylvania. One other person, Mrs. George Davis, 31, was seriously injured and hospitalized. The Valley Avenue mishap involved George Davis, 29, whose car collided with a vehicle driven by Harold D. Campbell, 22, owned by Roy A. Campbell, of Wadesville. Mrs. Davis suffered cuts as investigators noted the Campbell car slowed from 25 to about 5 mph before impact.
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Clearbrook
William Lee Arnold
James Travis Arnold
Biglersville
Winchester
George Davis
Glaize Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Valley Avenue
Harold D. Campbell
Roy A. Campbell
Wadesville
Campbell
E. J. Ward
H. R. Wisecarver
Davis
New Hand Is At Switch Of Death
Boston July 31 a substitute executioner from out of town was hired to fill the chair for two Boston youths Wallace Green 21 and Walter St Sauveur 19 to die this week for the Williams Phillips holdup slaying Somerville grocer The warden would not identify the substitute Elliott the normal official executioner has been ill with post ponement due to chair repairs Governor Saltonstall weighs commutation requests and will decide tomorrow
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Boston
New York
Robert Elliott
State Prison
Williams Phillips
Somerville
Francis J. W.lanagan
Elliott
Wallace Green
Walter St. Sauveur
Leverett Saltonstall
Riots injure dozens at General Motors plant in Cleveland
Rioting at the Fisher Body plant of General Motors in Cleveland injured at least 34 people as 6 000 pickets faced police using tear gas and water from hoses. Cars were overturned and burned while officers rounded up 12 demonstrators as police and union organizers urged stoppage at the plant.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
C. I. O. United Automobile
George Matowitz
Two Men Sit For Lie Detector Test In Maryland
Leonard Keeler, inventor of the lie detector, arrived in Baltimore to test two life term murder defendants Claude Dobbs and Thomas Foran. The tests follow parole refusals for the 1924 jewelry store murder of Louis Cohen. results will be reviewed by law enforcement, though such testimony has not been accepted by Maryland courts.
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Baltimore
Leonard Keeler
James M. Hepbrow
The
Criminal Justice Commission
Claude Dobbs
Thomas Foran
Louis Cohen
Maryland
Film Star Frankie Darre Weds Alpha Wray in L A
Hollywood reports film star Frankie Darre married longtime fiancée Alpha Wray at a fashionable Los Angeles hotel and began their honeymoon today after the ceremony.
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Hollywood
Frankie Darre
Alpha Wray
Los Angeles
John Barrymore Starts Thirteenth Week in Chicago
John Barrymore stars in the racy comedy My Dear Children now in its thirteenth week in Chicago. The run at the Selwyn Theatre has been extended indefinitely as the show nears four months. Barrymore relaxes as a country squire in a rented Glen Coe cottage while the production sets a local box office record.
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John Barrymore
Chicago
Barrymore
Glencoe
Selwyn Theatre
Children
Gertrude Lawrence
Susan and
God
Claire Booth
Kiss
Records of Late Thomas H Crow Unearthed
Berryville Virginia July 31 article notes 19th century trade practices in Clarke County. It highlights home to market routes with servants carrying orders for goods including coffee brown sugar and whiskey and references legal lotteries and Baltimore trade as common.
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Thomas H. Crow
Berryville
Clarke
Virginia
Baltimore
Washington
Wealthy Farmer Held As Slayer
Charles Allen a rich farmer from Cynthiana Kentucky was captured by a deputy led posse and taken to Lexington city hall for safekeeping on charges likely murder after the slaying of George M Dickey the longtime Cynthiana police chief. Allen surrendered from Jacksonville Kentucky offering protection and claimed to have fired three shots during the weekend siege at the Allen farm where Dickey and others were wounded.
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Lexington
Charles Allen
Cynthiana
George M. Dickey
Allen
Harrison County
Victor Ross
Alvin Allen
Jacksonville
Harold McIilwain
McIlwain
Ross
Allen Farm
Barns
Fayette County
Allen Place
Allen Barn
Dickey
Rex Stout Undergoes Appendectomy at Danbury Hospital
Mystery writer Rex Stout, creator of Nero Wolfe stories, had an appendectomy today at Danbury Hospital after abdominal pains at his Breester, N Y home. Attendants reported his condition as good.
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Danbury. Conn
Rex Stout
Danbury Hospital
Brester
N. Y
Candidates Make Their Final Plea in Virginia Primaries
In Richmond Virginia candidates appeal for support as Tuesday's off year primary votes approach. Factionalism within the Byrd Price wing heightens interest in races for General Assembly while many contests hinge on personalities and name recognition. Governor Price discusses major issues via radio and press in advance of the vote.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Harry F. Byrd
Democratic Party
James H. Price
Ente
Legisla
Four Men Survive Bridge Collapse Near Berryville Virginia
A 90-foot span of Castleman's Ferry bridge over the Shenandoah River failed at 11 10 AM, sending a 5 ton grocery truck and a passenger car into wreckage. Four men escaped with shock and minor injuries. three riveters aided victims and witnesses.
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Castleman’s Ferry
Shenandoah River
Berryville
Arthur Beahm
Rileyville
Rawlings Racey
Leesburg
Harrisonburg
Beahm
Lora
Blackwell Construction Company
W. W. S. Reynolds
Campbell Street
Lynchburg
Ben Levern
Twenty-second Street
Roanoke
John Henry
Richmond
Shenandoah
Elkton
Detour From Aldie to Route 7 Announced
Resident highway engineer W C Poston told Winchester Evening Star that traffic heading east of the Shenandoah on Route 7 must detour via Route 50 to near Aldie where Route 15 intersects, then take Route 7. The detour lasts until the Castleman’s Ferry bridge project is finished.
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W. C. Poston
Winchester Evening Star
Shenandoah River
Aldie
Castleman’s Ferry
War Near Hong Kong as Shumchun Bombarded
Japanese planes pressed the war toward Hong Kong with bombardment of Shumchun a village within a mile of the border and 18 miles from the colony’s heart.
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Hong Kong
China
Shumchun
Warm Primary Nearing End In Winchester Frederick Clarke Shenandoah
Qualified Democrats in four counties head to polls for a 14 hour election nominating candidates for State Senate House of Delegates and local offices. Winchester hosts Burr Harrison versus T Russell Cather for the Senate while Clarke’s E Blackburn Moore seeks the Delegates seat. Frederick County races include Harrison Cather for Senate and several county posts such as Commonwealth Attorney Treasurer Commissioner of Revenue Sheriff and Board of Supervisors contests by district.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
State Senate
Board of Supervisors
Democratic Executive Committee
Clarke County
Burr P. Harrison
T. Russell Cather
E. Blackburn Moore
House of Delegates
Frederick County
Harrison and Cather
Senate
E. Erle Edwards
F. L Largent, Jr
Harry McCann
C. I. Brumback
Lee N. Whitacre
Luther Pifer
John Bywaters
Raymond Bayliss
Evening Star
Yard Party at Opequon Chapel Aug Second
An event notice for a yard party at Opequon Chapel set for August second with a rain date the following night.
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Opequon Chapel
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Percy Miller
Jack Baxley
Orlando
Fla
Suffolk
Newporth
John Gross
Denbigh
Robert W. Hendricks
MR. Harrison
Arnold
Bendersville, Pa
Fisher Body Works
Cather - Harrison
House
Preacher
Ellmore Jackson
Theodore Lucas
Christian Racey
Remount Depot
Purcellville
H. C. Lane
Lane
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