Valley Power Strike Affects 300000 In Saginaw Valley
Flint and surrounding communities faced electric outages as Consumers Power Company workers walked out for wage talks. Officials said a settlement was reached but full service would wait on negotiations. Strikers reported only partial restoration and protested the proposed 8.55 monthly raise claiming it equals 5 cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Saginaw Valley
Consumers Power Company
John Len Washington
Washington
Bay City
Midland
Saginaw
Walter B. Saxton
United Automobile Workers
Geral Motors Corporation
ZL. G .Oberlauser
Milwaukee
Valley
Couny
The
Power Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
Prac
Forgotten by a few or many the semi annual auto inspection
Mr Winchester notes the city’s neglected auto inspections and weed overrun vacant lots posing health risks. He cites a motorist unable to show an authorized inspection certificate and explains green labels are free unless repairs are needed at the station. He also urges preserving Stonewall Jackson headquarters on Braddock street as a shrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Jackson
Braddock Street
Yard Party Notice and Help Wanted Ad
Yard party announced for Paxton Cha pepel on Friday June 11. Wanted carpenters apply to H N Ritter in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters
H. N. Ritter
Virginia
Finals Speaker Rich In Experience As Educator
Dr. Joseph Dupuy Eggleston will address Handley High School graduates Thursday evening. Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1867, he earned A B and A M from Hampden Sydney College and an LL B from Washington and Lee. He taught in Virginia Georgia and North Carolina 1886 to 1889, led Asheville schools 1891 to 1900 and Prince Edward county 1903 to 1905. He became state superintendent in 1906 guiding Virginia public instruction until 1913 before joining the U S Bureau of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dupuy Eggleston
Handley High School
Eggleston
Prince Edward County
Hampden- Sydney College
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
Asheville
N.C
Dr. Ingleston
Model's Story Being Sought
London police seek the missing eight days of Diana Battye the 21 year old socialite known as Didi She collapsed on a London doorstep near her Oxford undergraduate fiancé Michael Asquith and could not explain what happened friends say England’s most photographed beauty appeared distraught as investigators pursue her account The excerpt ends with a continued note on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Diana Battye
Michael Asquith
Didi
England
Invites Vets To Antietam Field
HAGERSTOWN MD June 9 P C Neill Baylor editor of the Hagerstown Morning Herald left by plane for Jackson Mississippi as personal representative of Governor Harry W Nice to address the United Confederate Veterans at their reunion opening session inviting them to Sharpsburg Maryland on the seventy fifth anniversary of the Battle of Antietam September 17 Baylor in a Maryland National Guard plane stops Greensboro North Carolina Atlanta Georgia and Montgomery Alabama en route due in Jackson at 4 this afternoon will return to Hagerstown tomorrow night or Friday June 9 1928
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
C. Neill Baylor
Hagerstown Morning Herald
Jackson
Miss
Harry W. Nice
United Confederate Veterans
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Baylor
Maryland National Guard
Greensboro
N. C
Atlanta Ga
Montgomery
Ala
Maryland
Hagertown
Haga
Mrs. Whitacre To Get $5000
An order confirming a compromise settlement in a suit arising from a November automobile accident that killed John L. Whitacre is recorded. Miss Nancy Patterson is ordered to pay Mrs. Bessie Victoria Whitacre $5,000 and legal costs. Two suits against Miss Patterson were pending in Loudoun County and another jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Whitacre
Frederick Circuit Court
Nancy Patterson
Pittsburgh
Chariot Races Planned at Winchester Lions Event
Winchester and Martinsburg Lions Club members met at York Log Cabin for a night of softball dinner and a film titled All Aboard about rail development. A Roman baseball game is planned for June 21 22 at Winchester Park with possible chariot races and business leaders as drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester and
Martinsburg
Lions Clubs
York Log Cabin
Iron Horse
C. Vernon Thomas
Baltimore
Winchester
Kearney To Be Speaker At Banquet
Bernard W. Kearney national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will attend Virginia Department Encampment June 20 23 in Winchester and speak at the banquet June 22 Col Roszel and other dignitaries also invited local session opens June 20 with delegates welcomed by Dr. Anderson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard W. Kearney
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virginia Department
Kearney
A. Lee Coble
Winchester
Coble
van Zandt
Texas
Virginia
Roszel
Col. B. M. Roszel
T. R. Cather
Westmoreland Davis
Harry Cook
James C. Baker
No. 23
United Spanish War Veterans
E. C. Parker
Reforms Urged for Virginia Jails by Page Jail Commission
The Page Jail Commission urged drastic changes to Virginia jails describing them as largely losing penal character and becoming profit driven. Recommendations to the 1938 General Assembly include fair salaries for sheriffs, regional farms for convicts, a state probation system, centralized control, and an indefinite sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Page Jail Commission
Virginia
Russell B. DeVine
State Department of Public Welfare
General Assembly
Friendship Fire Company Meets June 10 at 8 P M
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held Thursday June 10 at 8 p m. Business of importance will be transacted and all members are requested to be present. Richard Boxwell, Capt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Friendship Fire Company
Richard Boxwell
Summer meals at the Golden Glow Coffee Shop
A brief notice describes summer meals available at the Golden Glow Coffee Shop noted as a cool and comfortable place. Limited readable text suggests a casual dining context with no specific dates or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Glow
Stipe Honored by University of Virginia in Who's Who
James Leslie Stipe of Stephen s City Virginia has been named an outstanding student at the University of Virginia and will appear in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges. He holds a B S in engineering, is active in Tri Gon Raven Society and Varsity Club, and serves as student president of the Engineering school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leslie Stipe
J. W. Stipe
Stephenson
Handley
University of Virginia
Stipe
Simple Rites For Jean Harlow
Glendale Calif June 9 close friends attend a 20 minute Christian Science funeral for Jean Harlow with 1 500 lilies of the valley and 500 gardenias and singer Jeanette McDonald plus Nelson Eddy. William Powell escorted the mother as the coffin awaits final resting place and 1 000 mourners gathered outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Jean Harlow
Hollywood
Jean Bello
Miss Harlow
William Powell
Plans for Winchester Red Cross Meeting
The Winchester Frederick chapter of the Red Cross advances plans for its annual meeting on Thursday June 17 at 6 30 pm. Several committees study preparations for the event a noted feature of the Red Cross program. Mary Martha Class members of Grace Lutheran Church will conduct the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Mary Martha
Grace Lutheran Church
Douglas School To Close Friday
Douglas Junior High will hold commencement at 7 30 p m Friday at the new colored school on North Kent Street under Principal Powell W Gibson with a staff of teachers. The public is invited to attend. an exhibition also runs tomorrow and Friday.
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Douglas Junior High School
New
Colored School
North Kent Street
Powell W. Gibson
British blame mine on rebels
The British government blamed Spanish insurgents for the mine that damaged the destroyer Hunter off Almeria on May 13 with eight dead and 24 injured. A formal protest was sent to Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The incident was called an accident, but Britain said rebels laid mines in the high seas and reserved the right to seek compensation.
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London
Hunter
Almeria
Francisco Franco
Foreign Office
Henry Chilton
Spain
Hendaye
France
Salamanca
Color paved Treasure Island aims to boost visitors at fair
San Francisco authorities unveil a plan for Treasure Island sidewalks mixed with a reddish color to lift mood and spending. Color expert J B Stanton says reds and magentas reduce eye strain and make attendees feel happier and more romantic. This is to enhance the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. B. Stanton
Treasure Island
Stanton
Chicken Supper at Ridgeway Methodist Parsonage
Ridgeway Methodist Parsonage hosts a chicken supper Friday June 11 serving from 6 to 10 pm. Price 35 cents. Pure Food Store announces new fruit drinks Pear Nectar Peach Nectar Plum Nectar Apricot Nectar in 10 cent tins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeway Methodist
Price
Public sale of Malachi Pugh home near Whitacre
Public auction of the Malachi Pugh home near Whitacre set for Saturday June 19 1937 at eleven o'clock in the morning. Ninety six acres include a large old house and a good barn. W E Edwards trustee. See inside page for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malachi Pugh
Whitacre
W. E. Edwarde
Pope Asked to Visit Germany Over Nazi Church Rift
Berlin dispatch reports Schwarze Korps urged Pope Pius XII to come to Germany to verify conditions and judge who tells the truth amid a clash between the Nazi state and the Catholic Church. The call followed attacks on Cardinal Mundelein and criticism of trials of monks and lay brothers as political weaponry.
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Berlin
Feuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Schutz Staffel
Schwarze Korps
Pius
Germany
Hitler
Vatican
Westdeutscher Beobachter
Cologne
Adolf Hiter
Rome
Pope Pius
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Dick Rites Planned for Fremont Dick
Funeral services for Fremont Dick 32 will be held at his parents Cedar Grove Apple Pie Ridge tomorrow at 2 PM. The Rev W B Obaugh and Rev George W Stover will officiate. Interment is Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are Eugene Russell Carl Cather Curtis Bly Henry Keller Arthur Dunlap and Edwin Michael. He died yesterday afternoon from a self inflicted bullet wound. He was survived by his parents and wife. He was a noted singer in Winchester and Frederick county.
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Fremont Dick
Kirk Dick
Cedar Grove
Apple Pie Ridge
W. B. Obaugh
Mr. Dick
George W. Stover
Winchester United Brethren Church
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Eugene Russell
Carl Cather
Curtis Bly
Henry Keller
Arthur Dunlap
Edwin Michael
Winchester
Frederick County
Kiwanians To Hold A Picnic
Col E J Cullen spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon on the Spanish revolution and current disturbances. The club announced its annual Kiwanis picnic for Wednesday June 30 with Lawrence Hollis Wendell Goode and L I Meller named to plan the site. Rev E T Clark was elected as an alternate to Kiwanis International's national convention in Indianapolis June 2024.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Cullen
Kiwanis Club
Lawrence Hollis
Wendell Goode
L. I. Meller
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis International
E. B. Cooper
Arthur Robinson
Indianapolis
Andrew Bell
R. E. Buncutter
Recital Tickets On Sale At Miller's Drug Store
Dance studio announces tickets for an Ewing recital on June 11 and 12 at 8 p m at Miller's Drug Store sale location. Phone number 1600 listed for inquiries.
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of Ewing
Miller’s Drug Store
Dance at John Massey's with Dallas Keller and His N Mountain Serenaders
Dance event listed for Thursday June 10 at John Massey’s three miles out Valley Pike features Dallas Keller and His N Mountain Serenaders performing live blues and country tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Massie
Valley Pike
Dallas Keller
His
N. Mountain Serenaders
Ohio Governor invites steel strike leaders to joint conference
Governor Martin L. Davey called seven state steel strike leaders and company heads to a Friday conference in Ohio amid tense scenes at Republic Steel in Newton Michigan where 8000 strikers and 10000 supporters gathered. SWOC leaders Murray Owens intend to attend. Inland Steel not invited. The governor urged impartiality and warned against bloodshed, while Monroe Mayor Knaggs asked for civilian volunteers to aid in reopening the plant.
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Youngstown
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation
Newton
Mich
Gov. Davey
Tom Girdler
Republic
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
John Owen
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing
Inland Steel Corporation
Murray
Davey
Owens
SWOC
Monroe
C. I
Daniel A. Knaggs
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Knaggs
National Guard
Dr Brown To Address Masons At Banquet Honors Eighteen Past High Priests
Eighteen John Dove Chapter Royal Arch masons who served as most excellent high priest in 35 years will receive engraved emblems at a 6 30 PM banquet Friday at the George Washington Hotel. Col B M Roszel will be toast master and Rev Dr J W Lewis Gibbs Grand chaplain will offer invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dove
Royal Arch Masons
George Washington Hotel
C. Vernon Eddy
W. E. Cooper
I. N. Good
William B. Wagner
C. B. Stickley
H. C. Sheetz, Sr
J. W. Lewis Gibbs
Grand Royal Arch
Virginia
H. B. McCormac
John T. Cochran
Grand Chapter
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Great Valley
Consumers’ Company
MR Winchester
Paxton Chapepel
Fiday
Dr. Eggleston
United States Bureau of Education
Virginia Polytechnic
Dre
Jei D. Eggleston
Model
Ing
Col. Roszel
Anderson
Commission For Assembly
Leslie Stipe
U. of Va
Douglas School
W. N. Holt
PURE
Franco
Pontiff
Inland Corporation
Dr. Brown
Masons
Dove Chapter
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