Grant Is Named City Manager Succeeds Field
City council last night elected S Lee Grant as city manager at 3000 dollars per year. He had acted as city manager since Field's departure and was chosen unanimously after finance committee praise for his services. A later note mentions a bond issue discussion and an upcoming meeting for further study.
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Grant
Field
S. Lee Grant
Common Council
Arthur M. Field
Chamber of Commerce
Percy Miller
Fred Forney
C. R. Anderson
Herman Hable
W. P. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
C. Douglas Barnett
W. W. Dellinger
Lawrence Hollis
O. L. Jamison
E. Miller Streit
Allen Hawthorne
Marvin D. Weaver
Finance Committee
Iowa
California
Missing Adventurer Richard Halliburton Faces Typhoon
Winchester notes in Handley Library column reference Richard Halliburton the American author and adventurer missing since March 24 when his radio went silent aboard a Chinese junk during a Pacific typhoon. The piece recalls meeting him at a White Top mountain folk festival and describes his restless drive and famed circle of peers.
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Handley Library
the Star
Richard Halliburton
Pacific
Hilliburton
White Top Mountain
Virginia
John Powell
Percy MacKaye
Sale of Two Farms Saturday with Orchards and Frontage
Scott Fahnestock schedules a 11 a.m. sale on the farm with orchard and boxwood, plus the Pike side property featuring orchard and frontage. The parcels offer camp site and building lot potential, located with county access and prominent features.
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Scott Fahnestock
Pikeside
First USMA 1939 graduate to marry weds in Highland
Joseph Reynolds of Hopkinsville Kentucky, member of the United States Military Academy class of 1939, becomes the first graduate to marry. He kisses his bride Catherine Amberg of Jackson Heights New York after receiving his commission as second lieutenant in Highland New York.
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United States Military Academy
Joseph E. Reynolds
Hopkinsville
Catherine Amberg
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Highland
Heavy Rain Floods Streets in Winchester
Winchester saw another heavy rain flood several streets in the business district and cellars on Loudoun and Boscawen streets. The storm began about 4 pm, water covered Boscawen in front of the Star office, and Town Run overflowed.
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Winchester
Loudoun
Boscawen
Star
Cameron Street
Winchester Research Laboratory
Berryville
Boyce
Lee Grant
Betsy Ross Flag Story Remains Local Icon in Philadelphia
Philadelphia marks a tribute to Betsy Ross with parades and speeches at her historic Arch Street home near Independence Hall. The events recall Continental Congress days and Valley Forge as debates continue over who first stitched the stars and stripes.
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Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Betsy
Valley Forge
Washington
Brook
Plate supper benefit at Rest Church on Ridgeway lawn
A plate supper to raise funds will be held on the Ridgeway school lawn Thursday June 15 with rain date Friday. The event runs from 6 to 9 PM and benefits Rest Church.
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Ridgeway School Lawn
Benefit Rest Church
Federal Agencies Seek Expanded FCC Powers Over Telephone Industry
Washington report says the Federal Communications Commission asked Congress to grant broader control over the $6 billion telephone industry while trimming some far reaching suggestions by Commissioner Paul Walker. The commission approved a principal package including basic cost accounting rules for Western Electric and control over Bell System securities.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Paul A. Walker
Walker
FCC
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Commission
Western Electric Company
Bell System
Asks Withdrawal Of Hitler Consul From Liverpool
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons he had urged Germany to withdraw consul Herr Reinhardt from Liverpool after court records linked the German consulate to an espionage case. He said the request was made two days earlier amid a probe into a man named Joseph Kelley who sold factory plans to foreign agents. A Liverpool crowd earlier demanded Reinhardt leave.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Liverpool
Joseph Kelley
Herr Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Royal Ordnance Factory
Germany
Offer Of Boyce To Be Presented
Kenneth N. Gilpin of Boyce and State Highway Commission writes that he will present the Town Council of Boyce request to keep Route 50 through Boyce at the next commission meeting and will report action taken. The Mayor’s open letter on June 7 urged keeping Route 50 in Boyce, offering to cover $1800 differences if routing changes. Also note: two gray and white kittens need a good home. phone 41.
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Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
State Highway Commission
W. A. Heine
Mr. Gilpin
Heine
the Star
Waterloo
Rival Unionists Battle Near GM Plant in Flint Fight
Rival union factions of the UAW clashed again near Fisher body plant No. 1 in Flint. About 100 on each side fought with fists and clubs while 75 officers separated combatants. Windows in the UAW CIO hall were smashed and authorities seized iron pipes clubs and a shotgun. Three were hospitalized and one car overturned as violence continued amid a strike bid for recognition.
State Dept Says Precautions Given Americans in Tientsin
Secretary Hull reported that US representatives in Tientsin are taking every reasonable precaution to protect Americans and American interests amid a Japanese blockade of British and French concessions.
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Tientsin
Street Work Is Underway In City
City street maintenance is underway under S Lee Grant with seal coat on Woodstock Lane Park Way Shawnee and Cork. Highland Avenue will be finished then Kent Clarke Baker and Cameron streets receive treatment. The Sam Finley company sprayed asphalt. excess stone will be removed after binding.
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S. Lee Grant
Woodstock Lane
Parkway
Shawnee
Cork
Highland Avenue
Kent
Clarke, Baker
Cameron Streets
Grant
Sam Finley Company
Buckner and Four Co-Defendants Go On Trial in Fed Case
In New York a crowded courtroom hears William P. Buckner Jr and four others face an eight count federal indictment alleging mail fraud and conspiracy. Loretta Young is noted as a friend of Buckner.
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New York
William P. Buckner, Jr
Loretta Young
Fedral
Junior Board to Meet Friday at George Washington Hotel
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening at 7 30 at the George Washington Hotel. Lynn Keller, secretary, announced today. Refreshments will be served.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Lynn Keller
Science admits little headway in preventing common colds
Boston June 14 A Harvard scientist said the world’s greatest work interrupter the common cold shows little progress. Dr John R Mote cited two to three colds per person annually and linked colds to influenza as respiratory infections with public health control proving inadequate. He noted droplets spread and limited immunity as reasons for widespread occurrences.
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Boston
Harvard
John R .Mote
Relief Plan Advances Amid Fight Over WPA Reform
The 1940 relief bill to Congress includes a 1.477 billion dollar WPA appropriation and proposes a three man WPA board replacing the single administrator. The Appropriations Committee also cuts the National Youth Administration grant to 81 million while fully funding the Farm Security administration at 123 million. The measure totals 1.716 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1, with 125 million earmarked for heavy construction. Colonel F C Harrington testified the plan would provide jobs for 2.4 million next January and 1.5 million by June 1940.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPA
House
Appropriations Committee
National Youth Administration
Farm Security Administration
Col. F. C. Harrington
Works Progress Administration
Harry Hopkins
Miss Dietrich Luggage Seized on French Liner
Federal agents seized Marlene Dietrichs luggage aboard the Normandie in New York waters on orders of the Internal Revenue Bureau for alleged unpaid income tax totaling about 284000 for 1936 1937. The actress said she believed taxes were paid and noted she had just become a citizen and would travel for a vacation.
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New York
Marlene Dietrich
Normandie
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dietrich
CIO Calls for $60 Pensions for 60 and Over
The CIO executive board directed its rank and file to unite with old age and progressive groups in a national campaign for 60 monthly pensions for persons aged 60 and above.
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C.I. 0
Washington
President signs aviation cadet bill for Naval Reserve and Marine Corps
President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing commissioning of aviation cadets in the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve after training at Pensacola Florida. The act enables rapid post training service entry for cadets, shaping naval air power during the period.
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Washington
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station
Roosevelt
Yard Party at Greenway U B Church Scheduled
Community event listed as Yard Party at Greenway United Brethren Church on June 17 with additional notes for Friday and Monday activities indicating a sequence of gatherings across dates.
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Greenway
U. B. Church
Eleanor Holm Announces Diamond Ring And Divorce
Eleanor Holm, former Olympic swimmer, flashes a platinum ring inscribed I Love You and says her long-awaited divorce from Art Jarrett is final. She plans to marry Billy Roshe on September 19, soon after Brice awards Jarrett his final decree.
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New York
Eleanor Holm
Art Jarrett
Rose
Fanny
Man
Brice
Moore Named Democratic Nominee for House Seats in Virginia
The Twenty Fifth Senatorial District Democratic committee met in Winchester to declare E Blackburn Moore unopposed Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates from Frederick Clarke counties and Winchester. His name will not appear on the August ballot. The panel also certified T Russell Cather and Burr P Harrison as Democratic State Senate candidates subject to the primary. Capt Wray presided. Pierce Shannon Omps and Wray head Winchester Shenandoah Frederick and Clarke committees.
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Democratic Committee
Twenty-Fifth
Virginia
Frank Wray
Noble Pierce
C. M. Shannon
R. L. Omps
E. Blackburn Moore
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchester
T. Russell Cather
Burr P. Harrison
State Senate
Capt. Wray
Pierce
Shannon
Omps
Wray
Shenandoah Prederick
Leake Wins Patent Suit Over Bridge Strengthening
Arthur G. Leake owner of Montoue in Warren County near Middletown Virginia announced that the U S District Court in Albany New York sustained the validity of his patent for strengthening structural members especially bridge members under load and found that the New York Central Railroad infringed the patent in repairing the Oswego Tunnel bridge and a signal bridge on Smith Street Buffalo New York The action involves more than one hundred thousand dollars and these bridges were chosen as test cases with appeal possible
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Arthur G. Leake
Montoue
Warren County
Middletown
United States District Court For
Buffalo
N. Y
Leake
Baby’s Body Found In Creek West Of Clyde
Sheriff H L Myers reports 10 week old Haldon Fink, missing from Clyde, located in Green Creek on George Thomson farm seven miles west of Clyde. He said earlier the disappearance "looks like a kidnapping" as search efforts continue.
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Clyde, O
H. L. Myers
Haldon Fink
Clyde
Green Creek
George Thomson
Myers
British Reconsider Refusal To Sur render Men
Tientsin China June 14 Japanese officers rejected British mediation and tightened demands while gendarmes and Chinese police blockaded British and French concessions. About 120000 residents were cut off from supplies as Japan demanded the British reverse policy and grant full cooperation.
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Tientsin
China
Far East crisis prompts Britain to weigh surrender of Chinese detainees
Tensions in the Far East rise as Britain faces pressure from Tokyo over four Chinese detainees in Shanghai. London signals new evidence may justify handing them to Japanese police, while Japan seeks guarantees against anti-Japanese actions. Prices surge in Tientsin as concessions stay closed and shipping to the city halts.
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Far East
Britain
Tokyo
London
Japan
Shanghai
Tientsin
Tokyo Foreign Office
United States
Gilpin Appointed To Clarke County School Board
Kenneth N. Gilpin, member of the State Road Commission, is appointed to fill the unexpired Clarke County School Board term of Mrs. L. J. Langbein who resigned for a country nurse position. The electoral board selected Gilpin, and he will serve one year with Ralph Ware Holmes Hardesty and Arthur Buckley.
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Berryville
Kenneth N. Gilpin
State Road Commission
Clarke County School Board
L. J. Langbein
Gilpin
County Electoral Board
F. Hugh Price
Raleigh C Carter
Sam Bryarly
UAW pickets clash near GM Fisher Body plant in Flint
In Flint Michigan on June 14 members of the CIO United Automobile Workers used rocks and bottles to drive rival UAW AFL members away from the entrance of the CIO union office opposite General Motors Fisher Body plant No 1.
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Flint, Mich
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers
C. I. O. Union
General Motors
Fisher
Safe Farm Land Sale Near Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike
A 172 acre farm known as the Charles M. Eberthoma property offers fine level lime stone land four miles north of Winchester and just west of the Martinsburg Turnpike. It will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday June 24.
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Charles M. Eberthoma
Winchester
Martinsburg Turnpike
Front Court House
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