Optimism in Capitals Dims Fears of War Amid Spanish Crisis
Reports from London Berlin and Paris note a tempered optimism over the Spanish civil war easing risk of a wider European conflict. Hitler vows independent action to protect Germany, Goering presses for return of lost colonies, while Franco strengthens insurgent lines around Madrid and moves new troops to Casa de Campo and Ja Lara fronts.
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London
Wurzburg
Hitler
Germany
Derfuehrer
Reich
Spain
Valencia
Berlin
Rome
Paris
Moscow
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Goering
International Chamber of Commerce
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Guadalajara
Casa de Campo
Jarama
Winchester Hen Prophesied War Date Egg Prank
MA Winchester reports Berryville tale of an unidentified hen that allegedly produced an egg bearing War-1937-June 24. Critics doubt the omen while noting pranksters use lard vinegar and matches to alter eggs. Similar past hoaxes include a Hoover-1932 inscription egg.
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Berryville
East Radford
Democrats To Meet Tonight In Winchester Council Chamber
A mass meeting of the Democrats of Winchester will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the City Hall Council Chamber to elect members of the committee for the next two years.
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Democrats
Winchester
Council
Rosenberger Rites Set for H. Graham Rosenberger
Funeral services for H. Graham Rosenberger son of John W. Rosenberger will be held Wednesday at 2 PM from his sister Miss Lela Rosenberger’s home 503 South Washington Street Jamaica Long Island. The Rev Ronald Wilson and the Rev Dr Hubert Sydenstricker will officiate Interment at Mount Hebron. He had been ill a few days from a heart condition and nervous breakdown and was a copy editor for the New York Herald Tribune. He previously worked with John W Rosenberger and Company of Winchester and was a Winchester High School graduate.
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H. Graham Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger
Jamaica
Long Island
Lela Rosenberger
South Washington Street
Ronald 8. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Hubert Sydenstricker
Braddock Street
M. E. Church South
Mount Hebron
Rosenberger
New York Herald-Tribune
New York
Ofohn W. Rosenberger and Company of
Winchester
Winchester High School
Page
Mrs Strader to Be Buried on Wednesday
Mrs. Ongelia Outright Strader of 1003 Woodlawn Avenue died this morning at 6 after illness. She was 66, wife of the late Simeon E. Strader, and had lived in the city twenty years. Survivors include one son Albert, four brothers Waitman Coleman Wilbur Dolby and five sisters. Services from the home Wednesday June 30 at 11. Rev R A Whitten to conduct.
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Ongelia Outright Strader
Woodlawn Avenue
Simeon E. Strader
Jacob E. Cutright
Ivanhoe
W. Va
Albert M. Strader
Waitman
Oklahoma
Coleman
Buckhanan
Wilbur
Grafton
Dolby
Josephine
Bessie
Margaret
Lillian
Birdie
Market Street Methodist Church
W. el Morrison
J. B. Daniels
P. E. Outright
W. H. Galladay
O. D. Swicher
C. A. Fauver
Rev
R. A. Whitten
Sewer Tax Notice Demands June 30 Payment to Avoid Cutoff
Public notice warns residents all sewer bills are due by Wednesday June 30 to prevent water service interruption. The item appears in the June 26 edition as a municipal tax alert for utility customers.
Debonair sculptor held without bail in Beekman Hill slay
New York City on June 28 4 Robert Irwin a former divinity student and sculptor was held without bail after two brief court appearances for the Beekman Hill Easter Sunday triple murder of Veron Gedeon an artist’s model her mother and a roomer. He retained famed lawyer Samuel Leibowith who won a postponement of arraignment to June 30. Irwin appeared briefly in homicide court and in a police lineup prior to the hearing.
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Robert Irwin
Veronica Gedeon
Frank Dyrnes
New York
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Universal Service
Beekman Hill
Samuel Leibowith
Irwin
Gedeon
Brough
Trial Justice Tavenner Cited for Missing Receipts
State Auditor L. McCarthy Downs reported that Frederick county trial justice A. J. Tavenner failed to issue official receipts for fines in over 40 cases. The audit found unrecorded fines and costs, missing court judgments, and cash-book discrepancies. Tavenner attributed the omissions to haste after court hearings. F. Churchill Jones said no shortage exists and noted a $25 surplus in Tavenner’s accounts.
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Richmond
L. McCarthy Downs
A. J. Tavenner
Frederick County
Downs
Junk Co. seeks iron and hides at Fairfax Lane address
Win chester Junk Co. advertises buying iron and metal, rags, and beef hides and invites sellers to visit 13 Fairfax Lane between Main and Braddock Street or call 254 for quotes.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Main and
Braddock St
Wanted to find home for a fine female setter dog
Advert reads a white and tan female setter in need of owner or good home. Contact numbers 41-1 or 1182. Includes dating style booking code sex-(6-25-1p-tf).
Stores To Have Holiday July 5
Winchester merchants will close Monday July 5 as July 4 falls on Sunday and is one of several holidays observed after a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Andrew Bell, secretary, notes the decision was made to give employees a double holiday.
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Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Illness Fatal To Mrs Hodgson in Washington
Anna Fant Hodgson wife of C M Hodgson died at her Washington DC home late Sunday from complications. She had gone blind about two years earlier and had been in failing health. She was about 60 native of Shenandoah county and resided here before moving to DC twelve years ago. Survived by husband three sons Fitzhugh George Harry Hodgson and one granddaughter Anna Marie Hodgson all in Washington and three sisters Mrs Brother Boxwell Pittsburgh Mrs Frank Sidell Takoma Park Md and a sister in Springfield Ohio. Funeral Tuesday at Washington residence with interment there. Hodgson long time Willard Hotel night manager in DC.
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Anna Fant Hodgson
C. M. Hodgson
Washington, D. C
Fitzhugh
George
Harry Hodgson
Anna Marie Hodgson
Washington
Brother Boxwell
Pittsburgh
Frank Sidell
Takoma Park
Springfield
Ohio
Hodgson
Willard Hotel
Hundred smothered as walls topple on road workers in Chungking
Officials estimate a hundred people died when heavy storms toppled city walls under construction for motor travel in Chungking. Another hundred are believed injured in the interior Chinese city.
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Chungking
China
Relief bill trimmed as conferees agree on 1.5 billion package
Conferees reach a quick accord on the administration's 1.5 billion relief bill, cutting 8 million from PWA earmarks to 359 million by removing miscellaneous projects. Leaders expect final House and Senate approval today while judiciary amendments face a July 12 committee review and possible special study for court reform.
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Washington
Senate
House
Public Works Administration
PWA
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Burke
D.-Neb
Congress
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Harvesting Is Underway in Frederick County
Frederick county farmers have been harvesting wheat for days with peak activity this week as grain ripens rapidly. Hayfield reports larger fall planting, with few late freezes denting some fields but overall excellent yield expected and prices promising profits. Rye is in excellent condition with tall straw and well filled grain. corn acreage shows robust activity.
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Frederick County
Hayfield
Missing Woman Found Wandering Near Opequon
Mrs. Dinah Dellinger, former county resident, reported missing from 651 North Loudoun Street, was found wandering near Opequon by tenant Mr. Collins around 9:30 p.m. She appeared memory impaired. Sheriff Newcome and officers were alerted by her husband R. P. Dellinger and relatives after a county and city search failed to locate her earlier.
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Dinah Dellinger
North
Loudoun Street
Collins
Walter Miller
Opequon
Newcome
Ten Injured In Triple Crash Near Charlestown Md
A three car collision near Charlestown Maryland injured ten people early today three seriously Betty Beattie 14 of Upper Darby Pa suffered a possible skull fracture Her parents H G Beattie Mary Beattie and her brother Hiram were cut and bruised but released from Elkton hospital Mr and Mrs Walter Androwsky of Baltimore suffered cuts and bruises Two seriously injured were in the third car Mary Twindale 29 and her mother Marie Twindale 68 both of Philadelphia were listed as serious and others in the third car Nellie Setton Susia Anderson and Dorothy Daniels also were injured
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Charlestown
Here
Betty Beattie
Upper Darby
H. G. Beattie
Mary Beattie
Hiram
Elkton Hospital
Walter Androwsky
Baltimore
H. A. Candwell
North East
Mary Twindale
Marie Twindale
Philadelphia
Nellie Setton
Brooklyn
New York
Susia Anderson
Lynchburg
Dorothy Daniels
Bonded To Keep Peace In DeHaven Palmer Case
Judge Tavenner ordered Leon DeHaven and Frei Palmer held on bonds to keep the peace until their business and personal relations on DeHaven's farm can be severed. Palmer faced complaint for using improper language toward Mrs. DeHaven, stirring ill will and unrest.
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Tavenner
Leon DeHaven
Frei Palmer
Palmer
DeHaven
Chamberlain Accepts New Role As London Cordwainer
London reports Neville Chamberlain has begun his new role as a cordwainer in the city, stating he is glad to have come of respectable background and intends to serve Britain as prime minister with humility.
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Chamberlain
London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Shun Public As Wedding Nears
In Wilmington Delaware on June 28 Franklin Roosevelt Jr and Ethel Du Pont move secretly between Owls Nest and Du Pont family gatherings. They have exchanged gifts and may reveal jewelry later. A rehearsal is planned but the time is kept secret.
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Wilmington
Del
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel DuPont
du Pont
Delaware Hills
Roosevelt
Ford Motors Denies Unfair Labor Practices Charges
Ford Motor Company attorney Louis J. Colombo said the National Labor Relations Board charges are untrue and that Ford has not violated the act. The NLRB complaint, filed Saturday, cites a July 6 hearing in Detroit for the case tied to union activities at the Rouge plant in Dearborn and earlier labor clashes with the UAW.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
Louis J. Colombo
NLRB
Detroit Federal Building
United States
Henry Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford
Mammoth Rouge
Dear
Parley Fails In Maryland
Cambridge Maryland June 28 negotiations in the Phillips Packing Company strike collapsed with a statement from Colonel Albanus Phillips that there is no possibility of satisfying the strikers or settling the controversy. He announced production will not be resumed and said the strike damages farmers by delaying bean contracts and markets.
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Cambridge
Phillips Packing Company
American Federation of Labor
Albanus Phillips
Anna Neary
A. F. of
Phillips
Prime Minister inducted into medieval leather guild
A prime minister joined a 200 year old family tradition by being inducted into the medieval guild that now serves as the patron order of the leather industry. The organization oversees its schools and charities, continuing a historic craft lineage.
Fear Crisis in Indiana Looms as Governors Clash
Indiana faces a political crisis as Governor Townsend refuses to call troops while Governor Davey comments on an exchange with Madam Perkins. The confrontation signals rising tension over state security and order.
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Townsend
Davey
Madam Perkins
Senate ends midwest steel strike inquiry without Farley hearing
The Senate post office committee voted 12 to 1 to end its investigation of the mid western steel strikes without further hearings or testimony by Postmaster General Farley. It urged the civil liberties committee to handle further study and begin a separate inquiry into the Memorial Day clash in Chicago. Major General Gilson D. Light said 15,000 workers were back at steel plants in Youngstown as the strike entered its thirty third day. The CIO affiliated SWOC called out workers at Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem Cambria Johnstown Inland Steel as firms refused to sign labor contracts.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Farley
Bridges
Post Office Committee
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Senate
Youngstown
Gilson D. Light
Ohio National Gu
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria
Johnstown
Inland Steel Company
SWOC
CIO
Mahoning Valley
Sheet and Tube
Campbell
Brier Hill
Republic
Light
Besemer
General Light
F. E. Howell
Cambria Works
Lower Gate
Franklin Borough
Tony
Calumet
National Guardsmen
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Yard Party at Burnt Factory Church Summer Event
A yard party is advertised at Burnt Factory Church on Thursday July 1 with time 1 to 6 and a note urging people to phone 444 for fine food at Pure Food Store.
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Thurs
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Milton R. Morgan
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