Grant Named Acting City Manager Amid Departure
Lee Grant, superintendent of the water department, was named to serve as assistant city manager until Arthur M. Piela resigns March 31, then act as city manager until a successor is appointed. The council approved the motion unanimously with an advisory committee to assist. Field will start new duties April 1 in Memphis as head of industrial relations for the chamber of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Grant
Arthur M. Piela
Grant
Water Department
Piela
Percy Miller
Anderson
W. W. Dellinger
Herman Hable
Field
Miller
Memphis
Tenn
Chamber of Commmerce
Rural Youth Club Plans Yearly Schedule and Topics
The Frederick Rural Youth Club executive committee met at the home agent's office Monday night at 7 30 to set goals. President Orville Willey Jr of Middletown led planning, including two educational trips, one party, one youth conference delegate, eleven meetings, fundraisers, and cooperation with Fellowship club. Topics include first aid dressing for occasions desirable personality traits and job trends. The group will split into two discussion circles led by Raymond Carpenter Isa Belle Rosenberger with Dorothy Carper and Bobby Anderson as secretaries. The next meeting at Friendly Grove School is Thursday March 16 at 7 30 with a First Aid demonstration by a Red Cross representative. Present were Orville Willey Bunny Larrick Edna Courtney Charles Smith and Madeline Blair.
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Frederick
Blacksburg
Fellowship Club
Raymond Carpenter
Isabelle Rosenberger
Dorothy Carper
Bobby Anderson
Friendly Grove School
Red Cross
Orville Willey
Bunny Larrick
Edna Courtney
Charles Smith
Madeline Blair
White Hall Grange Elects New Members
Members of the White Hall Grange named two new members Robert Russell and R E F McAboy. A debate featured the literary program. A regalia committee of Strother Dick and Marshall was appointed. A social is planned for next Tuesday night and a discussion on qualities of a good citizen will be held at the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Hall
Robert Russell
R. E F. McAboy
Messrs. Strother, Dick and
Marshall
Grange
Wandering Legionnaire Visits Winchester on Global Trek
Sergeant L. B. Loewenstein known as the Wandering Legionnaire, a World War Croix de Guerre recipient, arrived in Winchester en route across the continent for the eleventh time. He has toured 12 foreign countries and all 48 states, attends American Legion conventions, and plans to be in Chicago September 24 25. He lectures and writes to promote Americanism, calls the world his home, and recently called on local Legion members.
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L. B. Loewenstein
Winchester
Loewenstein
American Legion
Chicago
New York
Legion
Winchester's First Annual Ping Pong Tourney Sees Doubles Intensify
Fifteen of twenty matches in the second flight were completed last night as tonight's play narrows both men's and ladies' singles to meet C Ridgely White and Miss Lucille Senciadiver for the titles. Doubles and mixed doubles promise highly scientific play. Semifinals run tonight, finals tomorrow with five championship matches to decide all brackets.
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Winchester
C. Ridgely White
Lucille Senciadiver
Leave at Memorial Hospital for Home Mrs Russell Holland and Infant
Mrs Russell Holland and her infant daughter Sue Anne leave Memorial Hospital this evening for their home at No 2 West Leicester Street.
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Russell Holland
Sue Anne
Memorial Hospital
Leicester Street
Japan Faces Critical North China Currency Test
Shanghai reports Japan’s economic push in North China hinges on Friday’s ban on the Chinese dollar. Observers say the outcome will decide Japan’s ability to dominate markets, influence currencies, and fund its war effort. Fighting persists in Kiangsu and air raids target Sian and Lanchow outskirts.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Federal Reserve
North China
United States
Britain
Eee
China Federal Reserve
Kiangsu
Sian
Shensi
Lanchow
Kansu
Germans Not To Finance Slovaks
Prague dispatch reports German reluctance to assume an extra economic burden jeopardizing Slovak independence hopes. The Slovak cabinet split on secession, with Durcansky and Mach pushing autonomy. Bratislava signaled settling disputes within the autonomous government framework despite mounting fiscal deficits.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Slovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Germany
Europe
Carpatho-Ukraine
Joseph Tiso
Tiso
Slovak People’s Party
Ferdinand Durchansky
Sano Mach
Bratislava
Durcansky
Jan Pruzinsky
Berlin
Gettysburg College Choir To Sing Here March 15
The Gettysburg College Choir of Gettysburg Pennsylvania an organization of fifty men and women under director Parker B Wagnild will present a sacred music concert in a Lutheran Church Wednesday evening March 15 at 730 o'clock. The program includes Bach Kalinnikoff Tschaikowsky and Christiansen works. Mr Waynild a St Olaf and Union Theological Seminary graduate directs the choir and also teaches at Gettysburg College and the Gettysburg Seminary Male Chorus.
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Gettysburg College
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Parker B. Wagnild
Wednesda
Waynild
St. Olaf College Choir
Northfield
Minnesota
Maryland
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Harrisburg
York
Johnstown
Altoona
Bedford
United Lutheran Church
Peabody Institute
Chambersburg
Hanover Pa
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Lansdale
Bach
Angus Dei
Kalinnikoff
Christiansen
Gretchaninoff
Tschaikowsky
Thompson
Tschesnokoff
Dickson
Mr. Waynild
St. Olaf College
Northfild
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Gettysburg Seminary
Capital Hotels Hit By Strikes
Pickets ring Washington hotels as 2,200 workers strike after a 5 a.m. vote to push for a closed shop. Hotels reported mixed service, with some dining rooms delayed or staffed by substitutes while others operated normally.
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Washington
Bankhead
Mayflower
Carter Glass
Virginia
Osgood Roberts
Frank Swadley
Carlton Hotel
Gardner Moore
Shoreham
Willard
Democrats Rally Forces In House
Washington March 8 Democrats rally their forces to push a government reorganization bill amid Republican amendments. A quorum call was requested to bring absentees to the floor as Rep Dirksen seeks a Byrd sponsored substitute. Leaders expect to defeat the Dirksen amendment and pass their bill on a party line vote.
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Washington
House
Dirksen
Byrd
D-Va
Rep. Keller
D-Ill
Congress
Senate
Council Votes Against Reinstatement in Street Committee
The street committee recommended Hodge not be reinstated after a joint meeting. Dr. Anderson and Marvin D. Weaver defended the process, while others supported the committee. A voice vote and later roll call showed unanimous opposition to reinstatement. two members were absent.
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Street Committee
Anderson
Hodge
Barr
Marvin D. Weaver
Allen Hawthorn
Fred Forney
Hawthorne
C. R. Anderson
Herman Hable
W. P. Anderson
Frank Barr
C. D. Barnett
Fred W. Forney
Allen Hawthorne Lawrence HoWis
Percy Miller Streit
W. W. Dellinger
Rust May Run For The House
Richmond news notes John W. Rust of Fairfax will not seek re election to the state senate and hints at a possible bid for Congress. He cites desire to represent the district in Congress and warns that a senate seat should not be held too long.
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Richmond
State Senate
John W. Rust
Fairfax
Arlington
Prince William
Alexandria
Senate
Rust
Congress
Moral
Stonewall Jackson
Manassas Battlefield
Joseph P. Pollin
New York
Navy eyes two record size battleships in budget plan
Admiral William D. Leahy announced the navy may start without delay two battleships of about 45,000 tons each. He said plans will be discussed with the House Appropriations Committee as hearings begin on the navy budget of 700 million dollars for the coming year.
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Washington
Navy
William D. Leahy
Nava Operations
House
Raking It In Salt Lake City Riot Items Leave Family Shocked
Three year old Gerald Bills cried out and his mother rushed in as two youths who had been poking through the window with a rake fled with a purse causing a distressing domestic scene in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Gerald Bills
Gore Va School Postpones Activities Due to Illness
Gore Virginia closes its school because many students are ill with influenza. Principal Stewart Bell says events are postponed. the school will reopen tomorrow. A Friday play is rescheduled for the following Friday March as 39 pupils stay home to prevent spread and keep up with work.
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Gore School
Stewart Bell
British War Plan Aims Accelerated Continent War Readiness
London March 8 War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha outlined to the Commons a comprehensive plan to expand and equip the British Army for service on the European continent at the outbreak of war. The program includes Middle East and India manpower reliefs, an anti aircraft command for Great Britain, and revised drafting and mobilization methods across the empire.
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London
British Empire
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Middle East
India
Great Britain
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