Valley Digging From Under Heaviest Snow In Five Years
Winchester and Shenandoah Valley dig from under the heaviest snow since 1935. Depth measured at 10 inches by the Winchester Research Laboratory with 12% inches in 1935. Snow began yesterday morning with rapid accumulation, followed by drizzle today. Traffic cautioned for slow speeds to avoid accidents.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Research Laboratory
Walter S. Hough
Fred M. Yellott
Weeree
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Yellott
U.S. Oas Indies
Meatl Bach Ag
Staunton
Winchester Finds Balance In Hard Times Echo
An editor reflects on past days of horse and buggy travel and compares them to present hardships. The piece weighs simplicity against modern cooling and parental worries, hinting at turning back pages for perspective and potential profit.
Trial Justice Salary Slashed After Audit Review
Nine Common Council members, amid a severe snowstorm, heard Richmond state auditor M. L. Carnifax recount discrepancies in Trial Justice accounts near 3 000 dollars. The council then cut the Trial Justice salary from 2 400 to 1 200 annually and discussed an ordinance for proper election procedures and a temporary substitute paid at five dollars per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
M. L. Carnifax
Richmond
Mern Wuay
Mr. Carnifax
Donald Weems
Philip Williams
Corporation Court
James P. Reardon
A. Lee Coble
Earl Baker
R. Frank Barr
C. D. Barnett
Reardon
Weems
Williams
Ordinance Grants Third Reading For Trial Justice Officials
The council approved on third reading an ordinance for election salaries and bonds of a trial justice substitute trial justice and clerk. Mayor Anderson announced a meeting Monday evening to elect a trial justice for the remainder of the year. Present were Mayor Anderson W P Anderson R Frank Barr C D Barnett W W Dellinger Percy Miller Miller Streit Earl Baker A Lee Coble and Brady Largent all of voting age.
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Anderson
W. P. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
C. D. Barnett
W. W. Dellinger
Percy Miller
Miller Streit
Earl Baker
A. Lee Coble
Brady Largent
Uninjured After Train Hits Car Near Bunker Hill West Virginia
Two men escaped unharmed when their car traveling from Pittsburgh to Florida was struck and demolished by a locomotive at a crossing on U S Route 11 just south of Bunker Hill W V In the past 24 hours another accident near Boyce and one on city limits left one man with a fractured kneecap and cuts.
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Pittsburgh
Florida
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Boyce
Illness Fatal To Miss Woolfolk
Miss Mary P. Woolfolk dies after illness. She is survived by brother John C. Woolfolk and sisters Mrs Richard Whi of Millwood and Miss Maria N. Woolfolk of Baltimore. Funeral at 11:30 Monday in Christ Church Millwood with Rev. Shelton and others officiating. Interment in family lot at Old Chapel near Millwood.
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Mary P. Woolfolk
John C. Woolfolk
West ‘S Proend
Miss Woolfolk
John Collier
Nelson Event
Pen
Richard Whi
Millwood
Maria N. Woolfolk
Baltimore
Virae
Christ Church
Mr. Shelton
William B
Roba B. Nelson
Old Chapel
Atlantic snowstorm blankets coast with heavy totals
A major snowstorm covers the Atlantic seaboard from Virginia to Maine with up to 16 inches in spots, New Jersey and New York bearing the brunt. Travel slows as sleet and ice hinder roads, air flights including the Atlantic Clipper to Lisbon are canceled, and the liner America is delayed before a dawn sailing to California.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
Maine
New Jersey
New York
Virginia Ee
Weather Bureau
Lisbon
United States
America
California
Knitting Challenge Sets Collegiate Rivalry With Sorority Girls
In Atlanta a male forensic society and Delta Alpha Delta sorority clash in a sweater knitting race. Twenty knitters compete per team with Red Cross yarn backing. the side producing most sweaters wins and funds the losers must raise. Eleanor Watson and Grady Whitney lead taunts and wagers.
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Delta Alpha Dela Sorority
Tythonians
Red Cross
Delta
Eleanor Watson
Tythonian
Grady Whitney
Leaders Press Toward Ballot On British Aid Bill
In Washington on March 8 the Senate pressed toward final vote on the British aid bill with Sen Wheeler a major opponent conceding passage. He warned the bill would empower the President to wage undeclared war and pledged to fight further to keep the U.S. out of war. Senator Walsh offered an amendment to bar transfers of ships or aircraft that cannot be replaced within three months. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley, optimistic, expected final action by Monday night and said House approval of Senate amendments was likely.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate
United States
Walsh
D.-Mass
Barkley
Roosevelt
House
Romanian exiled king Carol thankful for Portugal asylum
Continued on Page 2. In Lisbon on March 8 former King Carol I of Romania spoke in his first press interview since abdication last September. He said he was grateful to Portugal for asylum and asked for rest from worry. He appeared thin and fatigued, wearing a London suit, and thanked the American public for their sympathy. His companion Magda Lupescu was present as they recalled earlier exile moments in Brussels and Madrid.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Rumania
Carol
Anaes
Spain
Magda Lupescu
Portuga
Brussels
Efforts Continue To Free Olaf Bergh Off Ocean City
Coast guard and tug tried to refloat the 411 foot Norwegian freighter Olaf Bergh stranded on a sandbar near Ocean City. Captain O M Klessever and 28 crewmen remain aboard as a wrecking crew prepares to fill the ship with water for a later refloat attempt amid heavy seas.
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Ocean City
O. M. Klessevex
Coast Guard
Olaf Bergh
Here
Philadelphia
Hull
England
O. M. Klessever
Amyeticon
Rae Sad
Shutdowns In Major Plants May Not Occur
Progress reported today averted shut downs at Aluminum Company of America Edgewater plant and Edison Industries in New Jersey amid wage and closed shop disputes. Edison talks progress on demands for closed shop and overtime. Separately Consumers Power Co face off with CIO union in Michigan over wage rises and preferential shop. Ford labor dispute highlighted by Thomas criticizing lack of seniority and speedup talks. Negotiations paused at International Harvester plants in Illinois and Indiana amid farm worker organizing pressures.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Michigan
Aluminum Company, of America
Edgewater
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Pennsylvania
CIO
Aluminum Company
A. F. L. Electrical
R. J. Thomas
C. I. O.-United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor
Detroit
Thomas
Ford Company
Ford
Washington
C. I. O.farm Workers Organizing Committee
Illinois
Indiana
International Harvester Company
Ano
Williams to Address Virginia Alumni in Louisville
R. Gray Williams rector of the University of Virginia will speak before the Virginia Alumni in Louisville Kentucky Monday night. He has previously addressed alumni in New York Winchester and other places to keep them informed on university development and to reinforce loyalty to the alma mater.
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R. Gray Williams
University of Virginia
Virginia
Louisville
University of Oe
Williams
New York
Winchester
Norwegians Ready to Fight After London Arrival
More than 300 young Norwegians, taken from the Lofoten Islands by British ships after a raid, have reached London and plan to enlist to fight for freedom. King Haakon VI expressed encouragement as the group includes eight girls aged 18 to 22, some seeking war service as nurses or roles aiding the armed forces.
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London
Lofoten Islands
Haakon VI
South American Poverty Seen By Globe Trotting Reporter
Clarence Woodrow Sorensen, Columbia Bureau roving foreign correspondent, spoke at the George Washington Hotel noting severe poverty in South America with 90 percent illiteracy and about fifteen cents a day in income. He argued South America has no close ties with the United States, relying on Europe and Africa culturally and geographically, and said South American newspapers mostly rely on German and Japanese free services due to costs. He warned against misperceptions of a coming German invasion via South America. He cited oil as a major export and described regional media as limited and superficial.
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Berlin
South America
Sorensen
U. S
South
North America
Europe
Africa
Rio Grande
United States
United Press
Associated Press
Germany
Japan
North
William R. Skidmore Convicted of Tax Evasion
A federal court jury in Chicago convicted William R. Skidmore of evading 295,648 dollars in taxes on his 1938 income after finding guilt on one of two indictments. The jury could not reach a verdict on a second indictment charging evasion of 210,117 dollars for 1933 to 1937.
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Chicago
William R. Skidmore
Alfred H. McGregor
Philip L. Sullivan
Skidmore
Squire
Antique Auction Saturday March 15 at 10 A M
Miles B Dean announces an antique auction to be held on Saturday March 15 at 10 A M at 330 N Cameron Street Winchester Virginia. The notice lists the seller and venue with location details.
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Cameron ST
Winchester
Virginia
Miles B. Dean
Berlin hosts Matsuoka talks on Tri Partite Pact questions
World Today notes Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka will visit Berlin to discuss questions arising from the Tripartite Pact. Tokyo reports Gen. Eugene Ott is returning home. Luftwaffe resumes attacks on Britain with three bombers shot down off the English coast. German high command claims sinking two destroyers and 11 armed merchantmen totaling 61,400 tons. Italian high command reports a British attack on the Libyan oasis of Gibraltar repulsed.
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Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tokyo
Eugene Ott
Associated Press
Japan
Otl
Sador
Matsuoka
Rome
Britain
United States
Europe
English
Luftwaffe
Morocco
Madrid
Casablanca
Germany
Italy
Greece
Mussolini
Albania
Crash Survivors End Depositions
Survivors of the E A S sleeper plane crash near Atlanta on February 26 testified before a new investigating committee on the third day. Eight were killed and eight injured, with weather conditions dominating the early testimony and torn aircraft fragments read aloud. Eddie Rickenbacker remained in a condition not required to prepare a statement.
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Atlanta
E.A.S
Here
Eddie Rickenbacker
Greensboro
N. C
Charlotte
Matsuoka Reisen Berlin for Axis Confab Touching on Joint Plans
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka prepared for a Berlin visit amid hints of closer Axis cooperation with Germany and Italy. Berlin officials offered no date, while discussions reportedly included a common program of action for Europe and the Far East.
Urge Youths To Play Safe Today
Mayor Anderson Chief Hollis and the traffic committee chairman issued a joint appeal to youths to avoid hitching sleds to cars. If conditions worsen the jail may be roped off for coasting tonight. Frank Brown skidded into sleds hitched to a car this morning but no injuries were reported.
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Anderson
Flice Hollis
C. C
Police and
Tr Fic
Police
Partment
Dlement
Frank Brown
Mr. Brown
Aircraft carrier rescues eight crew from foundering schooner
The aircraft carrier Wasp rescued the entire crew of eight men from a foundering schooner near Cape Hatteras late last night. The operation occurred about 150 miles off during a southeast gale as the ship notified Naval District headquarters of the rescue.
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Norfolk
Wasp
E. Klinck
Cape Hatteras
Naval District
Southwest Harbor
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Carnifax
Woolfolk
Tythenian Forensic Society
Syhichibe 3
Fromen
Col
Mme. Lupescu
U. Va
Mr. Williams
Hitler
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sikorski
de Gaulle
Berryville Amer. Legion
World Today
Gibraltar
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