Drives Against Nanking Are Launched By Japan
Japanese forces threaten China's defenses as Shanghai and Soochow come under heavy pressure. Nanking remains resolute while civilian exodus grows. Swift columns push toward Tsinan and Pingwang as Chinese lines crumble under superior armaments.
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Japan
Shanghai
China
Hindenburg Line
Soochow
Nanking
Tsinan
North China
Shantung
Isinan
Shanghai-Soochow
Chapoo
Hangchow Bay
Paimadlou
Yangtze River
Fellowship Club Upholds Toy Drive and Christmas Dinner Aim
Winchester and Frederick county residents recall the Fellowship Club’s anonymous work under its constitution and by laws. The organization, promising a toy for every child and a Christmas dinner in every home, plans to advance with improved efficiency and cooperation among members.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Date Set for Fellowship Club Annual Show at Capitol Theatre
The Fellowship Club schedules its annual show at the Capitol Theatre for Saturday December 11. Admission is a toy or food or clothing to fill Santa’s sack for underprivileged children in Winchester and Frederick County. Officials seek closer cooperation from Frederick county groups, optimistic about support. The anonymous Fellowship Club has run city and county drives to spread Christmas cheer for several years.
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Fellowship Club
Capitol Theatre
Winchester
Frederick County
Japanese After Capital In U S Manchukuo Plans
Nichi Nichi dispatch from Hsinking says Manchoukuo heavy industries will cost three billion yen with one third funded by Japan three billion to be raised from Japan Manchoukuo and the United States Ayukawa president of Japan industry company says American firms Ford Motor General Motors and Standard Oil will be approached for backing Foreign directors may be added to machinery and patent shares transfer.
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Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Yoshisuke Ayukawa
Japan Industry Company
Ayukawa
Japan
United States
Arukawa
Manchoukuo Heavy Industries
Ford Motor
General Motors
Standard Oil
Poodle up for adoption seeks new home
Wanted to find owner or good home for female poodle dog. Phone 41 J or 1182 J.
Borrower of fertilizer spreader urged to return it
Winchester Seed Co appeals for the return of a fertilizer spreader. The notice asks the borrower to surrender the item, referencing internal identifiers (11-13-1p-21) for tracking. The short alert emphasizes recovery and official channel.
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Winchester Seed CO
Notice Prohibits Burning Leaves on Street
A public notice states that burning leaves on streets is prohibited by law under section 11-12-1p-3t with penalties or enforcement details not specified in the readable text.
Wanted good homes for pretty male kittens
Readers sought permanent homes for several handsome male kittens. Contact numbers 1331 W or 41 1 provided for interested parties to arrange adoption.
Annual Red Cross Drive Opens With Luncheon
The Winchester Frederick chapter launched its annual Red Cross roll call at Market Street Methodist Church with 140 guests. J Harrison Heckman assistant national director spoke on the relief program citing the Ohio Valley flood and other disasters. The campaign ends November 25 and results from the county are due tomorrow.
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Market Street Methodist Church
J. Harrison Heckman
Red Cross
Winchester-Frederick
Heckman
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Ohio Valley
Bassett
Smyth River
Jobless Count Starts Tuesday
The post master announced that unemployment report cards will be delivered starting Tuesday, November 16, to city rural and star route carriers and post office boxes. Cards must be filled by everyone over 15 who is unemployed or partly employed and ready to work, and returned by November 20.
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Post Office
Chamber of Commerce
Richmond Pastor to Speak at Winchester Luncheon
Dr S L Stealey of Richmond Virginia will be the guest speaker at a luncheon Thursday at 12 15 PM in the George Washington Hotel as part of the Winchester Preaching Mission to be held Wednesday and Thursday. He was born in Martinsburg West Virginia and is a son of Dr C P Stealey former pastor of Martinsburg First Baptist Church. He studied at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and served Kentucky pastorates before moving to Bainbridge Baptist Church in Richmond. He is in demand across the South as a speaker and recently chaired the Richmond Preaching Mission.
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S. L. Stealey
Richmond
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Stealey
C. P. Stealey
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louiseville
Kentucky
Bainbridge Baptist Church
South
Council To Meet Tomorrow Night On City Code Reforms
Common Council plans a meeting tomorrow night to take final action on the proposed Building Electrical and Fire Prevention Code. Fred Forney, chairman of the special committee, will call up the measure for final passage after more than a year of preparation. The code details safeguards aimed at eliminating fire hazards in the city.
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Common Council
Fred Forney
Morgan Returns From Abroad With Nothing To Say
J P Morgan arrived aboard the Queen Mary from England and Scotland and declared he had nothing on earth to say about business politics taxation art or grouse shooting He noted his illness had passed and he would stay in New York for a while He celebrated his seventieth birthday while abroad
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New York
J. P. Morgan
England
Scotland
Morgan
Accident Injury Proves Fatal To Rhoda Brewer
William Rhoda Brewer a well known Warren county farmer and Winchester resident died about 6 oclock Saturday evening at Memorial Hospital after eight months treatment for a hip fracture from a spring fall He was 83 and had retired from farming about 18 years ago He was born November 17 1854 in Warren county and was the son of the late Winson and Sarah Brewer He resided in the city for several years and is survived by his two marriages with the details continued on the last page.
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William Rhoda Brewer
Warren County
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Brewer
Mr. Brewer
Winson
Sarah Brewer
Social Security Field Agent To Visit Winchester Office
Samuel W. Shingleton of Martinsburg W V a field agent for the Social Security Board will be at the Winchester post office building Wednesday from 9 30 a m to 1 p m and 2 to 3 30 p m to assist locals with compliance under the federal social security act and old age pensions. His services are free to those who seek help.
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Samuel W. Shingleton
Martinsburg
W. Va
Social Security Board
Winchester Post Office
Shingleton
Masked bandits rob Frederick County home at gunpoint
Two masked armed men entered the home of Mr and Mrs Clark Wright near Stephens City Saturday night and robbed them of about $12 at gunpoint. Wright, awakened on the stairs, saw a hooded figure threaten him. Authorities seek clues to identify the attackers and note the unlocked door was a factor.
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Frederick County
Clark Wright
Stephens City
Mr. Wright
Another Large Room Is Found In Skyline Caverns
The Skyline Caverns near Shenandoah National Park east of Front Royal disclose a new chamber opened under Walter S. Amos of Winchester. The room measures about 40 to 45 feet wide and 120 feet long with a high ceiling and unusual formations including stag antlers and an eagle shape on the ceiling.
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Shenandoah National Park
Front Royal
Walter S. Amos
Winchester
Italy votes no at Brussels conference crisis summit
Brussels conference adopts a declaration criticizing Japan as Italy votes no and three Scandinavian nations abstain. In Detroit leaders of CIO United Auto Workers switch tactics after failing to win exclusive representation with General Motors. In Jerusalem over 30 Jewish revisionist leaders are arrested amid violence that left Arabs dead, with trials under emergency military rules expected.
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Italy
Brussels
Japan
Detroit
Cio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Jerusalem
Taber Re elected Grange Master for Eighth Term
Taber of Columbus Ohio was reelected master of the National Grange today in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. It marks his fourteenth year as head of the organization and his eighth term in office.
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Taber
Harrisburg
Louis J. Taber
Columbus
Ohio
The
Naional Grange
Mediation Offer From US Mexico and Cuba Seeks Dominican Rift
The United States Mexico and Cuba offered to mediate to keep peace in the western hemisphere. They proposed services to resolve the dispute between a Hill and the Dominican Republic.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Cuba
A Hill
Dominican Republic
Ned A. Parks Named Alleged Father In Ryan Case
Ned A. Parks 24 is alleged father of a two month old child born to Martha Barkley Ryan wife of Basil Ryan. Parks worked as a soda clerk in a Capital drug store in Washington. A second note reports Representative O Connell proposing a 1.5 billion deficiency appropriation for the Works Progress Administration. In Stamford Jesse Livermore Jr son of the Wall Street operator spent his honeymoon at a bottling plant he started last month.
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Washington
The
Washington Evening Star
Ned A. Parks
Martha Barkley Ryan
Basil
Pat) Ryan
Capital Drug
O'Connell
Dmont
Works Progress Administration
Stamford
Conn
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Wall Street
President Calls Removal of Tax Injustices Initiatives
The special session of Congress begins as Speaker Bankhead opens the House and A E Chaffee reads the President's message. It marks the first time Roosevelt did not read his own opening address to Congress.
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Congress
William B. Bankhead
House
A. E. Chaffee
Roosevelt
House panel May Exempt Corporations With $5,000 Net Income
Washington November 15 A House tax sub committee tentatively agreed to exempt all corporations with net income of 5 000 or less from the undistributed profits tax. The plan would affect about two thirds of corporations and costs in the millions. The panel also discussed carry over losses for one year to offset next year net income and potential relief up to 50 000 net income.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ky
State Would Try Has Close Call Three Abductors in Auto Mishap
Three suspected kidnappers in the James I. Seder case face state murder charges after admission to federal agents. The Justice Department weighed federal versus state action as the trio’s fate hung in the balance. A separate Berryville crash injured a priest, with fogged headlights and a parked car at night cited as factors.
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Washingtgon
Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Federal Investigation
James I. Seder
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Hoover
Dr. Seder
Huntington Finance Company
Washington
Justice Department
50 for $1 Christmas Cards at Winchester shop
Charles Shewbridge's Winchester Paint and Sign Co. offers a special sale with 50 Christmas cards for $1 at 25 E. Boscawen Street. The deal highlights name-free customization and draws shoppers to the local business for holiday greetings.
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Charles Shewbridge
Winchester Paint & Sign Co
E. Boscawen St
Postponed Farm and Arch Auction of Sarah E Hardesty
Postponement of the sale of the Sarah E Hardesty farm and architectural sale to Saturday December 4 at the same time and place. See advertisement inside page for details.
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Sarah E. Hardesty
Oyster Supper at United Brethren Church
Friday evening from 5 to 8 o'clock a church oyster supper will be served for 50 cents. Proceeds support church activities and community aid.
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United Brethren Church
Roosevelt outlines four point program to Congress
President Roosevelt proposes taxes reform to remove unjust provisions without lowering overall revenue. He urges action on farm crop control labor wages and hours executive reorganization and natural resources planning. He warns against monopolies and calls for balanced budget and steady recovery after a mild recession.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Executive Branch
Treasury
Congressional
Agriculture
Reoosevelt
A Missouri Sunday Feast and Global Delights
A narrator recalls a Missouri boyhood ritual of noon Sunday fried chicken with gravy. He travels worldwide tasting dishes from Yorkshire pudding to bouillabaisse and caviar, but regards a young Plymouth Rock rooster as divine.
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Missouri
Park Avenue
Middle West
Paradise
Yorkshire
Paris
Marseillles
Germany
Budapest
China
Moscow
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Chih River
Soochow Creek
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Pingwang
Sungkiang
J. A. Richardson
Virginia
Southern Methodist Church
U.S
Manchukuo
Market Street
M. E. Church
Mr. Heckman
Dr. Stealey
Ana
Financier
Rhoda Brewer
Warren
Mt. Hebron
New Cavern
Bulletins
Bankhead
Charles Comaskey
Berryville
Sacred
Ehurch
Father Comaskey
Dale Carnegie
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