Virginia Woolen Mill Unit Ready to be Equipped
The Virginia Woolen Company advances its mill upgrade despite soft wool markets. A new 70 000 dollar unit replaces old buildings and will rise to 100 employees as production begins 24 hour shifts. Martin McCormac notes planned machine rearrangement to improve efficiency and a steady outlet is found for products through early 1935.
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Virginia Woolen Mill
McCormac
Stuart Perry
Winchester
Premeen
New Jobs Found as Housing Plan Moves Forward
A Winchester resident illustrates the Better Housing program by hiring a carpenter for a day and then a plasterer and painter to improve a room. The campaign, led by Bell of the Chamber of Commerce, registers local builders to supply workers for renovations at low cost.
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Better Housing
Jack Frost
Winchester
Bell
The
Chimie
of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Campaie
Weather Outlook for Coming Week
Weather outlook details rain or snow in parts of the week across the United States. Monday and Tuesday show rain in the South and rain or snow in the North, with rain Wednesday then generally fair. Warmer early week, colder later. milder middle of week in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic states.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
South Atlantic
Florida
Seven Burned To Death As Motors Crash At Night
Sole survivor Dorothy Rudy 21 of State College in serious condition after seven killed when two cars crashed on William Penn Highway. Victims include James Saniel 25 and Hyman Graver both Pittsburgh law students, Irvin Musser and Mrs. Musser of State College, Ruth Jackson and Elinor Webster of North Girard, and a Perkin of Allen Town. The Mussers were en route to a dance. Rudy was thrown clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Dorothy Rudy
State College
William Penn Highway
Girard
Erie County
Philadelphia
Rat Perkin
Allentown
University of Pittsburgh
James Saniel
Pittsburgh
Hyman Graver
Irvin M. Musser
Ruth Jackson
North Girard
Elinor Webster
Perkin
Saniel
Graver
Penn State
McKeesport
Mussers
Jackson
Webster
Rudy
Nye to push world wide munition probe this winter
Senator Gerald Nye plans a winter effort to press for a world wide inquiry into manufacture and sale of war materials. He favors a resolution in the Senate asking the United States to seek League of Nations involvement. He calls the arms trade the most important issue and accuses private manufacturers of racketeering.
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Ottawa
United States
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
League of Nations
Senate
Nye
Lost jewelry reported near A & P and Betsy Ross
Valuable diamond and sapphire ring lost, likely in corner A. P. Store or between it and Betsy Ross. Generous reward. Return to carrier office. Call 28 for details. Also mentions GENUINE Imported Sweitzer Cheese and Winchester Steam Laundry pickup or service references.
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Betsy Ross
M” Carer
Death Comes To Mrs Worthington At Washington
Mrs Margaret Page Dame Worthington 56 wife of William C Worthington died at 1 15 yesterday at her home 1751 Park Road after a lingering illness She traced her lineage to Goo ne Nelson and William Byrd Her husband banker and three children survive Funeral services at All Souls Episcopal Church will be held Monday morning then body sent to Ivy Hill Cemetery Alexandria for interment in the family lot
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The
Star
Washington
Margaret Page
Dame Worthington
William C. Worthington
Park Road
Worth
Nelson Page
Mary. Walker
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
Episcopal Church
Virginia
Tom Dame
Richman
Worthington
Blacksburg
Goone Thomas Nelson
James River
William Coleman Worthington
Colonail Dames of America
Twentieth Century Club
All Souls’ Memorial
Mary Coleman Worthington
Margaret Dame Worthington
Nelson Page Worthington
Mary C. Dame
Richmond
Lelia L. Dame
New York City
William D. Smith
Christchurch
Alexandria
All Souls’ Episcopal Pe
Cathedral Avenue
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Winchester Park Baseball Players Attend Capitol Theatre Event
Members of the Winchester Park team who attended the Capitol Theatre last Saturday night as guests of the management thank the theatre for the courtesy. The event featured a baseball themed picture and many players joined Manager Baldridge in the evening.
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Winchester Park
Capitol Theatre
Baldridge
Fred's Horse Dies And Auto Scores Again
A local tale recounts Fred Coch losing his horse and the paper’s auto scoring a win in the same day. Fred searches for a replacement horse, moves furniture, and continues daily work while the town awaits a new steed.
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Fred
Fred Cochran
Star
Roman Springs Memoirs Is New Book At Library
Margaret Chanler writes a memoir about her girlhood and youth in Rome during the late 19th century. The Handley Library recommends the book, noting her connections to Julia Ward Howe and F. Marion Crawford and her circle including Henry Adams and the Roosevelts.
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Roman Springs
Margaret Chanler
Handley Library
Chanler
Rome
Julia Ward Howe
F. Marion Crawford
America
California
Washington
D.C
New York
Henry Adams
Lodges
Roosevelts
Riot at Times Square as slugged man suffers critical injuries
In Times Square subway station a crowd of about 2000 gathered after a man alleged to drop a slug in the coin box was beaten by two guards and a writer. Frank J. Walsh and John, guards, and Harold Wollins, alleged writer, face assault charges. George Howard, 31, remained hospitalized in critical condition with a fractured skull and other injuries. A riot squad arrived to prevent lynching as the crowd surged in the station.
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New York
Times Square
Frank J. Walsh
John
Harold Wollins
George Howard
Howard
Italians to be trained for war from cradle
Rome reports Italy plans a birth to battalion policy under Mussolini. A government order enrolls infants in ten pre military groups as Europe faces a crucial year. Popolo D Italia warns of rising tension and the need to be strong to meet events.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Ballilta
Bambini
Europe
Tr Duce
Popolo D'Italia
Rev Dr Waite to Lead Winchester Evangelism Series
The Rev Dr George T Waite executive secretary of the Virginia Baptist money salenees and guest of Rev E T Clark will conduct a series of special services in Winchester. He speaks at 7 45 each day Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and again tomorrow with the series focusing on evangelism and spiritual life. The public is invited to attend.
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George T. Waite
Virginia Baptist Money Salenees and Rapist Church
Waite
Winchester
E. T. Clark
Federal Agents Join In Search For Little Boy
Federal agents join Lexington Kentucky and Tennessee officers in a search for 4 year old Jackie Gibbons missing from his suburb home since Thursday. A reported hitchhiker seen with a child resembling Jackie prompted wider area inquiries and field hunts along the Kentucky river and surrounding locales. Police doubt kidnapping for ransom as the effort continues with assistance from the boy’s father and local business associates. Marie Becher of Philadelphia is due to arrive to visit relatives.
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Lexington
Jackie Gibbons
Clr
Jackie
John Gibbons
Northern States Contracting Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisville
Nashville
Nicholasville Pike
Ernest Thompson
Roosevelt Gets Big Ovations On Tennessee Visit
President Roosevelt toured Nashville and vicinity, greeting thousands at the state capital. He visited the tombs of Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, laid a wreath at Polk's tomb, received a Girl Scouts corsage for Mrs Roosevelt, and then proceeded to The Hermitage for a wreath placement on Old Hickory's tomb before continuing to inspect Tennessee Valley Authority projects in Norris Dam and beyond.
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Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Roosevelt
Alabama
Wilson
Wheeler
Tennessee Valley Development
East Tennessee
Norris Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
President Roosevelt
Tennessee
Union Station
State House
Hill McAlister
Joseph Burns
Capitol
Capitol Grounds
Polk
Mary Maniel Cooper
Susan White
Hermitage
Hose Company Of Martinsburg To Be Here Sunday
Football fans of Winchester are in for a real treat tomorrow as the Martinsburg Hose Company will play the Semi-Pros here. The visitors added several new men in the backfield and come boasting of taking the undefeated local team in camp. Stine returns after a two week injury layoff and the locals hope for a strong offense. The Conoco filling station will give away 30 gallons of gasoline to outstanding players and several other prizes are expected. Fans urged to buy tickets at the box office to avoid gate congestion.
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Winchester
Martinsburg Hose Company
Stine
Conoco
Plane Crash in Fog Kills 4 in California Hills
Four men and a woman die when a biplane crashes in dense fog near Tehachapi foothills after leaving Union Air Terminal. Pilot Tommy Thomas, 38, a veteran Southern California flyer, is identified with mechanic Roy Reed and others. The wreck occurs beside a spillway of the aqueduct, about twenty miles from the city.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Tommy Thomas
Southern California
San F.I
W. E
Tommy) Thomas
Roy W. Ricd
F. M. Mathews
Dorothy Benham
Union Air Terminal
Tehachapi Mountains
Saugus
George Rice
P. 8. Cagnacci
Municipal Bureau of Power and Light
Seven burned to death in Altoona two-car collision
Reported last night in Altoona shows seven people killed as two cars crashed. Other world items note Nye’s effort on war materials, Insull’s stand, Garner’s 10 point bag, Roosevelt Nashville tour, and Mussolini talks with Schuschnig.
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Altoona
Ottawa
U. S
Gerald P. Nye
Chicago
Samuel Insull, Jr
Uvalde
Texas
Hows N. Garner
Nashua
N. H
James Roosevelt
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
California
Rome
Mussolini
Kurt Schuschnig
Austria
London
Baron Conway of
Allington
Iya Lawson
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Col
G. G. Knox
League of Nations
Brussels
George Th S
Ca’ E
Christian Democratic
Asunicon
Paraguay
Ources
Port Bolivian
Gran Chaco
Goslar
Germany
Herbert Bache
Ministry of Agricule
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Virginia Woolen Company
Esta
Josef Kaspar
Pache
Bell Registers
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Wm. Penn Highway
Sweitzer
Winchester Steam Laundry
Dame
Subway
Man Child
England
Winston Churchill
Dr. Waite
Federal
Little Boy
Marie Becher
J. ©. Recher
Wilson and
Wheeler Dams
Great Valley
Star Office
Craft
Eas
I Angeles
Thomas
Aieneetye
National Aeronautic Association
Hoheeight
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