State Officers Probe Fatal Harrisonburg Blast
State fire marshal James M. Hays deputy Sam Steiner and state police lieutenant Alex Bingham with Harrisonburg Police Chief J Hillyer Boice opened an investigation into the fatal blast in the Gay building on North Main Street. Officials doubt a dynamite blast and seek to confirm if gas accumulations or faulty piping caused the explosion that killed John Beach and injured 15 others.
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Star
Iarrisonburg
North Main Street
James M. Hays
Sam Steiner
Alex Bingham
State Police
J. Hillyer Boice
John F. Noll
W. H. Humphrey
Hartsonburg
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Sam Stover
John Beach
F. L. Byers
Boyers
President Roosevelt Visits Chickamauga Dam and Civil War Sites
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt visit Chattanooga for a motor tour of Chickamauga TVA dam and nearby Civil War battlefields. Local leaders greet them, including Governors Brown and Rivers and Senators McKellar and Stewart. The Chickamauga dam, started 1936, slated for 1940 completion at about 366.5 million dollars.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt
Central Standard Times
Chickamauga Tva
Gordon Browning
Prentice Cooper
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tom Stewart
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
TVA
Chickamauga
Prisoners Favored by Gale Delays Guinea Penal Ship
At Saint Martin de Re France a gale halted the voyage of 738 prisoners bound for Devil's Island and other French Guiana penal colonies. Strong winds wrecked loading launches and Sengalese troops kept order as convicts returned to Idle De Re Prison awaiting new orders, likely for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Martin-De-Re
France
la Martiniere
Devil's Island
Guinana
Idle de Re
Changes in Social Security Proposals for Congress
President Roosevelt and conservatives may agree on opposing larger pensions for younger people. New admin proposals to alter the social security act aim to refine the program, reinforcing welfare goals without broad pension expansions, as part of the original social welfare vision.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Chamberlain proposes refuges for Jews in British Guiana
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain plans to lease at least 10 000 square miles in British Guiana to house German Jews fleeing the Nazi regime. He said negotiations show progress for settling refugees in Tanganyika and other African territories under league mandate.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
British Guiana
Tanganika
Hitler
Europe
Germany Boasts Big Naval Force
Berlin reports on the twentieth anniversary of the German fleet surrender and Scapa Flow internment. It notes the Versailles limits reduced battleships cruisers destroyers and torpedo boats but highlights the 1935 armament shift and the 35 percent cap under the Anglo German treaty. Nazi Germany now fields about 150 war vessels.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
North Sea
Germany
Britain
Hitler
2000 Die In Major Hunan Fire At Changsha
Shanghai dispatch reports a five day fire in Changsha capital of Hunan province caused about 2000 deaths. Three Chinese officials were executed for starting the blaze amid scorched earth policy as Japanese forces neared. Chinese dispatches claim recapture of Thungyang and repulsed attacks along the Yochow Changsha railway.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
Chungkinc
China
Feng Ti
Yochow-Changsha
Bullet Ends Life Of Edwin Smith As He Returns From 3-Day Absence
Frederick county authorities probe the death of Private Edwin Smith a former Winchester police officer who died from a self-inflicted .32 caliber pistol shot after alighting from Captain Paul Hartman’s car during a Roanoke to Winchester trip. The AWOL incident led to Smith’s dismissal and an inquest was delayed pending movement details.
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Bullet
Edwin Smith
Frederick County
Winchester
Smith
Paul R. Hartman
116Th Infantry
Roanoke
Cook
Papermill Road
Capt. Hartman
Hartman
James Miller
Associated Press
The
Star
Bob DeHaven
G. F. Miller
Paul Sprenger
State Police
Joe German
de Haven
Miller
Hagerstown
Lynchburg
Kurtz
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court
City
Win
Holis
Hollis
Charles R Anderson
George Miller
Carlton Manuel
Winchester Police
Capt
Strasburg
George Pingley
J. W. Newcome
Livestock Trading Halted at Chicago Yard Strike
In Chicago on November 21 the stock yards faced a standstill as CIO Packing House Workers' Union struck against Union Stock Yards and Transit Company. About 175 handlers refused to work while major packers ran hog and sheep departments on direct shipments. Trading resumed by noon with hogs bid at 7.40 to 7.50. cattle and sheep prices steady or slightly lower. receipts of 2 500 sheep and 9 000 hogs aided packing.
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Chicago
CIO Packing House Workers’ Union
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Commission House
Department of Agriculture Bureau
Department of Agriculture
C D Barnett Injured In Fall
C Douglas Barnett Lemmon Council member is recovering at home on South Cameron street after slipping on stairs from the second story to the kitchen Saturday evening. He suffered a scalp wound and a hip sprain and is expected to be out again by Wednesday. Also a note: a half grown female tortoise shell kitten is wanted for a good home. phone numbers 41 or 1182.
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C. Douglas Barnett
Lemmon Council
South Cameron Street
Public Auction Notice for Victor Prod Corp Shares
Public auction to sell 40 shares Class A and 10 shares Class B of Victor Production Corp stock. Auctioneer C. I. Brumback onsite November 26 at 11 30 a m in front of Court House. Sale conducted for owner.
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Louse
Victor Prod. Corp
C. I. Brumback
Auct
Thanksgiving Day Ad Notice From The Star
The Star will not be published on Thursday November 24 1938 Thanksgiving Day. National holiday notice to advertisers and subscribers from The Evening Star.
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the Star
Bryarly & Green Dissolved. Bryarly Becomes Sole Owner
On November 4 1938 Bryarly and Green dissolved their partnership and I R T Bryarly bought the business to continue at 137 North Loudoun Street. Mr R C Green remains branch manager of Home Life Insurance Co of New York at the same address.
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Bryarly & Green
North Loudoun
New York
North
Loudoun Street
Thanksgiving Day Shooting Match and Chicken Sale at Gainesboro Road
Thanksgiving shooting match starts at 10 on Gainesboro road with prizes of turkeys geese chickens and guineas. L R McDonald hosts. Also a chicken and cake sale on Wednesday November 23 at Former Peoples Drug Store benefiting Christian Endeavor at Greenway U B Church.PURE FOOD STORE.
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Gainesboro Road
L. R McDonald
Peoples Drug Store
Christian Endeavor Oae Greenway
U. B. Church
Worthington man on trial for Davis home break in
John H. Arthur of Worthington, West Virginia, faced a Corporation Court trial for breaking into the Davis home on Fairmont Avenue. Judge Philip Williams presided as Arthur waived a jury. Burr P. Harrison and Will Hohannes represented him. Commonwealth's Attorney James P. Reagoon prosecuted. Arthur allegedly entered while occupants were away and allegedly menaced Mr. Davis with a gun before being arrested near the residence. He remained on the stand at 3:20 p.m. testifying in his own defense.
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John H. Arthur
Worthington
W. Va
Corporation Court
B. F. Davis
Fairmont Avenue
Philip Williams
Burr P. Harrison
Will Hohannes
James P. Re
Commonwealth
Arthur
Davis
Mr. Davis
Arraign 63 In Milk Case In Chicago
United States District Attorney Michael L. Igoe announced that 63 individuals were indicted by a special grand jury on monopoly charges in the milk industry. They are to be arraigned December 5. all but six have posted $1,000 bonds. The six nonresidents will receive extra days to appear or post bonds.
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Chicago
United States
Michael L. Igoe
Igoe
Democrats Study Election Effects Conference Convened in New York
About 50 top Democratic leaders from the Mississippi east to the Atlantic met with Postmaster General James A. Farley in New York to privately assess post election developments and discuss Democratic policies with 1940s considerations. Farley, the party chairman, summoned the gathering.
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New York
Mississippi
Atlantic
James A. Farley
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Hunting accident and local game outlook in Frederick County
Clark Milburn of Green Spring is the county's first hunting casualty with a gun injury described as stable after a Moody hospital report. Harry Kern Jr and Henry Kern bagged turkeys in the Greenspring area while deer reports and plentiful wildlife notes appear in Gainesboro and surrounding woods.
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Clark Milburn
Greenspring
Frederick County
Millburn
Memorial Hospital
Harry Kern, Jr
Henry Kerns
Frederick
Gainesboro
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Mrs. Roosevelt
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Missionary Ridge
Devil Island
Old Colony
Commons
Fleet
Thungyang
Noke
Manuel
Chester
C. W. Hollis
C.D. Barnett
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R. T
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