Budget set for December 12 presentation to Winchester council
Finance Committee chair Herman Hable says the 1940 tentative budget will go to the Common Council around December 12. If tax rate remains at $1.25, public advertisement and a hearing are planned after Christmas. a rate change would push adoption past January 1. The 1940 budget is expected to exceed 1939. The Virginia tax study cites Winchester and Harrisonburg as low true tax rate cities.
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Common Council
Herman Hable
Hable
John H. Russell
Virginia Department of Taxation
Winchester
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Virginia Counties Race With True Tax Rates
Frederick county shows a 1936 true tax rate of 41 cents the lowest in Virginia per Mr. Russell study. Wise county records the highest true rate at 2.05 dollars. Frederick rate likely about 50 cents still among Virginia's lowest rates. true rate equals the tax rate times the percent of valued assessment.
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Frederick County
Russell
Wise County
Virginia
Frederick
City Revenue Forecast Mixed Amid Construction Boom
An official notes anticipated 1940 revenues may exceed 1939 due to over half a million dollars in new construction permits issued this year though only about half may yield new revenue. He cites renovations not affecting assessed values and says the city may end the year with strong operating costs, though total budget figures remain uncertain.
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Hable
Destitution in Toledo Reported and Bricker Funding Debate
A Toledo destitution report was released as Cleveland mayor urged labor leaders to pressure Gov. Bricker for a special legislative session on new relief funds. Bricker suggested cities could raise revenues without a session and rural legislators might renew relief funds this year.
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Cleveland
Toledo
John W. Bricker
PLAY BINGO at home Loudoun street at 8 p m
Notice presents a local bingo game at a residence on Loudoun Street every evening at 8 o clock. Also available for sale are a studio couch a gas range and a kitchen cabinet all new for potential buyers at 422 South Street.
Window caulking and door weatherproofing estimate
For estimates call 639. E. W. Armstrong Co. 39 E. Piccadilly. Advertisement notes window caulking and door weatherproofing services with contact number. Date stamp indicates October 24 publication.
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E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly
Handley Senior Footballers Set for Last Game
Six Handley High senior players will line up for the final time as the Judges meet Martinsburg Bulldogs in Martinsburg at 2 pm on Thanksgiving. Captain Carroll Rowe leads the group with Ritter Taylor and Whiting Fansler Tavenner among the roster in reserve or starter roles.
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Handley
Martinsburg
W. Va
Bulldogs
Tom Ritter
Carroll Rowe
Frank Taven
Ner
Carlisle Whiting
Ralph Fansler
Jimmy Taylor
Rowe
Ritter
Taylor
Whiting
Fansler
Tavenner
Winchester ABC store profits in 1939 audit reveal high returns
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board audit reports Winchester net profit of 74 441 53 for the year ending June 30 1939 from net sales of 243 365 90 and cost of goods 157 897 84. Front Royal and Berryville stores show strong results while observers say Winchester profits outpace typical retailers.
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Winchester
ABC
Winchester Liquor
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
L McCarthy Downs
Public Accounts
Berryville
Front Royal
57 Cents Is New Corn Base Rate
Secretary Wallace announced loans to farmers on surplus 1939 grown corn at 57 cents a bushel. Eligible are mid western commercial corn belt farmers not exceeding their allotments. those over will not qualify. The rate matches last year’s program. The commercial area includes Indiana Ohio Kentucky Kansas Nebraska Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin and South Dakota.
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Washington
Wallace
Mid-Western
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Kansas
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Double Trouble Two-Headed Copperhead Found in Virginia
Stephens City resident Bob Sandy brought a tiny copperhead from the Blue Ridge mountains with two distinct heads. The snake, under a foot long, died after capture but was preserved and shown at a nearby snake farm for a period.
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Stephens City
Bob Sandy
Frank Buck
Blue Ridge Mountains
Pep Meeting At Handley Tonight Draws Crowds
Handley students cheerleaders and the football team plan a large pep rally at the high school auditorium tonight ahead of the Martinsburg game. Robert Bridgers announces a downtown parade and a prize car gasoline trip for best decorated auto. Speakers include Superintendent Garland Quarles Coaches Norma Ochs and Hunter Maddox captain Carroll Rowe and six more players. cheerleaders Ann Williams Phyllis Fowle Charles Cook Billy Louthan lead cheers and Handley tunes. The public and boosters are invited.
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Martinsburg
Robert Bridgers
Geneva Organization
Garland Quarles
Norma
Ochs
Hunter Maddox
Carroll Rowe
Carla Whiting
Ralph Fansler, Jr
Frank Tavenner
Jimmy Taylor
Tom Ritter
Ann Williams
Phyllis Fowle
Charles Cook
Billy Louthan
Thanksgiving Prices Steady with Local Savings
Winchester housewives found turkey at 29 cents a pound matching last year and cheaper than Washington stores. Oysters and cranberries also dipped, while mince meat rose to 25 cents for a two pound jar. Chickens 25 cents a pound and ducklings 1 cent. Virginia markets show ample home grown produce as Apple Week runs November 20 to 25.
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Winchester
Washington, D. C
Old Dominion
Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Hunters Bag Big Fish and Game
Middletown residents including Mayor Fred Larrick and Elliott Wright reported success in hunting and fishing around Shenandoah. Wright landed a 0.34 pound white sucker and two bass, the mayor two bass, and a group including Howard Owings and Lewis Colfelt bagged 17 rabbits. Linwood Everley shot two pheasants.
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Middletown
Frederick
Fred Larrick
Elliott Wright
Shenandoah
Wright
Howard Owings
Lewis Colfelt
Linwood Everley
Busy Bee Restaurant Turkey Dinner For Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving meal offered from 11 a m to 11 p m at the Busy Bee Restaurant priced at 50 cents. The notice highlights a compact holiday dining option for patrons seeking a traditional turkey feast.
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Busy Bee
Walker Warns Americans To Ward Off Isms
Lions International director Carlis A. Walker spoke at the inter-state inter-club meeting at the George Washington Hotel honoring 11 Winchester Club past presidents. He warned that war creates mediocrity and crime fueling communism and fascism, urged sound statesmanship, and warned of foreign isms threatening civilization.
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Carlis A. Walker
Lions International
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Club
America
Court Bars Municipal Handbill Censorship Ordinances
The Supreme Court ruled that a city license scheme blocking handbill distribution and home canvassing for booklets violates the First Amendment. Justices Roberts and McReynolds differed, with the decision citing police licensing as infringing free speech and the distribution of information. The ordinances were from Irvington New Jersey Milwaukee Los Angeles and Worcester Massachusetts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Roberts
Justice McReynolds
Irvington
N. J
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Worcester
Mass
Nine American Ships Reassign Trade Under Neutrality Rules
Nine more American vessels formerly serving war zone ports have shifted their trade to other fields to comply with the revised neutrality legislation as reported from New York.
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New York
Kuhn Portrayed as Romeo on Sea Cruise Trial
New York November reports describe Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund blushing as prosecutors read a romantic letter to his alleged lover Florence Camp aboard a sea voyage. The defense claimed the letter was “all in fun” but jurors heard details of Kuhn’s aliases and past employment.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Florence Camp
Kuhn
Herman J. McCarthy
Florence
Fritz
Mrs. Camp
Western
McCarthy
Delvine
Bundsfuehrer
James G. Wallace
Fred Costan
Fred Kellar
Henry Larson
Frank Carson
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Jackson Heights
Queens
East 85Th Street
Food Rejected By 600 Felons at Folsom Prison
Folsom Prison Calif November 22 Six hundred inmates refused food and were placed in solitary confinement after a sour mush breakfast dispute. Warden Clyde I Plummer faced his first major incident in two years as warden and stated the guard would speak with some of the inmates. About 2,300 other convicts not involved remained in their cells during the incident that began yesterday.
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Folsom Prison
Calif
Clyde I Plummer
Lions Banquet Praises Chanters and Local Quartet
The Chanters' Bell of St. Mary's drew applause at the Lions' banquet while the Keyser Legion page quartet from West Virginia harmonized old favorites. A Buzzard Rock Hollow Buzz Franklin County report notes two Smokehouse apple harvests. Bob Guthrie's farm yielded August crops and more bushels recently. Duke Douglas of Valley Airways heads to San Antonio for three months of training. Rep Jennings Randolph attended the banquet and a service station sighting sparked a quick note of Lion affiliation.
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St. Mary’s
Keyser Legion Page
West Virginia
Roanoke
Bob Guthrie
Buzzard Rock Hollow
Pranklin County
Guthrie
C. R
Duke) Douglas
Valley Airways, Inc
San Antonio
Texas
Cency Ween Sese
Tom
Catan
Jennings Randolph
Parisians may dance again as Saint Catherine festival returns
Paris allows dancing next Sunday for the first time since the war began to celebrate Saint Catherine day. Parisians attend the Saint Catherine carnival and Catherinettes, women aged 25 without husbands, wear bonnets and search for spouses at the annual festivity.
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Paris
Bomb Plot Charges Linked to British Agents
Berlin reports accuse two British secret service officers Captain Richard Henry Stevens and Sigismund Payne Best of direct involvement in the Munich beer hall bombing. Also named are George Elser and Otto Strasser in the wider plot with Himmler cited as organizer.
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Berlin
Secret Service
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Beer Hall
George Elser
Otto
Richard Henry Stevens
Sigismund Payne Best
Netherlands
Himmler
Paris
Otto Strasser
Prison Guard Eustace Hardman Dies After Prison Camp Assault
Eustace G. Hardman 34 of Grantsville W Va a prison guard at McCauley was killed by a pickaxe wielded by escaped convict Dewey Holbrook 21 of Huntington who was shot by Constable I L Park. Hardman died at Memorial Hospital at 2 30 this morning. He leaves wife Helen McLean and parents Ira and Harriet Long Clark M Hardman. Body to Omps Funeral Home.
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Eustace G. Hardman
Grantsville
W. Va
McCauley
Memorial Hospital
Dewey Holbrook
Huntington W. Va
The
Star
Ira
Harriet Long Clark M Hardman
Omps Funeral Home
Miller's Ankle Crushed After Truck Accident Near Uniontown
Paul Miller son of Dr E W Miller injured after falling under a National Fruit truck while checking a dragging brake east of Uniontown Pa He suffered a badly crushed ankle and a fractured other ankle His condition was described as comfortable in a Uniontown hospital Mrs Miller was informed by Dr Miller from Uniontown around 1 PM today.
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E. W. Miller
Paul Miller
Miller
Uniontown
National Fruit
Mr Harry Mitchell Joins Capitol Restaurant
Mr Harry Mitchell, a well known waiter, is now employed at the Capitol Restaurant and will be glad to welcome all his friends.
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Harry Mitchell
Capitol
Special Turkey Dinner at Welltown School House
A chicken and oyster supper is planned at Welltown School House on Thursday November 30 to benefit Welltown Church. Proceeds support the church. tickets and contact numbers appear in the notice.
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Welltown School House
Thurs
Welltown Church
War Escalates Between Britain and Germany with Air Raids
British and German forces clash as Nazi air raiders strike Shetland and English coast targets. German planes bomb ships and a RAF seaplane, while RAF anti-aircraft fire drives off further incursions. Mines and torpedo warfare increase casualties along England’s east coast.
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London
Shetland Islands
Scotland
Great Britain
Germany
Iceland
Fianona
England
British Isles
the Thames
Shetbea Islands
Scotand
Thames
Royal Air Force
Holiday Observances Noted With Closings and Services
Thanksgiving will be observed with offices banks libraries and stores closed. Union services at the Presbyterian Church at 10 o'clock with Rev T M delivering the sermon. A 10% brief service will follow and an auxiliary Memorial Hall gathering is planned.
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Presbyterian Church
T. M. Livering
War Highlights From The Associated Press Broadcast
London reports Shetland Islands bombardment and an Italian steamer striking a mine. A British warship against a German freighter. Britain tightens the blockade on German commerce. Berlin notes a Munich man confessed to a bomb attempt and alleged British plotters are detained. Paris quiet on the Western Front.
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Associated Press
London
Shetland Islands
Britain
Berlin
Munich
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Loudoun
Grace Church
Turkey
Walker
Lions
Randolph Speaks
Romeo
Prosecutor
France
Shetland Island
Shetlands
Western Front
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