Blum wins quick arbitration call in France crisis
Premier Leon Blum obtained cabinet approval for a compulsory arbitration bill to quell a capital labor rift without summoning parliament. He aimed to present it with full government backing after meeting President Lebrun as 20 000 metal workers in the Sambre basin struck, threatening wider industry action in France.
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Sambre
National Economic Council
U. K
Paris
Leon Blum
Albert Lebrun
Chamber of Deputies
Praia
Progress noted on Sarah Zane Fire Hall construction
MA Winchester congratulates the Sarah Zane Fire Company on milestones in building a new eye hall. The ceremony marks another historic step for the Sarah Zane Company as the new fire hall will enhance city buildings and boost fire department facilities.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Eye Hall
Sarah Zane Company
Busy Restaurant Stays Open All Night for Truck Drivers
Notice announces Busy Restaurant open from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for truck drivers. It promotes an all night lunch and coffee at 35 cents. Includes date code suggesting 11 20 27 1p 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnt Factory
Thurst
Roosevelt Urges Peace at Rio Inter American Session
President Roosevelt told a joint Brazilian Congress in Rio de Janeiro that aggression cannot be tolerated and that next week's Buenos Aires conference offers a chance to banish war from the Americas. He urged fortifying peace instruments and said disputes should be settled peacefully, urging swift action amid world-wide apprehension.
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O DE Janeiro
Roosevelt
United States
Buenos Aires
New World
Buenos Aires Inter-American Congress
Employers Responding to Social Security Cards
Employers responding on a large scale for National Social Security Act cards offered by postmaster W Nelson Page. Every recipient must fill all blanks and return cards promptly. Assistance available at Civil Service Commission, post office building, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. No space should be left blank.
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W. Nelson Page
Civil Service Commission
Bravest Miner Rescues Colleagues In Coal Mine Blast
In the Bonny Blue coal mine near St. Charles Virginia T N Nelson25 raced 13 feet toward a dynamite blast to pull two injured men Elbert Mullins and Lloyd Huff to safety before the explosion. Huff suffered a broken shoulder and Mullins was severely bruised as slate fell from the ceiling and their lights went out.
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ST. Charles
T. N.‘Nelson
Bonny Blue
Here
Elbert C. Mullins
Lloyd Huff
Huff
Mullins
Red Cross Roll Call Nears 1500 as New Members Reported
The Red Cross 1936 roll call ends soon with 76 new memberships today raising total to 1,294 from 1,218 previously. The chapter remains 206 shy of the 1,500 goal though scattered returns from city and county may push it over the top. Names such as Winchester Dr. E B Powers Mrs C D Puckett Mrs Minnie Chapman and others are listed among today's supporters.
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Red Cross
Winchester
E. B. Powers
C. D. Puckett
Minnie Chapman
Sam Ensogna
C. C. Rhodes
John Gold
Hannah Affleck
Bertha Purcell
S. J. Smith
People’s Drugs Store
R. B. Snapp
Eveready Prestone Antifreeze Ad at Cammer Tire Co
An advertisement for Eveready Prestone antifreeze appears for Cammer Tire Co at Braddock and Boscawen. The small display highlights safety and brand messaging on a one page one time ad layout.
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Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
Shiver Proof Your Car With a Goodrich Heater
A fragment notes a Goodrich Hotwater Heater for cars with easy terms. Braddock & Cameron appears as the likely advertiser or agent handling the deal in a clipped catalog or ad item.
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Goodrich
Braddock & Cameron
Amateur Contest Tonight at Parish House White Post
Amateur contest held at Parish House White Post tonight. Admission 15 cents and 25 cents. Benefit Young People's League Macedonia Church. Chuck and Ray's Beer 10c appears in the edition.
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Parish House
White Post
Young People's League
Macedonia Church
Police Clash With Pickets At Big Celanese Plant
A clash between union pickets and police at the Celanese Corporation plant in Cumberland Maryland left 10 strikers hospitalized with non life threatening head injuries. James Dundon chairman of the United Textile Workers said two shots were fired by plant guards into the air. Governor Nice sent Maj. Enoch Garey to review the incident as about 40 pickets faced plant officials and railroad workers.
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Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America
James Dundon
United Textile Workers Strike Committee
Dundon
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Maj
Enoch B. Garey
State Police
Withidraw Ther My
Thes
Railroad ‘Company
Soviet Great Northern Railway Reaches Amur Defense Line
Moscow reports completion of steel-laying on the Great Northern to the Pacific rail line. Premier Krutoff announced a supply train reached Komsomolsk from Moscow, marking a key defense artery against Japan. The line parallels the Trans-Siberian within Soviet territory and will extend to Vladivostok.
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Moscow
All-Union Congress of Soviets
G. M. Krutoff
Soviet Union
Komsomolsk
Komomolsk
Amur
Vladivostok
Krutoff
Senator Glass Leads Virginia Vote in November Election
Senator Glass, a veteran member of the Upper House, led all candidates with the largest vote tally in Virginia on November 3.
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Glass
Virginia
Cornerstone Laid for Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Loudoun Street
Hiram Lodge No. 21 A F and A M presided as the cornerstone of the new $15 000 Sarah Zane Fire Company hall on North Loudoun Street was laid at 3 pm The old hall cornerstone was moved and relaid The ceremony featured Handley High School Band Rev S J Goode offered prayer Capt R B Tay led the rites Charles P McVicar presented Dr Charles R Anderson as mayor and M V D Snake read the Grand Lodge Scotland anniversary list
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Hiram Lodge No. 21
A. F
A. M
Sarah Zane Fire Company Hall
North Loudoun Street
Handley High School
Mcllwee
S. J. Goode
George W. Stover
Sarah Zane Company
R. B
Charles P. McVicar
Sarah
Bob Cat Incident Near Strasburg Arrests Loom
M K Hutchinson drove a car from Hanging Rock West Virginia and struck a young bob cat over three feet long on a curve near Hupps Hill, Strasburg. The event follows Earl Bakers earlier fox killing with his automobile on the same hill and warns about legal action.
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Earl Baker
AFL backs 30 hour week to curb unemployment
The American Federation of Labor in Tampa calls for a national law establishing a 30 hour work week as the solution to unemployment. Delegates warn that the six hour day and five day week protect society from future depressions and cite a $132 billion wage loss in six years. The convention orders the executive council to lobby Congress.
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Tampa
Fla
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Congress
Death claims Charles Francis Robinson in Baltimore
Charles Francis Robinson of Rawson West Virginia died in Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore after a long illness. He was 25, born February 1912, attended Charles Town High School, then William and Mary College and George Washington University. His parents Mr and Mrs Frank B Robinson and relatives survived. He entered hospital November 7 and had surgery November 16. The end came at 6:30 p.m.
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Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Charles Francis Robinson
Frank B. Robinson
Rawson
Charles Town
W. Va
Mr. Robinson
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
George Washington University
Washington
State Chamber highlights Winchester in Virginia publicity drive
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce plans to share its advertising efforts with local chambers. In a letter to Andrew Bell, Winchester chamber secretary, R F Nelson describes ongoing photo distribution and a campaign to showcase Old Dominion attractions and assets.
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State Chamber of Commerce
Old Dominion
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
R. F. Nelson
Winchester
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Apple Pictures
Rebels Driven Off In Madrid Siege Update
The report describes insurgent activity around Madrid, with planes over Cartagena driven off by government antiaircraft fire and ongoing bombardment. It notes Irish House defeat on recognition of rebels, a British cabinet emergency session on belligerent rights, and refugees reaching safety aboard a navy cruiser at Valencia.
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Barcelona
Spain
Cartagena
London
Rites Held for Charles Pugh of Whitacre Va
Charles N Pugh died at his home near Whitacre Virginia from pneumonia at 2 pm Sunday. His death followed three family losses in ten days including his brother Richard and sister Laura. He was lifelong Laurel Hill United Brethren Church member and 25 year Sunday School superintendent. Survived by wife Lucy Largent Pugh and sisters Mrs George Whitacre and Mrs Ollie Whitacre.
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Charles N. Pugh
Whitacre
Richard Pugh
Laura Whitacre
Pugh
Malacah Pugh
Margery Johnson Pugh
Laurel Hill
Lucy Largent Pugh
George Whitacre
Ollie
Hauptmann's Case Revived
New Jersey Governor Hoffman, eight months after Hauptmann's execution for the Lindbergh kidnapping, said he still wished there had been a way to keep Hauptmann alive and declined further discussion of investigations or developments.
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New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Madrid Sees Loyalist Confidence Amid Siege By Christmas
In Madrid, socialist forces express optimism about driving insurgents from the capital by Christmas. The siege tightens as civilians tunnel through basements to reach refuge, while food supplies shift to a vegetarian diet and residents convert homes into defensive shelters under heavy shelling.
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Flanders
Madrid
Defense Food Supply Commissariat
Spain
War Ministry
Salamanca
Model
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Maubege
Valénciennes
Lille
Lehavre
Bordeaux
Marseille
F. D
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Rio
Braves
Eveready Prestone
Chuck & Ray’s Beer
Nice
Soviet
Carter Glass
Masons Place Cornerstone
New Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Bob-Cat
Stone
A. F.L
U.S
Death Takes
Bulletins
Dublin
Irish Free State
Valencia
State Department
Norway
Oslo
League of Nations
Gey
Italy
League Council
Charles Pugh
Gov. Hoffman
Braithwaite & Hershberger
James C. Oldfield
Xere
Postal Telegraph
M. Cooper
Kernstown
X. Y
Moling & Cather
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