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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1936

Page

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Framework of Big Program For Congress Gets Started

With the 75th Congress opening in six weeks a set of six main proposals shapes the agenda. Farm tenancy aid tax revisions a safe insurance plan and new neutrality act are planned along with a relief bill and Tennessee Valley Authority modifications. The House floor leader race pits O Connor Rayburn and Rankin as contenders.

John Fischer Washington Roosevelt Congress Jones Dtexas House Agriculture Committee Harrison D-Miss Senate Finance Committee Department and Culture Pittman Senate Foreign Relations Committee House O'Connor Rules Committee Rayburn Rayburn (D-Texas Interstate Commerce Rankin

Fellowship Club Adopts Families For Christmas Charity

MA Winchester reports the Fellowship Club aims to practice fellowship during Christmas by personally aiding families on its master list. The club invites interested citizens to adopt families, with no membership restrictions. all are welcome to participate.

Fellowship Club

Crane Jewelers Promotes Watches In Elgin Waltham Hamilton

F R Crane Jeweler offers Elgin Waltham and Hamilton watches praised as the three best and highlights the Elbow imported line. The Elbow is described as moderately priced yet fine in style and appearance with a broad selection at 6S Main Street.

Elgin Waltham Hamilton

Coble Named To Lead Vets Officers Re-elected In Winchester

J Earl Jones of Staunton participated as Virginia Department commander in a post installation last night. A Lee Coble was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term as Winchester Post 2123 commander and received a past commander's certificate. Other officers elected include Hale C Moore senior vice commander and Harry E B Aver junior vice commander.

Coble Winchester Post Winchester Veterans of Foreign Wars J. Earl Jones Staunton Virginia Department A. Lee Coble Jones Hale C. Moore Harry EB. Aver Ee Wace Nelson Hugh Clark C. Richard

Progress on Municipal Airport Runways Moves Ahead

State Highway Department reports about 40 percent excavation completed on the new municipal airport runways. William C. Poston notes completion likely within a month if weather holds, but airport readiness for spring is unlikely. Runways currently 1,800 feet by 250 feet with future widening to 300 feet.

State Highway Department William C. Poston Mr. Poston Poston

Italy and Japan Reach Mutual Recognition Accord

Rome officials announced an accord between Italy and Japan for mutual recognition of Manchukuo and Italian Ethiopia. The agreement reportedly includes several commercial clauses alongside recognition of the continental Asiatic state and the East African kingdom.

Rome Italy Japan Ethiopia

Wintry Weather Anticipated Across North and Middle Atlantic

Weather outlook for the week beginning November 30 December 3 predicts generally fair conditions in the North and Middle Atlantic States with a midweek precipitation period. Temperatures will be colder on Monday and rise Tuesday and Wednesday, with colder Thursday night and a warmer Saturday.

Washington North Middle Atlantic

Violence Flares at Ce lansing Plant During Strike Clash

At the Ce lansing Corporation plant in Cumberland Maryland police and guards clashed with about 400 strikers injuring at least six people including two state officers and a deputy sheriff. A female picket Ida Hoffman 44 of Ridgeley West Virginia was knocked unconscious as chaos erupted near the gates. An ambulance was allowed through after Gov. Nice intervened to ensure medical aid. Police said many arrests were made, all strikers, with one woman among them.

Cumberland Celansese Corporation Ida Hoffman Ridgeley W. Va Garey Harry W. Nice Annapolis Thomas W. Koon Edgar Lewis John W. Kreis Nils Falkenstine Enoch B. Garey

City Worker Falls From Truck Injured Near Millwood Avenue

Calvin Phoenix a 225 Sharp street resident was injured seriously after falling from a city brush truck near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks on Millwood Avenue at 2 30 this afternoon. He was unconscious and taken to Memorial Hospital with a possible skull fracture.

Calvin Phoenix Sharp Street Baltimore and Ohio Millwood Avenue Phoenix Maynard Shanholtz Shanholtz

Buenos Aires Welcomes Roosevelt With Posters and Flags

Buenos Aires plans a huge reception for Franklin D. Roosevelt with "Welcome Roosevelt" posters in Spanish, flags for 2.3 million residents, and a visit by Roosevelt aboard the Indianapolis. He will be greeted by President Justo and cabinet members and escorted to the Argentine embassy in Palermo Park, now a miniature White House.

Buenos Aires Roosevelt Mariano de Vedia United States Franklin D. Roosevelt Argentina Indianapolis Phelps Agustin P. Justo Mr. Roosevelt Palermo Park White House

Allen Wins At Farnley In Fourth Blue Ridge Hunt Trials

Dr. Lewis M. Allens Clifton Farms entries swept the top prizes at the Blue Ridge Hunt Club trials held at Farnley near White Post Clarke County. About 50 entries contested three classes green hunters lightweight and heavyweight with ribbons and silver cups for winners.

Lewis M. Allen Clifton Farms Blue Ridge Hunt Club Seymour Lake Dr. Allen Royal Wonder George Greenhalgh Clifton Scarlet Harry Worcester Smith Crampton Smith Alexander Mackay-Smith

Service Records Are Recognized at Winchester Plant

Miss Anna C. Haurand and Miss Mary E. Bursey of the Winchester office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia were awarded emblems for long service. Haurand received a two star gold emblem for ten years of service and Bursey received a one star gold emblem for five years. They are among 65 state wide honorees in the fourth quarter. Their combined years of service total 945.

Anna C. Haurand Mary E. Bursey Winchester Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Virginia L. J. McElligott Miss Haurand Miss Bursey

Great Britain and France may seek pause on Spanish war appeal

Geneva sources say Britain and France may urge Spain to withdraw its appeal for League of Nations discussion on the civil war. If not, the council may meet December 7 or 8 to decide if Italian and German recognition threatens world peace, with the issue then sent back to the non intervention committee.

Geneva Great Britain France League of Nations Council London League League Council Iberian Peninsula

Mildred Reed Brizendine Dies at 101 in Amherst County

Mrs Mildred Reed Brizendine who celebrated her one hundredth birthday last May died today at the home of her grandson T S Hubbard in Amherst county She is survived by two grandsons and eight great grandchildren.

Lynchburg, Va Mildred Reed Brizendine T. S. Hubbard Amherst County

Frank Jr. Roosevelt hospitalized in Boston for sinus infection

President's son Frank D Roosevelt Jr. remained under observation today at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with a sinus infection. His fiancée Miss Ethel Du Pont visited him yesterday, hospital officials said.

Boston Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr Massachusetts General Hospital Ethel du Pont

US Ambassador Bullitt Meets French Foreign Minister

Paris reports that US Ambassador William C. Bullitt was received by Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos as discussions on war debt negotiations continued to be a live issue.

Paris Yvon Delbos William C. Bullitt United States

Firehouse Blaze Damages Pittsville Unit Sums Loss

Maryland fire crews faced a second blaze after a local resident Garland Jackson lost his home and belongings. Friends at the Pittsville fire house donated furniture and necessities, but the Pittsville station burned next with $1,500 to $2,000 in damages and two firefighters lightly burned.

Sailsbury Garland Jackson Pittsville Jackson Pittsvile Salisbury Stansbury Gordy Edward Truitt

High Command Seeks New Peace Talks With Lewis Rebels

In Tampa on November 28 the AFL high command debated how to renew peace overtures to John L. Lewis and his rebel committee for industrial organization. President William Green and secretary treasurer Frank Morrison were re-elected, and a panel proposal aimed at a specific basis for settlement was prepared for Lewis.

Tampa Fla American Federation of Labor John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization A. F. of L Lewis William Green Green Frank Morrison Washington Industrial Committee Lewis’ Union The United Mine Workers Meh

Foodstuffs For Alaska Dispatch by Government Vessels

Secretary Ickes announced the first government boat will depart Seattle around November 30 to deliver food to Alaska amid the maritime strike. The Boxer and Arctic vessels, under union bargaining and a Packers Association agreement, will unload and transport freight, mail, and fuel to Sitka Cordova and the Aleutians with onward rail transshipment from Seward.

Washington Navy Ickes Alaska Seattle Ka Packers Association Arctic Bureau of Indian Affairs San Francisco Union Boxer Sitka Cordova Aleutian Islands Seward

New Cold Record Set in Vermont for Date

In St Johnsbury Vermont on November 28 the weather bureau reports a new cold record for the date as temperatures dropped to 11 degrees below zero during the night marking the coldest night in 42 years of records.

ST. Johnsbury Weather Bureau

Fellowship Club Adopts Plans For Christmas Aid

The anonymous Fellowship Club held its first meeting of the year in Winchester and Frederick County. It will open its headquarters at the George Washington Hotel on December 12 and stage a Theatre party at Capitol Theatre on December 19 with admission for kiddies as one toy or useful gift. The group urges adoption of more needy families to expand its charitable work.

Fellowship Club Winchester Frederick’ County George Washington Hotel Capitol Theatre

Livestock Show Opens with Record Entries in Chicago

CHICAGO November 28 The thirty seventh International Livestock Exposition opened with 14,653 head of cattle sheep swine and horses on display in the stockyards amphitheatre a new all time record for the event.

Chicago

Rebels Routed Making Thrust In Northwest Battle Areas

Madrid defense junta says insurgents attacked Pozuela De Alarcon to cut the road to El Escorial and that a southern front line unit drove insurgents back, capturing two trench mortars. A cadet column bolsters defenses, and a youth, 17, Elesterio Perez Cornejo, is praised for halting a rebel assault in University City. British MPs urge neutral action to relieve Madrid civilians amid siege. A fresh night air raid dropped at least 10 bombs on Socialist barricades.

James C. Oldfield Madrid Pozuela de Alarcon el Escorial University City Valencia Elesterio Perez Cornejo Perez Cornejo Aran Ae Werea Talavera Ricardo Burilio Navacerrada Pass Guadarrama Mountains International Laborite M. P.’s

Navy Holds Army To Scoreless First Half In 37th Battle

In freezing weather at Philadelphia before a record eastern crowd of 102000, Navy repelled Army near its goal line through the opening half of the 37th football meeting, preventing any Cadet scores.

Philadelphia Navy Army

Laborites Not For Agreement

TOKYO November 28 The Japanese labor party announced it could not support the German Japanese agreement against the Communist Internationale. The party based its position on present delicate international relations and the contention that concrete measures already had been adopted to prevent Communism.

Tokyo Japanese Labor Party Communist Internationale

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