City To Probe Radio Static Sources With New Effort
City officials authorized the manager to appoint a staffer from the Water Department to locate sources of electrical interference. A static detector is to be used and enforcement will fall to the Police Department. Council remains unsure about survey results and urges public cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Field
E. A. Crowl
Radio Commission
Water Department
Police
Herman Hable
Northern Virginia Power Company
Northern Virginia
Apple Market Prices in Winchester Martinsburg Area
Demand light and market steady for apples across Winchester Martinsburg and nearby points. Carload prices listed for Barrels and Bushel Baskets reflect grades such as Winesaps Grimes Staymans Ben Davis Ganos Yorks and Golden Delicious with U S No 1 sizing and price ranges per car or basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Martinsburg
U. S
Grimes
Staymans
Ben Davis
U.S
Ganos
Yorks
Golden Delicious
Winesaps
Benes Resigns as Prague Struggles with Minority Demands
Prague grapples with a reshaped government after Edouard Benes resigns with the Czech transit plan in flux. The cabinet seeks autonomy for Slovakia and Ruthenia while facing Hungarian and Polish pressures and a looming $50 million loan to stabilize the shrinking republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tance
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Feledince
Prague
Chamberlain
Britain
Edouard Benes
Jan Syrovy
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Rome
Kamil Krofta
Vladimir Caidos
Imrich Karvas
Vladimir Samor
Cermak
Sub- Carpathians
Clem Gets $800 Raise for City Garbage Work
Winchester Common Council approved an $800 wage increase for garbage collector Russell Clem effective January 1 raising his city expenditure to 6750. Council noted the raise is the minimum needed for Clem to continue his duties while he had asked to end the contract at year’s end if raise was not granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Clem
Common Council of
Winchester
Clem
Limited Train Derailment Near Cumberland
A Baltimore and Ohio train, the Ambassador from Detroit to Washington, derailed at 5 am in Narrows Canyon Cumberland Maryland. Nine coaches left the track but remained upright with no injuries. The Capitol Limited from Chicago was detoured and delayed several hours as passengers redirected to other trains. The cause of the incident was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Amassador
Detroit
Washington
Narrows Canyon
The
Capitol Limited
Chicago
Rebels' Drive Halted on Ebro Front by Spanish Troops
Spanish government says its forces halted an insurgent drive at the Ebro front and recaptured many positions. Insurgents admit counter attacks yet claim six more government posts retaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Ebro
James Roosevelt Plans World Series Visit
James Roosevelt son of the President will leave Rochester for Chicago tonight to attend one World Series game before heading to a California ranch for further rest. He has been recuperating from a stomach operation that kept him in bed 23 days and will then travel to Walter P. Murphy’s ranch in Hollister California for additional rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
James Roosevelt
Chicago
California
Walter P. Murphy
Hollister
Cal
Demobilization Planned After Four Power Pact
Describes a plan to demobilize troops gradually following last week's four power agreement to dismember Czechoslovakia and ease the strain on the economy by returning soldiers to civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
V F W Seeks Members and Support in Winchester Drive
Winchester Post 2123 V F W plans its annual membership drive from October 1 to December 31 1939 with awards for top recruiters. The group will aid Boy Scouts funds and sponsor motorcycle races three miles east of Winchester on Sunday October 9. W W Glass spoke on veterans topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Boy Scouts
W. W. Glass
The
Post
Anti Aircraft Guns Will Be Ready For Emergencies
By next summer the army expects 300 to 400 of the world’s most effective anti aircraft guns ready for emergencies. Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson says work has begun with Congress providing 23 million dollars. Guns are built at arsenals while private firms supply mounts height finders directors lights and other gear for mobile air defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Louis Johnson
Congress
Death summons John W. DeKay
Burial services for John W. De Kay, 68, capitalist and author, who died yesterday in Takoma Park, Maryland, will be held Friday at Falls Church, Virginia. He came from Wilmington, California, in June to visit his brother Henry E. DeKay of Ashburn, Virginia, and decided to stay to finish a book. He created the house in Takoma Park where he died. Friends attributed his death to overwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. DeKay
Takoma Park
Falls Church
Wilmington
Calif
Henry E. DeKay
Ashburn
Dr Anderson Addresses Lions Club at Leesburg Luncheon
Mayor Dr Charles R Anderson spoke at Leesburg Lions Club luncheon praising the club for sponsoring the recently organized Leesburg unit. He urged awareness of syphilis causes and treatment as part of a Junior Board of Trade education drive for Winchester residents. The Lions plan to send representatives to a City Hall meeting exploring a new boys club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lions Club
Leesburg
Charles R. Anderson
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester
Lions Club
Council Chamber
City Hall
Lions’ Board of Directors
George Washington Hotel
Pingley Denied Writ of Error in Capital Case
George Pingley faced a capital trial in Clarke County with a verdict of guilty after 22 minutes of jury deliberation. Judge Smith set the death sentence in the electric chair for July 5, while Charles Curry, dean of Staunton bar, sought an error writ. Pingley remains on Death Row at the state penitentiary awaiting execution after a Governor Price reprieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Curry
Staunton
Burr P. Harrison
Clarke County
Smith
Curry
Trim Decks For Budget Action
The article reports ongoing hearings of the equalization board to extend for two months while the city considers a budget preserving the current 1.20 tax rate. City official Hable notes possible budget cuts to avoid tax hikes, while the finance committee faces $60,000 in requested capital improvements to be financed by bonds. Widespread requests hinder immediate funding, with street petitions from W. W. Dellinger for curb, gutter, and paving along the Cumberland Valley railway from Cameron to Fairmont avenue referred for next year’s budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Loudoun
Boscawen
Gerrard Streets
W. P. Anderson
Jefferson Street
Pere
Equalization Board
Hable
W. W Dellinger
Cumberland Valley Railway
Cameron
Fairmont Avenue
Four men steal shoe contest prize with dimes
A shoe store chain sponsored a contest to guess the number of dimes in a shoe. Four men broke the show window, grabbed the shoe and its dimes, and vanished. The incident occurred in Los Angeles with the four men identified as having the correct answer by mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bay Skipper Fatally Stricken
Captain Alvin Simmons of the three masted schooner B. F. Gravenor died in Baltimore after a rapid harbor rescue. He fell ill after anchoring in Canton Hollow, was brought by police boat to hospital, and died of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alvin Simmons
Foster
B. F. Gravenor
Canton Hollow
George G. Henry
Simmons
Death of James Bean Hodgson Aged 79 at Daughter's Home
James Bean Hodgson aged 79 of Round Hill and Clarke county died at his daughter Mary E. Copenhaver’s home near White Post yesterday at 3 PM. He was born April 25 1859 and was survived by children in Detroit Brownsville Pa and Winchester. Funeral arrangements may not be set before tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bean Hodgson
Frederick County
Mary E. Copenhaver
White Post
Mr. Hodgson
Round Hill
William Abner
Anne Barr Hodgson
Clarke County
Braddock Street
Mary Virginia Hillyard
George Hillyard
Hodgson
Copenhaver
Bessie Boyle
Harriet Fyler
Dora E. Hodgson
Milly La’Badie
Samuel Hodgson
Anne Rebecca Hodgson
Detroit
James Frederick Hodgson
Brownsville
George Abner Hodgson
Millwood
Florence Willis
Winchester
Harry Willis
New Japanese Diplomat HoriNouchi Named Ambassador to US
Kensuke Horinouchi, former vice minister of foreign affairs and ex counsellor at the Japanese embassy in Washington, is designated to be ambassador to the United States. The foreign office cited Hiroshi Saito’s retirement for health reasons. U S approval required to finalize the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clan
Tnmaienne
Aes
United States
Kensuke Horinouchi
Foreign Office
Hiroshi Saito
Horinouchi
Washington
Tank Outfit's Games Concluded
NORFOLK, VA. The 45 light tanks of the first battalion, 66th infantry, returned from Virginia Beach to Fort Meade after a holiday following two weeks of maneuvers near the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
66Th Infantry
Virginia Beach
Fort Meade
State Military Reservation
Dunking Declared Polite in Informal Settings
Boston reports Mrs. Gertrude Binney Kay of Amerson College says dunking doughnuts is acceptable at informal gatherings after theatre or at house parties. She warns against formal dinners or ritzy hotels and specifies dunking must be done with the doughnut held between the thumb and third finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gertrude Binney Kay
Amerson College
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Apple
O’connell
Braddock St
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England
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Scotland
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Elizabeth
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National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Hitler
Germany
Ruthenia
Ivan Parkany
Frantisek Chvalovsky
Berlin
Hugo Vavrecka
International Commission
Sudetenland
Northern
Marvin Weaver
Memorial Hospital
Hawthorne
Jas. Roosevelt
V.F.W
Bobby Stapp
New York City
Bob
Merchant Marine Academy
New York
Dr. Anderson
Lions
Leesburg Club
George Pingley
Pingley
Price
State Penitentiary
Henrico County
Capudine
Jan
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
Japan
Tank Outfit’s
Opera
Tion
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly ST
C. I. Brumback
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