Winchester industries feel wave of wage hour law
The Wage Hour bill effective midnight Sunday affects Winchester firms lightly as many leaders have already met standards. Major points set 25 cent minimum wage rising to 30 and 40 cents by 1940, 44 hour week dropping to 42 in 1939 and 40 after October 24 1940, with overtime pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia Woolen Company
NRA
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Winchester Woolen Millis
National Fruit Product Company
Winchester Knitting
Washington
Congress
Indus
Elmer F. Andrews
Handley Judges Honored After Close Loss to Allegany
A local column lauds the Handley football team for their strong effort in Saturday's loss to Allegany high school Cumberland. It notes scarce funds for their athletic association forcing players to buy own football shoes and urges alumni support to cover equipment costs.
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Handley
Allegany High School
Cumberland
Handley Athletic Association
Winchester
Named To Security Post In Martinsburg West Virginia
W. W. Wood Jr. named acting manager of the Social Security Board field office at Martinsburg succeeding Samuel W. Shingleton who moves to Parkersburg. Wood will visit Winchester each Wednesday afternoon and may be consulted 1 to 3 PM at the second floor of the post office.
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W. W. Wood, Jr
Social Security Board
Martinsburg
W. Va
Samuel W. Shingleton
Parkersburg
Wood
Winchester
Woods
Von Ribbentrop To Visit Rome For Talks On Czechoslovakia
Berlin October 25 Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop will travel to Rome to confer with Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Ciano. The visit aims at pursuing an agreement with Italy over Hungarian territorial demands on Czechoslovakia after talks at Berchtesgaden with Hitler.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
von Ribbentrop
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Movie Star Leaps To Escape Fire in Beverly Hills
BEVERLY HILLS Calif Oct 25 Trapped on the second floor of his pretentious home actor Lyle Talbot leaped to safety with Franklin B Parker another actor in a hospital with serious burns Talbots hair was burned from his scalp Parkers back was severely burned the cause of the fire was not evident
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Beverley Hills
Calif
Lyle Talbot
Franklin B. Parker
Talbot
Parker
Dr E C Crash To Address Rotary Club Group Meeting
Dr E C Drash of the University hospital Charlottesville Va has accepted an invitation to speak at the Rotary Club luncheon here on Thursday. Lyle Rohr past president of the Front Royal Club leads the group for this section and has arranged a meeting Thursday night October 27 at 6 45 oclock at the Royal Hotel in Front Royal. An interesting program includes a turkey dinner and attendance is hoped to be large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Drash
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Rotary Club
Drash
Lyle Rohr
Front Royal
Eighteen Die As Air Crash Shocks Australia
Eighteen persons die in the Dominion s worst airliner crash near Mount Dandenong southeast of Melbourne. Seven were thrown from the cabin and many trapped as the aircraft burned. Victims include parliament member C Hawker and Sydney lawyers L S Abrahams and A V Gain. National Airways operated the flight from Adelaide.
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Sydney
Australia
Dominion
Mount Dandenong
Melbourne
C. Hawker
House of Representatives
L. S. Abrahams
A. V. Gain
Adelaide *Ne
The
National Airways
Virginia pays first installment for Wilson birthplace shrine
Wilbur Hall chairman of the Virginia Conservation Commission delivered a $5,000 check to Jesse H. Jones treasurer of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation Inc in Jones office at the RFC. Virginia provides 10,000 for the 25,000 price with 15,000 to be raised by the Foundation and 5,000 due next July 1. The Staunton property once owned by Mary Baldwin College will become a national shrine under Foundation control.
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Washington
Wilbur Hall
Virginia Conservation Commission
Jesse H. Jones
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, Inc
Virginia
Wilson
Staunton
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mary Baldwin College
Turkey backs vast rail plan with German locomotives
Ankara announced a 13 million dollar railway program to acquire 90 modern locomotives 25 refrigerator cars and related equipment. The deal follows broad credits from Germany and Britain as Turkey advances its railway development.
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Ankara
Germany
Great Britain
Turkey
Fire Destroys County Home of Hinton Family
A 75 acre Winchester area farm home owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hinton burned this morning. Loss is about $2,000. contents including antique furniture destroyed. Cause believed defective flue. The 78 and 71 year old couple escaped with help from neighbors and are staying with daughter Mrs. F. C. Harmon at 216 North Braddock Street.
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E. W. Hinton
Winchester
Hinton
F. C. Harmon
North Braddock Street
Cesarwitch Field Reduced To 28
NEWMARKET England October 25 The Cesarwitch field for tomorrow’s Irish Hospital Sweepstakes heat was cut to 28 after six scratches Dubonett the favorite at 10 to 1 Contravent second at 21 to 2 Solonaise third at 100 to 9 and Olympus the American owned entry regarded as outsider in the field led by William Woodward.
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Newmarket
Eng
J. P. Hornung
Dubonett
Princess de Faucigny-Lucinge
Sir Woodward
Burbidge
William Woodward
Olympus
Hitler in Vienna visits former capital after plebiscite
Adolf Hitler toured Vienna for the first time since April 9 when he finished the campaign for the JA vote in the plebiscite approving the union of Austria and Germany.
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Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Germany
Plans to visit Berlin to discuss colonies and aims
Oswald Pirow South Africa defense minister announced a Berlin visit to discuss Germanys colonial demands in Africa en route to Lisbon to talk with Portugal. He will fly to London as Chamberlain and inner cabinet debate best path to friendship with Hitler and Mussolini. Parliament faces opposition. timing unclear.
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London
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Berlin
Germany
Africa
Piron
Marseilles
France
Lisbon
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Southwest Africa
Viscount Halifax
Edinburgh
10 Downing Street
Samuel Hoare
Opposi W
Beeni
South Africa
Hitler
Mussolini
Spain
Fishermen Postpone Final Race in Trophy Contest
Gloucester, Mass. crews of the American schooner Gertrude L and the Canadian Bluenose faced a postponed deciding race after a rainstorm. The rivals tied two games apiece in a three-out-of-five title fight when storm warnings delayed the fifth contest.
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Gloucester
Mass
Gertrude
Japan Expresses Deep Regret Over Sandpiper Bombing
London reports an official source stating Japan’s vice-minister for foreign affairs expressed deep regret for the bombing of the British river gunboat Sandpiper by Japanese warplanes. The remark was conveyed to Sir Robert Leslie Craigie in Tokyo, with a promise of a full inquiry. The Sandpiper was damaged at Changsha, 200 miles southwest of Hankow, but there were no casualties.
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London
Japan
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Changsha
Hankow
Mrs R E Lee Born in Clarke County Not Arlington
Miss Rose MacDonald of Virginia's State Board of Education reports Mary Anna Custis Lee was born October 1 1808 at Annefield Clarke County near Berryville not at Arlington as commonly stated. The finding redefines Mrs Robert E Lee birthplace and supports a planned biography.
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R. E. Lee
Clarke County
Arlington
The
Star
Yville
Rose MacDonald
Virginia
State Board of Education
Robert E. Lee
William Bell Watkins
Custis
Marie Robert
Mary Custis Lee
Lee
Berryville
Matthew Page
Anne
Meade
Annefield
Defections Claimed in Pennsylvania Campaign
Philadelphia reports indicate both parties claim bolters amid the final campaign stretch. Democratic and Republican headquarters cite cross-party endorsements in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties as turnout and ticket support shifts unfold.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Federation of
Independent Republican Clubs
Lackawanna County
Ruling Sought On Pensioners' Campaign Contributions
Senator Sheppard asked the Senate campaign expenditures committee to rule whether recipients of federal old age pensions may legally contribute to senatorial campaigns. He cited a California inquiry accusing Sheridan Downey of using pension funds for campaign support and noted a comptroller general ruling on pension funds. The committee also requested reports on campaigns in multiple states.
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Washington
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
California
Sheridan Downey
Downey
Senate Committee
Federal Treasury
Comptroller General
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Georgia
Ohio
Dollar Bay Witchcraft Slaying Aims Court Trial
In Houghton Michigan on October 25 prosecutors declare the Dollar Bay killing of 20 year old Marian Doyle a criminal case not a psychiatric matter. Prosecutor Frank C. Condon says he will charge Mr and Mrs Wilfred Pichette with murder and present a new theory of the crime. Justice John McCarty had issued murder warrants against the couple yesterday.
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Houghton, Mich
Dollar Bay
Marian Doyle
Frank C. Condon
Wilfred Pichette
John McCarty
Acquit Official In Patients Death At Industrial School
Judge Harry H. McCann acquitted John D. Pennington superintendent of the Huntingdon Industrial School of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 19 year old inmate Daniel Lamaurt. The trial without jury ended with a not guilty verdict.
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Huntingdon, Pa
Harry H. McCann
John D. Pennington
Huntingdon Industrial School
Daniel Lamaurt
McCann
State Supreme Court
Wright attacks Virginia restoration at Williamsburg
Frank Lloyd Wright denounced the Williamsburg restoration by the Rockefellers costing millions. He spoke at William and Mary College asserting the project shows how little the old colonial style suits modern life and endorses organic architecture as the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Rockefellers
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architects
William and Mary College
Elks Seek Visit of Western District Deputy Profitt
Winchester Lodge No. 867 hosts Charles W. Proffitt Clifton Forge Va as district deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of the western district of Virginia for the regular meeting tomorrow night. A dinner and initiation of five candidates follow with officers listed led by Maxwell D. Mathews.
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Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Winchester
Virginia
Charles W. Proffitt
Clifton Forge
Mr. Proffitt
W. E. Huntsberry
Lloyd Carper
William Simpson
P. D Plank
E. T
E. T. Snider
W. R. Pifer
Irving Cather
A. H. Jackson, Jr
R. B. Nelson
Albert Seal
Henry Seal
Americans In Canton Are Safe
Washington dispatch reports that U S consul general Linnell announced all Americans were safe in Canton as Japanese forces advanced. He organized refuge points and urged safety zones for Chinese residents. From about 450 Americans in Canton area before the move, roughly 150 remain, including about 80 Chinese Americans.
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Washington
Canton
Trving N. Linnell
Iran
State Department
Linnell
China
Repeal a Law a Day Slogan by Senate Candidate
Baltimore October 25 Webster Tall Republican nominee for state Senate third district said his main goal as a legislator would be to repeal obsolete laws and reduce regulations and taxes He declared too many laws and government and proposed Repealing a law a day keeps the dictator away as his slogan
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Baltimore
Webster Tall
State Senate
Dancing-Chuck and Rays No Cover Charge
Dance club ad notes no cover charge at any time with beer ten cents and soft drinks five cents. Monthly listings show Tuesdays and special events, with dates referenced as 1p-7-27 and 8-2.
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Chuck & Ray’s
Garbage collection notice on container separation
Wet garbage must be placed in separate metal containers with covers and not mixed with bottles, cans or other rubbish or it will not be collected.
Fires Rage as Japan Seizes Hankow Provisional Capital
Report from Hankow says great fires burn as Japanese troops enter the former Chinese capital abandoned by defenders. U S Navy patrols and British forces are stationed to protect citizens and interests while the city’s fate unfolds along the Yangtze river.
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C. Yates McDantel
Hankow
Yangtze River
National City Bank
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Hwenepei
Peiping-Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Forea
Yangtze
Wuhan
Wuhar
Hanyang
Peiping
Tientsin
Kow
Canton
Junk metal buyers and dance notices in local listings
Wanted junk metals and related items at top market prices. Also selling used pipe and guaranteed giz. Marshall Adams and His Color Ed Rhythm Aces perform Wednesdays and Saturdays at Oak Grove. Barn dance October 26 at Skyline Rustic Garden Front Royal with Patton's Swing.
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Ter Junk Co
Fairfax
Marshall Adams
Oak Grove
Skyline Rustic Garden
Front Royal
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U. S
Shingleton
Dr. E. C. Crash
Cesarwitch
Miss MacDonald
Arthur H. James
James J. Davis
Luzerne County
James
Bailiwick
Sengaine
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Mason Taxi
Wright
Elks
C. W. Proffitt
Clifton Forge, Va
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