No Shots Fired During Trouble In Iowa Pickets
Nearly 100 Plymouth county deputies with shotguns and clubs were blocked by 500 farm holiday strikers at James Iowa as 22 livestock trucks tried to pass. Deputies backed after stone and brick throwing while drivers were hurt. police mobilized about 200 extra deputies to guard trucks and markets.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
Plymouth County
James
Lemars Ball Park
Ralph Rippey
Rippey
Lemars
R. E. Rippey
Governors’ Center
Winchester School Bells To Ring Tomorrow for 1932 33 Session
Winchester Public Schools reopen with nearly 2500 pupils expected as 6 new faculty members join the staff. Students from Virginia Avenue and John Kerr schools resume classes at Handley building courts. A teachers meeting was held to map the year’s schedule and enrollment is rising beyond last year’s 2387. Fewer details on county tuition for non-regular courses.
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Winchester Public Schools
Winchester
Virginia Avenue
Handley Building
John Kerr
Garland R. Quarles
Shawnee
Stonewall
Gainsboro
Back Creek
Frederick County
Shenandoah Caverns Offers Free Wheelchair Service
The management of Shenandoah Caverns provides a free wheelchair service for visitors. On Sunday 11 invalids used the underground trip enabled by the elevator system at Shenandoah Caverns.
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Shenandoah Caverns
Business upturns ripple across major cities
Pittsburgh reports Carnegie Steel at 16 percent capacity down from 15 last week and 11 early in the week. Chicago notes Household Finance loans shrink in six months of 1932 versus 1931. New York cites steel and rail scrap prices rising about 2.5 million dollars with 2 million tons held by plants and railroads. Toledo resumes work with Willys Overland and many factories reopening. Waukegan plans 300 new Echo phone Radio Manufacturing jobs under Arthur T. Haugh. Detroit reopens Ford main plant with many former workers back. Wilmington Spofford Mills raises pay 10 percent for 296 workers starting September 12.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Winchester Council seeks lower gas and electric rates
At the regular session Councilman J. H. Henry moved a resolution adopted to ask the State Corporation Commission to survey the Consumers Utilities Company and the Northern Virginia Power Company in Winchester Virginia with a view to reducing gas and electric prices for city residents. The clerk is to send authenticated copies to the state commission, to the Northern Virginia Power Company, and to the League of Virginia Municipalities.
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J. H. Henry
Forney
Winchester
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
State of
Consumers Utilities
Consumers Utilities Company
State of Virginia
Northern Virginia Power Company
League of Virginia Municipalities
President Urges Support of Scouting
President Hoover calls for public backing of the Boy Scouts of America and allied youth groups. He urges local councils to sustain the 1931 high standards and strive to match or exceed them in 1932.
Apple Market Shipments To British Ports In Week Ending Sept 3 1932
Shipments from New York to Liverpool London Southampton and other British ports for the week ending September 3 1932 totaled 9152 boxes 36446 baskets 3164 tote. Reports from G R Cooper Harnden Co Liverpool note cargo Brittanic and active demand with exchange rates governing prices realized.
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New York
To . Boils
Bxs Bskts
Liverpool
London
Southampton
Tote. Co
Valley Pike rights of way halt Winchester widening plan
The Valley Pike improvement from Winchester to Bartonsville is blocked by disputes over fair compensation for land needed to widen the road. The editorial urges rapid concessions from both the Highway Commission and landowners to prevent the loss of traffic and to complete the highway to Staunton, praising progress already made toward a beautified route.
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City
Winchester
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Bartonsville
St Hens City
Stephens City
Boyce
Washington
Staunton
Girls Weds Man 27 Years Senior
Samuel Hensley a 43 year old Elkton widower and Hilda Patterson 16 of Gore wed at United Brethren Church parsonage with Rev. George W. Stover officiating. The bride is daughter of James and Mrs Patterson. the groom son of S L and Mrs Hensley.
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Samuel Hensley
Elkton
Hilda Patterson
Gore
United Brthren Church
George W. Stover
James Patterson
Hensley
S. L. Hensley
Luby Improving After Accident During Washington Majestic Game
Roy Luebenhauser known as Luby, injured Monday while playing for the Majestic Radio team of Washington, is improving slowly. He was treated at Memorial Hospital by Dr. Clark and sent home to be nursed by his bride Mary Patton on the Valley pike. Friends wish him a speedy recovery and hoped to return before season’s end.
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Roy Luebenhauser
Luby
Majestic
Washington
Memorial Hospital
Clark
Mary Patton
Charles Patton
Valley Pike
Mrs Helen Murphy Opens Colonial Hotel Dining Room
Mrs Helen Murphy of Chambersburg Pa leases the first floor of the Colonial Hotel and will open its dining room on Friday. She formerly ran the Piccadilly Inn in Chambersburg. The Colonial Hotel is now managed by Mr and Mrs Ray Burgess of Greensboro NC.
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Helen Murphy
Chambersburg Pa
Bargains on Pens Pencils and Desk Sets at Hodgson & Brown
Bargains on writing supplies valued from two to five dollars reduced to one dollar. Pens pencils and desk sets advertised with emphasis on window displays at Hodgson & Brown Jewelers.
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Disney
Boy Scout fundraising drive under way in Winchester
The Boy Scout Financial Solicitation Committee reports annual fundraising starts with four service clubs and previous donors. A September 13 meeting at Friendship Fire Company hall will plan Education Week activities beginning September 18 with a city hall auditorium event for Scouts and the public. Household canvassing begins September 26 to support training and citizenship for local boys.
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Boy Scout
Winchester
Boy Scout Financial
Friendship Fire Company
Neesday
Little Theatre
Luther Thomas
Ministerial Association
Uniformed Scouts
Boy Scout Organization
Boy Scouts
Rotary Club To Meet Tomorrow
The Winchester Rotary Club holds its regular lunch at 1 pm tomorrow in the George Washington Hotel. Special guest Admiral Louis Nurton, formerly of Winchester and now commander of the Charleston Navy Yard in Boston, Mass., will attend. Members are urged to be present.
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Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Louis Nurton
Winchester
Charleston Navy Yard
Boston
Mass
Colonel Cabell To Visit Lodge In Winchester
Colonel George C. Cabell past supreme chancellor Knights of Pythias will visit Winchester Lodge No K of P Thursday night September 8. He has travelled in every state and Canada promoting Pythianism and is considered one of America's outstanding Pythians.
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George C. Cabell
Knights of Pythias of the World
Winchester Lodge
Cabell
Union
Canada
America
Square Dance at Opequon Lake Park Tomorrow Night
Square dance event at Opequon Lake Park scheduled for tomorrow night from 8 p m to 1 a m with J Jenkins performing or leading.
Conference of Me. Church to Meet in October
The Baltimore Annual Conference meets October 5 to 10 at Braddock Street Methodist Church South with nearly 100 000 Southern Methodists expected and 175 pastors. Bishop W F McMurray presides assisted by eight presiding elders guiding 220 ministers in Baltimore Districts including Alexandria Baltimore Lewistrict Moorefield Roanoke and Rockingham. Continued on Page Eight.
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Conference OF ME. Church
Braddock Street Methodist Church
South
Baltimore
W. F. McMurray
Fayette
Edwin D. Mouton
Bishop McMurray
Alexandria
J. H. Ralthis
John Paul Tyler
Lewistrict
Lakem
Moorefield
C. M. Fesser
Roanoke
Rockingham
Local Firemen Attend Maryland Fire College
Friendship Fire Company members Lester Forney Howard W Swartz and Robert Showalter join 100 plus firefighters from Maryland Virginia and West Virginia in a short course on fire fighting and life saving at the University of Maryland The program is run by the Maryland State Firemen s Association and the university s school of engineering with national instructors on site.
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Friendship Fire Company
Winchester
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
University of Maryland
Lester Forney
Friendship
Howard W.swartz
Robert Showalter
Maryland State Firemen's Association
School of Engineering
Theodore W. Venemann
Riverdale
Alfred S. Geiger
Kensington
Earl A. Young
Mt. Rainier
A. N. Johnson
College of Engineering
Park NineBooks Week End Games
Winchester Park Association baseball team faces Middlebury Athletic Club in a diamond battle on the latter’s Loudoun county field Saturday afternoon. Sunday they host the Alexandria Cavaliers at Rouss Spring Park at 3 o’clock.
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Winchester Park Association
Middlebury Athletic Club
Loudoun County
Park Boys
Rouss Spring Park
Alexandria Cavaliers
Pickers Tickets Rush at Star Office
Local office urges buyers to place orders now for all styles of tickets before demand peaks. Star Office advertises 31 lp tf as a contact point for orders.
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Star Office
Winchester Cold Storage Readies for Apple Intake
Refrigeration now on and we are ready to receive apples at Winchester Cold Storage facilities payment terms and storage capacity unspecified.
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Winchester Cold Storage
Hock Man Service Station Ad closes in on Kern Market corner
Notice announces the Hock Man Service Station at Kern and Market Streets offering greasing and oil changes with Atlantic Courtesy Cards honored. Signed by H. D. "Dugie" Arthur dated 9-3-1p-3t.
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Hockman
Kern
Market Streets
Atlantic
Winchester Steam Laundry Palm Beach Pants Sale
Palm Beach pants in white duck and striped popular styles priced at 35c and 25c. One day service when required. Phones 28 and 29. Advertisement noting limited sale days and weekly service availability.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Palm Beach
Transportation talk at City Lions Club ends with hopeful outlook
K N Merritt traffic representative of Railway Express Agency spoke before the Winchester Lions Club urging focus on transportation facilities as essential to trade. He described how past hard times fostered efficiency and new markets, noting that values shift and inventories shrink as longer term plans and installments unfold.
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Winchester Lion’s Club
K. N. Merritt
Railway Express
Philadelphia
Two Large Barns Destroyed By Fire Near Swimley Sta
Fire destroyed two barns on George Gruber’s Jefferson county farm near Swimley Station West Virginia early today. Neighbors formed a hand brigade to halt spread to nearby structures. no livestock burned. Contents included farming tools wheat and about 50 barrels of old corn. exact loss undetermined but expected to run to several thousand dollars. Origin of the blaze was not established.
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George Gruber
Swimley Station
Jefferson County
W. Va
Star
Gruber Farm
Winchester council reelects Glaize and officers for year
The Winchester Common Council reorganized by reelecting Fred L. Glaize as president Charles H. Harper as vice president and Frank H. Krebs as clerk. Mayor Chas R Anderson and new members H H Hable and J H Henry joined, with all officers unanimously chosen. Comments note possible work stoppage on Pike if property owners fail to grant rights of way.
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Common Council of
Winchester
Fred L. Glaize
Charles H. Harper
Frank H. Krebs
Krebs
Forney
Glaize
Hollis
Mr. Harper
Barr
Dellinger
Oe Henry
Chas. R. Anderson
H. H. Hable
J. H. Henry
R. W. Dellinger
Fred
Eee Hable
Chas
H. J. Henry
L. C. Hollis
P Percy D.eae
W. Nelson
John H. Be
Museum Exhibit in Winchester Showcases Historic Relics
The Historical Museum of Massachusetts stops in Winchester for several days exhibiting a wide collection of relics, paintings, and curios. Highlights include the little gun that killed President McKinley, a Chinese hand guillotine, artifacts from the battleship Maine, rare firearms, the Chinese poison pistol, the Japanese brass tiger, and the Clement child born with a single central eye. Open tomorrow 9 am to 9 pm in the North Loudoun Street building near Western Union.
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the Historical Museum of
Massachusetts
Winchester
McKinley
Maine
Clement
Western Union
North Loudoun Street
Flashes of Life Across Cities Highlight Oddities
A string of odd news items from Iowa Chicago Madison and Indianapolis reports pig pigeons slowing a town clock a crooked police money scam a polar bear attack a youth mistaken as a gang victim and a plan to form the National Hikers Association to issue ride cards.
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Eleader
Iowa
Chicago
Indianapolis
National
Hikers’ Association
Raymond Griffith
Marion
Tunnel leads to bank vault with $100000 heist
In Los Angeles Patrolman Ray R. McClelland traced a subterranean tunnel from a store to beneath a bank vault containing $100,000. A suspect was arrested at the store as authorities investigated the daring underground break.
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Los Angeles
Ray R. McClelland
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Household Finance Corporation
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Toledo
Willys Overland
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Echophone Radio Manufacturing Co
Arthur T. Haugh
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Wilmington
Spofford Mills, Inc
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Gas and Electric Co
Boy Scouts of America
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APPLE
G. R. Cooper
Harnden & CO
England
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Hodgson & Brown
Rotary Club
Colonel Cabell
Fire College
H. D
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Arthur
Railway Express Agency
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Swimley Sta
Mayor Anderson
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