Winchester Airport Dedication Committees Formed
Junior Board of Trade program sets Sept 18 19 for Winchester Municipal dedication. Nelson Page chairs Citizens Advisory Committee with Andrew Bell Herbert Schutte Donald Weems and Walker Bond. Tom Baldridge is first vice chair and George B Radford second. Seventeen subcommittee chairs named including Speakers Band Concert Road Improvement Publicity Advertising Grand Stand Entertainment Welcoming Transportation Housing Safety Fire Prevention and more. A Junior Board meeting is scheduled for tonight.
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Arratiaé
Winchester
Benjamin Belchie
Richard Eddy
Lee Grant
Warren Rice
John Rhodes
Hedrick Koontz
Price
Ridgeley White
Otis Sargent
Bob Lewis
Paul Rosenberger
Bob Riley
William Hollis
Fred Ritter
Warren Eddy
Wayne Omps
Dan Henry
Harold Rowe
W. E. Bridgeforth
Dodd Speaks At Purcellville Library Dedication
Dr. William E. Dodd former U S ambassador to Germany keynotes the Labor Day dedication of the new Purcellville public library and community building praising free libraries. Sidney B Hall urges a library in every state as Clarke County guests attend the event and supper. Rose McDonald is honored for donating 125 children's books.
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Berryville
Germany
England
France
William E. Dodd
U. S
Purcellville
Sidney B. Hall
Rose McDonald
Clarke County
S. C. Williams
Annie B. C. Moore
Karl Droop
Huron Lawson
A. F. Robertson
John B. Neill
Gasoline Fire At Stephens City Sparks Street Blaze
A gasoline can ignited on Main Street Stephens City causing a fireball that spread fumes along the roadway. Lovell Wisecarver had bought the gasoline at W D Parkers and planned to haul it to a jam for a tractor. A match lit by Wisecarver caused the can to explode and scatter flames as a crowd watched.
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Main Street
Stephens Ciy
Lovell
W. D. Parker
Postmistress Accused Of Violating Federal Law
Salisbury Maryland postmistress Maude Toulson faced charges that she violated Section 211 of title 18 by providing or accepting political favors and aiding Rep Lewis's campaign. Senate panel cited undue political activity by federal postal workers and promised further Maryland investigations ahead of the primary.
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Salisbury
Congress
Lewis
Tydings
Maryland Collector of Internal Revenue
WPA
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Maude Toulson
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Rep
D.md
Sudeten German tensions rise over promised autonomy
In Prague a government plan to appease Sudeten Germans faces delay as Premier Hodza and a railway minister clash over concessions. British mediators dispatched an investigator after a chaotic incident in Maehrisch Ostrau in which Deputy Mai was struck by a whip and Deputy Koellner pushed by a horse, amid crowd protests and alleged Nazi slogans. Police cited arms smuggling and failed order by Sudeten leaders as causes.
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Milan Hodza
Czechoslovakia
Hodza
Prague
Maehrisch-Ostrau
Maehrisch-Os
Trau
Mai
Koellner
Germany
Hitler Pursues Peace While Pressuring Prague on Sudeten Demands
A private government informant says Hitler instructed Konrad Henlein to reject Prague’s final concessions and seek more, aiming to pressure Britain to secure larger Sudetenloyalty and concessions. Henlein traveled back to Czechoslovakia to assess Maehrisch Ostrau trouble as talks continue behind the scenes. Dr. Wagner hints at harsher Nazi measures against Jews under stricter enforcement of the Nuremberg laws.
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Prague
Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten
Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Sudetens
Britain
Germany
Gerhard Wagner
Man Sought For Quiz Is Located
CHICAGO Sept 8 Pi-Willi am Frank Raab, found unconscious and half submerged in a park lagoon, is questioned in the death of Marie Lamont at the Lorraine Hotel. Raab, a former convict and nightclub bouncer, showed drunken behavior and was charged with disorderly conduct. Police fear he may harm himself as they gather details amid a web of letters and hotel associations.
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Chicago
William Frank Raab
Marie Lamont
Raab
Lamont
Giant 20 Inch Toadstool At Mt Jackson Exhibit
Mrs. Omer T. Webb of Renner town while visiting in Mt Jackson found a mushroom measuring 20 inches across. The specimen, ragged at the edges, drew attention as one of the year's most peculiar exhibits, resembling a giant Alice in Wonderland plant.
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Omer T. Webb
Rennertown
Mt. Jackson
Nurnberg Laws Penalize Mixed Jewish Aryan Relationships
The Nurnberg laws impose severe penalties for sexual relations between Jews and Aryans with penalties including custodial measures for any period the court may order.
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Nurnberg
W H Newell Rites Friday
W H Newell prominent Shenandoah county resident dies at 73 from a heart attack at his Strasburg home. He was a deacon of Strasburg Presbyterian Church former town council member and is survived by his wife three sisters two brothers and numerous nephews and nieces. Services tomorrow at 3 pm at his home conducted by Rev H M Crim with interment in Stephens City cemetery.
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Strasburg
Willie Henry Negell
Shenandoah County
Newell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John Henry Newell
Catherine Crabill Newell
F. K. Stickley
Shenandoah River
John Newell
Stephens City
Frank Newell
Gettysburg
H. M. Crim
Supervisors to Award Contract for Store Room
A special meeting of the Board of Supervisors is expected within ten days to award the contract for constructing a store room on the hitching yard lot with Stuart M. Perry of Winchester submitting the lowest bid of 16062.19 dollars. The board also approved transfers and loans including 7500 dollars to the Frederick County school fund and a 1100 dollar loan from the general fund to the Virginia Public Assistance Fund to support welfare expenditures. The welfare board budget was approved and salaries of 100 dollars per year for board members were authorized, with instructions to the game warden to remove confirmed poultry killers.
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Board of Supervisors
Hitching Yard
C. I. Brumback
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester
Fred Hietz
Hiett
State Highway Department
W. C. Poston
General County Fund
Frederick County School Fund
General Fund
Virginia Public Assistance Fund
Frederick County
Welfare Board
Insect Display At Glaize Plant Draws Laughs
Bug Editor reports on unusual arthropods found by Holmes Lewis at the Glaize packing shed. A green mantis and other pests were labeled oddly by workers. George Newsome, Richard Newsome, and Frank Duckworth captured four corn spiders, one later found with only two legs before being exterminated.
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Holmes Lewis
Glaize
George Newsome
Richard Newsome
Ruth Hopkins
Frank Duckworth
Winnie Grim
the Star
Yard Party Sandy Grove Opens Between Stephens City and Double Toll
Yard party at Sandy Grove between Stephens City and Double Toll Gate Saturday night September 10 invites residents. Organizers urge neighbors to attend and enjoy music food and games.
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Sandy Grove
Stephens City
Pathologist Testifies in Brooke Murder Trial
An army pathologist testified in Columbus that amber glasses were found about halfway up the stairs near the pool of blood where Elizabeth Brooke lay dead. Major John R. Brooke, charged with killing his wife at Fort Benning on June 8, listened as Lt Col Martin R. Reiber described the discovery and noted the body’s mutilation.
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Columbus
Army
John R. Brooke
Fort Benning
Elizabeth
Brooke
Martin R. Reiber
Fourth Corps Area Laboratory
Picketing Continues Against Truckers After Strike
In Baltimore on September 8 a truck driver Albert Clark was assaulted as picketing persisted at two trucking firms not part of a prior agreement ending a seven day strike. Clark reported five men forced him to return his truck and struck him before fleeing in a numbered car.
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Baltimore
Albert Clark
Ickes Seeks Clearer Split On Party Principles
Secretary Ickes expressed hope for a definite cleavage between Democrats and Republicans on social and economic principles. He said a Democratic stand-patter resembles a Republican stand-patter and noted there has been little divergence on core issues. He urged that such a division occur someday.
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Washington
Ickes
Cummings backs liberal congressmen in Roosevelt talks
Attorney General Cummings recently back from a western trip advised President Roosevelt that his push to elect liberals to Congress has been politically beneficial. He endorsed Senator Lonergan for renomination in Connecticut and did not discuss that race, but the state likely figured in their White House discussions.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Cummings
Roosevelt
Congress
Connecticut
Lonergan
White House
Jacobs Opens U S Women’s Championship With Quick Win
Helen Jacobs the first seed swept Ann C. Harrison in straight sets 6 0 6 0 at Forest Hills to begin her bid for the United States women’s singles title. The match lasted 25 minutes and marked Jacobs first tournament appearance since her Wimbledon ankle collapse.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Helen Jacobs
United States
Ann C. Harrison
Ruxton
Miss Jacobs
Japanese Report on Casualties in Yangtze Sector
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese army headquarters stating 2300 Japanese and 25000 Chinese casualties from August 19 to September 6 during heavy fighting on the Yangtze south bank. Severe clashes persisted as Japanese forces push toward the Peiping Hankow railway, having taken Kushin 95 miles east in Honan.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Peiping-Hankow
Kushin
Honan
Negro Draws Year In Jail In Multiple Offenses
John Ash colored. before Trial Justice A J Tavenner. charged with driving under the influence for the third offense. Judge Tavenner imposes 6 months and $100 fines plus costs, then another 6 months and $100 costs on a later count, with two months added if unpaid. Delbert Buck McKee gets 30 days and $25 fine. Round up of speeders before Justice Tavenner includes Joseph Lafage $14.25, Harvey Brumback $9.95, Robert Gardner $9.25.
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John Ash
A. J. Tavenner
Ash
Tavenner
Tmeline Wisa Pha
Permi
Martinsburg
Harvey L. Brumback
Frederick County
Staunton
Robert H Gardner
Boyce
Cotton and tobacco referenda planned for crop control
Federal farm officials said cotton and tobacco farmers will vote on continuing the crop control for 1938 yields. Arrangements are to submit the question at referenda likely in December as supplies are expected to be excessive. It will test the farm legislation and give farmers who used the controls a first vote.
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Washington
Offi
Ohio official blasts pension row with federal board
Henry J. Berrodin, head of Ohio aid for the aged, denounced the dispute between Governor Davey and the Federal Social Security Board over pension administration. He missed a Washington hearing where federal payments to Ohio’s pension fund were threatened to be halted.
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Columbus
Henry J. Berrodin
Ohio Division of Aid For the
Martin L. Davey
Federal Social Security Board
Pension Administration
Davey
Berrodin
Washington
Ohio Pension Fund
Powell Undergoes Abdominal Operation
Hollywood reports actor William Powell successfully underwent an abdominal operation at a hospital. The illness details were not disclosed.
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Hollywood
William Powell
Mr Newcome 79 Dies At Home Near Arme
Caleb Newcome 79 uncle of late Sheriff J W Newcome died yesterday afternoon at 3 30 at his home near Arme He was last surviving member of his immediate family native of Opequon district son of James W and Nancy Gardner Newcome Frederick county his wife Rebecca Jenkins died years ago Funeral services set for Friday at 3 PM at Macedonia M E Church South pastor George L Waters assisted by Rev Mr Mitchell with body at Omps funeral home until tomorrow A respected retired farmer he was a prominent local citizen.
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Caleb Newcome
J. W. Newcome
Arme
Mr. Newcome
Opequon
James W
Nancy Gardner Newcome
Frederick County
Rebecca Jenkins
Macedonia M. E. Church
South
George L. Waters
R.v
Mitchell
Omps Funeral
Newcome
Red Baker Returns From Tennessee With Injury
Halford Red Baker, a four year letterman from Handley who earned a Tennessee athletic scholarship, came home with a back injury after two weeks of Freshman practice. The college trainer advised rest for a year to heal torn muscles, with possible study in Washington before returning to Tennessee next fall. The injury occurred during calisthenics, not rough scrimmage.
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Halford
Red” Baker
Handley
University of Tennessee
Baker
Washington, D. C
Tennessee
Norman Thomas Seeks A Permit in New Jersey Hearing
Norman Thomas, socialist leader, demanded a court order to compel Jersey City officials to grant him a permit to speak. He criticized the Justice Department for dropping its investigation and appeared before a New Jersey Supreme Court commissioner at a hearing in Newark.
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Newark
Norman Thomas
Justice Department
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Antees
The
New Jersey Supreme Court
Daniel Casey
Chanters Set First Fall Meeting at The Willows
The Chanters hold their first fall meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at The Willows home of Mr Floyd Haines on Valley Pike. All members urged to attend as plans and practice for the fall concert and Christmas Cantata will be discussed.
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Chanters
French Fortify Border Zone With Barbed Wire Fences
French forces keep watch along the frontier outside the Maginot line with tight security. Farms in the northeast are heavily fenced with steel wire and iron posts, reflecting heightened vigilance and thorough protection of the region.
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France
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Dodd
Firestone
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B. Spencer
L. R. Summers
Pulaski County
T. M. Gravely
State Liquor Control Board
Pulaski
Commonwealth
Alton S. Crowell
Spencer
Maryland
Schapiro
Senator Tydings
Sudeten Grmans
Jean Carlyle
Fox Lake
Ill
Carlyle
Jerry Kearns
W. H. Newell
E. Boscawen St
Bill Powell
Macedonia
M. E
Red Baker
Sove
Wearea
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St
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