Japanese Push Through Rains In Great Mass Attack On Foes
Japanese forces advance under heavy rain in a massed push northwest of Shanghai to seize Kiangwan and extend into the delta. Chinese defenses hold three lines as naval guns pound the new position. refugees and city fires mark the siege amid fears of cholera and famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Mills
Shanghai
Kiangwan
Chinese Central News Agency
Yangtze River
Liuho
Whangpoo
Szechuan Road
International
W.H. Plant
Portland
United States Steel Products Corporation
China
Orchard Walk With Pa Highlights Harvest Pleasures
Mae Winchester recalls strolling the orchard with her father as harvest begins. He checks progress of early varieties while she enjoys the beauty of loaded trees. She notes the months of labor and spraying schedules, and Pa’s belief that human effort plus nature yields fine crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Nature
Walsh Demands President Probe Over Black Klan Ties
Senator David S. Walsh calls on President Roosevelt to appoint an impartial investigating committee to examine reports that Justice Hugo L. Black holds a life membership in the Ku Klux Klan. Black, vacationing in London, has not confirmed or denied the affiliation amid ongoing exchanges on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
President
Black
Ku Klux
New York
David S. Walsh
D.-Mass
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Justice Black
Senate
London
Invisible Empire
Copeland
Atlanta
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Royal S Copeland
Allega
Winchester Ministerial Association Plans Prosperity and Cooperation
The Winchester Ministerial Association met in the Handley Library with Rev. Herman McKay presiding. Members Flickinger Whitten Caulkins Clark Owen Wilson Mars McKay and Dudley attended plus Rev H L Caulkins and Scout Executive Dan Henry as advisory member. The council promised to enforce carnival ordinances and ministers may offer churches for committee or pulpit use while planning a circulating library and cooperating with upcoming Methodist Episcopal and United Brethren conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Handley Library
Herman McKay
Ronald Wilson
Flickinger
Whitten
Caulkins
Clark
Owen
Wilson
Mars
McKay
Dudley
H. L. Caulkins
C. W. Caulkins
Scout
Dan Henry
E. T. Clark
Battle of Music at Castleman's Ferry
Jim Do man and Bob Riley headline a music battle at Castleman's Ferry on Thursday September 16 from 9 30 to 1 30 with continuous performances. Admission is one dollar fifty cents per couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle of Music
Thurs
Castleman's Ferry
Jim Doman
Bob Riley
Apples for Export See J R DuShane at 15 Court Square
Advert shows export apples and identifies J R DuShane located at 15 Court Square since 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. DuShane
Court Square
Day of the Pay-Off as Depositors Get Checks in Charles Town
In Charles Town West Virginia September 14 depositors of the Farmers Bank and Trust Company lined up at the door as checks were issued to release frozen deposits. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation agents sped up drafts for insured deposits while auditors reviewed about 4200 accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Charles Town
W. Va
Farmers Bank and Trust Company
J Richard Russell
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Supper and dance events at Ridgeway and Oak Grove
Supper of chicken and roast beef to raise funds at Ridgeway homeplace on Friday September 17 from 5 30 to 9 00. Tickets 40 cents with chicken under ten costing 25 cents benefiting Paynes Chapel. A dance and amateur night follow on Wednesday September 15 at Oak Grove on Mburg Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeway
Paynes’ Chapel
Oak Grove
M'burg Pike
Vatican Paper Warns of Nazi Church Threat
Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano warns that Nazi paganism risks bloodshed against priests in Germany and Spain if anti Christian forces are not curbed. The editorials, approved by the Pope, say religious peace in Germany is endangered after the Nurnberg congress and accuse the German state of backing anti Christian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Germany
Spain
Third Reich
Holy Father
Nurnberg
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Popaganda
Holy See
Five Winchester Girls to Appear in the Newsreel
Five Winchester girls from Handley high school will be featured in the newsreel this year. Accompanied by Carroll Miller of Martinsburg the group posed at the Harry F Byrd orchard Rosemont and Apple Pie Ridge orchards to film harvest scenes for release in theatres worldwide. The event continues Winchester’s prominent industry exposure through short screen glimpses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Carroll Miller
Martinsburg
Appalachian Apples, Inc
Harry F. Byrd
Rosemont
Apple Pie Ridge
Shirley Williams
Jean Miller
Dana Nelson
Jonedith Henry
Edna Courtney
Frederick County
Handley
Apple Harvest Activities Rise from Last Year
Apple harvest activities are picking up this season, with more orchards reporting steady picking progress and early yields compared with last year. Growers expect stronger demand as markets reopen and export shipments increase.
Frederick apple harvest sparks influx of job seekers
As the apple harvest begins, Frederick area plants anticipate a busy season with 3 000 to 4 000 workers needed for pickers and packers. Employers report ongoing hiring, some workers told to return later, while awaiting fuller fruit in. The early Grimes Delicious and Jonathans are being gathered, with Yorks and other late varieties left to color and ripen. Labor appears available locally, with producers optimistic on apple flow and staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Frederick County
Ben Davis
Frederick
Drowning Mars Opens Woodstock Fair with Tragedy
In Woodstock Virginia on September 14 11 year old John Moomaw drowned near the grandstand cistern during the Shenandoah County Fair opening day. Firefighters labored four hours but could not revive him as about 4000 spectators gathered. His playmate James Abell 8 watched. The boy reportedly fell while attempting to move a cistern lid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
John Moomaw
James Abell
Moomaw
Uncle Sam's Entomologists Plan Next Year Battle Against Beetles
Washington on September 14: entomologists will review summer trapping results after the season ends to plan next year's campaign against the Japanese beetle. About 160000 traps were placed baited with geranol and eugenol to map spread, not eradicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Washington
Rohwer
Great Britain and France Mobilize Mediterranean Naval Pact
Britain more than doubles Mediterranean fighting strength to 90 warships for piracy patrol with 36 destroyers and four flotilla leaders plus nine French torpedo boats. The Nyon accord, signed by nine nations, seeks to suppress submarine piracy in the inland sea and will be immediately enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Admiralty
England
Paris
Naval Ministry
France
Hood
Britain
Malta
Geneva
Placidlyon
Nyon
Spain
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Brest
Tyrhennian
Germany
Lake Geneva
Albania
Rome
Berlin
International Police Force
Odd Fellows Sponsor Scout Troop Seeks Charter
Middletown Virginia September 14. Independent Order of Odd Fellows sponsors Troop No. 39 Boy Scouts of America which has been dormant for two years. Dan O Henry Winchester sends charter application to National Headquarters for approval. Scoutmaster William Keith with assistants Paul Everly and Herbert Jones. committee chair C L Wright and members C B Stickley and George W Borden. Charter members listed as James Garrett John Henry Charles Jenkins Eugene Jen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Boy Scouts of America
Dan O. Henry
Winchester
William Keith
Paul Everly
Herbert 8S Jones
The
Odd Fellows
C. L. Wright
C. B. Stickley
George W. Borden
James Garrett
John Henry
Charles Jenkins
Eugene Jen
Local People In Accident In Virginia
Commonwealth's Attorney Burr P Harrison Mrs Harrison Miss Georgia Conrad and Thomas Baldridge all of this city were slightly injured in an automobile accident Sunday evening when their car was struck head on by a vehicle reportedly driven on the wrong side of the road. The crash occurred at 8 o'clock between Madison Court House and Sperryville Virginia. Harrison was returning from Charlottesville where he attended the annual convention of Young Democrats of Virginia. The group spent the night at a Madison hotel except Baldridge who returned home. Mrs Harrison went to Memorial Hospital for examination for possible broken bones in her foot. Conrad was lightly cut and bruised. Harrison sprained his ankle and Baldridge was shaken up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Frederick
Burr P. Harrison
Young Democrats
Virginia
Winchester
Baldridge
Madison
Mr. Baldridge
Auction sale on 4065 Main Street in front court
That desirable property at 4065 South Main Street will be sold Saturday September 25 at 11 a.m. in front Court. See advertisement inside page 5 column 2 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Lovetts Shoe and Dress Shop Observes Holiday Closure
Lovetts Shoe and Dress Shop will be closed on Wednesday September 15 in observance of a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovetts Shoe and Dress Shop
Man Held on $5,000 Bond in Assault Case
William Siders alias William R. Berry was held for the grand jury in lieu of $5,000 bail on assault with intent to kill charges. Emmett testified he attacked her July 14 near Gainesboro with a shotgun and brick. Siders also faces Morgan County West Virginia indictments for a store and post office robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Siders
William R. Berry
A. J. Tavenner
Siders
Virginia Emmett
Gainesboro
W. Va
Morgan County
W .Va
County Delinquent Taxes and Staffing Actions
At yesterday’s board meeting County Treasurer Harry McCann reported year 1934 personal property delinquent taxes totaling 640.60, an improvement on 1933’s 708.95. Exceptions totaling 56.30 were noted and approved. The treasurer was told to pursue delinquent real estate taxes with the Commonwealth’s attorney. The board also authorized Mae Fletcher to be full time secretary to Public Welfare head Mrs. Eulalia Nalley as of September 13, at 48 dollars monthly. Insurance steps were begun for the county office building, valued 10,000 with contents insured for 15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Harry McCann
Commonwealth
Mae Fletcher
Eulalia Nalley
Parker Delegate To Legion Meet
E. C. Parker former commander of Robert Y. Conrad Post and Seventh District was elected at the Virginia state convention in Danville to represent the Seventh District at the national Legion convention in New York City. He will be joined by Mrs. Parker who will stay in New York during sessions. The convention runs September 20 to 23 with preliminary activities on September 19. the Parkers depart Winchester on September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Parker
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Danville
New York City
Parker
New York
Legionnaires
the Legion Auxiliary
Winchester
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Connecticut
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Maryland
New Jersey
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Rumania
Turkey
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Greece
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