Planning League of Virginia Holds State Meeting
Virginia planners gathered in September at Old ch ro ye with Hampton and Suffolk mayors elected to leadership posts. The group adopted a resolution seeking highway work through small towns and debated restoring local utility rate control to municipalities. Col Leroy Hodges warned that urban growth outpaces planning, urging flexible, comprehensive zoning. William A. Smith urged long term budgeting of WPA labor for municipal projects.
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Oginia
Old Chro Ye
Hampton
Beret
Dreanok
Marshall King
Laneer
Hopewell
Jack Nurney
Suffolk
J. W. Bickford
Col
Leroy Hodges
State Planning Board
Virginia
Hodges
William A. Smith
Works Progress Administration
Everyday Science For Everybody features quick facts series
A Winchester Star promotion describes Everyday Science For Everybody as a packed booklet of daily discoveries. It promises clear nontechnical explanations across weather stars geography chemistry physics biology and more with chapters and questions readers ask every day. Copies cost a dime.
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Winchester Star
Junior Auxiliary Diphtheria Clinic Slated for Next Week
The Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital plans a diphtheria clinic for Winchester children. Registration splits by race with white children 10 to 12 AM and colored children 2 to 4 PM. Clinics run Wednesday for whites and Thursday for colored children, ages 6 months to 6 years receive one toxoid shot. No county children accepted.
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Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Non stop performance by Oklahoma City governors in concert
Oklahoma City officials and attendees will hear a Federal Symphony Orchestra perform a 40 minute program featuring songs from the 48 states plus a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner during a conference event spanning September 25 to 27.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Symphony Orchestra
Grant Permit For Fun Festival Grows Local Boxing Promoters
Council granted permission to color citizens to hold a fun festival to promote boxing and wrestling clubs. The permit allows roping off Gibbons Street between Loudoun and Cameron during the event. Festival dates listed September 26 29 and September 14 17.
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Gibbons
Loudoun
Cameron
Seeing Red Bulls Stampede Near Milwaukee Truck
Bert Reithel of Jefferson, Wis., found seven bulls in his truck caused more excitement than one. A flat tire sent him to a filling station where the bulls charged the red gasoline pumps. Nine policemen stood by as firemen corralled the bulls and Reithel moved the truck to safety nearby.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bert Reithel
Jefferson
Reithel
Prepared To Meet Shock Of a European War
Henry Paynter surveys American business and finance readiness for a general European war. Wall Street leaders say the US economy is far more prepared than in 1914, with stronger gold reserves, higher excess bank reserves, federal deposit insurance, and laws limiting war loans.
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Henry Paynter
New York
Wall Street
United States
William McC. Martin
New York Stock Exchange
Europe
San Francisco
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance
Opening Day At Shenandoah County Fair Draws Large Crowd
Thousands of children filled the Shenandoah County Fair grounds for the 1938 opening day. The Kaus Shows introduced the Octopus ride as crowds enjoyed the pony rides the merry go round and aerial acts. A Shenandoah County Band parade opened the festivities and art displays drew steady attention as fireworks capped the night.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County Fair
Virginia
Shenandoah County
Ed Ritenour
Detrick
Fort Valley
Martha Alice Coffman
Shenandoah Valley
Harold W. Miller
John Keller
Richard Byrd
A. L. Beydler
WSVA
Harrisonburg
Mickie Magruder
U. S. National Forest
Covington Fair
Young Republican Convention Broadcast Planned for Saturday
Sessions of the Young Republican Clubs of Virginia convention in Richmond at the Hotel Jefferson will be aired on WRVA. The keynote at noon, the 2:30 to 4:30 election session with ex-Senator Benjamin Muse, and a 8 to 9 p.m. address from Hon. Arthur Hyde will be broadcast from the Mosque.
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Young Republican Clubs of Virginia
Jefferson
Richmond
WRVA
Benjamin Muse
Arthur Hyde
Flight Cooperators Honored In Missing Plane Case
A fragment notes that some persons who cooperated with a missing flight’s inquiries died with him to provide renewals for those involved and to aid the investigation.
Public sale of billiard and pool room equipment
Trustee B P Harrison offers at public auction on September 26, 1938 at 11:00 A M at Kern's Pool Room 160 North Main Street Winchester Virginia the sale of 7 pool tables 2 pool boards 7 sets of pool balls 78 cues 4 racks 4 bowling alleys 37 small balls 4 duck pins 22 chairs 1 heatrolay and numerous lights counters cases and related items including cash registers and furniture. Cash on the day of sale.
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Henry Kern
Ton Court
City Ofchester
Virginia
Kern
North Main Street
Winchester
B. P. Harrison
Bingo Night at Carlana's Service Station
Saturday evening September 17 at Carlana's Service Station Front Royal Pike five miles south of Winchester. Game starts 8 30 p m. Come one come all.
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Carlana’s
Front Royal Pike
Winchester
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Adolf Hitler
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Front Royalee
Stake Body
L. H. Roy
Boyce
American Rad. Co
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York State
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Hines
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