Japan Rejects Mediation Over Sino Japanese Conflict
In Geneva the Japanese envoy Eiji Amau says Japan will brook no mediation or interference by the League of Nations in the Sino Japanese crisis. Dr Wellington Koo of China denounces Japanese aggression before the league, warning Western powers to back China to curb Japanese expansion.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Geneva
Japan
League of Nations
Switzerland
Eiji Amau
Associated Press
League
China
League Council
Aman
Wellington Koo
Amau
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Koo
United States
Europe
League of Nations Assembly
Tientsih
Peiping
Shanghai
America
Winchester Eyes City Sidewalk Repairs Plan
The city council approved plans to repair sidewalks in need across central streets. Property owners have already cooperated or will be charged for city repairs. a recent survey highlighted many deteriorating walks. The call is to act now and improve pedestrian safety.
Hollis Confirmed as Police Chief for Indefinite Term
Council confirmed incumbent C W Hollis as Police Chief for an indefinite term under the Commissioner plan. Dr Charles R Anderson presented the nomination with approval and the council approved without a dissent. Also discussed refuse disposal funding and a 2 hour parking amendment on Loudoun Street.
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C. W. Hollis
C. R. Anderson
W. W. Dellinger
Loudoun
Cork
Boscawen
Clayton W. Hollis
Charles R. Anderson
Publisher Looks In On Big Fruit Enterprise Here
Mr and Mrs R Woods and their son Wi Woods of Wenatchee Washington visit Winchester to tour local orchards and accompany their daughter Miss Willa Lou Woods to Syracuse University. Editor Woods sees Winchester apple industry during stop on East tour.
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R Woods
Wi Woods
Wenatchee
Wash
Winchester
Mrs. Woods
Willa Lou Woods
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Mr. Woods
All Day Service at Ridings Chapel Home-Coming Event
Ridings Chapel on the Reliance Circuit of the United Brethren Church will host an all-day service on Sunday September 19. Former pastors and local families will attend. Morning program includes Church School at 10 and preaching at 11 with a potential guest speaker. A picnic dinner follows at noon and afternoon round table church discussions are planned.
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Ridings Chapel
Reliance
United Brethren Church
Nude Woman Found in Niagara Gorge Identified
The nude body of a 48 yearold woman identified as Mrs Lloyd W Jenkins of Eggertsville was recovered from the Niagara gorge. Coroner Harry R Emes said the skull was fractured and other injuries suggest a plunge over Niagara Falls. No verdict yet.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Gorge
Harry R. Emes
Lloyd W. Jenkins
Eggertsville
Meade Estate Auction and Castleman's Ferry Music Battle
E S Meade Estate White Post holds an antiques auction on Saturday September 18 at 10 am. A Battle of Music event Thursday September 16 at Castleman's Ferry features Jim Do man and Bob Riley from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. couples pay $1.50. Pure Food Store advertises a larger food variety.
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E. S. Meade
White Post
Battle of Music
Thurs
Castleman’s Ferry
Jim Doman
Bob Riley
Retained plan assigns police chief control over department
The new plan places the Chief of Police in charge of department efficiency and authorizes him to appoint and remove all officers for cause. The council also seeks to provide officers with adequate training.
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Council
City to push pavement repairs after council approval
Street committee chair W. W. Dellinger announced unanimous council approval to proceed with pavement repairs. Property owners will be notified to fix sidewalks, with hearings for exceptions, then costs assessed if owners fail to act. Survey covered central area and found thousands of feet of curb and pavement needing work and eleven dangerous cellars.
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Neil
W. W. Dellinger
Dellinger
Kent
Piccadilly
Stewart
Cork
Cars Have Spite Against a Lawyer in Armell Virginia
In Armell Virginia property owned by J P Allen Winchester attorney lay in the way of a runaway circus truck loaded with tent poles. The truck veered off a sharp curve struck a barbed wire fence crossed a lot and hit the Allen house taking out its southeast corner. The driver abandoned the vehicle after the wreck.
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Armel
J. P. Allen
Winchester
Allen Property
Allen House
Rag Run
Cornwell Hill
Britain and France push Mediterranean patrol to sea
Britain and France refuse to delay patrols against submarine piracy despite Italian objections to the Nyon accord. Nine power agreement goes into effect, with heavy naval forces speeding to the region to reach about 200 warships. Italy may join only on a limited basis, while Russia pursues isolation of Italy as it seeks influence in the Mediterranean.
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London
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea
Russia
Pan International
Pater
Bandits Hold Up Coal Payroll Near Norton Virginia
Three masked white men stopped a payroll convoy from Blackwood Coal and Coke Co. near Pardee mine 11 miles from Norton, taking an estimated 15 000 to 16 000 dollars. Deputy Sheriff C W McNutt and two company employees were with the payroll. the robbers fled to High Knob after locking the payroll car. General manager J L Osler confirmed the theft amount.
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Norton
Blackwood Coal and Coke Company
Pardee
C. W. McNutt
High Knob
E. F. Bull
Bud Hall
McNutt
J. L. Osler
Prelate Bishop Moore to Speak at Winchester Rally
Bishop Moore will preach at the Winchester District M E Church South rally in Roanoke here tomorrow. He will also preside over the Baltimore Conference sessions opening October 6 at Braddock Street Church, meeting with Dr W W Mc Intyre and John H Rosenberger.
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Bishop Moore
Roanoke
W. W. McIntyre
John H. Rosenberger
Winchester
M. E. Church
South
Baltimore
Braddock Street Church
Methodists To Conduct Rally Here Tomorrow
Dr. W. W. McIntyre presiding elder of Winchester District leads M E Church South and John H. Rosenberger as Baltimore Conference lay leader depart for Roanoke to meet Bishop Arthur J. Moore. Moore preaches at 11 30 tomorrow as the Baltimore conference opens October 6. Church rally begins 10 o clock with Moore directing mission fund drive in Virginia.
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Bishop Moore
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
M. E. Church
South
John H. Rosenberger
Baltimore
Roanoke
Arthur J. Moore
San Antonio
Texas
Inn
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Virginia
Miss Farrar to Leave Frederick County for Rockbridge Post
Elizabeth Farrar, Home Demonstration Agent for seven years in Frederick County, will transfer to Rockbridge County with offices in Lexington, Virginia, to begin October 1. The WPA funds for a secretary to the Home Agent have been withdrawn, raising questions about county funding for the position. Madeline Blair, from Pittsylvania County and a Harrisonburg College graduate, will succeed Farrar and take over October 1 after two years of successful work in Rockbridge.
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Elizabeth Farrar
Frederick County
Rockbridge County
Lexington
Farrar
Bedford
Mecklenburg County
WPA
Mary Crisman
Madeline Blair
Pittsylvania County
Harrisonburg College
Rioters Storm Polish Synagogue During Yom Kippur Service
Rioters stormed a synagogue in Czeladz during Yom Kippur, hurling stones and shattering windows as Jews fled. Police arrested about six rioters, amid a climate of earlier outbreaks in Brześć and broader antisemitic tensions across Poland.
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Poland
Warsaw
Czeladz
Brzec
Fears of Cholera Rise in Shanghai International Settlement
Shanghai reports 654 cases and 1st British death Private Thomas Brown of Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Cholera affects 649 Chinese and 5 foreigners in foreign districts. many more feared among Chinese refugees. Fighting and fires front Soochow creek as American marines reinforce barricades.
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Shanghai
Thomas Brown
North Lancshire Regiment
Inter
Wan On Rampage Slays Ex Judge and Stabs Lawyer
A 45 year old man, George L. Chickavarrich, fatally shot former Municipal Court Judge Frederick W. Elliott and stabbed attorney George A. Mason in a Desplaines Street law suite. He surrendered at Des Plaines Street station after tossing a .32 pistol on an officer’s desk and cited a feud over property.
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Chicago
Frederick W. Elliott
Patrick Collins
George L. Chickavarrich
Desplaines Street
Judge Elliott
George A. Mason
Elliott
Chickavarrich
West
Washington Street
Mason
Washington
Collins
John J. Griffin
Griffin
Confession in Jesen Killing Shocks New Hampshire Town
Attorney General Thomas P. Cheney announced Howard Long of Alton confessed to killing 10 year old Mark Neville Jensen in Laconia on Sept 10. Officials said Jensen died during a desperate attempt to fight off a sexual assault.
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Laconia
N. H
Thomas P. Cheney
New Hampshire
Howard Long
Alton
Mark Neville Jensen
White Heath Now Ready
White Heath is prepared as of September 15 with C. C. Bauserman of Stephens City involved in the preparations.
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White Heath
C. C. Bauserman
Stephens City
Public Sale of Personal Property at Beavers Home
S will sell on Fri Sept 17 at the home of the late J H Beavers. Sale includes livestock implements household and kitchen furniture. J M Fishpaw is administrator.
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J. H. Beavers
J. M. Fishpaw
Adm
Franc Slumps As Selling Wave Hits French Currency
Paris reports a heavy selling wave that pushed the franc to its lowest level in over a decade, closing at 29.35 per dollar and 144.75 per pound. The currency stabilization fund halted bolstering efforts, fueling speculation it may slide toward 30 francs per dollar amid ongoing revaluation pressures.
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Paris
France
Raymond Poincaire
United States
Leon Blum
Blum
Georges Bonnet
High View Grange Meeting Scheduled With Mr Wall Talk
The High View Grange No. 886 will hold its regular meeting tomorrow night at 8 in the usual place. R A Wall director of vocational agriculture at Middletown and Stephens City high schools will deliver a lecture after returning from a western states tour. Members urged to attend for valuable information.
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High View
R. A. Wall
Middletown
Stephens City
Grange
Confession Interior: Man Admits Attacking Chicago Choir Singer
In Chicago on September 15 a 24 year old father of two confessed to raping and torturing choir singer Miss Anna Brasy 10 months after the crime. Chief Detective Sullivan said Robert Conroy made the admission after Miss Brasy identified him. Conroy was arrested three days earlier after a telephone tip from an unnamed woman.
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Chicago
Anna Brasy
John L. Sullivan
Robert Conroy
Brasy
Conroy
Water tests declare springs satisfactory findings
Richard Messer of the State Board of Health informs city authorities that analyses of water samples from Rouss Spring and Old Town Spring are satisfactory. Reports dated September 14.
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Richard Messer
State Board of Health
Rpouss Spring
Old Town Spring
Naval Commanders Protest Firing Near Shanghai Amid War
Naval commanders from the United States and four Western powers demanded that Chinese and Japanese anti air craft gunners spare civilian lives as fighting raged along the north China front. The war pushed near Peiping and Tientsin with heavy bombardment and rapid maneuvers as both sides clashed.
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J. D. White
Peiping
North China Front
Here
Tientsin-Nanking
Tsangchow
Tientsin
Paotingfu
China
Moe
Yuanting River
Kuan Hsien
Hsigchi
Shanghai
United States
Park Playgrounds Remain Open at Winchester Park
Winchester Park playgrounds stay open and will not close unless weather requires it. Recreation director Myrtle Chrismore says children are welcome with expert supervision and plans include a series of volleyball and horseshoe events adapted for youngsters.
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Winchester Park
Myrtle Chrismore
Chrismore
Goodness How Dixie Changes Governor Claim Not A Drinker
Atlantic City reports a lighthearted exchange at the governor’s conference. Governor Olin D Johnston of South Carolina declares he never drank alcohol, while North Carolina Governor Clyde R Hoey adds that he has not hit the bottle either.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Olin D. Johnston
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
South Carolina
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Police
Anderson
Rufus Woods
Wenatchee, Wash
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Mussolini
Bishop Arthur J. Moore
Miss Farrar
Brzese
Brzesc
International Settlement
Soochow Creek
High View Grange
Dixie
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