China Seeks League Aid in 1930s Japan Clash at Geneva
The League of Nations Council placed China's appeal against Japanese aggression with a revived advisory committee and invited Washington and 22 capitals to participate. Dr Wellington Koo accepted the decision but reserved the right to appeal again. The move tempers sanctions while keeping potential measures like credits suspension and arms stoppage on the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Sharkey
Geneva
League of Nations Council
China
United States
Washington
League
Japan
East
IPD
Manchuria
U. States
Comee
Wellington Koo
Council
Bapan
Radcliffe Calls Klan Obnoxious and Unfit for Supreme Court
Senator George L. Radcliffe of Maryland argued that anyone joining the Ku Klux Klan is unfit for the Supreme bench. The Democrat, a Roosevelt ally, defended Hugo Black's confirmation as a justice while denouncing extremist organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
George L. Radcliffe
Maryland
Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Bench of the
United States
Radcliffe
Roosevelt
Hugo. Black
Supreme Court
Ornithological note on a robin and seasonal harvest sighting
MA Winchester writes of a robin raising a new brood as summer wanes. The piece contrasts columnist vanity with a joke about first person pronouns and notes apple harvest activity with trucks, barrels, and fruit cars awaiting loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Public Sale of Beavers Estate Items Planned
Public sale will be held on Friday September 17 at the home of the late J H Beavers. sale includes personal property livestock implements household and kitchen furniture. J M Fishpaw is administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Beavers
J. M. Fishpaw
Adm
New Farm Labor Lung Disease Reported Here
Chicago reports a new farmer lung disease identified at the International Congress of Radiology. English doctor Dr. Fawcitt says hay and grain mold causes chest infections like silicosis with symptoms of difficult breathing, progressive weakness, coughing, fever, and tubercular signs. Treatment includes potassium iodide and vaccines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Congress of Radiology
Fawcitt
Ulverston
White Way May Be Extended On Two Entrances
Winchester officials discussed extending the white way street lights. The Light Committee recommended installing lights on Loudoun Street from Cork to Gerrard and extending to the city limit on Valley Avenue and Millwood Avenue near the Shawnee Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Way
Winchester
Light Committee of Common Council
City of
Loudoun Street
Cork
Gerrard
Valley Avenue
Shawnee Inn
Millwood Avenue
Winchester Businessman J Orndorff Suffers Stroke
Thomas J. Orndorff a Winchester business man is in critical condition at Memorial Hospital after a morning stroke at his North Loudoun Street home. His left side is paralyzed and he has not regained consciousness. Grandsons found him, with daughters and relatives notified and en route from Capon River and Bridgewater. He has long been active in Southern Methodist Church circles and Lions Club and sat on the Commercial and Savings Bank board since its founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Orndorff
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
North Loudoun Street
Mr. Orndorff
Hampshire County
W. Va
Southern Methodist Church
Lions Club
Commercials and Savings Bank
Midget sweet gherkins at Pure Food Store
Short note lists midget sweet gherkins in 10 ounce jars at Pure Food Store in Wes Ave. items priced for buyers seeking compact pickles. Readers see a terse grocery listing with product name and store location.
Navy War Basis Drives Britain France to Quick Mediterranean Patrols
Great Britain and France shift to wartime tempo in the Mediterranean. Italy faced with anti piracy patrol parity demands remains in diplomatic gridlock. The Anglo French fleet readies 150 vessels with depth charges torpedoes planes as destroyers sail from England to reinforce patrols. Bases recondition across Britain as crews load munitions for ongoing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
England
Europe
Mediterranean
Britain
Navy Yard
Liquidation Under Way at Farmers Bank and Trust
The Farmers Bank and Trust Company in Charles Town is being liquidated under the FDIC as receiver. Depositors under 5,000 will be paid in full while uninsured deposits total 134,000 for 27 depositors. The bank closed after alleged embezzlement by J. Richard Russell, who is jailed in Keyser, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Farmers Bank and Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
State Commissioner of Banking
FDIC
J. Richard Russell
Keyser
Miners Union Chief Plans Indiana Mission to Avert Strike
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, said he would dispatch a committee of international officers to Indiana to try to prevent a threatened strike by about 6,500 miners and avert disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Barnhart
District 11
Indiana
Attempt To Open Safe In Mill At Berryville
Berryville Virginia September 15. An amateur attempt to break the Clarke Milline Company safe failed last night as the safe was damaged but not opened. Authorities suspect the same group that tried to force the Winchester Milling Company safe earlier, with wrecking bars and a pipe wrench used and a skeleton key possibly involved. The safe locks may be burned off with torches and the manager considers changing the combination. A mysterious car sightings precede the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke Milline Company
F. L. Ayler
Winchester Milling Company
Ayer
Ayler
Wardell Singhass
Nova Scotians Lose Large Apple Crop in Windstorms
Nova Scotia apple growers report a major crop loss after two windstorms ripped about 500000 barrels of ripening fruit from trees. The province had expected 2500000 barrels with at least 1500000 destined for England. The storms severely hit main fruit regions, denting export potential amid a troubled French financial scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
New York
England
France
Fire and Blast Investigations in WEEHAWKEN Plant Blaze
Police and fire officials began separate inquiries into the explosion and fire at the S. B Penick and Company drug plant in Weehawken New Jersey. The blast injured 75 people and caused a reported loss between 100000 and 1000000 dollars as fire teams searched the ruins for potential victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weehawken
N. J
S. B Penick and Company
X. W. Speed
Michael Lyons
Frederick County Accepts New Office Building in Special Session
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors in a late afternoon special session accepted the new county office building after months of construction. Designed by Ian MacCallum, the brick white structure blends with the courthouse and awaits final details. The Perry Actton Company held the contract for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Ian MacCallum
Winchester
Washington
Perry Actton Company
Impeachment Talk Over Justice Black Widens
Newark dispatch reports Representative Edward L. O Neill says Representative John P. O Connor is canvassing Congressmen on impeachment proceedings against Justice Hugo Black. O Neill cites reports Black belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and warns the President may request resignation if Black does not explain or repudiate the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Edward L. O'Neill
John P. O'Conner
N. Y
Supreme Court
Black
O’neill
House Rules Committee
Hugo Black
Ku Klux Klan
Order
United States
Justice Black
Black Justice Hugo L Black Took Dual Oaths Preceding Term
Supreme Court clerk Charles E. Cropley announced Hugo L. Black had already taken both oaths required for a justice. Black pledged to uphold the constitution on August 19 and signed a second oath for impartial administration of justice. The second oath is expected to be repeated at the bench when the term begins October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Cropley
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
C. F. Pace
Senate
Cropley
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Justice Black
Ku Klux Klan
W. Cooper Green
Methodists In District Note Gains For Year
The Winchester District M E Church South reports include full indebtedness paid for a second year and strong growth with 650 to 700 accessions. Bishop Arthur J. Moore preached at Braddock Street Church and will return next month to preside over the conference as 400 pastors and laymen prepare for the Baltimore session opening October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
M. E. Church
South
W. W. McIntyre
Braddock Street M. &. Church
Twe
McIntyre
Bishop Moore
Arthur J. Moore
Roanoke
John Rosenberger
Moore
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Moorefield
Tribute Is Paid Asturian Forces at Gijon Front
At Hendaye on the Franco-Spanish frontier the insurgent high command praised Asturian resistance in Gijon and noted a day of fierce fighting aided by aircraft. The report admits six and a half miles lost in Rivadese sector while saying Italian forces were repelled toward Villa Simplex on the Leon Road.
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Hendaye
Gijon
Francisco
Rivadessal
Villa Simplex
Leon Road
Madrid
Carabanchel
Problem Children in Local Schools Under Psychological Tests
Miss Mary Land and Miss Ir vine of the State Welfare Department conducted psychological tests on problem children at Miller School. Results will be sent to Richmond, with similar tests planned across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Land
Miss Irvine
State Welfare Department
Miller School
Richmond
Cling Peaches Ready in White Heath
White Heath reports cling peaches now ready with Bauserman and Stephens City noted as linked contacts. The notice lists a date code 9-15-1p-21 and references local growers and suppliers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauserman
Stephens City
China Builds Large Force Around Shanghai in World War II
A Japanese spokesman reported 29 Chinese divisions totaling about 300000 troops in the Shanghai and Soochow area with 13 divisions concentrated near Shanghai. Several German officers aid units in Nanking and German veterans head a 60 member general staff led by Gen Baron Alexander Von Falkenhausen coordinating with Gen Chen and Gen Pai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Soochow
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Nanking
China
Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen
Chen. Cheng
Pai Chung-Shi
Truckers warned to obey Motor Carriers Act rules
C M Mark of the Interstate Commerce Commission spent yesterday and today educating truckers at the Chamber of Commerce about the Federal Motor Carriers Act. He warned those hauling interstate goods with straight T licenses to avoid evading proper insurance and licensing, saying violators will face prosecution and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Mark
Richmond
Bureau of Motor Carries
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Mark
Commission
Carriers Plot Winchester Meet for Virginia District
Plans are laid for entertaining the Northern District of the Virginia Branch National Letter Carriers Association in Winchester. H. Clay Manuel and Ryland Conner report on the Kansas City national convention where Manuel was elected National State Vice-President for Virginia for the next two years. The next national convention will be in Milwaukee in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
National Letter Carriers’ Association
Winchester
H. Clay Manuel
Ryland Conner
Kansas City
Manuel
Milwaukee
Garbage pickup notice restricts curb container timing
Local sanitation workers require all kitchen garbage to be placed in separate covered containers and placed on the curb by 7 30 a m. Wet garbage is collected in the morning before 10 o'clock with the rest of trash.
Fall of Kuanhsien Opens Way For a Westward Movement
Japanese reports say the center of the Chinese front near Peiping has collapsed with Wan Fu Lin’s Manchurian divisions in retreat. Kuanhsien’s fall exposes the right flank and threatens to split Chinese forces between Peiping and Tientsin as Japanese cavalry and mobile guns press west toward Paotingfu along the Peiping Pao tingfu line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. White
Peiping
China
Wan Fu-Lin
Wang
Kuanhsien
Yungting
Tientsin
Paotingfu
Hopeh
Chochow
Sun Lien-Chung
Shanghai
Lotien
International Settlement
Delta
Iwane Matsui
Legion To Meet At Snapp Cabin
A meeting of Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion will be held tomorrow evening at Dr Ralph B Snapp's cabin on Capon River. All members are urged to attend and will meet at City Hall Cameron Street side at 5 o'clock. Transportation will be provided for those without cars and Col B M Roszel will install the newly elected officers. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Ralph B. Snapp
Capon River
City Hall
Cameron Street
Col
B. M. Roszel
Ridgeway Supper Roast Beet Chicken Event Declared
An entry notes a supper at Ridgeway on September 17 featuring roast beet chicken dishes and a Canellon under Benesignes Chapel, with details ending in a fragmentary note.
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Ridgeway A
Benesignes
Andy
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League of Nations
Dr. Koo
Valley
Millwood
J. Orndorff
Wes
Pure Food Store
Navy
Nova
Weehawken, N. J
O’connor
House
O'Neill
O'Connor
Methodists
Bishop's Rally In
Asturian
Rivadesvilla
Cc. C
Legion
Snapp
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