Ministers Seek $1 Million Pension Drive For 1938
Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church discusses a campaign to raise about a million dollars for retired and disabled ministers. Dr Clyde A Lynch of Lebanon Valley College notes pensions lacking for preachers, urging two leaders per conference and college president support, aiming for completion by November 1938.
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Chambersburg
Virginia
United Brethren Church
G. D. Batdorf
General Conference
A. P. Hovermale
Martinsburg
Clyde A. Lynch
Lebanon Valleye College
Annville
Disappointed spectator misreads cannonball act at Antietam celebration
A nervous young woman at Antietam’s celebration sought thrills from daredevils. She watched for the man “shot from a cannon” but opened her eyes to find the human cannon ball already in a net nearby, lamenting she did not see the shot.
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Antietam
Hold Negroes In Alleged Robbery in Middletown
Three negro men, George Eliott Stanley Elliott and Frank Walker, all of Middletown, are held by Frederick county authorities on highway robbery charges. Sheriff J W Newcome said they assaulted Lester Barton on Main street near Middletown late Saturday night and robbed him. A preliminary hearing before Trial Justice A J Tavenner is expected tomorrow if witnesses can be summoned. Barton's injuries were described as not serious. Walker has a prior breaking and entering record.
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Frederick County
J. W. Newcome
Lester Barton
Middletown
A. J. Tavenner
Barton
George Eliott
Stanley Elliott
Frank Walker
Walker
Newcome
Rosenberger Named Trustee at Methodist Home
Dr. W. W. McIntyre announced John H. Rosenberger of Winchester was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Home For Aged and Orphans. The Virginia office will be housed in Winchester soon as the home carries a $350,000 property value with $25,000 debt and 70 inmates. Plans include an orphanage at Gaithersburg to expand facilities.
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W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
M. E. Church
South
Gaithersburg
Home For
John H. Rosenberger
McIntyre
Virginia
Mrs. Amanda Towill Dutton Dies in Richmond Hospital
Mrs. Amanda Towill Dutton 69 widow of Dr. Benjamin B. Dutton Sr. of Middlesex County Virginia and mother of Dr. B. B. Dutton of Winchester died last night at St. Luke's Hospital Richmond after an operation. She had not been well for some time and was brought to Richmond for treatment. Her son Dr. Dutton rushed to be with her as the end came at 9 p.m. She had many Winchester friends and had spent the month with the Dutton home here during May.
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Amanda Towill Dutton
Benjamin B. Dutton
Middlesex County
B. B. Dutton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richmond
Dutton
Winchester
For Sale Second Hand Picking Sacks
For sale 150 good second hand picking sacks cheap. Apply Byrd Packing House Berryville or telephone Berryville 75.
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Byrd Packing House
Berryville
New pack kippered snacks three tins fifteen cents
Pure Food Store advertises a new pack of kippered snacks in three tins priced at 15 cents. The small listing marks a sale item on page 1.
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Pure Food
Roosevelt signals cut in work relief spending next year
The administration plans substantial trims in work relief for 1938 39 to balance the budget. Hearings on the budget have begun, and Roosevelt will submit figures in January. McIntyre said final allocations under the 1937 public works extension act were made and Ickes rejected many projects lacking federal funds.
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Washington
Nanjel W. Bell
Roosevelt
Congress
Marvin H. McIntyre
White House
Ickes
PWA
Orndorff Dies After Stroke In Winchester Age 74
Thos J Orndorff a Winchester marble and granite dealer died at Memorial Hospital after a paralytic stroke at his home on North Loudoun street. Born October 26 1862 in Hampshire County West Virginia he spent over 50 years in Winchester. He served Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South aided in founding Commercial and Savings Bank and held roles with Lions Club Knights of Pythias and Charley Rouss Fire Company.
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Thomas J. Orndorff
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
North
Loudoun Street
Orndorff
Bernard
Thomas Groves
Capon River
Hampshire
Hampshire County
W. Va
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Commercial and Savings Bank
Lions’ Club
Winchester Lodge No. 6
Knights of Pythias
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Pickers' Tickets Printed at Star Office
Notice states pickers' tickets are printed now at the Star Office with date 7-21-1p-1f indicating the time frame for publication or distribution.
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Star Office
Crosley Radios 1938 Models On Display
Willis' Bicycle & Radio Shop displays the new 1938 Crosley radio models for customers to view and purchase.
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Crosley
Willis’ Bicycle & Radio Shop
Death of Thomas Cover in Vermont after summer in New England
Thomas Cover, a member of a prominent Winchester family, died in his Lake Champlain cottage in Vermont during the night. He had been spending the summer with his family at a North Hero area camp and planned to return to Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia for the winter. Arthritis had troubled him for years, but a heart attack likely caused his death in his sleep. Cover, born near Rock Springs about 1859, grew up in Winchester and later lived in Bryn Mawr. he frequently visited his old home and scenes of youth.
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New England
Bryn Mawr
Thomas Cover
Winchester
Lake Champlain
Vermont
Philadelphia
Mr. Cover
Vermont Lake
North Hero
Cover
Thomas and
Elizabeth Zepp Cover
Rave Springs
Frederick County
Fairmont Avenue
John Kerr
Bowers' Horse Has 15 Money Finishes Across Races
Jack Bowers, former Winchester police officer, returns from major tracks with High Hedge. The horse ran in 17 events, placing in the money 15 times and winning the Manley Cup and purses at Cumberland Miriam Hopkins Handicap at Agawan Decoration Day handicap and Hagerstown events. Tall Cedar showed limited success in several starts.
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Jack Bowers
Winchester
High Hedge
Cumberland
Agawan
Hagerstown
Tall Cedar
Refugees Arrive in Manila From China War Zone
Naval officials announce the U S submarine tender Canopus will reach Manila Sunday carrying 104 refugees from the China war zone. The group includes wives and children of American sailors, one civilian, his wife, and two missionaries.
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Manila
U. S
Tsingtao
China War Zone
Chinese Forces Pushed Back In Northern Areas
Japanese expeditionary force drives toward central Hopeh from Peiping advancing 70 miles and threatening the defense line from Paotingfu to Tsangchow. Chinese regulars totaling about 150000 hold trenches while Japanese push to break the fortifications as a major battle looms.
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J. D. White Peiping
China
Hopeh
Peiping
Paotingfu
Tsangchow
Japan
Paotingful
Yellow River
Japan regrets attack on British ambassador in Shanghai
Tokyo reports Japan's sorrow over the wounding of Britain's ambassador to China in an aerial strike near Shanghai. British notes demand apology and pledge such incidents will not recur.
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Japan
Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Blast Injures Five Workers at Mather Collieries
An explosion in an air shaft two miles from the main workings at Mather Collieries mine in Waynesburg Pennsylvania seriously injured five workers today.
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Waynesburg
Mather
Ruth Roland Dead Silent Screen Star Dies in Hollywood
Ruth Roland, born in San Francisco, longtime silent film star, died at her Hollywood home after a lengthy illness. The death was reported in the California city where she resided.
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Ruth Roland
Hollywood
Calif
San Francisco
Chinese Delegate Plans Charge Against Japan at League
Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo China league delegate prepared to present a charging statement against Japan to the Sino Japanese advisory committee of the League of Nations after accepting the invitation to sit with the group in Geneva on September 22.
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Geneva
League of Nations
V. K. Wellington Koo
China
League
Japan
Blast Injures Six During Demolition in Baltimore
A building under demolition in Baltimore caused a blast that injured six people including a Supreme bench judge. Firefighters responded to two separate fire alarms as rescuers searched the scene.
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Baltimore
Supreme Bench
Cholera Toll Mounts in Shanghai International Settlement
Shanghai reports an unchecked cholera epidemic with over 1500 confirmed cases in the international settlement and French concession, plus 979 suspected cases in the settlement. Native areas have no counted victims.
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Shanghai
Protests Over Nanking Bombings Escalate With Japan
The United States and Britain file protests in Tokyo over Japanese aerial bombardment of Nanking. Joseph Grew and Sir Robert Craigie meet Japanese Foreign Minister Koki Hirota as Hull issues a second, harsher note. Public sentiment in Japan shifts toward the U.S. after evacuation of Ambassador Nelson Johnson.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Nanking
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Joseph Grew
Robert Craigie
Koki Hirota
U. S
Nelson Johnson
Hull
Roosevelt
Los Angeles Favored For 738 Legion Convention
New York reports Los Angeles California chosen as the site of the 1938 American Legion convention by 1939 delegates. Denver and Chicago had bid for the next year. Willliam Green AF of L AFL urged closer ties with the Legion and Brig Gen Frank T. Hines called for tolerance toward new ideas.
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New York
American Legion Today
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank N. Belgrano
Los Angeles Legionnaires
Denver
Chicago
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Legion
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Green
American Legion
Room For Local Youths In C C C
It was announced this morning that C C C enrollment from this section has always been slim and all interested should file applications for the fall term at the Welfare Office. Application blanks are available and should be filled before October registration. There are several places open for local youths and men.
Bombers Rain Destruction on Nanking After City Bombardment
The Chinese capital Nanking endures a second day of devastating air raids as more than 200 civilians are killed or wounded. Dozens of incendiaries ignite huts in the Hsiakwan slum while casualties rise near embassies and foreign residences. US Ambassador Johnson stays at the capital confirming resolve amid the bombardment.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Nanking
Hsiakwan
Yangtze River
China
Shanghai-Nanking
Tientsin-Pukow
Yangrs
United States
Nelson T Johnson
Luzon
Johnson
Washington
Scott County School Board Loses Mandamus Suit
The State Supreme Court of Appeals dismissed the Scott County School Board’s petition for a writ of mandamus. It held the Board of Supervisors can reduce the budget, opposing deletions totaling over $20,000 from the county school budget.
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Staunton
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Scott County School Board
Board of Supervisors
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United Brethren
Price
Lebanon Valley College
Lynch
Evangelical Church
Tho
Rosenberger
Methodist Home
Sper
Thomas
Lake Lamp
Balanc
Thos. J. Orndorff
Bowers
Moscow
Steubenville, O
Labor Board
Weirton Steel Company
Paris
Marseille
Mediterranean
Koutoubia
Koo
Legion Meeting
C. C.C
School Board of Scott
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