Spanish envoy warns Spain a battlefield of World War
Geneva September 25 Spaniard Julio Alvarez Del Vayo told the League of Nations Assembly that blood stained soil of Spain is already the battlefield of World War He attacked Germany Italy and Portugal for arming rebels and warned future wars will be between two groups of ideas free democracy and oppression He condemned non intervention and said foreign arms aided the rebellion while Madrid denounces the accord and demands normal relations.
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Geneva
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
League of Nations Assembly
Spain
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Madrid
del Vayo
Winchester tale of a woman freeing Confederate prisoners
MA Winchester recalls a war era heroine who fought with courage. She used an axe to batter the jail door and free Confederate prisoners as Federal troops withdrew in a rapid departure. The freed men expressed gratitude while the woman dismissed any Federals remaining nearby.
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Spain
Vote For Water Bond Issue In Winchester
Voters next Tuesday September 29 face a choice on whether the City Council should issue bonds totaling $500000 for a new water supply. The editorial urges supporting an adequate pure water system while noting bond funding questions and preferring pay as you go when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Star
Water Committee
No Conflict On Speeches Between Roosevelt and Smith
In New York on September 25 President Roosevelt and former Governor Alfred E. Smith faced no conflict over radio broadcast times for addresses on October 1. Smith agreed to avoid overlapping Roosevelt’s Pittsburgh speech, respecting the national audience. Roosevelt later sent thanks for Smith postponing his broadcast time to the night of October 1.
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New York
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Pittsburgh
Blue
National Broadcasting Company
Democratic National Committee
Columbia
Hyde Park
Alfred £. Smith
White House
Fire Co To Erect Hall For Sarah Zane Unit
A special firemen’s committee plans a new hall for the Sarah Zane Fire Company on the current North Loudoun street site at Fairfax lane. The project combines the present site with a north lot, forming a 40 by 100 foot footprint. The two story building will include a rear hose tower and a bell tower, addressing long felt safety concerns.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loudoun Street
Fairfax Lane
The Style Shop To Close Saturday After 5 30 P M
The Style Shop at 150 N Loudoun St Winchester will close Saturday until 5 30 p m for a religious holiday. New dresses are being unpacked for Saturday night and are on sale at 2 98 dollars. It will pay shoppers to see them after 5 30 p m.
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THE
Style Shop
Loudoun St
Winchester
Local shop notices and ads from Winchester area
A set of small ads and notices. Cider notice for L A Hudson at Albin Virginia lists daily custom work. Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop on North Main closes early on Saturdays. Wanted ads seek clean cotton rags for the Evening Store Office and an established grocery store for sale in Winchester with response via Star newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Care Star
Preparations For Election Are Comps LABOR IS AMPLE declares Shade
Final preparations for the water election set for Tuesday September 29 were completed as Allen Gray announced precinct officials. Walter Shade of the National Re employment service said if the bond issue passes and a $239,400 federal grant is obtained ample relief labor will be available at about 25 cents an hour, five cents below the local prevailing wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Gray
Electoral Board
Walter M. Shade
National Re-employment Service
Col Roszel to Preside at Court in Handley Library
Col B M Roszel of the Court of Honor committee will preside tonight at a Court of Honor for Winchester and the Central district at 7 30 o'clock in the Handley Library lecture room. A moving picture entitled Sight-seeking in New York City will be a feature of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Roszel
Court of Honor Committee
Winchester
Central District
Handley Library
New York City
Opportunity Here For Girl to Marry Walton Ad
James Walton, 23, in good health, seeks a wife to accompany him to a large southwest estate. He will travel and marry promptly, prefers a girl under 25 who is pretty, of good character, and willing to endure hardships. Letters to James Walton, Ridgeley, W Va.
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Sumberland
James Walton
Walton
Cumberland Daily News
General Delivery
Ridgeley
W. Va
Potomac River
Cumberland
Priest May Be Rebuked
Vatican prelates consider a stronger warning for Father Charles E. Coughlin if he continues attacking President Roosevelt. Coughlin, in Cincinnati, called the President anti God and advocated violence to block a ballot, prompting Osservatore Romano to caution against priestly attacks on authorities. The prelates noted the pope’s disapproval and suggested a potential further statement from Osservatore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Father Charles E. Coughlin
Osservatore Romano
Detroit
Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Father Coughlin
Nan Opaper
Atican
Osservatore
Mr. Roosevelt
Dwelling Burns At Stephens City Fire
A residence owned by Miss Lillie Crum of Winchester and occupied by Mr and Mrs Harvey Riggleman of Stephens City was destroyed by fire on Wednesday near the Grove Lime Company. The unoccupied house suffered about 4500 dollars in losses, largely from contents, with insurance covering the damage. The origin of the blaze remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Crum
Winchester
Harvey Riggleman
Stephens City
Grove Lime Company
Actress Slugged with a Brick and Garroted in Chicago
In Chicago on September 25 Miss Alda Deery a 25 year old vaudeville actress was found unconscious in a loop hotel room with a brick and a silk stocking around her throat. A fire had started in a closet and both Deery and roommate Miss Dorothy Ryan 24 had their wardrobes aflame. Charles A Long 45 a former Michigan auto dealer was later found fatally wounded in another room. Police believe the events may be coincidences and that a cigarette smoke started the fire. Purses of both women were rifled and the room ransacked. The troupe members Morris and Larry Jason were held for questioning.
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Chicago
Alda Deery
Ralph McKenna
Deery
Dorothy Ryan
Charles A. Long
Michigan
McKenna
Miss Deery
Morris
Larry Jason
Mal Coghlan
Miss Ryan
President Roosevelts western trip may include coast stop
President Franklin D. Roosevelt indicated his first campaign swing into the west would likely end in Denver with a possible visit to the west coast. He noted no definite dates beyond next week's Syracuse and Pittsburgh stops and expected to announce the initial western trip next Wednesday in Washington. Six speeches were listed for New York West Virginia Pennsylvania and New Jersey next week.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
West
Denver
West Coast
White House
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Washington
New York
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Far West
Middles West
East
Landon I
Wisconsin
Sudden Death of Mrs Martha Grant Strickler in Winchester
Mrs Martha Grant Strickler 59 widow of William G Strickler of Front Royal Va died this afternoon at the Stewart Inn South Stewart street after a brief illness from a heart attack. She was a daughter of the late C H S Baxter and came to Winchester a year ago to assist Mrs Buckley at the Stewart Inn. Survived by sister Mrs John Martin of Charlottesville Va. Funeral from Calvary Episcopal Church Front Royal Sunday at 1 30 pm with Rev Donald H Rowland officiating and burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal.
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Martha Grant Strickler
William G. Strickler
Front Royal
Stewart Inn
South Stewart Street
Frank L. Buckley
Winchester
Buckley
Strickley
John Martin
Charlottesville
Calvary Episcopal Church
Donald H. Rowland
Prospect Hill Cemetery
S P C A Names Dr F J Mc Clure Agent For Services
The S P C A announces its agent is Dr F J Mc Clure and advises parties seeking the society's services to contact the agent at telephone 269 J.
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F. J. McClure
Bombardment Rips Bilbao Killing and Burning City
Insurgent bombing planes rained projectiles on Bilbao today killing many and wounding many more. The bombardment caused heavy property damage and fire as bombs wrecked dwellings and railroad stations.
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Associated Press
Bilboa
Spain
Saint Jean de Luz
France
Bilbao
Winchester Post 2123 to Dedicate New Rooms on North Loudoun
Winchester Post 2123 will dedicate its new post rooms at 110 North Loudoun Street on Monday evening. Commander A. Lee Coble and Chaplain Rev. Robert B. Nelson will speak. An informal meeting will follow with refreshments and invitations extended to all charter members. Plans also aim to raise $500 for the 14th annual Department Encampment in Winchester in June 1937, possibly via a carnival.
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Winchester Post 2123
North Loudoun Street
A. Lee Coble
R. B. Nelson
Winchester Post
Winchester
Virginia
Cobb
F. I. McClure
Donald L. Weems
Harry E. Anderson
Hugh Clark
Edward McGuire Haines
Douglas D. Spillman
F. H. Way
Jake Marple
Robert B. Nelson
Dictator Chiang Kai-Shek to Take Hand in Shanghai Crisis
Shanghai dispatch reports China's Chiang Kai-Shek believed to be returning to the capital to take control of the Shanghai incident. Japanese marines seized police control of the Cha pei district while Tokyo officials say they will proceed according to events. Large amounts of official baggage were sent north from Canton where Chiang had been staying. he was expected to arrive to address the situation.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Chiang Kay-Shek
Chapei
Tokyo
Canton
Chiang
Rebels Close On Toledo In Heavy Spanish Civil War Action
More than 10,000 government militiamen massed near Toledo as insurgents push toward the city on the Madrid road. Fascist forces press along the Maqueda to Toledo corridor, while air drops supply besieged Alcazar troops and reinforce units marching within ten miles of the capital.
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James
Oldfield
Associated Press
Con Ae
Mondo
Spain
Alberche River
San Martin de Valedeigiesias
Talavera de la Reina
Maqueda
Dea Conroe
Amison
Tiem Cebreros
Saint Martin
Toledo
Talavera DE LA Spain
Alcazar
Torrijob
Madrid
P—Paacist
Mequeda-Toledo
Talavera
Winchester Junk Co. advertises iron and metal buyback
Wanted iron best since the war. Shipping now. Also buy rags and metals. Winchester Junk Co. at 13 Fairfax Lane between Main and Braddock.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Main
Braddock
Stoves For Sale At Winchester Iron Works
A variety of new and rebuilt heating and cooking stoves for wood and coal offered at attractive prices to settle an estate. Winchester Iron Works located at 307 North Market Street.
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Winchester Iron Works
N. Market Street
Scout Movement Endorsed by Labor Leader Gompers
Samuel Gompers states he supports the Scout Movement, agreeing with the American Federation of Labor’s twelve year old endorsement and expressing hearty accord with the decision.
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American Federation of Labor
Scout Movement
Samuel Gompers
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League
Europe
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
State Health Department
al” Smith
Sarah Zane Organization
L. A. Hudson
Albin
Allan Gray
First Ward
Friendship
First Precinct
C. P. Kremer
John W. Kater
Joseph S. Patterson
Cc. Grim
William Sampon
Shade
Col. Roszel
Coughlin
Police
Pacific Slope
Landon
la Follettes
Alf M. Landon
la Follette
Badger
Minneapolis
Frank B. Kellogg
Carlton Hotel
Vy. F. W. Post
Boy Scouts
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