Bond Issue Defeated by Winchester Voters
Citizens of Winchester voted against issuing bonds up to 500000 for water system development. Unofficial tally shows 535 for and 700 against, total 1235 voters. Precinct results: Friendship 68 218, City Hall 82 181, Rouss 253 174, Sarah Zane 132 127. Observers called turnout light despite local interest.
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Winchester
Friendship
City Hall
Rouss
Sarah Zane
Evening Star
James P. Reardon
Rainy afternoons stir talk of games and dinner plans
The piece notes on a rainy day people discuss a world series game and speculate about Handley Harrisonburg's next Friday contest. Pa Frederick prioritizes dinner, teasing about his famed ham as a peacekeeping centerpiece while listening or watching less.
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Handley-Harrisonburg
Pa Frederick
Handley
Bids Wanted for Winchester Garbage Collection
City of Winchester invites proposals for collection of garbage ashes and rubbish up to Friday noon October 2. Details at City Manager's office.
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Winchester
Friendship Fire Company to Hold October Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening October 1 at eight o'clock in the company hall. All members are urged to attend. Richard Boxwell, Captain.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Richard Boxwell
Otter Peaks Purchase Approved for Blue Ridge Link
Washington Sept 30 The national forest commission approved buying 672 acres of Otter Peaks Virginia to link with the Blue Ridge Parkway. The $60,000 Forest Service allocation funds the purchase, with joint development by the National Park Service and National Forest Service near Shenandoah, south of the park. Local negotiations were led by former State Senator Hunter Miller.
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Washington
National Forest Commission
Peaks of Otter
Virginia
Blue Ridge Parkway
Forest Service
Peaks
National Park Service
National Forest Service
Shenandoah Park
Hunter Miller
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Commission
Congress
Twelve Chapters Compete In FFA Financing Talk
Julian Everly of Shenandoah Production Credit Corp addressed over 100 Future Farmers of America members at Boyce on Ways of Financing FFA Projects. He noted 200 plus group projects funded last year and loans to about 2,500 farm youths across many states.
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Julian Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Corporation
Future Farmers of America
Boyce
R. A. Wall
Winchester
Handley School
Stephens City
Shenandoah and
Northern Triangle
Middletown
W.R. Legge
Mrs Emma Breckenridge Dies After Long Illness in Winchester
Mrs Emma Estelle Breckenridge wife of D William Breckenridge well known Winchester businessman died at 3 30 this morning at 315 Gray Avenue after a protracted illness She was 67 born in Winchester daughter of the late Capt James M Haymaker She leaves husband son Bryan in the U S Army Langley Field and brother J Carson Haymaker Funeral arrangements to be announced Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Emma Estelle Breckenridge
D. William Breckenridge
Winchester
Gray Avenue
Frank M. Anderson
Audey Anderson
Breckenridge
James M
Lucinda Ellen Haymaker
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Friendship Fire Company
Ends Trip As Patient Ends Trip In Auto Crash
W. J. Sisk of Purcellville, 50, left for Memorial Hospital to visit his wife after an appendectomy. His car skid on Berryville avenue’s wet surface and struck a telephone pole, injuring him. Police took him to City Hall and an ambulance conveyed him to the hospital.
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W. J. Sisk
Purcellville
Memorial Hospital
Sisk
Berryville Avenue
Friendship Ambulance
Positions Open for City Manager and Police Posts
The Common Council on October sixth will consider applications for 1937 for City Manager Milk and Meat Inspector Police Justice Chief of Police and Policemen. 9 2 9 16 23 30 1p 51.
Presbyterian Pastors Meet In Old Church
Winchester Presbytery opened its fall meeting at Loudoun Street Church and moved to Opequon Memorial Church Kernstown for a session highlighting local church history. Dr Campbell resigns as pastor to join Protestant Episcopal Church and the presbytery records his departure with best wishes.
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Winchester
Egbert W. Smith
Foreign Missions
Continents
Smith
Campbell
Robert B. Campbell
Protestant Episcopal Church
Nineveh
Clearbrook
Episcopal Church
C. D. Gilkeson
Elk massacred over cliff in Utah wildlife crime unfolds
Seven Utah stockmen will face federal grand jury charges for stampeding 31 elk over an 800 foot North Horn Mountain cliff in Emery County last December. Officials say carcasses and motion pictures document the atrocity, intended to starve rivals by denying forage.
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Salt Lake City
United States Forest Service
Newell B. Cook
North Horn Mountain
Emery County
Utah
Cook
T. M. Talbert
Forest Service
Funds In Hand for Martinsburg Pike Route 11 Reconstruction
State Highway Commissioner H G Shirley of Richmond announced that funds are in hand to finish the Martinsburg pike reconstruction. Plans call for a modern three lane highway from the West Virginia line to south of Staunton, with work likely beginning November 1.
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H. G. Shirley
Richmond
Martinsburg Pike
Shenandoah Valley
West Virginia Line
Staunton
Winchester
State Line
Federal Bureau of Roads
Rebels March Toward Madrid but Hold Toledo Red Influence
Insurgent forces push along the main highway toward Madrid with Illescas showing as a key advance while Toledo is cleansed of red influence. High command vows to make Toledo the whitest city in Spain as civilians are ordered to surrender arms or face execution.
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Toledo
Spain
Madrid
Illescas
Alescas
Alcazar
Toldeo
Fires Being Investigated In Two Neighborhood Blazes
Investigations are underway into two fires discovered early this morning and extinguished before major damage. One blaze occurred behind Slaughters Shoe Shop and Miller Brothers Flower Shop on West Piccadilly Street, found at 1:45 by officers. Firefighters contained it quickly. A second fire started on the upstairs landing of the former National Park Restaurant building on Loudoun Street, burning a hole at the top of the stairway.
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Slaughter’s Shoe Shop
Miller Brothers
West Piccadilly Street
National Park Restaurant
Loudoun Street
Political Graph Soars As Campaign Trail Opens
The campaign graph climbs as candidates ramp up for the October sprint to the November 3 election. Roosevelt accuses opponents of red baiting while Landon targets civil service orders and post office reforms. Knox touts Ohio as fighting ground as Democrats and Republicans clash over social security and alleged radical support. Browder protests a police threat to ban his Terre Haute speech.
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Associated Press
Social Security
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Washington
Syracuse
N. Y
Landon
Post Office
Knox
No Man’s Land
London
Col
Frank Knox
Ok‘o
Cincinnati
Browder
Terre Haute
Ind
President to Attend Mountain State Forest Festival
Elkins West Virginia bridges fall color and pageantry as Queen Silvia VII Mary Jane Dill of Parkersburg is coronated to open the Mountain State Forest Festival. President Roosevelt will travel from Thomas through the Monongahela Forest to attend the coronation deliver a brief address and then proceed to Pittsburgh for a speech.
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Elkins
W. Va
Mountain State Forest
Silvia VII
Mary Jane Dill
Parkersburg
West Virginia
United States
Roosevelt
Monongahela National Forest
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Silvia
Communist Is Arrested In Terre Haute After Train Arrival
Earl Browder, Communist presidential candidate, and two New York associates were arrested as they stepped from a Chicago train in Terre Haute Indiana. Police Chief James C Yates said Browder was held to prevent a planned speech. The trio faces vagrancy charges pending investigation. Browder refused to back down and stated he would speak if allowed.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Browder
Chicago
Browder
Waldo Frank
New York
Seymour Waldman
National Election Committee
Communist Party
Yates
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Rain Deluge Floods Greenville D C Homes Forced From
Weather observer W R Hall reports 6.52 inches of rain in Greenville between 8 PM and 8 AM. Lowlands flooded and residents evacuated as the heaviest downpour in years, with no pre 1933 records available.
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Greenville
D. C
W. R. Hall
Hall
Sign Proclaims Landon Knox Ticket in Atlantic City
At city hall a sign reads The Union League urges Landon and Knox for President and Vice President respectfully. The crowd joked about changing the last word as a female Collie pup seeks a new home with contact phone 629-1.
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Atlantic City
N. J
City Hall
Union League
Landon
Knox
Two Hours Are Required To Do Six Innings
Carl Hubbell receives ovation for a fine performance as he completes six innings in two hours. The crowd applauds the strong showing by the pitcher and his team maintains an early lead.
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Carl Hubbell
Opening Giants Yankee Series Opens In Rain At Polo Grounds
In a rain soaked Polo Grounds opener Carl Hubbell and the Giants defeated Red Ruffing and the Yankees 6 to 1 before about 45 000 fans. Gov Lehman and Mayor LaGuardia attended as the field suffered due to soggy conditions.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Yankee
Giants
Carl Hubbell
Manhattan
Yankees
Sutheg
Wwe
Ar Hubbell
Hubbell
Joe McCarthy
George Selkirk
Jake Powell
Tony
Powell
Lazzeri
Yankees Giants
Crosetti
Moore
Rolfe
Weeees Bartell
DiMaggio
Terry
Gehrig
Cceseasetss Ott
Dhckay
G.ieocan
LaGuardia
The Boy Scouts Movement Advocated by Dr Cadman
Dr S Parkes Cadman proclaims the Boy Scout Movement the best organization for training male adolescents and shaping boys for life. He praises its values and aims for character development.
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Boy Scout Movement
S. Parkes Cadman
Mayes Produce Co Seeks 10000 Young Guinea and Chickens
Classified notice from Mayes Produce Co seeks 10 000 young guinea fowl and 10 000 to 2 lb chickens. Advertises market timing in October and notes location next door to Winchester Seed Co. 9-30-tp-11.
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Mayes Produce CO
Winchester Seed Co
Storage space ad seeks fireproof rooms
Fire located proof storage offered by K and P Storage with individual rooms at the corner Market and Baker. Rates available by phone from J R Kiraco fe and G W Patton. 9-30, 10-3-1p-21.
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J. R. Kiracofe
G. W. Patton
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Youngstown
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A. S. Klinko
Michael Graban
Memorial School
Otter Peaks
Blue Ridge
D. W. Breckenridge
Wife
Old Church
Opequon Memorial
C. Grat
Tan Crawford
MR. Campbell
Dr. Thompson
Federal
City
Mr.,Shirley
Paris
Valencia
Mediterranean
Ministry of War
Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Lake States
John G. Winant
Social Security Board
Robert la Follette
John D. M. Hamilton
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Mire
Carolina Town
Ae Moling & Cather
Ance
Bulletin
Boy Scouts
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