Robertson Urges Citizens to Act for Recovery in Economy
Virginia Congressman A Willis Robertson in Lexington urges all citizens to share in economic recovery efforts after Congress ends its session. He says the six year farm mortgage moratorium act targets Western foreclosures but not Virginia, requiring federal court action for farmers to access bankruptcy and land leases under tax and rising interest conditions. The remarks describe Congress as a strenuous session with careful committee work and meaningful debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Lexington
Washington
Maj. Robertson
Robertson
Henry T. Rainey
House
Two Hurt In Leap From C W Motor Car
Vernie Coverstone a 40 year old Elkton resident and Chesapeake and Western Railway worker jumped from a railway motor car near Dayton as it derailed. He suffered a fractured leg and multiple cuts and bruises with x ray confirmation pending. Joseph Pence of Harrisonburg also rode the car and is hospitalized with cuts and bruises. A later note mentions a Mountain Olive lawn party event on Wednesday June 20 by the Ladies Aid Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernie Coverstone
Elkton
Chesapeake and Western Railway
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Dayton
Coverstone
Joseph Pence
Harrisonburg
MT. Olive
Ladies’ Aid Society
Itp
Girls Guild Ice Cream and Cake Sale Set in Mount Crawford
The Girls Guild invites the public to a homemade ice cream and cake sale on June 21 at the Reformed Church lawn in Mount Crawford. Proceeds support guild activities and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Crawford
Reformed
Professional Notice From Dr Rolston
Doctor G W Rolston posts he will be out of the office Wednesday Thursday and Friday of this week and will resume work afterward. Signed dated June 20 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Rolston
M. D
Lawn Party at Church of Christ Seeks Attendees
Community event on the church lawn on Thursday June 28 invites neighbors to join. Wampler Feed & Seed advertises yard needs and price info for attendees interested in sowing and lawn care products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wampler Feed & Seed
Church of Christ
Norbeck dominates Minnesota primary in state and federal races
Farm Labor primary turnout breaks records as Hendrik Shipstead and Floyd Olson win renomination. Shipstead leads Shoemaker with 92,280 to 32,632, while Hoidale tops Lohmann in the Democratic Senate race. Olson defeats Lind for a third term, with Nelson and Regan winning Republican and Democratic nominations for governor respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Hendrik Shipsternd
Floyd B. Olson
Francis H. Shoemaker
Shipstead
Shoemaker
Einar Hoidale
Lewis E. Lohmann
N. J. Holmberg
Tom Davis
Minneapolis
John Lind
Fairmont
Lind
Olson
Youth Admits Kidnap Tale Was a Hoax
Fredericksburg reports that Giles H. Brown of Drumore Pennsylvania confessed the kidnap story was staged to obtain free gasoline. Brown claimed two strangers forced him to drive from his Lancaster County farm to a point near Hampton before his arrest. He returned to Pennsylvania last night.
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Fredericksburg
Giles H. Brown
Drumore
Brown
N. A
Hampton
Pennsylvania
US Urges Public Armament Control Plan at Geneva
The United States proposes a permanent Disarmament Commission to publish every arms order and shipment. Nations would report state and private factory activities to Geneva, enabling inspections for treaty violations. Britain and France have accepted the basics, Japan to consult with Tokyo as study continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Permanent Commission
Permanent Committee
Great Britain
France
Tokio
Traffic-in-Arms Committee
Davis Meets Matsudaira in London Naval Talks
Norman H. Davis of the United States conferred with Japan's Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira at the Japanese embassy in London. They exchanged views on general naval topics and the 1935 conference as Britain plans to hear Japan before broader bilateral talks. Ramsay MacDonald is to meet Matsudaira. officials expect two months for conference plans to form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Matsudaira
London
Norman H. Davis
United States
Great Britain
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Ramsay MacDonald
Masudaira
Britain
America
Japan
Missionary to Borneo Visits Luray Speaker Shares Far East Work
Rev. George Fisk, returned missionary from Borneo, spent several days with Rev. and Mrs. Schultz in Luray before heading to Florida. He will return to Borneo in September and spoke at Christ Episcopal Church about his Far East work. Fisk described rugged terrain with steep peaks and rapid streams, noting it can take two months to travel 250 miles through the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luray
George Fisk
Borneo
Paul Schultz
Florida
Fisk
Congregation of Christ's Episcopal Church
Far East
Strong underground stream found during submerged dam work
Workmen excavating for Harrisonburg's submerged dam in Dry River Valley located a powerful underground stream with an estimated 1,000,000 gallons daily flow. City Superintendent John F. Noll, says the stream exceeds 800 gallons per minute, with potential to supply the city through the dry fall. Engineers expect the dam to provide ten years of water through dry spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
John F. Noll
Rock
Westmoreland County Farmer Killed by Stray Bullet
A 75 year old Tidewell man, Robert H. Barrow, was killed by a stray bullet aimed at his son Walter as a woman, Bessie Reamy 45, fired on them during a household dispute in Montross Virginia. Reamy was arrested for first degree murder. the shooting also involved a five year old grandson on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmoreland Co
Montress
Robert H. Barrow
Tidewell
Bessie Reamy
S. Griffith
Westmoreland County
Reamy
Barrows
Commonwealth
F. F. Chandler
Walter
Barrow
Baltimore
Chandler
Handley
Rockingham Roads Allocation Sets 124000 For County Projects
The State Highway Commission announced Rockingham County will receive a net 124,004.87 for secondary or county road work in the next fiscal year, unchanged from recent years. The audit cost of 1,366 reduces the road fund total, with other counties listed for comparison and a statewide secondary road allocation of 6,180,000 including 180,000 for convict labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham County
State Highway Commission
Richmond
General Assembly
Rockingham
Augusta
Page
Shenandoah
Greene
Warren
Frederick
Highland
Allegheny
Bath
Clarke
Albemarle
Madison
Rappahannock
Virginia Faces Highway Funding Crunch Amid Possible Special Session
Richmond reports that Governor Peery and State Highway Commissioner Shirley warn an interim General Assembly session may be needed to secure dollars for federal aid road money in 1935. The highway system faces a deficit after a 40 percent license price cut and a $6 million allocation to secondary roads. Virginia expects about $3 million in deficiency funds but must match federal aid starting July 1 1935, with total federal share around $2 million yearly for 1935 and 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Capitol Hill
General Assembly
Peery
Shirley
Washington
Highway Commission
Virginia
Congress
Old Dominion
Swindler on Return Trip to Winchester
Minneapolis police said George Shepard alias B H Stanley 52 was sent back to Winchester Virginia on forgery charges. He was arrested two weeks earlier at a Minnesota fishing resort posing as B V May treasurer of May Hosiery Mills Burlington NC. The real Mr May had been troubled by counterfeit signature checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
George Shepard
B. H. Stanley
Winchester
Shepard
Minnesota
B. V. May
May Hosiery Mills
Burlington
N. C
May
Luncheon Notice Cancelled at Church of Christ
The weekly luncheon at Church of Christ will be discontinued until further notice. This change affects regular attendees and church activity scheduling. The notice provides no date for resumption and leaves future plans unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Roosevelt names Perkins to mediate steel strike
Washington June 19 President Roosevelt appointed Miss Perkins labor secretary to negotiate between steel owners and workers amid a threatened steel strike. He also signed a law authorizing a national board and regional bodies to study labor issues under the recovery act. Perkins met with labor leaders and steel executives as talks began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Princes Perkins
Miss Perkins
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Yellow River swamps hold pirate victims in China
Six Britons and one Japanese are held by pirates who boarded the British steamer Shun Tien off the Yellow River. Rescue efforts are hampered by inaccessible swamplands as British and Allied forces pursue the gang with air and sea units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chefoo
China
Yellow River
Eagle
Weihaiwei
U. S
Pope
Bittern
Pistol Point
Band Notice for Practice and Concert
Band practice tonight urged for all members. First concert scheduled Monday evening. Ray Frye serves as president.
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Ray Frye
Tannery Lot Fair Opens With Free Open Air Show
Big time fair week at No 1 Fire Co Tannery Lot features free open air events nightly with music and bingo promising lively community entertainment for residents and guests alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tannery Lot
No. 1 Fire Co.'s Fair
Pleasant Valley Lawn Party Sets Big Summer Tune
Pleasant Valley hosts its biggest lawn party of the year on Saturday June 23 by the Baseball Club. The event features live string music and good eats as residents gather for a community outdoor social.
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Pleasant Valley
Capital Studies How to Collect American Debts
President Roosevelt, the State Department and the Treasury study ways to recover debts owed to the United States. Possible actions include offsetting Germany’s moratorium, impounding funds in a German deposit account, extending export bank facilities to Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and pursuing war debt collections from 12 debtor nations. Negotiations with the Soviet Union continue despite the Johnson act and export bank credit suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Treasury
America
United States
Germany
Export Bank
Export-Import Bank For
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Moscow
Russia
New York Senator Thayer Guilty of Misconduct
Albany reports the New York State Senate unanimously found Warren T. Thayer a Republican from Chateaugay guilty of official misconduct in dealings with the Associated Gas and Electric Company. Thayer resigned June 11. 21 Republicans and 26 Democrats voted against him with few members offering defense or explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
State Senate
Warren T. Thayer
Chateaugay
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Thayer
Senate Public Service Committee
Opening Band Concert Next Monday Night
The Harrisonburg Municipal Band opens the summer with an open air concert Monday at 8 p m in Keister Park South Main Street New pieces join the popular numbers and the band announces five new members from the Harrisonburg Boys Band The organization has performed weekly concerts for ten years and rehearsed through winter. Concerts continue every Wednesday night at Keister Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Keister Park
South Main Street
Ray Frye
Important News At A Glance
Domestic items include Frances Perkins acting for the president in steel strike talks and a 14 year old sentenced for kidnapping. Other notes cover plans for a National Labor Board, inquiries into Army Air matters, and misapplication cases involving bankers and a former senator. Foreign items mention trials over arms and a missing person, with Japan shielding plans and Western assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frances Perkins
Chicago
State Department
Treasury
Albany
Thayer
Senate
House
General McArthur
Wagner
National Labor Board
New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Air Chief Foulois Removal Questioned by House Panel
The House committee considering Major General Benjamin Foulois removal as Air Corps chief said it expects prompt attention from Secretary Dern after transmitting charges of dishonesty gross misconduct incompetency and mismanagement. MacArthur declined to comment as Dern studies the reports and Foulois calls the charges unfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Dern
Ih Genet
MacArthur
War Department
Rogers
D-Nh
Foulois
14 Year Old Boy Convicted of Kidnapping in Chicago
Fourteen year old George Rogalski labeled Chicago's "problem child" enticed 30 month old Dor ette Zietlow into an abandoned ice house and left her to die. He was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary with a stay pending further rulings on special provisions. The girl was found nearly dead after exposure and died hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Rogalski
Dorette Zietlow
State
George
Wharton Named Substitute Trial Justice for Rockingham-Harrisonburg
W. W. Wharton was named substitute trial justice for Rockingham and Harrisonburg by Judge H. W. Bertram in Rockingham circuit court. He will sit in for Hamilton Haas, handle civil matters and state law violations, and begin July 1 with continued authority over the city police court and petty circuit cases. Haas must arrange his clerk and schedule subject to court approval as supervisors and city council meet this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Wharton
Rockingham and
Harrisonburg
H. W. Bertram
Rockingham
Hamilton Haas
Justices of the Peace
Cuit
Haas
Board of Supervisors
Circuit Court
Roosevelt to Carry Bills Aboard Ship During Cruise
President Roosevelt plans to study and consider four major measures while aboard his cruise off New England. The second deficiency bill housing bill and railway labor disputes act are under review, with the aim of signing some at sea if feasible. He supports the labor bill and fears lengthy sessions delaying adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
New England
Labor Disputes Adjustment Board
Wagner
National Labor Board
Senate
Siategentia
President Signs Pittman Silver Purchase Bill
The Roosevelt administration signed the Pittman silver purchase bill authorizing Treasury buys until silver reaches 25 percent of metallic monetary stocks. President Roosevelt invited Sen Pittman and other lawmakers to witness the signing after exchanges closed. Regulators issued tax rules on transfers of silver bullion to implement the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Pittman
Treasury
Nev
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
King
Utah
Dies
Guy T. Helvering
Revenue
Department
Tron
Thomas
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West
Steel Workers OF the
Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pittsburgh
Norbeck
ARIS
Rockingham Roads
Mike F. Tighe
Amalgamated
Green
White House
Vienna
Ivan Ponderjay
Miss Turverson
Rome
Soviet
England
House Committee
Rockingham-Harrisonburg
Hawai
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