N R A survey drive kicks off in Williamsport area
A meeting in Williamsport town council rooms inaugurated a drive to explain NR A provisions and ensure they are carried out. JW Miller presided, A P Underhill explained the NR A plan to the group, and representatives from Williamsport Hancock and Clearspring heard surveys will be distributed. Williamsport serves as central headquarters with Hagerstown C of C as clearing house, aiming for full regional coverage.
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N.R. A
Williamsport
Hancock, Clearspring
Big
Miller
Williamsport Chamber of Commerce
A. P. Underhill
N. R.A
MVR. A
Hagerstown
Virginia Repeal Bill Approved for October Referendum
A favorable report on a bill to hold an October 2 referendum to elect delegates to a convention for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment was voted after a joint public hearing of Virginia’s Senate and House privileges and elections committees. Voters would choose for repeal or against repeal, with two delegate slates representing each side.
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Richmond
Privileges and Elections Committees
Senate
House of Delegates
Virginia
Distinguished Visitors to Attend State American Legion Meet
Governor Albert C. Ritchie and Louis Johnson head the list of distinguished visitors registered at local hotels during the state convention week. Also slated are General Paul B. Malone and Colonel George Tame of Veterans Bureau, Watson Miller chair of National Rehabilitation Committee, and John Thomas Taylor, vice-chair of National Legislative Committee.
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American Legion
Albert C. Ritchie
Louis Johnson
American ‘Legion
Paul. B. Malone
George
Tame
Veterans Bureau
Watson Miller
The
John Thomas. Taylor
National Legislative Committee of the
Reid Family Visits Highlight Community Socials
Aug 20 notes list numerous visits and dinners among Harp Minnick Burkholder Lehman and related families in Leitersburg Chambersburg and Williamsport. Socials include Missionary Society meeting, a ten pound baby Earl David Burkholder born Aug 13, and several kinship visits across towns with frequent mentions of relatives from Baltimore Washington D C and Wolfsville.
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Bruce. Lehman
Chambersburg
Amos Lehman
J. W. Wolfinger
Daniel Boward
Elmer Heckler
Carl
David Baumgardner
Mary Viola
Mary Baumgardner
Luther Miller
Mercie Miller
Williamsport
Nell Garver
Jane Garver
Baltimore
Agnes Carnochan
W. H. Beachley
H. M. Troupe
C. c. Leatherman
Washington, D. C
Brewer Leatherman
Lestersburg
Hubert Kennet
Madeline
Waynesboro
Ira Martin
Amos Martin
Smithsburg
Elaine Swisher
State Line
Alvey Cook
The
Missionary Society
Daniel Reichard
J. R. Laughlin
J. M. Tombaugh
Luther Bair
Hazel Tillow
Mary Laughlin
Victor Beaty
Mary Tahrey
John Carnochan
Agnes Long
Ira Downey
Frank Myers
A. B. Miller
Edgar Burkholder
Earl David Burkholder
Cyrus A. Hays
Wolfsville
James Minnick
Esther Baumgardner
Dorie
Eloise
Donnie Lee
W. ‘Rd
Leatherman
Leitersburg
William Snyder
George Priest
William Lizer
Donald Martin
Guy Cook
Violet Morris
Ralph Morris
Mary Burkholder
Daniel Strite
Eber Burkholder
M. Ruben Eby
H. C. Burkholder
Glenn
Harold
John Wallick
Joseph Lehman
Paul Lehman
Wheat Plan Outlined Again For Farmers Meeting
Seventy four farmers kept County Agent Milt D. Moore busy for two hours at Chewsville as he answered questions on the government wheat adjustment plan. Literature was distributed and locals from Leitersburg Chewsville and Beaver Creek attended. Upcoming meetings in Williamsport Downsville Halfway area at 8 00 tonight and Clearspring High School Wednesday at 8 00 will include farmers from Wilsons Clearspring Indian Spring and Hancock. J Kleffer Funk Farm Bureau secretary presided.
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Milt D. Moore
Chewsville
Leitersburg
Beaver Creek
Williamsport
Downsville
Halfway
Clearspring
Wilson’s
Indian Spring
Hancock
Kleffer Funk
Farm Bureau
Welles Recalled as Cuba Diplomatic Post Succeeds
President Roosevelt praised Lumner Welles for aiding Cuba’s new government and recalls him to Washington to become Assistant Secretary of State in charge of Latin American affairs. Jefferson Caffery, Asst Secretary of State, selected as Welles’ Cuban successor.
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Cuba
Roosevelt
Lumner Welles
Republic
Washington
Jefferson Caffery
Welles
Varner Committed to State Asylum
Detective William Peters faced photos of Varner and his son found in the pockets of Clarence Varner, 37, of Shippensburg, after Varner’s arraignment in Chambersburg on malicious mischief tied to tampering with Pennsylvania Railroad signals. Varner to be committed to an insane asylum after examination in Chambersburg. He is accused of breaking into a tool house and tampering with switches and signals at Mason-Dixon.
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William Peters
Clarence Varner
Shippensburg
Cha Bersburg
Pennsylvania’ Railroad Signala
Mason-Dixon
Richardson
Pennnsylvania Railroad
Unit Sales Rise at General Foods in July and Jan‑July
Reports from Wall Street indicate General Foods Corporation had a 50 percent rise in July unit sales versus a year ago and a roughly 15 percent higher volume for the first seven months of 1933 compared with the same period last year.
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New York
Wall Street
General Foods Corporation
Sleeping sickness fatalities rise in several cities
St Louis reports the thirteenth death from sleeping sickness amid ongoing epidemic in Kansas City and Warrensburg Missouri. Miss Vivian Freeman 20 of Carsonville dies after artificial respiration and ventilator use. Mrs Eile Brooks of Ottawa dies in a Kansas City hospital. Mrs James Rutherford of Mars Hill NC reported dead in Warrensburg. Washington notes a 0.1 percent rise in residential building completions in 246 big cities in July over last July.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Kus
Warrensburg
Vivian Freeman
Carsonville
Eile Brooks
Ottawa
Mars Hill
Warreneburg
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics Today
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Niagara Falls
Ticket Agant
Baltimore & Ohio
John D. Myers & Co
Potomac
Goodyear Service, Inc
Goodyear Tire
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Musey & Evans
Fort Celera
Presbrwek
Plaza
Celera Hoffman, Barnhart and Clopper
Brown's
Potomac Edison CO
Harry Shaw
South Orange
N.S
Associated Press
Reid
Roney Bros
Washington St
PHON
Maytag Electric Washers Home Furniture Co
Potomac St
Sumner Welles
Varner
Sia
Bletatrivsk
Amoco-Gas
American Oil Company
Earth
Bash
Amocos
Alta
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