Increase Pay of County Agent
Warren County Board of Supervisors in a regular meeting approved raising the County Agent D. M. Cloyd’s salary from 500 to 800 dollars annually, effective July 1, after a tie vote at the March session. Aubrey Weaver cast the deciding aye, finalizing the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
D. M. Cloyd
John B. Earl
G. W. Duncan
Thens
Lawrence H. L. Ma Swan
Aubrey “G. Weaver
Reliance 4-H Club Convenes
A Reliance 4-H Club meeting was held yesterday at the Reliance school with large attendance and several new members. Summer projects were discussed and plans for the next meeting were made, likely the last of the school year. It completed meetings in Warren county for the month as supervisor N E Landis departed for Page county.
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Front Royal
Reliance
Warren County
N. E. Landis
Page County
Grant Appeal In Park Land Case
A grant appeal by multiple landowners challenging the Shenandoah National Park decree and related legislation was granted yesterday in Baltimore Maryland. Judge William Coleman of the United States Circuit Court ordered the transcript to be sent to the Supreme Court of the United States within the next period.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah National Park
Baltimore
William ©. Coleman
United States Circuit
Supreme Court of States
Deaths Omer Edward Heskett 20 dies after brief hospital stay
Omer Edward Heskett 20 of Fork District died last night shortly after 11 at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient less than a day. He was the son of W. P. and Mrs Eva Simpson Heskett and survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services Friday at 2 30 from Bennett's chapel with Rev Moorman Parker and Rev W E Canoles assisting. Pallbearers listed.
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Front Royal
Omer Edward
Fork District
Winchester Memorial Hospital
W. P
Eva Simpson Heskett
Pauline Heskett
R. H. Redfer
Savannah
Lillian Nelson
Washington, D.C
Huston Heskett
Christiansburg
Ray Heskett
Bennett's Chapel
Moorman Parker
W. E. Canoles
Raymond
Aubrey Steed
Lyle
Marlon Corron
Arthur Burke
C. Priest
Eastham Named Representative for Front Royal All Stars
R Lewin Eastham is appointed representative of the Front Royal All Stars baseball team to the newly formed Shenandoah Valley League. He attends a meeting tonight in Luray for the local club.
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Front Royal
R. Lewin Eastham
Front Royal All-Stars
Shenandoah Valley League
Mr. Eastham
Luray
Dwelling Fire Averts Major Damage in Front Royal
The Relief Fire Department responded to an alarm about 6 30 last evening at William Clem's Warren Avenue residence. Fire originated in a flue and spread between wall petitions but was extinguished quickly. Damage estimated under $100.
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Front Royal
William Clem
Warren Avenue
Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County
Front Royal and Warren County items note visits by George E Pickett of Alexandria and Shirley Collins of Washington D C. Alice Sowers returns to Fredericksburg State Teachers College. Sheriff Collins hosts relatives from Philadelphia. Elsworth Bower Jr improves at Winchester Memorial Hospital and can sit up. May Huggard and Cookie Downing are mentioned with health notes. The Loving Service Circle met at the Presbyterian Church. Northern Virginia Medical Society met in Woodstock. Afton Inn hosted guests including Supervisors and Senator Weaver. Frank Simpson recovers from influenza and Kenneth Simpson shows improvement.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1628 B Dress With Four Pieces
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1628 B presents a four piece one piece dress with central seams shaping flare free waistline darts for figure lines and a youthful collar. Sizes 11 13 15 17 19 require 3 1 2 yards of 36 inch fabric for size 15. Tomorrow matron’s print frock highlights cape theme.
Roosevelt outlines peak work relief by mid November
President Roosevelt said the major portion of the 4.88 billion work relief program will run through existing government agencies and aims to peak by mid November. He noted spending targets before July 1, 1936 and emphasized direct job creation over contracts, with CCC enrollment projected to reach 600,000 as camps are prepared.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Pan American Clipper undertakes load test in San Francisco Bay
The Pan American Clipper flies with an 11 ton load above its own weight of 18 000 pounds during test takeoff in San Francisco Bay. Engineers plan further tests to determine maximum capacity as the air freighter makes only a short flight with the heavy load.
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Per
San Francisco Bay
Goering Marries Actress in Berlin City Hall Ceremony
General Herman Wilhelm Goering Reich air minister wed 38 year old actress Emmy Sonnemann in a 13 minute ceremony at Berlin City Hall. Hitler attended as groomsman as 30 000 Nazi guards police and crowds filled City Hall Square and the wedding route.
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Berlin
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Emmy Sonnemann
Ichsfuehrer
Hitler
City Hall
Heinrich Lahm
Prince Albert
Julius Lippert
Reich Aviation
Mother and four children slain in Philadelphia home
Five members of the De Marco family were found slain in their South Philadelphia home. The father, Tony De Marco, 55, was critically wounded. The victims included Angelina De Marco, 48, daughters Olga 14 and Jean 20, and sons Eddie 12 and Raymond 22. a note reported finishing the attack at 6.30 am.
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Philadelphia
Agelina de Marco
Olga
Jean
Eddie
Raymond
Tony de Marco
Rain Promises Relief In Dust Basin Regions
In Kansas City on April 10 residents of dust stricken areas across five southwestern states await a general rain after severe storms reduced visibility to under 100 yards in parts of Kansas Colorado Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Forecasters say a favorable setup existed for rain to bring temporary relief.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Priest links Hauptmann to Lindbergh estate plans
Milwaukee priest Rev Michael J Kallok claims Hauptmann studied the Lindbergh estate plans at Hopewell months before the child’s murder, adding a new angle to the Bronx carpenter’s death sentence case in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Hauptmann
Michael. J. Kallok
Milwaukee
Bronx
New Jersey
Board Rejects Plea of Mellon
The Board of Tax Appeals refused to admit a letter as evidence in Andrew W. Mellon’s income tax case. The letter aimed to support a charge that Mellon’s case was treated irregularly by the Internal Revenue Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Board of Tax Appeals
Andrew W. Mellon
Tha Mellon
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roosevelt Hull to discuss new neutrality plan
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull will convene a conference this afternoon to discuss a new neutrality plan for the United States in a future war. Roosevelt reiterates the American policy as good neighbor and has so far declined intervention in world troubles.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Hull
Simple Funeral For Adolph Ochs
A simple reverent funeral was held in Chattanooga for Adolph S. Ochs at the Tennale. Old friends and associates of the 77 year old New York publisher filled the auditorium as Rabbi Abraham Feinstein and Dr. T. S. McCallie conducted the service.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Adolph S. Ochs
Tennale
New York
Abraham Feinstein
T. S. McCallie
Central Presbyterian Church
Charges Against Dean And Newsom Are Dismissed
Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals and Buck Newsom of the Browns were absolved today by Baseball Commissioner Landis of taking a 5000 dollar bonus from a St. Louis furniture dealer. The money related to contracts for 33 radio appearances for the dealer.
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Chicago
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinal
Buck Newsom
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Baseball
Landis
Dean
Brown
Microbes Show Extreme Size and Survival Limits
Collier's Weekly notes microbes vary greatly in size and can live across broad heat ranges from minus 459 degrees to 320 degrees Fahrenheit. Some survive in coal deposits for up to a century, reviving after long dormancy.
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Collier’s Weekly
Five Held For Cruelty Charges
Five former prison officials were ordered held for trial on charges of whipping and maiming black convicts at state chain gang camps in this county. Judge Don Phillips concluded a three day hearing as committing magistrate after agencies investigated the case.
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Charlotte
N. C
Superior Court
Don Phillips
Florida House Votes Moratorium on Public Debt
TALLAHASSEE April 10 The Florida House passed 86 to 5 a two year moratorium on public indebtedness. The measure allows courts to order, by mandamus, tax levies for bond payment only on ability to pay.
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Tallahassee
Fla
House
Florida
Mother uses packaging letters to teach spelling at home
A mother describes cutting out large letters from empty boxes of soap chips and cereals. Her children use the letters to form words, a simple activity she says helps a small child learn to spell.
Correct Error About Schools In Clarke County
Editor readers urged to correct a misquote about Clarke County schools and an eight cent levy. Superintendent Archief Robertson explains that state tuition loss forced the board to seek eight cent revenue from the Board of Supervisors to operate eight months, not nine, and praises the district’s fiscal restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
the Star
Board of Supervisors
County Board of Supervisors
Star
Train Collision Victim Dies as Sacramento Floods Subside
Flood danger in the Sacramento Valley eased after a severe storm while a train crash near Roseville added a new fatality. Ten workers died in the head on crash and Tony Espinosa was the eleventh victim. Merced and Bear river floods caused extensive damage and Porterville logged 1.03 inches of rain.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento Valley
Southern Pacific
Tony Espinosa
Placer County
Roseville
Here
Souther Pacific
Eliott Brower
Lake Tahoe
E. H. Fletcher
Government Weather Bureau
Bear River
Wheatland
Merced County
Merced
Fletcher
Porterville
Lonely St Helena Island Exile Site of Napoleon
St Helena, a remote island 1,000 miles west of Africa, covers 47 square miles and hosts under 4,000 residents. Ships arrive about once a month. Noted as the exile and death place of Napoleon Bonaparte, it also once housed 6,000 Boer War prisoners under General Cronje.
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Lonely
St. Helena
Africa
Napoleon Bonaparte
Cronje
Socialist Leader Challenges Long and Coughlin to Radio Debate
Norman Thomas calls on Huey Long and Charles Coughlin to debate on air accusing them of paving the way to American Fascism. He says their “friends of the common man” claim is false and attacks General Hugh Johnson as “deader than his own Blue Eagle.”
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Norman Thomas
New York
Huey
Kingfish) Long
Louisiana
Charles F. Coughlin
Thomas
Father Coughlin
Hugh Johnson
Market roundup shows mixed stocks and commodity shifts
Wheat leads grain market with a 2 cent rise as corn slips, cotton steadies, and foreign exchange opens with minor gains on the Dutch guilder, British pound, and French franc. Bond activity remains cautious while call money at one percent. Selected 2 p. m. stock prices include Allied Chemical 1345s and General Motors 295%.
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Fairwell
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel
Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Livestock And Produce Markets Report Cincinnati to Philadelphia
Baltimore market notes steady cattle hogs and calves with prices for cattle slaughter steers heifers cows and bulls listed plus hogs by weight and packing sows pigs and sheep and lambs values. Philadelphia liver poultry and dressed poultry butter and eggs cited with USDA standards in effect and egg prices listed.
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Baltimore
Phia
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
U. S
Grain Quotations and Cash Wheat Prices Across Markets
Futures and cash grain quotes from Chicago and Baltimore on April 10 show May wheat from 88 1 8 to 98 1 2 cents, winter wheat at 96 3 4, corn around 89 1 2 to 91 2, oats near 49 1 8, and lard and bellies trading in the 12.90 to 16.70 range. Cash wheat in Chicago No. 2 red at 98 1 2 cents, No. 1 dark hard at 1.05 3 4, and No. 2 mixed at 1.00 1 4. Winchester markets list wheat at 95 cents and yellow corn at 85 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Weather Man In New Rose Brings Sunlight to Virginia Forecast
Richmond April 9 Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and relief from recent cold and rain. After snow threatened orchards and heavy rains disrupted crops across the commonwealth rivers remain near flood levels while comfort returns with improving temperatures. One death reported Arthur H Mallory 60 drowned in Albemarle County when his horse fell into a flood.
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Richmond
Virginia
Commonwealth
Arthur H. Mallory
Albemarle County
The Fox Shark a Notable Thresher of Warming Seas
The fox shark or thresher shark is common in warm seas including the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. It preys on herring and small fish, diving into schools and striking with its long tail.
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Mediterranean
Atlantic
Local Markets and Wholesale Prices for Feeds and Butter
The list details wholesale and retail prices for flour, bran, patent brands, corn products, livestock feed, eggs and butter. Prices include 48 lb and 24 lb bags, cwt shelled corn, middlings, dairy feeds, and live hogs, with various per barrel and per 100 weight rates.
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Kasco
Hee Ncaa
Wesaeees
Admiral Byrd Plans Ten Volume Story After Pole Quest
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd arrived in San Jose Costa Rica on his way back from the South Pole and said he will hole up in Boston for three years to write ten volumes about his explorations. He will spend a week with his wife in Costa Rica then stay on a country farm near San Jose to recuperate before flying to Panama on April 20 to rejoin the expedition. He met his uncle Phil G. Byrd here and received an official reception at the Union Club with the president cabinet and diplomatic corps.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Richard E. Byrd
United States
South Pole
Boston
Costa
Panama
New York
Phil G. Byrd
Union Club
The
Republic
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
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Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
Oo. E. Heskett
Eastham
George E. Pickett
Alexandria
Alice Sowers
State Teachers’ College
Fredericksburg
R. Lee Sowers
Rockland
Raymond Collins
Sheriff
R. F. Collins
Sheriff Collins
Shirley Collins
Washington, D. C
W. C. Armstrong, Sr
Leesburg, Va
Elsworth Bower, Jr
Clarence Simpson
Little May Huggard
Mrs. A. C. Huggard
Stewart Payne
Cookie” Downing
Byrne Downing
Frank Forsyth
Kings Daughters
Presbyterian Church
Melton
Marion C. Vint
D. M. Kipps
O. W. Carper
Northern Virginia Medical Society
Woodstock
A. F. Clark
Warren County Relief
Afton Inn
Lawrence Swan
H. L. Mathews
Aubrey G. Weaver
Walter G. Olmstead
Marvin A. Trout
S. D. Boyd
L. B. Dutrow
Dorothy Smith
J. Mitchell Hoye
R. P. Bishop
Kenneth Simhpson
Frank Simpson
Barbara Bell
Times Square Station
New York, N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
General Goering
Bruno
Rev
Michael J. Kallok
Mellon
Adolph Ochs
Newsom
A. F. Robertson
Archief, Robertson
Berryville, Va
Ocnmyster
Consol
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand, Oil of
N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Vas
New Rose
Admiral Byrd
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