House Democrats Blur the Line on Social Security Plan
The House Democratic machine pushed a social security bill through a marathon session brushing aside liberal amendments like the Lundeen and Pope old age proposals. Republicans failed in attempts to remove payroll tax funding as unconstitutional while Democrats argued the measure had White House support and was essential. The debate included votes on increasing federal contributions for seniors and the Lundeen plan to guarantee minimum payments, with final passage expected before adjournment.
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House
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Rogers
D-Okla
Treadway
R-Mass
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R-Ny
Vinson
D-Ky
Snell
New York
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Rmass
Monathan
Dmont
Townsend
F. B. Townsend
Taylor
Colorado
Dempstead
Joe Isabella Greenway
D-Ariz
Marcantonio
Great Britain
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Hoover Politics Off the Table for 1936 Prospects
Washington reports that Republican leaders dismiss any Hoover bid to steer 1936. William Allen White calls Hoover impossible to move. Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge attacks Roosevelt and hints at a third party. Democrats on Capitol Hill criticize the radical label and warn against party splits. White and Henry J. Allen back a Midwest Republican gathering in Kansas.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Talmadge
NRA
AAA
Burns
O'Connor
D-Ny
Rules Committee
Henry J. Allen
Secret of the Chateau at Hables Palace Today Only
Hable's Palace Theatre presents Secret of the Chateau starring Claire Dodd Alice White Os good Perkins Jack Larue and George E Stone with Rustlers of Red Dog vaudeville and a Tom Keene western. Free Mickey Mouse book offer for 400 children on Saturday courtesy of Proc tor and Gables.
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Chateau
Palace Theatre
Claire Dodd
Alice White
Osgood Perkins
Jack Larue
George E. Stone
Hables Palace
Rustlers
Tom Keene
Palace
Manchester
Rural School Aid Promised Amid Funding Delays
April 18 report says Harry L. Hopkinson stated rural school aid applications from 16 states would be settled in days. He warned against blanket policies while Virginia's request for 600,000 remains tied to work relief terms. Officials note prior similar grants and ongoing federal-state cooperation as Virginia’s legislature is out of session.
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Harry L. Ho
Virginia
Old Dominion
Virgina
Hopkins
Peery
Alan Johnstone
Southern
FERA
Hapsburg Dynasty Under Discussion
In Rome at Venice Palace Mussolini and Ernst von Starhemberg held a lengthy talk reportedly about restoring the Hapsburg dynasty in Austria. They also discussed the Danubian conference planned for late May in Rome and Austria's rearmament.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Venezia
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church Service Notices
Rev. R. B. Campbell custodian pastor leads Sunday School at 10 a m with Henry Cline as superintendent. Church services at 11 a m feature a sermon by the pastor. Mrs Sadie Hamrick leaves for New York to visit her daughter Miss Garnet Hamrick.
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R. B. Campbell
Henry Cline
Sadie Hamrick
New York
Miss Garnet Hamck
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1639 B Smart Dress Design
Barbara Bell Fashion Patterns presents a draped smart dress with a five piece cut and center seams for a graceful flare. Neck bows, knot extensions, dropped shoulders, waist darts, and a long twisted belt define the look in sizes 12 to 42 with fabric quantities given for size 16. Tomorrow: Smart house track for matronly figures.
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Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Johnson Asks Help For NRA In Senate NRA Inquiry
Former NRA head Johnson testified before the Senate Finance Committee, urging continuation of recovery laws as a middle path between economic collapse and extremism. He conceded errors but defended NRA as a careful attempt to save capitalism without returning to communism or fascism.
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Hugh &. Johnson
Congress
Blue Eagle
Senate Finance Committee
NRA
Harrison
Senate
Johnson
Frances Robinson
Love Feast Marks D A R Ballot for President General
D A R branches gathered in Washington as 39 tellers tabulated the vote 1436 to 619 for president general. Mrs William A Becker of New Jersey and Dr Flora Myers Gillentine of Tennessee led the race amid songs, roses and gardenias while Mrs William Russell Magna guided the session.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
William A. Becker
New Jersey
Flora Myers Gillentine
Tennessee
Army
Zip
Spirit
William Russell Magna
Dr. Gillentine
Payrolls In Va Increase
The labor department reported March payrolls and employment rose in Virginia. Aggregate payrolls totaled 1,579,536 dollars, up 29 percent from February, with 91,791 workers on the payrolls, up 1.4 percent. The 2,194 firms span manufacturing, merchandising and mining across the state. transportation and construction are excluded.
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Washington
Virginia
Labor Department
Peach Crop Damage Hits Rockingham Orchardists
Frost devastation cuts into peaches with late and early varieties harmed. Sweet cherries largely killed while sour cherries work to survive. Plums benefited briefly from warmer spell as temperatures swung from freezing to mild.
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Mercury
Seek To Keep Open Door Open In Far East Oil Monopoly
The United States renewed its protest against a Japanese backed oil monopoly in Manchukuo. Ambassador Grew lodged the protest under Hull’s instructions, asserting violation of treaty obligations and the open door pledge. Britain and the Netherlands joined in broader concerns to curb monopolistic practices.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Manchoukuo
Hull
Joseph C. Grew
Phillips
Grew
Japan
Manchukuo
Great Britain
Netherlands
Would Raise Age Limit Of Auto Drivers
Richmond news reports Delegate Charles Moss announced plans to introduce legislation in the next General Assembly to raise the minimum age for automobile licenses to 18. The current state rule is 14, with 16 in Richmond and some cities, amid concerns over unfit drivers who held licenses before the 1933 law. State officials say they are tightening controls on this driver class.
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Richmond
Charles Moss
General Assembly
Warren
Festival Queen to Visit Winchester Escort by State Police
The festival queen will travel with a cavalcade led by 22 Virginia State Police mounted officers, including a sergeant, for a two day Winchester celebration. The escort will accompany officials to Washington on May 1 to meet Mademoiselle Veverka and her brother. The Czechoslovakia minister and Madame Veverka will arrive the morning of day one to witness their daughter’s coronation on Handley School steps.
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Major
E. N. Brown
Winchester
State Police
McDermont
Virginia
Washington
Mademoiselle Veverka
Czechoslovakia
Madame Ve
Kentucky Felon De Boe Awaiting Death Amid Crowds
A Kentucky execution crowd of about 800 gathered as De Boe faced the death penalty for a crime committed in Livingston County. The condemned man, linked with Ezra Davenport, had appeals denied and the governor did not intervene.
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Kentucky
Livingston County
Court House
Ezra Davenport
Okemah
Okla
de Boe
Tennessee
Davenport
Dyersburg
Tenn
Memphis
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Ruby Laffoon
W. T. de Boe
Margaret
Second Largest Sugar Mill in British Empire
The huge sugar mill at San Fernando Trinidad is the largest in the British empire and the second largest in the world. Forty thousand tons of sugar were turned out there in one year.
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San Fernando
Trinidad
British Empire
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