Senators Hear Finance Wizards on New Tax Levy Proposal
Washington April 25. Democratic leaders predicted the $800 million tax bill would pass the House by a large margin next week as Senate scrutiny began. Treasury experts testified on a new corporation tax graded to income withheld from dividends while House debates framed it as reform and business opposition feared damage and lost revenue.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Cooper
D-Tenn
Senate Labor Committee
Horatio B. Hackett
PWA
Peter Grimm
Morgenthau
Commerce
Projects Committee
The
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Roosevelt
New York City
Tydings
Louis McHenry Howe
Fall River
New Schedules and New Two-Cent Fare Date
The notice details a continued schedules item with trains from ington to Detroit and the Ambassador east with arrival times. It notes a new two cent general passenger rate set to take effect on June 2.
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Ington
Detroit
Ambassador
East
Acaccounts
Italy's Mussolini Drives Plow at Aprilia Reclamation
Mussolini guided a tractor plough marking the Aprilia reclamation project midway between Rome and Naples. He stood on the tractor to symbolize Italy's push to maximize agricultural resources, laid the cornerstone for new town buildings, and, amid sanctions records from the League, hosted a luncheon for officials and journalists at the muddy site.
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Rome
Naples
Duce
Mussolini
Aprilia
Italy
Ti Duce
League of Nations
Mussomery
Railroad Crossings Under Review By City Officials
Engineer E. C. Oyler of the Pennsylvania Railroad met with City Manager A ur M. Field and others to discuss improving two crossings in the city at Fairmont avenue and Amherst. Officials aim to advance the project.
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E. C. Oyler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ur M. Field
Fairmont Avenue
Amherst
Burns Fatal to William Hill in Front Royal Va
William Hill 74 died from burns received while burning brush near his home in Front Royal Virginia. He walked a mile to a river boat to reach his home before collapsing, his wife witnessed his distress, and he died at Memorial hospital Winchester. Survived by his wife Lucy McDaniel and six children in Maryland Virginia Ontario and New Jersey. Funeral plans set with Maddox Samsell Chapel for 10 am tomorrow. Interment at Ramey grounds near Asburg Church.
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Front Royal
William “Bush” Hill
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Hill
Lucy McDaniel
Clint Hill
Edna Sampson
Thomas Hill
Cumberland
Catherine Baker
Baltimore
John Racco
Washington, D
Front Royal Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Front Royal residents host guests from St. Petersburg and Washington. Local students return from Randolph-Macon College for weekend visits. Garden Club plans a plant sale at the Aften Inn on April 30. Various residents travel to Richmond Washington and Lexington for family and banking or educational reasons.
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Messrs
Tom Johnson
Lyle McFall
Randolph-Macon College
Warren County Garden Club
Aften Inn
Social Round of Weekend Visits Across Washington Area
Local notes list visitors from Washington Annapolis Richmond and Norfolk staying with families in town. Guests include Mrs Henry Downing Capt G W Stewart and families with Virginia and Del mar connections. Several engagements and a May 23 wedding are highlighted with hosting duties and travel plans.
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Capt
G. W. Stewart
Annapolis
Town
Mrs. Stewart
Paul Rudacille
Diggs
Washington, D. C
Henry S. Wagner
James Golden
Batlimore
Rotary Directors Named for Next Year in Front Royal
Rotary Club officials in Front Royal named directors for the upcoming year: S. M. Boyd Jr., Elliott Marshall, Wyndham Lee, Dr. Robert Miller, Lyle S. Rohr, Mark B. Turner, Col. J. C. Boggs, Jack Morgan. The president will be elected from this slate. No meeting program due to the Apple Blossom Festival parade next Friday.
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Front Royal
Rotary Club
S. M. Boyd, Jr
Elliott Marshall
Wyndham Lee
Robert Miller
Lyle S. Rohr
Mark B. Turner
Col. J. C. Boggs
Jack Morgan
Rotary
Miss Higgens Is Elected Queen At Warren Carnival
The Warren County High School carnival in Front Royal Virginia opened with a parade by the school band and a 6:30 band concert. About 900 attended the carnival held at the school with Miss Barbara Higgens crowned queen by Miss Helen Weaver and Charles Biggs serving as master of ceremonies.
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Front Royal
Warren County High School
Barbara Higgens
Helen Weaver
Charles Biggs
Elias Jenkins Rites Held in Front Royal
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 30 o clock for Elias Jenkins pastor Rev R B Claggett of the local Methodist Church officiated Interment was in the family graveyard
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Front Royal
Elias Jenkins
R. B. Claggett
Methodist Church
Roosevelt To Speak Tonight in New York
President Roosevelt spent the day finalizing the address for tonight’s speech before the National Democratic Clubs in New York. His slight head cold improved and he decided to proceed with the trip.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Larew House Sold at Auction on Loudoun Street
The three story brick building known as the old Samuel L. Larew property on South Loudoun street sold this morning under a court decree to the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company for 8800 dollars.
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Loudoun Street
Samuel L. Larew
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Unemployed in New Jersey Hold Day in Assembly Chamber
New Jersey workers exhausted by four days of burlesque in the state legislature paused but refused to abandon the Assembly chamber continuing a tense protest.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Assembly
Reports deny Lindbergh ransom money sightings
Boston reports of $20 000 in Lindbergh ransom money resurfaced but federal officials called it mistaken target practice. Boston Bureau chief Clarence D McKean denied any such ransom trail as unusual federal activity drew speculation.
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Boston
New England
Boston Post
Clarence D. McKean
Department of Justice
Chicago
Bernard M. Finnigan
Lindbergh
Stephen Spitz
Bridewell
Bruno Hauptmann
Spitz
Hoffman
New Jersey
Finnigan
Silk Van Tears Down Fishers Hill Load Dumps Into Stream
A Hoover Lines truck descending Fishers Hill in Shenandoah County lost brakes and tore the bridge railing. The rear trailer broke off and dumped a load of silk into a stream bed. The driver escaped injury. name unavailable.
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Fishers Hill
Shenandoah County
Hoover Lines
Black men rounded up in white slave traffic ring
J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of eight people in a case alleging a ring of Black men transporting white women from Chicago to Harlem for vice. Three Black men and five white women are named in the complaint.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Chicago
Ill
Harlem
New York City
Investigation Bureau
Mr Dooley creator Finley Peter Dunne dies in New York
Finley Peter Dunne famed as the creator of Mr Dooley and author of witty columns dies in New York at age 19 starting his journalism career, rising to city editor of the Chicago Times within three years.
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New York
Mr. Dooley
Finley Peter Dunne
Chicago Times
Senate committee OKs $360 million flood control bill
The Senate commerce committee approved a $360,000,000 omnibus flood control bill. Chairman Copeland of New York said the panel voted 10 to 6 to require local political subdivisions to share a portion of project costs.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Copeland
D-Ny
Woodrum predicts Congress will stay in session until June 15
Roanoke Virginia April 25 congressman Clifton A Woodrum said on his forty ninth birthday that major measures including the tax bill and the 1.5 billion dollar relief bill would keep Congress in session until about June 15.
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Roanoke
Clifton A. Woodrum
Congress
Roosevelt Nomination Uncertain at Philadelphia Convention
Barkley delegates plan talks by Major S Davis Wilson and Farley with addresses by Bishop Hugh L Lamb and Governor George H Earle. The keynote is Tuesday night and Robinson will preside Wednesday. Farley hinted the platform may be set Thursday. nominations set for Friday and Saturday. Farley did not know who would place Roosevelt’s name.
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Hugh L. Lamb
Philadelphia
Major S. Davis- Wilson
Farley
Robinson
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Marriage license issued to Fay Virginia Orndorff and Charles Jenkins
A marriage license was issued today in the county clerk's office for Fay Virginia Orndorff from Wheatfield and Charles Frederick Jenkins from Strasburg, both listed as the children of their respective parents.
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Fay Virginia Orndorff
Co. D. Orndorff
Wheatfield
Charles Frederick Jenkins
William M. Jenkins
Strasburg
Baltimore Markets Report Show Steady Hogs and Higher Lambs
April market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show cattle mixed with steers steady to lower, calves down, hogs steady to higher, spring lambs up around 50 cents, with wholesale quotes for various weights and grades. Grain and feed items appear alongside miscellaneous prices and bagged commodities.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Chicago
S. Dept. Agri
Local Markets Daily Prices From The Star Listing
Local wholesale market prices include Crystal brand flour bags of various weights per barrel and other feeding stuffs. Prices cover cracked corn, shelled corn, scratch feed, corn meal in different sack sizes and brands, middlings, mixed feed, dairy and butter products, and live animal quotes for spring chickens and turkeys.
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Nencastee
Sidk Vous Ae
Kasco
Ps Eee
Creamery
Pinta Ctendin Ben Gael
Star
Iacasseny
Nahin
Sid Aula Erarde
Sayreak
Esecores
Stock market steadies after selective gains on quiet day
Moderate lift in New York trading as selective leaders gained up to 30 points while many issues held narrow. Transfers ran about 1,650,000 shares as bonds and several sectors showed mixed moves amid thin turnover and firmer rail loans.
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New York
Wheat futures drift lower amid bearish weather outlook
Chicago reports a downward trend in wheat prices as moisture relief remains uncertain in the southwest region. Forecasts of possible showers in Kansas and Nebraska restrained buying, with next week’s temperatures seen near or below normal. Nearby quotes include May at 1.00 3-4 to 7-8 and July at 0.90 3-4 to 0.87.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Winchester floats honor Civil War veterans and local history
A parade float program describes veterans from Winchester and Clarke County era themes. George W. Dellinger, 91, recalls Confederate service in Imboden's Brigade as a large chair centerpiece carries a Stars and Bars banner. Other floats honor the city flag commission and First Settlers of Clarke County with colonial tableaux and flags.
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Confederacy
George W. Dellinger
Dellinger
21St Virginia Cavalry
Imboden
Winchester
Philip Williams
L. Neill Wood
Richard E. Griffith
C. Vernon Eddy
John Steck
Charles Shewbridge
Virginia
Columbia
Clarke County
Festival Display Highlights City Symbols in Royal Exhibit
Mrs. Mabel Aikin presents a display in Ceadilly Street featuring the key to the city carved from Fort Loudoun wood, the queen Shenandoah’s crown and sceptre, a replica key to the city for Miss Cornelia Larus, and the coronation apple crown. Also shown are the city seal, flag, and tinted court portraits.
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Ceadilly
Mabel Aikin
City
I Fort
Loudoun
John W. Nail
Shenandoah
Cornelia Larus
Shenandoah XIII
Victor Arthur
Elizabeth 8
Shenandoah II
Appalachian Apples Set For Parade Float
Roy A. Cather announced Appalachian Apples will appear in the grand feature parade of the festival. H. Clay De Grange notified the director of entry by float showing a huge basket of apples from member states, with surrounding girls. Carroll Miller of Martinsburg is secretary.
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Roy A. Cather
Appalachian Apples
Pennsylvania
H. Clay de Grange
Cather
Carroll Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rural Church Services given by Pastor Rev. S. J. Goode
Church of Christ announces Ebenezer and Capon Bridge services with Bible school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7 15 p.m. Evening worship at 8 p.m. Communion will be observed at these services.
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Church of Christ Rural Charge
J. Goode
Ebenezer—Bible School
Capon Bridge—Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Sealock Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral plans are set for Shirley Sealock 19 who died at Memorial Hospital. The service will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Mr. Carr officiating. Burial follows in Greenhill Cemetery at Berryville. He was a Warren County native and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Sealock, who survive with several brothers and sisters.
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Shirley Sealock
Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Carr
Greenhill Cemetery
Berryville
Sealock
Robert H. Sealock
Warren County
Cruiser Quincy Joins United States Navy
The U S S Quincy a 10000 ton cruiser was accepted by the United States Navy after trials and inspection following delays from accidents. The vessel completed a run along the Massachusetts and Maine coasts and gained final approval.
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Quincy
Mass
United States Navy
Massachusetts
Maine
SEC Orders Hearing Against White, Weld and Co in Market Sanctions
The SEC declares a show cause order and notices of hearing served on White, Weld and Company and two partners to decide if they should be suspended or expelled from National Security Exchanges.
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New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
White, Weld and Company
New York Stock Exchange
Bridge Sites May Be Changed
State Highway Chairman H G Shirley said the Point of Rocks and Brunswick bridges over the Potomac may be moved up to five miles when rebuilt. A Virginia district engineer and Maryland officials will inspect the sites after the floods. Maryland has applied for an WPA loan to finance the replacements.
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Richmond
G. Shirley
Point of Rocks
Brunswick
Potomac River
Shirley
Virginia
Maryland
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Robert E. Clements
Townsend Plan
Justice Department
Winchester Evening Star
Gussie McFall
Telephone Front Royal 149-R
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Front Royal News
Eugene Compton, Sr
E. C. Finkheiner
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Massie Rust
Clayton Torrence
Mount Washington
Flint Hill
Wallace Simpson
E. H.compton
Mr. Morton Conner
Mrs. C. W. Burner
Harley Cooper
Glynn Sanifer
Billy Simons
Grassland
Stokes
Maxwell
Stokes and Son
Lee
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Mrs. Stout
C. J. Anderson
Paul Maddox
Anna Maddox
Frank Gibb
Frank Gibb, Jr
Hugh Hite
Lewis Wallihan
Mrs. N. Jorden
F. E. White
Mrs
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Herbert Thrush
State Bank Examiner
W. W. Sonner
Rraves
J. J. Corder
Christ
Forest McKee
Edward I Williams
Jamie
Edward Williams, Jr
Lexington
George Morton
Hanson Beale
William C. Armstrong,Sr
Henry H. Downing
Hilton Freeman
Mrs. Freeman
J. B. Harnsberger
Eugene K. Davis
C. F. Thomas
Wilmington
Del
Constance Crane
Lillian King
Willard W. Sonner
Susie Parr
Mary Burruss
A. C. Carson
Carolina Carson
Mrs. Henry Little
Norfolk
Mary King
Laura Boyd
Margaret Pence
Joseph and
Ott W. Borden
Chase City
Gloucester County
Joseph Borden
Benjamin Borden
D. F. Baxter
Aston Inn
Miss Higgens
Justice
Dooley
Barkley
Jenkins-Orndorff
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
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Am. Smelt. & R
Am. Tel. & Tel
A. T
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Chrysler
Gen. Mills
Int. Harvest
Johns-Manville
Mont. Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. R. R
Sears Roebuck
Ltd
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Son. Pac. Texas Corp
U. Pac
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Woolworth
Robert Taylor and
Janet Gaynor
Capitol Theatre
Charles Graham Kizer
Morgan
E. C. Goss
Virginia Odditie
Ts Beorriy Campbell
CGE
Gilbert Stuart
Gage
the Peales
Benjamin West
T. Beverly Campbell
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