Peery Announces Relief Set-Up Across Localities
State plan requires 60 percent local matching funds and bans funds for commissaries. Commissioner James explains year round program, administrative rules, and county grouping to improve welfare services. The act aims for a unified, economical system with local administration and state cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pune Wetare
Witen
Commissioner of Public Welfare
F E. R. Combs
L. McCarthy Downs
Arthur W. James
James
Jamesoa
Welfare Department
State Auditor
Court News Motion to Strike Evidence in Ward Case Set
Judge Philip Williams in Frederick County Circuit Court will hear arguments Monday April 27 on striking evidence in a complex suit involving Artemus Ward's administrators versus Turkey Knob Orchards and related defendants. The court ratified a viewing report awarding 225 to Bowly et al. for a quarter acre used to widen Valley Pike near the city limits. A race horse named Most Worse has been sold for 130 under court order to satisfy a feed bill, with additional court costs and fees delaying remainder to the complainants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Bowly
Valley Pike
Jake
Baugh and Sons Oernhy
Lynn Carver
Clocks Move Up as Daylight Saving Time Begins
Many clocks advance one hour at 2 A M Sunday as Daylight Saving Time takes effect in 17 states. Some areas like Virginia and nearby regions stay on standard time while radio stations switch to daylight saving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Georgia
Idaho
Virginia
Washington
Balticard
Diamond Found During Gold Prospecting in California Ravine
Fred Johansen, while prospecting near Cherokee in Oroville, California, discovered a three quarter carat diamond worth $60. Locals recall reports of more than 400 diamonds found in the Cherokee district, reflecting a rich alluvial field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroville
Cal
Fred Johansen
Cherokee
Dogs Bark Last Post At Funeral Of Celestyn Bendi
The body of Celestyn Bendi a dog breeder was lowered into the grave as dogs barked the Last Post. Professional colleagues attended the funeral with their families in Prague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Celestyn Bendi
Bendi
Cripple Clinic Set May 2 At District Nurses Office
A free cripple clinic will be held May 2 in the Nurses' Association offices near the court house from 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m. Dr Robert V Funsten of University Hospital Virginia will conduct examinations aimed at young people and others who seek help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurses’ Association
Caer Court House
Robert V. Funsten
University Hospital
University of Virginia
Palace Theatre Presents Bulldog Courage Western Firepower
Pal ace Hable shows Bulldog Courage today featuring Tim McCoy in a blazing frontier drama with horsemanship and gunplay. Also on bill Rex and Rinty short, a cartoon, and Song and Dance Man with Claire Trevor and Paul Kelly in a backstage musical. Fox News reel and screen snapshot supplement.
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Bulldog Courage
the Palace
Tim McCoy
Rex & Rinty
Palace
Claire Trevor
Paul Kelly
George M. Cohen
Palace Theatre
Fox News
Cortenay Treasure Leads Devon Coast Treasure Hunt
Percival Chris er Wren's new novel Cortenay Treasure follows Sir Giles and rivals racing to uncover a fortune hidden in an ancient fortified estate on the Devon coast. The Handley Library also loans Beau Geste Beau Labreur The Wages of Virtue Beau Ideal Father Gregory Soldiers of Misfortune Sowing Glory and Sinbad the Sailor by the same author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival Chris’ Er Wren
Cortenay
Devon
Giles
Handley Library
Beau Ideal
Father Gregory
Yale scholarship invites Leavenworth hopefuls in New Haven
Yale University is seeking a recipient for a $600 annual scholarship created in 1912 by Elias Leavenworth of Woodbury Connecticut. Applicants must be a young man of good character and the college has posted the grant as they fear no suitable successor will be found next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Yale
Leavenworth
Elias Leavenworth
Woodbury, Conn
Public Sale of Winchester Residential Property on May 23 1936
Public sale of a property at 229 W Boscawen Street Winchester Virginia to settle a deed of trust from Caroline T Painter to Aubrey G Weaver and H R Kern Trustees. Auction at 11:00 A M on May 23 1936 with terms one third cash and balance in two annual payments plus bonds and insurance.
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Caroline T. Painter
Aubrey G. Weaver
H. R. Kern
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
County Court House
Boscawen (Water) Street
Stewart Street
Boscawen Street
Harry R. Kern
W. Boscawen Street
Giant steel coal pier claims 4,000,000 pounds per hour transfer
A new 1.6 million dollar Lambert Point coal pier for Norfolk and Western Railways Norfolk Va facility uses an electrically driven, low level system to transfer coal from rail cars to ships with minimal breakage. The 1000 foot structure, built from 6 million pounds of steel and 15 000 cubic yards of concrete, sits 80 feet below water and features automated car handling gates chutes and a 1250 gallon per minute sprinkler system plus vessel haulage and mooring equipment.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Lambert Point
Norfolk
Tidewater
Ocean
Atlantic Coast
NO & W
Atlantic Board
Paine
Ioiaben
Growers Plan Unified Apple Promotion Budget Across Four States
Four state apple groups vote to levy a half cent per bushel on all apples in 1936 to fund a joint publicity campaign. Virginia may add one cent per bushel in its state, with half kept locally and half sent to the four state treasury. The levy is expected to raise 25 000 to 30 000 dollars to launch a modest advertising effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Apple
Pennsylvania
Reaguer Defense Sees Specialists
Counsel for William H. Reaguer consulted alienists to prepare testimony on his mental condition at the time Willie Mae Wood was slain. Reaguer's murder trial adjourned until Monday as psychiatrists' testimony nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Reaguer
Culpeper
Willie Mae Wood
Reaguer
Sailsman Sells Magazine Subscriptions at Doorstep
Jamie Belle Long hosts a young solicitor who claims to fund a music conservatory by selling magazine subscriptions. The man performs with a quick pitch and proceeds to make a sale after the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Jamie Belle Long
Red
Easy Applique May Basket Pattern in Winsome Cloth
Learn simple applique to craft a May basket scene using cotton scraps. Pattern 5877 includes transfer designs for two 8x6% inch baskets, two 5x5 inch baskets, and corner pieces plus step by step instructions. Send 15 cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept for pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Household Arts Dept
14Th Street
New York
No Socialism In Monkeyland
EVANSTON Ill April 25 A professor from the University of Mississippi says socialism is unknown in monkey society Rugged individualism is the standard there Monkeys show no sense of cooperation in experiments conducted by D L Wolfel during a Midwestern Psychological Association meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston, Ill
D. L. Wolfel
University of Mississippi
Midwestern Psychological Association
Sanitary Restaurant owner seeks beer license at Piccadilly site
Notice states John Dillis, proprietor of Sanitary Restaurant at 21 East Piccadilly Street, will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on May 5 to obtain a license to retail beer and ale over 3.2 percent for consumption on premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Piccadilly Street
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1868 B for Summer Fashion
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1868 B offered in sizes 14 through 42 with busts 32 to 42. The pattern features a pleated back blouse, slit sleeves, elastic underbust hold, and a harmonizing skirt. Send for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book with 100 easy to make designs. 15c direct order to the address in box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
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Court News
Cripple Clinic
District Nurses’ Office
Palace Hable’s
Mr. Bittern
American Wildlife Institute
Central Press Association
International News Photos
N&w
Apple Pu
Byn. L. D Nvid
Robert Rea
Woodhull Baker
Alice Brooks
John Dillis
Prop
East Piccadilly St
Tae
Her Majesty
Moling & Cather
THE
Betty Shoppe
Boscawen St
Stehli
T. F. Timberlake
the Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Hamburger
N. Main Street
Fairmont Avenue
Loudoun
Fairmont Ave
Loudoun Street
Amherst
Peyton St
W. Clifford
South Braddock St
Albin
Potomac Edison
P. E
Care Star
D. K. Russell
Welltown Pike
Grimes
Lee's
E. Pall Mall
Southern Furn. Co
S. Loudoun St
Butler's Packing House
Amherst Street
Handley School
Newlin & Co
Court Square
Front Royal
Southern Railroad
Front Royal Live Stock Market Co
Atlantic Lumber Co
Alexandria
First Len
Harrison & Harrison
ECW
G. H. Vandenberg
Greenwood
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