Readjustment of mortgage debt urged by Virginia governor
Governor Pollard urged readjustment of real estate mortgage debt at the Governors convention in San Francisco. He warned that mortgage values exceed 43 billion dollars and wholesale foreclosures threaten national welfare, calling for extended maturities and lower interest rates for real estate bonds. He urged bondholders to cooperate in property sponsored plans to avoid foreclosures and aid national recovery.
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United States
John G. Pollard
Virginia
San Francisco
Pollard
Roosevelt
Order Entered For Contempt Hearing In Frederick County
Judge Philip Williams orders A. H. Hottel to appear in Frederick County Circuit Court on September 5 to show cause why he should not be found in contempt for failure to pay alimony to his wife Minnie B. Hottel as previously ordered by the court.
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Philip Williams
Frederick County
A. H. Hottel
Minnie B. Hottel
Beer tax receipts dip as drinkers feel higher levy
Beer tax receipts may have fallen as some consumers believed more of their money went to beer taxes than to the beer itself, reducing purchases and tax intake.
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Gan
International Musicale Hit At Palace Web
Universal’s International Musicale Be Mine Tonight comes to Hable’s Palace for a three day run starting Wednesday. The film, filmed outdoors with Alpine scenery, blends romance, adventure and music by Kiepura whose voice tops the European sensation. Director Anatole Litwak leads a production hailed as a panorama of beauty and rhythm.
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Universal
Hable's Palace
World Theatre
Minneapolis
Kiepura
Europe
America
Anatole Litwak
German Girl Magda Schneider Star of New Discovery Comedy
The piece centers on Magda Schneider a nineteen year old German girl hailed as a discovery. Supporting cast includes Lonnie Hale Edmund Gwenn and Athene Seyler in a light comedy setting.
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Magda Schneider
Lonnie Hale
Edmund Gwenn
Athene Seyler
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Williams at Woodstock
Funeral services were conducted Friday for Mrs. Sarah Bird Williams of Bird Haven Woodstock by Rev Jonathan Ed of Woodstock Presbyterian Church. Interment followed at Massanuglen Cemetery. She died at home from a heart attack. She was a widely known Northern Virginia figure from the Bird and Hite families and survived by two brothers and four children.
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Sarah Bird Williams
Woodstock
Eerng
Jonathan Ed
Woodstock Presbyterian Church
Massanuglen
Bird Haven
Williams
Virginia
Mark Bird
Sarah Hite Bird
Hites
Belle Grove
Frederick County
Birds
Wiliams
Elling Bird
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Bird
Iowa
W. Twyman Williams
Hampden Sidney
Clayton Eppes Williams
Washington and Lee University
Philip Williams
Robert Fravel
Roger Pryor Debuts in Moonlight and Melodies
Roger Pryor, young Broadway star and son of famed bandmaster Arthur Pryor, makes his screen debut in the Universal musical Moonlight and Retzels. The production marks Pryor’s transition from stage to film in a lighthearted musical showcase.
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Roger Pryor
Arthur Pryor
Wallace Sees Cotton Reduction in Mississippi Fields
Secretary Henry A. Wallace tours a 4,000 acre plantation near Greenville with Governor Connor to inspect the crop as Mississippi farmers plow under millions of bales under a state wide acreage reduction plan. Farley leads a briefing on the code governing the program.
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Mississippi
Henry A. Wallace
Connor
Greenville
Washington outlook says injustices loom in Roosevelt era reforms
In Washington, critics see emerging inequities under the Roosevelt administration. Economists forecast rising farm labor demand while rural relief and price shifts threaten agricultural sectors. Report notes include crime-fighter Moley ambition and profiles of several political operatives.
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Washington, D. C
Repubican
Roosevelt
Two Widows Claim Flyer’s Body in Kansas City
A quarrel over the body of Capt. Edward Deeds World War aviator delayed burial arrangements in Kansas City Missouri Mrs Betty Deeds his widow of seven years in China faced Mrs Marie Hennessy Shirley Deeds claiming to have married Deeds four days before his death Each woman said she had legal documents to prove her claim and disputed the other’s status as wife
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Edward Deeds
Kansas City
Betty Deeds
China
Marie Hennessy
Shirley Deeds
Forymer Motion Picture
Captain Deeds
New der Elare
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Armand Lopez
Washington
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Raymond Moley
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