Senate panel seeks City Service records amid subpoena threat
Washington, Aug 21. The Senate lobby committee disclosed it had been denied City Service Company records and may subpoena all files of the company and subsidiaries. W B S Winans testified he brought campaign records on utility holding regulation. the panel seeks intercompany transaction files and cooperation without broad subpoenas.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Cities Service Company
W. B. S. Winans
Wheeler-Rayburn
Black
Minton
D-Ind
Winans
Hopson
Four Hurt In Head On Crash Near Strasburg
Four persons injured in a noon head on collision on Hupps Hill above the Valley Pike north of Strasburg. W. J. Flannagan of Baltimore, superintendent at Standard Lime and Stone, was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with numerous cuts and bruises. Others in the Plymouth sedan from Strasburg City include Mrs. Larue Barrick, Mrs. Milton Coffelt, and 10 year old Elsie Lee Coffelt. Mrs. Barrick was not injured. Coffelt and Elsie Lee were hospitalized. C L Fuller, Shenandoah county state highway cop, investigates.
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Hupp
W. J. Flannagan
Strasburg
Standard Lime and Stone Company
Baltimore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Larue Barrick
Milton Coffelt
Elsie Lee
Three Injured in Local Vehicle Crashes Last Night
Three automobile accidents occurred in the city and county last night. Harry Himelright and Miss Mildred Shell, occupants of a Chevrolet, were thrown after leaving Berryville pike and were brought to Memorial Hospital with injuries. both regained consciousness and were not seriously hurt. Pedestrian Franklin Pingley was struck near Middletown and treated for cuts and bruises with hip injury later deemed not broken. Another car driven by Miss Eva Crismore ran into a stone fence near the J Henkel Henry property but caused no injuries. both occupants were uninjured.
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Harry Himelright
Mildred Shell
Berryville Pike
Memorial Hospital
Miss Shell
Strasboro
Robert Evans
Cedar Creek
Eva Crismore
J. Henkel Henry
Valley Pike
Textile Report Meets Derision By Republicans
Roosevelt transmitted a cabinet committee textile report to Congress amid Republican derision. The document rejected ending the cotton processing tax and urged import controls on cotton goods from Japan to aid the industry. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers called the report a farce and said it amounts to a manana report.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Japan
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Committee for New Liquor Bill Advances in House Panel
The House ways and means committee approved a bill to strengthen liquor tax laws and lower levies on brandies used in wine-making. The measure also makes it an offense to carry a sawed-off shotgun or machine gun, or to use smoke screen devices while transporting taxable intoxicating beverages.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
TVA Amendments Adopted After Senate Action Today
Senate approval completes long disputed TVA amendments in congressional action before adjournment. The measures, part of vital administration reforms, move to final enactment proceedings following today’s vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bodies of Those Killed In Crash Are Recovered
A search party reached Laramie Peak and recovered the bodies of Dick Arnett 26 Eleanor Arnett 23 and Burnside Smith 47 all from Indianapolis. The wreckage burned after crashing near the 10 000 foot summit while en route from Helena Montana to Denver Colorado. Walter Higley Denver aviator led the rescue and said the plane had likely cleared the spur and would have cleared with a bit more altitude.
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Glendo
Wyo
Laramie Peak
Dick Arnett
Eleanor
Burnside Smith
Indianapolis
Walter Higley
Denver
Max Ortiz
Girl Dancer Guarded To Prevent Death By Own Action
Dorothy Sherwood 27 a former burlesque dancer, is guarded at Goshen New York to prevent a possible suicide while authorities examine a signed confession claiming she drowned her two year old son Jimmy as she could not support them. District Attorney Henry Hirschberg said she slept peacefully and ate breakfast, with a trusty guard at all times for her safety.
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Goshen
N. Y
Dorothy Sherwood
Henry Hirschberg
Jimmy
Hirschberg
Barn Destroyed on Arthur Lee Farm in Clarke County
A large barn on Arthur Lee's Berryville farm, three miles east in Clarke County, burned early this morning causing about 5000 dollars in losses. A stallion hay feed and farm machinery were destroyed. Fire was spotted at 3 30 by the family and investigators suspect incendiarism though a previous arson verdict on the same farm was acquitted.
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Arthur Lee
Berryville
Clarke County
Lee
Clarke
Compromise On TVA Powers Wins House Approval
The House accepted a report agreeing with the Senate to broaden the Tennessee Valley Authority powers, clearing another barrier toward adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Washington
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Middies To See Annapolis Farewell Film Preview
Midshipmen of the Naval Academy second class will visit Washington on Thursday to view the first showing of Annapolis Farewell, a motion picture filmed at the academy this summer.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Washington
Academy
Senate Adopts Seven Point Policy for Neutrality
The Senate approved a seven point resolution to safeguard U S neutrality in foreign war. It calls for a mandatory embargo on arms exports to belligerents, a licensing system, a ban on embargoed ships reshipping arms, authority to limit or stop American travel on belligerent ships, anti submarine access limits, and a national munitions control board chaired by the Secretary of State with key agency members. The measure aligns with President Roosevelt’s stance amid Italo Ethiopian tensions and ongoing Nye committee discussions.
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Washington
Auc. P
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Foreign Relations Committee
Special Munitions Investigating Committee
Nye
R-Nd
State Department
National Munitions Control Board
Secretaries of State
Treasury, War, and Commerce
Bergdoll Calls Draft Case A Dreyfus Affair
Bergdoll, the wartime draft evader, likens his clash with U S authorities to a Dreyfus case. He cites Grover Cleveland as a patriot who also evaded the draft and disputes Attorney General Cummings. He says his surrender offer was to President Roosevelt for a civil trial.
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Weinsberg
Germany
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Dreyfus
Cleveland
Cummings
Roosevelt
United States Army
Neely Pushes Coal Measure To Avert National Strike
Senator Neely of West Virginia declares he will insist on enacting the coal measure before adjournment to prevent a nationwide strike as the NRA price structure collapses. The Guffey bill would restore NRA prices hours and wages, and Senator Guffey warns chaos if not enacted while defending its constitutionality.
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Washington
Guffey
Senate
Neely
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Chicken Plate Supper Benefit at Well's Bottom
Community event hosting a chicken plate supper from 5 to 11 pm on August 23 in Well's Bottom near Winchester on the Berryville Pike to raise funds for Red Bud C. E. Local notice lists date time and location.
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Well’s Bottom
Winchester
Berryville Pike
Red Bud C. E
Flowers Dropped From Airplane To Honor Will Rogers
Aerial photographer Frank Turgeon Jr plans to drop flowers from a plane near Winchester to honor Will Rogers and Wiley Post who died in an Alaska crash. Valley Airways will join the memorial flight set for 5 p.m. Thursday, with local wreaths collected at The Star Office for pickup and air delivery.
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Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Frank Turgeon, Jr
Alaska
Turgeon
Valley Airways
Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
Valley Airways, Inc
Post
Admiral Byrd Municipal Airport
Approval Hurdles for Rail Pension Tax Bill
Washington Aug 21 despite Roosevelt push the House Ways and Means committee failed to approve the new railroad pensions tax bill. The plan would levy 4 percent on employers and 2 percent on employees to fund pensions though a compromise pensions system already passed faces financial concerns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Supreme Court
Contributions To Rogers Fund Reach Claremore
More than 50 donations for a Will Rogers memorial fund have come from across the nation. In Claremore no organized memorial effort exists yet. Contributions, some coins and others up to a dollar, go to Mayor J. M. Davis and civic officials. The City Council meets Friday to name a memorial committee.
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Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
J. M. Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Farmers Arm To Drive Back Field Strikers
In Charleston Illinois on August 21 armed farm owners repelled about 100 broomcorn field workers at the Joe Driscoll place north of town. More than 300 landowners formed a protective group and rallied as scouts warned of approaching strikers. The workers resumed labor once the armed cluster dispersed the field action.
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Charleston
Joe Driscoll Place
Driscoll
111th Artillery Visit Winchester From Powell's Fort
About 700 members of the 111th Field Artillery encamped at Elizabeth Furnace in Powell's Fort visited Winchester last evening. They traveled in three convoys and spent several hours touring theaters and historic sites before returning to camp around 10 o'clock.
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111Th Field Artillery
Elizabeth Furnace
Powell’s Fort
Winchester
Handley School
Jordan Springs
11Fth Field Artillery
Frederick County
James K. M. Lee
Strasburg
Powell's Fort Valley
54Th Field Artillery
Virginia National Guard
Alexandria
Grangers Plan Open Meeting This Friday Eve
Middletown Grange will hold an open meeting Friday night August 23. Cr Bryant of Fishers Hill Grange will speak on Canada. R H Baker National Grange Deputy will discuss Progress of Grange Work in Virginia. Program includes song roll call readings and short play. Public invited.
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Middletown
Cr. K. Bryant
Fishers Hill
Canada
R. H. Baker
National Grange
Near Middletown
Virginia
Lorene Sutphin
Judy Sisters
Grange Quartette
Capitol Hill considers coal bill and neutrality acts
The on Capitol Hill report notes moves to consider Guffey coal legislation and neutrality measures. Lobby committee questions Howard C. Hopson, utilities official, and city services firm representative while House votes on TVA conference report. Senators Nye and Bone advocate neutrality. conferees approve a $250,000,000 tax bill as minor measures pass.
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Guffey
Cities Services Company
Howard C. Hopson
Utilities
Senate
Sooner
Nye
Bone
Hopson
House
Judiciary Committee
Police Recruitment In City Central Office Announcement
Applications for the position of policeman will be received at the office of Chief of Police or City Manager at once for action of the Council in September 8, 14, 21, 28, 31.
Ford truck ad and Cleveland air race offer
1934 Ford 114 ton truck good as new half price. C. L. Parsons Red Bud Road. Fly to the National Air Races Cleveland Aug 30 to Sept 2 round trip 20 dollars. Reservations now open Valley Airways Inc. phone 700-W.
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C. L. Parsons
Red Bud Road
Cleveland
Open Valley Airways, Inc
Bank Robbery at Blairs Town Nets $20000
Four bandits robbed the First National Bank of Blairs Town in daylight. They forced employees and customers to lie down as they looted the teller cage and vault, escaping in a car toward Portland, Pa. Theodore B. Dawes, president N E. Craig, cashier, and Franklin Bunnell, clerk, were present. State police troopers were dispatched to the scene.
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Blairtown
N. J
First National Bank of
Blairstown
Theodore B. Dawes
N. E. Craig
Franklin Bunnell
Craig
Portland
Dawes
Washington Barracks
State Police
Robert H Brill Dies At Gore Home
Robert H Brill 55 a Gore resident and cooper by trade died at his Gore home at 5 this morning after a long illness. He was son of the late Isaac and Louisa Brill of Lehen Virginia. Survived by widow Ida Lee Larrick four daughters Lela Cooper Edith Holloway Pauline Juanita Brill a son Leonard Brill Chester Pa one brother Lou Brill Martinsburg WV and one sister Mrs Bertha Taylor Light Va. Funeral Friday at 2 from the late home with Rev C H Anderson officiating. Interment in Timber Ridge Christian Church cemetery family lot.
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Robert H. Brill
Gore
Mr. Brill
Isaac and
Louisa Brill
Lehen
Ida Lee Larrick
Lela Cooper
Edith Holloway
Pauline
Juanita Brill
Leonard Brill
Chester
Lou Brill
Martinsburg
W. Va
Bertha Taylor
Light
C. H. Anderson
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Bible Class Picnic At Dunlaps Farm On Berryville Pike
Grace Lutheran Church Men's Bible Class hosts annual outing on the Berryville pike at H. B. Dunlap's farm. Members meet at the church for a 5:30 p.m. departure, transportation provided, no personal lunches required, refreshments and ice-cold watermelon supplied, games planned, no speeches, followed by a group trip to the Palace Theatre for Charlie Chan In Egypt as guests of Herman Hable.
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Grace Lutheran Church
H. B. Dunlap
Berryville Pike
Palace Theatre
Egypt
Herman H. Hable
The
Palace
President Roosevelt to Address Scouts Tonight
Roosevelt will address Boy Scouts and leaders from the White House on NBC and CBC tonight at 8 45 focusing on the National Jamboree recently canceled due to infantile paralysis. The message targets Scouts and friends and highlights public health concerns.
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Boy Scouts
Roosevelt
NBC
CBC
White House
Emperor Haile Selassie Warns War Could Threaten World
Emperor Haile Selassie told the Associated Press that a war between Italy and Ethiopia would flood both nations with blood and may ignite a global conflict. He warned that humanity could be endangered and voiced fear that great powers underestimate the danger. He spoke in Addis Ababa about the potential for a world struggle between races and pleaded for catastrophe to be averted.
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James A. Mills
Associated Press
Addis. Ababa
United States
England
Italy
Denhardt dares court. bank robbed. air crash remains found
In Harlan Kentucky General Henry H Denhardt defies a circuit court judge by refusing to bow to criminal contempt charges. In Blairtown New Jersey the First National Bank is robbed of 20000 by four bandits. Off Laramie Peak Wyoming the remains of three air crash victims are recovered from 20000 feet. In Washington Charles F Hisey is jailed on a murder charge involving Virgie Lyttle. In Fredericksburg Virginia H H Walton accuses irregular election practices tied to money and liquor. In Goshen North Carolina Dorothy Sherwood fears death after confessing drowning her two year old son. The fleet plans 1936 maneuvers near the Panama Canal.
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Harlan
Henry H. Denhardt
Blairtown
N. J
First National Bank
Glenda
Wyo
Laramie Peak
Washington
Charles F. Hisey
Virgie Lyttle
Fredericksburg
H. H. Walton
Louisa
Senate
Goshen
N. C
Dorothy Sherwood
Panama Canal
Quito Swears In Antonio Pons As President
Antonio Pons a former minister of government is sworn in as president in Quito Ecuador. Berlin reports small hope for finding any of 22 men alive in a collapsed subway.
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Quito
Antonio Pons
Berlin
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