Oates testifies on lumber prices sparking code probes
A. Oates told a Washington hearing that lumber code prices are too high and causing reduced building activity and layoffs. Compliance division officials pledged a formal investigation into the code's effect in Virginia, with Oates and counsel Herbert S. Larrick present.
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NRA
Lennox
Washington, D. C
A. Co
Oates
Virginia
Herbert S. Larrick
Washington
L. J. Martin
Mr. Oates
Ates
Stieff Silver Advertised as Great Value by Hodgson & Brown
Hodgson & Brown, exclusive agency for Stieff Silver, promotes STIEFF SILVER as the greatest value in America. The ad invites comparison with any other make and offers gifts of solid silver starting at $1.00 with no obligation to purchase. It invites customers to view the display in the store.
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America
Hodgson & Brown
Legenza Found Guilty in Bank Truck Slaying
Walter Legenza was convicted of the March 8 robbery shooting that killed Federal Reserve Bank mail truck driver E. M. Huband. He faces the electric chair on October 22 after a 13 hour trial identifying him as the trigger man. The case links five gang members. two were killed by police, another awaits trial, and a fifth pleaded guilty.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Walter Legenza
Federal Reserve Bank
Legenza
E. M. Huband
George Phillips
George Kaan
Robert Mais
Arthur
Misunas
Washington
Teachers Who Cowed Indians Are Suspended
Seven white women teachers in Indian schools were suspended by Secretary Ickes on charges of beating pupils forcing kneeling on concrete floors and making them stand immovable for hours. The teachers served in the southwest, mainly Arizona, with names and institutions not disclosed. Evidence came from an Indian Supervisor to Commissioner John Collier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Arizona
John Collie
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
Man Shot in Family Tragedy On Griffin Farm
Herbert E. Griffin 55 died from abdominal bullet wounds after Quinn Cole 71 admitted shooting he believed Griffin was intimate with Cole's wife. Griffin was shot in Coolville Ohio and died in a Parkersburg hospital. Cole is jailed in Athens Ohio.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Herbert E. Griffin
Griffin
Coolville
Ohio
Quinn Cole
Athens
Charles Stratton
Cole
Griffin Farm
Knights Hear of Red Activities
Delegates at the Knights of Columbus fifty second supreme convention in Detroit discussed Communist activities in the United States. They heard calls for withdrawal of Russian recognition and considered charges that labor unrest is Communist inspired if proven.
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Associated Press
Detroit
United States
Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus
Cuban Colonel Hernandez Dies in Cuba After Clash
Havana August 22 Lieut Colonel Marion Hernandez military commander of Pinar Del Rio Province died in a violent incident. Army chief Batista claimed Hernandez plotted to overthrow the government while an official version said an automobile crash killed him during transfer to Havana. Three officers named in the alleged plot were Maj. Angel Echevaria and Capt. (name continued).
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Pinar del Rio
Associated Press
Havana
Marion Hernandez
Fulgencio Batista
Hernandez
Batista
Army
Angel Echevaria
Threats Against Japanese Farmers Stir Arizona Conflict
In Phoenix on August 22 the federal government moved to shield about 1 000 Japanese from violence amid orders by white farmers to expel them from the Salt River Valley. Arizona Governor Moeur was asked to prevent actions harming US Japan relations as county officials enforce the Alien Land Law.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
B. B. Moeur
State Department
United States
Japan
Arizona
Fowler
Tokyo
Manchuria
Russia
China Eastern Railway
William Phillips
Washington
Phillip
Foreign Office
Ball Hawks Face Woolen Mill in Twilight League Clash
The Ball Hawks meet Woolen Mill at 6 o'clock this evening in a twilight league game. The Hawks aim to retain first place in the second half standings.
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Ball Hawks
Capone Transferred From Atlanta Prison to West Coast
Atlanta August report cites Frank A. Doughman saying Capone was among 40 prisoners moved by armored train to a western facility. Doughman doubts Alcatraz due to Capone’s record and suggests McNeil Island near Seattle as a possible destination while noting Capone protested the transfer.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
al Capone
West Coast
Frank A. Doughman
Capone
Doughman
San Francisco
Alcartraz
United States
McNeil Island
Puget
Seattle Wash
Alcatraz
Chicago
Glaize Calls For Session Of Council Tuesday
President Fred L. Glaize schedules a regular deferred council meeting for next Tuesday night August 28 to finish unfinished business including final hearing on the slaughter house ordinance. Only six of nine quorum present at last night’s meeting. Citizens, including several women, urged to attend and speak on the issue.
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Common Council
Fred L. Glaize
Glaize
Anderson
Messrs. Barr
Forney
Hable
Rosenberger
World News At A Glance Highlights From May Events
Armored truck heist in Brooklyn nets $427,000 as police intensify pursuit. New York plans four lotteries annually for unemployment relief. Washington drafts stronger farm program measures. Richmond projects $186,000 yearly savings from reduced Appalachian Power rates. Goodwill West Virginia sees coal mine union walkout end. Roosevelt orders Navy scouting force back to the west coast. Berlin hints at using hem lock to replace executions. Geneva reports trade boycott success energizing delegates at world Jewish conference. Paris Dorothy Round chosen over Helen Jacobs as top woman tennis player by Pierre Gillou.
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Brooklyn
New York
la Guardia
Washington
AAA
Richmond
Applachian Electric Power Company
Goodwill
W. Va
Navy
Roosevelt
Berlin
Germany
Geneva
Paris
Dorothy Round
England
Helen Jacobs
Pierre Gillou
International Tennis Federation
Pickers Tickets Printed Now
Notice in the Evening Star urges readers to have their pickers tickets printed now. The alert appears in the 8 to 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. timeframe on the publication date.
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Evening Star
Children’s Nursery Advertisement
Attention parents leave your children with us under careful attention. Reasonable rates at Children’s Nursery 146 A Loudoun. Phone 805-1 8-22-1p-21
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Children’s Nursery
N. Loudoun
Annual Picnic Of Orchard Men Set For Saturday
Apple growers buyers and others in the industry attend the Green Orchard on Apple Pie Ridge for the annual picnic hosted by Senator Byrd about 2000 people expected. Dr E C Auchter horticulturist will open at 1 pm with talks on soil moisture along with Virginia society leaders and Virginia Tech officials. The event has grown into one of the largest meetings of its kind in the country.
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Apple Pie Ridge
Byrd
E. C. Auchter
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington
Auchter
E. D. Nininger
Roanoke
Virginia State Horticultural Society
W. S. Campfield
Staunton
Virginia Horticultural Society
Thomas B. Hutcheson
Blacksburg
Twenty Held For Picketing Relief Bureau Office
Baltimore August 22 Twenty persons including Mrs Broadus Mitchell wife of the Socialist gubernatorial candidate were arrested for picketing the Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission office in protest of relief cuts. Magistrate James R Cadden ordered release without bail pending appeal. Police officials weighed charges of disorderly conduct or obstructing passage while they staged a test case for picketing rights.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Broadus Mitchell
Maryland
Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission
James R. Cadden
Charles D. Gaither
Cotton Garment Industry Cuts Hours With Wages Safe
The Associated Press reports President approves a 40 to 36 hour work week in the cotton garment industry without wage reductions affecting about 200,000 workers. The action aims to reduce work hours while preserving weekly earnings for industry employees.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA Today
N Y Times Assistant Editor Dies in Whitefield
Osmund Phillips longtime assistant managing editor of the New York Times died at his Whitefield summer home at age 58. He had served the paper since 1898.
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Associated Press
Whitefield
N. H
Osmund Phillips
The
New York Time
Times
Barber Shop Reopens in Winchester Hotel under Paul Long
Paul Long takes over Russell Carpenter's Barber Shop at Winchester Hotel and will open for business Thursday August 23. Friends and customers are invited to the opening and welcome the new proprietor.
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Paul Long
Russell Carpenter
Winchester Hotel
Dolph White land sale of 35 acres in Warren and Frederick
The R. F. McGraw property known as the Dolph White land comprising 35 acres in Warren and Frederick counties will be sold in front of the Court House at Noon on August 25. See sale bills.
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R. F. McGraw
Dolph White
Warren
Frederick Counties
Court House
Fair Trial Call Echoes in Virginia Bar Convention at Sea
On the Britannic cruise to Bermuda the Virginia State Bar Association debated trial by jury in civil cases. S. V. Kemp of Lynchburg urged replacing juries with a three or five judge panel for equity. Godrick O Connor of Fredericksburg praised the liquor control system with reforms ahead. Officials and committee reports filled most of the morning.
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Associated Press
Virginia State Bar Association
New York
Norfolk
Bermuda
S. V. Kemp
Lynchburg
Holds Control Works
O'Connor Godrick
Fredericksburg
Virginia
British Flyer Forced Down in Iceland fjord
British aviator John Grierson was forced down in a fjord near Reykjavik while attempting a North Atlantic crossing in a light plane. He was uninjured and planned to resume flight to Angmaksalik Greenland later. Vessels joined the search after his distress radio.
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Associated Press
Reykjavik
Iceland
John Grierson
North Atlantic
Angmaksalik
Greenland
Grierson
Miss Van Wie An Easy Winner
Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago won the Western Women's Golf Derby with a 72 hole total of 323. Her rounds were 83 76 82 82. A home is sought for a young collie dog via phone numbers 629J or 41J ro.
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Miss van Wie
Associated Press
Chicago
Virginia van Wie
Missing Howard College co ed found dead in Alabama field
Miss Faye New, 19, a Howard College co ed, was located in a cornfield near Irondale with her throat cut. Police tied her disappearance to an earlier ride with Harold Taylor, who said he did not do it as crowds swarmed the scene.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Faye New
Howard College
Irondale
Howard
Harold Taylor
Miss New
R. L. Carlisle
Coronyr Gip Evans
Luther Hullams
Bureau of Identification
Central Headquarters
Taylor
Police shift from sea to land in $427000 armored truck heist
Flurry over the Popeye mystery fades as detectives search garages and lots for the bandits, while marine units sweep the bay and launches patrol the water. Authorities focus on locating the getaway car and remaining crew after the Brooklyn robbery.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Coleberg
Bay 17Th Street
Harm's Yacht Basin
Ooen Yey Oe Ge
Whet
Funeral Rites Held For Frederick M. Wood
A large crowd gathered at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church to bid farewell to Frederick M. Wood 54 of Winchester who died Sunday at his son in law and daughter’s home. Rev. Sartelle led services with The Old Rugged Cross Abide With Me and Crossing the Bar read. Interment followed at Mount Hebron. Pallbearers from Lee Baking Company included W A Denny plant manager and Dale Baker among others. Relatives traveled from Washington Silver Spring Portsmouth Covington to pay respects.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Frederick M. Wood
Winchester
Lewis C. Crowser
East Germain Street
Preston O. Sartelle
Rugged Cross
Tennyson
Mount Hebron
Lee Baking Company
W. A. Denny
Dale Baker
Alexander Lunsford
Holmes
Julian Rogers
W L. Cobb
Harry L. Wrood, Jr
Kathleen Wood
Washington, D. C
Helen Wyvill
Silver Springs
Charles L. Russell
Portsmouth
Charles F. Wood
Covington
Photographer, Hard Pressed For Cash Charged With Extortion
Edward B. Nicholson a 59 year old unemployed photographer was arrested in Indianapolis after confessing to trying to extort $10 000 from Fletcher Trust Company directors by threats to blow them up and blow up the bank.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edward B. Nicholson
Fletcher Trust Company
Nicholson
Winchester Public School Pride Gets Back To School
The speaker hails Winchester's public school system as superior and capable of giving children the best talent for future life. He expresses pride in educational facilities and thanks the community for supporting the schools ahead of the new term.
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Winchester
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