Modernization Program Faces renewed push in Congress
Washington August 31 public notes suggest a revived push for a 400 million dollar army modernization program. Representative Hill says strong effort likely but depends on European question. Plans include air force, ammunition, mechanization, coast defense, and barracks among a broad package backed by the Military Committee.
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House Military Committee
Representative Hill
D-Ala
Ropean
Hill
Army High Command
Senate
Military Committee
Pacific Shore Line
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Technical Air Corps
Storm Warning For the Bahamas Issued by Weather Bureau
The weather bureau issued a tropical disturbance advisory, noting a small diameter, intense center about 60 miles east of Long Island Bahamas moving west northwest with strong shifting winds and likely gales near the center. Caution urged for southeastern Bahamas and vessels in the area.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Long Island
Bahamas
Strikers Hold Picket Lines In Lynchburg
Striking employees of S. and K. Knee Pants Company maintained picket lines and vowed to continue the strike despite a company plan to use strike breakers on Tuesday. They seek union recognition and higher pay to restore NRA era standards, noting earnings as low as four dollars for forty five hours.
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Lynchburg, Va
S. and K. Knee Pants Company
NRA
Horse Worked All Summer Is Now No Good
In Middle town, horse dealer Charles Whittington sued John Malone for 10 dollars remaining on a 60 dollar horse. Malone testified the horse was unfit for farm work. Trial Justice A J Tavenner ruled for Whittington, awarding the 10 dollar judgment. Malone had used the horse all summer. In a separate case, O C Holliday was found guilty of reckless driving and fined 9.25 dollars. Mrs Lee Barney was acquitted.
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Charles Whittington
Middletown
John Malone
Malone
A. J. Tavenner
Whittington
Justice Tavenner
O. C. Holliday
Lee Barney
Holliday
Rhodes Predicts 15 Tragic Deaths Over Holiday
Richmond Virginia, August 31. State Motor Vehicles Director J Q Rhodes announced that about 200 cars will be wrecked on the roads this weekend and fifteen people will be dead by Tuesday. He warned drivers to heed safety messages, noting 10 to 20 may die.
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Richmond
J. Q. Rhodes
Silver Wedding Day In Prison Because of Dog
RACINE Wis Aug 31 John Schanock celebrated his silver wedding anniversary in a jail cell rather than surrender his mongrel dog to authorities after a neighbor said it bit a cow. He was cited for contempt and jailed until the dog is produced. Mrs Schanock joined him in the cell for the celebration.
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Racine
Wis
John Schanock
Schanock
Allred and Justices Stranded Then Rescued Near Austin
Gov James V Allred and two Supreme Court justices John H Sharp and Richard Critz were stranded five miles from Austin after a hitchhiking attempt failed. They walked for half an hour before using a rural telephone to summon a tow car. Earlier Allred was not recognized in Wichita Falls where a waitress declined his 35 cent check.
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Austin
Tex
James V. Allred
Supreme Court
Allred
John H. Sharp
Richard Critz
Wichita Falls
Federal approves road work program in Virginia
Richmond, Aug 31. The WPA office speeds to finalize county allocations backing an 8.73 million highway program. Highway Commissioner Henry Shirley says federal approval covers 3.65 million in work relief funds for highway construction, while authorities review individual projects.
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Richmond
WPA
Henry Shirley
Flood Warnings Sweep Rio Grande Corridor in New Mexico
Flood warnings issued along the Rio Grande through southern New Mexico to El Paso amid heavy rains. Las Cruces reports $500000 in damage as 6.46 inches drenched the area. City rehabilitates with 500 residents housed in churches and armory. 35 National Guardsmen guard streets to deter looting. A new flood scare hits after more thunderstorms roll through. Howard Wright, son of Middletown residents, contributes as a Las Cruces businessman.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Rio Grande
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Weather Bureau
Orton Mountains
President Signs TVA Amendments Broad Power for TVA
President Roosevelt signed amendments to the Tennessee Valley Authority expanding its power to sell surplus electricity. The change aims to shore up the program after a prior Alabama court ruling questioned its selling authority, a decision later upheld by a higher court.
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Washington
Roosevelt
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Col Lindbergh Plans Labor Day Fishing Trip in Minnesota
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh visiting his boyhood home in Little Falls Minnesota was reported planning a Labor Day fishing trip in northern Minnesota. He flew in from Red Lake Falls and obtained a car from Martin Engstron before driving to an unannounced location while Mrs. Lindbergh stayed at Red Lake Falls with her half sister Mrs. Christie.
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Little Falls
Minn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Minnesota
Lindbergh
Red Lake Falls
Martin Engstron
Man Finding Another's Body Held For Murder
Falls Church Virginia August 31 Hugh Hummer aged 50 was charged with the murder of Truman Brush a 76 year old farmer recluse whose beaten body was found in a woodland path eight days earlier Hummer a friend and tenant of Brush was arrested at 2 am by town and county police Sheriff Eppa Kirby of Fairfax County swore the warrant Henry Edwards a 50 year old black man was held as a material witness police said he provided information that led to Hummers suspicion Hummer had been living on the Brush place for years but had not steady work recently
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Falls Church
Hugh Hummer
Truman Brush
Hummer
Brush
Eppa Kirby
Fairfax County
Henry Edwards
Brush Place
Outlook Bright For Apple Sales In Scandinavia
Fred A. Motz of the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics told over 50 orchardists at Hotel Roanoke that Scandinavian markets show promise for Virginia apples while German sales remain restricted. He noted eased access to England and Scotland, with English campaigns boosting imports, and cautioned growers about Germany near-embargoes and quarantines.
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Australia
America
Fred A. Motz
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Roanoke
Motz
Amherst County
Wilfred A. Sims
J. O. Sims, Ltd
London
C. J. M. Kemp
W. B. Anderson and Sons, Ltd
Glasgow
Scotland
Nova Scotia
Sims
England
Northwest
Palestine
South Africa
London- Liverpool
United States
W. S. Campfield
Virginia Horticultural Society
Staunton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Strasburg Votes For Bond Issue
Strasburg voters approved a $43,000 bond issue to fund a water system upgrade. The plan includes a Shenandoah river filtration plant to augment Massanutten mountain supply, and is financed through the PWA with a $15,000 grant. turnout was 141 of over 600 qualified voters.
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Strasburg
Shenandoah River
Massanutten Mountain
PWA
First Guffey coal law test case filed in DC court
The first challenge to the Guffey act regulating soft coal was filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court this afternoon. President Roosevelt plans to appoint a board to administer the new Guffey bituminous coal control law before September 15. The measure, signed yesterday, creates a "little NRA" for the industry.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Three German Sailors Die In Dover Collision
The Ramillies brought the bodies of three German sailors and seven crew from the Eisenach after a night collision near Dover. Firemen August Heinrichs Fritz Besser and Wilhelm Kupper named among the dead. the Eisenach towed stern first into Dover harbor.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Ramillies
Eisenach
Dover
Lloyd
August Heinrichs
Fritz Besser
Wilhelm Kupper
Bremen
Beisenach
Goodwin Sands
Demonstration Program To Be Resumed Again
A weekly home demonstration schedule resumes under Miss Elizabeth Farrar. 4-H and adult clubs meet from Tuesday through Saturday with food preservation, canning contests, outdoor cookery demonstrations, clothing work, and project planning led by home agent and club leaders. Community-wide events include a county 4-H council meeting in Winchester.
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Elizabeth Farrar
Kernstown
Lelia Barton
Gore
J. C. Bowman
Bryarly
Rosenberger 4-H Club
Friendly Grove
Frederick County
More Blood May Be Given Senator Couzens
Rochester Mayo Clinic physicians said a third blood transfusion may be given to United States Senator James Couzens of Michigan. He has had two transfusions in as many days after four operations including the removal of his left kidney. Doctors expect to restore him to health and decide on another transfusion in three or four days.
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Rochester
Minn
United States
James Couzens
Michigan
Mayo Clinic
Couzens
Kingfish Huey Long Reunites Kin in Pennsylvania
In STOUCHSBURG Pennsylvania the Long family gathered for a reunion led by Col J H Long publisher from Huntington W Va The event aims to keep Huey P Long in town for a notable speech and possibly announce a run for President as farmfolk and locals listen Louisi ana senator Huey P Long is the central figure in this kinship gathering with others arriving from New York.
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Stouchsburg
Lebanon
Long
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
United States
J. H. Long
Huntington
W. Va
New York
Hable's Palace Presents Tim McCoy Ken Maynard Western Double
Tim McCoy stars in Outlaw Deputy and Ken Maynard in Mystery Mountain in a big double western program at Hables Palace today. Will Rogers appears next week in Steamboat Round The Bend with Irvin S. Cobb Anne Shirley John McQuire Eugene Pallette and Stepin Fetchit plus a Fox News Reel.
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Ken Maynard
Hablés Palace
Will Rogers
the Palace
Mississippi
Irvin S. Cobb
Anne Shirley
John McQuire
Eugene Pallette
Stepin Fetchit
Fox News
Italo Ethiopians Concessions Spark Diplomatic Debate
Reports from Rome and Washington show a surge of protest and concern over Ethiopia granting oil concessions to American and British interests. The State Department says U S neutrality remains intact while Italy warns these moves may complicate relations.
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Washington
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Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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R-Cal
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England
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Ohio
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Standard Oil Company
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Roosevelt
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African Exploration and Development Corporation
State Department
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Addis Ababa
Associated Press
Delaware
Standard Oil Company of
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American State Department
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
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York
W. F. Farish
Standard Oil Co
Grave Development
Paris
London
Sicily
Malta
Philip Sasson
Air
Britain
Washington Set to Name Guffey Coal Commission Members
President Roosevelt plans to appoint members of the Guffey coal commission before September 15 as the RFC weighs financing for the Chesapeake Bay bridge. In other notes, Father Coughlin expands politics and labor reach, Lindberghs visit Gretna, the Maryland Pennsylvania National Guard encamps, and the Yankee capsizes with crew saved.
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Roosevelt
Guffey Coal Commission
Detroit
Charles’e. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Little Falls
Minn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mrs. Lindbergh
Gretna
Maryland- Pennsylvania National Guard
RFC
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Public Auction Under Distress Warrant in Winchester
Madison Lodge No. 6 seeks sale of defendant Floyd M. Brill's personal property at 10 o'clock Tuesday September 1 from the Winchester Court House. Items include desks chairs filing cabinets a Woodstock typewriter and law books among others cash terms. In the related case Carter & Glaize vs Frederick J Hill the court orders publication and notice for a debt collection tied to apartment 1 608 West Cork Street Winchester Virginia with appearance required within fifteen days and publication to run weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star.
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Order of Odd Fellows
Floyd M. Brill
Court House
Winchester
Virginia
West Virginia
Harvard
Southeastern Reports
Gregory
Taylor L. Barr
HE Corporation Court
Shirley Carter
Fred L. Glaize
Carter & Glaize
Frederick J. Hill
Frede J. Hill
West
Cork Street
Evening Star
Clark Magp Ae
T. Russell Cather
P. G
Queen Astrid funeral duties flagged in royal notices
King George names the Duke of York to represent Great Britain at Queen Astrid’s funeral in Brussels. Prince Cyril of Bulgaria will attend as Bulgarian royal family representative. Sofia reports the court in mourning for three weeks as a sign of national grief.
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Eng
George
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Great Britain
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Cyril
Bulgaria
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