Dwellings In Hayfield Area Menaced By Fire
A midnight blaze on M. H. Rosenberger’s farm near Hayfield, Virginia, drew 50 plus firefighters after starting in timberland and spreading amid dry leaves and a northern wind. Nearby houses and barns, including those of Mrs. Starrett and William Carnell, faced imminent danger before hay firing contained the blaze. A bee tree likely sparked the fire. hunters smoking bees and careless fire use under dry weather threaten more land and a bigger forest fire near Mountain Falls.
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Hayfield
M. H. Rosenberger
R. W. White
Mrs. Starrett
William Carnell
H. C. Moore
North Mountain
Rosenberger
Starrett
Gore
Mountain Falls
Special Services To Close Sunday At U B Church
Revival services at the United Brethren Church on North Braddock street will end Sunday evening December 10. Pastor Rev. George W. Stover led all preaching and 35 new members were received and baptized last Sunday morning. A 30-voice choir supported all services and many visitors attended from other city churches.
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United Brethren Church
North
Braddock Street
Wiill
George W. Stover
Revival Services At Stines Chapel To Close Thursday
A week long revival at Stine's Chapel on North Frederick Road ends Thursday evening. The Rev Cephas Fahnestock of the Dunkard Church leads tonight with singers from Jubilee. Rev Robert B Campbell of Highland Avenue Presbyterian and Mrs Campbell sing. Rev S J Goode of the Church of Christ preaches tomorrow and Thursday night to close the series. A boys' quartet also performs tomorrow evening.
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Stine’s Chapel
North Frederick Road
Cephas Fahnestock
Dunkard
Jubilee Church
Robert B. Campbell
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Moore Denies Vetoing Rum Bill
Governor A. Harry Moore arrived at the State House in Trenton and denied reports that he vetoed the state liquor control legislation amid conflicting accounts.
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Moore
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
State House
Five Pointers Hold Rally At State Capital
Warren Chamberlin of Brucetown public school led five pointer pupils from Frederick county after attending the annual five pointer meeting tied to the State Teachers Association in Richmond. Students were welcomed by Governor Pollard and health officials and toured city points.
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Brucetown
Frederick County
Richmond
Teachers’ Association
Young Chamberlin
Elizabeth Dishman
Warren
Warren County
Constance Olivia White
Henrietta Licklider
John Brown
Executive Mansion
Governor Pollard
Capitol
WRVA
Warren F. Draper
Pollard
Times- Dispatch
Miller and Rhoads
Graham
Woman’s
Richmond Academy of Medicine
William Tate Graham
State Board of Health
State Department of Education
Sidney B. Hall
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania Ratifies Prohibition Repeal in Senate Vote
In Harrisburg delegates vote 15 to approve the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment making Pennsylvania the thirty fourth state to ratify. The Senate chamber bristled with flashlights and applause as the certificate was prepared to be sent to Washington.
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Joseph H. Choate, Jr
E. S. Greenbaum
Utah
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Senate
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
E. C. Shannon
Richard J. Beamish
Washington
Betsy Herbert Dies In Hospital
Betsy Herbert, a colored resident of Millwood, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of Randolph and Rebecca Herbert of Clarke County and is survived by a daughter Georgianna, a brother Francis Herbert of Pittsburgh, and two sisters Carrie McGill of Pittsburgh and Hattie Herbert of Millwood. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Gillfield Church with interment at Little Chapel, Clarke County.
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Betsy Herbert
Millwood
Memorial Hospital
Randolph
Rebecca Herbert
Clarke County
Georgianna Herbert
Francis Herbert
Pittsburgh
Carrie McGill
Hattie Herbert
Gillfield
Littie Chapel
Mose Woodward Takes Stand in Self Defense Case
Mose Woodward testified in his own defense as the capital assault trial neared verdict. Prosecutor Burr P. Harrison led the case for the commonwealth while Frank H. Brumback defended Woodward. Witnesses testified before a noon recess, with jury members and sheriff securing custody overnight at the George Washington Hotel.
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Moses W. Woodward
Alaio
Ollock
Williams
Burr P. Harrison
Frank H. Brumback
Woodstock
Woodward
Strasburg
Middletown
Memorial Hospital
David Reardon
Robert J. Carson
Jesse Co. Cammer
Vernon Unger
Charles E. Cochran
C. C. Bowen
Whitacre
L. H. Hook
Daniel Metz
A. W. Wright
J. B. Bywaters
A. L. Rosenberger
George Washington
Court House
Governor Rolph Expelled by National War Veterans
The National War Veterans Association voted to expel California Governor Rolph from its national advisory board. The resolution cites gubernatorial unfitness demonstrated by his actions and statements regarding the San Jose lynchings, deeming him unfit for any role in the organization.
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New York
National War Veterans’ Association, Inc
Rolph
California
National Advisory Board
San Jose
Inter American Money Plan Nears Pan American Talk
Delegates at the seventh Pan-American conference heard a proposal for an inter American system of money and banking and a Cuban government recognition. Mexico's Jose M Puig Casaurano urged a Pan American central bank and a currency partly backed by silver with commodity price levels. He also floated a six to ten year moratorium on debts. Argentina's Carlos Saavedra Lamas signaled a future Pan American economic conference with U.S. backing from Cordell Hull.
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Montevideo
Jose M. Puig Casaurano
Mexico
Carlos Saaverdra-Lamas
Argentina
Cordell Hull
United States
Tax Revision Plan Shaped by House Committee
A House ways and means sub committee backed a preliminary tax revision program aimed at raising 237 000 dollars. The report urges wide rate changes including a 4 percent normal tax on all incomes and 8 percent over 4000, plus heavy taxes on personal holding companies described as an incorporating pocketbooks scheme.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Radical Changes Sought in Virginia Motor Code
A circulated petition in Virginia calls for major motor code reforms focused on commercial trucks and buses. It seeks to merge the state motor vehicles division with the State Corporation Commission and assigns broad regulatory power over transportation, with new taxes and hours rules for carriers and repeal of reciprocity licenses.
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Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Wiggin Pension Payment Charged as Violation
Senator Glass charged in Senate inquiry that a $100 000 a year pension to Albert H Wiggin from Chase National Bank violated New York law. He noted the annuity was disclosed by the Banking Committee and Wiggin asked the bank to stop after criticism. Glass defended the Glass banking law and accused W W Aldrich of pressuring to change it.
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Associated Press
Washington
Glass
Virginia
Senate
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National
New York
Senate Banking Committee
Wiggin
W. W. Aldrich
Chase Bank
No Limit on Prescriptions in Virginia After Repeal
Virginia Attorney General John R. Saunders said pharmacists may fill bona fide prescriptions calling for more than one pint of medicinal liquor with no limit. The Layman act fixes no limit on the number of prescriptions a physician may issue in any period.
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Virginia
John R. Saunders
Stocks and Grains Rally Amid Firm Prices
New York Dec 5 stocks and grains moved higher as wheat and other cereals along with cotton firmed. Domestic gold rate remained unchanged as markets woke to rallying prices. Sterling opened at $5.10 and four to five.
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Associated Press
New York
Greece Seeks Way To Deport Samuel Insull
Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris said Greece will try to deport Samuel Insull to satisfy the United States requests though Greek courts have twice refused extradition. Insull faces indictment over the collapse of his utilities empire and fraud allegations.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insall
United States
Panayoti Tsaldaris
Chicago
Maryland Bill For Liquor Control Sent To Ritchie
Annapolis Md Dec 4 The Maryland liquor control bill reached Gov Albert C Ritchie's desk and he postponed signing until 11 A M tomorrow The administration kept the $1 10 excise tax on liquor The tax applies to retail sales and is estimated to yield over 1 800 000 annually Taverns to be licensed in Baltimore and select counties Three counties are placed under a dispensative control system
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Annapolis
Maryland Liquor-Control
Albert C. Ments Ritchie
Baltimore
Chicago Grain Market Prices
Closing quotations today were Chicago December 84 and May 8554. Baltimore spot wheat 83.3. Winchester Milling Corporation wires market data via Stickel Sales Corporation dealers in cash grain and futures from Hagerstown Maryland.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickel Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Prohibition advocates urge return of dry rule and control laws
The piece argues for reinstating prohibition and shaping a control law in the legislature to curb liquor consumption. It notes Dry Virginia gains, warns against barmaids, and urges maintaining League headquarters in Richmond to defend dry territory and influence future elections.
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Richmond
League
Rockingham
Virginia
Albin Institute Session Canceled
The Albin Institute event scheduled for Sunday afternoon has been cancelled after cooperating churches nearby shifted to an afternoon Sunday School service. The change affects attendees and related programs.
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Religious Educational Institute
Albin
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