Virginia Horticultural Society protests wage hour rulings
Members of the Virginia Horticultural Society adopt resolutions opposing the restricted interpretation of the Wages and Hours Act area of production. They urge inspection standards for car lots, oppose diverting gasoline tax funds, promote apple juice marketing, and call for a Virginia constitutional amendment to prevent diversion of highway funds. The group also backs regular carrot shipment inspections and cooperative fruit packing support.
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Virginia Horticultural Society
Patman
Virginia
F. Andrews
Anson
Byrd Speech On Taxation Set For Broadcast From Boston
Senator Harry F. Byrd heads to Boston to address the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Association. Senator Walsh and Governor elect Saltonstall will speak. Byrd will broadcast coast to coast via CBS from 3:30 to 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
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Harry F. Byrd
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers’ Association
Senator Walsh
Saltonstall
Senator Byrd
Columbia Broadcasting System
Quakers Get a Teutonic Laugh
Berlin reports Der Angriff mocks the American Friends Service Committee visitors to observe Jewish and minority conditions in Germany. The piece dismisses the Quakers as harmless and notes the delegation sails December 2 to observe and advise. Rufus Jones is named among the visitors.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
der Ansriff
United States
Society of Priends
Germany
Rufus Jones
Miss Bushong Still In Daze
Miss Margaret Bushong 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Bushong of New Market Va, remained semi conscious after exposure from disappearing Wednesday afternoon while shopping with her mother in Harrisonburg. She reappeared Thursday at daybreak soaked and at the home of Oliver Hassler in Penn Laird. Officers discount a kidnap theory while authorities await a coherent account from the victim.
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New Market
Margaret Bushong
Homer Bushong
Harrisonburg
Oliver Hassler
Penn Laird
Miss Bushong
Winchester Pitches Mail Efficiency Amid Christie Sanitation Plan
Winchester urges crowd to buy and mail stamps now to speed service at Christie sanitation site. He suggests staging mail and packages to allow instant cancellation and urges frequent mailing while separating business and personal correspondence for smoother handling.
Breakfast at Busy Bee and Plaza Shooting Match Notice
Breakfast item at Busy Bee Restaurant offers three large fluffy cakes with sausage butter syrup and coffee for 25 cents. Tomorrow at the Plaza on Front Royal Pike a shooting match begins at noon with prizes including turkeys and chickens hosted by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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Busy Bee
Front Royal Pike
Order of Eagles
Armstrong advertises weatherstripping and caulking services
The E. W. Armstrong Co. offers metal weatherstripping and caulking for windows and doors with estimates available by calling 639. Located at 39 E. Piccadilly St, listings note service days Tuesday and Friday 1p to tf.
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E. W. Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly St
Extension Of Federal Old Age Insurance Plan Move
The Social Security Advisory Council to advise Congress and the President to extend federal old age insurance to at least 2.6 million more workers and begin payments January 1, 1940 rather than 1942. Republicans oppose reserve changes and expect strong opposition in Congress from pension advocates and rivals. The plan aims to give near 65 workers time to earn wage credits for monthly checks.
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Washington
Social Security Advisory Council
Congress
Councils
America
Rev. E. L. Roof To Be Installed Pastor at Stephens City
The Rev Frank Lever Roof will be installed as pastor of the Stephens City Lutheran Parish on Sunday morning December 11 at 11 15 in Trinity Church Stephens City The Rev F B Lingle will preach the sermon and conduct the installation and deliver the charges Roof accepted the call effective November 1 and has lived at the parsonage with Mrs Roof since then He came from Bluff City Tennessee where he led the Bluff City Parish A large congregation is expected and the public has been invited by parish leaders
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Frank Lever Roof
Stephens City
Roof
Bluff City
Tenn
Boy Stabbed in Tussle Survives Heart Injury
A 14 year old boy, Adam Elmon, was stabbed accidentally during a tussle with a friend in Philadelphia. Dr Bruce at Borough Memorial Hospital performed a delicate operation, removing rib bone to reach the heart. A pint of blood filled the pericardial sac but pressure kept hemorrhage in check.
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Philadelphia
Bruce
Borough Memorial Hospital
Adam Elmon
Typhoon Toll Tops 21 Dead in Philippine Islands
Manila dispatch reports at least 21 dead as a powerful typhoon sweeps island provinces. Eighteen died on Samar from drowns or falling trees, with Albay recording two fatalities and Camarines Sur one. Thousands left homeless and communications crippled as damage mounts.
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Manila
Philippine Island
Samar
Albay
Camarines Sur
Modern Poet Is Failing To Get A Hearing
Professor Thomas McNaughton Johnston of Hamilton College argues poetry readers are shrinking not due to readers but poets. He cites eighteenth century poetry as neglecting modern era science and math and laments current poets water down wisdom with excess rhetoric.
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Rome
N. Y
Thomas McNaughton Johnston
Hamilton College
Roosevelt to ask Congress to empower government reorganization
President Roosevelt disclosed plans to send Congress a message proposing legislation to empower a broad government reorganization. He met with reorganization experts and said progress at the press conference was good. He noted Congress may split the measures into one or several bills and stressed audits would remain separate from general reform.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Aaa
Comptroller General's Office
Civil Service Commission
Relief Question Put To Congress
President Roosevelt said Congress should decide if federal relief procedures need modification to address criticism of the WPA. WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins indicated possible amendments but seeks a "meeting of minds" with lawmakers before revealing specifics.
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Washington
Dec
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Romantics Feel Effects of A New Maryland Law
In Elkton Maryland the new 48 hour waiting period for marriage licenses took effect at 12:01 am. No licenses were issued today except possibly emergency orders. brides and grooms faced delays as courts interpreted the change.
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Maryland
Elkton
Gretna Green
Pan American Conference Opens in Lima Amid Calls for Cooperation
Twenty one Western Hemisphere nations opened the Pan American Conference in Lima with aims to promote peace and economic cooperation while avoiding isolation. Cordell Hull asserted the Americas would not isolate from Europe and Asia and stressed interdependence of nations. Delegates expect modest progress, not dramatic shifts, toward pan American cooperation and defense against outside aggression.
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Andrue
Lima
Peru
Europe
Asia
China
House of Representatives
United States
Cordell Hull
Americas
Argentina
Latin America
Hull
Roosevelt
Wpublics
Blaine
Ww m
Beneen
Simon Bolivar
Bolivar
Ayachucho
Panama
Sing Song Chant By Auctioneers To Be Investigated
The Justice Department assigns two investigators to study the sing song chanting of tobacco auctioneers. Officials say sales claims and speed may raise questions about practices in Maryland and Kentucky markets.
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Washington
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Maryland
French to Fight Italy Over Africa Colony Crisis
French and Arab groups in Tunis protested Italian demands for Tunisia with mass demonstrations. Police arrested ten Italians for seditious cries as 100 mobile guards arrived from Algeria to reinforce security while French troops remained in barracks. Prominent Italians including Vestri Licinio and Ubaldo Rey were detained over inflammatory cries.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Algeria
France
Vestri Licinio
Ubaldo Rey
Extra workers to handle Christmas mail increase at Winchester post office
Winchester post office adds about 15 extra employees to manage holiday mail as W Nelson Page, the postmaster, says this Christmas will be the busiest in history. He urges the public to mail early and to bundle and segregate out of town and local mail for prompt delivery.
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Winchester
W. Nelson Page
Mr. Page
Page
Sounds Warning On Low Scales
Washington notes G W Sharpe secretary Beech Nut Packing Co Canajoharie NY warns Senate committee that incentive taxation may favor employers with low wage scales. He argues profit sharing benefits already exist for such firms and tax cuts could drive further wage suppression to expand profit sharing. E W Shineman Beech Nut treasurer outlines wage dividends and year end bonuses, with a $3 cash bonus per year of service and up to a Christmas bonus this year.
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Washington
G. W. Sharpe
Beech Nut Packing Company
Canajoharie
N. Y
Senate
Sharpe
E. W. Shineman
Beech Nut
Swift Raids Against Arabs Reported in Palestine
British forces conducted dawn raids in Palestine, arresting over 100 Arab rebels including several terrorism suspects in the Arab uprising against British rule. The operation targeted militants in the Jerusalem area and nearby towns as part of the crackdown.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Charles Booth Dies After Fall From Window in London
London dispatch reports 70 year old Charles Booth, Liverpool shipping magnate and chair of Alfred Booth & Co. Ltd. and Booth Steamship Co. Ltd., fell to his death from a bedroom window at a London relative’s home. The death is described as accidental by the British Press Association. He is survived by his widow Grace Wells of New York.
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London
Charles Booth
Liverpool
British Press Association
Booth
Alfred Booth & Co. Ltd
The
Booth Steamship Co., Ltd
Grace Wells
New York
Need More Funds To Snatch Spies
President Roosevelt said the United States intelligence efforts coordinating spying on foreign agents still required more money. He announced plans to request an additional appropriation for counter-espionage, noting the conviction of German agents did not end spying. He urged Americans to monitor foreign secret police while keeping details undisclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
New York
OGPU
Parker Qualifies For Post As Mayor
At the county clerk office C C Brannon confirms Parker qualifies for the mayoral vacancy following the death of Wilmot E Gardner. The notice records Parker meet requirements to assume the office.
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Parker
C. C. Brannon
Ne Bevei
As Quali
Wilmot E. Gardner
Public Auction of Winchester Woolen Co. stock at courthouse
Small block of Winchester Woolen Co. stock to be sold at public auction in front of the Courthouse at 11 30 A M on Saturday December 10. Dunn and Duvall are the auctioneers.
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Winchester Woolen Co
Courthouse
Dunn & Duvall
Forts Like Famed Maginot Line Built In Tunisia
Paris reports quote Premier Daladier aides saying France will defend Tunisia if needed. Italian chances to seize Tunisia are rated as zero by French sources, who call Italy’s push a mere propaganda spark for broader aims. Modern fortifications mirror the Maginot Line and guard the Tunisia frontier.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Tunisia
Italy
Libya
Spain
War Ministry
Catalonia
Defense Ministry
Pyrenees
Tonisia
Morocco
President Gets Ideas On Loans
A high banking official reported four adviser groups urge varied ideas on small business loans. Proposals include easing long term bank lending, establishing regional intermediate credit banks, creating a federal loan insurance corporation, and reassessing what is economically safe for loan stimulation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
William C. Douglas
The
Securities Commission
A. A. Berle
State Department
Comptroller of the Currency Bureau
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Junior Board Smoker Tonight at George Washington Hotel
Members of the Junior Board of Trade are reminded of a smoker and meeting this evening at 8 o'clock in the small dining room of the George Washington Hotel. Ralph Hardy chairs the meeting and an interesting program is promised. Refreshments will be served.
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Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Ralph Hardy
Burke proposes six year presidential term amendment
New York December 9 Senator Burke of Nebraska announced an intention to introduce a constitutional amendment at the next session that would establish a single six year term for the presidency with no eligibility for re election. He said Congress would back the measure.
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New York
Congress
Burke
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