House Debates Farm Crop Control Program Vote
The House votes 219 to 175 to restore compulsory wheat marketing quotas in the administration farm bill. Chairman Jones allows two hours of debate on a substitute to guarantee farmers income equal to production costs. The Senate delay clouds enactment in the special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Bulletin
Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
Senate
D.-Tex
Massingale
D.-Okla
Coffee
D.-Neb
Lucas
D.tl
Armless wonder William J Ferris Jr leads sales tour
A World War era profile highlights William J Ferris Jr known as the armless wonder. He survived electrocution at age ten losing both arms and now travels 60000 miles a year selling artificial limbs while handling tasks solo and lecturing with sharp perception and determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Ferris, Jr
Ferris
Washington
Choir Rehearsal Urges Citywide Participation in Cantata
City choirs are urged to attend an 8 p.m. rehearsal at the Lutheran Sunday School building for the union service at Handley auditorium on December 19. The cantata The Shepherds Prayer will be performed by The Chanters directed by Floyd Haines. An organ from Washington may become permanent at Handley to host future community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Sunday School
Handley Auditorium
Floyd Haines
Winchester
Washington
Hoye Riley
Handley School
TVA Turns Out A New Fertilizer Metaphos for Soil Phosphate
TVA in Knoxville announces a new fertilizer calcium metaphosphate with 60 to 65 percent available plant food, far higher than standard super phosphate. Dr. H. A. Morgan notes its concentration, transport efficiency, and economical production as tests proceed in Muscle Shoals and state experiment stations.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
H. A. Morgan
TVA
South
Muscle Shoals
Master Mind Of Death Asks Police In Paris Slaying Case
Paris police pursue Roger Million and Jean Le Blanc in connection with the murder and kidnapping of Brooklyn dancer Jean De Koven. Weidmann, the German ex-convict, confessed to strangling De Koven and aiding a violent gang.
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Jean de Koven
Bulletin
Paris
Roger
Scarface
Million
Jean
Little One
le Blanc
Brooklyn
France
Judiciary
Nanita
Nantua
Roger Million
Eugene Weidmann
St. Cloud
Weidman
14 More To Meet Death In Russia
Soviet reports four added death sentences in a purge centered on the livestock industry. Seven veterinarians in Georgia were convicted for spreading epidemics. others drew 20 year terms. New Siberian cases include a tractor-station director accused of letting grain rot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Georgian Republic
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Far East
Chuck and Rays Open for Weekend Beer
Lost yellow Persian cat near 418 N Braddock. reward offered. Contact phone 707 for details. Open Friday Saturday Sunday food and drinks advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck & Rays
Sun
N. Braddock
Progressive Shoe Repair Shop Ad at 7 W Piccadilly
Special Saturday sale note lists leather tops for ladies at 10 cents and rubber heels for men at 50 cents. The ad promotes a shoe repair shop located at 7 West Piccadilly with time reference indicating December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Piccadilly
Garbage Notice on Refuse Storage and Collection Rules
Public notice states all refuse must be placed in tight containers. Peach baskets or cans without tight bottoms will be collected.
Winter Weather Grips Nation From Coast To South
The country endures a wintry assault with at least 25 deaths linked to the cold and ice. New York, Pennsylvania, and the south report the highest fatalities as storms trigger highway accidents and firmer ice on rivers. Temperatures dip coast to coast with Florida citrus districts warned of falling temps and smudge fires to protect crops.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Florida
Rockies
Pennsylvania
New York State
South
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Nashville
Montgomery
Pensacola
New Orleans
Raleigh
N. C
Asheville
Louisville
Miami
Tampa
Jacksonville
Florida Peninsula
Gainesville
Pacific Coast
Buffalo
N. Y
Four Killed As Auto Hits Train
Four persons die in separate autos struck by trains in Durand Michigan and Azusa California. In Durand a car hit a Grand Trunk freight, four occupants from Perry and Morrice Michigan died as derailed cars caused by the impact. In Azusa a Santa Fe mail train struck another auto at a grade crossing, four youths aged 21 to 23 perished amid rain and poor visibility.
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Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk
Here
Carl T. Euler
Lester Hoag
Perry
Beatrice Beiler
Morrice
Azusa
Calif
Archie Smith
Pat Polard
Paul and
Keith Thompson
Union City Man Leaves Hospital After Heart Attack
Joseph Martin of Union City New Jersey who was taken to Memorial Hospital yesterday after a heart attack has left the hospital. It is not known whether he plans to return to New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Martin
Union City
N. J
Memorial Hospital
New Jersey
Tomorrow Tag Day for Tuberculosis Fund in Winchester
Tomorrow will be Tag Day in Winchester to raise funds for tubercular patients in state sanitoria. Red cross pins will be sold on streets and buildings by young women aiding the Christmas seals drive. Taggers meet at 9 am at 14614 North Loudoun Street to collect supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
John L. Kater
North
Loudoun Street
Over the Bell Clothes Shop
President Favors Fast Action on Railroad Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission overruled a request by railroads for an immediate 15 percent freight rate increase. President Roosevelt pressed for a speedy decision to preserve railroad solvency without government ownership, noting no definite plan but allowing RFC loans for a few carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison
Roosevelt
Aitchison
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Japanese Policy to Be Announced After Nanking Fall
Tokyo reports Premier Konoye will issue a full statement on Japan's China policy after Nanking falls. The cabinet studied finances military and diplomacy and agreed on future steps, likely repudiating Chiang Kai-Shek and signaling extended hostilities if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Fumimaro Konoye
Nanking
Ities
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking defenses endure heavy fighting as siege continues
Nanking defenders along the ancient walls keep up fire to deny Japan a quick capture. Fires burn on the Yangtze waterfront while Japanese planes bombard positions inside the city. U S embassy staff urge evacuation to Panay but Americans stay aboard as Panay moves upstream amid bombardments. Chiang Kai shek trusted Eighty eighth Division guards the south. Pai Chung Si forces hold the north and east lines.
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Nanking
Japan
Yangtze
United States
Panay
Chiang Kai- Shek
Pai Chung- Si
Kwangsi Province
Gettysburg 75th Battle Anniversary to Draw 3000 Attendees
Gettysburg Pennsylvania reports 3000 veterans from both sides plan to attend the June 26 to July 6 reunion marking the 75th anniversary. A monument topped by an eternal peace light will be dedicated overlooking Big and Little Round Tops with an inscription Peace Eternal in a United Nation. President Roosevelt may attend the dedication.
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Gettysburg
Boys In Blue
Boys In Gray
Paul Roy
Navn
Roosevelt
Roy
Two Are Held As Farmer's Slayers
Farmwife Hulda Pansa identified John Jelliga and Mike Munjas as the robbers who killed her husband and shot her to cover their tracks. Deputies from Wild and Cook counties arrested Jelliga in Whiting Indiana and Munjas in Indiana Harbor. Both confess and guns were found at their homes. they were jailed in Joliet.
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Crete
Ill
Wild
Cook Counties
John Jelliga
Whiting
Ind
Mike Munjas
Indiana Harbor
John Surdukowski
Whiting Police
Hulda Pansa
Joliet
Pansa
Poverty Shocks Doris Cromwell
James H. R. Cromwell said Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress, was considering many uses for her millions after a tour of the Arthurdale resettlement project. He told reporters at a Senate agriculture committee meeting that housing was unlikely to be one of her first steps, calling it a drop in the bucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Senate Agriculture Committee
Cromwell
Rcent
Arthurdale
W. Va
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landon declines 1940 Republican presidential bid
Former Kansas governor Alf M Landon says he will not seek or accept the Republican nomination for president in 1940. He made the statement on arriving in Washington for the Gridiron Club dinner and added he is not withdrawing from politics. He plans to stay active in party affairs.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Gridiron Club
Landon
Mrs Cromwell and Mrs Roosevelt En Route to Arthurdale
Mrs Cromwell stopped in Winchester with Mrs Roosevelt while traveling to the Arthurdale project. Their party’s two large automobiles were serviced at a local filling station.
Fire sweeps four story East Liberty block in Pittsburgh
Fire struck a four story building housing Schulte United Inc in East Liberty Pittsburgh sending eight of 100 firefighters to hospital for exposure. Chief Nicholas Helan estimated damage over 100000 with blaze origin undetermined threatening nearby businesses.
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Pittsburgh
Schulte United, Inc
Nicholas Helan
East Liberty
Lindbergh Attends Carnegie Institution Meeting
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Washington to attend the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Invaders Seize Kuanghuamen as Ninth Division Breaks Nan King Walls
Invaders capture Kuanghuamen the principal gate as the Ninth Division breaches Nan King walls, opening a major advance. Rebels and defenders clash amid heavy casualties and shifting frontline positions.
Japanese capture Kuanghuamen as Nanking siege advances
Japanese Ninth Division reports seizing Kuanghuamen the main southeastern gate of Nanking walls after a brutal daylight assault. Tokyo claims the capital is in the process of falling as infantry push through breach sections and air support aids the drive toward river ports and surrounding forts. Fierce fighting continues at Wuhu and Chinkiang as Japanese forces encircle the city.
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Urday
Kuanghuamen
Nanking
M. J. Shang . Dae
Tang Seng-Chi
Iwane Matsui
Purple Mountain
Ching Kiang
Wuhu
Chinkiang
Coal and Wood Advertisement by Hershberger
An old classified ad notes coal and wood services by W. J. E. Hershberger with contact number 414 and a dated reference 12-8-1p-31.
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Phone
W. J. E. Hershberger
University Graduate Faces Double Death as Triple Slayer
Boise dispatch reports Douglas Van Vlack, a 33 year old University of Washington graduate, hanged for murder of his wife after a dramatic escape and shootout with Idaho police. Moments before execution his parents witnessed his plunge from a cell top, killing himself. He had disappeared from Tacoma after kidnapping Mildred, driven east to Idaho, and wounded two Idaho State Policemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Douglas van Vlack
van Vlack
Carl van Vinck
Tacoma
Wash
van Vinck
University of Washington
Hodgson and Brown Optometrists Celebrate 20 Years
The advertisement promotes optical services from Hodgson and Brown Registered Optometrists marking twenty years of service. It warns against cheap service and offers to furnish eyewear upon request, emphasizing the value of eye care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
A Life Well Rounded Says Darwin Roosevelt Contrast
The piece argues satisfaction comes from daily pleasures beyond money or fame. It cites Darwin wishing to reread poetry and listen to music daily and notes Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed nature and walks as a balanced life practice.
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Charles Darwin
Theodore Roosevelt
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Flames Menace
Lindbergh
Carnegie
Rising Sun
Bulletin Shanghai
Fenses
Coal & Wood
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