Virginia Temperance Leader Opposes Beer to Aid Grain
Mrs. Sara H. Hoge of Lincoln Virginia Wo man s Christian Temperance Union testified to a Washington House committee that returning beer would not help farmers. She cited prewar testimony that less than three fourths of 1 percent of grain was used for beer and argued prohibition supports milk consumption and grain use while beer fuels drunkenness. She urged no surrender to the beer bill and reaffirmed opposition to liquor licensing.
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Sara H. Hoge
Lincoln
Virginia Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Washington
United States
House
Ways and Means
England
National Grange
Understanding the IQ Formula in Historical Context
The IQ is defined as the mental age times 100 divided by actual age. A score around 100 indicates average intelligence. Subnormal IQs fall below 80 while scores above 120 are labeled as gifted.
Labor Chief Plans Five Day Work Week Trial
Richmond December 12 John Mopkins Hall Jr commissioner of labor and industry announced a five day week experiment for seventeen department employees driven by governor Pollard's ten percent budget cut. He noted success could influence other departments and urged extending the plan to white collar staff to prevent payroll losses and preserve trained workers. The department already pilots five day weeks in highway work where skilled labor is involved.
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Richmond
John Mopkins Hall, Jr
Labor and Industry
Pollard
Hall
Department of Highways
Murder and death by own action verdict in slaying
In Waynesboro, coroner J B Catlett ruled murder and death by own action in the deaths of Marie Jackson Cline and Clinton Cline found in their bed. Police cited jealousy as a motive. the man allegedly killed the woman then died by self-inflicted gunfire after an attempted poisoning. They had cohabited for a year.
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Waynesboro
Marie Jackson Cline
Clinton Cline
Cline
J. B. Catlett
Augusta County
Proposes 10 Acre Farms for Jobless Housing Plan
Richmond December 12. An unemployed committee urged state and Richmond officials to use Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds to establish farm housing for the unemployed. The plan calls for purchasing land into ten acre tracts equipped with three room houses and government supported farming, with tenants able to buy their tract later at cost plus amortization.
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Richmond
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Call Conference On Railway Rates In Virginia
Representatives of freight shippers from ten Virginia cities meet with H E Ketner of the State Corporation Commission to discuss intervention in an Interstate Commerce Commission rate case set for February seven. The dispute involves rail rates on traffic through Virginia ports versus longer haul routes to the central and western regions.
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Richmond
Virginia
H. E. Ketner
Commerce
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Middle West
Richmond Banker Benjamin Smith Dies in Auto Crash
Benjamin F. Smith a 26 year old Richmond banker was killed in a collision when his car struck a lone freight car on a deserted Richmond street. Police said speeding and an inability to turn contributed to the fatal crash and Smith suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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Richmond
Benjamin F. Smith
Smith
First modern crossword puzzle debut and WWII revival
The first genuine cross word puzzle of the modern type was composed by Arthur Winn and appeared in a New York Sunday World supplement on December 2, 1913. The World War outbreak paused the craze, but it revived in 1916 as a World feature.
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Arthur Winn
New York Sunday World
Eight Killed in New Chicago Crime Outbreak
Eight people die in a sudden wave of violence in Chicago with six shot to death near zero temperatures one suffocated after robbers left a bound woman to die and one stabbed. A robber identified as Albert White dies en route to hospital after a gunfight at Walter Krops Pharmacy where the owner and a watchman returned fire. Detectives Frank Svec and Edgar Chatterton are shot at the back door of Arthur Lavacs house during a warrant service. Lavac confesses but says he mistook officers for robbers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Anton Ov
Albert White
White
Walter Krop
Krop
Steve Kirincie
Kirincie
Tives Frank Svec
Edgar Chatterton
Berwyn
Arthur Lavac
Lavac
Chicago Grain Closing Prices
Chicago grain market prices and quotations provided by Legg and Company based in Baltimore via the Chicago Board of Trade representatives and the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce. Communications listed with Plaza numbers for contact.
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Chicago
Legg and Company
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Chicago Board of Trade
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade Today
Threat Letters Target Governor's Wife Escort Hope of Ransom
A 17-year-old Coldwater Michigan high school boy told police he acted for thrills when arrested for sending threatening letters. One letter to Mrs Wilber Bruckner wife of the Michigan governor threatened kidnapping unless $10 000 was paid.
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Richard Odren
Coldwater
Mich
Wilber Bruckner
Michigan
Aesculapius Mythal figure of healing struck by Jupiter
In Greek myth Aesculapius, son of Apollo and Coronis, heals the sick and even raises the dead. Fearing depopulation of Pluto’s realms, Jupiter strikes him with a thunderbolt, ending his mortal revival power.
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Aesculapius
Medicine
Apollo
Coronis
Jupiter
Pluto
Funeral Rites Held For Late Mr. Myers
The funeral for John H. Myers a Frederick County farmer and former county supervisor was held at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church with deacons and elders of the church serving as pallbearers and floral tributes sent. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with services led by Rev. F T McFadden. Out of town mourners included S D Slichter Mrs Florence Slichter Henry Myers Allen Myers and John Slichter.
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John H. Myers
Frederick County
Board Supervisors
Purcell Avenue
Winchester
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
F. T. McFadden
Mount Hebron Cemetery
P. W. Boyd
M. L. Capper
Clifford D. Grim
L. C. Janney
J. H. Moling, Jr
Burton C. Ritter
H. C Sheetz
R. B. Slonaker
John S. Solenberger
Stewart Bell
Fred
Boyd
Frank B. Crawford
R. M. Glass
J H. Moling
E. B. Sheetz
L. H. Stokes
William B. Wagner
S. D. Slichter
Florence Slichter
Chambersburg
Henry Myers
Allen Myers
Thurmont
John Slichter
Herr
Pennsylvania
TB Fund To Get Percentage On Movie Tickets
The Tuberculosis Association coordinates with Palace Theatre to receive a share of ticket proceeds for two upcoming talking pictures. Tickets are sold at Baker's and People's Drug Stores with rebates to the fund for sales at these outlets. The films are Uptown New York featuring Jack Okie and Shirley Grey on Wednesday and Thursday, and The Stoker with Monte Blue and Dorothy Burgess on Friday and Saturday. The association’s percentage applies only to the last day of Uptown New York and the first day of The Stoker.
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The
Tuberculosis Association
Virginia
Palace Theatre
Baker's Drug Store
People’s Drug Store
New York
Jack Okie
Shirley Grey
the Stoker
Monte Blue
Dorothy Burgess
Tuberculosis Society
National Legion Chaplain Visits Winchester Post
Rev Idwin Q Wood national chaplain of the American Legion visited Winchester to address Robert Y Conrad Post No 21 in City Hall. He traveled with Glenn Elliott and Dave Hubbard before continuing to Berryville and planned stops at Strasburg Woodstock Harrisonburg and Staunton along Route 11.
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Idwin Q. Wood
Pocatello
Idaho
American Legion
Winchester
Robert Y. Conrad Post
City Hall
Wood
Glenn Elliott
Virginia
Dave Hubbard
Richmond
United States Veterans’ Administration
Legion
B. M. Sullivan
Chaplain Wood
Berryville
Strasburg
Woodstock
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Widow Aids Police In Solving Wanderwell Murder
The latest photo shows Mrs Alpha Wanderwell, widow of Capt Walter Wanderwell, slain on his yacht near Long Beach California on the eve of another cruise. She was in Hollywood when the fatal shooting occurred and is assisting police with the investigation into the baffling murder.
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Alpha Wanderwell
Walter Wanderwell
Long Beach
Cal
Wanderwell
Hollywood
influenza cases rise but no epidemic in Virginia colleges
Health officials report many influenza cases in 1918 era Virginia colleges but say no epidemic is evident. About 35 cases at Virginia Military Institute and scattered cases elsewhere are mild. Washington and Lee University will close for Christmas as a precaution, with guidance to rest early and stay home for ten days or two weeks.
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Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
Bristol
Washington and Lee
Herriot Plan To Pay US Debt Halted By French Committees
Paris reports show the Chamber of Deputies foreign affairs and finance committees rejected Premier Herriot's proposal to pay the upcoming US debt installment with reservations. The note to Washington sought that the $19,261,438 payment be counted toward a broader settlement, warning France cannot bear reparations alone without a clear debt accord.
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Tain
United States
Herriot
Paris
Foreign Affairs and Finance Committees
Chamber of Deputies
Council of Ministers
Washington
France
Farmer Dies While On Visit To Daughter
Luther Affleck 75 longtime Shenandoah farmer dies at 6 pm in Clarendon Virginia where he was visiting daughter Mrs H H Snarr due to blood poisoning. Funeral 1 pm tomorrow at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City with Rev Snyder Alleman and Rev Hardesty, interment Lebanon Church. Survived by four daughters including Mrs Snapp Williams.
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Luther Affleck
Lebanon Church
Shenandoah County
H. H. Snarr
Clarendon
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Snyder Alleman
Mr. Hardesty
Southern Methodist Church
F. B. Cadwallader
P. E. Linesburg
Fred Ridings
L. A. Hottel
James Bean
E. L. Lemley
Mr. Affleck
Ida Godlove
Wardensville
W. Va
Snapp Williams
Stephens
Affleck Family Roster From Claringdon Obituary
City Mrs H H Snarr of Claren don Mrs Carl Baker of Fisher Hill Va and Mrs O A Leatherman of Moorefield WV on one son Walter Affleck of Clear brook Va He leaves also two brothers Arthur Affleck of Winchester and George Affleck of Marys.
Anti-Saloon League Seeks New Vote On Liquor Laws
The Anti Saloon League announces plans for a new vote in states where prohibition laws were repealed or altered by referenda. The national board of trustees met to draft a general policy to fight repeal or modification of dry laws and to pursue regulatory status checks whenever legally possible.
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Washington
Sta
Natio Board of Trustees
Anti Saloon League
League
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