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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1931
Page
6
Newton D. Baker former secretary of war and potential 1932 Democratic candidate arrived in New York from Cleveland. He was unavailable for interview and a party member stated he came on business with no political appointments. He is the second major Democrat to visit New York this week.
Secretary Harley addressed the final session of the Republican national committee in Washington on December 16, rallying for President Hoover. He blasted Democrats for lacking a program and praised Hoover as a leader of world recovery, drawing prolonged applause.
Sixty four Republicans in the House elected Representative Beck of Pennsylvania to head the anti prohibition effort. He was told to appoint a committee to confer with Representative Linthicum of Maryland, the former wet bloc chairman. Democrats name Ena bus is the anticipated leader. The executive committee proposed bipartisan seats and rules against the nation’s ban.
Debates on a debt moratorium continue in the House and Senate with a tax and tariff program deferred. Senator McKellar attacks the moratorium. McFadden claims a plan by international bankers. The House completes committee organization as budget reviews begin. Impeachment discussions and support for the moratorium separate from broader war debt issues emerge. A veterans campaign for cash pay of adjusted service certificates gains local backing in Winchester.
Sergeant Clark led a joint raid with Troopers and county officers, shutting two Martinsburg gambling sites. Handbooks and racing forms were seized along with chalk and machines valued at about 750 dollars each. Officials plan to destroy the equipment and paraphernalia after obtaining warrants and notifying the General News Bureau of Chicago.
A 13 year old boy testified in a District of Columbia case accusing his father and stepmother of cruelty to his 12 year old sister Edith Riley. He described beatings and confinement by Elsie M. Riley while defending his father Harry N. Riley who protested the treatment. The boy said the stepmother once gave rice to Edith after the family dog refused it.
The article argues the government can pay loan balances to veterans without raised taxes, citing low 1 percent rates and annual profits between 30 and 45 million dollars. It claims about 2 billion dollars will cover certificate balances and rejects opposition as uninformed or hostile to veterans.
The Rev and Mrs R S Peters son of Pelican Rapids Minnesota hosting evangelistic services in Roanoke and spending a couple weeks near Hafield as guests of the Rev.
Mrs Luther McFarland and Rev Mr and Mrs Peterson host nightly services at the Assembly of God Church near Hayfield at 745 pm through week and into next. Special music and singing featured. Petersons head to Cambridge Mass for another series.
A Liverpool steamship Baltic telegraphs weekly auction results with English prices for Yorks Ben Davis Winesaps and Buack Twigs. New York to British ports shipments total 15 267 barrels 3 32 boxes and 559 baskets for the week ending December 12. The Columbia Spectator labels football semi professional with a team promising to beat the editor.
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