Great Battle Over Electron Charge Theory Shakes Science
Scientists clash at the AAAS meeting over the electron charge value. Millikan’s 4.774 factor faces challenge from new X ray methods suggesting 4.81. The dispute affects theory more than Millikan’s Nobel or profits. Reardon and Fletcher press reexamination at Johns Hopkins as debates spill into hallways and labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Neil
Atlantic City
Robert Millikan
America
Millikan
American Association For the Advancement of Science
C. T. R. Wilson
J. A. Reardon
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Bell
Harvey Pletcher
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Chicago
Fletcher
Dr. Fletcher
Dr. Millikan
Viewiss
Dr. Reardon
Johns Hopkins
First Lady And Miss Du Pont Are Forced To Move
Crowds at a Boston hotel lobby pressured Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Du Pont to relocate to a private home. They sought privacy near Franklin Roosevelt Jr. amid his illness in a Boston hospital. Officials hinted they visited friends on Beacon Hill while Franklin Jr. showed improving health after throat infection and sinus surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ethel DuPont
Franklin Roosevelt Jr
Franklin
Notice of Annual Meeting of Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Notice to shareholders of Shenandoah Valley National Bank Winchester Virginia of its annual meeting at the banking house corner Loudoun and Piccadilly Streets on Tuesday January 12 1937 at eleven oclock A M for election of directors and other business as listed in notices mailed to shareholders of record plus any adjournments and related matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Loudoun
Piccadilly Streets
New Kind of Polio Described By Mayo Doctor
Indianapolis December 31 A Mayo Foundation physician Edward G Rosenow described a new kind of infantile paralysis at a meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists He demonstrated an extract from streptococcus can produce a paralysis in animals that closely resembles infantile paralysis and can vary in form The discovery shows the disease may have multiple infectious mechanisms and affects monkeys and humans alike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Society of American Bacteriologists
Edward G. Rosenow
Mayo Foundation
Rosenow
China and Japan settle Chengtu Pakhoi attacks dispute
China and Japan announce a formal settlement ending a dispute over attacks by Japanese nationals in Chengtu and Pakhoi. China expresses regrets, promises punishment for those responsible, and pays indemnities totaling 39 000 dollars to victims families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Chengtu
Nanking
China
Chengu
Pakhoi
Shigeru Kawagoe
Kawagoe
Deprive Driver Of His Permit
Philip Williams of Frederick county, colored, faced Trial Justice A J Tavenner for operating a car with no lights. The judge ruled the vehicle unsafe and ordered Williams to surrender his driving permit and the license under which the automobile was operated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Williams
Frederick County
Williams
A. J. Tavenner
Tavenner
Wiliams
Driver Fined In Bus Mishap at Stephens City
R L Dodson of Winchester was fined 10 dollars and costs by Trial Justice A J Tavenner after his car rear ended a southbound bus stopped to discharge passengers near Stephens City high school. Bus driver John Snyder was not held. Both Dodson and his brother suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dodson
Winchester
A. J. Tavenner
Stephens City
John Snyder
Dodson
Farmers and Merchants National Bank voting meeting notice
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester invites stockholders to its banking house at Loudoun Street and Rouss Avenue Winchester Virginia on Tuesday January 12 1937 at eleven oclock a m for the election of Directors and other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment. Signed J H Yost Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants National Bank Yard Co
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester
Virginia
Loudoun Street
Rouss Avenue
Farmers and National Bank and Trust CO
J. H. Yost
Tragedy and Heroism After Biplane Crash in Meramec River
Mrs. Jackie Ravens 23 leaps from a horse to rescue Pilot Al Constance from a wrecked biplane in the Meramec near St Louis. She saves Constance but a passenger, McCoy Sanders, is killed in the plunge. Central Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Ravens
St. Louis
al Constance
Will of Mrs Mary R Brown Recorded in Manhattan
Copy of the will of Mrs Mary Russell Brown deceased of Manhattan New York is recorded by Clark M. Smith clerk of Corporation Court. The will leaves jewelry and personal effects to daughter Katherine Vernon Brown, the rest to husband Gardner Willard Brown. Executors named are Gardner Brown and James I Russell without security. codicil adds Marshall H Russell as executor without security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Russell Brown
Manhattan
N. Y
Clark M. Smith
Corporation Court
Katherine Vernon Brown
Gardner Willard Brown
James I. Russell
Marshall H. Russell
Three Men on a Horse at Capitol Tonight
Capitol Theatre offers an affordable New Year’s Eve option with the First National film version of the Broadway play Three Men on a Horse. Frank McHugh JoAn Blondell star with Carol Hughes as Owlin’s wife and Allen Jenkins Teddy Hart Sam Levene as the trio of gangsters in a comedy about a shy writer who bets on horse races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Capitol Theatre
New York
Erwin
Orwin
Frank McHugh
Joan Blondell
Carol Hughes
Oiwin
Allen Jenkins
Teddy Hart
Sam Levene
Public Sale of Farm in Frederick County Virginia
Special commissioners offer for sale at public auction a 70 acre farm with improvements in Shawnee District Frederick County Virginia located about 5 miles east of Winchester on Opequon Creek. Sale Saturday January 9 1937 at 12 noon in front of the County Court House Winchester. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments evidenced by purchaser notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Annie E. Hart
Winchester
Opequon Creek
Mason
Husband
Peyton G. Jefferson
T. Russell Cather
Dunn & Duvall
Brannon
Three Rare Elements Seen In Sun
Dr. Charlotte E. Moore of Princeton University reports to the American Astronomical Society that three rare elements have been definitively found in the sun, including osmium and iridium previously suspected and thulium newly identified. Spectral analysis confirms each element, though tin and other elements may be present but not yet proven due to measurement limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Norris Russell
Society
Russell
Dr. Russell
Moore
Mount Wilson
All Coal Areas Probably Joined Many Years Ago
The Geological Society of America heard in Cincinnati that unbroken coal strata cover thousands of square miles. Harold R. Wanless of the University of Illinois said many coal seams under a foot thick extend over 50 000 square miles. He noted a clay layer traceable over 1 000 square miles without a break and other thin rock layers found over wide areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Geological Society of America
Harold R. Wanless
University of Illinois
Wanless
North American
Public Auction Sale of Plainfield Property in Winchester
By decree from December 16 1936 the estate of Alverda Osburn offers at public sale in front of Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court in Winchester on Friday January 22 1937 at 1 PM the 18 acre Plainfield property on the West side of the Valley Turnpike Kernstown known as Plainfield. One third cash day of sale with balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Purchaser bonds bear date with sale and pay interest semiannually. S M Chiles Admr c t a of Alverda Osburn decd Herbert S Larrick Atty C I Brumback Auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alverda Osburn
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Winchester
Kernstown
Plainfield
S. M. Chiles
Admr. c. T. A
Herbert S. Larrick
C. I. Brumback
Three Men On A Horse film hits Capitol Theatre New Year
The film version of the stage hit stars Ann Tucker McGuire in New York and London runs at the Capitol Theatre for the 11:30 Midnight New Year’s Eve show and subsequent Friday Saturday runs. Frank McHugh and Joan Blondell headline a witty cast as Erwin Trowbridge, his wife, and a plotting circle in a high comedy of kidnap bets and wry predictions. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with a script by Laird Doyle, the production delivers brisk, laughter filled chaos leading to a satisfying close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cecil Holm
George Abbott
New York
London
Ann Tucker McGuire
England
Audrey Trowbridge
Capitol Theatre
Frank McHugh
Joan Blondell
Erwin Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Parole Violator Apprehended After Limb Fails in Alley
In Columbus Ohio police trapped Charles J. Rogers a 27 year old African American when his wooden leg stuck in mud leaving him stranded in an alley. He was identified as a parole violator from Elmira New York reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles J. Rogers
Rogers
Elmira
N. Y
Audition Chance For Texan Descent Falls Short
A hopeful actress, Eileen Ritter, meets a studio official who notes she lacks a southern accent. She explains living in the East to sound natural, but the interviewer dismisses the idea and directs her to the second door for the audition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Ritter
Texas
Eileen
Hollywood
East
Death removes newspaper dean
Richmond veteran Harry Tucker, 71, dean of Richmond newspapermen and columnist for the Richmond Times Dispatch, died after a brief illness. Identified with Virginia papers for four decades, he was famed for his Main Street column. Born in Lynchburg in 189?. long career included work with the old New York Press in Newark before returning to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harry Tucker
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Virginia
Main Street
Tucker Teed
Lynchburg
Old
New York Press
Newville
Public nuisance charge hits driver and permittee in Cannon Falls
In Justice George Wilson's court Thomas Tasa received 90 days for allowing an intoxicated companion to drive. Clarence Svien faced 90 days for reckless driving. The case labels both men as public nuisances under Minnesota law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon Falls
Minn
George Wilson
Thomas Tasa
Clarence Svien
Svnen
Sleuths Obtain No Clues About Maryland Murder
The Maryland slaying suspect William B. Reed remains at large after detectives Theodore Volleten and Leroy Rogers of Montgomery County and a U S Department of Justice agent questioned a 22-year-old youth in a Boston hotel. Cambridge police, two Maryland detectives, and the agent raided a Cambridge apartment where the youth lived with his sister and brother in law. Elwood Matthews, a 68 year old Montgomery farmer, was killed last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Maryland
Theodore Volleten
Leroy Rogers
Montgomery County Police
Department of Justice
William B. Reed
Cambridge
Reed
Elwood Matthews
Montgomery County
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Capitol Screen
Chevrolet
Willys
Ford Coach
Shenandoah Motor Company, Inc
Consumers Coal Company
E. Cork St
Front Royal Yard
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power Co
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Sane
ASCO
SOS
Westher
Goodrich & Genitiwns Mads
Pine Motor CO
Winchester, VA
Brad. & Cecil Sts
Firestone
Wea
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
Loudoun St
of Ed
Bene Orgains
Bickers Motor Company
Clowe
N. Loudoun St
H. W. Ebert
Winchester Furniture
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