Deficit measures advance in Virginia budget debate
Richmond January 31 The joint Finance Appropriations committee backed Senator Byrd's plan to cover an $1.8 million deficit mainly by trimming appropriations and raising note and bond taxes. The panel urged eliminating funds from 14 state bureaus and agencies and raising the note bond tax to 75 cents to equalize levies with real estate.
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Harry FP. Byrd
Trinkle
Joint Finance Appropriations Committee
Byrd
Committee postpones bill action after hearing request
The committee debated the measures in executive session last week and postponed action at the request of Garretts attorneys who sought a hearing.
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Garrett
Walsh Resolution Passes in Senate and House
The Senate with 89 members present adopted the Walsh oil lease annulment resolution calling on the President to cancel the Doheny and Sinclair naval reserve leases. The House quickly approved the measure with a 120 to 4 vote. The day featured committee actions and further subpoenas related to the Sinclair Fall affair.
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Doheny and Wilson era entanglements spar over political and employment ties
A former Harding administration member and Democrat leader cites Doheny as influential in party circles. He claims Doheny pressed for Lane’s retirement and hired officials from Wilson’s era at high salaries. The speaker argues prosecuting wrongdoing should cross party lines and contrasts Wilson with Coolidge on accountability.
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Doheny
California
Stock Market Opens Mixed as Davison Declines
The Associated Press reports persistent selling of Davison chemical and Pan American issues limited an early market rise in New York trading. After an initial burst, most shares sagged with steels rails and specialties lagging while some minor oils showed independent strength. Call money opens at 4 1 2 percent.
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Davison Chemical
Pan- American
Call Mobhey
Freight agent Harrisons Roanoke trip ties to fruit trade
William F F Harrison travel claims from Roanoke where he attended the annual convention of the Virginia State Horticultural Society. He is a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight agent with wide ties to Virginia apple shippers and horticulture members.
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Roanoke
Horticultural Society
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Virginia
Roadoke
Japan's Five-Fingered Orange Tree Grows Odd Fruit
A peculiar dwarf tree in Japan bears fruit shaped like a human hand with fingers and a thumb. The five-fingered orange tree stands about five feet tall and is noted as a strange horticultural oddity.
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Senate Acts On Pay Raise For Judges In Virginia
The Virginia Senate approved a House bill to raise judges' salaries to 3600 dollars per year by a 22 to vote after suspending rules. Lawmakers also expressed sympathy for Woodrow Wilson amid news of his illness and adopted a number of local bills.
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Richmond
Senate
Wilson
Woodrow W
Capitol
Car Overturns on Berryville Pike
A large Packard touring car with West Virginia plate No 1 overturned on Berryville Pike near town this morning. The driver fled toward Berryville and is not identified. The vehicle’s front end, fenders, and running boards were smashed. no one was found at the scene.
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Berryville Pike
Berryville
Hotel Jack Taken Over By New Manager and Staff
The Hotel Jack is under new control with Maxime D as treasurer and manager. Mrs Ducharme, an experienced caterer, assists in management. Mrs Gay M joins as secretary and treasurer, after five years with the previous team. The culinary department gains T Jimmerson who plans to retire from Adelphia Philadelphia to return to Mr Dudh der, previously chef Murphy in Richmond.
Protestants urged to aid German relief for war children
Washington February 1 leaders of the Council of Churches issued a call to 1,500 pastors asking Protestants nationwide to aid German children affected by the war. Prayers at public religious services next Sunday are urged and pastors should encourage private contributions.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Council of Churches
Five Missing In River Boat Wreck
Five passengers are missing after the river boat Thomas E Powell wrecked last night about 0 miles from Paducah Kentucky. The boat carried 13 passengers and a crew of unknown. A sunken object caused the collision and the captain reported the incident.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Thomas E. Powell
Detectives Recover Jewelry Stolen From Buffalo Victim
New York City detectives recovered additional jewels today from a gem in the upper west side. The haul adds $75,000 in value to the stash stolen from Mrs. C. P. Hugo Schoe of Buffalo on New Year’s eve. Total jewels recovered in the last fortnight in Denver New York amount to $161,000. Howard L. March, a clerk at the People’s Drug Store, lies ill at his parents’ home at 312 South Braddock Street.
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York
Med
Upper West
C. P. Hugo Schoe
Buffalo
Denver
New York
Howard L. March
People's Drug Store
Mes
W. A. March
Braddock Street
Ypres Tower in Rye England
An ancient quadrangular Ypres Tower stands in the Cinque Port town of Rye Kent built in the Twelfth Century by William of Ypres Earl of Kent. The tower served as frontier defense against French invasion and its name features in the context of the recent war with an ally nation.
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Rye
William of
Kent
In Danger Zone William Harvey Read Virgil Amid Battle
A fragment notes William Harvey in the danger zone of a battle reading Virgil. It recalls his 1651 work on blood circulation and his fondness for classical texts. The sentence preserves a curious image of a physician scholar under conflict.
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