Byrd Pushes Flexible State Aid Road Bills
Virginia Senate roads committee reports favorably on Byrd backed state aid road bills after a bitter fight. The measures allow local boards to choose road types including graded and drained, loose stone, or water bound macadam with state aid, and require closer Highway Commission liaison with counties. Maintenance funded by the auto license tax. surplus returns to county building funds. local supervisors gain decisive road type selection. The plan expands local control and reduces overall costs while standardizing several road types.
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Senate Committee On Roads Today
Boards of Supervisors
Richmond
Senate Committee On Roads
Byrd
Board of Supervisors
Senate
State Highway Commission
Frederick
Shenandoah
Goethals Seeks $19.3 Million for Panama Canal Finish
General Goethals, governor of the canal zone, asked Congress for 19.3 million dollars to finish the Panama Canal and 8.83 million more for further fortifications. He told the House appropriations committee the canal would not reopen until slides danger is averted.
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Washington
Goethals
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
House Appropriations Committee
Charley Rouss Fire Co Sets Feb Meeting
The Charley Rouss Fire Co invites members to a regular meeting on Friday night February 4 with important business and good attendance urged. The group will then attend the Sarah Zane Bazar. Signed J H Seal Jr President.
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Charley Rouss Fire Co
Sarah Zane Bazar
Joneses welcome daughter Mildred Taylor Jones
Mr and Mrs W Edward Jones of South Braddock Street are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter Mildred Taylor Jones several days ago. Mr Jones belongs to Jones Brothers meat dealers firm.
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W. Edward Jones
South Braddock Street
Mildred Taylor Jones
Jones
Jones Brothers
John P. Sartelle Improves in Baltimore Hospital
John P. Sartelle of this city is reported to be much improved while undergoing special medical treatment at Maryland University Hospital in Baltimore. His general condition has been pronounced normally healthy by several specialists. Mrs. Sartelle will stay in Baltimore for some time. Rev H B Ritter and family left for Manassas Virginia to visit friends. Mahlon Garvin of High View West Virginia returned from Washington with Lee Herrell to visit friends in Frederick County. R T Barton Jr left for the University of Virginia to spend a day or two with former classmates.
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Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Hos
H. B. Ritter
Pennsylvania
Manassas
Mahlon Garvin
High View
W. Va
Washington
Lee Herrell
Frederick County
R. T. Barton, Jr
University of Virginia
Rouss Birthday Banquet Promises Grand Event
The twenty second annual Charley Rouss Fire Company banquet honoring the late Charles Broadway Rouss will be held Friday in Rouss Hall at Water and Braddock streets. Tickets cost 50 cents at Sartelle’s North Main store. Winchester Rouss may attend with a party from New York. Toastmaster Maurice M. Lynch will host four speakers on topics from education to South American views.
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Charley
M. T. Reed
Peter Winchester Rouss
New York
Charles Broadway Rouss
Winchester
South America
James C. Bardin
University of Virginia
Ottawa Parliament Building Destroyed by Fire
A February 4 report says the Ottawa Parliament Building valued at 5 million dollars was destroyed by fire with six confirmed deaths and possibly four more. The blaze, fueled by a gale, began at 8 45 and hindered body recoveries due to extreme heat. The origin remains unknown with suspicions of a German agent. Also reported fire in Waynesburg Pennsylvania destroyed half a block of business buildings with 133000 dollars in losses and Deputy Revenue Collector D W Ritenour headed to Roanoke Virginia for several days of business.
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The
Star
Ottawa
Ontario
Parliament Building
Parliament House
North America
Waynesburg
Tragic Death Follows Poison Attempt in Rappahannock
Miss Virgie Partlow aged 18 years 7 months 24 days died at Memorial Hospital after ingesting 22 1 2 grains of bichloride of mercury. She begged for life and spoke of unhappiness before ante mortem statement was taken by Attorney R Gray Williams as officials investigated the case in Rappahannock county.
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Virgie Partlow
Memorial Hospital
Miss Partlow
W. P. McGuire
Rappahannock County
Messrs. Funk & Son
Smedley
B. B
Regina Partlow
Lillie
Nannie Partlow
William
Adolphus
Charles Partlow
R. Gray Williams
Commonwealth
H. G. Moffett
Women Perish in Brooklyn Fire at Mrs Tag Home
New York February Fourth six women burned to death and two injured when a $50,000 Brooklyn home owned by Mrs Casimir Tag was destroyed by fire. One victim was 24 year old Caroline Tay who wed January sixteenth. A separate notice states the sale of the Markell property at 213 North Main Street is postponed to Saturday February fifth at noon in front of the Court House.
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New York
Casimir Tag
Brooklyn
Caroline Tay
Markell
North Mainstreet
Bible Class Plans and Sermons in County Churches
The Bible Class of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet next Sunday at 10 o clock in the morning. At 10 30 Rev C V Van Der Linden will preach at the same church. At 3 o clock in the afternoon he will preach at Wesley Chapel and at 7 20 p m at Redland Church Whitacre.
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The
Methodistecopal
Church, South
C. V. van der Linden
Wesjey Chapel
Redland Church
Whitacre
Death of Mrs Mary B Miller Winchester Drugist
Mrs Mary B Miller widow of Dr Louis A Miller longtime Winchester druggist died of heart disease at 10 last night at her home 125 North Washington street after years of illness She was a native of Winchester survived by three sons John S Fred O Louis A Miller two daughters Sallie and Margretta one sister Mrs P W Boyd Sr Funeral Sunday at 3 from her home Rev Dr J H Lacy will officiate burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Mary B. Miller
Louis A. Miller
Winchester
North
Washington Street
Margretta Miller
P. W. Boyd
J. H. Lacy
Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Baldwin and Oden Quietly Wed at Bride’s Home
Mrs Katharine Sheetz Oden of this city married Charles Marshall Baldwin in a small ceremony at the bride’s home on South Stewart street. The Rev W O Talpert officiated. They left for Alliance Ohio and then Michigan where Baldwin will work and reside for now.
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South Stewart Street
Katharine Sheetz Oden
Edward B. Sheetz
Charles Marshall Baldwin
Middle West
W. O. Talpert
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
50 Acre Farm Near Winchester For Sale
Land owner offers 50 acres two miles from Winchester with limestone soil and high cultivation, good building site on a macadam road. Seller: WwW. L. FULTZ at Court Square Winchester Va. 4-1p-81 Mrs. J L Maphis visiting Wilmington. Cyrus Keller visiting his daughter Mrs Smith on North Main.
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Winchester
L. Fultz
Court Square
Cyrus Keller
Strasburg
Smith
North Main Street
Merchants Treated Fairly Says Chamber Meeting
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce heard committee reports on newspaper advertising rates finding The Evening Star competitive and merchants fairly treated. They named Joseph Newlin to the White Way committee and discussed road improvements with Lynchburg officials and toll-rate reforms for the burg turnpike.
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Evening Star
The
Star
Winchester
Joseph Newlin
White Way
H. C. Sheets
Robert Y. Conrad
Edwin C. Yost
W. T. Corwith
Lynchburg
Administrator Appointed for Brother's Estate in Winchester
In the Corporation Court of Winchester an order appoints Thomas Os Kremer as administrator of the estate of his late brother John V Kremer who died intestate. Kremer posted a $12000 bond and is guardian for minor Miss Sarah Kremer, the heir at law who will inherit the entire estate. Mrs H Faulkner is visiting in North Carolina with the Weaver family. Harry E Cook of Baltimore arrived at Hotel Jack.
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Corporation Court of the City of
Winchester
Thomas Os Kremer
John V. Kremer
Kremer
Sarah Kremer
John F. Kremer
Sher
Miss Kremer
Harry E. Cook
Baltimore
Jack
Lusitania Crisis Deepens Despite Wilson stance
Berlin insists Germany will not concede on sinking Lusitania and seeks arbitration or Hague review. Vienna reports Austrian air raids on Durazzo and Valona described as the largest since the war. The Appam remains interned in Newport News with British passengers mostly disembarked as cordon cruisers deter plans to depart.
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Berlin
America
Germany
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Vienna
Durazzo
Valona
Austrans Sinc
Appam
Newport News
Washington
Fire at Hotel Overbrook Claims Five Lives
A blaze in Atlantic City early today at the Hotel Overbrook killed five people and injured about a dozen. The fire caused an estimated $200,000 in property damage.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Overbrook
Wilson's Program Will Be Adopted
The President's preparedness program is expected to be adopted before the end of March. Predictions from close associates cite developments in the international situation and the President's sustained enthusiasm during his trip.
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the Star
Harrisburg
E Ave
Wheat and corn quotes from Baltimore wholesale markets
At market close in Baltimore this afternoon spot No 2 red wheat was $1.87 1-4 and corn was 81 1-2 cents.
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Baltimore
Farmers and Merchants' National Bank Opens Savings Club
The Farmers and Merchants' National Bank launches a new Savings Club titled the Active Savings Club also called the Xmas Savings Club. The club opens for membership February 7th with details in an advertisement on page 3. Cashier H. D. Fuller and F. C. Doherty of New York and H. G. Landes of Pittsburgh are noted among recent hotel guests.
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Farmers and Mercants’ National Bank
Farmers and Merchants’ National Banks
Accutive Savings Club
Xmas Savings Club
H. D. Fuller
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General Assembly
Mi’ Long
Wire
J. H. Seal, JR
John P. Sartelle
John P. Sar
Telle
Pital
Rouss
Flemes
Waynesboro, Pa
D. W. Ritenour
Roanoke
Ml Partlow
Rappalannock County
Case
LA. Miller
MR. Baldwin
Mrs. Oden
J. L. Maphis
Wilmington
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Provident
Lusitania
Wilson
Baltimore Grain Markets
F. C. Doherty
Hotel
Evans
H. G. Landes
Pittsburg Pa
Hotel Evans
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