Armory Project Approved by WPA and Rate Cut Proposal
In regular session Winchester Common Council learned a WPA armory project was approved with plans similar to those from Adjutant General S Gardner-Waller and an estimated cost of about 35 000. The council defers site action until plans are available while maintenance funding of 6500 per year was approved. A resolution by J H Henry adopting Maryland rate reductions for local phone service was also passed.
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Common Council
Winchester
J. H. Henry
State Corporation Commission
Maryland Territory
S. Gardner -Waller
Council
Pass
Maryland
Cumberland
Haggerrederick
Annapolis
Hagerstown
Frederick
Shaw visit prompts sharp rebuke to noisy welcomes
Miami residents yesterday heard George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Shaw aboard a southern waters cruise. A city official urged planting a tree, but the reception drew pointed remarks, noting it is unfitting to greet distinguished visitors with noise.
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of Friendship Fire Company will be held Thursday evening February 6 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Richard Boxwell, Captain.
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E Friendship Fire Company
City police debate prisoner transport safety measures
Arthur Field reports on in-car dangers during prisoner transport noting officers may feel threats and that weapons like razors and blackjacks are found in vehicles. He urges a partition to separate prisoners from the rear area as a precaution. The proposal was sent to a committee for study.
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Mr. Field
Father Time
Field
Petitions Circulating For Winchester Council Seats
Several candidates file petitions to run in the Democratic primary on April 7. Key incumbents Snapp Dellinger seek re election while Glaize retires after 28 years. In the first ward Hawthorne and Hollis file petitions as Hollis, former councilman, is named. Petitions must be filed by midnight February 7 with Noble C. Pierce.
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Common Council
Poder
F. Amos Shryock
Jamison
Rosenberger
O. L. Jamison
John H. Rosenberger
F. L. Glaize
E. J. Snapp
W. W. Dellinger
Snapp
Dellinger
Glaize
Alan T. Hawthorne
Lawrence C. Hollis
Hollis
Percy D. Miller
Herman H. Hable
J. H. Henry
Henry
Hable
Miller
Noble C. Pierce
Democratic Executive Committee
Winchester
NYA radio addresses outline youth program work
Bernard Fagelson Northern Virginia NYA district director will host a series of 1 pm Friday radio talks on WSVA Harrisonburg beginning February 7. He will cover national and Virginia NYA work and detail efforts in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, overseeing 28 counties and six independent cities.
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National Youth Administration
Bernard Fagelson
Northern Virginia
WSVA
Harrisonburg
Fagelson
NYA
Virginia
Rockingham County
For Rent Office on Reuss Avenue with heat furnished
Classified note lists an office space on Reuss Avenue available for rent with heat furnished. Includes a separate line about a 12 18 word Saturday schedule and a request for good clean cotton rags from Star Office.
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Reuss Avenue
Star Office
Nazis of Reich Pledge Harsh Anti Jewish Policy After Gustloff Killing
Nazis in Germany vow to press the anti semitic cause without compromise following the slaying of Wilhelm Gustloff in Davos by a Yugoslav Jewish student. Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter urges a relentless campaign worsening fears of international tensions.
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Berlin
Third Reich
Wilhelm Gustloff
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Davos
Switzerland
Yuvroslav
Hitler Organ
Nazi Germany
Bief
Wilhelm Gusiloff
Davia
Frankfurter
Steves
Newt
Kiwanis Luncheon Highlights Road Safety Films
Kiwanis club session featured Department of Motor Vehicles safety films presented by State Officer William L Groth. Members signed pledge cards while Handley High student Joe Ritter spoke on driving safety. Lieut George Miller and guests Gibson Baker and M F Sheldon attended. President Wen e Goode led the meeting.
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Kiwanis Club
William L. Groth
Department of Motor Vehicles
Joe Ritter
Handley High School
George Miller
Winchester
Gibson Baker
Dave Hawthorne
M. F. Sheldon
Ancel Groves
Wene Goode
Miss MacDonald Reappointed On Education Board
Governor Peery announced reappointments to state boards including Rose MacDonald of Berryville to the Board of Education. Also named to the Prison Board are Clyde H. Ratcliffe of Richmond and Joseph H. Saunders of Newport News. Other appointees include Harry C. Beattie of Henrico and J. H. Wilkinson of Richmond to the Virginia Industrial School Board. Dr. Early L. Fox of Ashland and Frank W. Darling of Hampton to the Colored Schools Industrial School Board.
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Richmond
Peery
Clyde H. Ratcliffe
Joseph H. Saunders
Newport News
Rose MacDonald
Berryville
Board of Education
Harry C. Beattie
Henrico
J. H. Wilkinson
Virginia Industrial School Board
Early L. Fox
Ashland
Frank W. Darling
Hampton
Victims Improve After Delray Blast Wrecks Home
Victims Hetzel Wolfe Sr and Vera Wolfe progress after severe injuries from a Delray West Virginia blast that killed Mrs Wolfe and four young sons. Memorial Hospital reports both Wolfe patients improving and little hope earlier has given way to cautious optimism.
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Hetzel Wolfe, Sr
Vera Wolfe
Memorial Hospital
Delray
W. Va
Wolfe
War Dangers Raise Alarm on Imperial Defense Plans
In the House of Commons the warning was voiced that the danger of war is near. Secret plans for expanding Britain’s imperial defenses were before the cabinet. A proposed defense authority, including navy army and air force members, would be chaired by a civilian. A white paper with rearmament details was promised at an early date. George Lansbury drafted a peace resolution to prompt a full debate on colonial government and raw materials amid the Italo Ethiopian conflict.
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Cl Vce
Law
House of Commons
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
George Lansbury
House
Eight State Highway Projects Put Up for Bid in Virginia
The Virginia State Highway Commission invites bids on eight construction projects across the state. They include widening 2.3 miles of the eee highway in Caroline near Golansville, concrete roadway work on Route 29 near Altavista, surface treatment on Route 55 near Markham, grading on Route 42 near Millboro Springs, bituminous paving in Farmville, local material paving on Route 311 in Alleghany County with three small bridges, reinforced concrete roadway on Thirty-fourth Street and Huntington Avenue in Newport News, and a curb and gutter concrete roadway on Route 460 in Crewe.
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Richmond
Ight
Eee
Caroline County
Golansville
Campbell County
Altavista
Markham
Fauquier County
Bath County
Millboro Springs
Farmville
Alleghany County
Thirty-fourth Street
Huntington Avenue
Newport News
Crewe
Accomac Lawyer Killed in Truck Automobile Collision
John Abbott Byrd 45 a leading Accomac County lawyer died in a morning crash near Parksley Virginia His car struck an oyster truck driven by Ben Mears of Birdsnest Northampton County Mears said he tried to avoid the collision Byrd had practiced law 25 years and is survived by his widow Grace Floyd Byrd and one child.
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Parksley
John Abbott Byrd
Accomac County
Ben Mears
Birdsnest
Northampton County
Mears
Byrd
Grace Floyd Byrd
Edison to Run for Senate Against Barbour in New Jersey
Democratic strategists nominate Charles A Edison son of Thomas A Edison to challenge Republican Senator W Warren Barbour. Edison enjoys Roosevelt endorsement and has served quietly as an assistant in the National Emergency Council.
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W. Warren Barbour
New Jersey
Charles A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
Gov Hoffman cites Condon letter on Lindbergh baby case
Governor Harold G Hoffman said state police will pursue Hauphmann accomplices and released a letter from Dr John F Condon dated August 23 1932 noting he could identify one or two of the kidnapers. The letter was written to a Florida attorney and was released through his press aide.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauphmann
John F
Jafsie) Condon
William §. Conklin
Funeral set for W E Harloe Friday in Winchester
The funeral for William E Harloe Jr of Winchester will be held at 3 PM Friday from Dr C B Harloe’s West Jefferson Street home. Rev L A Thomas will officiate. burial is in Mount Hebron. Harloe died after an operation in Bluefield WV while visiting Matoaka WV. He served in France with the Sixty sixth Hospital Train and was with Elks Lodge and American Legion Post.
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William E. Harloe, Jr
Bluefield
W. Va
C. B. Harlee
West Jefferson Street
L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron
James R. DuShane
Hunter Gaunt
Ansel Solenberger
Lawrence C. Hollis
Hugh Clark
Ralph Pifer
Harloe
Matoaka
W. W. Harloe
E. Homer Harl
DuPont Fights Dye Plant Operated by Richmond Industries
The Du Pont Rayon Corporation asks the U S District Court to bar Richmond Industries from running a local dye plant citing irreparable harm to its Ampthill facility. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the dye operations.
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Richmond
du Pont Rayon Corporation
United States District Court
Richmond Industries, Inc
du Pont
Ampthill
Birth Control Advocates Clash With Milk Dealers
Birth control supporters clash with certified milk producers as Dr. John L. Rice warns lower birth rates reduce demand for infant feed milk. Kenneth Fee supports Rice while the Birth Control League says mothers should decide family size, not milkmen.
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Certified
New York
American Birh Control League
John L. Rice
New York City
Dr. Rice
Metropolitan Certified Milk Producers, Inc
Kenneth F. Fee
New York State
Milk Control Board
Fee
Rice
Birth Control League
McCormac To Be Toastmaster For Rouss Banquet
H B McCormac general manager and president of the Virginia Woolen Company will be toastmaster at the forty second annual Charley Rouss Fire Company banquet to be held Tuesday night February 11 at 730 oclock in honor of Charles Broadway Rouss. Rev Roland B Wagner pastor of the First Baptist Church Norfolk will be principal speaker. An elaborate menu is planned under T B Boies with George Jones and his orchestra to entertain. Invited guests include Congressman A Willis Robertson Congressman Jennings Randolph and Senator H F Byrd.
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H. B. McCormac
Virginia Woolen Company
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Charles Broadway Rouss
Roland B. Wagner
First Baptist Church
Norfolk
T. B. Boies
George Jones
A. Willis Robertson
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
H. F. Byrd
Virginia
Blizzard Smites Nation With Severe Cold Across States
Chicago reports fresh blizzards sweeping Minnesota and North Dakota deepen national woes. Weather bureau fears extended cold. coal shortages threaten downstate areas and eight states. Tangier and Smith islands cut off by ice. a relief plane delivered food to Tangier, one woman on Smith Island in urgent need of medical supplies.
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Chicago
Minnesota
North Dakota
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Middle
North Atlantic
C. A. Donnel
Northwest
Mississippi
Alabama
Tangier
Smith Islands
Chesapeake Bay
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Tangier Island
Deal Island
Smith Island
Farm Meetings In Frederick County Target Farm Problems
Community meetings across Frederick County run for six weeks and filed with County Agent I. Fred Stine to collect data. On Monday night Gainesboro hosted 25 attendees and Middletown 16 with discussions on government aid to stabilize farm prices and the causes of farm low mood.
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Frederick County
I. Fred Stine
Gainesboro
Middletown
Middletown Group
Virginia considers old age pensions for needy 65 plus
Estimates from two sources at the state capital show a $15 monthly pension would cost Virginia over 2 million dollars annually, with localities now spending about 1 million for all relief, including 266 thousand for aged 65 and over. Pension and welfare officials discuss matching federal funds and census estimates of eligible seniors.
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State Capitol
Richmond
Old-Age Pension Commission
John H. Johnson
State Comptroller’s Office
Benjamin Muse
Petersburg
James W. Phillips
State Department of Public Welfare Bureau of Organization and Supervision
Itirginia
Congress Sets 1937 Post Office and Treasury Appropriations
Washington February 5 The appropriations committee recommended 989 million 623 thousand 829 dollars for Treasury and Post Office operations for fiscal 1937. The bill adds 400 thousand for the alcohol administration and 500 thousand for Coast Guard aircraft, totaling 29.591 million above 1936 but below budget estimates. The postal service receives 778.141 million, 49.291 million above 1936 and 5.768 million below requests while Treasury is set at 211.483 million, 19.700 million under current appropriations and 6.175 million below requests. The package excludes 1.406 billion in permanent annual appropriations and trust funds, reflecting increases due to debt service and other adjustments. The committee notes a 4.800 million rise in Treasury operating costs is largely illusion, including 1.499 million for emergency banking and other transfers.
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Washington
Treasury and
Postoffice Departments
House
Appropriations Committee
Postal Service
Treasury
Coast Guard
Alcohol Administration
No Reflection On Davis Bottom
Governor Peery defended the late Davis Bottom as a faithful state employee and respected figure. He asked Major Raymond B Bottom to reflect that the auditor's report on the division of printing did not intend to question Davis Bottoms integrity or devotion.
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State Capitol
Richmond
Davis Bottom
Peery
Raymond B. Bottom
Measure Parallels Federal Act Exempts Agricultural Products
In Virginia we report Senate approval of a measure aligning with the federal motor carrier act. It exempts agricultural product transport from the act while keeping insurance and driver hour rules. The House also passes the Spiers-Quesenberg slot machine ban and three Portsmouth charter amendments for civil service, sinking fund, and council elections.
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State Capitol
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Senate
House
Richmont
House of Delegates
Aio
Boschen
B. C. Goodwin
Clifton Forge
John Spiers
Legislaon
Raye O. Lawson
Maxey-Carr
Portsmouth
Sinking Fund Commission
BE. W
World News At A Glance
Political wings in conflict as Borah plans Ohio primary entry. Governor Hoffman orders police to seek Hauptmann accomplices. Blizzard warnings hit Minnesota and North Dakota. No new tax plans for bonus costs. Bishop Cannon Jr hospitalized for observation. Old age pension commission probes construction estimates. Kyoto experiences a fairly strong earthquake. Italians report more Ethiopian war developments. Nazis vow to persist against Jews as Britain weighs expanded defenses.
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Washington
Borah
Ohio
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Chicago
Minnesota
North Dakota
Durham
N. C
James Cannon, Jr
Duke University Hospital
Richmond—State
Eey. Department
Sao
Richmond—Old-age Pension Commission
Tokyo
Kyoto
Berlin
London
Great Britain
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Clarke
MR. Winchester
Friendship Fire Company
Richard Boxwell
Arthur Field
Reich
Gustloff
Miss MacDonald
Education
Accomac
Gov. Hoffman
Jafsie
W. E. Harloe
DuPont
McCormac
Congress
Davis
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