Motor Parley May Break Up Hope Reported At Lowest Ebb
Detroit February reports detail General Motors strike talks as William Green seeks AFL recognition amid a CES dispute. John L. Lewis warns of walkouts while Governor Murphy presses for a settlement. Talks edge toward potential breakdown over bargaining recognition with a possible nationwide plebiscite considered but unlikely.
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Detroit
General Motors
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
Green
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Parley
Father-Son Banquet Inspires Middletown Dads and FFA
MA WINCHESTER notes the Middletown Father-Son banquet drew laughs and lessons. Pa Frederick praised the program and youthful FFA drive toward progressive methods, contrasting past complaints with renewed confidence that opportunities in farming remain abundant.
President Seeks Packing of Supreme Court
R Gray Williams former Virginia State Bar Association leader issued a statement rebutting the presidents plan to pack the Supreme Court to back New Deal measures. He argues the Constitution amendments must come in due form and warns against federal control of private industry and labor rules via court expansion. Continued on Page 3 Col 3.
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R. Gray Williams
Virginia State Bar Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Williams
Virginia
H. F. Byrd
Mr. Williams
Supreme Court
Washington
NRA
William Graham Dies in St Louis at 75
William Graham, longtime Winchester native and son of Rev. Dr. James R. Graham, died after a two week illness at his home in St. Louis. He was about 75, educated at Shenandoah Valley Academy, and spent most of his life in St. Louis where he held an executive role after earlier work with a major drug firm.
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William Graham
Winchester
St. Louis
Graham
James R. Graham
Old Kent Street Presbyterian Church
Winches T
Fannie Bland Tucker
Tucker
Virginia
W. P. McGuire
Mr. Graham
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Missouri City
James H
Winchester Park Association Meeting Preview
The Winchester Park Association holds a regular meeting Monday evening February 8 at 8 o clock in City Hall council chamber. Members urged to attend as tentative swimming pool plans will be discussed. Fred W. Forney President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park Association
Fred W. Forney
Steamer Tela Rescues Crew Then Reaches Philadelphia
The United Fruit Steamer Tela arrived in Philadelphia with five men rescued from a storm wrecked schooner that sank in flames off the Carolina coast. Captain Dumke and his four crew members were saved from the William A. Morse on Saturday. A separate Coast Guard rescue near Delaware saved the Norwegian freighter Cubano, refloated at Cape Henlopen, and the trawler Clinton was towed to Cape Henry by Cutter Sebar.
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Philadelphia
United Fruit
Tela
Carolina
Fred Dumke
William A. Morse
D. M. MacDonald
New York
United States Coast Guard
Delaware
Ce Guard
Cape Henlopen
Del
Coast Guard
Clinton
Delaware Capes
Cape Henry
Sebar 9
Antique sale notice at 326 N Cameron St Winchester
Notice reminds readers of an antiques sale at 326 North Cameron Street Winchester on Thursday February 11 at 10 AM. The listing references organizer Miles B Dean and includes unclear catalog codes from the OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antiques
Cameron St
Winchester
Homemakers Exchange Radio Schedule Update
Homemakers Exchange airs at 11 45 a m Tuesday and Thursday over WJSV and other Columbia stations with the listed time block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WJSV
Columbia
Windsor Not Ready To Wed Secretly In haste says reports
Vienna dispatch notes the Duke of Windsor appears relaxed as sister Princess Mary visits Schoenbrunn. Rumors swirl about Edward choosing a civil ceremony in Hungary or a delayed wedding, with no official confirmation.
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Vienna
Duke of Windsor
Mary
Hapsburg
Schoenbrunn Palace
Wallis Simpson
Princess Royal
Hungary
London
Edward
Edward VIII
Enzesfeld
Austria
Anarchists and Fascists clash as Malaga siege tightens
Around Malaga Spain early today thousands of anarchists and communists faced fascist troops as siege lines formed with the port center. Italian cable reports fascists entering the streets while searchlights from naval vessels swept the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaga
Spain
Rome
Almirante Cervera
Free Clinic For Cripples Feb 13 By District Nurse Association
A free clinic for youth with crippling deformities will be held February 13 from 9 30 a m to 2 p m at the District Nurse Association offices. Dr. Robert V Funsten of the University of Virginia Hospital orthopedic staff will conduct examinations. Children are invited. adults require a physician written request to be examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Robert V. Funsten
University of Virginia Hospitta
Whitney Refusal on Labor Informants Taken Under Advisement
Washington February 8 William P Whitney attorney for Pinkerton refused to name secret informants to Senate La Follette committee arguing that disclosure would invite violence and murder. Whitney promised records of acts of violence by labor groups and cited threats against Pinkerton officials as precedent for staying silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William P. Whitney
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Senate
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Whitney
la Follette
Pro-Wis
Burnside
Pinkerton Agency
Toledo
Ray L. Burnside
Detroit
Pinkerton
Memorial Service Held for Charley Rouss Fire Company
The Charley Rouss Fire Company held a well attended memorial and sermon at Capitol Theatre. Rev. C Worthington Lowe preached on Immortality with participation from Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker Rev. W W McIntyre and Rev R A Whitten. Andrew Bell read six names including Lee R Grim George H Keller John H Seal Sr Claude M Henkel George W Jenkins and Edward Johnston.
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Charley Rouss
Capitol Theatre
C. Worthington Lowe
Hubert Sydenstricker
D. D
Braddock Street
M. E
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
R. A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Andrew Bell
Lee R. Grim
George H. Keller
John H. Seal, Sr
Claude M. Henkel
George W. Jenkins
Edward Johnston
Frederick M. Affleck
Sarah Zane Company
Affleck
McIlwee Municipal Band
Boscawen and Braddock
Handley Glee Club
Eugene Russell
Lowe
Handley Band To Present Concert
Handley High School Band announces a March 12 concert in the Handley auditorium. Proceeds aim to swell funds for new band uniforms to be raised by the Apple Blossom Festival. A half hour musical program will be followed by a minstrel show featuring band boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hottel
Handley High School
Handley Auditorium
Three New Attacks On U S Labor Act
The Supreme Court faced three new challenges to the national labor relations act as petitions from Heller Brothers Newcomerstown Ohio A C Lawrence Leather Peabody Mass and Cabot Manufacturing Brunswick Me questioned its validity as justices prepared for further arguments on related labor laws. The court also weighed the railway labor act amid five cases challenging labor relations act scope while deferral of other major disputes continued.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Heller Brothers Company
Newcomerstown
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
Bad Weather Sweeps West
The western United States faced a wide array of severe weather over the weekend including dust storms cloud bursts blizzards floods and extreme temperatures from 82 above to 18 below. The swollen Colorado River strained a coffer dam at Parker Dam in northern Arizona and four deaths plus a missing person were linked to the storms. News reports recount drownings in California Utah and Nevada along with a miner found frozen in Wisconsin and a missing man near Carson Nevada after his car stalled in snow.
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Associated Press
United States
Colorado
Parker
Arizona
California
W. K. Hubert
Louis Dessler
San Jacinto
Walter P. Anderson
San Diego
Leavenworth
Wis
Carson
Nev
Earl Lanear
Report Furs As Stolen From Virginia Dealers
Berryville Virginia February 8 Raw furs of considerable value were stolen this morning from Copenhaver and Rutherford local dealers. The pelts were stored in a shed entered by breaking a lock and hauled away in a truck or large automobile. The loot would fill about 10 burlap sacks. No arrests yet but officers are pursuing a solution. Official value around 2000 dollars with some estimates lower. The haul included 12 grey fox 343 muskrats 300 skunks 113 oppossum 22 coons and 10 weasels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Copenhaver and
Rutherford
Banks Asset To The City
An editorial emphasizes the essential role of sound banks in fostering home trade and community prosperity. Credit powers farming, housing, and business growth, though misused credit can be harmful. The bank should lead financing and accommodation, as a community without a bank lacks a key driver of progress.
Another Check For Flood Fund
The eleventh $280 check for flood relief will be forwarded from Winchester today or tomorrow, bringing Winchester’s total to $3,080. Blue Sunoco on North Cameron St will donate one cent per gallon on all gasoline this week to the Red Cross. The Shopping Centre contribution was in cash. Contributors include Rev and Mrs J E Klingaman Mr and Mrs J O Chamberlain the Shopping Centre Inc employees Miss Julia Wright Burnt Church Sunday School Capitol Theatre.
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Winchester
Blue Sunoco
North Cameron Street
Red Cross
J. E. Klingaman
J. O. Chamberlain
the Shopping Centre, Inc
Julia Wright
Burnt Church
Capitol Theatre
Baby Popularity Contest Votes List by Local Addresses
Vote tallies show candidates and shops listed with hundreds of thousands of votes. Names include Winchester Seed Timberlake A C Oates Moling and Cather Shopping Centre Sanitary Dairy Hodgson and Brown Pine Motor Co Rhodes Drug Co Chapman Motor Gas Company John S. Miller Parker's Grocery Miller and Anderson Pingley and Carper Standard Filling Sta Rite Way Pancutter Tire Co Baker and Anderson Jolliffe Studio Blue and Gray with totals ranging from 42,580 to 367,920.
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Winchester Seed
Timberlake
A. C. Oates
Sceeveerens Men's Shop
Golden Glow
Moling & Cather
Sanitary Dairy
Hodgson and Brown
Pine Motor Co
Rhodes- Drug Co
Chapman
Huntsberry
Gas Company
John S. Miller
Parker's Grocery
Miller and Anderson
Pingley and Carper
Irite
C.s
Pancutter Tire Co
Baker and Anderson
Jolliffe Studio Sessseeevee
High Officials Urge Congress Action Before Wage Legislation
Washington February 8. Senator Hiram Johnson joined Republican allies to oppose President Roosevelts court reorganization plan arguing Congress should not back judicial reform before wage and hours legislation and farm production controls are addressed. Congressional committees held early talks with the White House while public debate over the plan intensified. Senator Van Nuys proposed dividing the bill to separate Supreme Court enlargement from other provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Johnson
Congress
Supreme Court
Borah
House
Ashurst
D.-Ariz
Summers
D.-Tex
Senate
House Judiciary Committees
White House
NRA
AAA
Jury Picks Five Men for Green Trial in Jackson Heights
In New York on February 8 five married men were chosen for the jury in the Major Green murder case. The 33 year old defendant stands accused of strangling Harriet Case 25 in her Jackson Heights apartment on January 11. The first group of sixty perfunctorily questioned jurors faced Defense Lawyer Richard Barry and Prosecutor John Conroy over law matters. Judge Colden warned the panel to avoid discussion as the trial opened.
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New York
Major Green
Harriet Case
Lancaster
Jackson Heights
South
John F. Conroy
Richard J. Barry
Colden
Green
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Middletown
Pa Frederick
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Gray Williams
Wm. Grahm
Park Association Meeting
Swift Coast Guard
Atlantic Seaboard
Miles B, Dean
Homemakers Exchange
King of England
Mrs. Simpson
Hugary
Sister
Princess Mary
Anarchists
Cowe
W. P. Whitney
Charley Rouss Co
Handley Band
Co. O. C
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Hughes
Fish
R N. Y
Senate Judiciary Committee
van Nuys D.ind
New York Court
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