Senate Defies MacCracken In Contempt Trial
Washington February 9 The Senate defied William T MacCracken Hoover aide on air by ordering his arrest for contempt after he failed to appear at the trial. MacCracken challenged the Senate authority in a letter citing constitutional limits and denying attendance. Three aviation executives faced trial preparations as senators summoned four air mail workers, with potential contract revocations expected from Roosevelt and Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank J. Hogan
William T. MacCracken
Senate
William T. MacCracken-Hoover
Air
MacCracken
Black
L. H. Bruin
Northwest Airways
Harris M. Hanshud
Western Air Express
Gilbert Girvin
Hoover
Alabama
Garner
Air Mail
Public Sale Stocks at Court House Winchester Va
public sale to be held in front of the court house in Winchester Virginia at 12 o clock on Saturday February 17 1934 ten shares of Potomac Edison and five shares of National Fruit cash terms executor Jonas O Chamberlin of R P Chamberlin deceased auctioneers Duvall and Dunn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
Potomac Edison
National Fruit
Jonas O. Chamberlin
R. P. Chamberlin
Record Low Temperature Sets 7 Below Zero in City
An all time cold snap reported 7 degrees below zero at Winchester Research Laboratory marks the lowest official reading in 21 years for the city and 35 years countywide. Residents report readings from Bowles Farm and North Loudoun Street with Handley High School at 10 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Great Lakes
L. B. Teets
Bowles Farm
Front Royal Road
M. C. Boone
North
Loudoun Street
Handley High School
R. E. Avey
West Leichester Street
New York
Weather Bureau
New York City
Iy Lee
Death Notices for George W. Cooley of Winchester
Relatives report the death of George W. Cooley, 68, in Baltimore after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at his Baltimore home with burial in a city cemetery. Survived by widow Katherine Neville, two sons Harry and William, five daughters and one sister, all in or near Winchester and Baltimore, with long ties to local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cooley
Winchester
Puritan Street
Baltimore
Cooley
James and
Mary Francis Cooley
Winchester Paper Company
Shenandoah Boxboard Corporation
Katherine Neville
Harry Cooley
Charleston
W. Va
William Cooley
P. E. Littleton
William Eaton
P. Tracy
Viola Simms
Walter Jamison
W. V
John H. Clowser
Special Saturday Market Display on Cameron Street
A Home Demonstration Market event is planned for Saturday at Cameron Street with butter priced at 22 cents. The notice indicates a local market setup and community participation.
Racing Bills Favored In Virginia House Hearing On Parimutuel Betting
Richmond Feb 8 The House finance committee favorably reported bills legalizing parimutuel betting and creating a racing commission to regulate tracks after a two hour public hearing. The measure aims to keep racing on a high plane with a 100 day season and no license without six races daily. The panel also advanced an Automobile License tax cut and other financial measures as Senate committees worked on liquor control and education bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Old Dominion
House Finance Committee
House of Delegates
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate Education Committee
Senate
Leesburg
House Finance
Samuel D. Rodgers
Petersburg
Hall
Nurses Recovered After Illness From Candy Gift
Three Memorial Hospital graduate nurses Madeline Miller Nina Royston and Frances Dyer fell ill after eating candy sent by a friend but have recovered and are ready for duty. Other nurses ate the candy without effect. State chemist in Richmond is analyzing the candy with results due soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Madeline Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Nina Royston
Boyce
Frances Dyer
West Virginia
Richmond
Handley Hosts Hagerstown In Cumberland Valley Matchup
Handley faces Hagerstown at home in the third CVAL game of the season tonight at 8 15 in Handley gym. Early juniors game pits Hagerstown against local school juniors before the main contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Hagerstown
Handley Gymnasium
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Martinsburg
W. Va
Waynesboro
France braces for riot as Doumergue seeks truce
Paris faced a tense night with 14 000 police stationed as Premier-elect Doumergue tried to broker a truce amid planned demonstrations. Former premier Herriot joined the cabinet bid while Communists threatened to seize La Republique square in the workers district. A 24 hour general strike loomed, led by the Federation of Labor for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Caston Doumergue
France
Edouard Herriot
Radical Socialist Group
Premier-Designat
Doumergue
Blace de la Republique
Workers’ District
Herriot
Federation of Labor
Nurses Log 497 January Visits By District Association
The February meeting of the District Nurse Association reports 497 January visits by nurses Josephine F. Arthur and Evelyn C. Dean. The care spanned prenatal, postnatal, infant, preschool and school children, tuberculous, and adult cases, with pneumonias, influenza, and measles driving workload. The group plans orthopedic and chest clinics, with emphasis on soliciting new cases and coordinating with Dr. Graham and Dr. Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Court House
H. D. Puller
D. W. Ritenour
Josephine F. Arthur
Evelyn C. Dean
William T. Graham
James Tucker
Richmond
Charles L. Savage
DeJarnette Sanatorium to Discontinue as Pay Institution
The Western State Hospital special board directs the DeJarnette Sanatorium to end as a pay facility within thirty days, with all current patients moved and no new admissions. The action follows a 1934 resolution by the General Board, impacting patients in Staunton and surrounding areas and prompting questions about funding and state care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Staunton
General State Hospital Board
DeJarnette
Western State Hospital
W. S. Wheary
J.S. DeJarnette
General Board
Richmond
Richmond Hotel
W. I. Wheary
Shirley Carter
J. C. King
DeJarnette Sanatoria
Harry F. Byrd
Williamsburg
Winchester Concert Band Plans Free Sunday Program
Prof W H McIlwee prepares a special sacred concert at Palace Theatre Winchester for Sunday February 11 at 3 pm. The free program features Orville Hoover on cornet with Annie Laurie and Myddleton Down South from the New World Symphony, plus Raymond Overture and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McIlwee
Winchseter
Palace Theatre
Annie Laurie
Orville Hoover
Raymond
Tannhauser
Wayne
Thomas Waltz
Aufweidersehn
Bailey
Annie Laurie” Smith
Vornet
Robin Hood
de Koven
Down South
Myddleton
Hall
Wool mixed carterettes for cold day comfort
Wool mixed carterettes for cold day comfort at Moling and Cather's LP LT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wool
Moling & Cather’s
Death of Mrs. Mary MacDonald in Berryville at 93
Mrs Mary MacDonald widow of Col Marshall MacDonald and longtime US fish commissioner died at her Berryville home aged about 93. A Clarke county planter daughter of the McCormicks she helped found the National Society of the D A R and served as its first treasurer general. Funeral from Grace Episcopal Church Saturday with interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Mary MacDonald
Marshall MacDonald
United States
Fast Main Street
Clarke County
John McCormick
Ireland
University of Dublin
Valley of
Virginia
Summit Point
Jefferson County
Francis McCormick
Rose Mortimer Ellzey McCormick
Weehaw
White House
Rose MacDonald
Thomas. McCormick
Lorenzo Lewis
Frankford
Grace Episcopal Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Auto Stolen In Martinsburg Business Section
A 1933 Chevrolet coach driven by Martinsburg fruit salesman Shade was stolen yesterday afternoon around 3 30 from in front of the Commercial Savings Bank. Norman Sirbaugh, a clerk at Sargent's Grocery Store, saw a small man in gray coat or sweater drive it away. The West Virginia 1933 plate is 133 026. It is unclear whether Ferro wholesale fruit dealer or Shade owns the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Shade
Commercial & Savings Bank
Norman Sirbaugh
Sargent
Sirbaugh
West Virginia
Robert Ferro
Ferro
Fire at Loudoun and Clifford Grocery Sparks Through Floor Register
Firemen answered a 3 25 p m alarm at the grocery store of Kater and Company Loudoun and Clifford streets where heat from a basement furnace caused a blaze to flare up through a floor register. The fire was brought under control with no damage to the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kater and Company
Loudoun
Clifford Streets
Kerfoot Family Heads to Washington for Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Alfred Kerfoot and their son Billy of South Washington Street departed today for Washington to be weekend guests of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Kerfoot
Master Billy
South Washington Street
Washington
Pure Food Store Ad for Beef and Other Meats
Advertisement lists rib and rump roasts of fancy western beef along with lamb veal and pork offerings from Pure Food Store. Endorses quality meat selection for customers seeking varied cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lp Lt Pure Food Store
Glances At News of Day Old Dominion betting and liquor bills
Richmond finance committee favors pari mutuel betting and racing in the Old Dominion. Senate financing committee plans a different state liquor system from the House bill. Verne Sankey, once called Americas Public Enemy No 1, dies by his own hand in jail. Senate approves 950 million dollars for civil works. Air mail probe expands. Army aircraft profits average 19.8 percent since 1926. Hoover aide William T. MacCraken defies Senate and is ordered arrested. Paris premier elect Gaston Doumergue seeks political truce in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House Finance Committee
Old Dominion
Richmond—Senate
Verne Sankey
Washington
Senate
Washington—Air Mail
William T. Mac+ Craken
Hoover
Young People of M. E. Church Plan Summer Assembly
Members of the Baltimore Conference Young Peoples organization gather for a mid year cabinet meeting in F R Reba to finalize plans for the annual Mas Sanetta Springs Virginia summer assembly. Speakers include Dr H H Sherman and Mr Herman Moorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba
Oan
Sofie Triet
Baltimore
Charles Jarvis
Washington, D. C
Elise Oberline
Silver Springs
Mabel Collins
Christiansburg
Bernard Woodahl
Roanoke
Virginia Neel
Blue Ridge
N. C
Young Peoples Organization
Markets Hold Off Pending Message By President
Financial markets froze amid weather and recessionary moves as the administration’s proposed federal regulation of stocks and commodity exchanges loomed. Air contract fears followed Washington talks on Postmaster General Farley’s Open bid plan. Dun and Bradstreet reported retail buying expanding past year-ago levels. The pound opened at 5.02 dollars in London and call money rose to 1 1 2 percent. Farmer Peter Hamman of Frederick County suffered a stroke but is resting comfortably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Washington
Farley
Dun and
Bradstreet
London
Peter Hamman
Greenwood
Frederick County
14 Below Zero Sets New Mercury Records Across Northeast
The weather bureau notes subzero readings from New York City to Maryland on February 9. New York tied the 1917 low with minus 6.8 F, while Lake Ontario froze over and Hudson River traffic halted from 14 inches of ice. Philadelphia and Maryland saw record lows with disruptions and one death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Pee St. Albans
Vermont
Lake Ontario
Hudson River
Tarrytown
Lake Oneida
Weather Bureau
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Alleghany Mountains
Annapolis
Baltimore
Salisbury
Cumberland
Altamont
Associated Press
Salisbury Times
Winchester Park Association Meeting Notice
Regular meeting of the Winchester Park Association is set for Monday evening February 12 at 8 o'clock. The gathering will be held at City Hall and all members are urged to attend. Russell Potts Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park Association
City Hall
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M. E. Church
F. R
Young Methodists
Massanetta
Russell Potts
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