Budget Office Sees Jail Plan Cuts Saving State Localities
Virginia budget division reports to the Senate Finance Committee that jail system changes would save 26 500 annually for state and localities 2 000 for localities 24 000 two thirds of salaries and expenses shifted to state costs total 713 000 with 737 900 in savings from prisoner profits and related payments Localities face 272 000 for one third of referee sergeant pay and 274 000 from local prisoner profits under the plan.
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Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
Spiers Committee
Division of Corrections
Sergean Ma
Omre
Caneat Aes
Sheriffs
Ser
State Hospital Social Worker To Visit Here Soon
Dr. DeJarnette stated a State Hospital social worker will visit Staunton to meet furloughed patients from the Western State Mental Hospital. The visit aims to offer consultation and aid, with plans to meet at Staunton City Hall at 2 PM on Saturday and also in Winchester if feasible.
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State Hospital
Staunton
Tendent of Public Welfare
DeJarnette
Winchester
Controversial WW2 era remark on baths and gas use
The excerpt quotes MA Winchester in a provocative call to bathe, notes a prohibition on gas heated water and restrictions on heating rooms to weekends. It references Hitler and suggests Germans endure cold baths as war burden, framing comforts as grown under hardship.
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Hitler
der Puehrer
Republicans Fix June 24 For 1940 GOP National Convention
The Republican National Committee set Monday June 24 as the date for the 1940 national convention with plans to assign a convention city later. Hamilton predicts Roosevelt may seek a third term and argues this would lead to a decisive showdown on the New Deal and the third term.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
The
Cleveland
Ton Lees
John Hamilton
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Hamilton
Democratic Party
Rev Dr Jackson to Become Bishop
The Rev Dr John Long son rector of St Martin's in Harrisonburg Virginia is to go to Charlotte church for a new bishopric role. The report notes his path from St Martin's to the Charlotte congregation as part of his advancement within the church hierarchy.
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Dr. Jackson
John Long
St. Martin's 24 Copal Ch
Harrisonburg
Goaie
Charlotte Church
Clark Demands Action On Bill From Senate Foreign Relations
Senator Clark of Missouri urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to take up a bill to ban airmail flights as long as Britain operates, after a prior rebuff. He charged Britain sinks neutral vessels that are forced into British ports.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
D-Mo
Foreign Relation Committee
Contested Chemical Nomenclature Note Cited
Fragmentary line references a chemical name issue Mae eles 8 T5c ee Oleum Percomorphum and a designation DES DR (2- Ip) OG 66, with continued note on page 7 column 2.
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DES DR
Annual Meeting Of COC Tonight At George Washington Hotel
Members of the Lions Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs and Robert Y Conrad Post No 21 American Legion meet at 6 30 PM for the annual Chamber of Commerce session at the George Washington Hotel. State Senator Muse Roanoke VA will deliver the principal address.
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Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Witch Chamber of
Compas
George Washington Hotel
Muse
Roanoke
P. G. Treeland
J. Henry Moling
C. A. Pine
BE. Harbaugh
A. C. Oates
W. Alan Peery
Richard Veitel
Charlies P. McVicar
Chanters
Floyd Haines
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Rites For Zane Fire Company Held Sunday
Memorial services for the Zane Fire Company are planned Sunday evening at 7 30. The service order was announced earlier by the mill committee and conducted under the authority of the Northern Virginia Power Company. Members of the company are expected to attend.
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Zane Fire Company
Northern Virginia
N T Bondurant Property to be Sold at Court House
The N T Bondurant property comprising 7 acres of fine limestone land and comfortable residence will be sold tomorrow in front of the Court House at 11 o'clock.
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N. T. Bondurant
Court House
Triple Funeral Planned for Strasburg Fire Victims
A triple funeral will be held at Strasburg tomorrow at 11 a.m. for Curtis Samuel Carrier, his wife, and their 3-year-old son Robert who died after a fire that destroyed their two story home. Mrs. Mattie Carrier remains hospitalized in Winchester with shock and minor burns. Robert died after being rescued by his mother and suffering severe head injuries. Local authorities investigated the blaze with a passing truck driver first spotting flames and an Azalea Carrier stimulating the family’s call for help.
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Strasburg
Curtis Samuel Carrier
Robert
Azalea Carrier
Curtis Carrier
Dies Committee Weighs Coughlin Testimony
The Dies committee debated calling Father Charles E. Coughlin to testify but made no decision. Chairman Dies said Coughlin had shown willingness to appear, while Rep. Mason and Rep. Dempsey cautioned against using the panel to amplify class hatred and expressed mixed views on hearing the priest. Secretly many members declined to be named in the discussion.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Charles E. Coughlin
Dies
D-Tex
Father Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Mason
R-Iii
Rep
Dempsey
D-Nm
Savas Lht
Virginia General Assembly to Meet in Williamsburg
Virginia lawmakers gather in Williamsburg for a joint session in the restored Colonial Capitol. The Senate and House of Delegates will hear addresses from the governor and the British ambassador Lord Lothian. The event focuses on historic commemorations rather than new laws.
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Williamsburg
Virginia General Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
House of Burgesses
Marquess of Lothian
Washington
House
Oil Boom Drives Illinois Southeast Region Growth
Centralia Illinois reports record oil output with 387 017 barrels weekly and 10 825 canuarya monthly in the three year old industry. Banks grow 23 percent in 1937 plus gains in 1938 and 1939 amid rising tax valuations. Local governments and districts benefit from oil driven property assessments totaling four million dollars in Fayette County townships.
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Centralia
Ill
Ilinois
Illinois
Fayette County
Cupid Brings Four-Wold Wedding Via Telephone Hookup
In Pittsburgh a snowbound clergyman officiated a four way telephone wedding linking Dan Cupid to a dozen couples bound for city hall. The Rev. Thomas Lambert arranged the hookup as snow blocked paths to the ceremony. The now married couples rescheduled and left for Medina New York.
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Pittsburgh
Dan Cupid
City Hall
Thomas Lambert
William Hunter
M. Trimble
Medina
N. Y
Unscheduled Snow Holiday Halts School Buses in Gainesboro
In Gainesboro the snow caused an additional day off for students as bus routes were blocked by deep drifts near Eben Ezer and West of Route 50 toward Whitacre. Sheriff Bob DeHaven publicized arrests from months ago and a fire truck crew battled a blaze in Berryville while a 18 year old from the area joined the Navy after Handley High School.
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Gainesboro
Ebenezer
Whitacre
Bob DeHaven
Seeendiah Ae Eie
Euaen
Memorial Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Soters
B. J. Lovett
Brown Lovett
Lovett
Handley High School
Navy
Finns Admit Soviets Have Pierced Line
Helsinki dispatch reports Finland acknowledges Russian forces penetrated farther into the Mannerheim line on the Karelian Isthmus during the 16 day battle. The Finnish army says gains were made at heavy cost and notes reprisals against Summa village where fighting was intense.
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Helsinki
Finland
Mannerheim
Karelian
Summa
Lake Muolo
Vuoksi
Roanoke Named Site For Virginia Democratic Convention
The Virginia State Democratic Central Committee chose Roanoke as the 1936 convention site with June 14 as the date and provision to move earlier if the national gathering is scheduled sooner. Representation is one vote per 100 presidential votes in 1936 Roosevelt race. Roanoke received 30 votes, Newport News 4, Richmond 3, Norfolk declining to bid.
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Richmond
Roanoke
State
Democratic Central Committee
Roosevelt
Virginia
Newport News
Norfolk
Beer Interests Given Hearing
The Senate Finance Committee in Richmond heard lengthy arguments from beer distributors and brewery representatives. It set a public hearing for 10 a m next Tuesday to consider Governor Price s proposals to raise 2 056000 in revenue via higher alcohol taxes. Chairman Aubrey Weaver said they would hear all speakers and close the hearings and would hold a private executive session at 10 a m Monday to report on the jail program.
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Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
Price
Aubrey Weaver
Miller's Hardware Inventory Sale Announcement
Inventory clearance at Miller's Hardware running February 17 to February 24 with many items heavily discounted. Handbills advertise the sale and reduced articles.
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Miller
Sarah Zane Fire Co memorial services rescheduled
The Sarah Zene Fire Co memorial services are moved from 3 p.m. to 7 30 p.m. Sunday February 18. All members should gather at the hall by 7 p.m. Captain Loryn M. Crabill notes the change.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Sarah Zene Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Voluntary Settlement Of Labor Disputes Advocated In Measure Sent To House
Virginia regulators push for a measure to settle labor disputes through voluntary processes. The State Corporation Commission orders fire insurance rate cuts including a 10 percent reduction for brick mercantile properties and projected annual savings exceeding half a million dollars for policyholders.
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Corporation Commission
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Staunton
Alexandria
Fredericksburg
Charlottesville
Thomas W. Ozlin
Mrs Grim 85 Dies at Her Home Near Stephens City
Mrs Annie E Grim age 85 died yesterday afternoon at 4 30 near Stephens City she would have turned 86 in April born in Frederick county she was Gold Star mother her son Barrow Grim died in World War I she leaves three sons four sisters and five grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 o clock Saturday at Fairview Methodist Church with Rev Homer Welch and Rev W D Mitchell officiating burial at Ridings Chapel Cemetery pallbearers named G A Steele C C Bray J F Jackson G W Cadwallader J N Cadwallader Harry Cadwallader
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Annie E. Grim
Stephens City
Grim
Frederick County
Atwell
Mary Smith Barrow
Joshua M. Grim
Ridings Chapel
Barrow Grim
United States
Ida Hammock
Middletown
Wesley Hammock
Mollie
Mattie Barrow
Fairview
J. F. Jackson
G. W. Cadwallader
J. N. Cadwallader
Harry Cadwallader
Electric service interruption planned for February weekend
Northern Virginia Power Co warns customers of brief power outages from a few minutes to two hours on Saturday February 17 or Sunday February 18 to allow changes on electric service lines. A postcard with the period has been mailed to inform customers and thank them for cooperation.
Arbitration Board Proposed by Virginia Labor Director
Six delegates propose a bill in the General Assembly to create a voluntary arbitration and mediation board under the labor commissioner to settle disputes without forcing a strike. The measure aligns with recommendations of Thomas B. Morton and would operate at the governor's direction or by party request.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Commissioner of Labor
Thomas B. Morton
Hunsdon Cary
Henrico
Senate
House
Francis Pickensville
Williamsburg
Weaver Highway Study Commission
Deletes Ae Boverien i Mine Polices Es
Ceas i
Louderback-Stott
Byrd Party Returns From Arctic Expedition to Valparaiso
Five members of Admiral Byrd's Arctic expedition return to the United States, reaching Valparaiso Chile aboard the motor ship North Star. Byrd is expected to sail back on the North Star in about two months, with plans to resume exploration for several years if Congress funds continue.
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Washington
United S
Valparaiso
Chile
North Star
Bear Ho
Eader
Par
Arctic Service
Sailee
Antarctic
Congress
Admiral Byrd
United States
Trc
War Highlights Reported Across Europe
Highlights of war by the Associated Press note Finland admits Russian forces reach Summa and Mannerheim defenses slow advances with 34 killed and 60 injured by warplanes. Moscow reports Soviet forces hindered by new defensive fortifications as casualties rise. Stockholm says Finland seeks direct aid from Sweden amid Western powers pursuing peace efforts. Sofia reports an archaeologist leads a new Bulgarian cabinet.
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Associated Press
Helsinki
Summa
Mannerheim
Stockholm
Finland
Sweden
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