Delegates Pass Measure On Sunday Alcohol Sales In Virginia
The Virginia House of Delegates approved by 75 to 19 a measure empowering county city and town governing bodies to ban beer and wine sales on Sundays. Opponents called it the worst bill of the session and warned it would politicize alcohol policy. the bill goes to the Senate after amendments. The session also reported favorable action on a streamlining old age assistance bill with about 1.5 million dollars in the first year and 1.7 million the next, matching federal Social Security funds.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Parker Senate
Senate
House
John Spiers
Radford
Sterrett
ABC Board
Springs
Senate Finance Committee
Aubrey Weaver
Price
Weaver
Federal Social Security Board
Doctor Charles R. Anderson Improves at Winchester Memorial
Friends report Dr. Charles R. Anderson continues to show improvement while recovering from pneumonia at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Charles R. Anderson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Saints and doorbell pleas in Winchester
MA Winchester laments persistent agents and collectors who intrude on busy homes. A doorbell ordeal ends when a man kicks the door after no reply, prompting advice to enroll in Dale Carnegie courses and to subscribe to The Star for better manners.
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Winchester
Mr. Wisehaupt
Star
Dale Carnegie
Blissful Peggy Rich seeks annulment in New York court
Peggy Rich the actress known as Blissful meets Mark Shull also known as Michael Tree in a New York Supreme Court corridor while pursuing an annulment of her fourth marriage to Teddy Royce. Rich recalls no memory of marrying Royce in 1936 and had visited Shull's Lodge on the Shenandoah river in Clarke county with Shull described as her fiance.
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Peggy Rich
Mark Shull
Roanoke
Michael Tree
New York Supreme Court
Teddy Royce
Peggy
Royce
Miss Rich
Apple Blossom Festival finance plans seek more contributions
The Apple Blossom Festival finance committee met to arrange funding for the fifteenth annual festival to be held this spring. Co chairmen J Pinckney Arthur and Covington urged more small donations to broaden community representation, with checks already arriving starting with Philip Fowle, last year’s finance chair.
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J. Pinckney Arthur
Covington
Fowle
Winchester
Arthur
Philip Fowle
Governor Praises Assembly and Hints at Review
Governor Price commends Virginia’s current Legislature as industrious and plans a weekend inventory of progress with a possible Monday statement on the session’s outlook. He weighs jail reform bill prospects, hopes for agreement on key points, and notes a Fredericksburg visit with Assembly members as guests. Rumor links J Gordon Bohannan to William and Mary College board.
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Richmond
Price
Virginia
Fredericksburg
J. Gordon Bohannan
Petersburg
William and Mary College
Admiral Cary
T. Grayson
May Not Nam County Sheriff Til Next Week
Wade line held as an accessory. Pingley not to be brought here for grand jury inquiry. Tuesday, prisoner is more talkative.
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Nam
Wade
Pingley
Miller's Condition Still Satisfactory
It was learned this afternoon that the condition of State Officer George Miller is still satisfactory though he spent an uncomfortable night. Family asks friends not to call until notified they may visit. earlier visitors may have had an unfavorable effect.
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George Miller
Miller
Speculation on Sheriff Successor Delayed in Winchester
The late J W New come's sheriff successor may be announced next week as Judge Philip Williams is away this weekend. Taylor Barr remains in place until an appointment is made. Harry Pingley, held as a material witness, seeks bond. George Pingley will not attend the grand jury in Harrisonburg on Tuesday February 22.
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Taylor Barr
Young Pingley
J. W. Newcome
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Relaho
George Miller
Winchester
Harry Pingley
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Pingley
Bond
Harrisonburg
Harrison
George Pingley
National Fruit Wins a Decision in Patent Suit
Harrisonburg federal court dismisses Food and Fruit Industries Inc. suit against National Fruit Product Co. Inc. over alleged patent infringement on an apple canning process. Judge John Paul notes Grabb received 25000 for his patent and found no infringement. references to horizontal retort use at Strasburg and Peach Glen plants.
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Star
Harrisonburg
Food and Fruit Industries, Inc
National Fruit Product Co. Inc
John Paul
United States District Court
Paul
Eugene G. Grabb
National Fruit Product Co
Grabb
Starcent
Grab Return
Strasburg
Peach Glen
Townsend Heads East to Begin Jail Term in Contempt Case
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, 71, famed pension advocate, is en route to Washington to serve a 30 day jail sentence for contempt of the Bell Committee. He faces additional time if the $100 fine remains unpaid, while supporters sing and elderly women weep. Townsend plans to write a life and philosophy book behind bars.
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Los Angeles
Francis E. Townsend
Washington, D. C
J. P. Charlebois
Townsend Trade Builders, Inc
Dr. Townsend
Eee
Seven Trapped Miners Survive Rush of Water
Seven of eight men trapped by a water surge in an anthracite mine at Jeanesville were found safe, one dead. Paul Kunitz of Hazleton died. the others were in a rock hole above the flood and planned to go home. Bernard Mcarlney and George Schutter, exhausted but unharmed, assisted rescuers and alerted crews.
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Hazleton
Jeanesville
Lehigh Valley Company
Paul Kunitz
Bernard Mcalarney
Mcalarney
George D. Schutter
Calarney
Schutter
Riley's Market Ad Announces Convenient Parking and Specials
A public notice for Riley's Market on Loudoun Street highlights convenient parking and money saving specials this week. The Riverside Rendezvous event is listed as Sundays for couples and parties, with dates and placement in the ad.
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Riley’s Market
Loudoun St
Riley's Market
Army Bombers Cross Andes Landing in Argentina Flight
A squadron of five United States Army bombers completed a 5,000 mile goodwill flight from Miami to Buenos Aires with a Lima stop, crossing the Andes at 20,000 feet. The six aircraft, carrying 49 men, set a record for the longest non stop U S Army Air Corps flight.
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Andes
Buenos Aires
United States Army
Miami
Fla
el Palomar Military Air Base
United States
Lima
Peru
Argentina
Roberto M. Ortiz
Mendoza
Mami
J. V. Meloy
United States Army Air Corps
Japanese push to take Sinsiang at Lunghai corridor
Japanese troops fought through a 20 mile fortified zone to seize Sinsiang north of the Yellow River, advancing along a Lunghai corridor railway branch toward Chengchow. Reports say two flying columns chased retreating Chinese toward the rail junction. Matsui reportedly recalled. Hata to succeed in Shanghai area.
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Shanghai
Sinsiang
Yellow River
Sinjiang
Lunghai
China
Matsui
Iwane Matsui
Japan
Shunroku Hata
Chengchow
Peipingaos
Shooting Match at Rouss Park
A shooting match is scheduled at Rouss Park on February 19 at 1 PM. Local organizers invite shooters and spectators to attend.
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Rouss Park
Amateur Show Attracts Crowd With Local Actors
Local venue presents an amateur show starring Sarah Zane on February 22 featuring acts titled Pappy Curly and Slim. Admission is 25 cents.
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Sarah Zane
Pappy
Curly
Slim
Opposition Grows as Austria Moves Under Nazi Pressure
Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg yields to Hitler on Nazi cabinet members but resists control over the army. He promotes the Fatherland Front as the sole legal party since 1934 to reassure the public that it still dominates the government. He is expected to resign under Nazi pressure.
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Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Schuschnigg
Fatherland Front
Central Press
Nazi rule in Austria sparks uneasy speculation across Europe
As Germany presses to extend domination over Austria a wave of fear and protest rises. Monarchists socialists Catholics and Jews seek voices while Britain Italy and France watch and prepare. Hitler may seek a customs union and a Reichstag address looms.
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Germany
Hitler
Associated Press
Austria
Great Britain
Auth
Europe
Reichstag
Britain
France
Camille Chautemps
Mary OConnor Acquitted in Mud Puddle Death Case
Mary OConnor, 19, was found not guilty of murder voluntary or involuntary manslaughter in the Labor Day mud puddle death of five year old Nancy Glenn in Philadelphia. The verdict drew cheers as the jury foreman announced acquittal and the judge instructed the jury to believe the defendant if her testimony warrants it.
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Philadelphia
Mary O'Connor
Nancy Glenn
O’connor
Glenn
Nancy
Chinese Shot Down Five Planes Near Hankow
In a dramatic air battle during the Chinese Japanese war Chinese air forces shot down five Japanese pursuit planes near Hankow as a squadron attempted a raid on the temporary capital of China.
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Hankkow
China
Hankow
Lee Grant Named Chairman of Central Relief Drive
S Lee Grant superintendent of Winchester water works appointed chairman of the public employees division of the Central Relief drive to be held March 17 to raise 8500 for relief work Sam D Preston stated. Only Winchester residents who have not supported themselves for a year will be aided. out of town entrants are barred to avoid city funds being used for non residents.or occasions of unemployability age or infirmities required. Those able to work but unemployed are referred to the Federal Work Relief agency. Minor exceptions exist for families with employable unemployed members and children. Small loans have been advanced and largely repaid.
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S. Lee Grant
City Water Department
Public Employees
Central Relief Campaign
Sam D. Preston
Winchester
W. Nelson Page
Federal Work Relief Agency
Opposition to Chancellor Under Pressure in Meeting With Hitler
Vienna reports a surge of opposition in Austria as monarchists seek an alliance with socialists to counter Nazi influence. Monarchist leaders meet with Fatherland Front members while Schuschnigg defends listening, not yielding, to critics. Goering to visit Vienna to confer with government and industry leaders next month.
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Austria
Chancellor
Hitler
A. D. Stefferud
Vienna
Fatherland Front
Kurt Schuschnigg
Innsbruck
Berchtesgaden
Schuschnigg
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Berin
Austia
Goering
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Aus
Red Cross Drives Aid for War Victims
The Red Cross will place collection boxes in drug stores, confectionaries, banks, and other business houses tomorrow for contributions to relief efforts for war victims in the Orient.
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Red Cross
Orient
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Finance Committee
National Fruit
Eugene Grab
Cprwnsend
Long Beach
Bell Congressional Committee
Francis K. Townsend
Riverside Rendezvous
Hata
Chancellor Schuschnigg
Mary O’connor
Lee Grant
Relief Workers
Seysz-Inquart
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