Virginia Senate Okays Liquor Tax Bills for Revenue
The Senate approved House measures to raise about $2 million from taxes on alcoholic beverages as urged by Governor Price. The plan adds a 10 percent tax on liquor and wine selling prices and increases beer tax by half a cent per bottle above ten cents, plus merchants licenses taxes. Debate featured Senators Muse of Roanoke and Carter of Danville, with a 29 to 10 vote on the principal bill and 30 to 8 on the companion.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Price
Leonard G. Muse
Roanoke
John Carter
Danville
Battle Brock
Cary
Crowder
Daniel Doughton
Puller
Glascock Goode
Heller
Hillard
Jordan Loving
Medley
Moffett
Mosel
Fire at Rhodes Drug Store and Jail Chimney Blaze
Firemen battled two alarms on Saturday and Sunday. Rhodes Drug Store suffered about 800 dollars in merchandise and 800 dollars in building damage from a basement fire spreading to the rear pharmacy. The Charley Rouss Fire Company owns the building and insurance partly covered the loss. A separate Sunday blaze at the Frederick county jail involved a chimney fire quickly controlled with no lasting damage.
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Rhodes Drug Store
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Frederick County
Winchester Park Commission Faces Tree Planting Challenge
MA Winchester notes the Park Commission has planted over 290 trees this year despite a long-term issue of dying trees. The City Manager reports 15 years of higher mortality, but skilled surgery may reduce deaths. Members pride progress on new street plantings while urging protection and proper maintenance of mature trees.
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Park Commission
Winchester
City Manager Outlines 1939 Municipal Finances and Plans
City Manager S Lee Grant presents a 38 page annual report to council detailing expenditures $16 366 65 below budget and a single recommendation to create a plan for employee sickness and old age benefits The document includes balance sheets revenues expenditures and city organization charts plus maps of street and sewer projects Key figures show business licenses up to 33 257 in 1938 then 31 224 in 1939 and non property tax revenue rising to 53 2 percent in 1939 WPA funding totaled 26 674 97 for 1939 with 20 652 56 for labor and 6 022 41 for materials
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S. Lee Grant
Flushing
Council to Hear Armory Plans by City Art Commission
City council is set for a special meeting tomorrow night to review armory plans. Dr. R. Anderson, mayor, ill but organizing the session, with Smithey and Boynton presenting preliminary designs for council approval before seeking an Arts Commission hearing in Fredericksburg.
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Lee Grant
H. P. Byrd, Jr
the Star
S. Gardner Waller
Messrs. Smithey and Boynton
Roanoke
Waller
Art Commission
Division of Military Affairs
Philip’ N. Stern
Fredericksburg
Arts Commission
Burglary Reported at Droop Mansion on Blue Ridge
Sheriff Buckner said an unknown intruder entered Carl A. Droop’s home atop Blue Ridge Mountain and stole a bushel of potatoes. Turner Ashby, Droop’s caretaker, found the break in and alerted authorities after the thief tried to force the front door, entered via a basement window, then gained access to the first floor.
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Berryville
Bob Buckner
Carl A. Droop
Esoth Bloc Advances Farm Parity Funding Hope
In Washington on February 26 the House Appropriations Committee approved 60 million dollars for farm parity payments as an advance offset by a similar reduction in next year's farm bill. Secretary Wallace cautioned parity is needed to avoid price depressions and possible crop control issues. Hull testified on extending reciprocal trade agreements beyond June 12, warning Senate ratification would render the program unworkable.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Wallace
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hull
Senate Finance Committee
Finns Surrender Koivisto Islands to Red Army
Helsinki reports the Finnish high command acknowledged surrender of the strategic Koivisto islands off Viipuri to Soviet forces. The isles lie 20 miles south of Viipuri and anchor the western Mannerheim line, aiding a sea and land push toward the city.
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Helsinki
Finland
Koivisto
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Viipuri Bay
Kaislahti
Koivisto Islands
Sal
Paul Miller Returns Home After Injuries From Truck Accident
Paul Miller son of Dr E W Miller and Mrs Miller returned home Saturday from a Uniontown hospital where he had been treated after a winter accident. The incident occurred when he slipped from a Novicks Transfer truck near Uniontown while inspecting a dragging brake. He was transported by Friendship Fire Company ambulance and at one point doctors feared amputation of a leg.
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Paul Miller
E. W. Miller
Wallace Appeals For Parity Funds
Secretary Wallace urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve farm parity funds or their equivalent to avoid hampering crop control programs and to support parity payments. He aligned with a bloc seeking about 200 million dollars, facing economy pressure from Republican backers.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate Appropriations Committee
Attorney General declines to answer on lobbying law
Jackson refused to tell House investigators if the National Labor Board violated the law banning use of federal funds for lobbying. He said the Justice Department makes legal rulings only at the President or a cabinet head’s request.
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Washington
Jackson
House
National Labor Board
Justice Department
Many In Arrears In Dog Licenses
Game Warden Pingley said about 200 dog owners in Frederick county and a similar number in Winchester have not obtained licenses. After a prior county warning there was good response, but the city’s response was weak. Plans for a roundup of unlicensed dogs and owners are under way with liability for license costs and a fine.
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FP. W. Pingley
Frederick County
Winchester
Motion Picture Censors Win Exclusive Right From Court
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that the division of motion picture censorship holds exclusive authority over what films may be shown in the state. The ruling affirmed a Lynchburg decree allowing Dominion Theatres to exhibit Birth of a Baby despite Lynchburg city protests, stating only the censorship board may determine film admissibility. The decision centralizes control and nullifies city power to censor under state statutes.
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Richmond
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Division of
Motion Picture Censorship
Herbert Bgregory
Lynchburg Corporation Court
Dominion Theatres, Inc
Lynchburg
Board of Motion Picture Censors
Board of Motion Picture Censorship
Division of Motion Picture Censorship
Richmond Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Loch Maddy Torpedoed. Four Die in North Atlantic
The Glasgow steamer Loch Maddy, 4,996 tons, was torpedoed in the North Atlantic Thursday with the loss of four lives. A British warship rescued 35 survivors and was believed to have sunk the submarine attacker.
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London
North Atlantic
Five True Bills Return in Winchester Indictments
A Cor poration Court grand jury returned five indictments today. Two named Jack O Neal of Frederick County for robbing two Winchester filling stations on December 10 and December 31, including felonious assault and theft totaling 51 dollars. Three indictments charged William Osborne with forging checks drawn on Citizens National Bank at Front Royal. Judge and jurors listed include Franklin Brown and Frank Keckley. A separate drunken driving case against Raiford M Porter of Maryland resulted in a $100 fine.
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Corporation Court
Jack O'Neal
Frederick County
Winchester
O'Neal
John Sealock
South Loudoun
Martin Cuthbert
Shawnee
William Osborne
Tra Henry
Citizens National Bank
Front Royal
Frank Brown
Hubert Miller
A. H. Miller, Sr
R. E. Buncutter
C. H. Schutte
Elmer Hodges
Frank Keckley
Ray A. Blosser
Stewart G. Fawcett
Foreman
Orizaba Aground Near Hammerfest Loss Threatens Ship
The Exchange Telegraph reports the 4345 ton Hamburg American liner Orizaba ran aground near Hammerfest Norway and appears to be sinking. The crew were rescued.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Orizaba
Hammerfest
Norway
Isle of Wight Men Die In Route 460 Crash
Linwood H. Edwards aged 54 and John W. Turner aged 58, both of Isle of Wight county, were killed in an early morning automobile wreck near Providence Methodist Church on Route 460 when their car left the road and overturned.
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Suffolk
Linwood H. Edwards
John W. Turner
Isle of Wight County
Providence Methodist Church
Mrs Gerald Nye to file divorce petition this week
Mrs. Gerald P. Nye said she would file a divorce petition against her husband Senator Nye a North Dakota Republican this week. She declined to amplify. A lost dog notice follows: a black and white male pointer missing since Wednesday near the express office with a reward offered. Telephone 286.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
North Dakota
Dodge 939 Four Door Sedan For Sale
Dodge 939 four door sedan in for sale near H. W. Ebert Garage. Vehicle described as in like new condition with 6200 miles indicated. Buyer to inspect Cip-1t)
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H. W. Ebert
Welles Confers Hour With Ouce On European Problem
WAR NOTES OF THE WORLD Helsinki Feb 26 Soviet Russia has lost 100000 men as it bends the Mannerheim line toward Viipuri. An observer says 4000 Red soldiers die daily for gains toward Viipuri while Finland reports no disclosed losses. A Finnish spearhead reaches 8 miles from Viipuri and Koivisto fortress reports unconfirmed fall.
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Helsinki
Russia
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Finland
Karelian Isthmus
Gulf of Finland
Koivisto
Neutrals in Copenhagen seek to stay out of European wars
Nordic foreign ministers from Sweden Denmark and Norway vow mutual support in negotiations with belligerents. They urge peaceful settlement of the Finnish Soviet war while preserving oceanic independence and protest naval warfare impacting neutrals and trade.
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Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Great Britain
German submarine sinks 34,130 tons in return cruise
Berlin reports a U boat under Lieut Captain Herbert Schultze sank 34 130 gross register tons on a long distance cruise. The total sinkings by this submarine reach 16 ships totaling 114 510 gross register tons. West front activity includes minor artillery and air reconnoitering with no enemy contact. A French Po tez-63 type aircraft was shot down by anti aircraft artillery in the Eifel.
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Berlin
Helgoland) Bight
Eifel
Herbert Schultze
Portraits To Be Huang In Assembly
The Virginia House of Delegates authorized hanging portraits of former speakers Richard W. Saunders and Richard E. Byrd and called for a three member commission to investigate oil and natural gas drillings in Virginia. Delegate George M. Warren of Bristol supported the measure noting land adjacent areas were being drained of deposits.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Richard W. Saunders
Richard E. Byrd
Capitol
Virginia
George M. Warren
Bristol
Britain records 128 German air attacks on unarmed vessels
In Parliament Richard Austen Butler reported 128 attacks by German aircraft on British merchant ships and fishing boats since the war began to February 22. All British vessels in the North Sea are being armed. territorial waters near Norway remain debated.
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London
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Hitler
Roosevelt
North Sea
Altmark
Norway
Butler
French German patrols intensify on western front in early spring
French and German troops stepped up patrols as spring nears. A German raid at the Wissembourg Gap was repulsed. scouting parties moved west in the Saar and Moselle valleys. French and German aerial observers tracked movements and shared reconnaissance. The Moselle Saar front saw increased contact activity amid muddy conditions.
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Paris
Wissembourg
France
Alsatian
Rhine
Saar
Moselle
Chinese massing in Kwangsi as Nanning siege looms
Japanese dispatches report Chinese buildup in Kwangsi province to retake Nanning the provincial capital. Schfiighting at Wu Tang 15 miles northeast of Nanning left 1,000 Japanese dead, eight armored cars and two field guns destroyed. Japanese claims say three Chinese divisions fought 40 miles northeast of Nanning, with about 30,000 Chinese troops believed trapped near the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border.
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Hong Kong
Kwangsi Province
South China
Nanning
Wutang
Kwangtung-Kwangsi
Ex Judge Manton Fails to Get Supreme Court Review
Former New York federal judge Martin T. Manton did not win a Supreme Court review of his conspiracy conviction for selling judicial favors. The February 26 decision leaves the case unresolved at the nation's highest court.
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Washington
Martin T. Manton
Federal Circuit Court
New York
Supreme Court
Slays Three In Spell Of Anger
Akron Ohio February 26. Russell Faulk 33 shot and killed his two children Warren 7 and Mary Jane 2 and wounded his former wife’s escort Frank Bender 39. Faulk himself was mortally wounded and unconscious after the shooting. Deputy Inspector Gilber Mosely reported the case involving a violent outburst following a divorce dispute.
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Akron
Russell Faulk
Gilber Mosely
Warren Faulk
Mary Jane
Faulk
Freak egg from bantam chick surprises Russell Anderson
Russell Anderson, 14, near Albin, reports a pet bantam hen laid a freak egg with a stem like a neck. Meanwhile local roads worsen under winter damage on the Berryville Charles Town pike between Rippon and the Virginia line with large rock fills and a dropped road base. Engineers hope to finish Castleman's Ferry Bridge work by May 1, though slides on December 12 and February 20 slowed progress.
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Russell Anderson
G. W. Anderson
Near
Albin
Russell
Neck of the Woods
Berryville
Charles Town
Rippon
Virginia Line
Rippon and
Charles
Lewis Moreland
New Castleman’s Ferry
Welles Talks With Mussolini Heighten Diplomatic Interest
Rome reports Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles spent an hour with Mussolini and over an hour with Ciano as he probes European war issues for President Roosevelt. The meetings in Palazzo Venezia signal deeper U S interest ahead of trips to Berlin Paris and London and follow a Vatican press embrace of U S Vatican relations.
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Rome
Sumner Welles
Mussolini
Welles
Roosevelt
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Paris
London
Palazzo Venezia
Ciano
Il Duce
Europe
Italy
Hitler
Pius XII
State Department
Phillips Welles
William Phillips
United States
Count Ciano
Marchese Blasco D’aieta
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Raiders raid Winchester net nine arrests and liquor seizure
City and state officials with federal agents conducted raids in Winchester resulting in nine prisoners and a large quantity of illegal liquor seized. Hearings for the Lesage 3 are postponed to tomorrow morning before Judge Donald Weems.
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Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit
Winchester
Donald Weems
Highlights of War By the Associated Press
Rome report says Welles to begin first hand studies of European situation. Copenhagen notes Sweden Norway and Denmark agreed mutual support to avoid entanglements. Helsinki dispatches mention Red Army threats near Viipuri and patrol cessation as censor ships depart for the area.
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The
Associated Press
Rome
Luncheon and Bake Sale At Lutheral Church Of Our Saviour
A luncheon and bake sale is scheduled for Saturday March 2 at 139 Loudoun Street. The event is sponsored by the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour and dated notices indicate publication between February 26 and March 1, 1931.
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Loudoun St
Lutheral Church of Our Saviour
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Esoth Bloc
House Group
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West Line
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Col
Jack O’neal
Mason’s Taxi
Huang
China
Oo Patrol
Cens Eae
Airesedelnaers
Oak
Mder
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