Virginia Gov to confer with Ickes on parkway rights
Senator Byrd said Governor Peery of Virginia would meet Secretary Ickes in Washington to discuss obtaining scenic rights for land adjacent to the Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains parkway. The project is stalled while Virginia seeks 400 foot scenic easements on each side of the 200 foot right of way.
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Washington
Byrd
Peery
Virginia
Ickes
Shenandoah- Great Smoky Mountains Parkway
Interior
Shenandoah National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains
A. E. Demaray
National Parks
Caroline
Starug Pene
Sequoia Shines At City Film Council Screening
The Film Committee praises Sequoia as a sensational epic with wildlife actors and broad family appeal. A separate comment laments rough street pavement at the bus terminal and questions license fee strategies amid council talk of tax payer satisfaction.
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Winchester
Jevel
Little Theatre Competes in Dramatic Contests in Hagerstown
The Little Theatre joins Potomac Players of Hagerstown and Chambersburg troupe for a three way dramatic contest on March 7 at the Men's Auditorium in Hagerstown. Jane Dranesfield's Joe is the Little Theatre entry with director Mrs. Burr P. Harnson.
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Little Theatre
Potomac Players
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Hudson
Little Theatre Group
Former CCC Lookout Sentenced For Bootlegging Whistle
Trial Justice John H. Booton on Monday sentenced Albert Seastrom, a former CCC youth, to three months in the county jail for acting as a lookout to warn bootleggers of approaching officers. A distinct whistle warned them. officers found only a still and mash. Seastrom, not local, settled near the area after discharge from camp. It’s the first such conviction in Page county.
Winchester Teens Invited To Civic League Card Party Dance
Young people in Winchester and nearby areas may attend a Civic League card party at the George Washington Hotel Friday evening to raise funds for the school milk fund. Those not wishing to play cards can dance from 10:30 p m to midnight with Bob Riley's Orchestra. Admission is 75 cents per couple and a prize will be given for the best dancing couple.
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Winchester
Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Bob Riley
Two One Act Plays at Market Street Church Event
A brief notice announces two one act plays at Market Street Church on Friday. The program begins at 8 00 p m with tickets priced 25 cents and 10 cents.
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Market St. Church
Auto tax bases council plan to fix licenses
The council debated a plan to adjust auto tax bases, warning a potential revenue shortfall near $2,000. Reardon ruled that present rates stay in effect until amendments are approved, with the session stretching close to midnight.
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Council
Reardon
Council Modernizes License Ordinance in Night of Remembrance
The City Council revises the license ordinance during a tense meeting. Commissioner McVicar reads a long list prompting memories of bowie knives pistols lightning rods and livery stables. The council removes provisions for salesmen of such items and for skating rinks and miniature golf courses. Livery stables are nearly extinct with none operating locally.
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Council
Halcyon
McVicar
City Council Deadlocks on Auto License Rates
City council struggle last night over lowering automobile license fees for 1935 ended with a deadlock. Proposals to cut from 20 to 15 cents per horsepower failed by narrow margins, as the budget based on last year’s rates loomed large. Attempts to re open the original rate and later changes also faltered, leaving the license issue unresolved as the session extended toward midnight.
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James P
Fred L. Glaize
Charles P. McVicar
R. Frank Barr
W. W. Dellinger
J. H. Henry
E. J. Snapp
President Glaize
Anderson
C. Douglas Barnett
Fred
W. Forney
Percy D. Miller
Peyton J. Marshall
W. A. Baker
Fred W. Forney
F. L. Glaize
Frank Barr
C. D. Barnett
Mr. Dellinger
Lee Coble
Dr. Anderson
Mellon relaxes during tax hearing in Pittsburgh corridor
Andrew W. Mellon, 79, ex secretary of the treasury and famed financier, rests between sessions of his income tax hearing. Testimony reveals gifts of stock to his son and daughter were handed to Coalesced company, a Mellon holding, with Mellon's preferred stock held by Mellon. The gifts were made in 1931, a year cited by the government for over $3,000,000 in taxes.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Building
Mellon
Weirton Steel Case Strikes Down NRA Section 7 A
Federal Judge John P. Neilds ruled Section 7 A of the National Recovery Act unconstitutional and void in the Weirton Steel case. He dismissed the government's injunction suit aiming to curb alleged interference with workers choosing representation. The ruling ends the government’s effort to challenge the company union as an adequate bargaining arrangement.
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Wilmington
Del
John P. Neilds
Weirton Steel Company
Neilds
Wierton Employe Representation Plan
Weirton
Employer
Collec
Winchester officials vent frustration over relief offices
City Manager Arthur M. Field writes Virginia Administrator William A. Smith expressing chagrin that Dorothy Smith did not inspect quarters Winchester arranged at no cost for regional relief offices. He notes mounting sentiment that Winchester lacks state cooperation and could be seen as in West Virginia for state institution locations.
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William A. Smith
Virginia
Arthur M. Field
Miss Dorothy Smith
Winchester
Front Oval
Clarke
Frederick
Shenandoah
Page
Rappahannock
Warren
West Virginia
Field
Front Royal
Dorothy Smith
Hagerstown seeks suspects in fortune teller scam
In Hagerstown Maryland police seek a man and a female fortune teller wanted after a railroad worker deposited 4600 dollars, claiming witchcraft and a spell caused his illness. The couple disappeared after taking the money and travel in a Dodge truck with West Virginia plates. Circulars were sent to many cities. two licenses show a Madame Julia age 40 to practice fortune telling.
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Hagerstown
West Virginia
Julia
Parade Chief Chosen for Trail of the Pink Petals Apple Blossom Parade
Roy A. Cather is appointed Parade Director for the Trail of the Pink Petals at the Apple Blossom Festival. The five mile parade will feature dozens of floats, bands, and organizations, with Winchester’s prettiest girls and various civic groups. Fire companies plan early coordination for the opening night parade.
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Roy A. Cather
Cather
J. T. Engle
Petley and Cather Inc
Winchester
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cameron
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cork
Braddock
Clifford
Washington
Fairmont Avenue
Fairgrounds
Shenandoah Valley
Katherine Manuel
George Washington Hotel
Eight year old Sirbaugh girl dies at home
Elizabeth Ann Sirbaugh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sirbaugh, 207 Bakers street, died this morning after a short illness from a heart condition. The remains were not yet committed to funeral arrangements. Mrs Sirbaugh formerly Miss Amelia Harford. Also a classified notice seeks a home for a female shepherd dog with a black body and white collar, phone 629-J.
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Elizabeth Ann Sirbaugh
Ray Sirbaugh
Bakers Street
Find Shows Hormone Inhibin Treats Enlarged Prostate
Dr. William E. Lower of the Cleveland Clinic reports a new use for inhibin, the latest discovered hormone, to cure enlarged prostate glands in many cases without surgical gland removal. He has been experimenting with the treatment since 1928.
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William E. Lower
Cleveland Clinic
Lower
Clarke County political activity picks up as candidates seek office
Clarke County Virginia sees a surge of announcements ahead of August Democratic primaries. Henry W. Rutherford enters the Longmarsh district race while incumbents like John M. Fishpaw seek reelection. New and returning names appear for treasurer sheriff and state legislature as voters prepare for key county offices.
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Berryville
Henry W. Rutherford
Clarke County
Longmarsh
John M. Fishpaw
John O. Hardpie
Jetson F. Spates
Benjamin O. Crampton
William D. Wy
Bradford
W. W. Smallwood
Charles M. Feltner
James M. Rutherford. Cather
T. Russel Cather
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah
Clarke
Frederick
E. Blackburn Moore
House of Delegates
Battletown
Chapel and
Greenway
the Revenue
Commonwealth
Clifton Price
William Fenton
Chapel District
John T. Lindsey
J. Edward Thoma
Frank M. Wray
R. E. Reid
Revenue
Woman Coughs Up a Bullet After Five Years
Mrs Wyncoop, at dinner, coughed up a bullet believed to be from a pistol accidental discharge five years earlier. Doctors had previously searched for the lead pellet in her arm but never found it until this coughing spell revealed the round.
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Hagerstown
Ey Wyncoop
Robert Harper Named to Honor Roll at Hampden Sydney College
Dean Macon Reed reports Robert G Harper son of Rev and Mrs L F Harper of West Boscawen Street made the first honor roll at Hampden Sydney College with the second highest general average in his freshman class of about 130 students for the first term.
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Hampden- Sydney College
Robert G. Harper
L. F. Harper
West Boscawen Street
Macon Reed
Harper
Weirton ruling setback to NRA policies
Federal Judge John P Neildes ruled Section 7A of the NIRA as applied to Weirton Steel unconstitutional prompting appeals. The ruling came as Roosevelt administration fights a deadlock over the $4.88 billion work relief bill. Senate leaders urged immediate funding for relief while delaying public works. Bethlehem shipbuilding profits totaled 68 million dollars per wartime exhibits presented to the Senate munitions committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Wilmington
Del
John P. Neildes
Weirton Steel Company
Congress
Interior Department
House
Senate Munitions Committee
Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation
Senate Interstate Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
RFC
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Elisha Miller Dies at 64 in Reynolds Store Virginia
Elisha Miller aged 64 died February 13 at the home of his nephew Wesley Miller on Timber Ridge after a long illness. He was a son of the late Wesley and wife Miller and survived by one sister and three brothers. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church near Reynolds Store conducted by Rev. B F Spitzer of Whitacre.
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Reynolds Store
Elisha Miller
Wesley Miller
Timber Ridge
Baptist
B. F. Spitzer
Whitacre
Section 7 A unconstitutional in federal Wilmington ruling
World news briefing reports Section 7 A of the National Recovery Act struck down in a Wilmington federal court. Justice Department officials anticipate an appeal. Other items note treasury rulings on state liquor store profits and Farley’s tiled bath in the new post office building.
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Wilmington
Del
Washington
Justice Department
Virginia
Morganthau
Treasury
James A. Farley
Post Office Department
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