Year 1936 Opens With Rosy Hopes And Warm Celebrations
New Year ushers in optimistic forecasts from business and public leaders as 1936 begins. Celebrations spread from New York to Philadelphia and Alaska with lighter restrictions and parties while officials praise better times ahead. Notables like Eugene Grace and Gen. Hugh Johnson predict improvement despite past hardship.
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Associated Press
Oi Strom
Oise
Akers
New Times Square
LaGuardia
Philadelphia
Barrow
Alaska
Presbyterian Mission
New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Anchorage
Richmond
Atlanta
Colorado
Pikes Peak
AdAmAn Clubs
City Improves Efficiency With Wide-Ranging Upgrades
City reports show major efficiency gains including threefold street work, 20 percent more refuse removal than 1934, an added street department truck fleet, renewal of 155 water services, water leakage repairs, 32 fire hydrants fixed, 30 sewer workers hired, $200 000 in building permits issued, and a $242 000 city spend with a 15 cent tax rate reduction for 1936. A welfare reform saved about $10 000 and prison labor aided relief efforts.
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Rouss Spring
Abram’s Creek
Final Draft of New School Law Is Being Shaped
The Virginia Public Education Board discusses reform aims to clarify power and codify sections of the school law. They advocate nine months of schooling for every child and improving teacher pay to attract qualified staff. State funds for minimum teachers’ salaries depend on pupil load rather than total school population, with 750000 school aged children and about 500000 attending.
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Pa Fe
Virginia
Plane disaster near Mediterranean claims crew and passengers
Rescue efforts center on the City of Khartoum after an airliner wrecked off Crete and Alexandria. Pilot Vernon Gerry Wilson was saved by H M S Brilliant. the fate of other crew and 15 passengers remains unconfirmed as searches continue.
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Perial Airways
Vernon Gerty Wilson
Mediterranean
Khartoum
Mirabella
Crete
Alexandria
Egypt
H. M
Brilliant
Vernon Gerry Wilson
Peg the bin
Sogh
Wrth
Alg
Hannibal
Rebhat
Wilson
Lindy Flees for Privacy as Press Welcomes Lindbergh Arrival
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow carried a private departure from America to England but their ship the American Importer docked in Liverpool to a massive press crowd. Some 200 reporters and photographers swarmed the pier to greet the famous couple and their son Jon, an image of public curiosity meeting a private voyage.
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
America
England
Liverpool
Jon
Laval on Spot After Narrow Confidence Vote
Premier Pierre Laval narrowly survived a confidence vote on foreign policy in the chamber of deputies. Observers warned a cabinet crisis loomed as Laval’s political future remained precarious after the tense vote.
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Pierre Laval
France
Chamber of Deputies
Auto Death Toll For Year In State Placed At 769
Virginia's automobile casualty toll for the past year totaled 769 lives, announced in Richmond. State motor vehicle commissioner John Q Rhodes urged cautious driving in 1936, noting December added 69 deaths and a Hopewell bus crash caused 14 fatalities in the month.
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Richmond
Virginia
John Q Rhodes
Hopewell
New Year Honors for East Africa link to Britain
The text notes Fascists hoping for New Year triumphs in East Africa as sanctions linger. It reports Sir Sydney Barton, the British minister at Addis Ababa, being made knight grand cross of the British empire and mentions the Duke of York and the Duke of Kent appearing on the honors list.
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League of Nations
East Africa
League
Britain
King George
Cou-Rt
Sydney Barton
Addis Ababa
Duke of York
Duke of Kent
Deed Recorded For Half Interest At 118 South Cameron
A deed admitting to record transfers a one half undivided interest in a lot and improvements at No 118 South Cameron Street from Miller C Fletcher to Stella Fletcher. The consideration is stated as nominal.
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South
Cameron Street
Miller C. Fletcher
Stella Fletcher
Veteran public official retires after 40 years
J Edward Thoma county clerk retires after four decades in office. Board of Supervisors reelected John M Fishpaw William Fenton and Clifton Price to their districts. The board will elect a new chairman at the January meeting as retiring Mr Kindsey held the post.
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J. Edward Thoma
Board of Supervisors
John M. Fishpaw
Longmarsh
William Fenton
Chapel District
Clifton Price
Battletown
Kindsey
Recriminations Over Bombing Of Ambulance
Debate erupts over bombing actions as Rome replies that Ethopian Somaliland Eritrean fronts show war methods in League of Nations documents. Fascist officials defend campaign while Italians at home observe New Year quietly under regime economy rules with Viva Il Duce.
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League of Nations
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
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Basra
Lindy
Laval
Joseph Fishback
Bernard Jacoby
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W. Boscawen St
Moling & Cather
T. F. Timberlake
Hammermill
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
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