Congress Opens Under Dark Clouds of Change
The 1936 Democratic Congress convened as the Administration braces for fresh challenges. Speaker Byrns presides in the House with Garner in the Senate while Republican Snell lays out 20 principles to test Roosevelt’s measures amid looming relief plans. The President prepares a message expected to hint at policy moves. The drama surrounding Bruno Hauptmann’s Lindbergh baby trial in Flemington adds national intrigue as media coverage swells.
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Joseph W. Byrns
Tennessee
House
Garner
Texas
Senate
Snell
Four Missing In Steamer Sinking in East River Collision
The Lexington sank after a collision with the Jane Christenson near Manhattan bridge. Four crew members are missing while 130 passengers and 52 crew were rescued as tugs aided the fear-struck travelers. An investigation by Assistant District Attorney Cosantino followed, with captain debuts and navigation signals cited.
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New York
Lexington
East River
Manhattan Bridge
Providence
Jane Christenson
Sylvester Cosantino
William Pendleton
Wickman
Tam Sti
Antine
Long Island Sound
Colonial Line
Lower Manhattan
Hauptmann Murder Trial Jury Make-Up Clarified
Flemington New Jersey January 3 details show jury composition for the Hauptmann murder trial. Listings include professions such as machinist widow housewives stenographer educator laborer bookkeeper carpenter and unemployed among the twelve jurors.
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Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
Regular meeting of the Friendship Fire Company
The Friendship Fire Company holds a regular meeting on Thursday evening January 3 at 8 o'clock with election of officers and a smoker to follow the session. James Shryoce, Secretary.
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Friendship
Sarah Zane Fire Company Meeting Sets Year Officers Vote
The Sarah Zane Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening January 4 at 8 o'clock. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Members are urged to attend. R. B. Brown, Captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Rouss Fire Company to Hold January Meeting for 1935 Officers
The Rouss Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening January 4 at 8 o'clock. Election of officers for 1935 will take place. All members are urged to attend. M. D. Weaver, president.
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Rouss Fire Company
Virginia city treasurers and revenue commissioners receive fixed pay
Richmond January 3 1935 tentative allowances announced by state comptroller E R Combs set total salaries and expenses for city treasurers at 221 484 55 a reduction versus 1933 and 231 634 84 for commissioners of the revenue a similar reduction. Winchester formulas list a 4500 salary 2016 expenses and a combined 6516 for treasurers and 4000 salary 1500 50 expenses with 5500 50 total for commissioners.
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Richmond
Commissioners of the Revenue
Virginia
E. R. Combs
State Compensation Board
Winchester
20 Bullets Found In Body Of Ex-Convict
Picher Oklahoma January 3. Buster Cooper an ex convict who was shot and wounded last night in gun battle with officers died today after sustaining 20 wounds. One officer was fatally wounded and two others shot during the shoot out which lasted over an hour in streets and alleys. Deput y Sheriff Gerald Hodge died in a hospital from a wound near the heart while Deputy Constable Pat Bray and Undersheriff William McIntosh were wounded but not seriously. Machine guns and tear gas were used in the confrontation with four gunmen.
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Picher
Okla
Buster Cooper
Cooper
Gerald Hodge
Ottawa County
Pat Bray
Teece
Kas
William McIntosh
Pants Company Must Comply With The Code
The NRA industrial appeals board ruled the jobbers pants company of Martinsville Virginia must pay learners code minimum wages under the cotton garment code. The plant began in 1934 after city agreements granting tax exemptions and a trade school. trainees trained in the factory and must be paid at least the learners scale on a piece basis.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA Industrial Appeals Board
Jobbers Pants Company
Martinsville
Standard Overall Company
Baltimore
Efforts Made To Settle Walkout In Cleveland Food Strike
Union leaders today attempted to settle a dispute that had tied up distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables from the Northern Ohio food terminal. Only chain stores with union drivers remained unaffected by the strike.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nine Held In Cuban Shooting
In Havana on January 3 nine men were arrested over the shooting of Jose Luis Penadad former governor of Oriente province, a government opponent marked for death by a revolutionary tribunal.
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Havana
Jose Luis Penadad
Oriente
President's Ball Planned Here January 30 With Dr Anderson Chairing
The event honors President Roosevelt on his birthday. Dr R C Anderson, mayor, will chair a Winchester citizen committee to plan the ball at the George Washington Hotel with Andrew Bell as secretary treasurer. Seventy percent of proceeds stay locally to aid infantile paralysis, funding a permanent relief committee. The George Washington Hotel hosts the event, Soddy Haines orchestra provides music free of charge, notes say.
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Dr. Anderson
Dc. R. Anderson
National Committee
Winchester
Roosevelt
Andrew Bell
Chaber of Commerce
Anderson
George Washington Hotel
Bell
Soddy Haines
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Two Clifton Forge Girls Murder Trial In Virginia
In Fincastle Virginia on January 3 the trial of Philip Jones, a Black man, contends two Clifton Forge girls Alice and Ellen Hill were killed after their heads were battered and bodies found with torn clothing. The defense alleges a white Clifton Forge man attacked them and that Jones was shot during a scuffle. A gun found at Jones’s home and witnesses describe blood and damage at the scene.
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Fincastle
Philip Jones
Alice
Ellen Hill
Clifton Forge
Jones
Ira Damewood
H. B. Buchanan
Buchanan
Jones House
H. W. Withrow
Buckingham Countie
Withrow
Ted
Phillip Jones
T. Warren Mesaick
Harrisonburg
W. H. Huffman
W. F. Knick
R A Shryock of Stephens City Dies Suddenly at 58
R A Shryock of Stephens City died at his home last night about 7 30 from an apparent acute indigestion attack. He was survived by his wife Mrs Shryock and son James Shryock. The funeral will be Saturday at 2 30 p m at his home with Rev Floyd M Lucas and Rev Snyder Alleman officiating. Burial in Green Hill.
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Striken
R. A. Shryock
Stephens City
Shryock
R and Anderson
City
Frederick County
Jacob N
Elizabeth Shryock
Hugh Naylor
Front Royal
Winchester
Floyd M. Lucas
Methodist Church
Snyder Alleman
Trinity Lutheran Church
Green Hill
A. W. Walker
Joe Funk
Mason Herrell
Edwin Fritz
Russell Orndorff
Julian Steele
Simple Rites Held For Late Geo. L. Brawner
Funeral services were held for George L. Brawner, known musical instrument dealer, who died New Year's Eve after a heart illness. The body moved from Kurtz funeral home to Mount Hebron Cemetery for a brief service led by Rev. Father Charles Comaskey. Friends and associates attended and floral tributes were placed on the grave. Pallbearers: Allen B. Gray, Carroll Smith, O. L. Jamison, E. W. Dixon, C. Lee Barr, and S. Donald McFadden.
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George L. Brawner
Memorial Hospital
Kurtz
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Charles Comaskey
F the Sacred Heart
Brawner
Allen B. Gray
Carroll Smith
O. L. Jamison
E. W. Dixon
C., Lee Barr
S. Donald McFadden
Wanted good homes for two spotted maltese kittens
Two pretty spotted maltese kittens need kind owners. Call 41 for adoption details and scheduling a view.
Removal Notice Promotes Market at New Location
Beginning January 5 the Home Demonstration Market moves to the former Brawner's Music Store building. Saturday specials include chickens 23 cents per lb eggs 30 cents, and children's dresses two for $1 in sizes 1 to 12 years. Margaret L Hodgson.
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Brawner’s
Margaret L. Hodgson
O Lp
For Sale Slab Wood and Kindling From Glaze & Bro
Slab wood and kindling available for truck load at two dollars. Glaze & Bro. contact phone 84.
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Glaize & Bro
Man on Trial for Kidnapping and Murder of Little Eagle
Bruno Hauptmann sits in a Hunterdon county jail cell during a lunch recess as prosecutors recount the alleged kidnapping and murder of the infant known as Little Eagle. The aviator had previously carried a concealed weapon amid threats received over five years.
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Hauptmann
New Jersey
Flemington
Hunterdon County
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
World News At A Glance Highlights and Treaties
Domestic Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania danger of a general strike by United Mine Workers of America is temporarily averted. Los Angeles Wiley Post plans flying speed 350 miles an hour at 30 000 feet to New York. Bismarck North Dakota state Supreme Court to decide governor elect Moodie eligibility. Washington Republicans push 20 point program for speedy recovery. Washington rumors of quarrel in Roosevelt administration around Ickes. Baltimore detonating cap death of Miss Katherine Briscoe ruled cause. Flemington New Jersey jury selected for Hauptmann kidnapping trial. Richmond Virginia highways to receive new route numbers next July. Foreign Katowice Poland hunger strike by miners enters eighth day. Saarbruecken Saar Territory Nazi demand for gunpowder cited to justify joining Hitler government. Waldmohr Germany Miss Elsa Sittel jailed for alleged attack released today.
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Wilkes Barre
United Mine Workers of America
Los Angeles
Wiley Post
New York
Bismarck
N. C
State Supreme Court
Thomas H. Moodie
North Dakota
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Ickes
Baltimore
Katherine Briscoe
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Richmond
Virginia
Katowice
Poland
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Germany
Hitler
Waldmohr
Elsa Sittel
Callei Bacteed
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M. D. Weaver
Pres
Pants
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McVicar
Mary S. Lindamood
Loudoun Street
Lebanon Church
Nina Lindamood
Paces
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