Roosevelt asks nearly a billion for 1936 37 defense budget
President Roosevelt sent a defense budget request to Congress totaling 937,791,966 for the 1936 37 fiscal year for Army and Navy. The plan includes 567,872,000 for the Navy to build up to full treaty strength by 1942, 507 new aircraft, more tanks and armored cars, and expanded cadet and National Guard programs.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
London
Una
West Point
National Guard
White House
Emery Line
Moet
Mocking birds and unseasonal sightings spark seasonal debate
Mr Winchester notes a lone mocking bird in cold weather and wonders if birds are changing habits or signaling an early spring. A distant neighbor reports seeing a mocking bird in his yard that morning, prompting thoughts on weather, food, and migratory patterns.
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H Owever
Virginia General Assembly Faces Deluge of Funding Requests
Richmond VA January 6 The governors message to the General Assembly signals a session likely to see broad requests for money from social security highway education and state workers among others. Officials expect an unemployment insurance bill but disagree on pensions and other new programs while figures remain unsettled.
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Richmond
Virginia
Peery
General Assembly
Highway Department
State Board of Education
Corbin Brothers Sentenced for Beating Youth
Melvin 20 William 22 and Jesse 18 of 321 Highland avenue were jailed in police court. Melvin and William received two months each while Jesse got one month after beating Edward Green 16, a newspaper boy, on Merrimans Lane following a snowball incident. Judge Donald L. Weems imposed the sentences.
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Corbin Brothers
Melvin
William
Jesse
Highland Avenue
Edward Green
Stuart Green
William Corbin
Jesse Corbin
Donald L. Weems
Seal
Corbins
Green
Corbin
Merrimans Lane
Carl Crabtree
James Martin
Bufflick Road
Charles Shull
East Monmouth Street
Critical Turn In Naval Conference Prompts Limitation Debate
Anthony Eden automatically succeeds Sir Samuel Hoare as president of the London Naval Conference. French and Italian spokesmen outline compromise plans for limitation, with talks centering on preventing a shipbuilding race while pursuing curbs. An official communique says British, French, and Italian plans are being drafted as sessions resume.
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London
Anthony Eden
Samuel Hoare
Wanted Good Clean Cotton Rags
Short classified notice from Star Office seeking good clean cotton rags. No address or contact details provided.
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Star Office
Annual officer election at South End Hose Co
South End Hose Co calls for annual election of officers on Monday night January 6. Full attendance requested by the secretary.
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Attention
South End Hose CO
Boxboard Plant Is Sold Again at $192 400
State Senator T Russell Cather faced a deed of recordation as the Shenandoah Box Board Company Inc transferred the idle Shenandoah plant to Boxboard Paper Corporation for 192 400. Eddy Corporation controlled by Kieckhefer Company is named as the new owner with no immediate reopening plans. The sale includes 18 acres of land and all plant buildings and machinery plus extensive equipment lists. Deed stamps and recording tax amount to 183.50 and 220.20 respectively.
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Shenandoah Paper Board Company, Inc
T. Russell Cather
Paper Corporation
Tainer Company of Delaware
Cather
Eddy Corporation
Kieckhefer Company
Kieckhefer Container Company
Kieckhofer
N. H. Carpenter
Shenandoah Box Board Corporation
Kieckefer
American Straw Board Company
Shawnee District
Union Week of Prayer Services Begin at Braddock Street
The city union week of prayer opens tonight at Braddock Street M E Church South with Rev Sparks White Melton of Norfolk as guest preacher. He will speak on How They Treated Him Then and Now. The public is invited to all services.
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City Union
Braddock Street
M.E. Church
South
Sparks White Melton
Norfolk
Hewitt Sues Mother for 500000 Over Trust Sterilization Claim
San Francisco journalist report states Ann Cooper Hewitt filed a $500,000 damage suit against her mother Mrs. Maryon Hewitt McCarter alleging forcible sterilization to keep her from losing a $10,000,000 trust fund. The complaint names the parties and contends the act harmed Hewitt’s rights and financial interests.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Maryon Hewitt McCarter
Miss Glass badly hurt in fleeing flames
A fire at 1411 Twentieth street northwest ripped through a rooming house early yesterday. Miss Louise Glass fractured jaw and other injuries after leaping from a third story window. Her parents rushed to Washington as more details emerged. The blaze, blamed on an overheated furnace, claimed the lives of David Meade Bernard and Ruth M Bernard, and forced others to escape to adjacent buildings.
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Louise Glass
William W. Glass
Washington, D. C
Twentieth Street
Northwest
Miss Glass
Washington
Ema Sosktan
Davi Meade Bernard
AAA
George Washington University Law School
Ruth M. Bernard
Oklahoma
Laura Staley
Jackson Staley
Peter Breest
Jacksonville
Fla
Bernards
Md. Lawyers In Minor Wreck Near Frederick
Manuel M. Weinberg and his brother from Frederick Md were enroute to Lexington Va when their Terraplane rolled over an embankment on Route 7 near the Berryville pike about 4 pm. They were unhurt though the car was badly damaged. Investigators say a following car slowed suddenly and a tire blowout on that car caused the mishap as the Weinbergs attempted to pass.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
Frederick
Lexington
Berryville Pike
Isaac Weinberg
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Warner Brothers Theatres
George F. Miller
Weinbergs
France Finds Guns Diverted Toward Italy
France investigates a suspected plot to divert 3,000 army rifles and machine guns to Italy as Italian warplanes bomb Ethiopia. A missing carload of arms was traced to a French port likely ready for shipment. Britain moves troops via commercial liners to Mediterranean posts amid rising tensions.
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Great Britain
Mediterranean
Associated Press
France
Italy
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Foreign Office
Addis Ababa
Britain
Scythia
Alexandria
Egypt
Libya
Europe
Roosevelt
Congress
Paris
Daggah Bur
Relief program shaped along lines of WPA
President Roosevelt outlined next year relief plans based on the Works Progress Administration model with a large reservoir of work for jobless. He included new public works funds and CCC money in the regular budget and declined to estimate total relief costs, suggesting figures could come later.
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CCC
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
PWA
AAA
WPA
United States
Desirable home of late A. V. Hudson at Albin
Estate listing for the late A. V. Hudson reads as an attractive property at Albin Virginia. Terms are available through Laura M. Miller Admix E Cork Street and Ex M M Lynch Attorney. Public notice for potential buyers and interested parties.
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A. V. Hudson
Albin
Laura M. Miller
E. Cork
Davies Light Opera Club Opens Handley Series Tonight
Davies Light Opera Company performs quartets duets solos and piano numbers at Handley Auditorium tonight at 8 p m first of the Handley Faculty shows. Adult season tickets for four shows cost 1 00 with separate admissions 50 cents children 50 cents separate admissions 25 cents.
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Handley School
Handley Auditorium
Handley
Davies Light Opera Company
Will Buy Up to 100 Shares of Farm ers National Bank Stock
R Thornton Bryarly seeks to purchase up to 100 shares of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. contact with details by writing or calling Winchester number 389.
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
R. Thornton Bryarly
Winchester
Preliminary Conferences Begin After Supreme Court Adjourns
Washington January 6 The Supreme Court adjourned without decisions on the TVA and Bankhead Cotton Act awaiting a final analysis of today’s AAA ruling. President Roosevelt will hold preliminary study conferences with Attorney General Cummings and Secretary of Agriculture to review the opinions, with further informal talks planned over the next three to four days.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Cummings
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Large Winchester Dinner Plans For Jackson Day
Reservations from Winchester and Frederick Clarke and Shenandoah counties cover the Jackson Day dinner to be held at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester on Wednesday January 8. Ticket sales support the 1936 Democratic campaign and Roosevelt’s address will be broadcast from Washington.
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Winchester
Frederick, Clarke
Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
Stephens City
Middletown
Boyce
White Post
Berryville
Emma Ginn Baker
Evening Star
Roosevelt
Washington
George W. Stimson
Houston (Texas
Supreme Court Rejects New Deal Farm Relief Plan
The Supreme Court, in a six to three decision, struck down the federal farm relief program as an invasion of states rights. Justice Roberts authored the majority opinion. Justices Stone Brandeis and Cardozo dissented. The ruling jeopardizes other farm laws like Bankhead cotton control Kerr Smith tobacco and Warren potato acts. Court audience held tense as the opinion and dissents were read over about an hour.
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James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Washington
AAA
NRA
Supreme Court
Roberts Gray
Stones
Brandeis
Cardozo
Stone
Kerr-Smith
World News At A Glance Dominates Congress Agenda
Domestic budget request and defense expansion lead a roundup of items including a Supreme Court ruling invalidating the Agricultural Adjustment Act, Roosevelt seeking warplanes, and reports on European reaction to U.S. neutrality. Also notes on a suspected weapons plot and Ethiopian conflicts.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Richmond
Virginia
Peery
General Assembly
Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Alabama
Roosevelt
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Princeton University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Karl T. Compton
Light Opera
High Tribunal
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Kerr-Smith Tobacco
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