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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
5
Water conditions show Rivers North and South Rivers running high and muddy, impacting navigation and potential flood risk. Local authorities warn of slower travel and plan monitoring along riverbanks.
Front Royal tonight presents a program by the Oven Opera Company in the Academy Auditorium at 8. Local business visits include L T Lassiter of Luray and Harry Loveless of Washington planning a new hotel project with town manager L B Dutrow.
Harmony Hollow CCC Camp No. 1298 will depart tomorrow morning for Roxbury Virginia. Captain John L. DeWitt leads 170 men and two officers to the transferred post after more than two years at Harmony Hollow.
The Virginia General Assembly begins its session with electors choosing Dodson as House clerk and the Senate confirming officers. Rabbi Calisch leads the invoca tion, and Lt Governor Price welcomes new members while rule changes are adopted.
Entries for the Lions charity benefit Amateur Night are rising with acts including tap, vocal solos duets trios and quartets and instrumental pieces. The Royal Troubadours will provide music and a two section competition will award prizes in white and colored divisions led by Lyle Ro. A full program will be announced after January 15.
The funeral service for Miss Emma Susan Brown will be at Grace Lutheran Church Thursday at 11 a.m. Rev. Dr. L. A. Thomas will preside. Pallbearers are W. A. Baker, W. Nelson Page, W. C. Miller, W. Read Miller, Edwin F. Brown, and H. W. Brown. Burial in Mount Hebron cemetery family lot.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia called the Supreme Court ruling validating the AAA broader in its definition of general welfare than Madison's interpretation. He said the court might have defined the welfare clause sooner, but he would defer to lawyers, refraining from discussing the decision with the President.
Democratic leaders converge on Washington to launch Roosevelt’s bid for re election at the Jackson Day dinner with cabinet members and lawmakers, while absentees include Alfred E. Smith and John W. Davis amid Liberty League criticisms of Farley. The national committee meets tomorrow to set the convention time and place with Philadelphia and Chicago leading bids.
Treasury figures show top earners across entertainment and industry in 1934. Mae West earned 339 166.65 dollars, Chaplin 143 000, Edsel Ford 590 036, and Mayo Clinic doctors 50 000 each.
Governor Peery outlines tax restraint and broad reforms. He backs convict labor on roads, 50 new state patrols, highway safety plans, and limited scholarships with need-based loans. He urges education consolidation, public health funding, and prudent capital outlays while defending existing tax policies and state finance.
Baltimore market notes from June 8 and January 8 record mixed cattle calves hogs and sheep activity with higher cow prices and scarce vealers in January. Chicago and Baltimore wheat corn and barley prices appear steady to firm with regional quotations for cash grain.
Wheat futures fell on January 8 as domestic crop prospects improved. May prices closed lower by about 5 to 11-8 from prior. Corn and oats also declined with mixed shifts across May, July and Sept contracts. rye and barley showed modest moves.
New York stock activity eased after a brisk start with rails, foods, oils, and utilities showing firmness. Cotton edged up while grains slipped. bonds remained steady to firm, and foreign currencies held a mixed trend.
A school worksheet asks what a fathometer is and notes Herbert Grove Dorsey received the patent on April 24 1928. It also asks which city is known as The Fountain City of the World Prattville Alabama with over 400 overflowing wells. A question covers correct display of the American flag per the Flag Code for flat display and for a flag on a staff on a platform.
In a review of council reports to legislators, the man fund urged provisions for their connect and a conclusion. Cnr Ronan el Ormer supported obtaining the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Ohio?
Hearings disclosed that Morgan and its firm contracted for 194 million dollars of rifles for the Allies in 1915 before U S entry. Thomas W Lamont argued that their financial activities did not cause America to enter the war as critics claimed.
Effective January 4, the National Reemployment Service offices at Front Royal and Luray were discontinued. Front Royal files moved to the local office and Luray files to Harrisonburg. A four-person personnel reduction in the territory was announced, with a proportionate statewide effect suspected.
Senator Glass said after a White House visit that President Roosevelt would be unable to attend the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce meeting in Richmond on February 6. He delivered the invitation at the request of J. Winston Johns, the chamber's president.
By deed of trust dated February 17 1932 J B Sherman and others the undersigned will auction personal property at a Frederick County Virginia farm three miles west of Winchester on January 6 1936 at 116 a m. Items include three horses Bob Fred Pat a mule Jack six cattle a Desring binder apple grocer two spring teeth harrows Ford truck farm wagon harness power sprayer two barshear plows. Cash terms. Property to be removed only after payment.
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