Virginia VERA Announces Statewide Reorganization Plan
Virginia Emergency Relief Administration outlines a plan to reduce local units from 113 to 35, demand cooperative funding, and focus relief on work programs. The arrangement ties local governments to agreements, supervision, and porjected projects, with rural rehabilitation emphasis and cash payments for eligible urban work relief cases.
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Virginia Fimergency Relief Administration
Ible
VERA
Better Business As Forecast By A F L Report
The American Federation of Labor forecast gradual 1935 business improvement. It cautioned that upswing would create jobs for only about one in eleven unemployed. A 30 hour week in throughput industry could add 4 million jobs, with President Roosevelt’s plan to hire 3.5 million on public works as the other immediate hope.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Acquittals in Tin Gow Trial as Judge Rules No Gambling Evidence
In Philadelphia Judge Norman Boose acquits Albert Young and Charlie York on gambling charges after experts explain Tin Gow rules. judge admits he still does not understand the game. In Chicago Hazel Ward has her $1000 diamond ring recovered after it was stolen two years ago. In Columbia County five unused marriage licenses are returned to the clerk, a record total. In Pittsburgh James Balsley’s ashes ignite his car as he moves them in a wooden box. firefighters extinguish the blaze.
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Philadelphia
Norman Boose
District of Attorney
A. Darby
Albert Young
Charlie York
Tin Gow
Chicago
Hazel F. Ward
Columbia County
Pittsburgh
James Balsley
Huntsville Ski Club Boosts Honorary Memberships
The Huntsville Ski Club reports only a small rise in membership and has sent honorary memberships to the Dionne quintuplets along with club pins. The group envisions forming a select ski team in the distant future.
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Huntsville
Dionne
Their Prerogative Huntsville Ont There Is a Woman's Right to Change Her Mind
A fragment from a Huntsville Ontario item notes a long recognized female prerogative to reconsider decisions, reflecting on the social tolerance for changing choices and opinions in personal matters.
Girl and Cat Solve Wire Relay Through Conduit
In Monroe City Missouri Dorothy Jones fourteen tied an electric wire to her cat’s leg and had the tabby walk through a forty foot conduit to carry the wire when called from the far end.
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Monroe City
Dorothy Jones
Tabby
Mystery Over Senator Holt Salary Sparks Inquiries
Charleston dispatch notes growing questions about Rush D. Holt's senate salary as he declines to discuss it. The piece compares the secrecy to his earlier uncertainty about challenging admission to the U S Senate.
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Senator Holt
Charleston
W. Va
Rush D. Holt
Senate
United States Senate
Senator-Elect Faces Question On Accepting Senate Funds
The 29-year-old senator-elect said he may not discuss accepting the $728.56 awaiting him at the Senate disbursing office in Washington on February 1. He noted the topic is of interest but offered no comment, answering with humor.
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Senate
Washington
Communist Hanger Marchers Clash With Paris Police
In Paris on January 12, about 1200 Communist hanger marchers clashed with police during the season's first snow storm. A wall of guards dispersed them near the city gates as smaller columns entered from the west to attend mass meetings. The demonstrators demanded extended dole for unemployed workers.
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Paris
Dole
Communist Party
First Picture Postcard Proof Found From 1777
A historical note states the earliest verified picture postcard was produced in 1777, marking a milestone in visual correspondence and published as a notable archival artifact.
First cattle sale site marked in Chillicothe Ohio
The first blooded cattle sale site in the United States, located in Chillicothe Ohio, has been marked. Reading forward or backward the text notes the area of Turkey as 204 499 square miles.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Turkey
Valley Sees Stormy Winds and Snow Flurries
Strong winds and scattered showers swept the valley last night, shifting to snow flurries this morning. Temperatures remained mild enough to melt sunlit snow with no reported fire alarms or damage.
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Virginia
A.F. L
LA Roscoe Turner
Tut
Reynolds Tobacco
ST Tos Crema
H. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Charles Kingsford, Smith
Australia
California
M. E.S.T
M. C.S.T
M. M.S.T
M. P.S.T
P.S.T
Newark
Miami
E. H. Parker
Eastern Air Lines
T. W. Kenyon
Wiley Post
Big Sister
Byles Forgrave
Central Press Association, Inc
Anhaic
Palmer Shirt Co
N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore
Bickers
Chrysler
Plymouth
Bickers Motor Co
Winchester, Va
Goodrich
Cammertireco
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Winchester
Minstrel Monarchs
Lions
Capitol Theatre
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Republic Oil. CO
Twin Orrs
A ‘Gas Corp
Southern States
Winchester Service
Baker Building
Cameron and
Baker Streets
Cameron Street
Baker
Stephens City
Hinkle
Stephens City Service Hinkle Building
Johnson
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Lions Club
Geo. W. Kurtz
North
Durham
John W. Larrick, JR
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