Senate Scrambles Over Big Legislation
House sends major bills as Southern senators caucus to plot strategy. They seek to pigeonhole an anti lynching measure amid stalled action and mounting legal proposals.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1938
Page
1
Anti-Lynching Bill Proposes Penalties for Counties and Officers
The bill would penalize counties where lynching occurs and officers who fail to act. Relatives of victims could claim up to $10,000 from counties or municipalities. Negligent officers face fines up to $5,000 and up to five years' imprisonment, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Filibuster Continues Against Anti Lynching Bill
Southern Senators vowed to keep the filibuster against the anti lynching bill for an indefinite period aiming to shelve it next week. Senator Conally said opposition speeches would go on until the measure is blocked. House passed navy appropriations and housing conference bills, with Senate action possible Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Conally
D.-Tex
House
Senate
Barkley
Dky
Powe
Miss Zeldita Galloway Snow Sight Impresses Winchester
MA Winchester notes Miss Zeldita Galloway living in the Argentine expresses delight at snowfall. The Clarke Woman's Club members enjoy her report on education and customs she observed abroad. A tale recalls a man asking officials to hire 50 men for a job, but the government says it cannot take on a private payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeldita Galloway
Woman’s Club
Clarke
Galloway
Ed Seem
Nee
the Star
President May Send Naval Plans To Congress Monday
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt plans to send naval expansion plans to Congress soon after House approval of a 553 million dollar Navy appropriation. The measure funds 74 vessels under way, starts two new battleships, and reopens torpedo plant at Alexandra Virginia. Lawmakers push for full exposure of any emergency arming program and for a robust Navy to deter aggression as treaties expire and navies grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Eravomn
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Navy
Budget Bureau
Alexandra
London
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Steel Plants To Spend Hugely On Modernizations
President Fairless announced United States Steel Corporation plans about 80 million dollars for plant modernization in the next nine months. He warned further 1938 expenditures could rise if business conditions warrant, and noted prices cannot fall without wage and cost reductions. He spoke via prepared statement to the Senate unemployment committee due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prsident
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Senate
U. S. Steel
Rotary Steel Products Institute
Hurt Is To Head Warrenton Group
Hurt was selected to head the Warrenton organization and elected to a directorship. Officers named at a luncheon included T. O. Latham as vice president and Thomas D. Jones as secretary treasurer. The group represents 12 counties including Fairfax, Orange, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Greene, Stafford and Culpeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurt
Ton
Sesot
T. O. Latham
Thomas D. Jones
aeeSeres
Associa
Fairfax
Orange
Fauquier
Loudoun
Prince William
Greene
Stafford
Cul
Girls Warned Baby Talk Not The Mode Now
SALT LAKE CITY January 22 1938 Miss Redd warns young women against baby talk saying it may attract dates in the past but not today. She argues speech reveals the mind and warns parents to avoid baby talk labeling it childish and inappropriate for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Miss Redd
Johnston To Be Alumni Speaker At Northern Virginia Banquet
J Ambles Johnston class of 04 first vice president of the General Alumni Association of Virginia Polytechnic Institute will be the principal speaker at the Northern Virginia Chapter banquet at the George Washington Hotel at 7 p m Wednesday January 26 announced by Legge local chapter president Dr C M Newman head of the English department Virginia Tech cannot attend Johnston is considered among the most informed on V P I history and traditions also on the program are H B Redd and Tex Tillson football coaches at the Poplarburg Institute with guests expected and hotel arrangements to be made through Mr McCann
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ambles Johnston
General Alumni Association of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Northern Virginia
George Washington Hotel
Legge
Johnston
C. M. Newman
Virginia Tech
H. B. Redd
Tex” Tillson
Populurg Institute
McCann
Farm for Rent Lewis and Rouss Spring Farms
Farm for rent comprising about 38 acres with dwelling barn and outbuildings and 22 adjoining acres. Possession March 1. Inquiries directed to City Manager's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Farm
Rouss Spring
Shenandoah Valley tourism group reports growth and cooperation
Cedric G. Gran, executive secretary of Shenandoah Valley Inc, told Staunton’s 14th annual meeting that better valley sentiment and increased cooperation could boost 1938 tourist business. The group raised 8173.86 in 1937 with Staunton at 2518 and Roanoke 1267 contributions. They ran six thousand lines of paid ads and published over twenty thousand lines of free publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Cedric G. Gran
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Gran
Roanoke
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Lexington
New Market
Gane
Answe
Southwestern Virginia, Inc
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
Charles K. Brown
Thomas McPadden
Russell L. Stultz
Eugene
E. M. Brown
Ear Valentine
Clipper Returns To Coast Harbor
Pan American Airways China Clipper forced to land in San Pedro harbor after mechanical trouble 600 miles off California on a flight to Honolulu. Captain J. H. Tilton in command. port near Battleship Row. three of four motors functioning. Clipper departed Alameda at 3 p.m. westbound. passengers listed include WPA administrator Donald H Connolly and Manila company official R 8 Springer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Pan-American Airways
California
Honolulu
San Pedro Harbor
J. H. Tilton
Battleship Row
Navy Docks
Alameda
Donald H.connolly
WPA
Los Angeles
Robert Henry Hinckley
Engel Elizable
Joris Ivens
R. 8. Springer
Manila
Melvin Lockett
Elizabeth KK. Greenberger
Highland Park
Ill
Mary Dorland
Big Oil Firms Found Guilty in Sherman Trial
A federal court jury in Madison Wisconsin convicted 16 major oil companies and 30 officials on conspiring to fix midwestern gasoline prices during 1935 and 1936 under the Sherman Act. Deliberations followed 16 weeks of evidence yielding a verdict read by Judge Patrick T. Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Patrick T. Stone
Standard Oil Trust
Stone
Aid Rind Bee
Thomas
Madison
Quick Trial For Anders Expected
A speedy removal to Chicago and a death sentence in the electric chair awaited Peter Anders for the kidnap slayings of Charles S. Ross and James Atwood. Anders, once a lumberjack, was guarded at FBI offices after aiding the investigation that tied the pair to the cave killings in northern Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Chicago
Charles S. Ross
Peter Anders
Anders
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ross
James Atwood
Wisconsin Woods
Virginia publishers protest upward mail rate revision
The Virginia Press Association opposed a proposed increase in second class postage rates. President Raymond B. Bottom of the Newport News Daily Press and Times-Herald argued the lift would mainly affect rural subscribers and compel higher subscriptions, noting newspapers can deliver on existing routes cheaper than mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Press Association
Raymond B. Bottom
Newport News Daily Press
Times-Herald
Roosevelt
Japan seeks more men and money for war effort
Seattle dispatch reports police probing a plot to bomb the Japanese liner Hive Maru. A Vancouver school teacher, Rolphe Forsyth, drowned after pushing a bomb laden raft toward the ship, and accomplice George Partridge is questioned. Chinese consul denies knowledge. investigators suspect a hidden director orchestrating the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Rolphe M. Forsyth
Vancouver
B. C
George Henry Partridge
Forsyth
Marshall Scrafford
Japan Bombs Irregulars Over Central China Front
Japanese naval air force resumes large scale bombardment of Chinese troops and irregulars across Central China. Twenty three tri motored bombers attacked Hangchow Nanchang railway and towns Chuhsien and Yushan. A dozen bombers hit guerilla positions near Shanghai while Japanese forces moved toward Lunghai railway around Suchow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Hangchow Front
Hangchow Nanchang
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Yushan
Lunghai
Suchow
Kiangsu Province
Dr Noe Hopes To Give Bible Talk
In Memphis Tennessee on January 22 the Rev Israel Harding Noe a fasting Episcopal clergyman grew weaker on the twenty first day of his fast seeking immortality on earth His removal as dean of St Marys Cathedral followed by a cathedral chapter vote deposing him The 15 minute radio Bible lesson tonight was seen as a potential breaker of his frail condition with doctors and attendants ready for an emergency if his collapse occurred The governing body joined Bishop Maxon in aiding Noe and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary’s Cathedral
James M. Maxon
Noe
Ex-Trial Justice Walker Charged With Misappropriating Fine
Frederickslburg Va January 22 ex trial justice B Wyatt Walker who recently resigned was arrested on a warrant charging him with failing to turn over 50 dollars from a fine to the state. An audit of his books prompted the charge and a lunacy board found him sane. Walker waived preliminary hearing and the case was sent to the March grand jury term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
B. Wyatt Walker
King George County
King George
Commonwealth
Joseph Billingsley
Hearings On Old Age Aid Begin In Virginia
Governor Price announced public hearings by legislative committees on the old age assistance program would start next week. He said an inventory of the budget is being made to gather suggestions for meeting needs and other vital matters. He aims for a speedy appropriations bill and noted resolutions liberalizing the poll tax. A plan to form a safety department by combining police functions was proposed, along with revision of election laws and centralized hospital administration for the mentally ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Price
W. N. Neff
Washington County
Legislative Advisory Council
University Has Edge On Boxing
Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia meet in Blacksburg for the Cavaliers first boxing program of the winter season. Both teams field four veterans and rely on newcomers in other classes. Virginia linked with a 4 4 draw against Syracuse in their opener while Tech fans favor Virginia slightly despite illness and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia
Cavaliers
Syracuse
Tech
Virginia
Son of Drewry Ill With Pneumonia
Newport News Virginia January 22. William Drewry son of Congressman and Mrs Patrick H. Drewry of Petersburg is seriously ill with pneumonia at a local hospital. He was admitted Friday after contracting influenza Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
William Drewry
Patrick
Drewry
Petersburg
Japan Plans Long War and Economic Drive in China
Tokyo outlined aims for a prolonged conflict with China and the broader objective of an economically linked China Japan and Manchukuo. Premier Konoye and ministers pressed for larger army strength and vast bond funded finance while seeking a cooperative Chinese regime and closer economic ties among Asian powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Japan
Manchukuo
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Koki Hirota
Mitsumasa Yonai
Gen Sugiyama
Chiang Kai-Shek
Prince Konoye
Mississippi State College Football Chief Relieved
Col. Paul B. Parker was relieved of duties as athletic director of Mississippi State College on January 14. President G D Humphrey said his duties would have run to June 1, but authorities decided a change was immediately necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Miss
Paul B. Parker
Mississippi State College
G. D. Humphrey
Humphrey
Rain Or Snow Early Next Week Weather Outlook
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic States predicts rain in the Middle Atlantic and rain or snow in the north Atlantic on Monday or Tuesday and again on Thursday or Friday. Temperatures will average several degrees above normal, then turn colder at week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Mason's Taxi. Day and night service
Wanted to find owner of a good home for a pretty female Shepherd dog. Phone numbers 41-1 or 1182.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason’s Taxi
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