Poets Program Highlights School Patrons League Meeting
The School Patrons League of High School held a program in Va on January 26 with Miss Frances Wolf's room earning a prize for the greatest attendance. The meeting featured a talk on Edgar Allan Poe, praising his Southern connections and works, sung pieces, and a vocal duet.
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Edward N
Patron’s League of High
Louis Tucker
Grace
Thomas Jones
Frances Wolf
Barthel
League
Ohn B. Néill
Golden Area
King’s Daughters
SP Sesmey Yate
Nee
King's
H. Stén
H. C. Barthel
Bur Gant
of Commerce
Browh
Dunce Memorial Méthodist Church
Tickér
Edgar Allan
Boston
Éstéy
Allan
Poé
Léé
Europe
Hisanther
Sidney Ane
Parker
Bap
Henry W. Long
Éstingster Abbey
Romeo
Ralph M. Ware
Janice Ge
Orr
Presley
Chuck
Alma
Albert
Wallace Asked To Modify Hog Processing Tax
Washington January 27 Secretary Wallace was urged by a Congressional delegation to modify the hog processing tax to help farmers who slaughter their own hogs and sell up to 500 pounds without tax. The delegation cited a proposed 300 exemption as unreasonable and urged flexible 500 pound provisions to adapt to hog industry needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
McMillian
DSC
McMillan
Admin
Economic Nationalism and The Economic Nation Idea
The text discusses economic nationalism as a stance where nations seek to relieve their own economic hardship without regard to others. It characterizes this approach as self focused and independent of international considerations.
Reynolds Store Neighbors Share Weekend Visits
A flurry of visits and social calls fills Reynolds Store area notes. Names include Susan B. Lewis Mrs C W Mooreson Ardell Er Dell and families with dinners and gatherings at E B Brannon E D Shenk and other homes near Winchester White Hall and Sunny Side. flu illness relief and local debates also mentioned with Darrell Daily and Pirie Grove School.
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Susan B. Lewis
E. B. Brannon
Harry Largent
Edward Rupple
Effa Steward
L. A. Clark
Winchester
E. D. Shenk
Ernest Largent
Purcell Dick
Walter Moore
Alton Omps
Randle Omps
C. B. Dawson
White Hall
C. W. Moore
Ardell
Lawrence Daily
John Steward
Assembly Orders Investigation of State Hospitals
The General Assembly has ordered a thorough investigation of conditions in the four state hospitals for the insane and the colony for the epileptic and feebleminded. A joint committee of three Senators and four Delegates will study conditions safety and sufficiency of bail. The probe covers Eastern State Hospital Williamsburg Western State Hospital Staunton Southwestern State Hospital Marion Central State Hospital Petersburg and the Lynchburg epileptic colony. The report is due this session.
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Richmond
General Assembly
House of Delegates
R. H. Gilliam
Petersburg
Executive Council
Medical Society of Vi
Eastern Hospital
Williamsburg
Eastern State Hospital
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Central State Hospital
Lynchburg
J. Sinclair Brown
Harrisonburg to Have New Strand Theatre
Harrisonburg Virginia residents will gain a Strand Theatre in the former Isis building on South Main Street. Valley Enterprises Inc announced remodeling will start in a few days and the venue will be modern with new equipment. Charles S. Roth will supervise, with his brother Sam H. Roth joining the venture.
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Harrisonburg
Isis
Wine Brothers Garage
South Main Street
The
Valley Enterprises, Inc
Strand
Charles S. Roth
New Virginia Theatre
Sam H. Roth
Powerful Powermen Lead in Bowling Standings Display
Northern Virginia leads with 10 wins and 2 losses as Handley and the Lions surge to top heights. Rotary splits three from Rubbermen while Kiwanis topple Coca Cola. Legionnaires and climbers contest even terms across all three games. Schedule shows Rotary battles Handley and Lions face O Sullivan with Northern Virginia squaring off against Kiwanis.
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Aba Carena
Venian
Heuce
Lorthern Virginia Company
Handley the Lions
Legionnaires
Rotary
Kiwanians
Spolé
Northern Virginia
Handley
Lions
O'Sullivan
Kiwanis
Coca Cola
American Légion
American Legion
Virginia
Rainsberger
Loy
Miller
Kremer
Hawthorne
Kiwanis ‘Baler
Owe
Arles
A Aal
Tale of the Four Corners Inn and a Revolutionary Hotel
Elizabeth Flanagan a army Butler hosted a hotel at Four Corners between Tarrytown and White Plains New York during the Revolutionary War. She allegedly invented a cocktail while serving officers of the French and American forces under Colonel Burr who led the Virginia Horse.
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Elizabeth Flanagan
Virginia Horse
Burr
Four Corners
Tarrytown
White Plains
New York
Prison chaos on Welfare Island revealed by disclosures
Sensational reports claim the prison was ruled by knife wielding gangs with inmates described as violent and enslaved by drugs. Commissioner MacCormick is pictured with an aide rummaging through a cabinet containing food.
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Gangeter
Huxary
MacCormick
Federal Reserve Reports a Healthy Upturn
The Federal Reserve Board notes December's pause in a four month decline and an upward shift in industrial production. Factory employment slips while public agencies gain. January wholesale prices rise on farm products and foods. cotton grains and livestock also advance. Currency flows to reserve banks boost balances. loan demand falls while security holdings rise. Short term money rates ease in January after December gains.
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Associated Press
Jon
Rede Neaerve
United States
Lan Tmarket
Unearth Stone Temple Near Lima Reveals Ancient Décor
A stone temple with walls decorated in faded arabesques was excavated from the earth near Lima, Peru. The find uncovers an ancient structure whose faded ornament suggests ceremonial significance.
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Lima
Peru
Huddleston Defends Visible Taxes and Trade Rights
Congressman Huddleston of Birmingham argues for highly visible taxes with revenue stamps to curb government spending. He criticizes camouflaged taxation and opposes income and inheritance levies, while allowing redistribution as a last resort.
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Washington, D. C
George Huddinston
Birmingham
Ala
Huddleston
Congress
House of Representatives
Appraisements of Estates Filed in County Clerk’s Office
Two estates filed for appraisal in the county clerk's office. Isaac Harden Moore's estate is valued at 2541.50 with appraisers L. H. Ramey F. P. Nelson and Russell Ramey. James R. Burner estate appraised at 1283 with executrix Mrs Bessie May Burner. Appraisers were W. L. Riggleman A léttra and Milton Cadwallader.
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Isaac Harden Moore
L. H. Ramey
F. P. Nelson
Russell Ramey
James R. Burner
Bessie May Burner
W. L. Riggleman
Aléttra
Milton Cadwallader
Homing Pigeons and Migration Instincts in Training
The text argues that the homing pigeon’s instinct is a specialized migration form shaped by human training and selective breeding. It notes vision and memory as key factors, with other elements enhancing metinet effectiveness through systematic training.
Notice of Winchester Wardensville Railroad Abandonment
Winchester and Wardensville Railroad Company files with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC on January 23 1934 for a certificate that abandonment of a line from valuation section 1 Virginia to Wardensville Virginia West Virginia is in the public convenience and necessity. The line runs about 16 814 miles in Frederick Virginia Hampshire and Hardy counties.
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Winchester & Wardensville Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Wardensville
Frederick County
Hampshire and
Hardy Counties
West Virginia
Caw
Leader Training Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday
Week of January 29 outlined by home demonstration agent includes a 4-H leaders training conference at Main Street store in Winchester. Activities cover a food demonstration by Janet Cameron and a color in the home session by Mrs. Fisher and Miss Farrar.
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Shenae Aereology
Ome Economic
Middletown
J. H. Fisher
Elizabeth Farrar
Northern Virginia
Colny
Main Street
Inchester
Janet Cameron
Bess M. Hodsden
Erick County
Smallest Fish and Mexican Mining Town Noted
The piece notes the goby as the smallest known vertebrate with adults about half an inch long and eaten in batter formed into small cakes. It also mentions Chihuahua, founded as a mining town in 1703.
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Philippine Islands
Chihuahua
México
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Reynolds Store
Mrs. Harley Place
Assembly
Powermen
Babb
Welfare Island
Prisgix
Wase Island Penitentiary
Federal Reserve Board
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
George Huddleston
By Leslie Eichel
Greater
Germany
Prisétia
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Bickers Motor Co
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
Ebert
RGE
Eitlecaeah
H. W. Ebert
Big Sister
Discord
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