Move To Limit Senate Debate On Lynch Bill Is Voted Down
Senate defeats cloture bid on anti lynching legislation as 51 voters oppose limiting debate to one hour per senator. Glass denounces bill as state rights infringement while galleries fill and lawmakers fill the chamber amid vehement debate. Continued on Page 2 Col 2.
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Senate
Washington
Bakley
Jentoation
Barkley
Neely
Glass
D.-Va
Garner
House
Winchester Cheers for Apple Blossom Festival Return
MA Winchester notes chilly weather but says preparations for the Apple Blossom Festival indicate Old Man Winter will abdicate soon. Community cooperation pledges arrive as Winchester again hosts the famed event. A 25 year old item recalls a lawmaker proposing fines for smoking ladies.
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Winchester
Executives Of Festival May Meet Friday
The Fifteenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival executive committee may meet tomorrow to discuss preliminary plans and issue director-general Baldridge instructions. Letters of support pour in from Shenandoah Valley leaders led by Charles K. Brown of Shenandoah Valley Inc. Baldridge receives congratulatory messages and inquiries from across states including Iowa and Indiana. A premature request sought details on 1938 princesses.
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Charles K. Brown
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Baldridge
Leorn
Tom Baldridge
C. C. C. Head
Shenandoah Valley
Brown
Staunton
Chamber of Commerce
L. M. Allen
Iowa
Indiana
School checks totaling 1.71 million to be mailed statewide
Richmond Virginia January 27 The State Treasurer's office said checks totaling 1 710 800 will be mailed tomorrow to counties and cities for public school use. This is the third installment of the general appropriation for schools following 1 619 000 sent last September and 1 621 000 paid in October.
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Richmond
Nathan H Lewis Home Sale Near Bethel Church
A 25 acre Nathan H. Lewis property with a comfortable residence near Bethel Church will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday January 29. The sale is announced in legal notice style describing the real estate and timing.
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Nathan H. Lewis
Bethel Church
Court House
Contractor's Work Done In A Thorough Way
Dover New Jersey residents woke to a transformed business district as a blasting contractor named Bert Welsh blew an ice jam at Mill pond. The explosion flooded about 50 stores and homes, caused a heart attack risk for a 21 year old woman, and left a three inch to two inch ice film after the water receded. Volunteers guarded the area as firemen and officials managed the flood and sandbag effort.
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Dover
N. J
Bert Welsh
Improvement In Crops Has Grown
Nearly 50,000 farmers attended Virginia extension service discussions in 1937. John R. Hutcheson said county planning committees survey government and state research to improve lands, soils and livestock. Notables W M Landers TVA and Dr R D Lewis Ohio State University were to speak. Governor James H Price invited to address banquet amid a two day seed show.
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Farmville
Extension Service
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
John R. Hutcheson
Virginia Crop Improvement Assocation
Hutcheson
W. M. Landers
TVA
Knoxville
R. D. Lewis
Ohio State University
James H. Price
Association
Famed Honeymoon Bridge Wins In Niagara Ice Jam Fight
Niagara Falls officials report the Honeymoon Bridge withstood a 24 hour ice jam on the Niagara gorge. Wind shifts eased pressure, saving the 1 200 foot span from collapse. The Maids of the Mist steamboats were damaged and the Ontario hydro electric station may close for a month. Engineers expect the bridge to settle as the ice clears.
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Niagara River
Falls View
United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Central Press
Bridge
Jam of Ice
N. Y
Niagara
Niagara Gorge
Falls
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commisson
Ontario
A. S. Robertson
Commission
Lake Erie
Walter McCausland
International Rilway Company
McCausland
New Jersey Rep Edward Kenney Dies After Fall at Carlton Hotel
Edward A. Kenney a 52 year old New Jersey Representative and advocate of a national lottery was found dead on a sixth floor walkway at the Carlton Hotel after attending the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce dinner. Police report a fractured skull and other injuries. Kenney had spoken at the banquet and remained in the hotel with his wife in New Jersey awaiting arrangements.
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Edward A. Kenney
New Jersey
Fashionable
Washington
Emile Semet
Kenney
John M. Stewart
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Carlton Hotel
White House
Chamber of Commerce
Sennet
Jersey
Sixteenth Street
N. W
McVicar Funeral Services Set for Robert T. McVicar
The funeral for Robert T. McVicar a retired carriage maker who died unexpectedly yesterday at his brother’s home in the Indian Hollow section of Frederick county will be held at 2 30 tomorrow at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Interment is Mount Hebron Cemetery with Hickory Camp Woodmen of the World pallbearers and members of the lodge attending.
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Robert T. McVicar
Inlaw
Henry W. McVicar
Indian Hollow
Frederick County
Braddock Street Methodist
T. M. Swann
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Lawrence Herrell
William Whissen
Harvey Tevalt
J. Henry Moling, Sr
J. W. Sibert
James Grant
McVicar
Hickory Camp
Woodmen of the World
Oregon Senator Frederick Steiner Resigns
Salem Oregon January 27 Senator Frederick Steiner Republican resigned today effective January 27 He had announced withdrawal from public life after completing his second term as senator on December 31 1938
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Salem
Ore
Frederick Steiner
Rod
State Forgives Man Who Slew Another Then Married Widow
In St. George Utah Charles Bosshardt 25 was acquitted of murder in the 1935 killing of Spencer Malan by an iron bar after a St Patrick’s night dance. He later married Malan’s widow claiming pity while Malan’s body was dumped in an abandoned well and later recovered.
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Utah
Charles Bosshardt
Spencer Malan
Bosshardt
Ge O. Schaefer
Ms. Bossett
Bosshard
Malan
Lan
Schaefer
Antone B. Prince
Prince
Japanese sentry slaps U S envoy in Nanking incident
Reports from Domei say John M. Allison third secretary at the U S embassy in Nanking sought entry to a Chinese house and was slapped by a Japanese sentry who claimed the house was Chinese property. State Department awaited an official report before comment amid looting and harassment reports.
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Shanghai
P. Domei
John M. Allison
United States
Nanking
Domei
Allison
Washington
State Department
Department
Ece Aea
Hull
Tokyo
War Office
Foreign Office
Japan
China
Old Winchester Republican issue found wrapped around records
A fragment of the Winchester Republican dated Friday October 17 1851 was found wrapped around Frederick County court records. The 1851 issue lists editors George E Senseney and C A Coffroth, with offices on Loudoun Street and ads for candy manufactory and U S Mail Coach services. Continues on Page 2 Col 5.
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R. E. Griffith
Frederick County
Winchester
Winchester Republican
Republican
George E. Senseney
C. A. B. Coffroth
Loudoun Street
Run
I. & W. G. Russell
R. B. Wolfe
Henry Kinzel
Lesigns
U.S. Mail
Washington
Roosevelt names Robert H. Jackson solicitor general
President Roosevelt nominates Robert H. Jackson of New York to be solicitor general succeeding Stanley F Reed who joins the Supreme Court. Reed will take his seat Monday. Jackson, from Jamestown New York, is 46 on February 13 and heads the anti trust division with notable prosecutions including the oil company conspiracy case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
New York
United States
Jackson
Stanley F Reed
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Reed
Jamestown
N. Y
Old Age Help To Cost 3.4 Million Next Two Years
Governor Price said conferees expect old age assistance to total about 1.4 million dollars in the first year and 2 million in the second, with federal funds matching state and local payments. The plan assumes 12 000 beneficiaries at ten dollars monthly first year and 4 000 more second year. Localities would provide roughly 700 and 800 thousand dollars first year and about 1 million second year. Public hearing on the 1938 40 budget set for next Monday.
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Richmond
Price
Senate Finance and
Cuse Appropriations
Social Security Board
William A. Garrett
Senate Finance Committee
Frank Moore
House Appropriations Committee
Virginia Legislature weighs beer tax and liquor profits for schools
The Virginia Senate and House moved bills to double the beer tax and redirect liquor board profits to public schools. Proposals by Harkrader and colleagues would raise funds for schools and old-age aid, while other measures aimed to fund relief and retirement plans. A joint resolution urged Congress to station a U S fleet division on the Atlantic coast.
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Congress
Atlantic
Richmond
State Liquor Board
Virginia
Senate
House
C. J. Harkrader
Bristol
Walter Scott
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
C. C. Louderback
Page
Harkrader
W. N. Neff
Abingdon
Liquor Board
Aubrey Front’ Royal
Lard
Portsmouth
Haxbrader
Industrial Commission
Corporation Commission
A. L. Bivins
Newport News
Vivian Page
Norfolk
United States
Hunsdon Cary
Drs. Waddell and Haag
University of Virginia and
Medical College of Virginia
Cary
Morton G. Goode
John W. Rust
Roosevelt to Send Defense Message to Congress Tomorrow
President Roosevelt will deliver a defense program message to Congress tomorrow. White House officials say the document will be brief, about 1500 words, and will address the expanded national defense plan following the night death of a New Jersey congressman from a hotel window fall or plunge.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Representativeee
New Jersey
White House
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Niagara Falls Bridge
McVicar Funeral
Oregon
Navy
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