Moves To Restore Old Rate Of Wages Paid On Federal Relief Works
A House bill by Rep. Sabath seeks to restore the prevailing wage for WPA relief projects after its elimination raised monthly pay and sparked a widespread strike. The drive follows a White House drafted plan mandating 130 hours per month. labor groups report thousands protesting.
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Washington
Rep. Sabath
D-Ill
American Federation of Labor
Workers’ Security Federation
WPA
Federation
J. Clark Waldrom
New York
Col
Brehon Somervell
White House
Congress
House
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Dr Dodd Ill Of Brain Disease
New York July 16 Dr William E Dodd 69 year old former ambassador to Germany was reported to be in a turn for the worse at Mt Sinai Hospital physicians said bulbar palsy a disease affecting the lower brain had left his throat muscles seriously affected last evening a small patch of bronchial pneumonia developed and will hinder his convalescence
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New York
William E. Dodd
Germany
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Herbert Pollack
Samuel Rosen
Dodd
Preacher Rides Through Rain Delay Question At Picnic
Ri Rev C H Punk says a preacher can eat a sandwich under almost any handicap and so can most others including fried chicken. City fathers seek desks and comfortable chairs in the Council Chamber and plan to use Herman Hable's new office building for meetings with a suitable projection machine for entertainment.
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C. H. Punk
Council Chamber
Herman Hable
Herman
Premier Speech Held Challenge in Danzig Talks
Berlin reports say a reasonable solution to the Danzig question may exist after Chamberlain's Commons statements. Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung viewed Commons questions as a challenge, while Polish circles in Warsaw called the British warning significant though awaiting official comment.
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Berlin
Danzig
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Deutsche Allsgemeine Zeitung
Europe
Warsaw
London
Germany
Poland
Coffey Ties For 3rd Low In P G A Championship
Flush ing New York route golfer Rut Coffey tied for third lowest in the first qualifying round at Pomonok Country Club Long Island. He shot 33 37 for a two over par 70 with 63 spots open and a 148 or better needed for 36 hole qualifying.
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Pomonok Country Club
Flushing
Coffey
Associated Fess
New York
Aday
Parlett Re-enters Funeral Work in Gainesboro Road Home
Funeral director W O Parlett announces active service from his Gainesboro road home with prompt calls. The notice also requests a good home for a young tan female dog and provides contact numbers.
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Gainesboro Road
McNutt Rumors Hover Over Third Term Plot
Washington July 10 Stephen Early said he would not be surprised if Paul V McNutt were brought into the Roosevelt administration after serving as American high commissioner to the Philippines McNutt's name tops the talks as a possible appointee to a federal post Roosevelt invited him to a White House conference Other figures warn the party against a radical successor and urge a sensible nominee
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Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Indiana
Philippines
Federal Security Agency
Roosevelt
Navy
Early
John .J. O'Conor
New York
Congress
O'Conor
Senate
Austin
Vermont
Taft
Ohio
Pastors Picnic in Winchester Faces Showers
Members of the Winchester Ministerial Association planned their annual outing at Cacapon Park in West Virginia with 1:45 PM start. Rain threatened postponement though Rev. Charles Funk said ministers would likely meet at the park after the shower subsides. Frederick County ministers were invited as guests, with forty invitations sent to city and county pastors.
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Winchester Ministerial Association
Cacapon Park
West Virginia
Charles Funk
Frederick County
Guilaroff vows marriage or adoption by thirty
Hollywood hair stylist Sydney Guilaroff arrives in Newark New Jersey stating his only interest is his adopted baby boy. He had promised to marry or adopt by age thirty and has just adopted Jon who is 14 months old.
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Sydney Guilaroff
Hollywood
Newark
N. J
Compromise On Neutrality Signal Seen In Senate
Washington July 10 A compromise proposal would set neutrality legislation as the first order of business when Congress reconvenes to ensure quick action if Roosevelt calls a special session. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets tomorrow amid sharp division with two undecided senators sought by both sides.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Georges
D-Ga
House
Rayburn
Barkley Puts Lending Plan Before Senate
Senator Barkley of Kentucky proposed a 2.06 billion lending program to be run mainly through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The plan funds nonfederal public works express roads rail equipment rural electrification and farm tenancy loans with seven year horizons and self liquidating aims. The Agriculture Department and other agencies would administer specific components while the RFC oversees rail needs and electrification expansion.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Export Import Bank
United States Housing Authority
Roosevelt
Commissioner of Public Works
Commissioner of Public Roads
RFC
Rural Electrification Administration
Agriculture Department
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Cleveland torso killer attempts suicide in custody
Frank Dolezal, the confessed killer in Cleveland's torso murders, tried to end his life twice today, Sheriff Martin L. O'Donnell reports.
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Cleveland
Frank Dolezal
Martin L. O’donnell
Robbers Loot Minneapolis Store During Managers Conference
In Minneapolis on a weekend, two masked robbers interrupted a meeting of eight managers and two officials of Stillman Foods, escaping with about seven thousand dollars in cash and checks. Children at the scene asked curious questions as the suspects rifled through receipts, while fathers and managers kept quiet.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Stillman Foods
Swanson Rites Held In Capitol
A state funeral for Claude A. Swanson, late Secretary of the Navy, took place in the Senate chamber with President Roosevelt and Supreme Court members in attendance. The ceremony featured flag-draped casket, chaplains, and an honor guard, with burial planned for Richmond, Virginia later today.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Claude A. Swanson
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
House
Swanson
Rosoevelt
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Swenson
Richmond
Nazi Demands Push Poland and Danzig Tensions Higher
Free City of Danzig authorities protest alleged Polish frontier violation after two Polish privates plus a non commissioned officer crossed the Vistula bridge at Leissau. Nazi Forster demands renewal of the Westerplatte ammunition depot as thousands in Danzig rally, signaling rising conflict with Hitler’s regime.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Free City OF Danzig
Free City
Poland
Vistula River
Leissau
Danzig
Cutoms
Vorposten
Owesterplatte
Vistua
Albert Forster
Westerplatte
Ship Canal
Neufahrwasser
Foster
Forster
Adolf Hitler
Drive On Weedy Lots Launched in Winchester
Chief of Police Clayton W Hollis announced Sanitary Inspector Ernest Dove will inspect vacant lots in Winchester to identify those uncleared of weeds. Owners facing uncleared lots will receive a court summons under city ordinance. Complaints cited unsightly and unhealthy conditions from overgrown weeds. fines up to $5 per offense.
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Clayton W. Hollis
Ernest Dove
Winchester
Hollis
IOOF Master Here Tonight
Grand Master L. G. Hefflin of Richmond will visit Madison Lodge No. 6 I O O F at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen street tonight. Earl Bailey, master, presides as the closed session includes representatives from all lodges in Frederick Warren Shenandoah counties to discuss the year ahead.
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L. G. Hefflin
Richmond
Madison Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
Grand Lodge
Earl Bailey
Frederick, Warren
Shenandoah
Store Expansion Planned for Ward Building
Ferman Hable owner of the building occupied by Montgomery Ward and Company says he will move into a new office south of the Palace Theatre this week. Demolition of the old office will begin immediately to permit a large addition to the storeroom at an estimated cost of 20000 dollars. Completion is slated for early fall making the storeroom among Shenandoah Valleys largest. The new office features maple walls indirect lighting insulation and an automatic heating system.
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Ferman Hable
Montgomery Ward and Company
Palace Theatre
Ward
Shenandoah Valley
Hable
Fridges Denies Being Communist at Hearing
Fridiges denies from the witness stand at his deportation hearing that he was or ever had been a member of the Communist party. The statement came as San Francisco July 10 report notes labor leader Harry Bridges testifying on the West Coast CIO.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO
Communist Party
Supreme Court Criticized in Bar Association Address
In San Francisco the American Bar Association heard Joe J. Hogan of Washington condemn Supreme Court rulings as replacing stability with instability. He argued recent decisions shift power from judiciary to legislature and erode constitutional limits, noting tax and regulatory rulings undermine clear legal guidance.
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San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Joe J. Hogan
Washington
Bar Association
Hogan
High Court
United States
Supreme Court
Muntzing Reappointed as Kernstown School Principal
David Muntzing was reappointed by the Frederick County School Board as Kernstown Public School principal for another term. The Misses Shryock were appointed as teachers at Armel School for the ensuing term. The board planned to inspect two types of modern school buses and consider purchasing additional buses this year. Shenandoah County ordered new buses and received the strongest state rating for bus inspections.
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David Muntzing
Kernstown
Frederick County
Shryock
Armel School
Shenandoah County
Chamberlain Warns on Danzig Status and Polish Independence
British Prime Minister Chamberlain warned that unilateral action to settle Danzig’s future could threaten Polish independence and pledged Britain’s aid to Poland if a clear threat arose. He said the city’s status might improve under a clearer atmosphere and stressed the case was not merely local but affecting Polish existence, with support from Poland and France.
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London
Chamberlain
Danzig
Poland
Britain
France
Germany
Lord Halifax
Man Held as Robber of Mail at Grafton Station
Ira Grimm of Grafton, 30, confessed theft of a United States mail truck and contents of six mail bags from the Grafton Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station. The robbery occurred after postal workers loaded mail from an east bound train between Wheeling and Grafton. Grimm was identified at the station platform. the empty truck was later found at Wickwire. He was arrested in a road house between Morgantown and Grafton, with fifteen checks and one money order totaling 360 dollars in his possession.
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Grafton
W. Va
Herbert W. Evans
Ira Grimm
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Grimm
Evans
Wickwire
Here
Morgantown
Yard Party At Paxton Chapel Benefit Notice
Community event at Paxton Chapel Wednesday night July 12 raises funds for church activities. Local parishioners invite neighbors to attend the yard party for fellowship and support.
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Paxton Chapel
Benefit of Church
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Cp. Sabath
Illinois
Eugene R. Branch
George Washington Hotel Corporation
Virginia Hotel Association
Monticello Hotel
Norfolk
Branch
State Association
John D. Green
Williamsburg
Joel Woolling
Farmville
John Mims
Luray
General Assembly
Dr. Dodd
W. O. Parlett
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Sherry
Howard
Arthur Siever
Capitol
Herr Hitler
Vistula
Hollis—Dove
Richmond, Va
Fridges
Head of Bar
Muntzing
Kernstown Post
Halifax
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