Virginia Road Program Boosted by Federal Ruling
Virginia gains federal funds for a 3.65 million road program with at least 25 percent for the secondary system and municipal projects. Virginia objections to the original plan led to an alternate approach allowing total relief-roll workers but not on every project. The change maintains higher road construction standards with access for expert technical workers.
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Washington
Virginia
State Highway Department
Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Fox hound seeks new home and owner
Wanted notice to find owner or good home for a male fox hound described as white with yellow spots. Contact via phone numbers 41 J or 629 J. Dated July 13.
Yard Party Benefit for Willing Workers July 16
A yard party benefit event for Willing Workers is planned for July 16 at Highland Avenue Church. Proceeds support charitable community work and involve local volunteers and organizers.
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Highland Ave
Church
Shirley Blocks Route 50 Camp Move to Route 7 in Clarke County
H. B. Shirley commissioner of highways writes Dr. Charles R. Anderson mayor that unresolved property rights in Clarke County forced moving the convict camp from Route 59 to Route 7 toward the West Virginia line. He notes resolutions urging Route 50 completion to Shenandoah River and apologizes that the move cannot be avoided.
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Clarke County
West Virginia Line
Charles R. Anderson
H. &. Shirley
Common Council
Shenandoah River
Shirley
Dr. Anderson
Winchester
Berkeley
Utilities Asked To State How Much They Spent
Senate lobby committee chair Black sent questionnaires to all power companies to reveal spending on opposing the Wheeler Rayburn utility bill. Investigator Blomquist defended seizing records at the hotel of Philip H. Gadsden, $32,000-a-year VP of United Gas and Improvement Company, head of the utility executives’ drive.
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Washington
Black
Senate Lobby Committee
H. A. Blomquist
Philip H. Gadsden
United Gas and Improvement Company
Five Miners Die In Blast At Belgian Coal Mine
Five miners were killed and three injured in a fire damp explosion 1,000 feet underground in the Laumonia coal mine near Liege Belgium. The blast occurred today prompting rescue attempts that could not prevent the fatalities.
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Liege
Belgium
Laumonia
Capitol Hill Ledger Highlights Senate Recess and Committee Actions
The Senate is in recess while a special committee examines a power lobby investigation. The House agrees to a conference on a utilities bill and passes minor measures. The Banking Committee approves a bill to bar gold clause lawsuits.
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Senate
House
Banking Committee
Rioting Erupts Again in Belfast As Police Rush In
In Belfast Northern Ireland an order to rush every available police to the city followed a night of bloody rioting that left two dead and 44 wounded. A 10 30 p m curfew was ordered and public buildings closed as barracks locked the Belfast garrison.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Maly
George O'Neil
Aiz
Stagino
Battle of the Boyal
Lanbee
Margaret Broderick
Edward Withers
Traz
York Street
Ege
Death in City Attributed to Intense Heat
A heat wave claimed at least one life in Winchester as Harry G. Williamson 46 died at Memorial Hospital shortly after collapse while working at the Colonial Brick Corporation. Born in Winchester he was survived by his mother three brothers and two sisters with funeral set for Sunday at 4 pm from 27 Gibbons Street. Burial at Mount Hebron.
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Harry G. Williamson
Colonial Brick Corporation
Smithfield Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Williamson
H. S. Pifer
Pifer
Winchester Memorial
Alexandria
Virginia Keckley
Winchester
Gibbons Street
George Earl Owen
Church of Christ
Mount Hebron
O. Dove
Bstewart Co
Oe Mason
Charlie New
Italy presses ahead with plans to fight Ethiopia
Rome reports Italy will attend a League of Nations meeting on the Ethiopia dispute and argues no treaty violation occurred with the Briand Kellogg pact in force. Italy warns the council against naming an arbitrator while frontier questions persist and hints it may quit the League if pressed. Troop movements to East Africa accelerate as September approaches.
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Rome
Italy
Council of the
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Hull
League
East Africa
Trieste
Cub Pack Outing to Jordan Springs Monday
Winchester area Cub Pack sponsored by Lions Club plans a weiner roast and swim at Jordan Springs on Monday evening July 15. They meet at 4 pm in front of the Church of Christ on West Cork Street. Lions Club members will provide transportation and chaperone.
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Winchester Area
Lions’ Club
Jordan Springs
Church of Christ
West Cork Street
Dr. W. J. Fenton To Lead Weeklong First Aid Class
National Red Cross first aid expert Dr. W. J. Fenton will be in Winchester July 22 to 29 for a full week of lectures and demonstrations at the Park dancing pavilion. He will organize a class and urge renewal of instructor certificates, highlighting a career spanning mining railway surgery and World War base hospital service.
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W. J. Fenton
American Red Cross
Winchester
Park
Fenton
National Organization
Red Cross
Canada
Mexico
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Des Moines
Intixtictinge
Peopie
The
German Team Nears Davis Cup European Zone Final
Germany's Davis Cup squad moved close to the European zone final by taking the doubles 6-3 9-7 6-4 to lead Czechoslovakia 2-1 in Prague with two singles matches remaining.
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Praha
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Teutons
President's Son Heads Yeast Firm
James Roosevelt, the President's eldest son, accepted the presidency of the National Grain Yeast Company in Belleville New Jersey and explained today why he took the position.
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New York
James Roosevelt
National Grain Yeast Company
Belleville, N. J
Rev McGukin To Speak At United Endeavor Service
The Rev E B McGurkin pastor of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will speak at the United Brethren Christian Endeavor service tomorrow night at 7 15. Emmett Dettra will sing and several other program items are kept secret by Mrs Sadie Hamrick. The public is invited.
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E. B. McGurkin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
United Brethren Christian Endeavor Service
Emmett Dettra
Sadie Hamrick
Noted Lutheran Clergyman Dead
The Rev. Herbert Bell, 67, a nationally prominent Lutheran clergyman, died in St. Petersburg, Florida, today.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Herbert Bell
TRY CANNED BEER Its World Preview and slogan
A promotional flyer touts TRY CANNED BEER with the claim Its the Best Yet. The brief notice highlights a tasting date and generic regional distribution details.
P J Marshall Installed as Winchester Rotary President
Peyton J Marshall was installed as president of the Winchester Rotary Club at a weekly meeting. A VMI graduate and City Council member, he served two years as secretary treasurer and outlined goals for the coming year. Retiring president D J Howard praised his work and summarized the past year’s Rotary activities.
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Peyton J. Marshall
Winchester Rotary Club
Howard
Red Cross
Stephens City
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
J. B. Beverley, Jr
J. Pinsmey Arthur
E. Blackburn Moore
John Rodman, Jr
D. J. Howard
Coblentz May Not Be Tried Till Next Fall
Baltimore July 13 State's attorney Bernard J Wells said Emory J Coblentz Frederick banker would not be tried again until some time in the fall He will consult James Clark former Howard county states attorney who led the prosecution in that county after the Court of Appeals returned the case to the lower courts.
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Baltimore
Bernard J. Wells
Emory J. Coblentz
Frederick Banker
Wells
James. Clark
Howard County
Coblentz
Court of Appeals
Will of C. Lee Barr Recorded for Eva Barr
The will of C. Lee Barr late city sergeant and chief of the Winchester Fire Department was admitted to record. Dated July 15 1921 the holograph leaves all property to his wife Eva M. Barr with Taylor Barr as executor contender with bond set at two thousand dollars.
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C. Lee Barr
Winchester
Eva M. Barr
Judge Cushman Delivers Instructions in Waley Kidnapping Case
In Tacoma Washington on July 13 jurors asked whether doubting George Weyerhaeuser’s interstate transport would affect their verdict. Federal Judge Edward Cushman required 35 minutes to explain that interstate transportation must be proven for conviction and that conspiracy must be proven in the Southern District of Washington.
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Federal
Tacoma
Margaret Thulin Waley
Edward E. Cushman
George Weyerhaeuser
Wash
Cushman
Washington
Jude Cushman
Frank Barber
Waley
Month's Best Book Now On Library Shelf
The July book of the month is Deep Dark River by Robert Rylee, a southern story chosen unanimously by the committee. Rylee, born in Memphis, spent time on his grandfather’s plantation and studied at Amherst College, later working in insurance.
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Mississippi
Winchester
Handley Library
Robert Rylee
Memphis
Tenn
Amherst College
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