League of Nations Meets Over Italy Ethiopia Row
Geneva summons extraordinary council to decide whether to meet July 31 or August 1 over the Italy Ethiopia dispute. Ethiopia asks for a session while Britain orders 100 troops to Addis Ababa to guard its legation as tensions rise amid East Africa crisis.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
J. A. C. Avenol
League
Nations
Italo-Ethiopian Conciliation Commission
Maxim Litvinoff
Legation
London
Addis Ababa
King’s African Rifles
Kenya
Memphis
Tenn
Beale Street
Mary the Third chosen for Winchester Little Theatre
The Winchester Little Theatre Inc. will stage Mary the Third by Rachel Crothers in August. Anne Tucker McGuire stars in a triple role as three generations of Marys, with Richard E. Griffith directing. The cast includes Arthur Field, Mrs. Lucille Heath MacCallum, Mrs. Helen Shelmire Ziegler, Joe Thomas, Bee Elting, Georgia Conrad, Walter Massey, Anne Elting, and Dick Griffith.
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Winchester Little Theatre, Inc
Mary
Rachel Crothers
Marys
The
Little Theatre
Miss McGuire
Richard E. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Norbeth Little Theatre
Haverford College
Winchester
Willie
Miss Crother
Arthur Field
Lucille Heath MacCallum
Helen Shelmire Ziegler
Joe Thomas
Bee Elting
Georgia Conrad
Walter Massey
Anne Elting
Dick Griffith
Flyer and Girl Die In Plane Stunt Crash Near Chicago
Duane Howard 28 and Virginia Thomas 16 were killed when a monoplane they were flying in fell into a tailspin at Curtiss Reynolds Airport in Glenview. Howard died on impact. Thomas died later in hospital. Thomas had been visiting Chicago for a thrill to tell friends in Berwyn.
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Chicago
Duane Howard
Virginia Thomas
Berwyn
Curtiss-Reynolds
Glenview
Howard
Miss Thomas
Frances Pritchard
Pritchard
Philadelphia
Curtiss-Reynolds Field
Two Strong Teams Here For Week End
Kann's Department Store base ball club from Washington faces Park tomorrow afternoon. Park defeated Culpeper, leaders in the Valley League, then Majestic returns for another game Sunday. Connie Wychie says an ace pitcher will oppose the locals as radio boys aim to avenge an earlier defeat. Local management offers large guarantees to attract teams and hopes fans attend.
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Kann’s Department Store
Washington, D. C
Culpeper
Majestic
Connie Wychie
Radio Boys
Crowl's Sale at 103 Morningside Drive Saturday
Household furniture sale announced by Crowl at 103 Morningside Drive for 10 a.m. Saturday. Yard party noted at Burnt Factory Church on July 30 with rain or shine. Frying chickens offered by E. J. Snapp at 321 N. Cameron Street phone 626.
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Crowl
Morningside Drive
E. J. Snapp
Cameron St
Infantile paralysis cases rise in Virginia and Tennessee
The Associated Press reports a rapid rise in infantile paralysis cases in Virginia during July with 28 45 and 72 cases by weeks. No Frederick county or Winchester cases found. Health officials urge caution as pools close and gatherings curtailed. Tennessee reports 26 cases since July with six since January as state averages about 100 annually.
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Associated Press Today
Virginia
Frederick County
Winchester
L. M. Allen
Washington
North Carolina
J. P. Leake
Public Health Service
Richmond
Charlottesville
District of Columbia
Health Service
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
W. C. Williams
Framework of Taxes Approved By Committee
The Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved a tax schedule including exemptions and graduated rates. Proposals cover excess profits, inheritances, gifts, individual incomes, and corporate incomes with varying brackets and high marginal rates. The plan aims to tax higher profits and ultra‑high incomes more heavily.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Park team calls for extra practice this week
The Park basketball captain Mallory requests all team members attend practice Thursday and Friday at 5:30 PM due to two tough weekend games.
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B. Mallory
REMNANT SALE WALL PAPER REMNANT SALE
Beginning Monday August 29 enough paper for a 10x12 room ceiling sidewall and border priced 80 cents Gardner B Hillyard room 62 AU 25 AR PhD
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Gardner B. Hillyard
AU-25
Virginia armories may come to towns under $25,000 plan
General Waller envisions Virginia National Guard armories for towns not yet served, with costs not exceeding 25 000 dollars. A 2 500 dollar unit cost would cover small communities, to be built under Works Progress Administration guidance with potential 45 percent federal grants. Materials availability like stone and sand could influence timing as plans proceed.
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Waller
Works Progress Administration
The
PWA
Feneral
General Waller
Lives of Three Snuffed Out In Big Explosion
A blast at a Canadian Industries plant near a former facility in Waverly Nova Scotia buried three experts under debris during a ground test of old explosives. Only Willis Leighton of Halifax survived after being sent into the woods with surplus dynamite. The deceased were Joseph Cole of Riviere-du-Loup Quebec, explosive specialist. Harold M. Roscoe of Halifax district sales manager. and William Pitcher, Halifax works manager.
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Waverly
N. S
Canadian Industries, Ltd
Willis Leighton
Halifax
Joseph Cole
Riquad
Que
Harold M. Roscoe
William Pitcher
President's Son Builds Muscle on TVA Project
John Roosevelt son of the President spends summer as a forester for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville. He works long hours, eats well, and sleeps deeply while aiding TVA forestry. A Harvard freshman, he chose the TVA job for his vacation and receives no salary.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bernard Ae
TVA Forestry Divison
Roosevelt
Harvard
TVA
Senate rejects government owned bank proposal
The Senate overwhelmingly rejected Senator Nye’s plan for a Bank of the United States with money issuance power, a rival to the compromise banking bill. The vote marks a second victory for supporters of the compromise, while a clash over White House aides attending Senate House conferences threatens a long stalemate on utilities legislation. Continued on page six.
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Washington
Senate
Nye
Reserve Board
Senator Nye
RND
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Hve
United States of America
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate House
Ioé Huddleston
Dala
Ben Cohen
Dozier Devane
Wheeler
D-Mont
Huddleston
House
John W.W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Frank Bahlman Dies After Baltimore Hospital Visit
Frank H. Bahlman 67 longtime Elks Club steward died at 10 50 AM in Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore Maryland. He burned in a hot bath while in Boston on an excursion. two fellow travelers were also burned. He was brought back to Baltimore and died before a visitor arrived. He is survived by C Bahlman of this city and a sister in Baltimore. Funeral plans pending.
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Frank H. Bahlman
Elks Club
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Mr. Bahlman
Germany
Bahlman
Boston
Edwin T. Snider
Final Tribute Paid To Memory Of C. M. Collins
The body of Dalton M. Collins, noted hotel manager and executive, was laid to rest at Wesley Chapel Cemetery near Reynolds Store after services led by Rev. C. G. Russell. He died in Washington after illness, leaving a Fred erick county family active in politics and hospitality.
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Wesley Chapel
Dalton M. Collins
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
Reynolds Store
Mr. Collins
Washington
Pittsburgh
North Carolina
George Washington
Winchester
Frederick County
Charles P. Collins
Virginia
C. G. Russell
Geinesboro
Wilkie and
Delphin Collins
Cumberland
Max, Paul and
Fred Braithwaite
Wincheste
Capitol Hill Focuses on Bank Bill and Tax Plan
Senate debates omnibus bank bill while the lobby committee probes power companies. The House is in recess. Yesterday the title one of the omnibus bill passed. Testimony alleged a box of cigars given to a congressman. A tobacco grading bill passed. Ways and Means Democrats tentatively agreed on a tax bill to raise 150 to 250 million dollars annually.
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The
Associated Press
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Man Faking Kidnap Story Fined in Columbus Police Court
Robert C. Byers, 42, of Columbus, confessed his tale of being kidnapped was a fabrication. He received a $50 fine plus $5 costs for making a false report after telling Cleveland police three kidnappers abducted him by mistake for his brother, George, a Columbus auto distributor.
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Columbus, O
Robert C. Byers
Columbus
Cleveland
Byers
George
Wanted to adopt two small tan and white female dogs
Beginnings Monday August 29. Sidewalls and ceiling 3c single roll. Border 2c per yd. Gard ner B. Hillyard. Phone 62. WANTED At once good homes for two young pretty tan and white female dogs one part collie the other part fox terrier. Phone 411-1 or 629-3.1-22-1p-tf
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Border
Gardner B. Hillyard
Patton tied to holding companies inquiry testimony
NRA witness testifies Patton carried a small box from John W. Carpenter's room the day before he voted against abolishing unnecessary holding companies. Patton denies wrongdoing and reveals four $1,000 government bonds bought since January. A nephew Norris Shook is noted in discussions about the box contents.
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Washington
Senate
Presophicaoe
Verestimony
Fetton
D-Tex
Patton
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Nephy
E. Vsalia
NRA
Mae
Carpenter
Norris
Sellers
Bond
Bandits rob Union Bank and Trust Company in Amelia
In Amelia Virginia two bandits stole more than ten thousand dollars from Union Bank and Trust Company today. The incident adds to a list of robberies across the region.
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Amelia
Union Bank and Trust Company
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Anna, Sage
Roumania
Akron
United States Navy
New York
Margaret Alfano
Cadiz
Harrison County
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Osmar Swanson
Osmar
Anne Tucker McGuire
Flyer
Newell Paige Sherman
Don Juan
Worcester
Mass
Sherman
Esther Magill
Moling & Cather
Nova Scotia
T. V. A. Project
Evening Star
Coughlin
White House
Frank Bahlman
Warren County
Front Royal
Star Today
C. M. Collins
Capitol Hill
Texas
World News
Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations Council
Berlin
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