Path for Program of Work Expands RFC PWA Lending Power
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Public Works Administration plan to jointly expand lending to states cities and businesses. RFC can lend 1.5 billion while PWA had 562 million allotted. Projects revived include a 70 million NYC tunnel a 60 million all weather PA highway and a 35 million Chicago subway. Rural Electrification gets 6.7 million for power lines in 19 states benefiting 23 000 farm homes.
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Jesse Jones
E Rfc
Ickes
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Manhattan Island
Pennsylvania
Chicago
RFC
Congress
Jones
Rural Electrification Adminsion
Funeral Services For Miss May Jenkins Friday
The funeral of Miss May Jenkins 61 who died yesterday at her brother’s home on North Cameron street will be held at 2 30 PM Friday from Kurtz funeral home. Rev S J Goode will officiate and interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are Joseph L Wright John Walters Frank Chapman John M Miller Brady W Sargent and James S Grant. She was the daughter of the late Capt James M Jenkins long time conductor on the Winchester Baltimore accommodation.
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May Jenkins
Miller Jenkins
North
Cameron Street
Kurtz
S. J. Goode
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Joseph L. Wright
John Walters
Frank Chapman
John M. Miller
Brady W. Sargent
James S. Grant
Miss Jenkins
James M. Jenkins
Winchester- Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hable's Palace Showdowns and Sci Fi Double Feature
Jack Randall stars in The Land of Fighting Men at Hable's Palace Friday in a wild range war tale with gunplay and ranch thieves. Also showing Buster Crabbe in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars plus vaudeville acts and an all colored cartoon. Thursday features Preston Foster Patricia Ellis and Frank Jenks in The Lady In the Morgue with a mystery angle and clues that vanish. Fox News reel and a novelty are also billed.
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Jack Randall
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
Mars
Preston Foster
Patricia Ellis
Frank Jenks
Fox News
Birthday celebrations and family visits in Middletown area
A Middletown community notes extensive family gatherings. The Legge McAboy birthday event included numerous relatives from Winchester Bruce Town and Washington DC area. Also posted are visits by Mrs. Armel and Ruth Kerns, and various birthday parties with local attendees and gifts.
Brannon Family Reunion Planned at Brannon's Ford
Brush Creek Virginia July 28 Mrs J W Brannon of Whitacre and relatives plan their annual reunion at Brannon's Ford on Back Creek August 27. Family members from Martinsburg W V and local neighbors will attend with baskets for a picnic dinner and informal performances. One Brannon turns seventy six on the reunion date.
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Brush Creek
J. W. Brannon
Whitacre
Laura C. Dailey
Ruth M. Kerns
Paul
Martinsburg
W. Va
Laura Dailey
Alvin T. Holliday
Vernie Keckley
Brucetown Brevities
Brucetown Virginia notes list social visits and family gatherings. George Sowers and daughter Freda spent Sunday near Berryville with relatives. O C Windle and sons from Lebanon Church visited J B Snapp family. Albert Brown and Charles of White Hall visited Ralph Brown. Gilbert Shansry and children visited Hiram Catlett. Alice Russell of Winchester stayed with Mary Jane Brill. James Kenny of Clearbrook visited the Sowers. Boyd Purcell is ill at home.
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Brucetown
George Sowers
Freda
Berryville
O. C. Windle
James
Norman
Lebanon Church
Julian Snapp
J. B. Snapp
Albert Brown
Charles
White Haall
Ralph Brown
Gilbert Shansry
Hagerstown
Hiram Catlett
Alice Russell
Winchester
Mary Jane Brill
James Kenny
Clearbrook
Boyd Purcell
Writer of Famous War Song Dead
LONDON July 28 The man who wrote the famous British war song It's a Long Way to Tipperary died today in Birmingham at the age of 60. He was Jack Judge a fish salesman who became a vaudeville headliner. He had been in ill health for some time.
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London
Tipperary
Birmingham
Jack Judge
Marian Jewell Seeks Work After Describing Self
Marian Jewell, 25, a college graduate in Pittsburgh, advertised for employment and described herself as lazy educated and good looking. She received two marriage proposals several mash notes and two offers of domestic work while still seeking a job.
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Pittsburgh
Marian Jewell
Bridge Idea Aimed at Rising Flood Waters In Warsaw
State engineers advise a screw pack bridge over Crystal brook in Warsaw that can be raised three to four feet to stay above flood waters. The plan would allow the bridge to be backed up during high water while remaining accessible in normal conditions.
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Warsaw
N. Y
Crystal Brook
Five French airmen die in Lyon crash
Five French army fliers were burned to death when their bi motor plane crashed into a hill near Lyon and burst into flames last night.
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Lyon
France
Ambush injures six Arab constables near Bethlehem
Six Arab constables patrolling near Bethlehem were wounded in an ambush today. In a separate item from Salt Lake City a hotel manager reported theft after two guests departed, with pillow cases and household items taken while the bed remained.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Christ's Birthplace
Salt Lake City
Wasp Intervenes in Kansas City Shout Incident
In Kansas City a man named Wyatt, Sr., opened his mouth to shout when a wasp flew in. The incident disrupted the moment as the event ended with the man stung and momentarily unable to continue.
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Kansas City
Herley Wyatt, Sr
Wyatt
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