Wage Hour Agreement Near As Conferees Spot Compromise
Senate and House conferees moved toward agreement on wage hour legislation. The Thomas compromise would set 25 cents in year one, 30 cents in year two, then advisory boards set the 40 cent minimum as economically feasible. Southern senators favored exemptions and threatened filibuster to block any bill without pay differentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Norton
D-Nj
Thomas
Utah
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
D-Mass
la Follette
Ellender
Pepper
D-Fla
Legal Lottery Proposal Killed in New York Vote
Albany June 7 8 to 7 vote by the constitutional convention bill of rights committee killed a proposal to end the state's constitutional gambling ban and legalize lotteries. The committee deferred action on pari mutuel wagering at race tracks.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Constitutional Convention
Bill of Rights Committee
Winchester Evening Star Sponsored Marbles Winners Eye Wildwood Trip
Last Saturday at Handley a marble tournament drew players from several schools to pick a district representative for the national Wildwood New Jersey tournament. The incentive was an all expenses paid one week trip with a chaperone, aiming for the national title.
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Winchester Evening Star
Handley
Wildwood
N. J
Three Held For Quizzing About Fatal Shooting
A white man Alfred Chaney of New York and two black men Mance Warren of Indiana and James Perry of Missouri were arrested at the Susquehanna river bridge for questioning in the fatal shooting of Herbert C. Formwalt. Formwalt died from wounds after a gunfight at the bridge. Railroad officers and state police questioned the trio as more than a dozen officers from Baltimore and Wilmington investigated and prepared to return them to Baltimore.
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Conowingo
Susquehanna River
Herbert C. Formwalt
Baltimore
H.F. Schultheis
Alfred Chaney
New York
Formwall
Schulties
Change
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilmington
Del
Arthur Curtis
Baltimore and Ohio
Schultheis
Formnwalt
Harry F. Lins
Formwalt
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Jones
Guardsmen To Be Asked About Wreck of Tavern
Brigadier General Ballentyne ordered an investigation into reports that over 100 National Guardsmen from Indiantown Gap encampment wrecked a tavern near Lebanon. Innkeeper Sterling Deitzler suffered a lacerated nose and bruised scalp with $3,000 damage. he suspects the incident was retaliation for a beating of four officers last week. Guardsmen from New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts would be questioned that night with state police assistance.
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Lebanon
Lewis B. Ballentyne
59Th Cavalry Brigade
Indiantown Gap
Sterling Deitzler
Deitzler
Ballentyne
New Jersey
Conecticut
Massachusetts
Ward Party Benefit At Stephenson Virginia
Benefit fundraiser held at Stephenson Va on Thursday June 16 sponsored by Bruce and the town union for a new parsonage. Also advertisement for Holeproof hosiery at Moling and Cather as a gift option.
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Stephenson
Bruce, Town Union
Moling and Cather
Mrs Garner Waiting As Congress Near Adjournment
Mrs John Garner in Washington says she has no idea when she will leave the capital as speculation grows that Congress will adjourn soon. She quips that her magic wand won’t work this year and that she is simply waiting.
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Washington
John Garner
Congress
Omnibus Money Bill Debate Begins in House
The House appropriations committee approved 35.8 million for the naval expansion program as part of a 274.5 million omnibus bill. The package also includes 94.3 million for the commodity credit corporation and 50 million to refund processing taxes under various agricultural laws.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-men
FBI
Quantico
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Warrants Out For Ex Assemblymen
Five bench warrants issued by Hartford Superior Court target current or former General Assembly members tied to lobbying tied to a Waterbury fraud inquiry. Defendants face charges of accepting bribes in stock during the 1935 Assembly sessions.
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Hartford
Conn
General Assembly
Superior Court
Waterbury
Roosevelt nominates new postmasters for Virginia and towns
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate nominations for postmasters Katherine J. Brockwell of Pocahontas Virginia Ettrick Solon Raach and Frank T. Witten of Tazewell Virginia list indicates appointments in the Virginia postings and related towns Public notices in Washington dated June 7 19xx refer to these nominations by the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Virginia — Ettrick
Kate J. Brockwell
Pocahontas
Solon Raach
Tazewell
Frank T. Witten
Law Failing to Ban Ransom Payments Draws Debate
Chester Pennsylvania June 7 Attorney General Homer S Cummings said no law to forbid paying ransoms to kidnappers would be enforced and could be unconstitutional He argued parents should decide whether to pay ransom for a kidnapped child while a Miami Daily News report notes a recovered $5 bill tied to the $10 000 ransom for James Bailey Cash Jr and the boy’s continued absence tonight marks ten nights since the abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Homer S. Cummings
Justice Department
Princeton
Fia
Miami Daily News
Jaenes Bailey Cash
James, Jr
Jacksonville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tennessee
Miami
Two Held For Theft of Chickens Near Rawlings
Donald R. Guthrie and Jack C. Shingleton both 19 of near Rawlings were jailed in default of 500 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing in Cumberland county for October grand jury theft of ten chickens from a farmer's coop near Rawlings. Jacob N. Kile a Black Oak Bottom farmer identified the dressed chickens and noted feathers heads and legs were removed with cinders embedded in the flesh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Keyser
W. Va
Rawlings
Donald R. Guthrie
Jack C. Shingleton
Justice of the Peace Court
Jacob N. Kile
Canton Bombed Again by Japanese Fliers
Japanese warplanes struck Canton China three times today worsening casualties and disrupting power and water facilities. More than 100000 civilians have fled toward British Hongkong as authorities order women and children to evacuate. The raids target government offices and rail lines to Hankow amid ongoing terror.
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Canton
China
Japan
South China
Shameen Island
Saichuen
Shameen
Honam Island
Canton City
Pearl River
Tungshan
Saigchuen
Hongkong
Hankow
Creating a Cultural Agency for Cultural Relations
The State Department asked Congress for authority to create a new 25000 division of cultural relations to handle activities of foreign governments in Latin America. It would assist student exchanges, translate English books into Spanish or Portuguese, and teach Spanish and Portuguese at universities. Assistant Secretary George Messersmith said U S relations with southern nations have grown in importance and require coordinated departmental activities.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Latin America
George Messersmith
House Appropriations Committee
United States
Department of State
Daring Young Man On Flying Trapeze and Others of Great Circus
Pittsburgh June 7 The Ringling Brothers Circus faced a wage cut demand as John Ringling North asked 1 600 performers and staff to accept a 25 percent reduction amid dwindling revenues. Union officials' reaction was mixed and no next step was announced.
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Great Circus
Pittsburgh
John Ringling North
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
North
Union
France R pushes reinforcements to border to deter aerial raids
Premier Daladier leads military preparations along the Pyrenean frontier after nine unmarked planes damaged power lines near the Toulouse Barcelona line. French troops rush to Ax les Thermes Pamiers Tarbes as warnings echo. Three British merchant ships damaged in raids blamed on insurgents or deceptive ops.
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Foix
France
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Daladier
Toulouse-Barcelona
Cerdagne
Pan
Ax-Les-Thermes
Tarbes
Pyrenees
Pamiers
Salamanca
Madrid
Pickets Attack Driver of Bakery Truck in McKeesport
Pickets from the AFL Bakery Drivers Union encircled two bakeries in McKeesport and halted a delivery truck, injuring driver Albert Coma as 1,000 protesters charged the plants. Settlement talks with CIO unions continued as negotiators returned to a conference seeking an agreement to end a strike that has closed 35 bakeries serving Pittsburgh area.
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Pittsburgh
McKeesport
A. F. of L
A. F. of L. Bakery
McKeesport Baking Company
Vienna Baking Company
Albert Coma
Vienna
Coma
Sandor Fenris
John A. Moffitt
United States Department of Labor
Henry T. Goode New President of Winchester Lions
At the annual election following the weekly luncheon the Winchester Lions Club chose Henry T. Goode as president. New officers include Bryan Stotler first vice president Herman Barr second vice president Lloyd Car per third vice president John Glaize lion tamer H H Hilcum tail twister Earl Mason secretary and treasurer with directors D H Senciadiver C C Brannon John Hardesty and Leonard B Sirbaugh. Two new members M D Weaver and Warren Daugherty joined. charter members Dr. Charles R. Anderson Joseph Newlin and Leslie Klihe received pins. Past President A T Hawthorne presented the Lion key emblem to Mr Goode.
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Lions Club of Winchester
Henry T. Goode
Bryan Stotler
Herman Barr
Lloyd Carper
John Glaize
H.H. Hilcum
Earl Mason
D. H. Senciadiver
C. C. Brannon
John Hardesty
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
M. D.weaver
Warren Daugherty
Charles R. Anderson
Joseph Newlin
Leslie Klihe
Sencindiver
Foes of Court Plan Jubilant Over Primary
Democratic senators praised Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa after his decisive primary victory, a rebuke to Hopkins and Roosevelt forces. They argued Wearin's defeat signals backlash to White House endorsements and questioned the clarity of the issue in Iowa.
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Washington
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Senate
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Gillette
Wearin
Hopkins
Roosevelt
White House
James Roosevelt
Pepper
D.-Fla
Wallace Pledges Support for Gillette in Iowa Play
Secretary Wallace pledged whole hearted support to Senator Gillette of Iowa and urged Democrats and Roosevelt policy supporters to back his reelection. He noted a Dickinson challenge and warned Iowa would lose reform momentum if Dickinson won.
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Washington
Wallace
Gillette
D-Ia
Iowa
Roosevelt
Lester Dickinson
Legion For Agriculture
L. J. Dickinson
Gillette Holds Lead in Iowa Democratic Primary Race
Des Moines reports show senator Guy M. Gillette dominating Iowa Democratic primary votes with over 50 percent as returns from 2,447 precincts neared completion. Wearin, Myers, and Richardson trailed, while Republican totals outpaced Democrats with 207,135 votes to 124,893 for the five Democratic hopefuls. Gillette hailed a decisive win and warned against outside attempt to dictate Iowa’s choice.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
New Deal
Tommy Corcoran
Washington
Otha D. Wearin
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Wearin
J. J. Myers
Ellsworth Richardson
W. G. Byerhoff
Dickinson
Thurston
Cherokee
Congress
Garbage collection notice for kitchen waste
Public notice reiterates that kitchen garbage must be kept separate from other refuse to ensure pickup. Improper separation will result in non-collection.
Yard Party Macedonia Church Sat Nite
A Young Department yard party is announced for Saturday night June 11 at Macedonia Church. The event invites community members to join for fellowship and activities.
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Yard
Macedonia Church
Young Dept
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Winchester
Postoffice Clerks’ Auxiliary
Virginia Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Virginia Federation
J. H. Kern
R. L. Glaize
J. E. Snyder
T. F. Simpson
W. R. Johnston
H. M. Lee
E. H. Koons
Ward Party
Mrs. Garner
Cummings
Florida
Western Hemisphere
Frontiers
Avalanche of Gillette
New Deal Friends
Big Lion
Winchester Lions
Mr. Goode
A. T. Hawthorne
Charles N. Fansler
Laredo
Texas
Clarence H. Mitchell
Lion Richard
van Nuys
Indiana
Mr. Gillette
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