House Paving Way To Decide On Tax Policy During Recess
Washington June 8 The House moved to conference with the Senate on the tax bill while Congress recesses for the Republican national convention. Conference appointees include Doughton Hill Cullen Vinson Cooper Treadway Crowther and Woodruff. Lamneck withdrew his objection after demand for assurances that House tax rates would be voted on by conferees. Speaker Bankhead signaled possible adjournment next week as talks on tax relief and related measures continue.
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House
Washington
Representatives
Senate
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
Samuel B. Hill
Cullen
D-Ny
Vinson
D-Ky
Cooper
D-Tenn
Treadway
R-Mass
Crowther
R-Ny
Woodruff
R-Mich
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Lamneck
Dohio
Bankhead
Joseph W. Burns
Alabaman
John Doe Turns From Conventions To Regular Sports
Winchester notes millions will study the Democratic national convention events in Cleveland and Philadelphia. Americans love conventions and politics as golf fishing baseball and bridge regain attention. After the cycle, John Doe returns to normal routines as another convention becomes history.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
John Doe
Schoolgirl Dorothy Blumenshine Missing in Washington Il
Authorities scour three counties for 14 year old Dorothy Blumenshine missing from her Washington Illinois home for a week. She reportedly passed out on her doorstep and was later found by five high school students after a party. Fears she wandered into the woods and died of exposure.
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Posses
Dorothy Blumenshine
Washington
Miss Blumenshine
Central Press
Capt Walker Pioneer Horse Breeder Dead
Captain Walker, pioneer horse breeder, has died leaving a legacy in the colt line. Funeral details were not available in the fragment but local officials confirm his passing and his impact on the regional horse industry.
Pioneer Clarke County horse breeder Captain Walker dies at 57
Captain Philip M. Walker retired U S Army pioneer in breeding race horses and member of a Virginia family died Sunday in Nassau Hospital after pneumonia. He was 57. Funeral at Pagebrook near Boyce with Rev. Rowland officiating and Mount Hebron burial. He served in Cuba and the Philippines, retiring after illness. He leaves wife Elizabeth Riley Walker and a noted Clarke county estate legacy.
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Philip M. Walker
Virginia
Nassau Hospital
Nassau
Long Island
Elizabeth Riley Walker
Garden City
Captain Walker
Clarke County
Pagebrook
Boyce
Ronald H. Rowland
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
White Post
Mount Hebron
Bejamin O’f. Randolph
William B. Watkins
Kenneth N. Gilpin
George Burwell
Thomas B. Byrd
Harry W. Frost
William DuPont
Harry F. Byrd
William Hitt
Middleburg
Ambrose Clark
Cooperstown
N. Y
Granger Cather
Low Island
John G. Walker
Sophie Baylor Walker
Winchester
United States Army
Old Tidball Place
John Kerr High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Alger
War Department
Washington
Walker
Third
United States Infantry
Cuba
Philippines
Page Seven
Thirteen Held On Murder Counts In Poole Death
Detroit June 8 13 men charged in the Black Legion kidnaping and execution of Charles A Poole were ordered held for trial on kidnaping and murder charges. Prosecutor McCrea argued the group planned the slaying and the defense urged lack of proof of conspiracy or awareness of Poole's death.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
Dayton Dean
WPA
Harvey Davis
Dean
Ervin D. Lee
Argab Lipps
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar Baldwin
Herschel Gill
Lowell Rushing
Thomas R. Craig
John R. Bannerman
John S. Vincent
Virgil Morrow
Albert Stevens
Duncan C. McCrea
Groun
David H. Crowley
Poole
McCrea
Opposition Rages Over Virginia GOP Delegates Clash
Virginia leaders report open minds among delegates as pre convention skirmishes test support for Col Henry W. Anderson and party figures. McCormac says sentiment may not crystalize before Wednesday as Lankford weighs opposing Anderson. Statesmen discuss Lan don and Knox support and Deputy leaders gauge Furthest positions in Roanoke roanoke Virginia.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Alfred Landon
Kansas
Joseph L. Cropper
Rosslyn
Landon
Henry A. Wise
Kiptopeke
Don
Lankford
Hoover
Thomas J. Wilson
Clifton Forge
Knox
McCormac
H. B. McCormac
Winchester
Cropper
Murray Bocock
Keswick
Girl Found At Filling Station in Charlottesville
Landon Mason Burke, 15, missing from Alexandria, was found at a Charlottesville filling station near Fourteenth and Main. She claimed to have taken poison but appeared unharmed and recovering at Martha Jefferson Hospital. authorities doubted her train arrival story from Alexandria.
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Charlottesville
Landon Mason Burke
Alexandria
Here
Maurice Greaver
Martha Jefferson Hospital
C. S. Taylor Burke
Greaver
Fourteenth
Main Streets
Gate
General Rain Blanket Hits County Over Weekend
A broad rain fell across this and neighboring counties, with .72 inch recorded at Winchester Research Laboratory bringing the month total to 1.47 inches. A dramatic morning storm near Frederick and Shenandoah counties produced a lightning strike that killed a Middletown cow, while in Shenandoah the historic St John’s Reformed Church near Toms Brook was burned to the ground, Woodstock fire crews unable to save it.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Frederick
Shenandoah
Robert Hoar
Middletown
Winchester
Shenandoah County
St. John’s Reformed Church
Toms Brook
Woodstock
Hunt To Address Local Red Cross On June 19
William Carl Hunt, assistant manager of the eastern area of the American Red Cross, will be the principal speaker at the Winchester Frederick chapter annual meeting. The event is set for Grace Lutheran Church social room at 6 15 p m Friday June 19. A dinner served by church ladies will follow at a nominal price. Hunt has directed Red Cross activities across Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Alabama Virginia and West Virginia and previously led the Pacific area with seven states and Alaska. He is a Berea College native with rural sociology specialization and has taught at Berea College for 10 years.
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William Carl Hunt
American Red Cross
Winchester- Frederick
Grace Lutheran Church
Red Cross
Hunt
Winchester mayor race ad urges turnout and party loyalty
The Democratic Committee endorses the party nominees P. D. Miller Dr. A. T. Hawthorne and Herman H. Hable for mayor and council in Winchester. It condemns J. H. Henry for breaking with the Democratic slate after a primary defeat and running as an independent. Voters are urged to support fair play with heavy turnout tomorrow.
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J. H. Henry
P. D. Miller
Dr. A. T. Hawthorne
Herman H. Hable
Winchester
Henry
People of
Ss. Democratic Committee
Rev Wallace Brashears Transfered to Forest Hills Md
Information received from Westminster Md states the Baltimore Conference moved Rev Wallace M Brashears after five years at Market Street M E Church to Forest Hills Harford County Md Forest Hills lies about 20 miles northeast of Baltimore Rev Herman McKay will succeed him at Market Street Church in Mount Airy Md New district superintendent is Rev Harry Evans formerly at Center Street M E Cumberland Md He takes over from Rev Frank Steelman The Rev Heard Amos will lead Bunker Hill W Va and Gerrardstown White Hall and nearby charges He will replace Rev Luce Brashears will assume Forest Hills duties Sunday with family moving next week friends regret their departure.
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Westminster
Baltimore
Wallace M. Brashears
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Forest Hills
Harford County
Mr. Brashears
Market Street
Herman McKay
Mount Airy
Harry Evanll
Center Street M. E. Church
Cumberland, Md
Frank Steelman
Calvary
Mr. Luce
Dr Chenault Delivers Baccalaureate at Handley High
Dr Fred R Chenault of Danville preached the Class of 1936 baccalaureate at Handley high school in Handley auditorium. Rev E B McGukin presided. Chenault urged graduates to bear a life with purpose saying a name represents character and leaders’ names summon their exemplar traits.
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Handley High School
Fred R. Chenault
Main Street Methodist Church
Danville
Handley Auditorium
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Winchester Ministerial Association
Sale of Shannon Hill Property
The home of the late Mrs Elizabeth A Horsey will be sold at noon Saturday June 27. A desirable home. See sale bills. 6-8-1p-2t.
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Elizabeth A. Horsey
Tragedy at Boy Scout Review Kills Forty Two
At a grandstand collapse during a Boy Scout review in Bucharest on June 8, 42 people were killed and many injured as 50,000 knelt in prayer. King Carol, Crown Prince Mihail, and the Dowager Queen witnessed the disaster.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol
Mihail
Bank Receivers Plan 20 Percent Dividend for Depositors
Receivers of the closed American Bank and Trust Company of Richmond announced a 20 percent dividend for depositors within ten days to two weeks. Britain defaulted on its semi annual war debt installment to the United States citing reasons unchanged since 1934.
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Richmond
American Bank and Trust Company of
Britain
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Air Bill Vetoed by Roosevelt in Washington
President Roosevelt vetoed a House bill creating an air reserve training corps saying there is no immediate military necessity for such an organization. The veto was issued today in Washington on June 8.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Air Reserve Training Corps
Landon Lands NC Delegation After Meekins Deal
June 8 report from North Carolina indicates 23 Republican votes likely go to Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas at the national convention. Federal Judge I M Meekins released eight votes, ending the favorite son bid and consolidating support for Landon.
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Landon Cleveland
North Carolina
Alf. M. Landon
Kansas
I. M. Meekins
Hit and run fatality near Happy Hill road
Nathan Rowlett a 65 year old black man was struck by a hit and run driver on the Richmond Peters burg turnpike near Happy Hill road and died instantly this afternoon June 8 4.
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Petersburg
Nathan Rowlett
Happy Hill Road
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
Middies on Cruise from Annapolis Navy cruise departs with 180 cadets
Five destroyers carry about 180 members of the new Naval Academy junior class on a month long training cruise leaving Annapolis today. The ships will cover 1342 miles during the voyage.
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Annapolis
Naval
Naval Academy
Presbyterians Seek More Room for Sunday School Annex
The Rev. BE. B. McGukin announced that private subscriptions have reached 5000 toward a new Sunday School annex costing 15000 to 20000. Funds were raised by the board of elders and board of deacons at a joint meeting last Thursday. A congregational vote is set for Sunday morning, June 14, with architect plans on display at the June 10 prayer service. The two story brick building would stand on the south side of the current Sunday School rooms behind the annex.
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BE. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Board of Elders
Board of Deacons
Early Tomorrow Polls Open In Municipal Election
Voters are reminded polls open at 445 am and close at 713 pm for a municipal election. Election judges and officials were listed in Friday’s Star. Ward one candidates include Herman H Hable A T Hawthorne Percy D Miller. Ward two candidates are W W Dellinger O L Jamison and John H Rosenberger. Mayor candidate is Dr C R Anderson with independent J H Henry noted in Ward one.
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the Star
Herman H. Hable
A. T. Hawthorne
Percy D. Miller
W. W. Dellinger O. L. Jamison
John H. Rosenberger
C. R. Anderson
J. H. Henry
New luggage for gift and personal use Moling and Cather style
New luggage offered for gift and personal use by Moling and Cather. Items described as suitable for travelers and everyday carry, reflecting a compact ad notice from a historical catalog or shop page.
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Moling & Cather
Landon efforts for Kansas governorship loom at convention
As Cleveland hosts the Republican gathering, Landon backers push for a platform including a constitutional amendment to permit state wage laws. Idaho Senator Borah rejects any bloc strategy while Knox and Vandenberg camps dispute leverage. Delegates pour in as London campaign races toward a full platform by nightfall.
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Edward J. Duffy
Associated Press
Cleveland
Landon
Alf Landon
Kansas
Resolutions Committee
London
Borah
Idaho
Donovan
Colonel Knox
Edward A. Hayes
Knox
Texas
Kansan
H. E. Exon
Amarillo
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Henry W. Anderson
National Republican Platform Committee
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Norfolk
Anderson
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Friends of
H. W Anderson
Meay
Rev. W. M. Brashears
Forest Hills, Md
DR. Chenault
GRADS
Shannon Hill
France
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