Wage compromise sets 40 cent federal minimum by seven years
A joint congressional panel agreed on a wage hour compromise to reach 40 cents an hour across interstate industries within seven years, with a 25 cent minimum in year one and 30 cents in year two. A central administrator and industry boards would guide increases while exceptions for unemployment are possible. Some senators warned of court battles over constitutionality.
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Washington
Congressional
Thomas
Dutah
Senate Labor Committee
Clathey
Senate
Conference Committee
Senator Borah
Instructive Thought on Time by Dr Wise
MA Winchester quotes Dr Wise contemplating the Creator moving tiny insects to transport atoms across vast eras. He imagines leaves and plants bearing imperceptible loads, spanning millions of years for a single journey, illustrating immense cosmic timescales and the infancy of the human spirit.
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Dr. Wise
City Council Weighs Redrafting Contractor Ordinance
Last night the City Council failed to reach agreement on the contractor licensing issue. The matter was referred to the Commissioner of Revenue, Finance Committee, and City Solicitor for review. A petition with 61 signatures urged repeal of the hour labor license requirement as unjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Field
Donald Weems
Gillette Set To Smooth Paths In Iowa Primary After Victory
In Des Moines Iowa Senator Guy M Gillette won the Democratic senatorial primary with 80107 votes while Otha D Wearin conceded. James Roosevelt sent congratulations as the party posted a turnout over 150000. In the Republican race J Dickinson led with 142644 votes over Lloyd Thurston 108921.
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Des Moines
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Gillette
Wearin
James Roosevelt
J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Jean Whitehurst Wins Sponsor's Award at Class Day
Miss Jean Whitehurst, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. V. Whitehurst, received the annual sponsor's award at Handley auditorium during class day exercises. Sponsors Isabelle Allegree and C. D. Benentt praised her top contributions to the senior class. Whitehurst, editor in chief of The Handian, composer of the school song and active student, led in the senior class play and participates in band and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Whitehurst
R. V. Whitehurst
Handley Auditorium
Isabelle Allegree
C. D. Benentt
Miss Whitehurst
Handiian
Appropriations Reach Historic Peacetime Peak
The House Appropriations Committee projects current session outlays will total between 11.84 and 12.28 billion dollars, a peacetime record. Excess over 1936 stems from boosted relief funding and Social Security additions, with a Senate bill adding further relief through July 1 and heavy borrowing to cover the gap, raising the public debt toward 45 billion by mid-1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congressee
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate House
Treasury
Ex-Governor Kump to Deliver Handley Commencement Address
Ex Governor Herman Guy Kump of West Virginia will deliver the commencement address at Handley High School in Winchester. The ceremony includes a march of 110 graduates, musical performances, diplomas, and awards, with final benediction by Rev R V Whitehurst.
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Kump
West Virginia
Handley High School
Handley Orchestra
T. M. Swann
Handley Glee Club
John M. Steck
Citizens National Bank of Elkins
Virginia
Kathleen
Glee Club
Garland R. Quarles
R. V. Whitehurst
Prayer Service by Rev Lowe at Church of Our Saviour
The Rev. C Worthington Lowe will conduct a regular weekly prayer service at 7 30 tonight in the Church of Our Saviour 19 North Washington street The subject will be Indifference Special music includes a solo by Floyd Haines Friends are invited to worship.
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C. Worthington Lowe
Church of Our Saviour
North Washington Street
Floyd Haines
Montague and Valley avenues get new street improvements
Home builders alerted to new street openings and improvements on Montague and Valley avenues with guaranteed completion and special prices for early builders. Henry Bros advertises phone numbers 43 and 442-W and offers business sites.
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Montague and
Valley Avenues
W. Henry Bros
Widow Of Hero Inspires Sailor Name On Destroyer
New York June 8 The widow of Navy hero Lieut Mons Monssen learns two letters. One from the government approves naming the destroyer DD-436 Monssen after her late husband. The other from the Home Owners Loan Corp forecloses on her Brooklyn home.
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New York
United States Navy
Sadie Leslie Monssen
Roosevelt
Monssen
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Brooklyn
Hail and heavy rain soak Shenandoah Valley towns
A rain event drenched Winchester and Frederick County with 1.08 inches of precipitation piling up across the lower Shenandoah Valley. Downtown streets flooded briefly as storm sewers clogged, and small hail clipped gardens though apples and peach orchards were not seriously damaged.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Research Laboratory
City Council OKs pool room control measures
Police Chief Clayton W. Hollis wins council support for three ordinances to regulate pool rooms and bowling alleys. Licenses require written police permission. without it a daily $50 fine applies once the 1939 start date arrives. Minors under 21 barred without written consent. $10 fine for violations. No loitering allowed near entrances.
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Clayton W. Hollis
Lee Coble
Hollis
Oil Seizures Appealed After Mexico Ruling
Mexico City reports a $400 million legal fight over expropriation of foreign oil property ended for the supreme court after a district court ruled the seizure legal. Judge Manuel Bartlett Laje late yesterday affirmed the expropriation of 17 American and British oil properties as constitutional and ordered their bank accounts archives correspondence and cash on hand returned.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Supreme Court
Manuel Bartlett
Woman says faith will cure snakebite sufferer at sect meeting
Mrs. Joe Rushing of Hammond, 56, bitten by a three foot water moccasin during a sect meeting insists faith will heal her. Her husband and fellow members pray as she lies in pain with swelling on her left arm. The snake was killed after the bite and is blamed for the incident in a cottage setting.
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Hammond
Joe Rushing
Rushing
Crystal Springs, Miss
Insurgents Reach Main Defense Lines in Valencia Front
Insurgents fought to the government lines guarding Valencia as air raids hit Barcelona Valencia and Alicante. Heavy reinforcements and patrolling planes reinforced coastal sectors and forced outposts to retire to prepared lines near Albocacer. Government counterattacks aimed at advancing insurgents across hastily dug trenches.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Barcelona
Alicante
Albocacer
Adzaneta
British Ship Sunk After Gandia Moonlight Raid
A British operated port at Gandia on Spain's Mediterranean coast was struck by a lone seaplane in a moonlit raid. The dredger was heavily damaged and sank hours later, with warehouses destroyed and 20 railway cars burned. British manager Edwin Apfel valued damages at 1.506 million pesetas.
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Gandia
Spain
Mediterranean
Valencia
Alicante
Edwin Apfel
Apfel
Mail Liners Get Permit For Coastal Trade
Representative Welch says the Maritime Commission approved the Baltimore Mail Steamship Company to enter five passenger cargo vessels in the intercoastal trade. The ships will begin operation at the earliest practicable date and include refrigerator space for citrus shipments replacing Grace Lines and Panama Pacific vessels.
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Washington
Welch
R-Calif
E. S. Land
Maritime Commission
Baltimore Mail Steamship Company
Land
Opera
Panama Pacific and
Grace Lines
Baltimore Mail
Auction Sale of Farm Bank Shares at Court House
Twelve o clock noon on June 11 a sale will be held in front of the Court House for a few shares of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company stock. Coleman Dunn acts as auctioneer.
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Court House
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Coleman Dunn
Canton Under Fire In Third Day Of Japanese Raids
Canton China reports a new Japanese bombardment as air raids reach 12 straight days. Civilian casualties rise to at least 3,000 killed and 5,000 wounded with Lingnam University and a Standard Oil storage tank hit. Fire spreads near Shameen and Honam Island as many flee the city.
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Canton
China
Lingnam University
United States
Hongkong
Lingnam
South China
Shameen
Macao
University Oil
Standard Oil Company
Canton-Hankow
Hankow
Honam Island
Pear River
Honam
Sally Harrison Weds At Belvoir
Miss Sally Harrison daughter of the late Fairfax Harrison and Mrs Hetty Carr Harrison married Gerhard H Dicke professor at Johns Hopkins at Belvoir Fauquier county The Rev Sanford Rotter officiated Attendants included Miss Mazie Baird Best man was Dr Joseph Mayer The couple will reside in Baltimore Dicke is an affiliated Johns Hopkins physics professor with prior teaching in Leyden and California
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Warrenton
Sally Harrison
Fairfax Harrison
Hetty Carr Harrison
Gerhard H. Dicke
Johns Hopkins University
Belvoir
Harrison
Fauquier County
Sanford Rotter
Grace Church
the Plains
Mazie Baird
Charles Ean
Joseph Mayer
Baltimore
South
The
Southern Railway
Dieke
University of Leyden
Germany
University of California
Johns Hopkins
Plain and Printed Crepe Dress Lengths
Moling and Cather advertise plain and printed crepe dress lengths priced at 1.95 with sizes 6 to 8 and 1 to 1t noted in the listing.
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Moling & Cather
Auction Notice For Sale At Court House
Porches and windows offered by E. W. Armstrong Co. 39 E Piccadilly St. phone 639. Sale at 1:30 p m June 11 at Court House. See page 5 for details.
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E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly St
Sale
Court House
Garbage collection warning on kitchen refuse
Public notice warns that kitchen garbage must not be mixed with other refuse or it will not be collected. The reminder reiterates proper disposal rules and collection standards.
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Handley
State Library
Council
Rev
Lowe
Hero
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