Congress Adjourns With No New Railroad Legislation
Senate Leader Barkley said Congress would adjourn by Wednesday night without enacting new railroad legislation. The plan omits liberalizing RFC loans to railroads, a measure tied to wage cuts, while wage hour and relief bills remain on track for passage before session ends.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Garner
Bankhead
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
RFC
Railway Labor Executives Association
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Brotherhoods
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Amherst street yard flowers spoiled by thoughtless children
MA Winchester notes gardens at peak beauty after showers and sun. A border of prized flowers along a front yard was broken by children who are drawn to bright colors. The piece urges parents to teach kids not to pluck flowers and to preserve neighborhood blooms.
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Amherst Street
Tiger Striped Female Kitten Seeks Good Home
Wanted to find a good home for a beautiful tiger striped female kitten. Phone contact listed as 41.6-13-1p-tf for potential adopters.
Outlook for apples and peaches in Virginia 1938 season
June report from the Virginia cooperative crop service says the apple crop will be smaller than last year due to poor weather during bloom and frost damage. Northern Virginia shows better prospects, while southwestern areas are weakest. Peach production is strong in commercial orchards but light on farms, with frosts reducing early yields. total peaches projected at 1,182,000 bushels versus 1,599,000 last year and a 10 year average of 767,000.
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Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
United States
Far Western
Crozet
Roanoke
Timberville
Local Stores To Close At 5
Local stores announce a new 5 pm closing time effective until Labor Day. Saturday hours are not yet definite per Andrew Bell. The Retail Merchants Association meets tomorrow at 7:30 PM in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss this and new state employee hour legislation taking effect June 21.
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Andrew Bell
Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Phone Poles Sprout During Recent Rains
FRANKLIN Neb June 13 Pig rains have been so plentiful recently in this region ravaged by drought last year that even the telephone poles are sprouting. A number of green poles were used as replacements this spring and small leafy branches now are growing on them. The moisture also caused trouble for R B Dunlap who has a field of rye six feet two inches tall. This is too high for a binder.
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Franklin
Neb
R. B. Dunlap
Problem Boy Executed in Widow Slaying at Rockview
Wen dell Forrest Bowers a 20 year old condemned inmate known as problem boy died in the electric chair at Rockview prison in Bellefonte Pa He was executed as part of a run of seven scheduled deaths within a month for the murder of Mrs Wilma V Carpenter a 38 year old widow in Norristown and assault on her companion Mary Griffith 22 a beauty parlor operator Bowers confessed to the December 13 slaying The inmate walked to the chair declined a last meal option and read a Bible while awaiting death
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Bellefonte
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Pennsylvania
Mary Griffith
Bowers
Ronald F. Bowers
Yard Party at Stephenson Va Benefit Parsonage
Yard party at Stephenson Virginia on Thursday June 16 sponsored by Bruce town Union to benefit a new parsonage. proceeds support church housing and community outreach.
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Stephenson
Brucetown Union
Antique Exhibit at Hopewell Meeting House Features Luncheon
Antique exhibit at Hopewell Meeting House runs 11 a m to 7 p m on June 15 with luncheon and exhibit priced at 50. June 16 exhibit ticket 25c and refreshments available.
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Hopewell Meeting House
Weekend Vehicle Mishaps Cause Minor Injuries in Winchester
Several people in and near Winchester suffered minor injuries in weekend automobile incidents. Elmer Henry on South Loudoun Street received cuts and bruises after stepping into a car’s right rear fender driven by Floyd Newlin. William De Haven and Lee Honesty, with George Hildebrand, sustained a scalp wound in a Braddock and Pey area collision. Honesty was fined for reckless driving. A separate crash near Cook’s garage involving O C Low and Sam Rinard left Rinard and his daughter Anna Lee with minor injuries. investigation was led by Sheriff Bywaters, Deputy DeHaven, and State Officer Prillaman.
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Winchester
Elmer Henry
East Gerrard Street
South Loudoun Street
Henry
Floyd Newlin
Opequon
William de- Haven
Cross Junction
Lee Honesty
Braddock and Pey
George Hildebrand
O. C. Low
Kernstown
Sam Rinard
Frederick County
Cook
Rinard
Anna Lee
John Bywaters
Robert DeHaven
P. L. Prillaman
Heiress to Wed Saddle Salesman
Miss Andrea Luckenbach 18 will wed William Dobbs 25 in Great Neck Long Island tomorrow. Daughter of Edgar F Luckenbach, she inherits 1 million at 21 from her late mother Andrea Marie Fenwick Luckenbach of Toronto.
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New York
Andrea Luckenbach
Edgar F. Luckenbach
William Dobbs
Great Neck
Long Island
Lewis F. Luckenbach
Miss Luckenbach
Andrea Marie Fenwick Luckenbach
Toronto
Canada
Plane Wrecked In March Found By Prospector
A young gold prospector named H O Collier found wreckage of a storm crashed TWA airliner that disappeared March 1 near Buena Vista peak in the Sierra Nevada. Eight bodies were found nearby and evidence included an aviator cap bearing a TWA insignia and a co pilot’s briefcase. Rangers and TWA officials followed a pack train into deep snow as they moved toward the crash site, with the survivors or remains to be recovered tomorrow.
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Yosemite
Calif
TWA
Buena Vista Peak
Yosemite Valley Ranger
Sierra Nevada
Fresno
H. O. Collier
Ranger
Forest Townsley
Collier
H. M. Salisbury
Kansas City
Forest Rangers
Wavona
California
John Graves
Sierra
Albuquerque
N. M
Bur
Odd Fellows Meet In Winchester With Grand Lodge Leaders
Members of the Tri County Odd Fellows Association gather in Winchester hosted by Madison Lodge at 8 pm. Notables from Virginia Grand Lodge attend including Deputy Grand Master L G Heflin and Grand Master C V Robinson. Others present include W C Cunningham and W E Edwards with Abe Levens presiding as Noble Grand.
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Tri-County Odd Fellows Association
Winchester
Madison Lodge
Publc
L. G. Heflin
Richmond
C. V. Robinson
Warrenton
W. C. Cunningham
Alexandria
W. E. Edwards
Fred Flynn
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Tri-County Association
Abe Levens
Illness Halts Probing of Kidnap Slay Case
A special grand jury in Miami was empaneled to consider evidence against Franklin Pierce McCall in the kidnap slaying of James Bailey Cash Jr. but illness of State Attorney George A. Worley delayed action until tomorrow. The jury elected a foreman and addressed other matters.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
George A. Worley
Cowboy Crooner and Bride Start Happily in Elkton
Tommy Autry a 22 year old cowboy crooner from Washington and Edna M O Rourke 20 wed early today in Elkton after the clerk opened. Rev C M Cope officiated. Autry who came east with Col Tim McCoys Wild West Show previously lost his job and later sang in a Washington night club.
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Elkton
Tommy Autry
Washington
Edna M. O'Rourke
C. M. Cope
Parsons
Autry
14Th Street
N. E
Miss O'Rourke
Seven Council Seats Up For Grabs In Winchester Election
Voters in Winchester go to the polls to elect seven Common Council members with polls opening at 4:30 and closing at 17:30. Democratic slates face independent challengers in two wards while a separate race covers a short term vacancy. Winners take office at the first September meeting. Nearby towns also hold municipal elections.
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Winchester
Common Council
Evening Star
Virginia
C. Douglas Barnett
Fred W. Forney
Lawrence C. Hollis
R. Frank Barr
A. Lee Coble
Marvin D Weaver
Miller Streit
Grover Cooper
Wendell B. Goode
John H. Racenberger
Walter Anderson
Berryville
Boyce
Middletown
Stephens City
Front Royal
Four Injured In Shenandoah County Crash
Four people from Hagerstown Maryland were injured on U S Route 11 near Fishers Hill south of Strasburg in a crash blamed on a blowout. Miss Margaret Watts 21 Miss Isabelle Lindsey 21 Harold Meyers 24 and Clayton Hershberger were treated at Memorial Hospital with varied injuries.
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Shenandoah County
Hagerstown
Maryland
Fishers Hill
Strasburg
Margaret Watts
Isabelle Lindsey
Harold Meyers
Clayton Hershberger
Memorial Hospital
Miss Waltz
Miss Lindsey
Democrats Urged To Vote In Municipal Election
The Democratic Executive Committee urged Democratic voters to cast ballots in the municipal election for City Council. It noted opposition from Republicans and independents and urged a substantial majority for nominees C. Douglas Barnett Fred W. Forney Lawrence C. Hollis in the First Ward. An X beside each name completes the ticket.
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Democratic
First Ward
C. Douglas Barnett
Fred W. Forney
Lawrence C. Hollis
Japan accused of using Manchukuo to distribute opium
In Geneva on June 13 a Chinese spokesman told the League of Nations opium committee that Japan is turning Manchukuo into a vast narcotics arsenal and distributing opium across China.
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Geneva
League of Nations Opium Committee
Japan
Manchukuo
China
Wise Ones Of Medicine Say Spinach Is OK
The American Medical Association announced spinach is wholesome and valuable, rich in vitamins and iron, with the caveat that iron in spinach is not fully available for infants to digest. The council on foods reviewed scientific and medical aspects before issuing the report.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association Today
O. K
Council On Foods
Sloan Warns Wage Hour Bill Threatens Auto Output
Alfred P. Sloan Jr., chairman of General Motors, says pending wage hour legislation would push U.S. auto production next year to 1932 lows. He calls the recession a low mood and argues rising wages and shorter hours destabilize the economy. He warns the bill would pit regions against each other, harm small businesses, and fail to offset higher costs with productivity gains.
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Tony Automobile
United States defies Japan over Yangtze warships
The U S government told Japan it would not curb American warships on the Yangtze to aid Japan’s Hankow push. Warships will stay to protect lives and property, with Monocacy at Kiukiang under a declared danger zone. Japanese troops seized Anking as floodwaters threaten the Yangtze advance toward Hankow.
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Shanghai
United States
Japan
Yangtze River
Hankow
Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Frank P. Lockhart
Lockhart
Masayiki Tani
China
Monocacy
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Kuling
Tani
Admiral Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Yarnell
Nelson T. Johnson
Nanking
Anking
Anhwei
Yellow River
Henan
Chengchow
Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Miankow
Career versus marriage fuels Luise Rainer Odets divorce
Luise Rainer sues Clifford Odets in Los Angeles claiming he forced her to quit acting to keep one family career. They wed January 1937 and the dispute centers on domestic happiness amid Hollywood fame.
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Hollywood
Luise Rainer
Clifford Odets
Los Angeles
Miss Rainer
Odets
Content Press
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