WPA changes approved by committee on relief bill
House subcommittee votes to modify WPA provisions in a 1.716 billion relief bill. They raise building project limits to 50 000 for federal buildings and 40 000 for non federal projects while restoring relief fund allocations to regular federal agencies up to 50 million and allowing up to seven dollars per worker for non labor costs. The plan includes a three member board replacing the single WPA administrator and faces further revision before reaching President Roosevelt.
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Washington
House Appropriations
PWA
House
Roosevelt
White House
Witten
WPA
Col
F. C. Harrington
Public Works Administration
T Harrington
Timber Ridge Homecoming and An ger's Store Picnic Planned
MA Winchester notes a Sunday homecoming at Timber Ridge with many old acquaintances returning and distant attendees. Farmers, despite busy summers, plan recreation including a 3 day celebration at Anger’s Store picnic grounds next month.
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Timber Ridge
Anger’s
Ice Cream Price Noted at Santi Wary Dairy
A local dairy offers ice cream at 25 cents per quart. SANTI WARY DAIRY advertises a low price in a brief listing dated 6 10 1p fri tf.
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Santiwary Dairy
Jack McAboy Elected Virginia FFA President
Jack McAboy of Stephens City was elected president of the Virginia Federation of Future Farmers of America. He was the sole candidate for the post, with a slate of regional officials named. The rally included a championship baseball game and judging events as Dr. Julian Burrows urged students to pursue opportunities.
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Star
Blacksburg
Jack McAboy
Stephens City
Virginia Federation of Future Farmers of America
Virginia
William Shaffer
Maurertown
Shenandoah County
Jonas Chamberlain
Handley
John E. Cruise
Hillsville
Ryland Dodson
Dan River
Robert Walton
Powhatan
James White
Herndon
William Hounshell
Richard Cawthrney
Marion
Thomas Scott
John Randolph
Marcus Oliver
Kempsville
Julian A. Bur- Tus
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Wool labeling bill urged to curb Europe rags imports
Frederic Brenckman told Virginia State Grange delegates that wool products labeling would show virgin wool content helping buyers assess fabric quality. He criticized the Wheeler Truman transportation plan as a monopoly risk and warned against duplicating state truck oversight. Turner completed two days of organizational training.
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Richmond
Congress
Virginia State Grange
United States
Europe
Frederic Brenckman
Washington
Raps Transportation
Brenckman
House Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Grange
Department of Commerce
Mark
Ford says nations sick of war at New York World’s Fair
Henry Ford declared at the New York World’s Fair that most nations are so sick of war they would avoid conflict if it benefited essential needs. He noted his brief NYA speech a year earlier and welcomed the 27 million Ford car brought from the San Francisco Exposition to the fairgrounds.
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New York
Henry Ford
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Fair
Public Sale of Mrs R L Long Estate Mt Falls
Public sale announced for the estate of Mrs R L Long at Mt Falls on Monday June 19 1939. Items include horses cattle sheep farm implements and household goods. Remarks indicate sale to be held at the estate with itemized offerings.
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R. L. Long
Mt. Falls Mon
New Potomac Synod Organized After Dissolution
The old Potomac Synod formed in Frederick Maryland in 1872 was dissolved to form a new Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church at Hood College. Dr Scott Wagner of Hagerstown Md was named president with officers Dr Lehman Baltimore Rev N L Horn Frederick and others. The new synod covers eastern West Virginia Maryland the District of Columbia and Virginia. The first board and examiners were appointed with Dr Flickinger chairing. The Women’s Missionary Society also met at Hood.
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Potomac Synod
Frederick
Potomac
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Scott . Wagner
S Reformed Church
Hagerstown
Lehman
Evangelical Church
Baltimore
N. L. Horn
L. Travers Thomas
Frederick, Md
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Alien Gray
Gray
Flickinger
Old Synod
New Synod
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Women’s Missionary Society of the Synod
Hood
Mary Gray
Winchester
Branding Charges Dropped In Student Branding Case
Baltimore June 16 The grand jury dismissed assault and related charges against Borton Rosen 19 in a case tied to the branding of 14 year old Melvin Bridge a Jewish student at Gwynn s Falls Junior High. The nine witnesses heard included three students and two police officers. the hearing occurred without the state attorney s office present.
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Baltimore
Borton Rosen
Rosen
Melvin Bridge
Gwynn’s Falls
Bridge
Young Bridge
City College
Furthi
French U Boat Bet Reported Missing After Dive Off Saigon
Paris rumors swirled that the French submarine Phenix with 60 men aboard failed to surface after diving off Saigon French Indo China for 30 hours. Officials denied information while discussions followed in Parliament amid the Squalus and Thetis catastrophes.
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Phenix
Saigon
Marseille
Navy Ministry
Paris
Indo-China
Navy
New Hampshire
Thetis
Davis
Roosevelt eyes large lending bill and rail equipment plan
President Roosevelt said he is studying a self liquidating industrial lending program that would operate within the budget and not raise the debt. He weighs giving railroads legal title to equipment or forming a RFC linked corporation to build and lease equipment, with government ownership retained for insolvencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
RFC
Barkley
Treasury
Mead
New Deal
Congress
Senate Banking
Frazier
Adams
D.-Colo
Farm Credit Administration
Norris
Ind.-Neb
Fraternity Honors Winchester Dentist Dr Ralph Snapp
Dr Ralph Snapp was installed as an honorary member of the Richmond Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon. The Winchester dentist earned the honor for major contributions to Virginia dentistry, past state association presidency, and a Fellowship in the American College of Dentists. He is the only Winchester dentist besides Dr R H Kerlin to hold Omicron Kappa Upsilon membership.
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Ralph Snapp
Richmond
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Snapp
Virginia
State Association
American College of Dentists
Winchester
R. H. Kerlin
Trial Opens For German Officers In Prague Slaying Case
In Prague on June 16 a special tribunal began the trial of two German policemen charged with killing Czech constable Johann Mueller at Nachod a week earlier. Proceedings proceed in the regular court building with swift handling seen as demonstrating impartiality under the protectorate authorities. The Kladno killer remains at large.
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Prague
Johann Mueller
Nachod
Protectorate of
Bohemia and Moravia
Klodno
Kladno
Weidmann Buys Cemetery Lot Ahead of Guillotine in France
Paris reports Eugene Weidmann, slated for execution, has purchased a cemetery plot in a Paris area graveyard. The killer of six, including Brooklyn dancer Jean De Koven, is to be executed at Louis Barthou Square in Versailles, near St Pierre Prison, marking a dramatic end to France’s famed Bluebeard case.
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Bluebeard
Weidmann
France
Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Henri Landru
Prau Carlier
St. Pierre
Versailles
Weidtennn
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
N. Y
Miss de Koven
la Voulzie
St. Cloud
Louis
Lanrdu
Germany Rejects Mixed Claims Decision Over 1916 17 Explosions
Berlin announces it will not recognize the Mixed Claims Commission ruling holding Germany responsible for the Black Tom and Kingsland munitions blasts. No German sat on the commission and Berlin reserves all action. The decision could limit American claimants to partial recovery from Germany.
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Berlin
Mixed Claims Commission
Reich
Kingsland
Washington, D. C
Black Tom
N. J
Washington
Germany
United States
Hamburg
Honor Court To Be Held Tonight For Scouts
Tonight at 7 30 o clock a Court of Honor for district Scouts meets at the George Washington Hotel. Scout Commissioner S C Hartman invites parents to attend as Laurens Jones and Fred Stine lead camping guidance. Troop 32 members from Berkeley Springs West Virginia demonstrate firemaking while Troop 18 Berryville boys open and close the session.
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George Washington
S. C. Hartman
Camp White Rock
Laurens Jones
Fred Stine
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Berryville
Wanted kittens seek good home and store experience
WANTED at once two gray and white kittens for good home. Phone 41. Also W. H. Bosserman & Son seeks a man with store experience for employment. Contact details appear in the notice with dates 6-14-1p-1f and 6-16-1p-2t.
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W. H. Bosserman & Son
City Prohibits Airgun Use and Firearm Discharges
City Manager S Lee Grant and Chief C W Hollis announce enforcement of a new ordinance banning firing guns within city limits and using airguns gravel shooters or similar devices. Violators face fines from two to ten dollars under Chapter 26 Section 12 13.
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S. Lee Grant
C. W. Hollis
King Relieved Of Two Duties
HALIFAX Nova Scotia June 16 The royal tour of Canada is over so Prime Minister Mackenzie King can quit carrying matches The monarch prefers a lighter and King George occasionally needs a cigarette The King George and Queen Elizabeth depart aboard the Empress of Britain after a 9 000 mile tour Observers say Canadians saw the crown in British community affairs and goodwill with the United States will be tested in Newfoundland stop before returning to England
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
King George
King
United States
England
Queen Elizabeth
Newfoundland
Tientsin
Hai River
Tokyo
Eugene H. Dooman
Foreign Office
Dooman
Britain
Moscow
William Leeds
Paul Emile Naggiar
Vyacheslaff Mostoff
Prague
George
Elizabeth
Yard Party at Highland Avenue Church Lawn
Community invitation to a yard party on Monday June 17 at Greenway U B Church with home-made ice cream. Covenanter Boys promote the event and urge attendance tonight on Highland Avenue Church lawn.
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Greenway
U. B. Church
Highland Avenue Church Lawn
Covenanter Boys
Britain vows immediate steps over China Tientsin crisis
The British government declared it will take immediate and active steps against attempts to restrict British rights in China as Tientsin tensions risk a showdown among Japan and other powers with Far East interests. Japanese mediation talks surfaced as Britain refused to hand over Chinese suspects. food ships moved toward the Japanese blocked concession amid ongoing clashes and diplomatic maneuvers involving the Soviet Union Germany and Italy.
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China
Tientsin Tientsin
Japan
Tientsin
Associated Press
Britain
Far East
United States
Eagles Consider Recommending A Right of Appeal
At the thirty fourth annual state convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Alexandria delegates debated allowing appeals in alcohol beverage control cases. They proposed rights to appeal suspensions and fines of 20 dollars or more, noting current law denies appeals. About 200 delegates planned to elect officers and attend an evening dance, with Thomas F. Gray of Norfolk giving welcome remarks and Walter I. Young serving as secretary. The piece notes a loan of 15 753 dollars paid for sick and funeral expenses.
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Alexandria
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Alcoholics Beverage Control
Thomas F. Gray
Norfolk
Walter I. Young
President Roosevelt to cruise Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River
President Roosevelt will spend the weekend on Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River and motor to Annapolis to board the yacht Potomac. He will return home on leave. Senate Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky, Senator Schwellenbach of Washington and Mrs Schwellenbach accompany.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Annapolis
Potomac
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Senator Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Schwellenbech
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Stephens City High School
Clearbrook
Ford
New Potomac Synod
Scott Wagner
Dr. Flickinger
Indo- China
Fraternity
Mukden
His
London
Eagles
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