Virginia Assembly Battles Over Bills and Sympathy for Lindbergh
Lawmakers debate a mix of bills including licenses for contractors amputation of school funds and a secondary highway plan. Sympathy resolutions for the Lindberghs pass as the Senate backs county government reform to allow new local administration forms.
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John N. Sebrell
Norfolk
Jefferson
Richmond Stadium
Virginia
Senate
Baylor
Ae House
House
Lindberghs
Lindbergh
Charles W. Moss
Richmond
E. E. Holland
Suffolk
Pollard
General Assembly
Hunter Miller
Bedford
Fish and Game Committee
Tidewater
William A. Wright
Essex
Miller
House Debates Budgets and Bills in Tight Session
Lawmakers debated the Byrd plan to shift roads funds and audit costs while committees split over reallocating state and county costs. A seven member commission was proposed to redraw districts. House moves to publish small loan investigation records and rejects several contractor wage and eight hour day bills. Wilbur Hall pitched a chain store tax and doctors prescription rules for hypnotic drugs were engrossed.
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John
Louisa
Rhodes
House
I. N. Coleman
Dinpatron
J. Warrening
Northampton
Senate
John J. Wicker
Richmond
W. Layman
Craig
Wicker
Layman
Assembly
Stateton Commission
Wilbur Hall
Loudoun
Hall
Retail Merchants Association
Indiana
Jefferson County Orchard Sold By Court Order
Jefferson County Orchard Company real estate sold by court order after receivership. Auction in Charles Town saw three tracts, 49 acres to Mrs. S H Landis for 4200, 206 acres including main buildings to Parkersburg Bank for 23620, 3-acre tract to Parkersburg Bank for 170. Bank bids led by Judge Penick of Wichita Falls. Total sale near 30 thousand dollars.
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H. H. Byrer
Martinsburg
Jefferson Orchard Company
Court House
Charles Town
Orchard Company
Middleway
Jefferson County
Charles Engle
S. H. Landis
Parkersburg Bank
Judge Penick
Wichita Falls
Texas
B S LaFollette Passes At Advanced Age In West Virginia
B S LaFollette a longtime farmer in Lehenen West Virginia died at 75 born Rugget 26 1856. He left seven daughters two brothers and one sister twenty grand and nineteen great grandchildren. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 pm at Shiloh Methodist Church burial in family plot. Pallbearers include Alpha Spaid Cephas Brill and L B LaPollette.
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LaFollette
Lehenen
Virginia
Rugget
J. W. Larrick
Lehew
W. Va
W. S. Pennington
Concord
Alpha Spaid
Cephas T. Brill
L. B. LaPollette
Widows Death Shocks Clarke County Community
Belle Potter widow of Thomas H. Potter died in Millwood Virginia at 3 p m from a heart collapse. She was a longtime Clarke county resident admired for kindness and care for the sick. Survived by four sons James Richard McKinley of Millwood and Dr Thomas Potter of Philadelphia, daughters Lena Oldton and Sadie Barks of Asbury Park New Jersey, and granddaughter May Banks. Funeral services will be held at Gillford Baptist Church at 11 a m Saturday with Rev Ford of Front Royal officiating.
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Millwood
Clarke County
Belle Potter
Thomas H. Potter
Petersburg
Thos. Potter
Philadelphia
James
Richard
McKinley Potter
Lena Oldton
Sadie Barks
Asbury Park
N. J
May Banks
Gillford Baptist Church
Ford
Front Royal
Revival Draws Large Crowds at Wesley Chapel Meeting
The two week protracted revival at Wesley Chapel Methodist near Reynolds Store ended last Sunday with a jammed house and many penitents. About 30 people professed saving faith, 21 uniting with the church at the closing service. A pageant “Jesus the Light of the World” was staged Saturday night, led by Prof. J. Owen Long and a children’s choir.
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Wesley Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Reynolds Store
Jesus Christ
J. Owen Long
Lacey Springs
R. Hipes
Toms -Brook
Charles Wagner
Gainesboro
Shanghai area hostilities to be stopped officials say
Chinese army headquarters said a Nineteenth Route Army detachment at Liuho was engaged by a Japanese force and fighting continued. Japanese and Chinese leaders announced orders to cease hostilities around Shanghai with troops to hold border positions in a 1242 mile zone unless China acts.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
Nineteenth Route Army
Liuho
Kichisaburo Nomura
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Legation
Lunchwa
Lunghwa
Shanghai-Hangchow
Nantao
Kating
Nanking
Young Son of Ohio Contractor Still Missing
In Niles Ohio March 3 the kidnapped son of a wealthy local contractor James DeJute Jr age 11 was seized by two men from near his home. They fled in a car and two witnesses described the abductors but police have no trace of them.
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Niles
Ohio
Charles A. Lindbergh
James DeJute, Jr
Shanghai Mystery Man Might Survive
A cryptic caption asks if he lived to tell the tale in Shanghai. The photo credit cites Hearst Metrotone and Fox Movietone News. The snippet offers no further details on the incident or identity.
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Shanghai
Hearst Metrotone
Fox Movietone News
Forward March Intock Market Comes To Halt
New York stock market paused as prices failed to show solid improvement. Early brief gains faded as selling increased, with a few shares dipping into moderate losses while Sterling rose to 3.48 dollars on opening, aiding cables.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling
Cables
Odd Will and Quarrelsome Sage Quoted in Clipping
A Frenchman M Auguste Pasquier left a will engraved on a chair leaf. Ai Ho of Chinatown says war can be abolished if neighbors stop quarrelling. Ohio State Journal notes a shirt purchase supports many workers, yet most idlely hide pins in a tail.
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M. Auguste Pasquier
Ai Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Ohio State Journal
Death Penalty Repeal Favored By a 3-2 Vote
A crowd of about 400 gathered at Hill school to hear Luttrell brothers argue Virginia should repeal the capital punishment law. The affirmative won 3 to 2, with judges ruling in favor of repeal. Debaters included Ernest Luttrell Alvin Orndorff John Larrick William Sargent and C E Martin.
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Hill
Luttrell Brothers
Virginia
Winchester
Luttrells
Hemera
Ernest Arthur Luttrell
Eee Wee Alvin Orndorff
Lay
John W. Larrick
William Sargent
C. E. Martin
Winchester Debating Society
Armel School House
Hurricanes Originate Usually In The Ocean
A concise note states that hurricanes typically form in the ocean waters where warm moisture fuels their development. It emphasizes the ocean as the birthplace of these storms.
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Ocean
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