Resolution onSales Tax Study Is Lost In Senate
The Virginia Senate defeated Senator J Belmont Woodsons resolution to form a commission to study the merits and demerits of a sales tax and report to the next session. Debate invoked views of the tax as both fair and a burden to the poor.
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Next Assembly
State Capitol
Richmond
Senate
J. Belmont Woodson
Mississippi
Kentucky
House
Transporta Ee
G. A. Massenburg
Pa Frederick Plans Early Work for Spring Planting
Mr Winchester notes Pa Frederick grows spry with the years. Despite snow he rides an old horse to new ground to clear stumps and intends to plant a potato patch that will envy neighbors. He Prepares spray equipment, fences, and sheep shed roof to stay ahead of spring tasks.
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Pa Frederick
Lost Lady's Pocket Book With Ivory Flower Clasp
Woman reports loss of a black leather pocket book containing money and an ivory flower clasp. Reward offered. contact Western Union branch for return.
U S Chambers Warns on Roosevelt Tax Plan
The U S Chamber of Commerce in Washington cautioned that the Roosevelt tax program would upend revenue methods and create major problems for taxpayers. It urged presenting the 1937 budget before tax votes and warned against government taking too large a share of net earnings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Member of
Commerce of the United States
Chamber
Washington Review
House
Miss Shockey Home After Keswick Car Crash
Miss Helen C. Shockey returned to her parents home at 410 National Avenue after a head on collision at Keswick Albemarle County yesterday morning. She suffered shoulder and head bruises while Miss Mary Chrisman will arrive this afternoon with a sprained ankle. Mrs Flora Stoma of Harrisonburg had a bruised knee and stomach injuries. The other car driver a colored woman received a facial gash. Shockey’s car had front end damage and a broken left front wheel and she plans to tow it here next week.
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Helen C. Shockey
Howard Shockey
National Avenue
Mary Chrisman
Shockey
Miss Chrisman
Flora Stoma
Harrisonburg
Keswick
Albemarle County
Final summary meeting for Frederick County farmers
The Star requests attention to the final summary meeting of Frederick County farmers at the county courthouse tonight at 7 30. Circulars misprinted 2 pm today and County Agent I Fred Stine notes the correction. Attendees will hear a brief review of six topics and a discussion of agricultural trends in Fredericks County over the past 50 years.
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Frederick County
County Court House
Fred Stine
Fredericks County
Chuck and Rays Open Tonight and Dinner Music
Local ad notes Chuck and Rays open tonight with dinner music and dancing on Saturday March 7 from 8 to 11 30 p m no charge Golden Glow Coffee Shop and office space for rent heat furnished on Reuss Avenue plus a maltese kitten seeking a home phone numbers listed for inquiries
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Golden Glow Coffee Shop
Reuss Avenue
City to design official seal and flag for Winchester
A city commission is to propose an official seal and flag for Winchester before the Apple Blossom Festival. Vice president Peyton J. Marshall named the panel with five members to finish designs by April 7 for council review. The effort follows the rediscovery of an 1820 borough seal once signed by Mayor Obed Waite, now lacking official status.
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Winchester
Peyton J. Marshall
Common Council
Arthur M. Field
Philip Williams
John M. Steck
C. V. Eddy
Richard Griffith, Sr
L. Neill Woods
Obed Waite
Frederic County Horticultural School Sets March 12 Program
A two session Frederick County Horticultural School is scheduled in this city for Thursday March 12. Morning topics cover the apple situation pruning and fungicides with talks by Dr. A H Teske Dr W S Hough and Dr A B Groves. Afternoon sessions discuss soil analysis soil management for orchards advertising Virginia apples and tree pruning methods by Dr Teske. Pruning demonstrations in seven orchards attracted 112 fruit growers and assistants. discussions covered fertilization spraying and cover crops. Luncheon set for Monday March 9 at Episcopal Parish House.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
A. H. Teske
W. S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
A. B. Groves
For Rent Or Sale Fine House on So Washington Street
Fine house on So. Washington street with 9 rooms and modern conveniences. Large lot and good condition. Possession April 1. George H. Eagle committee.
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Washington Street
GEO. H
EAGLE
Eip-Tt
Strike spreads to more hotels in New York
Workers press a cross city hotel walkout with Tudor City leading action and 5300 affected in Grand Central area. About 350 to 400 elevator operators and other staff walked out while replacements were promised soon. Pickets patrol as managers shield key hotels in the Grand Central district.
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le Press
Bey Yore
Chrysler Tower
Rockefeller Center
Tudor City
Grand Central Region
Grand Central Zone
James J. Bambrick
Building Service
Grand Central
New York
Hitler Move Shakes Wall Street Amid Rhineland Tensions
New York trading opened with declines across most war and industrial stocks as Germany moved troops into the Rhineland and rejected Locarno and Versailles pacts. Notable losses included General Motors Chrysler Johns Manville Allied Chemical Santa Fe and New York Central, while aviation shares Douglas Curtiss Wright A and United Aircraft rose. Mining issues gained with Anaconda Phelps Dodge and A S Smelting. Wheat edged up fractions and cotton held steady to firm. French francs and gold weakened.
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Germany
Rhineland
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Chrysler
Johns-Mansville
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Santa Fe
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Douglas
Curtiss-Wright
United Aircraft
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
A. S
Postoffice Is Moving Tonight
Final reminder to renters of lock boxes at the Winchester post office to remove all mail from boxes between 8 30 and 9 30 tonight. Postmaster W Nelson Page says this will greatly aid transferring equipment from the temporary office back to permanent quarters at Braddock and Piccadilly streets.
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Winchester
Random Shot From rifle Entered Creswell Home
Police were called to C. A. Creswell at 306 South Kent Street after a .22 caliber rifle shot pierced a window and hit the opposite wall. The bullet was recovered and Creswell said a boy shooting at birds likely fired it. No one was injured. Officials warned of drastic action if shooters are caught.
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C. A. Creswell
South Kent Street
Creswell
Denunciation of Locarno Treaty Sparks European Alarm
European officials deem Hitler’s move grave and expect a League session to seek a substitute for Versailles and Locarno. Italy signals it may not honor its Locarno guarantees after Mussolini learns of remilitarization plans. Rome reports tremor at news of Rhineland reoccupation.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company Monthly Meeting Report
The Sarah Zane Fire Company held its regular monthly meeting with Captain Richard Brown presiding. Visitors included Fire Chiefs and captains from Rouss Friendship South End. committee appointments and a purchase of a new red spotlight were noted. the agenda covered routine business and brief talks followed by a plate lunch and refreshments.
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Norman Cooper
Donald Lofton
Reginald Frye
E. C. Lupton
Lawrence Jolliffe
L. M. Crabill
George Sumption
W. Lee Fisher
Taylor Barr L. M. Crabill
Robert
J. William Stryker
Marvin D. Weaver
Cecil Grim
John H. Dunn
Rouss
Richard Boxwell
Laurence Jones
Lester Forney
Friendship
C. C. Gough L. Neill Woods
William Goodenour
South End
Kab Cg
Hitler Threatens Locarno Death Sends Troops to Rhine
Paris reports German forces move into the Rhineland as the Locarno pact is denounced. France cancels army leaves and launches a protest to the League of Nations while naming General Bertrand Puzo to command aerial defense duties by March 15.
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Rhineland
League of Nations
Germany
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Albert Sarraut
War Council
League Council
Bertrand Puzo
Foreign Affairs Committee
French
Chamber of Deputies
Albert Brun
Sarraut
Flandin
Maurice Gamelin
Joseph Paul Boncour
Hitler
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Pac Pp
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Douglas Fairbanks
Lady Ashley
Rome
Mussolini
Geneva
Blackjack Found Strapped To Slain Man
In Welch West Virginia March 7 the attorney for Mrs John D Kennedy and her two daughters charged with murder said a blackjack was found strapped to John Kennedy's wrist after he was shot to death The pistol was not located and prosecutors and defense concur no suspect yet The three women were bailed for 5000 each for a March 20 hearing Names include Mrs Mary Kennedy Coleman and Ruth Kennedy plus Stormy Weather their child born after a separation.
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Harman
Wilson Anderson
Mary Kennedy Coleman
Stormy Weather
Ruth Kennedy
Warman
Weekend Social Event Announcement
On Saturday from 8:00 to 11:30 p.m. an evening of entertainment is planned with a 3-4-1p-3t program. Attendees are invited to join for a lively night of activities and social time.
Hitler Threatens Europe With Rhineland Move and Pact Pivot
Adolf Hitler addressed the Reichstag promising to cede before no power and set a March plebiscite as German troops moved into the Rhineland. He hailed a new Western demilitarized frontier and urged a Franco German accord while signaling readiness to reconsider the League of Nations in hopes of uniting Europe under Nazi aims.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
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Germany
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Reichstag
Hitler
Deraal
Locarno
der Fuehrer
Kroll Operahaus
Rhine
Cologne
Europe
New York Hotels Ordered to Join Building Strike
Domestic news notes that workers in major New York hotels were ordered to join the city wide building service strike Monday. Other items include lobbying battles in Virginia and a German Rhineland crisis.
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Richmond
General Assembly
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Petersburg
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