Reorganization Bill Proposed by Byrd Amid Fiscal Crisis
Senator Harry F. Byrd introduces a Senate select committee bill to overhaul executive agencies. He argues reorganization can cut deficits, citing growth in spending since 1932 and the need to reduce waste while preserving Congress's control over major changes.
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Select Committee
Senate Committee
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Senate
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Congress
America
Handley Board of Trustees to Offer Farm at Public Auction
At Winchester Virginia near the County Court House the Handley Board of Trustees will sell a 33 acre farm and orchard in Frederick County about one mile west of Stephens City on the Marlboro Road. The sale requires one fourth cash with the rest in bonds dated sale day bearing 5 percent interest semi annually secured by trust deed and fire insurance. For details contact Charles H. Harper Winchester VA. 3 7 41.
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Flandley Board of Trustees
E. A. Gordon
Frederick County
Stephens City
Marlboro Road
Handley Board OF Trustees
Charles H. Harper
Baltimore Philadelphia Live Stock and Produce Markets Report
Baltimore market reports unchanged prices for poultry and eggs with roasters rocks and leghorns in limited ranges. Cattle hogs and sheep values listed by U S Dept of Agriculture with steers cows and heifers, hogs mostly 20 cents lower, lambs active with higher bids in Chicago.
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Chicago
Stock Market Steady Gains Amid Mixed Prospects
New York trading on March 7 sees leading issues up fractions near last levels as investors note slow transfers of about 600000 shares. Steel, motor, aircraft, rubber, rail and specialty stocks advance while doubts over a clash between the President and Congress shadow the horizon. International markets firm, suggesting potential easing of European political tensions and cautious hope for administration support.
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New York
London
Europe
Market Reports Show Mixed U S Stocks at 2 PM
U S Governments point higher while commodities run uneven. Selected stock quotes at 2 p m list Chem 180 Am Can 93 1 2 Am Rad 16 3 4 Am Smel 46 3 4 and many others from A T T to Woolworth with varied movements.
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Republic Steel
Southern R
Texas Corp
Union Pac
Grain market slides as trade stalls in Chicago March 7
The wheat market remained in a rut with virtually motionless prices amid slow trade and export uncertainty. Closing quotes show wheat at 68 1 2 to 69 5 8, and corn around 47 5 8 to 51 1 8 with soybeans near 84. Prices vary by delivery month and receiving market regions report mixed cash grain values across Chicago Baltimore and Winchester for No 2 red winter No 2 yellow corn and other grains.
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Liverpool
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Local Markets and Grain Prices in The Star Listing
Daily market summary shows Short Patent flour and other grains with per hundredweight and bag prices. Includes corn meal, middlings, bran, dairy feeds, chicken and turkey feeds, eggs, and butter with varied pound bag rates and per barrel listings.
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Clark Gable's Second Wife Seeks Divorce in Nevada Hearing
Maria Gable appeared before Judge William E. Orr in Las Vegas Nevada to seek a divorce from Clark Gable. The hearing was closed with Gable absent and scheduled for 1 45 p m PST. Gable reportedly plans to wed Carole Lombard soon after the split.
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Screen Idol
Carole Lombard
Las Vegas
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Maria
Nevada
Gable
Hollywood
William E. Orr
Santa Ana
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Calinescu Named New Romanian Premier After Cristea Death
In Bucharest on March 7, King Carol appointed Armand Calinescu premier following the death of Miron Cristea. Calinescu, a lawyer and educator, is praised as a strong man and will keep the war and interior posts, continuing law and order policies. Cristea’s passing ends a period of national sorrow.
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Rumania
Miron Cristea
Cristea
Cannes
France
Carol
Armand Calinescu
Calinescu
President Roosevelt Orders Navy to Build Six 6,000-Ton Cruisers
Roosevelt authorizes four 6,000-ton cruisers to be built by private yards with two in Navy yards under Vinson-Trammell act. the President may direct otherwise. The notice places the action in Washington on March 7.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Treasure Map Leads Detectives to $238 Hidden Box
Detectives Herman Goldstein and John Lynch followed a crude map to a house marked X where a hidden box contained 238 dollars. The cache was part of a 945 dollar holdup. An arrested man supplied the motive and location details.
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Herman Goldstein
John Lynch
New England to Hold Largest Joint War Games
Washington March 7 The Army and Navy announced agreement on joint war games in New England from April 17 to 23. Officials said they would be the largest scale exercises of their kind ever held in the east.
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Army
Navy
New England
East
Services for Mrs. C. Gratton Crawford
Pallbearers named for Mrs. C. Gratton Crawford during yesterday afternoon rites at Kernstown. Clergy included Rev. R B Nelson, Rev. W C Marshall Jr, and Rev. Summers McGavock. Active pallbearers: B F Arthur Jr, Charles M Borum, A T Mussen, William Beverley, Peyton J Marshall, Paul M Haldeman, Jack Crawford, Lawrence Jolliffe. Honorary pallbearers listed. Attendees from Washington, Baltimore and other cities.
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Kernstown
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
W. C. Marshall, Jr
Bedford
E. Summers McGavock
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Charles M. Borum
A. T. Mussen
William Beverley
Peyton J. Marshall
Paul M. Haldeman
Jack Crawford
Lawrence Jolliffe
B. B. Dutton
Fred Boyd
George Crawford
George Badjer
Arthur Field
H. D. Fuller
P. W. Boyd
S. M. Chiles
John Fishpan
Charles F. Coffman
Henry Moling, Sr
Harold Rowe
J. W. Keyser
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh dancer chosen to entertain Goebbels aides
Miriam Verne, a young acrobatic dancer from Pittsburgh, who has earned Hitler's praise, was selected by Propaganda Minister Goebbels to perform before his top aides after a dinner in Berlin on March 7.
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Miriam Verne
Pittsburgh
Adolph Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hughes Grippe Attack Quietly Delays Court Sessions
Supreme Court officials said Chief Justice Hughes is suffering from a mild grippe and will miss sessions for the rest of the week, delaying tribunal activities in Washington.
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Supreme Court
Evans Hughes
Grippe
Favor Insurance Proposal Aims at Pennsylvania Motorists
Harrisburg report notes a proposed compulsory motor vehicle insurance plan to ensure compensation for accident victims. The measure seeks to require all motorists to carry insurance and would set coverage standards if enacted.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Accord Drawn on France Germany Economic Settlement
Paris reports that an accord between France and Germany to settle economic issues from the German partition of Czecho Slovakia nears finalization, according to official quarters.
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France
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
British envoy protests Japanese charges at Tientsin
The foreign office said Sir Robert Leslie Craigie, British ambassador to Tokyo, will protest to Japan over electrified entanglements built around British and French concessions in Tientsin, China.
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Foreign Office
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Tientsin
China
Rival Labor Leaders At White House
The CIO seeks guaranteed assurances that industrial unionism will be protected in any settlement. The AFL would recognize industrial unionism in mass production sectors like steel and auto manufacturing. Craft union leaders oppose extending industrial unionism to steel fabrication and auto parts plants where craft unions are stronger.
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Ayl
Season Normal In The Valley
Amateur weather observers declare spring may be unofficially here as mild days bring early blossoms like crocus and lilac shoots. Winchester Research Laboratory notes this season is perfectly normal with apple buds steady and peaches starting to develop more rapidly.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Front Royal Lists Problems of Front Royal
State Senator Aubrey Weaver urged 100 percent citizen cooperation to tackle housing highways and bridges in Front Royal. He cited a $1,000,000 need to build two Shenandoah river bridges and proposed phasing allocations while also seeking stronger entrances to East Main Street and Viscose Corp support for spring housing construction.
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H. C. Neren
Viscose Corporation
Weaver
East Main Street
Kenneth Gilpin
Highway Commission
Shenandoah River
Baker backs liquor dispensary plan in Annapolis
In Annapolis Maryland on March 9 J Frank Baker former Athletics star spoke for a liquor dispensary system in his home county.
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J. Frank
Baker
Philadelphia Athletics
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