Presidential objection stalls War Reserve bill in House
The House military committee delayed action on a bill to build a 100 million dollar strategic minerals reserve after President Roosevelt indicated he would not approve more than 10 million dollars in outlay now. Leaders planned to seek the President’s exact views next week as debates continued over total size versus first year spending.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
House
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
May
D-Ky
Senate Naval Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Guam
Rev D L Blakemore dies in Towson
Friends in Winchester report the death of the Rev D L Blakemore D D yesterday evening at his daughter Anna Poole Pyles Towson Md He was a longtime minister in the Baltimore conference of the M E Church South and presiding elder of the Winchester District in Winchester Arrangements for the funeral were not known locally today
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Winchester
D. L. Blakemore
Anna Poole Pyles
Towson
Blakemore
Baltimore
M. E. Church
South
Prayer Meeting at Mrs. Golightly Home
A cottage prayer meeting will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock at Mrs. Sarah Golightly's home 1307 South Loudoun street in connection with the revival at Street M. E. Church.
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Sarah Golightly
Loudoun Street
M. E. Church
Health recipe changes Pa’s travel plan
The speaker recalls a doctor offering cure if taken to San Francisco or New York for the fair. Pa wavers then decides not to travel, citing Mr. Winchester’s concern over seasonal chores and weariness. The short note ends with a playful sendoff: Bon Voyage.
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San Francisco
New York
Temperatures Report Today and Year Ago
Today's high reaches 31 degrees while year ago marked a high of 56 degrees. The brief note compares daily temperature figures with a simple forecast snippet.
Japan unveils vast war materials self sufficiency plan
In Tokyo March 9 parliament disclosed a sweeping industrial expansion aimed at full self sufficiency in war materials within three years. The plan covers Japan, occupied China and Manchukuo with raw materials from new China areas playing a major role. Kazuo Aoki, head of the cabinet planning board, said the program is underway and targets 1941 completion.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Manchukuo
Kazuo Aoki
Cabinet Planning Board
British Program Held Reassuring War Readiness
London reports a British preparedness plan for war interpreted as reassurance to France and a precaution against Italian designs on French African colonies. Britain would deploy over 200000 troops quickly to the continent if conflict arises with a transport schedule already outlined for 19 divisions. Sir Noel Charles, British embassy chargé d affaires, was reportedly reassured after talks with Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Cino.
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London
France
Britain
Tunisia
Bank Returning Postal Savings To Government
The Commercial and Savings Bank will return 50000 dollars of postal savings funds to the government. The bank cites the 212 percent interest requirement as unprofitable given excess reserves and low demand for money. Cashier John I. Sloat notes few bankers find postal savings deposits profitable at the government rate.
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The
Commercial and Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
County Board Approves Hospital Bill Payment and Budgets
The Board of Supervisors approved paying in full a $609.95 hospital bill at Memorial Hospital for indigent patients up to February 1. They also approved the Welfare Budget for the upcoming fiscal year while details were not available, with costs reimbursable by state and federal funds. The board considered a power line proposal and ordered workers compensation coverage for county employees.
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Board of Supervisors
Memorial Hospital
William Beverley
Philip Fowle
Ameis
Highway Department
Kernstown
C. E Babb
Northern Virginia Power Company
F. L. Glaize
Amsterdam Casualty Company
Allen
L. M. Allen
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Carson Dyke
Wardensville
C. S. Brumback
W. H Branner
E. W. Adams
C. .M. Rosenberger
B. P. Harrison Commonwealth
H. L. McCann
F. W .Pingley
McKiwee Municipal Band Concert At Palace Theatre
The McKiwee Municipal Band performs Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Palace Theatre with doors opening at 2 p.m. The program features Gounod La Reine de Saba Overture Hungarian Comedy Waltz Oriental Roses Tubasolo Bellzebub Sollist Paul Riley Bolero Spanish Gala Idyll The Mill in the Forest Selection Little Nellie Kelly March The False Alarm.
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McKiiwee Municipal Band
Palace Theatre
Ch. Gounod
Keler-Bela
Ivanovici
Tubasolo
Bellzebub
Catozzi
Sollist
Paul Riley
Paul Eno
Nellie Kelly
Geo. Cohan
Harry Lincoln
Garbage separation notice for curbside pickup
Kitchen garbage must be separated from other refuse and placed in a covered metal can on the curb by 7 a m. Orange and grapefruit skins go with rubbish not garbage. Advertisement in section 1 page 5 sale Saturday next of small orchard and farm near Stephens City.
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Stephens City
Woman Dies In Cistern Near Ridgeway West Virginia
Mrs. Ruth Mauzy aged about 48 died in a cistern at the William D. Payne farm north of Ridgeway after the cistern cover gave way. The pump was out of order and Margaret Mauzy found her mother in water about 6:30 PM. Doctor Hoffman assisted. coroner Dr. Tomkin deemed accidental drowning after investigation. Survived by husband Frederick, five daughters Catherine Mary Margaret Betty Blythe and three sisters and a brother. Funeral Saturday at home then Rest United Brethren Church service. Interment Rest Cemetery.
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Ruth Mauzy
William D. Payne
Ridgeway
W. Va
Blythe Mauzy
Mauzy
M. G. Hoffman
Bunker Hill
Iowa
George Schlack
Clearbrook
King Street
Martinsburg
W.a
Spangler Hollinghead
Newville
Jesse Patterson
Pennsylvania
Ina Widdoes
Ee Schlack
M. E
Rest
Fielding
J. R. Collis
First United Brethren Church
British Fleet Will Retaliate Against Submarine Attacks
London March 9 Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax said the Navy would retaliate against submarine attacks on British steamers trying to run the blockade of Republican Spain. Washington March 9 Dr. Frederick C. Howe testified to the federal monopoly committee that big business has a price fixing monopoly over the milk industry, as the FTC study of the food sector began.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Washington
Frederick C. Howe
Consumers Counsel
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Monopoly Committee Today
Howe
Federal Trade Commission
Treasury chief reports progress on tax revision talks
Secretary Morgenthau said Treasury officials and President Roosevelt are progressing on revising taxes to bolster business confidence. The remarks indicate ongoing discussions within the administration about simplifying rates and broadening the tax base.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
Plans for Reuniting AFL and CIO Via Rank-and-File Vote
Cleveland report covers Alexander F. Whitney proposing a workable plan to reunite the AFL and CIO. He urges returning CIO members to the AFL, settling jurisdiction claims over time by a rank-and-file vote, and choosing leadership at the next AFL convention. Whitney believes differences can be bridged with the proper spirit.
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Cleveland
Alexander F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
AFL
CIO
National Labor Relations Act
Whitney
John L. Lewis
Railroad Brotherhoods
Lewis
Nothing Unusual In Prison Money
A federal agent found no unusual activity in an Ohio penitentiary counterfeiting probe after examining Acting Warden William Amrine’s disclosures. George Murphy of the secret service said only $1.35 in bogus coins was shown, while $1,500 had been collected from prisoners to curb free money, implying such counterfeits could circulate anywhere.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Willian F. Amrine
George Murphy
Secret Service
Amrine
Murphy
Enoney
Warplanes Bomb Die Hard Group Near Madrid
Spanish Civil War report says Republican air forces bombed rebellious Communist units on Madrid outskirts in a deadly clash that undermines hopes for a quick settlement. Die hard Communists press the revolt forcing shifts of troops away from trenches facing nationalist forces outside the capital.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Republican Defense Council
Remount Depot Land Added To Shenandoah Park
Senate approved a bill to add 977 acres of Front Royal quartermaster land to Shenandoah National Park. The War Department stated the mountainous area has no current use, and the measure moves to the House for action.
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Senate
Shenandoah National Park
Front Royal Quartermaster Military Reservation
War Department
Woman seeks $200000 damages after Cavalier disaster
Mrs. Katherine Miller of Lincoln Nebraska sues for $200000 plus $1109.50 for baggage in admiralty in New York federal court against British Imperial Airways over the Cavalier crash. Theodore Iserman states the suit aims to assign responsibility and require foreign airlines using American ports to adopt U S safety standards.
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New York
Theodore Iserman
Katherine Miller
Lincoln
Nebr
Donald Walters Miller
Admiralty
British Imperial Airways
British Imperial
New York-Bermuda
U.S. and Brazil Reach Credit and Bank Pact
The United States and Brazil signed agreements expanding U S credit to Brazil and freeing exchange markets. An export import bank loan of up to 19 200 000 dollars will back Brazil’s central bank. Roosevelt will seek Congress to provide up to 50 000 000 dollars in gold for Brazil’s central reserve bank.
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Washington
United States
Brazil
Hull
Aranha
Bank of Brazil
Roosevelt
State Department
Congress
Central Reserve Bank
Legionnaires To Be Honored At Winchester Meeting
State Commander Fred C. Parks will present pictures of Allied war generals and silver stars to outstanding Legion members at the Robert Y. Conrad Post No 21 meeting on Saturday March 11 at the George Washington Hotel. Post Commander J G Fosbrink urged all legionnaires in caps to attend at 11 30 AM as Parks tours the state with Seventh District Commander Scheuer and other officials.
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Fred C. Parks
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
George Washington
J. G. Fosbrink
Parks
Winchester
Seventh District
Scheuer
Berryville
State Department
Fosbrink
Ransack A Bank But Get Nothing
In Salisbury Maryland thieves ransacked the Farmers Bank of Mardela last night but failed to enter the vault. Entry was made through a 16 inch basement coal window at the rear. glass was broken and an inner bar removed. The attempt was discovered this morning by cashier William A Bounds who found the basement door open after lighting the furnace.
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Salisbury
Farmers Bank of
Democrats Face Indictment Over 1938 Pennsylvania Campaign
Thirteen Pennsylvania Democrats including four ex-cabinet members of Governor George H. Earle were indicted on charges from the 1938 campaign. Indictments cite payroll padding in the highway department totaling 600000 dollars, conspiracy to control highway bond business, and coercion of state employees for political contributions. Indicted officials include former Secretary of the Commonwealth Ralph M. Bashore and former Secretary of Labor and Industry Roy E. Brownmiller.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
State
Tary
The
Commonwealth
Ralph M. Bashore
Labor and Industry
Roy E. Brownmiller
van Dyke
Capital hotel strike cancels White House correspondents dinner
Washington dispatch reports the city hotel strike led to the cancellation of the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner for President Roosevelt, set for Saturday night at the Mayflower Hotel.
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Washington
Capital
Roosevelt
White House
German General Attacks Monroe Doctrine in Latin America Push
Berlin reports Gen Wilhelm Faupel denouncing the Monroe doctrine as a U S claim for western hemisphere domination He urged Germany to send educators scientists and linguists to Latin America to counter what he called United States propaganda there.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Faupel
United States
Germany
Latin America
Federal Reserve NY says government absorbed most investment
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports in its annual review that over the past five years the government has absorbed the majority of the nation's investment capital, leaving little for private enterprise.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
United States
Rublee reports German plan for orderly Jewish emigration
George Rublee, former director of the inter governmental committee on political refugees, told President Roosevelt that the German government is prepared to take definite measures to provide for orderly emigration of Jews.
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Washington
George Rublee
Inter-Governmental Committee On Political Refugees
Roosevelt
Air force bill aims to fund British empire air strength
Air Secretary Sir Kingsley Wood told Parliament that Britain’s first line air strength would reach 2,250 planes by April 1 as he sought approval for a 1939 airforce bill totaling 1 billion dollars.
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London
Kingsley Wood
CIO union members jailed for Fansteel sit-down strike
Thirteen CIO union members who refused an injunction to end the February 1937 Fansteel Metallurgical sit-down strike surrendered and were sent to Lake County jail to serve their sentences.
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Waukegan, II
CIO
Fansteel Metallurrgical Corporation
Lake County
Actress Gladys Frazin Banks Dies in West End Plunge
The former 20th Century Fox associate producer and ex wife of Monte Banks, about 38, died early today after leaping from the sixth floor of her parents West End Avenue apartment in New York.
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New York
Gladys Frazin Banks
Monte Banks
20Th Century-Fox Film Company
West End Avenue
Hangs Tonight in Baltimore for Dorchester Wife Murder
Fred L. Brown a Canadian war veteran from Dorchester County faces execution by hanging at the Baltimore penitentiary one minute after midnight unless a reprieve delays the sentence. The capital murder charge stems from the killing of his young wife.
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Baltimore
Fred L. Brown
Dorchester County
Rev F L Roof To Conduct Lent Service
A special Lenten service will be held at Centenary Reformed Church Friday at 7 45 pm announced by Rev S L Flickinger pastor The sermon will be preached by Rev F L Roof pastor of the Stephens City Lutheran Parish.
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Centenary Reformed Church
S. L. Flickinger
D. D
F. L. Roof
Stephens City Lutheran
Harrington Testifies Byrnes Bill Effects on WPA
Col F C Harrington WPA administrator testifies before the Senate Unemployment Committee that estimates of economy from the Byrnes bill merging federal public works functions may be exaggerated. He notes non construction WPA projects would continue for 544,000 workers, including 356,000 women in sewing and 40,000 unemployed teachers. AFL CIO spokesmen urge a separate federal unemployment system for mariners and social security coverage. cotton surplus plan also discussed.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Public Works Department
Harrington
Senate Unemployment Committee
Byrenes
D-Sc
W. D. Johnson
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Social Security Board
Byrnes
AFL
CIO
House
Ways and Means
Paul Sharrenberg
Ralph Emerson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
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Alexander Whitney
Lewis and Green
U.S
Legionnaires
Col. Harrington
W. B. Snider & Son
Rite Way Cleaners
N. Braddock St
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E. Piccadilly St
C. D. Dye
Pleasant Valley Ladies’ Aid
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