Glass Waxes Warm During Senate Tilt
A clash over a Treasury Post Office supply bill amendment drew sharp remarks from Senator Glass as Senator Hale claimed politics defeated the motion to cut a 445 000 increase for public health and sanitation work surveys. Glass defended not breaking down the appropriation and maintained partisan stance while criticizing the charge.
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Washington
Treasury-Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Glass
D-Va
Hale
R-Me
Public Health Service
Vnte
Couzens
R-Mich
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Chicago
Winston, Strawn and Shaw
New Tysal American Liberty League
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Legislatiot
Commission
House
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Winchester Seeks Historic Seal for City Flag and Key
Mr Winchester welcomes an appointed commission to design an official seal and flag for Winchester at the apple blossom festival. He proposes including the seal replica in the official key to the city, cast from historic metal to match Fort Loudoun wood used for the key, adding lasting value for future generations.
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City of
Winchester
Fort Loudoun
Gag on Tax Plan By Subcommittee Shocks Hearings
Washington March 11 A House Ways and Means subcommittee clamped a gag on Treasury data used to project Roosevelt's 792 million tax program. Leaders hinted undistributed corporate earnings may see higher tax rates to offset lost revenue from reserves and exemptions for banks insurers and fiduciaries.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Treasury
Roosevelt
Vinson
D.-Ky
Samuel B. Hill
D.wash
Hill
Accused Physician Protests Innocence in Murder Trial
Dr Buck wept and denied killing his wife and nursemaid and dismembering their bodies in a Manchester court. The Indian-blooded physician called the allegations a deliberate and fantastic story as he testified that he and his wife were deeply entwined yet unable to live with or without each other.
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Manchester
Eng
Buck
Virginia WPA Reports 248 New Projects Since January
The WPA started 248 new projects in Virginia between January 20 and February 20, with a total of 1,450 projects in operation statewide on February 20. Officials called the record exceptional given the unprecedented winter weather across the state.
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Richmond
WPA
Virginia
National Youth Administration
Pocahontas Coal B. Snider and Son
Pocahontas coal firm B Snider and Son faces a local business event dated March 10. Readable text shows a brief note about ownership or operation involving the Snider family and coal trade in Pocahontas.
For Rent or Sale Fine House on Washington Street
Nine room residence on Washington Street with modern conveniences and a large lot. Possession April 1. George H. Eagle listed as contact at the 3eTeipts Committee.
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Washington Street
Geo. H. Eagle
King Edward May Take Unto Himself a Queen
London march 11 the king Edward VIII announced to the house of commons that he may marry and asked for a contingency plan to provide for a queen and royal family should marriage occur the speech noted revisions to the civil list while labor MP William James Thorne pressed for a direct assurance of marriage and Chancellor Neville Chamberlain did not answer
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Edward
Burdette T. Johns
London
Edward VIII
England
House of Commons
Prince of Wales
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Labor Party
William James Thorne
Chamberlain
Senator Cath er KIWANIS speaker at George Washington Hotel
State Senator T Russell Cath er spoke to the Kirwanis Club at the George Washington Hotel after returning from Richmond where he outlined passed and defeated General Assembly measures. Six Handley high students attended as guests along with local officials and others.
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T. Russell Cather
Richmond
General Assembly
Kirwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Handley Hig
Gr. Roceuber
War Department awards 3.85 million for 512 Wright engines
The War Department awarded a $3,850,000 contract to the Wright Aeronautical Corporation of Paterson, New Jersey, for 512 airplane engines. Of the total, 432 motors will be the most powerful single row radial aircraft engines in the world for use in the new bombers the army recently purchased.
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Washington
War Department
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Army
Report Favors Judge Holmes
The Senate judiciary committee voted unanimously to report favorably the nomination of Judge Edwin W. Holmes of Mississippi to the fifth circuit court of appeals. Senator Bilbo opposed, while Senator Harrison supported the nomination.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edwin W. Holmes
Mississippi
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Holmes
Bilbo
Dmiss
Harrison
D-Miss
May Talk Over Pacific Defenses
London sources say Britain and the United States may discuss fortifications in the Pacific before the U S delegation returns from the naval conference. The talks would follow from the Washington treaty of 1922 which preserves the status quo and expires January 31 next year.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Naval Conference
Pacific Ocean
Four-Horse Team Sells for 1420 at Clarke County Sale
A four-horse black mare team in foal with wagon and harness sold at public auction for 1420 at the Vorous farm near Millwood Berryville. The sale drew a large crowd and buyers from multiple counties, with total proceeds near 8000. Vorous retires from farming as his sons take over. Percheron horses bred by Vorous. Coleman Dunn spoke, with J T L Jones and W M Fenton clerking.
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Robert N. Vorous
Millwood
Berryville
Clarke County
Clarke
Frederick
Loudoun
Warren
Fauquier
Vilia
Jefferson
Vorous
More Sabotage In British Navy
Lord Stanley financial secretary of the admiralty told the House of Commons today about another suspected sabotage incident in the British navy. The latest case occurred in a private dockyard carrying out admiralty work.
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London
Lord Stanley
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Rhode Island Electors Oppose Constitutional Convention
Rhode Island voters rejected the proposed constitutional convention by a margin of 11 376 ballots in a statewide special election. Complete returns from 232 districts showed 87 007 in favor and 98 383 opposed.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Lipton Cup Race Off Miami Beach Profits Nine Boats
Crowded canvas sails catch ocean breezes as nine trim sail boats contest the eighth annual Sir Thomas Lipton challenge cup on a 25 mile ocean course off Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fireless tobacco devices announced by physician inventor
Toronto report says W. J. McCormick unveils fireless cigarettes cigars and pipes that smoke via electric heaters without ignition. He notes nicotine oil in tobacco turns to smoke at lower temperatures than burning and describes two heater types used in pipes and in holders for cigars and cigarettes.
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Associated Press
Toronto
W. J. McCormick
Senator Cather Mentioned For Virginia Attorney General Post
State Senator T Russell Cather of this city has been repeatedly named as a possible attorney general candidate in Richmond with other Virginians discussed for Democratic primary bets in August 1937. Cather declined to comment noting the primary is more than a year away and predicting events is risky. he avoided pledges while acknowledging talk continues.
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T. Russell Cather
Richmond
Virginia
Cather
Negro Boy Gets Life Term For Slaying Couple
Hazel Rose a 16 year old negro pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in Buckingham Court House Virginia. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on both charges by Judge R F Hutcheson after being brought from Henrico jail under heavy guard for the January 30 slayings of Mr and Mrs Edgar C Kellenger at their Buckingham farm home. Roy Rose the defendant's father testified he would seek the electric chair for his son if he could. The prosecutor sought life terms on both counts to avoid a future pardon freeing him.
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Buckingham
Hazel Rose
R. F. Hutcheson
Henrico
Richmond
Edgar C. Kellenger
Buckingham_farm
Hutcheson
C. A. McKenzie
Roy Rose
Hazel
McKenzie
Rose
Lodge Folk to Hold Their Annual Oyster Supper
Members of the Patriotic Order of America are urged to attend a 7:30 PM lodge meeting tonight featuring the annual oyster supper for members only. A separate notice lists a rentable office on Reuss Avenue with heat furnished.
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The
Patriotic Order of America
Lodge
Reuss Avenue
Local Stocks Public Auction at Court House
Public auction announced Saturday March 14 at noon in front of the Court House. Items include National Fruit Product Co Ltd Farmers and Merchants Nat Bank and Trust Co Virginia Apple Storage. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall. Also listing of new wash dresses and print materials Moling and Cather. Includes a chicken and waffle lunch on Thursday the 12th at First Baptist Church.
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Front Court House
National Fruit Product Co. Ptd
Farmers and Merchants Nat. Bank and ‘Trust Co
Virginia Apple Storage
Dunn & Duvall, Aucts
France Ready to Draw Sword Over Rhineland Crisis
Paris reports a high source says France will quit the League of Nations unless Britain backs its demand that Hitler withdraw troops from the Rhineland. Foreign Minister Flandin plans to press this in London with Eden, warning war is likely within two years.
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John Evans
Associated Press
Paris
France
League of Nations
Great Britain
Rhineland
Hitler
Locarno
Flandin
Potemkin
Soviet
Russia
No German Attendance Planned at League Session
Berlin officials announced that Germany will not send a Reich representative to the League of Nations council session on Locarno issues, even if London hosts and invites a German envoy. Ribbentrop rumors were officially denied, with authorities citing ongoing government deliberations in Berlin.
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A. D. Stefferud
Associated Press
Berlin
League of Nations Council
Loecarno
Geneva
London
Reich
League Council
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentr
Adolf Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Munich
der Fuehrer
Locarno Naciana League of Nations
Ethiopian raid on Debra Markos kills dozens
Ethiopian reports say 60 people died and 85 wounded in a bombing raid by 12 Italian planes on Debra Markos, capital of Gojjam, with 30 women among the dead. The town was reported wrecked, with two churches razed and many houses destroyed as officials awaited further news.
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Addis Ababa
Debra Markos
Gojjama
Potsdam Fire in English Channel Quenched While Drifting
The German liner Potsdam reported a blaze in the English Channel and requested aid. Shore advice soon indicated assistance was not needed as firefighters gained control. The vessel, sailing from Hamburg to Yokohama with passengers aboard, remained under control.
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London
Potsdam
English Channel
Hamburg
Yokohama
Federal textile regulation bill completed for early introduction
Washington March 11 A new and modified bill for federal regulation of the textile industry was completed today and will be introduced late in the day by Representative Flallenbogen D Pa. Wanted young men aged 18 to 25 with excellent character for the U S Army at Fort Washington Maryland Further details apply to the recruiting Sergeant at the Post Office in Winchester Va on Friday March 13 1936.
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Washington
Fllenbogen
D-Pa
U. S. Army
Fort Washington
Maryland
Winchester
Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Reading Killing
Louis Toontas a 14 year old junior high student pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the slaying of his father in Reading Pennsylvania. The plea abruptly ended the trial that day.
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Reading
Louis Toontas
Miss Mary Russell Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Miss Mary Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Russell Berryville underwent an operation this morning at Memorial Hospital for appendicitis. She is connected with The Star business office and was reported this afternoon as having rallied satisfactorily from the procedure.
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Mary Russell
Leslie Russell
Berryville
Memorial Hospital
Russell
the Star
Condon to Face Questioning in Lindbergh Case
Dr John F Condon the Jafsie of the Lindbergh kidnapping returns from Panama to New York aboard the S S Santa Inez en route to possible renewed police questioning. Governor Hoffman aides say an interview with state police may follow his arrival as Hauptmann awaits execution the week of March 30. Conklin notes the governor will press for answers to unsolved phases including Condon’s claimed conviction of multiple assailants and the $250000 offer to change testimony.
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Trenton
N. J
John .F. Condon
Panama
William S. Conklin
Harold G. Hoffman
Condon
New York
S. S. Santa Inez
Cristobali C. Z
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hauptman
Conklin
Hauptmann
Flemington
Allies Back French Protest At German Rhineland Reoccupation
Five nations of the Little and Balkan Entente including Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey pledged support for France against Germany's Rhineland move. Titulescu prepared to attend London League of Nations council as Eden reported on European tensions. Belgium's Van Zeeland vowed collective security and continued mutual defense amidst Locarno tensions.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Balkan Entente
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Rand
Titutescu
Romania
Titulescu
Belgium
Brussels
Paul van Zeeland
Charmber of Deputies
Adolf Hitler
van Vesland
Eden
London
Viscount Halifax
Europe
Fifth District Retail Gains Highlight February 1936
Richmond reports Fifth District store sales up 12 percent from a year earlier. Trenton notes Dr. John F. Condon returns from Panama. Newark records Florence Cubitt landing fully clothed from an airplane. Decatur cites crow meat verdict as acceptable cuisine. Buckingham Court, Virginia, sentences 16 year old Rose for double murder to life in prison. Chicago remarks on evaluating etiquette by a woman’s footwear. Providence notes Rhode Island voters reject a constitutional convention. London reports Edward VIII marriage rumors officially. Toronto notes launch of fireless cigarettes and related goods. Paris warns of possible League withdrawal if Rhine move is blocked.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Trenton
N. J
John F. Condon
Panama
Newark
Florence Cubitt
Decatur
Ill
Buckingham C. H. Va
B Rose
Chicago
Perugia
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
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B. Snider & Son
His
Cather Kiwanis
R. N. Vorous Livestock and Implement Sale
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Senator Weaver
Father
Moling & Cather
First Baptist Church
League
Britain
Jafsie
Gov. Hoffman
Balkan
Stanley Baldwin
Empire
World News
League of Ee
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Rhine
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