Townsend Sentenced to 30 Days Jail and 100 Dollar Fine
Dr. Francis E Townsend, pension advocate, was sentenced by U S District Judge Peyton Gordon to 30 days in jail and a 100 fine for contempt of the House. Townsend said he would appeal, and his bond of 1000 was continued. He defended his plan and said persecution tried to silence him as aides Jo B Kiefer and Clinton B Wunder pleaded guilty with suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis E. Townsend
House of Representatives
United States
Peyton Gordon
Justice Gordon
Townsend
House Committee
Elisha Hanson
Gordon
J. P. Morgan
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Jo B. Kiefer
Chicago
Clinton B. Wunder
New York
Winchester Calls For Early Spring Clean Up In City
MA Winchester urges a prompt push for annual yard and street cleanup focusing on removing dead vegetation and weed growth on vacant lots. He also hopes rusting junked autos will be cleared from public places to improve the city’s appearance.
Haddox Real Estate on Loudoun Street to be Sold
Haddox property on Loudoun Street listed for sale by Williams trustee. Notice appears as a public sale advertisement with sale action and trustee details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddox Real Estate
Loudoun Street
Great Guns Blast At Madrid Front Through Siege
In Madrid insurgent artillery blasted the besieged capital as government forces held 30,000 Italian-linked troops in check on the northeastern front. Shells hit Gran Via and lower buildings while ambulances rushed to shelled areas. Fire from government batteries increased as central district shelling intensified with a cafe struck and several wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Gran Via
Death Call for Joseph W. Leafe Former Winchester Resident
Joseph W. Leafe, a Derbyshire-born former Winchester resident, died yesterday in Portsmouth Virginia at an advanced age. His body will arrive in Winchester noon tomorrow and interment with Masonic honors set for 3 pm in Mount Hebron Cemetery. He held multiple Masonic and fraternal memberships in Winchester and Portsmouth and attended the First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Leafe
Winchester
Portsmouth
Mr. Leafe
Mount Hebron
Hiram Lodge
A.F
A. Masons
Masonic Temple
John Dove
Royal Arch Masons
Derbyshire
England
Storm Sewer Project Under Way In Winchester
Winchester moves toward a storm sewer system for the south and east areas with WPA funds approved. The $25,000 project would extend from Town Run to Valley Avenue near Handley school, aiding reservoir drainage and reducing dips. A second WPA supported water project to feed North Cameron street and Cumberland Valley railroad interconnection is planned to support the Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Company expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Field
WPA
Winchester
Pall Mall
Cameron
Gerrard and
Valley Avenue
Handley
Eee
Saishene
iPhé Ip Editions
Gerrard Idgo
Braddock
Cork Street
Loudoun
Cameron Street
North Loudoun
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Company
Missing Sealer Found After City Hall Spill Incident
Two gallons of sealer used for treating concrete floors were reported missing from a city hall basement supply room. An officer, while stoking the furnace, poured some contents on his hands thinking it was liquid soap, spilling fluid on the floor and triggering theft reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Chuck & Rays Golden Pheasant Beer Lunch Open 7 Days
Advertises 18 cent beer at Chuck and Rays and the Golden Pheasant on Charles Town Pike Martinsburg West Virginia. Notes daily beer sales and lunch service with open seven days a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town Pike
Martinsburg
W. .Va
Virginia Woolen Stock For Sale Auction Notice
On Saturday March 13 1937 at eleven oclock I will offer for sale in front of the County Court House for the owner twenty six shares of Virginia Colen Company common stock Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Colen Company
Coleman Dunn
Green Lantern Beer House Ad Near Gore Virginia
Beers of all kinds at all times at the Green Lantern five miles west of Gore Virginia where good friends meet and eat Come and see us sometime advertisement signed R W Baker merchant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Lantern
Gore
R. W. Baker
Mer
Mother Seeks Geneme Court Post For Son
Washington report notes an ambitious mother seeking a Supreme Court appointment for her son under President Roosevelt. The scene includes her visit to Senator Borah’s office and a claim of influence, which is denied by Miss Cora Rubin, Borah’s secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Lena
Borah
Cora Rubin
Town Police Nab Bandits
Three armed men robbed the Northern Westchester Bank in Katonah and were captured soon after at Cross River. The bandits fled toward Cross River in a car with suspected stolen plates, as Merle Vandenbush, linked to a prior holdup, moved cars near Cross River. Bedford police pursued and captured the suspects.
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Cross River
Vandenbush
Bedford
Re-Phrasing Hitch Delays GM UAW Signatures in Detroit
In Detroit on March 12 negotiations centered on re phrasing parts of the GM UAW accord. Signatures were postponed as GM changes were contested and a call to restore original wording was made. Chrysler talks continued with sit down strikes closing Detroit plants awaiting Circuit Court action on an injunction.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Felon Who Stabbed Guard Is Killed In Death Row
In Nashville Tennessee on March 12 prisoner Frank Haynie Jr who faced execution next Thursday fatally stabbed guard J L Sims during a cell luncheon entry. Haynie was shot and killed by another guard after the attack. Eloise Neely daughter of Warden Neely described Sims as stabbed many times and dying about 30 minutes later.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frank Haynie, Jr
J. L. Sims
Haynie
Sims
Eloise Neely
A. W. Neely
Bodies Brought From Wrecked Macbeth Mine Explosion
At Logan West Virginia rescue workers pulled two more bodies from the Macbeth mine with four more expected. Identified were Mike Gimo 44 and Leonard Forbes 30. Nine dead and nine still missing after the blast with many victims killed instantly in the center area. Continued.
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Logan
W. Va
Macbeth
Mike Gimo
Leonard Forbes
H. P. Farley
State Bureau of Mines
Fry
Troy McCoy
Floyd Fields
Miconard Forbes
Martha Binance
August Tusek
Hubert Fleming
Fred McCroskey
George McCormick
Earl Gearhart
Fire at Baker's Drug Store Tamed by Winchester Fire Dept
Early this morning Winchester Fire Department contained a fire at Baker's Drug Store to a rear kitchen with minimal damage. Miss Annabelle Capper of Chesai Potomac Telephone alerted authorities after detecting smoke. Faulty ceiling wiring blamed. officials say the blaze could have spread if not found promptly. The store remained open, with losses covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fire Department
Baker's Drug Store
Annabelle Capper
Chesai Potomac
Fire Company Seeks Funds for New North Loudoun Hall
Members of the Sarah Zane Fire Company in Winchester announce letters to friends of the Winchester Fire Department seeking donations for completing the new hall on North Loudoun Street. Brickwork is done and the finance committee emphasizes this circular is their sole appeal and contributions go only to signed recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Company
Loudoun Street
Winchester Fire Department
Winchester merchants meet to set 1937 holidays and closing hours
Tonight at 7.30 in the City Hall Council Chamber merchants gather to decide 1937 holidays and store closing hours. A band concert will follow, so punctual arrivals are urged.
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Winchester
Council Chamber
City Hall
Bible of Shenandoah pioneers on display in Lebanon Church shop
The 1739 German Bible once owned by George Miller is shown at the Flower Shop on Piccadilly Street. The volume, engraved with Moses, Ten Commandments, and Luther biography, survived frontier fires and a savage raid that devastated Miller’s family, with a brave girl’s alert aiding the alarm.
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Shenandoah Valley
Old Country
John Miller
Lebanon Church
Leonard
Herbert Miller
Piccadilly Street
George Miller
Shenanent County
J. G. Cotta
Tubingen
Germany
Moses
Luther
Louis W. Knieling
H. Miller
Miller
Kercheval
Bipartisan senators push own plan to reorganize federal agencies
A congressional reform group hints at drafting a separate plan to consolidate and reshuffle federal bureaus. Senators Byrd McNary and Townsend press for action, building on a Brookings Institution survey and aiming to empower Congress to enact far greater economies than Roosevelt's recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional On Government
Roosevelt
Dodd Seeks to Quell German Press Attacks on U.S.
U S Ambassador William E Dodd met German foreign minister to urge calmer tone after newspaper attacks on American citizens. He avoided demanding a formal apology for LaGuardia incident remarks. Concurrently Boris Smolar sought U S help to avoid a three day expulsion order, denying link to LaGuardia case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
William E. Dodd
LaGuardia
Roosevelt court bill faces scrutiny in Senate hearings
John P. Devaney president of the National Lawyers Guild testifies at Senate judiciary committee hearings asserting critics fear new justices would freely interpret the constitution. He calls the court bill the most conservative remedy and says respect for the courts is at a low ebb while arguing for independent judiciary. A large crowd gathers in the Senate office building caucus room as Roosevelt supporters appear.
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Washington
John P. Devaney
National Lawyers Guild
Senate Judiciary Committee
Minnesota Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Devaney
Burke
Ashurst
Utah
Norris Jodiens
Joan King
Supreme Court
Dea
Admistron
King
Deva
Devaley
Senate
Cummings
Robert Jackson
Mr. Roosevelt
Nurse Association Thanks Girl Scouts
The District Nurse Association thanks the Girl Scouts of Winchester for assistance and 115 layettes and garments donated for needy maternity cases. The note adds that gratitude could be shown by kind words and flowers to the living and the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Girl Scouts of
Winchester
Girl Scouts
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U.S
Morgan
Maddox Property
Pee Williams
Italy
Death
Jos. W. Leafe
Chuck & Ray
Virginia
Geneme Court
N. Y
Baker’s
National Law Guild
Postal Telegram
Cleveland
Central Press
Sarah Zane
Bible Saved Home of Pioneers
Dodd
U. S
John Devaney
Nurse Association
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