Roosevelt Eyes Economy and WPA Reform
President Roosevelt, represented by Senator Byrd, backs a Senate study of reorganizing federal agencies to end overlap and wind up business by May. Burns says Congress can adjourn by May 1 after handling the tax bill, with relief funding unspecified. Roosevelt discusses WPA politics and housing plans with Hopkins, Treasury, and other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Byrd
D- Va
Senate
White House
Virginia
J. R. McCarl
Hopkins
The
Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Will of Peetoe
Florida
Treaty
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Halsted L. Ritter
House
St. Lawrence
Canada
Confusing Post Office Doors Prompt Signage Suggestion
MA Winchester notes that turning right at the Braddock Street post office entrance leads to the basement, while the left door opens the lobby. Residents propose clear signs on doors and a possible exterior stone cleaning to improve the building’s appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street
Hospitalization plan ad seeks quick signups
A classified advertiser urges readers to buy hospitalization to avoid future medical bills. It offers pricing under 3 cents per day and provides contact details for Mrs. D W Rit enour at Winchester Virginia, Post Office Box 199, or phone number 282-1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Ritenour
Winchester
Framing Tax Bill Aims To Yield 620 Million
Washington March 13 A House Ways and Means subcommittee outlined a plan to tax undistributed corporate earnings to raise 620 million dollars for the administration. Chairman Samuel B Hill noted the schedule might not be exact but should bring in about 620 million. The plan envisions a rate starting at 15 percent on the first five percent of undistributed net income and rising to 55 percent on 35 percent or more, with debate on taxing dividends to foreign stockholders ongoing and no final plan established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means
Samuel B. Hill
Dwash
Hill
Death summons Mrs. Lillis at advanced age
Mrs Elizabeth Grim Lillis died at home 600 South Braddock Street after a five week illness. She was 78, a lifelong resident active in charity and humanitarian work. Survived by husband Michael Lillis and three children, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral from Sacred Heart Church Monday at 10 AM with Mass by Rev Father Hannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Grim Lillis
Michael Lillis
South Braddock Street
David Reardon
O. L. Jamison
William T. Sullivan
M. M. Lynch
Frank Brown
John L. Sloat
Maryland Fugitive Arrested in Winchester Case
Edward Hook, 56, of Chillicothe Ohio, arrested at a South Cameron street boarding house while posing as a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company employee. He had evaded Maryland fraud sentencing, then arranged for nine more workers. local police filed a complaint after Maryland authorities confirmed the fugitive status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hook
Chilicothe
Ohio
Maryland
Cameron Street
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Hook
House of Correction
Winchester
E. A. Crowl
Martin
Department of Justice
South End Hose Co to Attend Church Service
The South End Hose Company will attend services at the First Brethren Church on Berryville Ave next Sunday evening March 15. Chaplain Rev C J Rohart will preach a special sermon. Every member is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Hose CO
First Brethren
Berryville Ave
C. J. Rohart
Jury convicts Dr Buck Ruxton in gruesome murder case
In Manchester, Dr Buck Ruxton is found guilty of strangling his wife and dismembering her body in the Devil's Beeftub murder near the Scottish border. He is sentenced to death after a verdict delivered in court as jurors are excused from further service due to the gruesome details.
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Manchester
Eng
Buck Ruxton
Mary Jane Rogerson
Justice Singleton
Dr. Ruxton
Ruxton
Brit
Stoddard Wins Sassoon Classic at Hurst Park
Louis Stoddard of New York won the R. E. Sassoon Memorial steeplechase aboard Blue Banner at Hurst Park by a head over Melburne. Lord Abergaveny’s Melburne was the 7 to 2 favorite. Castle Irwell, ridden by Pete Bostwick, finished third five lengths back.
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Hurst Park
Eng
Louis Stoddard
New York
R. E. Sasson
Lord Abergavenny
Melburne
Castle Irwell
G. H
Pete
Blast Kills 23 at Taipa Island Fireworks Factory
A string of explosions at a Taipa Island fireworks plant killed 23 Chinese women and children and injured many. Rescue efforts were slowed by fog as two larger factories nearby were saved.
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Macro
China
Taipa Island
For Rent Or Sale Fine house on So Washington street
For rent or sale a nine room house on So Washington street with modern conveniences and a large lot in an excellent neighborhood. Possession April 1 1936. GEO H EAGLE committee 3 T 1p 1f Moling Cather merchants. Good brooders coal W B Snider Son 1p 1t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Geo. H. Eagle
Builders Union Chief Pleads With Coughlin to Broadcast Strike
James J. Bambrick, leader of the building workers strike, asks Father Coughlin to publicize claims that federal money is used to crush the strike. He cites banks in New York pressuring owners and mortgage refusals for signing union contracts, and alleges millions spent daily on strikebreakers by the Pred H. French Tudor City owners. Bambrick also protests to Jesse Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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New York
James J. Bambrick
Building Workers
Charles E. Coughlin
Bambrick
Building Service Employees Union
Father Coughlin
Building Service
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Board
Pred H. French Management Company
Tudor City
Winchester Banker Lee R. Grim Dies After Illness
Lee R. Grim, longtime Union Bank of Winchester official and last of a prominent local business family, died at his niece’s home on South Loudoun Street after more than two years of paralysis. He was nearly 78. Grim served about 50 years in bank service, rising from messenger to cashier after M. H. G. Willis’s death. He had recently declined in strength and passed away in Winchester, Virginia.
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Lee R. Grim
Winchester
Fred. A. Crisman
South
Loudoun Street
Grim
Virginia
Union Bank of
James B. Russell
M. H. G. Willis
Caldwell admits slaying watchman in revolving laundry vat
Robert Caldwell 28 confessed drowning Edwin McSwine after breaking into a laundry where Caldwell once worked. Caldwell says McSwine surprised him and he forced the elder man into a revolving vat, which he sealed and started, the machine turning 300 revolutions a minute. A serious case charge has been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Schw
Secutor
Robert Caldwell
Edwin McSwine
Caldwell
McSwine
Schwartz
Supreme Court of Appeals grants appeal in bank receivership dispute
Richmond Va March 13 The Supreme Court of Appeals today granted an appeal to Sherlock Bronson and Justin Moore receivers of the American Bank and Trust Company from two decrees of the Richmond City Circuit Court in a controversy with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company over the payment of a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
Sherlock Bronson
Justin Moore
American Bank and Trust Company
Richmond City
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Greenville cook confesses to murder and assault
Sheriff Whitehurst said Arthur Tate, 30, a Negro cook at East Carolina Teachers College, confessed to killing 18 year old Alexander Warren and criminally attacking Miss Helen Phillips on a county road near Greenville February 28. Tate was arrested last night. Dance tonight at the Blue Moon.
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Greenville
N. C
A. Whitehurst
Arthur Tate
East Carolina Teachers’ College
Alexander Warren
Helen Phhlps
Here
Tate
Hauptmann Hopeful as Final Reprieve Status Stays Unchanged
Bruno Richard Hauptmann faces a renewed reprieve deadline having just passed. Governor Harold G Hoffman states he cannot grant further reprieves, while Hauptmann remains confident of a new one. Gov Hoffman continues Lindbergh case inquiries noting a prior 90 day reprieve precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Fisher
Hodman
Local Stocks Public Auction Held at Court House
Public auction of stocks from National Fruit Product Co. Ltd Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Virginia Apple Storage scheduled for Saturday March 14 at noon in front of the Court House. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall.
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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
Italian War Planes Sweep Ethiopian Highlands
Italian forces press northern and southern Ethiopia under Marshal Badoglio with warplanes patrolling between Neghelli and Addis Ababa. Eritrean front mobilizes, Galla Borano tribesmen conduct guerilla actions, and Allied-like advances reach Alcada and Enarca as aviation targets strong groups south of Quorum.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
Neghelli
Addis Ababa
Galla Borano
Badoglio
Encetcab
Quorum
Lake
Nazis Stand Steadfast Behind The Rhine Guns
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime vowed to defend the Rhineland as a sovereign step forward. Goering warned Germany would stand to the last breath, while Berlin awaited British moves to break their resolve amid French demands.
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Rhine
Melvin K. Whiteleather
Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Rhineland
London
Germany
der Fuehrer
Karlsruhe
Koenigs
Hitler
Britain
Locarno
Reich
Source of Loot Traced To Home Of Mrs Flood
County police traced the loot to the home of Mrs John Heber Flood after John J Bennington confessed at the jail he looted her house south of the city off the Valley Pike. Items taken included linen bedding jewelry a gold wedding ring a gold watch and chain and a gold brooch. Mrs Flood is in Winter Park Florida for the winter and it was unclear if all recovered items came from her home. County officers also investigated petty thefts in Stephens City area including a firearm from Norman Carbaugh a fanbelt and items from Hugh Funk and tools from Donley s garage and a battery theft different night.
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John J. Bennington
Bennington
Corporation
J. W. Newcome
Benington
John Heber Flood
Valley Pike
Stephens City
Norman Carbaugh
Hugh A. Funk
Donley
Plenty of Snow In Mountain Areas of State
Snow covered western Virginia as winter and spring clash in early March. Six inch depths along Skyline Drive on the Blue Ridge. Covington two inches. Winchester one inch earlier. Massanutten three inches. Waynesboro one inch with sun later. Roanoke reports a flurry as temperatures were expected to rise tomorrow.
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Richmond
Virginia
Blue Ridge
CCC
Covington
Alleghanies
Winchester
Massanutten Mountain
Waynesboro
Roanoke
United States Weather Bureau
Warden of Clarke County Recovers After Appendicitis Operation
C. T. Levi, warden of Clarke County, underwent an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday and was reported today to be recovering satisfactorily.
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Cc. T. Levi
Clarke County
Memorial Hospital
Hotel Manager Roy J. Rose Dies in Winchester
Roy J. Rose aged 48, manager of the Southern Inn, died in his sleep between five and six oclock this morning. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. He had donated a Pavex machine to Winchester Memorial Hospital and had been active in hospital work. He is survived by his widow Theresa Phillips Smith and his father O W Rose of Kingston New York. Funeral arrangements await arrival of relatives with burial planned in York County Virginia.
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Roy J. Rose
Southern Inn
Charlottesville
Éley Springs
Martinsburg
W Va
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Rose
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Rose
O. W. Rose
Kingston
N. Y
Theresa Phillips Smith
York County
Sons and Widows Lodge
Herbert L. Smith
Washington, D. C
Spain Assures Protection For Rail Engineers In Spain
Spain pledges protection for British engineers working on the Zafra Railway in Huelva Province amid threats from extremists. Police report arms used in an attempted assassination, linked to German manufacture, as Luis Jiminez Asua survives while his bodyguard is killed and seven fascists are arrested.
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Madrid
Spain
Germany
Huelva
Zafra
Director of Public Safety
Luis
Jiminez Asua
Chamber of Deputies
Reich
Jiminez
Opening Of New Du Four Beauty Shoppe
Public invited to the opening of the new Du Four Beauty Shoppe located at 3914 S Loudoun St on Tuesday March 17.
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du Four
S. Loudoun St
Italy Opposes Sanctions Blocking Detente with Germany
In a London report dated March 13 Italian officials opposed sanctions on Germany, calling for a broader approach to Locarno ties. The stance blocks French demand for penalties over Ethiopia and complicates French policy under Foreign Minister Flandin. Ambassador Von Hoesch declined to comment on talks with Locarno signatories.
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Frank H. King
Associated Press
London
Italy
Germany Ly
Germany
Ees
Russia
France
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Titte Beaneatress
Ethiopia
En Filsini
Great Britain
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Haile Selassie
von Hoesch
Foreign Office
Locarno
Anthony Eden
Whitehall
Eden
Britain
Belgium
Embezzlement Charge Plagues Detroit Accountant
Detroit accountant Harry M. Tyler faces accusations of embezzling 349000 dollars from a city bank. Other items note Blue Ridge Parkway work starting Monday in Roanoke Virginia, widespread floods displacing families, and political and international developments from Richmond to Berlin.
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Detroit
Harry M. Tyler
City of Detroit
Roanoke
Virginia
Blue Ridge Parkway
Here
Richmond
Peery
London
Russia
France
Berlin
Hitler
Rhineland
Macao
China
Taipa Island
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Fits
Mrs. Lillis
Stoddard
Moling & Cather
W. B. Snider & Son
Coughlin
Realty Advisory Board
al Iege
Union Bank
M. H. G. Willis A. Cashier
Blue Moon
Michael Koszynski
Camden
State Hospital For
Alcadra
Third Army
Enarca
New York State
Mussolini
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