Hodges Questions Moore Salary Data Interpretation
Richmond Va March 13 Comptroller Leroy Hodges released to Delegate FE Blackburn Moore of Berryville that he was very much surprised by the reading placed on salary figures Hodges submitted to the House of Delegates The comptroller said the figures referred to persons not to Governor Price and noted a similar inquiry to Budget Director Rowland A Egger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Leroy Hodges
Blackburn Moore
Berryville
House of Delegates
Moore
Hodges
Price
Rowland A. Egger
Lawmakers clash over state salary figures in Hodges letter
Assemblyman E B Moore comments on Comptroller Hodges lengthy reply about salary increases. He accuses Gov Price appointees of preparing data and demands full disclosure. The exchange centers on boosts, budgets, and a formal order.
Price To Attend Housing Meeting
Governor Price announced plans to travel to Washington to join a meeting of southern governors and state representatives. The gathering aims to build support in Congress for rural housing funding following a prior conference in Columbia.
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Price
Richmond
Washington
Columbia
D. C
Congress
Winchester Firemen Parade Hopes Rise This Year
The Winchester fire department shows strong parade prospects as they prepare for the festival parade with public support and readiness to assist in emergencies. Priday marks the event with a 9 o clock start, and auto licenses will be sold for those needing them. Registration cards are urged to be received and kept up to date.
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Winchester
Firemen Plan Big Parade For Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester Volunteer Fire Department members finalized plans at the George Washington Hotel for a parade on the first night of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Torchlight procession rivaled in color and size, with substantial prizes for Drum and Bugle Corps bands firemen and others. Fire Chief Taylor Barr was named parade committee chairman with M. D. Weaver vice chairman H. J. Floyd secretary and Cecil Grim comptroller.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester Volunteer Fire Department
Taylor Barr
M. D. Weaver
H. J. Floyd
Cecil Grim
Firemen Parade plans invite volunteer units across region
Organizers said volunteer fire departments within 90 miles of Winchester are invited to participate. Intended participants include units from Staunton Harrisonburg Shenandoah county towns Front Royal Middleburg Leesburg and all Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association companies.
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Winchester
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah
Front Royal
Middleburg
Leesburg
Virginia
Cumberland Valley Firemens Association
Parade Divisions and Prizes for Firefighter Units
The parade will include divisions for fire units with prizes. Division I Class A covers Visiting firemen and attaches with first prize $60 for Largest Volunteer Firemen's Band or Drum and Bugle Corps and a second prize loving cup. Division B awards $40 and a loving cup for Largest Company without Band. Division C offers $35 for Best Band and a second prize loving cup. Division D covers Best Drum and Bugle.
Byrd Addresses Danville Civic Clubs After Wednesday Club Talk
United States Senator Harry P. Byrd spoke to the Wednesday Club and was set to address Danville Civic Clubs at a dinner. The events, part of his swing through Danville, VA, included remarks on national politics and the tobacco situation with local officials and groups in attendance.
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Danville
United States
Harry P. Byrd
Ing
Maitlond
John W
Oil Contracts Let in Length Cost in Spring and Summer
Oil contracts let indicate costs for spring and summer with materials totaling 2622 dollars and an overall expense of 117. The fragment notes pricing and timing for the season.
Delegate Moore Seeks Clarification on Salary Data
Berryville Virginia March 13 Delegate E Blackburn Moore of Clarke County author of House resolutions seeking salary and new positions data by executive order has asked Comptroller Leroy Hodges and Budget Director Rowland Egger whether the supplied figures are false or correct. The governor had claimed an insidious drive to mislead the General Assembly about salary increases.
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Berryville
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke County
House
Leroy Hodges
Rowland A. Egger
Price
General Assembly
Moore
Col
Rowland Egger
Hodges
Internal Revenue Expert Here to Help Tax Payers
George F. Pendleton of the Internal Revenue Department in Richmond Va will be in the city today tomorrow and Friday to assist with 1939 tax problems. March 15 is the deadline for filing income tax returns. Pendleton will be in the Internal Revenue Office at the post building.
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George F. Pendleton
Department of Internal Revenue
Richmond
Pendleton
Internal Revenue Office
Postbuilding
BINGO PARTY AT SOUTH END HALL WEDNESDAY
South End Hall hosts a bingo night on Wednesday the 13th with 20 free games and 25 cent admission. Also seeking a woman pastry cook, apply in care of Star.
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South End Hall
Gilkeson Resigns Virginia Sheriff Association Head
Staunton Va March 13 Sheriff G M Gilkeson of Augusta County announced his resignation as president of the Virginia Sheriffs Association and blamed politics for killing the jail reform program in the General Assembly He charged the Byrd forces and opposition by association members plus Ashton Dovell and Alvin Massenberg helped defeat the bill to place sheriffs on a salary and end the fee system He said he would remain a member of the association and that the program had broad support last August in Richmond.
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Staunton
G. M. Gilkeson
Augusta County
Virginia Sheriffs’ Association
Gilkeson
Byrd
Sheriffs Association
Richmond
General Assembly
Ashton Dovell
Alvin Massenberg
Gilgeson
Progremn
Reardon to Return Tomorrow in Winchester
James P. Reardon city solicitor is set to return to Winchester from Washington DC after a physical examination. His wife said his condition is not alarming and he may stay at home for a few days before resuming practice.
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James P. Reardon
Winchester
Ter
Wington
D. C
Germany and Italy sign rail coal supply pact
Rome March 13 Italy and Germany sign an agreement to supply Italy's coal needs by rail due to the Allied sea blockade. Negotiations were led by Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Premier Mussolini with details withheld. Germany may route coal via Alpine passes and provide cars from Ruhr and Westphalia.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Reich
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Ruhr
Westphalia
Poland
Karl Clodius
Amadeo Giannini
Miss Perkins Reports Job Gains And Unfounded Unemployment Fears
Secretary of Labor Perkins argued there is no basis for believing millions will be permanently unemployed in the United States. She cited an 8 854 000 rise in nonagricultural employment from 1933 to 1939, plus income and wages growth to 3 838 000 000, noting turnover rather than true unemployment and that shortages vary by season and industry.
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Lexington
Perkins
United States
Washington and Lee University
NYA
CCC
Welles May Give Third Term Tips
London reports Sumner Welles may influence Roosevelt’s third term via a peace plan report. The London Daily Mail suggests Roosevelt would retire if peace talks succeed, but run again if Europe fights on. Welles met David Lloyd George and others in Europe during the Rome Berlin Paris rounds.
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London
Sumner Welles
London Daily Mail
Welles
Europe
Roosevelt
White House
Rome
Berlin
Paris
David Lloyd George
Stanley M. Bruce
James Maxton
Dominions
Anthony Eden
Wadesville postmaster retires after long service
Lewis Pidgeon, longtime Wadesville postmaster in Clarke County, retires February 1 after about eighty four years of service. He receives retirement pay of twenty three dollars, while successor Will Elyett earns only four cents in his first month. Local color notes include fishermen and townsfolk tales around the Opequon Creek.
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Lewis Pidgeon
Wadesville
Clarke County
Opequon
Frederick
Brucetown
Pidgeon
Jim” Farley
Will Elyett
Elyett
Elwood
Opequon Creek
George Fiddler
Fiddler
Hore-Belisha attacks Britain over Finland aid delay
In the House of Commons London March 13 Leslie Hore-Belisha the former war secretary sharply criticized Britain for refusing large scale aid to Finland until appeals were made He questioned using a technicality as an excuse for inaction after Prime Minister Chamberlain announced Finland and the Soviet Union peace.
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London
Britain
Finland
House of Commons
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Hore-Belsha
House
Chamberlain
Russia
Hore-Belisha
Commons
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Finland Accepts Russian Peace Terms Ending War
Highlights from the Associated Press say Finns bow to Russian demands after fighting, with Parliament to ratify the treaty. Moscow reports broader concessions than asked, including control of the Karelian Isthmus. Allies worry in London, Berlin hails peace, Stockholm hopes defense ties, Rome notes frontier fortifications.
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Associated Press
Helsnki
Moscow
Russia
Karelian
Rural-Urban Meet Brings Lions Rotary and Kiwanis Together
Two hundred twelve members and guests attended the Rural-Urban meeting at the George Washington Hotel with Senator H. F. Byrd delivering remarks on national inflation trends. The Keyser Legionettes quartet gave prize winning selections and Dr. Allen Hawthorne acted as toastmaster.
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Lions, Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
George Washington Hotel
H. F. Byrd
Keyser Legionettes
National American Legion
Allen Hawthorne
Lions Club
Bryan Stotler
Lions
Henry H. Covington
Rotary
Ansel Groves
Kiwanis
Ed Lee
Clarke County
Princess Court Considers Apple Blossom Festival Delegates
Nineteen court members of Queen Shenandoah XVII have accepted invitations to the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Names and home institutions include Katherine Baker Winchester High School Virginia Caroline Hagedorn Marion College Virginia West Englewood New Jersey Mary Frances Dudley Mary Baldwin College Staunton Virginia Peggy Towles Warrenton Country School Warrenton Virginia Constance McConnell Wilson College Chambersburg Pennsylvania Dorothy Smith Potomac State School Keyser Maryland Dorothy Harris Averett College Danville Virginia Rosella Tuck Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Virginia Barbala Wolfe Emory and Henry College Emory Virginia Jane Carlson Shenandoah College Dayton Virginia Dorothy Vandegrift State Teachers College Frostburg Maryland Margaret Bell Madison College Harrisonburg Virginia Mae Wilson Greenbrier College Lewisburg West Virginia Frances Wagener William and Mary College Williamsburg Virginia Lula Windham State Teachers College Farmville Virginia Margaret Andrews Jarrett Virginia Mary Kennedy Lynchburg College Lynchburg Virginia Dorothy Roberts Hampton College Hampton Virginia Crewe Virginia London March 13. News item notes Bonaparte.
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Caroline
Anna Hagedorn
Marion College
Marion
Ida Marie Harris
Averett College
Danville
Richmond
Rosella Tuck
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Barbala Belle Wolfe
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Dante
Margaret Pegram Holt
Stuart Hall
Staunton
Newbdort News
Jane Elizabeth Carlson
Shenandoah College
Dayton
Newington
Conn
Dorothy Vandegrift
State Teachers College
Frostburg
Cumberland
Margaret Bell
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Suffolk
Maeal Wilson
Greenbrier College
Lewisburg
W. Va
New Orleans
Frances Keister Wagener
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Lula Rouse Windham
Farmville
Pet- Va
Margaret Andrews
Jarrett
State Horticultural Society
Roanoke
Mary Cecilia Kennedy
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Dorothy Elaine, Roberts
Westhampton College
Rchmond
Crewe
Finland asks Hoover for continued aid in Finland relief
President Kyosti Kallio sent a cable to Herbert Hoover requesting continued American help for Finland. He thanked Hoover and his committee for aid already provided.
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Helsinei
Kyosti Kallio
Finland
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Ginger Rogers Granted Interlocutory Divorce Decree
Actress Ginger Rogers received an interlocutory decree of divorce from Lew Ayres after testifying he deserted her on May 4 1936 in Los Angeles on March 13.
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Los Angeles
Ginger Rogers
Lew Ayres
Military planes grounded as repairs underway on island
Forty six marine planes remained weather bound at Jacksonville municipal airport. A forty seventh plane and its pilot awaited repairs on a small island in the St Johns River between Jacksonville and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
Atlantic Ocean
Holdout Ends Dizzy Dean Joins Cubs in Los Angeles
The Chicago Daily News reports Dizzy Dean ends his holdout against the Chicago Cubs and will join the team in Los Angeles next Sunday.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Dizzy Dean
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles
Ex Ruler Slain at India Association Meeting
London reports Sir Michael O'Dwyer former lieutenant governor of Punjab was shot dead at an India Association meeting by an Indian gunman. The attack occurred in the evening, marking a violent turn in political tensions surrounding British India.
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London
Michael O'Dwyer
Punjab
the India Association
Antiques at Auction Thursday March 14 1940
Antique sale set for 10 A M at 1315 Valley Pike near Handley School. Boyd G Headley advertises items in the catalog likely numbered 3 5 7 9 11 13 1p 51.
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Valley Pike
Handley School
Boyd G. Headley
German Woman Doomed as Spy in Marseille
A Marseille court sentences Eugenie Lupz a German woman to death for espionage the first such ruling in the war. Details were not disclosed. Public invited to Eagle's Home Bingo Nights Wednesdays at 8 p m at 211 North Loudoun Street with best prizes and family seating.
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Marseille
France
Eugenie Lupz
Eagle’s
Loudoun St
Germany Hails End of War As Her Own Victory
Germany declares victory as peace on Russia's terms ends the Finnish Russian war. Fighting halted at 4 am on day 105. Finland cedes large strategic territories in a Moscow signed pact pending Helsinkian approval. Sweden and Norway cited as factors in passage terms while Allies fear wider Balkan and western front impact. Sweden acts as intermediary in Moscow talks.
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Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Finland
France
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Balkan
Scandinavia
Swed
Oase
Kare Isthmus
Red Arm
Viipuri
Oecon
Helsinki
Teri
Blaze at Montana Hall destroys horses and barns
Abram S. Hewitt owner of Montana Hall east of Whith post reports 25 foals died in the fire that razed three barns early Monday. He cites defective wiring as the probable cause, with damage not exceeding 75 000 dollars. One calf also perished and an official estimate is pending.
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Whith Post
Abram S. Hewitt
Montana Hall
Here
Flacration
Hewitt
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Egg
Comptroller's Office
Princess Handley
Katherine Beverley Baker
Handley High School
Miss Baker
Dale I. Baker
West Street
Senator Byrd
Egger
Internal Revenue Expert
Gilkeson Out
Va. Sheriff Society
Mr. Reardon
Miss Perkins
Washington and Lee
Balkans
Stockholm
Queen
Shenandoah XVII
High School
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