Subpoenas Served on Senators in Hearst Telegram Case
Three members of the Senate lobby committee were served subpoenas in the injunction suit brought by William Randolph Hearst to block seizure of his telegrams. Schwellenbach Frazier and Gibson received orders with 20 days to answer. Black and Minton were to be served later. George K Brobeck, longtime Capitol Hill lobbyist for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was fired amid accusations of utility lobbying and breaking faith with the organization.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Peppeht
William Randolph Hearst
Schwellenbach
D Wash
Frazier
Gibson
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Black
Dala
Minton
D-Ind
Hearst
Western Union Telegraph Company
Soden Esas
Crampton Harris
Birmiegham
Ala
Harris
Silas Strawn
Chicago
Winston, Strawn and Shaw
Strawn
Vet
George K. Brobeck
Capitol Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James E. van Zandt
More Attractive Homes for Frederick County
MA Winchester notes Frederick County Home Demonstration clubs pursue a major project to improve homes. They aim for more attractive, happier, healthful living as modern life changes are considered. Signs for the Braddock street post office doors were plated and appeared before public notice reached readers.
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Frederick County
Braddock Street
Elevator Strike Near End As Mediation Talks Advance
New York March 14 James J Bambrick building service union strike leader said settlement likelihood rose after accepting today a meeting with Mayor La Guardia's mediation committee Bambrick directs a strike affecting 2500 office buildings apartments and hotels in the city Counsel Edward McGuire joined mediators as William B Rawlins of the Realty Advisory Board and Walter Gor Merritt counsel to the board prepared to present operator views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Bambrick
Building Service Union
Laguardia
Bambrick
Edward McGuire
William B. Rawlins
Realty Advisory Board
Walter Gor— Merritt
Frederick County Home Campaign Aims For 1936 Improvements
The Frederick County Home Demonstration Group launches the House Repair Campaign for 1936 to improve at least 10 homes per year across the county. A farm survey shows 48 percent of roofs need repair, two thirds of chimneys are sound, and only 31 percent of walls ceilings are in good repair. The plan includes neighborhood committees, visits, meetings, letters, publicity, and prizes for top groups and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Will
Winchester
South End Sermon Postponed Because of Illness
The annual sermon for the South End Hose Company members, set for tomorrow, is postponed due to illness of Rev. E. J. Rohart, pastor of the First Brethren Church. Further announcements will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Hose Company
E. J. Rohart
First Brethren Church
Violet Eyes Operetta at Round Hill School
The Jolly Clown Dramatic Club presents a three act operetta Violet Eyes at Round Hill School on Friday March 20 at 8 p.m. Admission 1 and 15 cents.
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Jolly Clown Dramatic Club
Round Hill School
For Rent or Sale Fine house on So. Washington street
Nine room modern house on So. Washington street with large lot in excellent neighborhood. Possession April 1, 1936. George H. Eagle, 3-T lo-tf Committee.
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Washington Street
Geo. H. Eagle
Rotary First Ten Floats in Parade for Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester hosts plans for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade with ten float entries anticipated. Roy A. Cather announces two entries for the artistic division and Handley High School sponsorship. The meeting on March 20 at the George Washington Hotel invites citizens and transportation, industrial, and horticulture groups to discuss preparations.
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Shenandoah
Roy A. Cather
Shenandoah- Potomac-Cumberland
Winchester Rotary Club
Handley High School
E. O. Burdy
Fred A. Read
Winchester
Jack
George Washington
Frederick County
Italians Drive Wedge Toward British Area
Italian Fascist forces push a western column along the Ethiopian Sudan frontier toward Lake Tana as bombers hit Ethiopian concentrations north of Gondar, with Nogars trail junction within about 100 miles of the blue Nile region.
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Rome
Lake Tana
Great Britain
Nogars
Ethiopia
Sudan
Encetab
Gondar
Gondar Oe
Lakena
Auto Licenses On Sale Monday
Auto license tags will go on sale at the division of motor vehicles headquarters Monday at 8 30 in Richmond Virginia. License plates may be placed on cars as soon as desired but not required until April 15 after a 15 day grace period from April 1. The new plates feature an orange and blue color scheme.
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Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Flooding closes mills and buries Maine rail line
The Maine Central line from Portland to Augusta is buried under ice as floods surge across New England. Officials consider dynamiting ice jams and New York may request Army bombers to blast jams in the Hudson River amid rising waters and ongoing rescues.
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Hudson
Wilkes-Barre
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Bangor
Brunswick
Gardiner
Augusta
New England
Coast
New York
Ressellaer
Hudson River
Minister Rev W R Hardesty Dies After Blood Poisoning
The Rev W R Hardesty 55 a Baltimore Conference Methodist Episcopal South minister died at Winchester Memorial Hospital shortly after 2 pm from blood poisoning following a finger thorn infection. He served Bluemont Hillsboro charge and had earlier pastored Brucetown Stephens City and in Loudoun county. Survived by widow and several children, he was a member since 1908 and connected to the Hardesty family of Clarke and Jefferson counties.
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W. R. Hardesty
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harcesty
Bluemont-Hillsboro
Methodist Church
Tony
Hardesty
Clarke
Jefferson Counties
Winchester
Brucetown
Stephens City
Loudoun County
Americans At Oxford Winners in Track Meet
Cambridge won the Oxford Cambridge track and field meet at White City stadium. Americans W. H. Elkins of Texas and Fenton Gentry of Virginia finished second in pole vault at 11 feet 6 inches and shot put at 42 feet 1/2 inch respectively.
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London
Oxford University
White City
Cambridge
W. H. Elkins
Texas
Fenton Gentry
Virginia
Winchester Merchant Timberlake To Return Monday
Thomas F. Timberlake, a well known Winchester merchant, contracted a cold in New York during a buying trip this week and will return home Monday. Relatives said he has practically recovered from his indisposition.
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Thomas F. Timberlake
Winchester
New York
Son of Former Dictator Held In Madrid Disorder
In Madrid on March 14 the leftist government arrested Jose Antonio Primo De Rivera son of the late dictator and dozens of other rightists amid ongoing unrest after last month’s elections. Authorities imposed energetic measures to protect church property as clashes left a death and damaged churches and a monarchist newspaper. Madrid remained quiet but churches public buildings and newspapers were guarded.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Jose Maria Albinana
Manuel Azana
Popular Front
Work Begins on What to Spend for the Needy
The article reports on federal relief funding debates as President Roosevelt weighs a relief package and tax plans. Harry Hopkins travels to New York to defend WPA activities while critics in West Virginia gather data to challenge the works program. Senate subpoenas and new international recognitions also figure in the day’s developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hopkins
New York
Holt
South End Hose Co. Postpones Services for Ill Rev Ro heart
The South End Hose Company postpones its special services at the First Brethren Church tomorrow evening due to the illness of Rev. E. J. Rohart. The secretary notes the services are delayed until further notice.
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South End Hose CO
E. J. Rohart
First Brethren Church
Frenchmen Open To Negotiations On Rhineland Crisis
Paris announces willingness to discuss a plan allowing German troops to stay in the Rhineland if it advances talks on the Locarno treaty. France says talks must address Rhineland issues first and won’t consider Hitler’s peace offer before settlement. A French spokesman notes Germany would be deemed to honor Locarno if a Nazi representative attends council discussions.
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Rhine
France
Hitler
Rhineland
Germany
St. James’ Palace
Great Bri
Tain
Republicans Set 1934 Convention Plan in Harrisonburg
Republicans of Virginia's seventh district meet to set April 10 in Waynesboro as the district convention date. Delegates from 13 counties and four cities will be chosen at March 28 mass meetings to face potential opponent Willis Robertson, with further picks for state and national conventions based on 1932 Hoover votes. Delegates and alternates total 251 with county allocations listed for each area.
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New York
Maritime Provinces
Canada
New England
Kingston
Maine
Kennebec River
Augusta
Richmond
Dresden
Merrimac
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
Mass
Wood Mill
Harrisonburg
Seventh Congressional District
Waynesboro
John W. Morrison
Willis Robertson
Lexington
Roanoke
Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
Amherst
Bath
Clarke
Frederick
Highland
Nelson
Page
Rappahannock
Rockbridge
Rockingham - Harrisonburg
Shenandoah
Warren
Buena Vista
Staunton
Winchester
Emory Henry Announces New Head Coach
Emory Virginia based Emory and Henry College announces that Dr J N Hillman president has reached agreement with Billy Laval former University of South Carolina and Furman mentor to serve as head coach.
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Emory
J. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Billy Laval
University of South Carolina
Furman
Emory and Henry
Lynching Victim Philip Baker Found Near Guseta
The body of 32 year old Philip Baker was found in a swamp near Guseta after a mob abducted him from officers last night. He was accused of attacking two white women and a Black woman last December.
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Gusseta
Philip Baker
Opening Of Men Do Four Beauty Shoppe
Public invited to the opening of Men Do Four Beauty Shoppe at 3915 8S Loudoun Street on Tuesday March 17. Announcement dated March 13 1921.
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Loudoun St
Europe’s Peace Stakes Deepens After Locarno Clash
London March 14 The League of Nations council invited Adolf Hitler to send a representative to London for peace talks with the Locarno powers following France and Belgium’s demand that Germany be condemned for occupying the Rhineland. Britain’s Anthony Eden stressed the crisis’s stakes and pledged full cooperation to build a new peace structure as council deliberations continued.
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Great Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
Obitee Kanal Pe Iy Associa
London
League of Nations Council
Reich
Locarno
Council
League
Rhineland
Joseph A. C. Avenel
League Scretary
Therman
Council of the
League of Nations
Europe
Eden
Community of Nations
Britain
Cedar rust bill extends crop pest limit in Virginia
In Richmond the General Assembly passed a crop pest bill extending the cedar rust protection area from two to three miles. Senator T Russell Cather introduced the measure as part of state agriculture policy. The report notes related political and regional updates across Virginia and nearby areas.
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Richmond
General Assembly
T. Russell Cather
Harrisonburg
Waynesboro
Chattahoochee
Philip Baker
Madrid
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
London
Germany
Queseg
Rhineland
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van Zandt
South End
Rotary
E. C. Burdy
City
Loudoun Circuit
Oxford
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Lee Tttoris
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
Roosevelt
Florida
William Phillips
United States
South American
Paraguay
Harry L. Hopkins
United Conference of Mayor
Hopkins
West Virginia
Episcopal Parish House
Reuss Avenue
Emory-Henry
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