War profits claim haunts steel surplus figure
Senate munitions committee hears John T Flynn testify United States Steel piled 96000000 in wartime surplus alleged as profit, while Roosevelt and Baruch report moves to curb war profits and reform pricing. Bonus issue nears a vote as House debate grows. A Loyal hound named Old Tom aids capture of a convict in Loudoun county prompting a tongue in cheek note on dog licenses.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Senate Munitions Committee
John T. Flynn
Roosevelt
Administration
Munitions Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
World War Industries Board
Congress
Flynn
Committee On
Patman
D-Tex
House
Vinson
D-Ky
Senate
Tall Cousin of Long Ready for Gassaway
Monroe La March 20 A six foot cousin of Huey Long claims equal home on the range with Oklahoma's cowboy Congressman Gassaway and vows to meet him in fisticuffs if he is provoked. G M Wingate of Monroe a former 101 Cattle Ranch hand says Gassaway need only name time and place for a showdown.
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Monroe
Huey Long
Congressman Gassaway
Oklahoma
Louisiana
G. M. Wingate
San Bonita
Texas
Gas
Concert by Music Lovers' Club Delights Large Audience
A large crowd attended the Music Lovers' Club concert at the George Washington Hotel. Harpist Hazel Ione Moses of Richmond performed while Elizabeth Grim accompanied on piano. Mrs. Roy Cather and Miss Elizabeth Grim played a violin and piano sonata by Winchester composer Miss Gladys V. Cochran. The program featured Moses in Nevin and Rogers pieces, Wind Song and Song of the Volga Boatman, with the concert concluding in a brace of group performances by the club members.
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Music Lovers’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Hazel Ione Moses
Richmond
Elizabeth Grim
Roy Cather
Gladys V. Cochran
Winchester
R. E. Griffith
Nevin
Miss Moses
Angelus
Renie
Rogers
Miss Grim
Miss Cochran
Italian Troops Fail To Capture Raiders Near Agable
Italian forces in Italian Somaliland report they could not capture armed groups believed Ethiopian that raided into Somali territory and stole 100 camels from Italian natives near Agable between El Bit and Gorodoi. Raiders escaped into Ethiopia. pursuit halted to avoid escalation.
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Mogadiscio
Italian Somaliland
VanFossen Will Put On Record
The will of the late Susan K. VanFossen was admitted to record with M. M. Lynch as executor. After debts are paid, the estate bequeaths to Grace Kline, a friend of the piece, with Lynch’s bond set at 1000 dollars and Maryland Casualty Company as surety. Named parties include William C. H. Harper, R. E. Perrine, Griffith, and Fred.
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Susan K. VanFossen
M. M. Lynch
Grace Kline
City
Mr. Lynch
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
William C. H. Harper
R. E. Perrine
A Griffith
Fred
Two Prisoners Escape Deputy in Virginia
Alexandria March 19 Police pused bloodhounds on two negro prisoners Connie Reeves and James Williams who overpowered Deputy Sheriff M L Wood of Fluvanna and escaped en route to Richmond to serve terms for house breaking. The car ran out of gas near Alexandria and the men fled on foot. Wood was unharmed and no shots were fired.
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Alexandria
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Connie Reeves
James Williams
Fluvanna County
M. L. Wood
Fluvanna
Motion Picture Authority Will Lecture Friday
Noted motion picture expert Mrs. Robbins Gilman will lecture at 8 30 PM Friday at Christ Episcopal Church under Winchester Ministerial Association auspices. She heads national and local film, youth, and parent education efforts and will discuss recent legislation and industry movements with insights from decades of international work.
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Robbins Gilman
Winchester
Gilman
Christ Episcopal Church
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Federal Motion Picture Council of America
Motion Picture Research Council
U.S
Cinema Committee
International Council of Women
Parent Teacher
League of Nations
United States
Geneva
Rome
International Institute On Educational
Death Summons George H. Clark In Westernport
Relatives in Frederick County notified of George Henry Mercer Clark death in Westernport Maryland after heart disease illness. He was custodian of the public high school building and grounds, age 54, widower of Rosie Hardy, with one son Mervil Clark and two grandchildren. Survived by four brothers and a sister. Body to be brought to Winchester for services at Mount Heberon Cemetery chapel, with interment in the family lot.
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George Henry Mercer Clark
Frederick County
Westernport
Clark
Jonathan M
Sara Clark
Cedar Grove
Rosie Hardy
Mervil Clark
Jacob
Thomas Clark
Jonathan Clark
Gainesboro
John L. Clark
Winchester
Sallie Nesmith
Ohio
Mount Heberon Cemetery
Lotere
Firemen Pose For Pictures In City History Roll
Officers of the Winchester four fire companies gathered at Bart's studio to pose for group pictures for the department history. The history documents the department as one of Virginia's oldest and largest fire organizations and will be distributed to residents.
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Winchester Fire Department
Bart's
Fire Department
Virginia
Winchester Orchestra to Perform During Capon Bridge Debate
A Winchester orchestra will play during intermissions at the Capon Bridge School debate tomorrow evening at 8. The event will be moderated by teams from Frederick county. Featured musicians include Raymond Shanholtz Roy LaFollette Maynard Larrick and Cecil Loy.
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Winchester
Capon Bridge School
Frederick County
Raymond Shanholtz
Roy LaFollette
Maynard Larrick
Cecil Loy
Highway Study Group To Meet On Next Monday
The road study commission authorized by the legislature will hold hearings in Culpeper on March 25 to hear affidavits claim Virginia failed to close route 275 from Route 50 to the West Virginia line. The commission plans a Culpeper district tour and garner support from Lions Rotary Kiwanis American Legion. Delegations from Arlington Winchester and other areas plan to attend led by Senator T Russell Cather and local civic leaders.
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Legislative Road Study Commission
Otdte Highway Commission
Culpeper
Virginia
West Virginia Line
Road Study Commission
Legislative
Richmond
Commission
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
The
American Legion
Newport News
Arlington County
Winchester
T. Russell Cather
C. I. Brumback
Board of Supervisors
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Anderson
Bees for rent plea to orchardists in Front Royal
Orchardists are urged to arrange pollination services with bees for rent. Contact Box 204 in Front Royal Virginia. Date 3 20 1p 2t indicates the notice posting.
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Front Royal
Peery Asked To Loosen On ABC Store Profits
Richmond and Norfolk officials urge Governor Peery to loosen state purse strings on liquor profits under the ABC act. Mayors Taylor of Norfolk and Bright of Richmond say localities are near relief limits and could lose needed funds. They address the League of Municipalities conference on the new federal relief plan and criticise its lack of flexibility for white collar workers.
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Richmond
Norfolk
W. R. L. Taylor
Peery
League of Municipalities
J. Fulmer Bright
Congress
Work to Start Laying Stone on Route 50 Soon
Workmen on Route 50 east of the city may lay stone on sections where grading is complete within a short time. Unofficial estimates say about one third of grading is finished. The road from the east corporate limit to Millwood will be rebuilt mainly on new location by the state using convict labor.
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Millwood
Noah Beery Faces Court as Financial Woes Mount
Los Angeles report details Noah Beery once the screen’s top paid villain filing a mercy petition with the court. He declares he cannot afford living expenses or hotel rent and owes his former law firm over 2000 dollars. Beery notes eight years of separation from his wife and cites past earnings from a now empty pot of gold.
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Los Angeles
Noah Beery
Villian
Beery
Dawn to Make Pageant Theme at Apple Fete
Garland R. Quarles completes fifth Handley School pageant to be staged during the Apple Blossom Festival. Dawn in the Spring will feature about 1,000 children in scenes portraying dawns around the world with large groups and new costumes. Rehearsals have started under Miss Virginia Boyd with Prof McTiwee and Mrs Madeline Riley directing music and chorus. The pageant, a springtime tribute to the bounties of nature, opens with a coronation prologue and includes a dawns of yesterday segment portraying the awakening of nature.
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Handley
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Great Educational Center
Quarles
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Virginia Boyd
W. H. McTiwee
Handley Band
Madeline. Riley
Handley School
Katherine Pannill
Ruth Beery
Yester
Good Home Sought For A Bright Boy
Major James Mars of the Salvation Army seeks a good home for a healthy bright two year old boy. The mother is American and healthy. References required. adoption possible if arrangements satisfy. Contact Major Mars at 20 Valley Avenue or PO Box 177 for a trustworthy family and moral surroundings.
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James Mars
Salvation Army
Rev Dr Wagner Preaches at Grace Lutheran Tonight
The Rev Dr Frederick R Wagner of Martinsburg West Virginia will lead the mid week Lenten service at Grace Lutheran Church at 730 pm. The young people's choir will assist with music and a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
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Frederick R. Wagner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Grace Lutheran Church
Ministry of Music
Dr Wagner
Runaway Lad Earns Title With Local Police in Pikesville
A 12 year old runaway from Luray Virginia rode a freight to Pikesville Maryland and after days at the police station was unofficially named assistant chief of police. Magistrate Christian Voss and officers rotate meals and visits while they try to contact his father Raynard Dewey. The boy Martin Dewey hoped to reach his grandfather in Binghamton New York and has been outfitted with new clothes and a police furnished cat for companionship.
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Pikesville
Martin Dewey
Luray
Binghamton
N. Y
Frank K. Gilroy
Raynard Dewey
Civillian Conservation Corps
Virginia
Christian Voss
Byrd Says Work Relief Won't Deliver Jobs Promise
Washington March 19 Senator Harry Flood Byrd Virginia declares the $4.88 billion work relief plan will not move 3.5 million from dole to work and may delay prosperity. He cites past funds showing only 360,000 gains and argues the program cannot create jobs for 5 million relief recipients or restore credit. The amendment to cut funding failed 66 to 21. another to reduce to 2.88 billion also failed 57 to 30. The Byrd amendment restricting administrative use passed near day’s end. Additional questions urged by Byrd about administration plans and national credit. Continues on page six.
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Washington
Senate
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Old Dominion
Adams
D-Cole
Byrd
S. Adams
Robinson
Ap EE
Virginian
PWA
Young People Hold Meet at Braddock Street Church
The regular business meeting and social of the Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South young peoples department will be at Walter M. Shade's home, 222 Handley Boulevard, Thursday at 8 o'clock. An interesting program has been planned.
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Young Peoples Department
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Walter M. Shade
Handley Boulevard
France Flanders Confidence in Armed Forces Amid German Rearmament
French Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin told the Senate he has complete confidence in France's fighting strength and urged vigilance over Germany's rearmament. He defended extending military service by decree to speed defense, warning against disarmament concessions and citing the 1914 emergency as a precedent. Continued on page six.
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Senate
Berlin
France
Germany
League of Nations
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Macrince
Flandin
World News At A Glance Highlights Riots and Policy Shifts
A snapshot of international and domestic events: Burns proclaims out of the Depression amid a 29 percent spike in income tax returns. Mississippi tributaries flood. Harlem endures rioting after a false report of a Black youth stealing. The new banking bill stirs Congress conflict. New York Times manager Wiley dies. Hopkins reports Maryland relief pass. Democratic leaders block La Follette on work relief funds. Hitler’s rearmament cited as entry to talks with Britain. Eden to Paris for talks on rearmament. France protests. In Karachi, three more Muslims are injured in ongoing clashes.
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Speaker Burns
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
New York
Harlem
Washington
Congress
Louis Wiley
New York Times
Harry L. Hopkins
Nice
Maryland
Senator la Follette
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
John Simon
England
London
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Lord Privy Seal
Paris
France
Italy
Karachi
India
Roune
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Thomas Quesenberry
Loudoun County
Tom
Leesburg
VanFossen
Motion Picture Authority
George H. Clark
Princess Mbiigiiyp
Princess Mdivani
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Reno
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Alec
Barbara
Pelee
ABC
Court’s Mercy
Dawn
Miss Boyd
Dr. Wagner
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Simon
World News
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