Stamp plan urged in farm bill debate
In Washington March 21 the Senate debated expanding the food stamp provision of the billion dollar farm bill. Senator La Follette urged raising surplus commodities disposal funds from 85 million to 113 million to add 60 more cities to the program. Senator O’Mahoney warned of unemployment and farm tenancy risks, calling for real jobs and wages to create a true market for farm products.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
Senate Appropriations Committee
LaFollette
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Chamber
Laws Proposed To Ban Graveyard Of Abandoned Cars
Ma Winchester urges a new law prohibiting locating wrecked and dismantled vehicles near public highways. She says such sights are unsightly and urges nominations for enforcement. Rules cited include Stop Look and Listen and focus on small problems to solve larger ones.
Food Sale Benefit Planned at Kernstown Meth Church
A food sale to benefit a local cause is set for March 22 at 10 a.m. at Miller's Drug Store. The notice names Kernstown Methodist Church as the beneficiary.
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Miller’s
Kernstown Meth, Church Lp
Miss Louise Moore Named Maid of Honor in Festival Court
Miss Louise Moore of Winchester and Berryville is chosen as Maid of Honor in the Court of Queen Shenandoah XVII. The 18 year old graduate of Holton Arms School and Sweet Briar College freshman is a prominent social figure, pianist, and athlete with interests in swimming and tennis.
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Louise Moore
E. Blackburn Moore
Winchester
Berryville
Shenandoah XVII
Miss Moore
Holton Arms School
Washington
Sweetbriar College
Henry Kasper
Jolliffe
Elizabeth Carrington Pierce
Noble C. Pierce
Star
Scottish Rite Observance Tonight at Strasburg Lodge
Scottish Rite Masons gather at 7 o'clock in Strasburg with Sparmont Lodge for Maundy Thursday rites. Clyde Lamond Jr. leads the exercises with Alexandria delegates attending. relighting services in Strasburg at 2 30 and lights dark until Sunday. A Sunday breakfast follows at Gadsby’s Tavern at 9 45.
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Strasburg
Sparmont Lodge
Clyde
Lamond, Jr
Randolph
Knights of Rose Croix
Alexandria
Gadsby’s Tavern
Spanish Vets Dine Tonight at Golden Glow for Sixth Anniversary
Colonel James C. Baker Camp No. 23 United Spanish War Veterans meets at the Golden Glow at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate its sixth anniversary. Speakers include Charles E. Worrell Virginia United Spanish War Veterans and Charles B. Emmons with William M. King. Local officers and auxiliary leaders attend as toastmaster Harry T. Cook announces the event. The camp, organized in Winchester in 1934, honors Col Baker for leading the Second Virginia Regiment in the Spanish American War.
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James C. Baker
United Spanish War Veterans
Charles E. Worrell
Petersburg
Virginia
Charles B. Emmons
William M. King
John A. G. Shuster
Richard J. Ae
Washington, D C
Z. C. Wymer
Staunton
Florence M. Hillery
Aan
Delega- Alcrama
Resars
Lynchwt
Wootens
Winchester
Baker
The
Spain
J Nulton
Louis M. Nulton
Berryville Seniors Stage Two Night Comedy Girl-Shy
Clarke County Berryville High seniors rehearse Girl Shy a three act comedy. The show runs April 11 and 12 at 8 p m with double casting for the girls and one set of boys appearing both nights. Katherine Kavannah authored the play set in the high school auditorium with a large cast led by Tom Arsdale and Barbara Sanford among others.
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Berryville
D. Massey
Berryville High
Stomber
Siris
Katherine Kavannah
Tom Arsdale
Robert. Pope
Oke Simpson
Roy Potts
Peaches Carter
Oake
Carter
Dorothy Kackley
Caroline
Tom
Joyce Davis
Julie
Pitta
Anthony Arsdale
Sylvia Webster
Janice
Ruth Lancaster
Stultz
Paul Simpson
Barbara Sanford
Virginia Harris
Louise Bell
Three Injured In West Virginia Work Zone Crash
Three West Virginia highway workers were injured near Romney when an automobile struck them as they stood at a work site. Two workers sustained serious injuries and were taken to Memorial hospital in Cumberland. The driver, reported intoxicated, ignored a watchman signal and fled to the scene where a hearing was under way in Romney.
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West Virginia Highway
Romney
Hawkins
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
Wills
Easter Eggs From Nestle and Hershey Chocolates
Purported Easter eggs made from Nestle and Hershey milk chocolates sold in assorted sizes. Crystal Confectionery listed with product codes CRYSTAL CONFECTIONERY (3-20-1p-21).
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Nestle’s
Hershey's
Homemaker's Market Anniversary Sale Featured Eggs and Cookies
The Homemaker's Market announces its annual anniversary sale featuring colored eggs and cookies with specials on coconut and chocolate cake potato salad. March 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5 South Cameron Street.
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South Cameron Street
Chicken Supper at Ridgeway Benefit for Paynes Chapel
A chicken supper will be held at Green Gables Ridgeway on March 22 serving from 5 p m for 35 cents. Proceeds go to Paynes Chapel.
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Ridgeway
Green Gables
Paynes Chapel
Trimming Of Funds Of Labor Board Urged
The House Appropriations Committee urged cutting funds for the Labor Relations Board and wage hour administration saying the board is over staffed and faces administrative confusion. The panel proposed 2.843 million for the board and 5.105 million for wage hours, below the budget. It also called eliminating the economics research division and reducing trial examiner salaries to streamline operations.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
David Saposs
National Labor Relations Board
Appropriations Group
House
Sorecotteleetguillen
Budget Bureau
Soviet territorial demands over Finland reported
Bulletins from Stockholm dated March 21 say Soviet Russia has new territorial demands on Finland tied to final frontier delineation, but this information lacks official confirmation.
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Stockholm
Russia
Pinland
Senate Committee Alleges GAO Pressure on Guards Officers
The Senate Military Affairs Committee accuses the General Accounting Office of forcing resignations of National Guard officers for allegedly technical bookkeeping faults in a high-handed un American manner. The inquiry centers on how GAO actions affected guard leadership and accountability.
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Washington
Senate’ Military Affairs Committee
Federal grand jury indits 13 orgs 18 individuals in anti trust probe
A Detroit grand jury indicted 13 organizations and 18 individuals on March 21 for alleged anti trust law violations in the electrical contracting sector. The case centers on payments for attendance at workers' unions and alleged coordination to fix bids.
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Detroit
Electrical Workers
Bank regulation urged for states by ABA chief
Robert M. Hanes, president of the American Bankers Association, declared that federal regulation may extend to state banks unless a high quality of bank supervision is maintained in every state. He spoke in Denver on March 21.
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Denver
Robert M. Hanes
American Bankers’ Association
Crossing Crash Fatal to W M Brown in West Virginia
William Mack Brown 26 of Albin was killed when his southbound auto struck the locomotive of a northbound Pennsylvania freight train at Route 11 crossing near Bunker Hill West Virginia. The apple train from Winchester to Hagerstown with engineer C I Mace and conductor S E Baechtel stopped at 3:30. Head injuries were fatal and several witnesses reported the car was moving fast at the crossing.
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William Mack Brown
Albin
Pennsylvania
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Nathan D. Payne
Winchester
Hagerstown
C. I. Mace
S. E. Baechtel
A. T. Hodges, Jr
West Virginia State Police
Brown
Middletown High School yearbook staff reports progress
The Our Trail staff at Middletown High School, led by editor in chief Margaret Matthews, H. Denis Hoover notes progress in preparing the annual. Seniors organized three weeks ago anticipate mimeograph pages next week and aim to complete by end of April for 75 to 100 copies.
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Middletown
H. Denis Hoover
Hoover
Ada
Toddler survives 30 foot fall from window in Iowa
In Des Moines on March 21 Donnie Himes 18 months old rolled from a one story apartment window and fell 30 feet onto a stair landing. He suffered only a bump on the forehead and a few scrapes officials said.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Donnie Himes
Entomology Meeting Alters Northern Beetle Quarantine Area
Federal and State entomologists and North Valley fruit growers announced shifts in the danger area for the Japanese beetle quarantine. The highway inspection station near Harpers Ferry will relocate to a point just south of the West Virginia line on Route 340 at Gaylord, with additional stations moved to Bunker Hill and Ridgeway by April 1.
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Berryville
Clarke County
North Valley
Winchester
Berkeley Jefferson
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia Line
C. W. Stockwell
G. T.tates
Is Tel
Stowell
Ita Tion
Bunker Hill
Ridgeway
Reynaud Broadens Win War French Coalition Cabinet
Paris March 21 Paul Reynaud formed a broadened win the war coalition government naming Edouard Daladier to stay as defense minister and granting finance to Lucien Lamoureux. The inner cabinet includes five others Daladier Chautemps Campinchi Egnac and Dautry with two Socialists Monnet and Riviere. The chamber backed the selections 80 to 7 as Reynaud moved to a speedy national unity cabinet during wartime.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Reynaud
Lucien Lamoureux
Daladier
Camille Chautemps
Cesar Campinchi
Navy
Laurent Egnac
Air
Raoul Dautry
Monnet
Riviere
National Union
Louis Marin
Republican Federation
Federation
Chamber of Deputies
Léon Blur
Politica
France
Germany
Hull and Farley Line-Up Revived
Washington observers discuss a possible Hull Farley Democratic ticket as postmaster general Farley announces his candidacy. Some see it as signaling Roosevelt may retire, others view Farley as staying in the race regardless of a third term.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Parley
Hull-Farley Good
New Deal
East
Congress
Farley
Hull
Garner
Fete Committee Plans Name For Festival At George Washington Hotel
The Apple Blossom Festival Executive committee meets Friday at 11 30 at the George Washington Hotel to review a budget report and to appoint a committee to secure a festival name and related arrangements.
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George Washington Hotel
H. Clay’ Ae Ui
Olearing
Budger Committee
Steamers Plow Uncertain Seas
Two British liners the Mauretania and the Queen Mary set sail from New York under sealed orders. The Mauretania endured a stormy night with rain and hail while the Queen Mary followed in clear weather, both camouflaged for wartime troop transport duties.
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Queen Mary
Mauretania
New York
Hudson
Mnn
Interdenominational Good Friday Service in Winchester
Citizens of Winchester may observe Good Friday at a 12 noon inter-denominational service at United Brethren Church. Seven ministers will speak on the Seven Words From the Cross, led by Herman McKay and others from local churches. Business people are invited to attend during lunch hour.
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Winchester
United Brethren Church
Herman McKay
Market Street
Salvation Army
Mrs. Conrad's Ship Reaches Portugal
Mrs. Conrad wife of the American Military attache at the Embassy in London reached Lisbon Portugal aboard a clipper ship yesterday en route to join Captain Conrad. She secured her passport March 11 after difficulty and left for Portugal the next day.
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George Bryan Conrad
H. H. McGuire
London
Lisbon
Portugal
Conr
Conrad
Bermuda
Benefit event for Mt. Pleasant Ladies' Aid Society
A fundraising sale scheduled for Saturday March 23 from 9 a m to 4 p m at Solenberger's Eratemare. Proceeds benefit the Mt. Pleasant Ladies' Aid Society.
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Solenberger
Eratemare
Mt. Pleasant
Ladies’ Aid
Ciety
For Sale Handcrafted three piece living room set
For sale a beautifully hand traced three piece living room set at 422 S Cameron St. Call 439 W for more details.
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S. Cameron St
Commons Session Ends With Outspoken Criticism Of Two
In London the Commons closed for Easter with Liberal opposition condemning Chancellor Sir John Simon and Lord Privy Seal Sir Samuel Hoare as liabilities. Speculation swirled on cabinet reshuffle before April 2. reports of Baltic submarine activity and recent German air raids followed.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Geoffrey Mander
Airnister
Kingsley Wood
Leslie Burgin
Air Ministry
Shetland Islands
Commons
West Indies
Germany
Baltic
North Sea
Admiralty
Scotland
DNB
Easter Sunday Forecast Calls For Cold, Mixed Precipitation
The weekend forecast for Virginia shows increasing clouds with light rain or snow in the interior late tonight and Friday. It stays colder in the north, with continued cold through Saturday and Sunday.
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Praden Wren
Virginia
Nolan Marten lands 171 acres near Arabes era road sale
The land of Nolan Marten comprising 171 acres along Arabes era road four miles east of Winchester will be offered for sale at the courthouse steps at noon on Saturday March 23. The notice appears in the local advertising section.
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Marten
Nolan
Winchester
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