Economy Drive Mobilizes Virginia Citizens for Waste Reduction
Public Spirited Citizens of Commonwealth form a Virginia chapter of the National Economy League led by William T. Reed as chairman, Jos A Cutchins as vice-chairman, and Robert H. Carter as executive secretary. The drive aims to enroll 25,000 members to cut government waste and reduce taxes, with Richmond as the hub and a statewide network in nine districts.
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Virginia
William T. Reed
Jos A Cutchins
Robert H. Carter
Congress
Richmond
National Economy League of Virginia
Wild Flower Festival to Represent at Apple Blossom Festival
Knoxville Wild Flower Festival Association plans a large delegation to the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. The group, led by G. Miller O React, will travel by motor cars to join the tenth annual event with parade floats and a Queen of Wild Flowers. The feature week, June 5-10, will showcase native flora, outdoor amusements, and hospitality for thousands of visitors.
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Winchester
G. Miller O’rear
Andrew Johnson Hotel
South
O’rear
Wild Flower Festival Association
Knoxville
Great Smoky Moun
Appalachia
Great Smokies
Qualla Reservation
National Park
Shenandoah Valley
For Sale Horses and Mules in Middletown Va
R L Long of Middletown Virginia advertises horses and mules for sale dated March 23 1904 listing farm stock and contact for purchase.
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R. L. Long
Middletown
Bailey Brothers Fence Sale and New Spring Materials
Bailey Bros. advertises line posts end posts and gates for sale. Moling and Cather announce new spring materials and patterns. P. M. Hunkosuer references item codes 21 1p 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Bros
P. M. Hunksouser
Moling & Cather’s
Flashes of Life items mix divorce, puzzles and coin plea
A Chicago divorce case reveals Kenneth Walden forced Irene to pace for years as a nightly habit. In Everett a welfare funds quarrel centers on a 25 cent puzzle purchase. In Denver widow Amelia Hecht petitioned President Roosevelt to allow keeping an 1851 gold piece. Springfield reports beer wagons shipped from Anheuser Busch to be painted red by April 5.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kenneth Walden
Irene
Burton Holmes
Everett
Mass
Welfare Department
Denver
Amelia R. Hecht
Roosevelt
Springfield
Anheuser-Busch Company
St. Louis
Picher Oklahoma Votes With Handwritten Ballots
Blank ballots awaited voters in Picher as the city lacked funds for printed ballots. Voters must write the name of their chosen candidate instead of marking an X.
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Picher
Okla
Picher City
Dorsey Announces Candidacy for Virginia House Seat
Berryville businessman Ralph Dorsey of Clarke County declared his bid for the Democratic nomination to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent Clarke and Frederick counties and Winchester. He is a real estate broker, apple grower, former Clarke Courier publisher, and longtime party activist.
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Berryville
Ralph N. Dorsey
Clarke County
Virginia House of Delegates
Clarke
Frederick
Winchester
Dorsey
John R. Crown
Clarke Courier
The
Courier
BF. Blackburn Moore
Moore and Dorsey
Be Chamber of Commerce
Democratic Executive Committee
Young Democratic Club
Postal ruling bans beer ads until sale is on
Washington reports a Post Office Department informal ruling bans beer and wine advertisements in newspapers until April 6 unless the beverage can be legally sold. Violations carry up to 1000 dollars fine or six months imprisonment. Donnelly would not state penalties for papers already carrying ads. Annapolis notes a tentative agreement for a state wide beer bill to be proposed to the Legislature.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Horace J. Donnelly
Donnelly
Annapolis
David C. Winebrenner
Stock Market Recovers Early Gains in March Session
The market shook off a five day decline and rose in early trading with several issues up two to four points as shorts covered. By midday gains held for over half of the early advance though activity cooled, and Sterling opened at $3.42 1/2 with call money at 3 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Shorts
Sterling Exchange
Do not sorrow, Hi Ho sage speaks on friendship
An aphoristic line from the Washington Star quotes Hi Ho of Chinatown advising not to grieve when feeling a loss of a friend. The sage suggests such a friend may be a flatterer who sees no value in dissembling.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Handley Chorus entertains at club luncheon
Winchester Kiwanis Club members enjoyed a Handley High School chorus under Miss Whitlock at a weekly luncheon. About 30 boys from grades five and six sang popular numbers and solos. A float was planned for the Apple Blossom Festival with a committee chosen to design the motif and oversee construction.
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Handley Chorus
Chorus
Delight
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Handley Jack
Handley High School
Madeline Whitelock
Garland R. Quarles
Kiwanis Club
Tom Ritter
Tom
Charles Copenhaver
Billy Taylor
Lawrence Grim
Walter Bailey
Henry Baker
James Brooks
Arthur
Quarles
Harry W. Ebert
Wendell Good
Rhodes Huntsberry
R. E. Buncutter
Friends To Hold Special Meetings in Clearfield
Foster and Margueritta Heacock of Clearfield Pennsylvania are expected this weekend for Society of Friends events. A public meeting is set for 8 p m Saturday at the Meeting House a Sunday service at 10 a m and a 2 p m special meeting. A children’s meeting will be held at 10 a m Sunday at Daniel Lupton’s home on North Washington street.
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Foster and
Margueritta Heacock
Clearfield
Society of Friends
Daniel Lupton
North
Washington Street
Brook Farm Community in Massachusetts Dissolved in 1847
Brook Farm, established 1841 near West Roxbury, Massachusetts, was an experiment in cooperative social organization. The association ended in 1847.
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Brook Farm
West Roxbury
Mass
Red Cross appeals for quake relief funds in Winchester
The Winchester and Brick county chapter urges local residents to donate to aid southern California earthquake victims. A letter from DeWitt Smith, Eastern Area manager, asks immediate publicity and timely forwarding of contributions to Red Cross national headquarters. Contributions support about 7,500 affected families with homes destroyed or damaged.
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California
American Red Cross
Winchester
DeWitt Smith
Washington
Martha J. Stowers
Winchester and
Brick County
The
Red Cross
City Hall
Smith
D. C
Martha E. Stowers
Miss Stowers
Ralph
San Francisco
Eastern
Lenten Service for Children at Christ Church
The regular weekly Lenten service for children will be held at 5 o'clock tomorrow in Christ Episcopal Church. The rector, Rev. Robert B. Nelson, will lead. All are welcome though mainly for younger parishioners.
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Christ. Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Aid to jobless described by cabinet member
Secretary Dern outlined plans to recruit jobless into a civilian conservation corps with labor, war, and agriculture departments administering camps and supervision. Secretary Perkins defended the plan before congressional committees, describing it as a pie plan to sustain purchasing power for unskilled workers.
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Associated Press
Aero
Dern
Civilian Conservation Corps
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
War Department
Agriculture Department
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House Labor Committees
White House
Representative Burns
Tennessee
House
Walsh
Connery
House Labor Committee
Nephew of Mrs Mudd Fatally Struck by Automobile
Edward Newton Allen seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Hershel H Allen of Towson Baltimore county Maryland was fatally injured when struck by an automobile last evening. His aunt Mrs Richard Mudd of North Cameron street received word and Mr and Mrs Mudd left to be with the grieving parents. Mr and Mrs Allen reside at No 4 Linden Terrace Towson Mrs Allen formerly Miss Margaret Burke of Maryland.
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Edward Newton Allen
Herschel H. Allen
Towson
Baltimore County
Richard. &. Mudd
North
Cameron Street
Mrs. Allen
Linden Terrace
Allen
Margaret Burke
Maryland
Youth Quest for Peace Echoes Matthew Remark
A quotation emphasizes that youth must seek peace not to escape past failures but to explore a fuller tomorrow. The speaker cites J B Matthews framing youth as drivers of hopeful, active pursuit.
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J. B. Matthews
Girl Seriously Injured When Car Goes Rampant Near Stephens City
A car carrying six youths veered off a soft roadside and plunged into a ditch about 1.5 miles south of Stephens City. Miss Evelyn Whittington, 19, of Middletown, was thrown from the rumble seat and taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with multiple cuts and possible skull injury. Driver Woodrow White and four others escaped injury.
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Witl
Stephens City
Evelyn Whittington
Charles Whit
Middletown
White
George F. Miller
Mrs Nancy Smith Everhart Smith Dies at Clearbrook Home
Mrs Nancy Everhart Smith died at 7 30 am yesterday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John A Dick in Clearbrook in the eighty sixth year of age. She was the last of her Everhart family line from Berkeley County West Virginia. Survived by son James Weston Ohio and daughter Mrs Dick of Clear Brook. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow from the Dicks with Rev C E Suebeck officiating and burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Alvin Dick Lee Dick Lohr Dick John Rees Thomas Cather and Harry LeDane.
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Nancy Everhart Smith
John A. Dick
Clearbrook
Smith
John
Catherine Egerne Everhart
Berkeley County
W. Va
James
Weston, O
C. E. Suebeck
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Bunker Hill
Mount Hebron
Alvin, Lee and
Lohr Dick
John Rees
Thomas Cather
Harry LeDane
Rev Dr Thomas to Preach Sermon to Graduates at Seminary
Rev Dr L A Thomas pastor of Grace Lutheran Church has accepted invitation to preach the sermon to the graduating class of the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Columbia South Carolina. Thomas is a graduate of the seminary and began his ministry nearby. The Rev Dr C A Freed was elected dean starting January 1. The Rev Dr L G Miller formerly pastor and long time professor at the seminary died.
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L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Lutheran Theological Seminary of Columbia
Thomas
Lutheran Church
Maryland
C. A. Freed
Grace Congregation
L. G . Miller
Detroit Bank to Open Backed by Reconstruction, GM
Alfred P. Sloan Jr said the new National Bank of Detroit, backed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and General Motors, will open at 10 am Friday The bank may take over assets of the old First National and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce pending negotiations with conservators Thousands of dissenting telegrams reached President Roosevelt as police warned about potential depositor losses amid the plan
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Detroit
Mich
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
New National Bank of Detroit
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Sloan
Anniversary Program By Epworth League at Relief
The Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Relief will host a special anniversary program Sunday evening March 26 at 7. Miss Virginia Branner leads the event with Louise Robertson as league president. The program includes hymns scripture lessons prayers solos talks and recitations by local youths and remarks on modern youth prospects with offerings and announcements.
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Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Virginia Branner
Louise Robertson
Sai
Dorsey Announces Candidacy for Virginia House Seat
Ralph N. Dorsey declares his bid for the Democratic nomination to represent Clarke and Frederick counties and Winchester city in the Virginia House of Delegates. He pledges untiring efforts on issues of primary importance to his district and the state, with August 1 party ballot date noted.
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Virginia House of Delegates
Clarke
Frederick
Winchester
Ted
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Red Gross
Joint Committee
R. E. Mudd
Miss Whittington
Nancy Smith
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General Motors
Reconstruction Corporation
J. D. Russell
Alfred L. Snapp
Mr. Luttrell
Vivian Russell
Stella White
J. W. Cammer
Mr. Russell
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