Economy Leaders Urge President to Lead Retrenchment Drive
Washington reports economy leaders urged President Roosevelt to spearhead a retrenchment push as Congress debates a vast budget. Senator Adams and Chairman Harrison called for executive cooperation to balance the budget quickly while farm lawmakers push back against cutting the Agriculture Department bill, seeking $265 million more aid than Roosevelt proposed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Adams
D-Cole
Agriculture Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Poland Rejects Joining Any International Bloc
Polish authorities reject joining a Soviet backed or British proposed coalition amid talk of a wider anti German alliance. Poland signals reliance on internal unity and stronger armed forces to deter aggression.
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Foreign Office
Poland
Russia
Poranny
Public sale announced for Wm. Grubbs household furniture
Household furniture of Wm. Grubbs to be sold at public auction on Saturday March 25 at 1 p m. at 687 Berryville Ave Margaret Grubbs serves as the contact or organizer for the sale listing in the notice.
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Wm. Grubbs
Berryville Ave
Margaret Grubbs
Pilot Killed As Night Plane Crashes Near North Beach
Lieut. E. E. Holcombe died after abandoning the pursuit plane during a night flight from Langley Field. The wreckage sprawled over 400 yards in a Calvert County tobacco field. A parachute opened as the observer parachuted to safety. a North Beach posse recovered the body about 200 yards from the wreckage.
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Maryland
North Beach
E. E. Holcombe
Pvt
P.M. Ridenour
Lieut. Holcombe
Irving Catterton
Paris
Calvert County
Ridenour
Langley Field
Wesley Stinett
Fashion Show Tonight at Handley High School
Mrs Helen Zeigler and C Ridgely White star in the Junior Auxiliary Fashion Show and Revue at 8 30 PM in Handley High School auditorium. Zeigler portrays Ma Winchester while White acts as master of ceremonies. The program features fashion turns, comedy, songs and dances ending with a whirlwind finale and queen crowning. Audience members should be seated by 8 25.
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Helen
White
Wien
Irish Hospital sweepstakes pay big on Grand National results
United States ticket holders won 4 183 810 on the Irish Hospital sweepstakes led by 150 000 prizes to ten tickets drawn on Workman the Grand National winner at Aintree England The race saw MacMoffatt second Kilstar third with 469 other winners and consolation prizes paid across the board The total US payout represented roughly half of the 6 710 500 prize fund from a 12 141 735 ticket sale Meanwhile Workman led by jockey T Hyde finished three lengths ahead of MacMoffat with Kilstar a distant third
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New York
United States
Workman
Aintree
Eng
MacMoffatt
Kilstar
M. B. Dooland
Pelham Country Club
Pelham Manor
N. Y
Montana
White Plains Avenue
The
Bronx
Jo Jo
Hoe Avenue
Harry Kamelos
West 18Th Street
Union Turnpike
Jamaica
Saint Rita
Alexander Maguire
L. Scott Briggs
Dorothy Paget
Cooleen
J. W. Rank
A. Donn
Dominick's Cross
MacMoffat
Mac Moffat
Battleship
Royal Daniels
T. Hyde
Royal Rou
Berryville Plans Community Building by American Legion
Berryville unit of the American Legion Lloyd Williams Post No 41 plans a community building on the Legion lot behind the Battletown Inn on South Church Street. They target completion as funds allow, starting by July 1, with a $5,500 bid and possible additional borrowing. The design includes a large hall for bazaars, dances, and meetings, likely cinder block with brick veneer. An earlier PWA grant for a $12,000 building was sought but funds for Virginia were not allotted.
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WPA
Lloyd Williams Post
No. 41
American Legion
Berryville
South Church Street
Battletown Inn
PWA
Virginia
Amy Legion
Temperatures Report Today and A Year Ago
Today's high temperature is 38 degrees. Year ago the high reached 74 degrees. The report notes a brisk change in daily warmth compared with last year.
Goering Bars Lambeth Walk For Uniformed Troops
In Berlin on March 724 Field Marshal Hermann Goering bans soldiers in uniform from performing the Lambeth Walk deeming it a disgraceful picture. He prohibits air force bands from playing the tune to avoid provocative display.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Air Force
Roosevelt Faces Pressure in Federal Reshuffle Effort
Washington March 24 Administration aides map early steps in President Roosevelt’s federal bureau reshuffle. A key move may merge six Treasury investigating units into a single 3,000 man division, including the secret service and alcohol tax units. Officials warn mergers will spark department protests. Other possibilities include combining the unemployment services, housing agencies, and a PWA WPA merger under a sub-departmental structure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate House Committee
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secret Service
Coast Guard
E Bureau
Iinvestigation
Harold D. Smith
Michigan
Smith
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Bureau
Federal
Labor Department
Unemployment Compensation Service
Social Security Board
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
United States Housing Authority
PWA
WPA
Lebrun Returns From His Visit
Paris reports President Albert Lebrun returned from a three day state visit to London greeted warmly. Georges Bonnet French foreign minister accompanied him and used talks with British officials to press for an anti aggression security pact.
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Paris
Albert Lebrun
London
Britain
France
Georges Bonnet
Treasury Secretary proposes tax relief for social security burden
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that in a slower recovery period the payroll tax should be trimmed to ease business. He outlined three alternative schedules reducing rates from 1940 to 1942 and suggested maintaining a 3 percent rate from 1943 onward only if needed, with Roosevelt backing similar changes.
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Washington
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Nomination Of Douglas Approved By Committee
A senate judiciary sub committee unanimously approved William O Douglas to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The panel acted after brief remarks with McBride of Philadelphia as an additional witness, and no questions were raised for the nominee.
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Washington
Senate
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Murphy
Charles A. McBride
Philadelphia
Record Gold Shipment Alert From Britain To New York
The Beewigan States liner Manhattan sailed from Southampton with the largest single cargo of gold ever shipped from Britain to the United States due to European tension. The load totaled about £11,000,000 in Britain plus £1,000,000 loaded at Le Havre, with more consignments to follow on the Normandie. Estimates anticipate roughly £20,000,000 to be moved for safekeeping in the coming days, with some forecasting it could reach £40,000,000.
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Southampton
England
Britain
New York
United States
Sen
le Havre
France
Normandie
United Tes
Judges Open 1939 Schedule For Handley High School
Judge Coaches announce 1939 slate with April 4 home opener vs Randolph Macon Academy cadets at Handley stadium. April 21 invitational with ten schools. May 12-13 state meet in Charlottesville. May 20 Cumberland Valley at Fort Hill Stadium. May 25 Massanutten Military Academy visit. May 6 scholastic meet possible at College Park. New men Harold Anderson Smoke Bobby Green La Follette Bobby Taylor Briscoe Ginn Oscar Bywaters Harry Fowle Roe Billy Miller Leonard Perry shown strong.
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Snaggent
Handley High School
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Handley Stadium
Handley
Martinsburg
Harrisonburg
Fredericksburg
Shepherdstown
Charles ‘Town
Hedgesville
Orestock
Upperville
Bunker Hill
Charlottesville
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Cumberland
Fort Hill
Allegany High
Massanutten Military Academy
College Park
Coach Sargent
Harold Anderson
Smoke
Bobby Green
la Follette
Bobby Taylor
Briscoe Ginn
Oscar Bywaters
Harry Fowle
Roe
Billy Miller
Leonard Perry
Balmy Weather Reaches Winchester and Frederick County
Warm conditions arrive in Winchester and Frederick County with a high of 83 as researchers report green apple buds on scattered trees. Dr. Hough and Dr. Groves were in the field and could not comment on bud development. spring is described as normal so far.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Research Laboratory
House Member Dies Suddenly
Washington March 24 Rep. Turner D Tenn died unexpectedly early today of a heart attack his wife was with him in Washington as the news spread through the capital.
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Washington
Turner
D-Tenn
Grim property sale on 414 S Cameron St dominates front page
Property listing reads eight room residence on a large lot at 414 South Cameron Street. Front of Court a Mom Saturday April 1st. Legal notice details forthcoming.
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Charles ‘Grim
S. Cameron St
Auction at County Court House April First
Dunn and Duvall auctioneers hold a sale at the County Court House on Saturday April 1 at 10 A M. Oak saled includes 100 items and 30 ik. Sale entries listed for March 24 27 29 31 with Ip 4t reference.
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County Court House
Dunn & Duvall
Six Executed In South Carolina Electric Chair Mass
In Columbia six white convicts were executed at the State Penitentiary for the slaying of prison guard captain J Olin Sanders during a December 1937 escape attempt. The 48 minute procedure saw Wingard, Gentry, Woods, Suttles, Moorman, Crans and Bair meet death amid hymns and calm farewells.
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Columbia
S. C
State Penitentiary
J. Olin Sanders
George Ingard
William B. Gentry
Clais Woods
Biloxi
Miss
Roy Suttles
Simpsonville
Herbert Moorman
Detroit
Mich
Clayton ‘Crans
Rochester
N. Y
J. W. Bair
Sumter
Bair
Wingard
Suttles
Crans
Woods
Sanders
Moorman
South Carolina
Public Auction for 1938 Buick Coupe at Court House
Coleman Dunn, auctioneer, advertises a public sale to be held Saturday March 25 at 10:00 am at the court house. The item offered is a practically new 1938 Buick coupe. Auction lot number 3-20824-ip-21.
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Court House
Coleman Dunn
Hitler Returns to Berlin After Memel Annexation Drive
Adolf Hitler arrives in Berlin from Memel aboard a special train after a Baltic voyage. Propaganda notes claim Memelland's incorporation strengthens Greater Germany and seals eastern frontier ties against Soviet Russia, with Germans now saying they have friends to the east.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Memel
Swinemuende
Baltic
Deutschland
Hitler
Germany
Memelland
Russia
Black Sea
Explosion Injures Three On Texaco Tanker Reaper
A Texaco oil tanker Reaper exploded in the Bethlehem Shipbuilding drydock Brooklyn causing serious injuries to three men. The ship burst into flames after the blast likely igniting gases in the hold. Built Bath Maine 1910 the tanker arrived New York Tuesday from Port Arthur Texas with most oil removed before the explosion.
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New York
Texaco
Reaper
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Drydock
Brooklyn
Bath
Port Arthur
Tex
Sacred Heart to Form Scout Troop in Winchester
Under Holy Name Men of Sacred Heart Church Winchester a Boy Scout troop will be formed with a meeting in the Church Hall on Sunday March 26 at 730 pm Dan Henry Scout Executive of the Shenandoah Area will attend to present the plan of organization A large turnout is expected as efforts to establish a top troop in the city continue.
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Holy Name Men of the Sacred Heart Church
Winchester
Church Hall
Dan Henry
Shenandoah
Handley Seniors To Present Comedy On Friday March 31
Handley High School seniors rehearsed nightly for a three act comedy The Apron String Revolt to be staged Friday at 8 oclock in the Handley auditorium. The cast includes Lillian Gatewood Jane Athey Hi Lillis Miahith Jane Jackson Skoots Robinson Billie Pappas Max Largent Willie Brumback and others with Mrs Peery directing. Tickets are available from senior class members.
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Handley
Handley High School
Lillian “Atewood
Elizabeth Holt
Jane Athey
Anna Belleden
Hi Lillis
Mrs. Alden
Meiahith
Jane Jackson
Lanigan
Skoots” Robinson
David
Elizabeth
Billie Pappas
Mary Lou
Max Largent
Henry Fenstermacher
Willie Mae’ Brumback
Martin
the Blade
Robert Boyd
Mr. Wade
the Gazette
Richard Sutton
Jack Alden
Richard Himelright
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