Hawley Smoot tariff bill passes Senate after months
Senate approves Hawley Smoot tariff by 53 to 31 and sends it to conference with the House. Publicity on conference deliberations is urged by Rep Garner as Smoot and committee colleagues prepare to resolve hundreds of differences. Independent and Democrat leaders criticize provisions including the debenture plan and executive tariff power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
House
Representative Garner
Texas
Smoot
Finance Committee
Capitol
Simmons- Norris
Hoover
Simmons
North Carolina
Utah
Watson
Indiana
Shortridge
California
Borah
Idaho
Congress
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Grundy
Walsh
Massachusetts
Connelly
White House
Bogus Twenty Dollar Notes Spread Through Valley
Counterfeit twenty dollar notes are being passed by unknowns from Hagerstown to Staunton and Harrisonburg. Banks in Berryville Charles Town Woodstock Winchester and Harrisonburg report counterfeit notes found. Justice Department agents arrived in Harrisonburg to pursue the culprits who likely headed south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Staunton
Federal Reserve
Charles Town
Berryville
Winchester
Woodstock
Harrisonburg
Department of Justice
Commercial and Savings Bank
Harold Edwards
Stephens City
First National Bank
Bank of
Clarke County
Virginia Drug Company
W. Va
Washington Star
Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
Capitol Theatre Hosts Amos n Andy Broadcasts With Cabs
Due to patrons preferring home listening, Capitol Theatre manager Miller arranges Fresh Air Taxicab Company to bring radio magnates to the venue. The first broadcast aired last evening as H. J. Mowery, Majestic radio distributor, installed a radio in the manager's office for Amos n Andy programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Amos ’N’ Andy
Miller
Capitol
Incorporated
H. J. Mowery
Majestic
N’ Andy
Body of Infant Is Laid To Rest
The body of Jean Marie Ritter infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Ritter whose death occurred several days ago was brought here Saturday and interred in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Jean Marie Ritter
Ira Ritter
Green Hill Cemetery
Notice to assess property at County Court House
Isaiah Roe or deputy will be at the County Court House every Saturday from now until May 17 to assess tangible and intangible personal property and income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Isaiah Roe
Potatoes and Wholesale Grocery Ad Headlines
An old style classified item promotes potato deliveries from Winchester Wholesale Grocery Co. urging quick orders for Maine feed on tracks. Public notice-like language suggests supply and ordering details though fragmented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car of Maine
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Co
New Woolen Mill to Rise Near Clearbrook
Brucetown Woolen Mills Corp plans rebuilding after Saturday fire. New plant to be set along the Pennsylvania Railroad near Clearbrook, close to Brucetown, with modern machinery and updated facilities to boost output. Jones Co. to finish on-hand orders. office opened on Rouss Avenue in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown Woolen Mills Corp
Brucetown
Clearbrook
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stephensons
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hopewell
Winchester
Martinsburg
Jones Co
Brucetown Corporation
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Company
Jones Company
Rouss Avenue
Mrouss Avenue
Philip Williams
J. Victor Arthur
Mrs. Stickles of Baltimore Buried in Mount Hebron
Funeral services for Elizabeth Stickles aged 82 were held yesterday at Grace Lutheran Church Mortuary Chapel Mount Hebron Cemetery. She died in Staunton from arteriosclerosis and was buried in the adjacent cemetery. Relatives from Baltimore and elsewhere attended the rites.
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Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Elizabeth Stickles
Staunton
Stickles
Baltimore
Anderson Fined by Justice for Moral Delinquency Case
Justice John A. Anderson presided over a hearing for a warrant charging him with contributing to the moral delinquency of a minor. He was fined $254, including court costs, after Sunday evening arrest and appearance before Magistrate Weems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Anderson
Weems
Last Rites For Mrs Byrd Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Byrd, 90, will be held at 4 p m at her daughter West Zaneseltown Baltimore address with Rev. Lovett. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester after a Baltimore wake. Survived by daughter Mrs Shipley and six other children, plus Admiral Byrd and three grandchildren.
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Mrs. Byrd
Jennie Byrd
West
Zaneselt Wi
Ae Avenue
Baltimore
Benjamin B. Lovett
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
Winchester
Herbert T. Tiffany
T. Nelson Dugan
Randolph N. Dame
Jefferson D. Norris
Albert R. Stuart
Dr. Mactier Warfield
Mount Hebron
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Byrd
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Margaret Byrd
R. W Spager
California
George R. Byrd
Alfred H. Byrd
William Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Evelyn Byrd Shipley
State Teachers College to Enter Float in Apple Blossom Parade
State Teachers College in Harrisonburg votes to participate in the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival. The college will enter a float and has previously won cash prizes for its artistic floats. President S P Duke appoints an arrangements committee including art department heads Miss Aiken and Miss Palmer and student leaders.
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Harrisonburg
State Teachers’ College
Winchester
S. P. Duke
Miss Aiken
Palmer
Warner
Harry Garber
H. G. Pickett
Joe Neilson
Shirley Miller
Helene McNeely
Art Club
Mary Watt
Athletic Association
Helen Lineweaver
Wyandotte Cleaner and cleanser in kegs for sale
Classified note notes cleaner and cleanser offered by E. J. Snapp in Wyandotte. Item available in kegs or barrels with sale details in the local ad section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Snapp
Path Over The Hill at Welltown School House
Welltown School House hosts a community league play titled The Path Over The Hill on Thursday night March 27. The production showcases local talent in a small theater setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Community League
Freya Sinks Off Biscay With All Hands Lost
Reports from Oporto confirm the freighter Freya carrying coal sank off Biscay with every crew member perishing. The loss leaves no survivors among the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oporto
Portugal
Freya
Biscay
Annual Meeting Set for Junior Red Cross in Winchester
Winchester and Frederick County host the Junior Red Cross annual meeting on Saturday March 29 with fifty nine county schools represented and delegates from each. Alfred Shryock will preside Thelma Keller is secretary officials from National Headquarters and state chapters attend. Thirty blind children will attend a thirty minute program of music and declamations and lunch with Handley Juniors. The meeting starts at 10 00 am in Handley High School auditorium and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick County
Alfred Shryock
Stephens City High School
Thelma Keller
Middletown High School
National Headquarters
Washington
Handley
Handley High School
Mail plane crashes near Antietam battlefield in fog
A Washington to Richmond mail plane crashed near Antietam battlefield early today after running out of fuel. Pilot Verne Treat jumped with a parachute and landed unharmed about three miles from the wreck while notifying Richmond he was fine and tending to the mail. Another landing occurred at Appomattox Court House when Henry Merrill guided a Coast Air Transport plane to a dawn touchdown after fog obscured coastal air routes.
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Hagerstown
Washington
Richmond
Antietam
Verne Treat
Treat
Appomattox Courthouse
Henry T. Merrill
Eastern Air Transport
Court House
Merrill
Europa Sets Ocean Crossing Record On Maiden Voyage
The North German Lloyd liner Europa, 51,000 tons, on its maiden voyage, beat the Bremen to become the fastest Atlantic crossing at Cherbourg to Ambrose Lightship. It covered 3,100 miles in 4 days 17 hours 6 minutes, 18 minutes faster than previous record despite head winds and heavy seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Europa
Bremen
Ambrose
Cross Capes
Cherbourg
France
Poultry and Eggs Wanted and Real Estate for Sale
Poultry and eggs wanted by E. J. Snapp. Also sale notice to settle an estate offering a building lot at the corner of Pall Mall and Stewart streets, 56 by 138 feet. Interested parties should write Mrs. Gordon Lind, Exec., J. L. Maphis, Wayside Place, University, Virginia.
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Pall Mall
Stewart Streets
Gordon -Lindsay
J. L. Maphis
Wayside Place
University, Virginia
McKinley Chapter No. 19 Installs Eastern Star Officers
McKinley Chapter No 19 Eastern Star installed its officers for the coming year before a full lodge room with guests from Berryville Strasburg Front Royal and Washington. New matron Mrs Harold C Jones presented jewels to retiring patron Mrs Daisy B Shade and retiring patron Harold C Jones and a cedar chest for the new matron. The chapter founded April 6 1929 marks about 90 members with strong activity and wide guest turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Chapter No. 19
Order of the Eastern Star
Eastern Star
Berryville
Strasburg
Front
Royal
Washington
Daisy B
Shade
Harold C. Jones
McKinley
Walter M. Shade
Ella V. Hodges
Charles 8S. Lowry
Marie Shade
Thelma Brown
Daisy B. Shade
Irene Ere
Lillie
Martha
Mary Senciadiver
Pearl Harmer
Electa
Pearl Largent
Lucia Share
Justa Quick
Maggie Wood
Sentinel
Harry Boyles
William Brown
Anna Mae Snake
Masonic Herald
Julia Davis
Bertie Snider
Vernie Kremer
Grace Huyett
Leslie Woods
Mary Grim
Gertrude Castleman
Lester D. Arnold
Charles P. McVicar
Elizabeth Grim
Louise Gray
Bessie Brown
Elmer V. Hodges
Large crowds attend mission church nightly services
Nightly services at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church in Strasburg draw large crowds led by Rev. Crim. Pastor Crim’s gospel sermon draws excellent attendance and music by Godfred Miller’s choir enhances the meetings. The Covenanter Boys, a group of young singers, regularly perform as a feature.
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Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Crim
Presbyterian Church
Strasburg
Godfred Miller
Covenanter Boys
Mission Church
Admiral Byrd Stays in Dunedin While Finishing Ties
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, back from the Antarctic, enjoys New Zealand and is in no hurry to leave Dunedin. He wants to settle loose ends before taking a steamer to the Panama Canal to rejoin the City of New York, which has already departed for New York.
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Admiral Byrd
Dunedin
Associated Press
New Zealand
Richard E Byrd
Antarctic
Panama Canal
City of
New York
For Sale Colonial Brick Corporation Bonds
Sale offers 3000 dollar Colonial Brick Corporation bonds at 7 percent interest. OE and CARTER advertise the security in the public notice column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Brick Corporation
OE & Carter
Residence in doubt of man who died here
George D. Gleason, 79, died at Memorial Hospital after bronchial pneumonia. He resided with John H. Campbell at 234 Amherst Street and had spoken of Vermont and relatives in New York. Identification was unclear. letters from Grace Mortimer and cards were found. The body lies at R. T. Jones morgue awaiting disposition.
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George D. Gleason
Vermont
New York
Washington, D. C
Gleason
John H. Campbell
Amherst Street
Memorial Hospital
Strasburg
Frank H. Chandler
Mr. Chandler
McIndels Falls
Grace Mortimer
Madison Avenue
Patterson
N. J
Threat Brings Police Guard To The Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Opera House, hosting a protest meeting against Soviet religious policy, was guarded by police after letters threatened bombing if the event occurred. A squad of uniformed officers and detectives began duty. by tonight 75 uniformed officers and additional plain clothes bomb squads would be on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Mies
Opera House
Calvert Associates, Inc
Local Scouts To Clash With Martinsburg Tonight
Troop No 1 Boy Scouts of this city meet Troop No 4 Martinsburg at Handley gym tonight at 8 oclock. The Local Scouts are city champions while Martinsburg holds the Martinsburg title. Fans expect a real game between twin city champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Martinsburg
Handley Gym
Young Man Fatally Injured Rescuing Others
In Gary Indiana a fire tore through an 18 apartment building during a blizzard, killing an unidentified man and leaving Carl Smith age 65 missing while his son Carl 25 was badly hurt. Young Smith carried his mother and wife to safety before leaping from an upper floor suffering internal injuries and possible broken back while trying to rescue his father.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Carl Smith
Carl
Young Smith
Pershing Invited to Attend Virginia Legion Convention
Gen John J Pershing may attend the Harrisonburg convention August 26 27 according to state commander Col Roszel Invitations will be sent and a prior report of Pershing's acceptance is denied Virginia American Legion plans include a tomb of the Unknown Soldier pilgrimage May 11 and pushing for a veterans hospital in Virginia A membership drive aims to reach 10000 with current near 7000 also discussed are Armistice day as a national holiday and youth military training camps.
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John J. Pershing
France
General Pershing
Harrisonburg
Roszel
American Legion
Virginia American Legion
Arlington National Cemetery
Veterans’ Hospital
Virginia
Old Dominion
Marrisons Burg Colored Post
Rockingham Post
Virginia Legion
Remains of Carroll C. Grove Interred at Mount Hebron
Carroll C. Grove, 51, died in Washington from a stroke four days earlier and was interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery after a brief grave service by Rev. Edward T. Clark. He was born in Pittsfield I and worked in Washington’s grocery and meat trade. He leaves a half-brother M. A. Grove and a half-sister Mrs. Curtis Lord of Wood River Illinois. He was unmarried and a brother of the late Lester Grove.
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Carroll c. Grove
Washington
Mount Hebron
Edward T. Clark
Firs Baptist Church
Grove
George P. Grove
Pittsfield
Stephens City
Frank C
William B.rove
Winchester
M. A. Grove
Curtis Lord
Woodriver
Ill
Lester Grove
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Garner
Bill
Berryville Banks— Department of Justice
Anderson
State Teachers College
Wingchester
Wyandotte Cleaner
Welltown School ‘House
Junior Red Cross
Handley School
Appomattox
Poultry & Eggs
Logal Eastern Star
Laura A. Gleason
Middaugh Area
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hin
Mary E. Gleason
el Molino Avenue
Pasadena
Cal
R. T. Jones and Company
Gen. Pershing
State Legion
R. T. Barton
Virginia Rehabilitation Committee
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