Senatorial Tug Over Work Relief Bill Looms
Washington report on the $4.88 billion work relief bill as Burns Buchanan and Roosevelt discuss sending it to conference. Senate actions hinge on House silver bloc demands including silver certificate inflation ideas. Long claims credit for quick Senate action, while other officials push wage and price controls and devaluation proposals. A Missouri patrol bulletin notes a death with a satirical obituary.
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Washington
House
White House
Burns
Buchanan
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol Hill
Thomas
D-Okla
Senator Long
Louisiana
South
Long
Columbia
Ss. Co
Francis M. Curlee
NRA
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Walter Gordon Merritt
League For Industrial Rights
Senate Labor Committee
Louis M. Howe
Senator Cather Calls For Action On Road Building In Virginia
Culpeper Va March 25 Senator T Russell Cather urged action on a 44 mile stretch west of Winchester to the West Virginia line to complete a through route. He noted Virginia motorists cross the line and encounter mud as West Virginia has built its section under an interstate agreement.
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Culpeper
General Assembly
Legislative Study Commission
Victor von Gemmigen
T. Russell Cather
Winchester
Commission
West Virginia Line
Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia Line
Drought Damages Hit Western States Across Plains
A western dust storm toll runs high as farmers plead for rain. Officials estimate losses in the millions and foresee widespread crop failure across eastern Colorado, western Kansas, Nebraska, and parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Hubert L. Collins
Denver
United States Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Collins
Western Plains
Wyoming
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma
F. K. Reed
Accident Victim Moved From Local Hospital to Roanoke
Miss Una Miles, long hospitalized with a fractured hip, has recovered enough to be transported to Roanoke. The transfer occurred in the Friendship ambulance driven by Lester Forney with Marshall Hollis accompanying.
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Una Miles
Roanoke
Friendship
Lester Forney
Marshall Hollis
And Wedding at Kernstown Schoolhouse
A wedding event is announced for Kernstown schoolhouse on Wednesday March 27 at 8 pm. Admission is 10 20 and 25 cents.
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Kernstown
Winchester and Frederick County Push Route Gaps Before Virginia Panel
A Winchester Frederick county delegation testified at Culpeper before the Virginia highway study commission urging completion of gaps on routes 275 and 7 to link with Route 50. Speakers included State Senator T Russell Cather and C I Brumback with others from the Chamber of Commerce and local government.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia Highway Study Commission
Culpeper
T. Russell Cather
A. C. Oates
T. J. Orndorff
Luther Sutton
Virgl
West Virginia
Vind C. R. Anderson
Continue Search For Missing Men In Quebec Forest
Four more planes joined the effort from St Hubert airport to locate Stanley E. Siscoe and pilot Capt. Thomas Wrathall in the Gatineau district. A dozen planes are scanning the ground for any sign of the missing aircraft.
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Montreal
St. Hubert
Here
Quebec
Stanley E. Siscoe
Thomas Wrathall
Gatineau
Modern Rimless Glasses Promote Youthful Look
Hodgson and Brown Optometrists of Winchester Virginia advertise rimless morning eyewear claiming a younger appearance. The ad, dated March 25, 1927, promotes new pure dye Chateau Crepe fabric at 79 cents per yard by Moling and Cather.
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Moling & Cather
River of Ice Destroys Wisconsin Dam and Floods City
A river of ice broke through a dam near Biron two miles north of Wisconsin Rapids flooding the city last night. Ice slabs 24 to 36 inches thick carried debris and damaged basements, stores, and fires were extinguished as emergency crews battled the surge of water causing about 100000 dollars in damage.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Biron
Here
Hearing In Automobile Mishap at Berryville Today
A Berryville hearing was set for this afternoon after a Saturday Route 50 collision near the Gilpin estate at Millwood. Drivers William Washington and Boyce Culler were charged with reckless driving. Washington injured, John King sustained a fractured arm and is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital.
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Berryville
Gilpin
Millwood
Wiliam Washington, Colored
Boyce Culler
Baltimore
R. E. Bayliss
John King
Memorial Hospital
Man Wanted In Many Places Is Held In West Virginia
Paul Loomis, about 28, sought on bad check charges in multiple towns, was arrested in Charleston West Virginia and held for Winchester police. A removal warrant listing seven checks was sent by bus and WV officers will meet officials en route. Loomis faces accusations of skipped payments on a Woody Chevrolet auto and other related charges across the Shenandoah Valley.
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Paul Loomis
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Winchester
Loomis
Berryville
This City
New Market
Martinsburg
Leesburg
Lexington
Woody Chevrolet
Government Asked To Share In Inspection Costs
J H Meek director of the Virginia agricultural markets urged the Senate appropriations sub committee to include a measure in the agricultural appropriations bill. He proposed the government assume administrative expenses of federal state grading which covers fruits vegetables dairy poultry tobacco meats and would cost about 100000 dollars yearly. He noted many producers and states would still bear main grading costs but Washington and state supervision would be funded by the federal aid. Meek cited endorsements from market ing bureaus in Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas and Vermont.
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Washington
J. H. Meek
Virginia Agricultural Markets
Meek
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agricultural Appropriations
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Two Car Lanes At Handley To Avoid Tangles
City manager Arthur M Field and Chief of Police Clayton Hollis with Superintendent Garland Quarles plan temporary traffic changes on Handley Boulevard to ease school pickup congestion on rainy days. The strip will split the double drive into two lanes, with a 10 foot school lane and a through traffic lane, enforcing by police and student marshals starting next Monday.
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Arthur M. Field
Clayton Hollis
Garland Quarles
Handley Boulevard
Handley School
Tley Boulevard
Ove
Quarles
C. P. Telephone Franchise For 30 Years On Agenda
City Council will hold a meeting Tuesday for third reading of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company franchise renewal. The company seeks a 30 year renewal after two prior readings passed by title at the last regular meeting.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Circus Elephants Rampage Through Crewe Stalls
Three elephants from a traveling circus in Crewe caused a brief shopping spree. They wandered through narrow alleys, toppled stalls, and knocked over baskets of celery lettuce and radishes, with one showing a taste for osp.
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Crewe
Eng
Five divisions to appeal for relief fund
Oakes, Page and Pinckney Arthur to head three divisions to aid jobless. Team captains to be named shortly.
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Oakes, Page and
Pinckney Arthur
Family of Eight in Need Lacks Furniture and Support
A tubercular father disabled in the war and the stay at home mother support seven children aged 2 to 15. The family relies on city aid despite a small $1.50 weekly income. Relatives are on relief, and the home is clean but small. chairs and a bed are needed.
Campaign to raise six thousand for central relief fund
Plans for a four day drive April 9 to 12 are forming led by chairman Jack Engle. The drive will not demand large gifts from individuals and may be paid in four installments over six months. The fund supports unemployed people only, with no ties to government project workers. Five divisions will run the campaign including a large firm/individuals unit and separate groups for industrial and commercial workers and public employees. Headquarters are provided by the George Washington Hotel under Lee Coble's supervision.
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Ac Ng
Jack Engle
Commit
Engle
Campaign Ce. Ee
Lewis Hyde
Board of Welfare
Jessie Oakes
Winchester
Nelson Page
J. Pin
Dionne Quint Guarded Against a Kidnap Plot
The Ontario government ordered police to guard the Dionne quintuplets at Dafoe Hospital near Callander day and night amid rumored plans to kidnap the five babies. Alleged scheme involved a 150 mile car trip to Sault Ste Marie for an airplane to smuggle them across the border into the United States.
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Toronto
Ontario
Dafoe Hospital
Callander
United States
Sault Ste Marie
Michigan Ontario
Dominion
Buried Sunday Wm Didawick of Wardensville
Wardensville resident and prominent local farmer Wm Didawick was buried in the Wardensville cemetery after funeral services at the Presbyterian Church. He died Saturday morning after three weeks in Winchester Memorial Hospital from nephritis. He is survived by his widow Laura and two children W V Didawick and Pearl Orndorff, with a sister Laura Hershman and other Didawick relatives.
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Wardensville
Wardenaville
Presbyterian Church
Lawrence B. Williamson
Lutheran Church
Bernard EB. Bain
Didawick
Laura Didawick
W. V. Didawick
Pearl Orndorff
Gilbert Didawick
Irene
Laura Hershman
Shenandoah County
Third Man Is Held Under New U S Bank Act
Warren Cert, 28, identified as the third man in the Avonmore bank robbery, was arrested in Wheeling West Virginia after fingerprints linked him to the May 21 1934 $9700 holdup at the First National Bank of Avonmore. State police confirm he faces federal charges under the new looters of national banks act.
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Greensburg
Warren Cert
Avonmore
Cert
Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob
Mank
Pennsylvania
First National Bank of
Dust Storm Swirls From Northwest Across Plains
A new dust storm swept east over the plains states worsening drought damage. In southeastern Colorado farmers abandon homes while cattle herds are moved. Dust reached Oklahoma from the northwest with Oklahoma City visibility near one mile. Kansas rainfall was scant and Topeka forecast continued dust tomorrow. Lawrence reported visibility under three blocks midmorning.
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Kanbas City
Plains States
Colorado
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Topeka Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Kan
Hitler Presses Baltic Naval Strength Amid Talks
Geneva reports say Hitler urged inclusion of a strong navy and army to defend Western Europe from Bolshevism. In Berlin he conferred with Sir John Simon while Britain warned Versailles clauses remain the only treaty portion altered by Germany’s military-drive. Ramsay MacDonald stated the military provisions are the sole affected part of the Versailles Pact.
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Geneva
France
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Chamber of ‘Deputies
Berlin
Europe
Sir John
di Ss
London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Gordon Ralph Hall- Caine
River search continues for four drowned in Lewisburg
Four persons who were drowned in the rivers near Lewisburg West Virginia are being sought by searchers. Army engineers suggest Congress give priority to Cumberland Maryland flood control project worth 754000 dollars. Berlin reports Hitler and Sir John Simon plan to begin disarmament talks. Paris deputies approve funding for additional battleships.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Washington
Army Engineers
Congress
Cumberland
J. H. Meek
Virginia Market
Berlin
Hitler
Sir John Simon
England
Paris
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Kingfish
Curleé
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Cather
William A. Wright
Tappahannock
Highway Department
Lauderback
Page
Shenandoah XII
Merle Ferrell
Ronceverte
Greenbrier College For Women
Mary Dean Barrett
Stamford
Messrs. Oates
Orndorff and Sutton
Berkeley Springs
Kiwanis Club
Morgan County
Hodgson & Brown
Handley
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Dionne Quint
Wm. Didawick
Simon
Baltic
Chamber of Deputies
World News
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