Congress Nears Vote On Large Work Relief Bill
The $4.88 billion work relief bill heads toward a House vote with options to send it to conference with the Senate or accept the Senate's 31 amendments. Silver forces seek Thomas inflation amendment in the measure while the White House and administration push for conference. May include NRA case notes and land use policy developments.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
House
Silver Bloc
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Representatives
Thomas
NRA
Supreme Court
Belcher Lumber Company
Birmingham
Ala
Rexford G. Tugwell
Secreary of Agriculture
United States
Corn Department
Forgotten men plead for freedom in Mississippi mercy court
In Parchman Governor Sennett Conner hears pleas from Mississippi's so called forgotten ten as they seek release after decades in confinement. The first petitioner, 77 year old R B Thweatt, argues his life sentence for killing his wife was defensive and asks to go home to die.
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Parchman
Miss
Mississippi
New Hope
Sennett Conner
Court of Mercy
R. B. Thweatt
Attala County
Parade Invites 50 Drum Bugle Corps For Apple Blossom
Fifty drum bugle corps invited to participate in the first division of the Apple Blossom Festival grand parade. Corps expected from Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia. American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts are represented with several accepting invitations for the first week in April.
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Waste and Bugle Corps
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
W. A. Baker
Mansfield Post
Piedmont
W. Va
Rian Bowman
Harrisonburg
Dutton
Margaret Hodgson
Wonder’s Apparel Shop
Legion
Appleton
Roaring Springs
Harold H. Blair
Hanover
Morris Frock
Hagerstown
Vincent Costello
Washington, D. C
Farrady
Frostburg
Arlington Post
Clarendon
Drum and Bugle Corps
Baltimore
Charlottesville and Albemarne
Charlottesville
Victory Post
Alexandria
Fairmont Post
Fairmont
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Howard Gardner
Tyrone
Tarentum
Norfolk
Richmond
Champagne
Henry Hart
Cumberland
Overseas
L. T. Snell
Portsmouth
Drum Andugle Corps
Rm Bowman
Roa
Front Royal
Winifred Wilson
P. W. Gabrish
Virginia Armory Construction Pushed With Public Funds
Richmond dispatches say about 1.8 million dollars in public works grants may fund armory building in Virginia communities. Gen Waller notes 60 000 per unit for towns lacking suitable housing. lists include Winchester Roanoke Harrisonburg Newport News and others. It remains unclear if 60 000 per unit is a total armory cost or a per unit allotment.
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Richmond
Virginia
Roosevelt
Samuel Gardner Waller
Winchester
Roanoke
Harrisonburg
Amesh Newport News
Emporia
Ton
Chase Pky
Silk Laden Truck Burns on Valley Pike Near Mount Jackson
A large silk cargo truck burned last night between 7 and 8 pm in Meems Bottom on the Valley Pike about 3 miles south of Mount Jackson, Shenandoah county. Loss valued around $15,000, covered by cargo insurance. The truck from Tennessee to New York caught fire near the manifold. one driver slept in the rear compartment. Fire melted the steel frame. half the silk load was saved, with the rest destroyed after a half hour blaze detectable from Mount Jackson.
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Meem’s
Valley Pike
Mount Jackson
Shenandoah County
Tennessee
New York
Sheriff Sale At Bailey Orchard On Middle Road
Sheriff sale set for Friday March 29 at 11 AM at Bailey Orchard on Middle Road. Auction covers orchard equipment livestock bees and implements with details in official notice.
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Bailey Orchard
Middle Road
More Workers Are Named For Relief Drive
A widow dying from tuberculosis is cared for alone in a single room made comfortable by the District Nurse Association and assistant housekeeper project workers. Two specialists attend her and strive to keep her comfortable.
Campaign to raise relief funds announced for six months
Jack Engle chairs a drive to fund relief for indigent unemployed in the city. A dinner on April 9 will review plans before launch. the drive runs April 9 to April 12 with small pledges and installment payments over six months. George Bushnell Charles Harper John Rodman Lee Grant Arthur Pield John Rosenberger named to committees. W A Baker treasurer. Helen Shockey aided by VERA workers.
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Jack Engle
Charles P. McVicar
George Bushnell
Charles Harper
Mr. Engle
Nelson Page
John Rodman
Lee Grant
Arthur M. Pield
John H. Rosenberger
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
George Washa Hotel
Owever
W. A. Baker
Helen Shockey
Vera Office
Elks To Hold An Initiation At Winchester Lodge
Winchester Lodge No 867 BPOE will hold an initiation and social session at 8 oclock on Wednesday evening March 27 on Braddock street. All members urged to attend as a class of several persons will be inducted.
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Shenandoah XII
Winchester
Winchester Lodge
Braddock Street
Public Sale of Household Furniture in Davis Estate
Public sale of household furniture of late Mrs. E. D. Davis of 412 West Clifford Street conducted by Coleman Dunn as auctioneer on Friday March 29 at 11 o'clock.
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E. D. Davis
W. Clifford St
Coleman Dunn
Dillinger Aide Gets Life Term For Killing Man
John Paul Chase received a life sentence in federal court for the killing of Inspector Samuel P. Cowley during the war on crime. Jurors recommended mercy, avoiding the death penalty as prosecutors sought it. A hearing on a related murder count is scheduled after the sentencing.
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Chicago
John Paul Chase
Samuel P. Cowley
Chase
George “Baby Face” Nelson
John Dilinger
Lee
Barrington
Cowley
Herman Hollis
Nelson
Philip L. Sullivan
Hollis
Widow Eloise Harkness DaBoll Dies in Florida Home
Mrs Eloise Harkness DaBoll age 43 wife of William H DaBoll of Clyde New York and Lakeland Florida died suddenly at her Lakeland residence. She was the daughter of Harry M Harkness and the late Mary M Harkness and is survived by her husband son David and daughter Mary Virginia Da Boll. Her body to be taken to Clyde for interment. she had visited Winchester regularly.
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Eloise Harkness DaBoll
William H. DaBoll
Clyde
N. Y
Lakeland
Fla
George B. Forney
South Cameron Street
Forney
Charles
Anne E. Young
Winchester
DaBoll
Republicans In Dublin Arrested In Police Raids
About 70 Republican party members were arrested in Dublin as police conducted raids following Saturday night shootings that wounded two policemen.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Republican Party
Leaders Tackle Program Shaped At Conference
President Roosevelt and Hopkins discuss a vast work-relief plan on a Florida sailing trip. The talks aim to push through Congress a seven point program including NRA extension social security regulation of utilities and banking act while Howe recovers.
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Florida
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington
Louis M. Howe
White House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Burns
House
Robinson
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Howell Resigns From Commission
Richmond March 26 The State Corporation Commission announced the resignation of C H Howell special representative and power rate expert after it was learned he held bonds in the Old Dominion Power Company The bonds were found February 11 prompting the commission to reopen its decades long investigation into the company
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Richmond
The
State Corporation Commission Today
C. H. Howell
Commission
Old Dominion Power Company
Howell
Old Dominion
Berryville High School Event Notice
Public notice from Berryville High School details an event on Thursday March 28 at 9 30 with a fee of 1 00. The partially legible line shows the date and time and a small price indicated as one dollar.
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Daxce Berryville High School
Big Clothing Manufacturer Attacks NRA In Senate Hearing
Francis M. Curlee of a minority of men’s clothing makers labeled NRA a bureaucracy with economic lynch law power. He urged extending code reform and warned of bureaucratic control over industry. Lawmakers pressed Curlee as a large audience watched the inquiry into the NRA.
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Washington
NRA
Senate Finance Committee
Francis M. Curlee
Curlee
Materials For Moonshine Under Scrutiny In Raids
Official reports indicate 1,281 moonshine stills were seized in raids on March 14 15 and 16. A special Internal Revenue District force tracks shipments of sugars molasses corn sugar and related materials to determine if they go to legal or illegal channels.
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Washington
Concenne
Imiere
Internal Revenue District
Buchan Likely to Become Canada Governor General
London dispatch reports Col. John Buchan, famed author and publicist, is likely to be named Governor General of Canada. If confirmed he would be the first commoner to hold the post, which becomes vacant as Lord Bessborough retires during the jubilee year.
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London
John Buchan
Canada
Lord Bessborough
Sewing Projects Start Tomorrow
The Emergency Relief Association will begin sewing projects tomorrow at 8 o clock on the second floor of 163 North Loudoun Street. Miss Emily Wierman leads the group and all workers must report then.
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Emergency Relief Association
North Loudoun Street
Emily Wierman
Lewis Jones Knitting Company
Anderson
Wiee
Negro Held For Attacking Girl
Roosevelt Twitty a 20 year old Negro was arrested in Rutherfordton N C after an 18 year old farm girl near Forest City said she was attacked. A 200 member posse searched the area while Twitty was held in the county jail awaiting a April 2 preliminary hearing.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
Roosevelt Twitty
Forest City
Twitty
Hitler defers arms issue as talks with Simon end
Berlin reports say Hitler refused to disclose a future army size and sent the dispute over disarmament back to rivals. Sir John Simon returns to London to brief Britain, while Berlin notes Germany stands committed to rearmament as other nations react.
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Berlin
League of Nations
Reichsfuehrer
Germany
Cma
Austria
John
London
Hitler
Sir John
Great Britain
Reich
John Simon
World News At A Glance: Roosevelt Plans Big-Game Fishing
Domestic dispatch notes President Roosevelt en route to Florida intends to pursue big game fish. Reports from Washington cover a Treasury probe into bootleg liquor supplies and sugar and molasses sources. The House silver bloc backs a large relief bill moving toward the White House without Senate conference. Proposals to avoid U.S. entry into future wars gain attention as lawmakers act. In Kaunas four Nazis face death. in Berlin Hitler claims rearmament is a fact and Europe must recognize it. Dublin reports five American tickets drawn in Tapinois sweepstakes.
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Florida
Roosevelt
Parchman
Miss
Mississippi
Conner
Court of Mercy
Washington
Treasury Department
House
White House
Senate
Wadahington
Kaunas
Lithuania
Berlin
John Simon
Great Britain
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Dublin
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Prof
Tugwell
Legion and Veterans
Waller
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Dillinger
Wm.h. DaBoll
Clyde, N. Y
Harry Hopkins
Louis Howe
Executive
Francis M. Stephenson
Southland
Hopkins
Marvin H. McIntyre
Savannah
South
Hodgson & Brown Jewelers
Assails
Buchan
Negro
Simon
World News
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