Handley High to field baseball team this spring
Handley High School will field a baseball team this spring after Superintendent Garland Quarles approved funding submitted by the student government executive council. Head coach Sargent and assistant J B Yates will lead five lettermen including Mallory Schnei der and Rinker with practice already underway and a schedule likely featuring Hagerstown Harrisonburg Luray Front Royal Williamsburg and Woodstock games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Garland Quarles
Executive Council
Diamonders
Sargent
J. B. Yates
Anderson
Ward
Mallory
Schneider
Corrigan
Smith
Clevenger
Crisman
Duval
Hagerstown
Harrisonburg
Luray
Front Royal
Williamsburg
Woodstock
Ans
Virginia Study Labels Half the White Population Rural Peasants
Dr. W. E. Garnett of VPI reiterates that about half of Virginia’s white population is economically marginal and peasant like. He argues this group drags down the state’s wealth, income, education, and farm property investment metrics, urging action to improve Virginia’s conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Garnett
Virginia
Virginia Journal of Education
Germany May Bargain With Other Nations
Geneva reports say Berlin shows willingness to join a collective European peace system. League circles expect the Anglo British talks with Germany to shape a council session set for April 15 to weigh France’s demand against German rearmament. France may have assured Austria and Hungary they would gain from Versailles Treaty modifications.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Berlin
Germany
Council of the League
France
Austria
Hungary
Rarer Element Contest Winners Are Announced
The Division of Agricultural Education announced state and Northern Virginia district winners of the Rarer Element essay contest. Walter Haden of Goochland HS was state winner. district honors went to Funkhouser Bly Hockman Alexander Shipe from several high schools. Prizes ranged from 25 to 5 dollars. Essays covered the importance of elements like copper iron zinc iodine manganese and boron in crop production and animal nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Agricultural Education
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau
Walter Haden
Goochland High School
Northern Virginia
James Funkhouser
Joe Bly
Charles Hockman
Strasburg High School
Robert Alexander
New Market High School
William F. Shipe, Jr
Middletown High School
Volatile Coal Preference in Breckinridge Kentucky
The article notes Breckinridge County Kentucky produces the highest share of volatile coal at about 62 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Breckinridge County
Enlatila
Relief War Indicts Hopkins and Poulson in Ohio
Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins pressed Cleveland Democratic chairman Francis W. Poulson to keep his fingers off relief after Poulson labeled Hopkins as someone who could tear down the party. Meanwhile a Columbus grand jury and the Justice Department probe Hopkins graft charges.
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Ohio
Harry L. Hopkins
Francis W. Poulson
Cleveland
Poulson
Hopkins
U. S. Department of Justice
Columbus
Kans. Governor Hopes To Stop Dust Storms
Kansas Governor Landon aims to curb dust storms by an emergency plan backed by federal approval and funding. Agriculture scientists deem the plan feasible and recommend funds to Harry Hopkins for rapid deployment using 20 000 tractors to form low barriers during lulls in wind.
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Washington
Landon
Kansas
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Westbrook
Harry L. Hopkins
Relief Families Protest And Riot In Tampa Meat Line
Several hundred men and women lined up for a free FERA meat distribution in Tampa on March 27 protesting food quality. Some threw meat from a truck and trampled packages, leaving 33 pounds of kidneys boiling meat and ground meat on the ground before police restored order. Many attendees reportedly took meat home quietly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
FERA
Relief officials require relief clients with gardens to tend them
The emergency relief administration states relief clients with plots large enough for subsistence gardens must work or risk loss of relief. William A. Smith of VERA urges all capable clients to have a garden and notes supervisors should consult advisory committees to support garden participation and justify any withholding of aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Relief Administration
Vera
William A. Smith
Smith
Hi Ho Sage Seeks to Teach Ancestors
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown says he reveres his ancestors. He adds his modern experience will help him teach them when he meets them again.
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Hi.Ho
Chinatown
Loans On Farms Are Available In State This Week
Emergency crop and feed loans from a $60 million federal fund will be available within a week to Virginia farmers needing supplies credit. J K Daughton announced that 16 Farm Credit Administration field supervisors will accept applications, with Warrenton supervisor J Gray Beverley handling Clarke to Warren counties. Maximum emergency crop loan is $500, minimum $10, and larger loans pass through the Production Credit Association unless for fruits and vegetables. Loans for livestock feed are limited to needs until crops, with per head and per acre caps. Tenants may borrow up to $1000 per landowner or $500 per household unless regional approval is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
J. K. Daughton
Farm Credit Administration
Baltimore
S. M. Thomson
Emergency Crop and Seed Loan Office
J. Gray Beverley
Warrenton
Clarke
Frederick
Fairfax
Fauquier
Loudoun
Prince William
Spotsylvania
Stafford
Warren
Daughton
Production Credit Association
AAA
Girl Friends Get Long Prison Terms In Florida
Winona Burdette and Dolores Delaney, once close to fugitive Alvin Karpis, were sentenced in Miami to five years each for harboring and concealing Karpis. They appeared before Federal Judge H L Ritter under heavy guard and were transported in secrecy from Jacksonville. The pair had accompanied Karpis and Harry Campbell until January when police forced the gang to flee Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Alvin Karpis
Winona Burdette
Dolores Delaney
H. L. Ritter
Karpis
Jacksonville
Harry Campbell
Atlantic City
N. J
Campbell
Leed's Manor Orchard Tract Goes Up For Auction
A historic Leed's Manor tract of 300 acres in Fauquier county near Markham will be sold at trustee's sale on April 9. Part of the Leed's Manor Orchard, the property sits in the Blue Ridge and features young apple trees with the potential for continued fruit production. The full orchard complex spans up to 1000 acres, with scenic mountain views and roads winding to the highest peak where a pagoda sits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds Manor
Blue Ridge Mountains
Markham
Fauquier County
Spring idea leads to dangerous lacquer incident
Two year old Robert Gray of Pasadena California suggested painting his younger brother Jack. He carried out the plan and lacquer blinded Jack’s pores causing emergency hospital attendants to work for two hours with solvents to remove the substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gray
Pasadena
Cal
Jack
Robert
Tobacco Queen Repelled by Duke Heiress in India Visit
Mrs. James R Cromwell formerly Doris Duke rejects the title tobacco queen calling it repulsive while touring India with her husband. The couple plans to visit Taj Mahal Delhi Lahore Lucknow Cawnpore Benares Calcutta before continuing to Bantukok Siam. She notes being a married woman and favors simple foods like papaya during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agra
India
James R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Duke Tobacco
Taj Mahal
Delhi
Lahore
Lucknow
Cawnpore
Benares
Calcutta
Bantukok
Siam
Far East
Church Social At Larrick's Cottage
An all church social for the Congregational Christian Church and Sunday School is set for Friday night March 29 at Larrick's cottage. Call 952-1 to arrange a ride. Supper planned for 7 or 7 30 p m. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Christian Church
Larrick
Mount Olive Church Trustees Called To Meet
Hayfield Va March 27 The chairman of Mount Olive United Brethren Church trustees has called a meeting of local committees at 7 30 Friday night March 29 to rearrange painting and other improvements All interested parties beyond trustees and committees urged to attend The Back Creek Council of Religious Education will hold its twenty third annual convention at the church in late May date to be set by the executive committee meeting at Handley Library Winchester at 2 PM March 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayfield
Mount Olive United Brethren Church
Back Creek Council of Religious Education
Handley Library
Winchester
Refuge Church Service Notes and Local Happenings
Refuge Church pastor Rev F M Lucas delivered a fine sermon on Sunday evening. There will be no Young People’s meeting next Sunday night due to the fifth Sunday layman's service at Stephens City Methodist Church. Norman Grim of Clearbrook visited his mother Mrs May Grim. Earl Huff and wife visited Mrs Huff’s parents, Mr and Mrs John Bray. Mr and Mrs Ployd Ridenour welcomed a daughter. Beverley Bowman has been ill with a severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refuge
F. M. Lucas
Refuge Church
Stephens City Methodist Church
Norman Grim
Clearbrook
May Grim
Earl Huff
World War Hero George W. Smith Receives Silver Star
George W. Smith, an 18 year veteran of World War service with the Thirty third Division Headquarters Company, received a Silver Star certificate and gallantry citation after a Washington pension request. John Delilley, a boy from Gallipolis, was lightly injured by a lightning strike that damaged his romper and house. In Pittsburgh, Mrs. Ella Snyder failed to win damages after a fire sale jostle. court ruled no actionable negligence.
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Aurora
George W. Smith
Smith
Washington
Gallipolis
John Delilley
Joseph Delilley
Willie
John
Pittsburgh
Ella Snyder
Supreme Court
Lackawanna County
Drunkenness charge humor ends with suspended fine
In Covington Kentucky 62 year old Joe Hall from Louisville faced Police Judge Joseph P Goodenough for drunkenness. The judge responded informally calling him by first name and suspended the fine saying once is enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Joe
Joe Hall
Louisville
Joseph P. Goodenough
Car Found After Wrong-Washed Mixup At Oshkosh
Fon Du Lac Wisconsin resident watches travel stained car vanish and reappear washed at the same curb after a garageman mis Identifies the wrong vehicle. In Chicago Mrs Snow gains maintenance decree of eight dollars weekly after testifying her husband threatened her with a gun and she hid in a bathtub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fon du Lac
Wis
Chicago
Margaret Snowden
John
Plains Dust Storms Bring Mixed Losses and Possible Gains
Kansas City march 27 One man s loss becomes another s gain as dust storms sweep the plains states causing crop and soil damage across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska Agricultural authorities hesitate to quote dollar losses estimating only millions A.R Duncan Oklahoma Board of Agriculture puts state losses at about ten million including drought and freezes He notes wheat and oats in ten western counties virtually destroyed Missouri professors say dust may enrich land delivering about 250 pounds of top soil per acre with high nitrogen content Illinois Minnesota North Dakota report no material damage from dust or drought
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Kansas City
Plains States
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
A. R. Duncan
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Duncan
Missouri
W. A. Albrecht
University of Missouri
Charles Reed
Illinois
Minnesota
North Dakota
Stabilization Of Currency In Uncertainty Warrants Caution
Washington March 27 The Treasury said currency stabilization remains unresolved amid calls to tie dollar to the pound and a broader inflation fight as Congress debates the bonus and silver certificate increases. President Roosevelt remains firm that prices are too low to freeze, while the House moves on a vetoed bonus bill and a banking reform measure faces Senate action. Edward A. O Neal urges further dollar devaluation before policy shifts. The House delays action on the silver certificates due to parliamentary issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Robert W. Bingham
Great Britain
London
House Banking Committee
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
Bingham
White House
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Thomas
Noted Minister To Speak Sunday
Rev. Ivan R. Smith, pastor of the Congregational Christian Church, reports an anticipated Easter Day visit. Dr. Walter E. Spooner, superintendent of the Middle Atlantic Conference, will be in Winchester on Easter Sunday and lead two weeks of services at the Christian Temple in Norfolk before Easter, preaching at 11 o clock in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan R. Smith
Walter E. Spooner
Winchester
Spooner
Newark
N. J
Christian Temple
Norfolk
Mrs Payne of North Fairfield Kills Man in Defense of Daughter
Mrs J J Payne wife of a North Fairfield evangelist says she killed Adelbert Ewing to protect her daughter Gladys Mae Kelly at Pasagoula Mississippi near a tourist camp. She and her husband were held by police.
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J. J. Payne
Ethiopians And Italians In A Border Clash
Rome reports a night clash on the Ethiopia Italy frontier with one Ethiopian killed and several wounded. The Italian communique says Ethiopian forces 300 meters inside the border fired on an Italian patrol. Ethiopians fled after return fire. Mussolini has sent troops and war materiel to East Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Erithea
Regardas Yesus
Ababa
Italy
East Africa
Mussolini
Park Families to be Transferred from Shenandoah Park Area
Richmond reports that about 340 families from Page Rappahannock and Madison counties in the Shenandoah National Park area will be relocated to subsistence homesteads outside the park. Virginia officials say the plan awaits approval of a new program to be funded by federal relief agencies and supervised by rural rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Shenandoah National Park
William A. Smith
Peery
Rural Rehabilitation Division
Luray
Shenandoah
National Park Service
No Recourse To Evicted Farmers
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled evicted tenant farmers cannot sue in state courts to enforce Agricultur al Adjustment Administration cotton contraction provisions. In denying an injunction to halt eviction for Winburn West and others in Pinsett County, the court said only the secretary of agriculture or the U S attorney general can enforce such contracts. tenants are third parties with no contractual obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
State Supreme Court
Arkansas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Winburn West
H. Necross
Poinsett County
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Attorney General
Mother of Six Children Dies From Wounds
Stella Meadows 28 and mother of six died from a gunshot wound believed to be accidental per husband Ernest Meadows 39 who said he shot her during a jealousy episode near Shenandoah City. The shooting occurred two miles east of Shenandoah in the Blue Ridge foothills. Meadows remains jailed in Luray without bond while authorities review injuries and report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Stella Meadows
Mornah Rockingham
Ernest Meadows
Page County
Shenandoah City
Blue Ridge Mountains
Luray
Jealousy Motive Cited in Page County Shooting
Mrs. Meadows initially withheld blame when questioned by Sheriff Luces, then told Sheriff Fawley that her husband shot her in a jealous fit as they walked home. She said he cursed her, dared her to turn, and appeared to intend a head shot. Evidence suggests a pre shooting quarrel around nine o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page County
No Opposition to Reappointment Of Dr J K Hall
Richmond March 27 A denial of rumors that he opposed the reappointment of Dr J K Hall Richmond psychiatrist to the board of the Central State Hospital was made in a letter from Senator Harry F Byrd to Governor Peery. Byrd said he appointed Hall to the board and would reappoint if it were up to him. Hall's term expired weeks ago and he has not been reappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. K. Hall
Central State Hospital
Harry F. Byrd
Peery
Hall
Transfers In County Realty Admits Deeds To Record
Recent transfers in the county clerk's office include M. M. Lynch executor conveying lots 17 18 19 21 29 and B in Shannon Hill Addition near Winchester for 150 dollars. Other deeds cover 414 acres with buildings on the Valley Pike Kernstown to Ray Grim for 3700 dollars and 11834 acres along Timber Ridge road to Esther Whitacre for 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Lynch
Elizabeth A. Horsey
S. B. Mowrey
Shannon Hill
Winchester
T. W. Harrison
James P. Reardon
Ray Grim
Valley Pike
Kernstown
Hollis Braithwaite
Esther Whitacre
Timber Ridge Road
Luther Fletcher
Lee N. Whitacre
Gainesboro
Martha Newlin
William F
Goldie FE
Newlin
Simon H. Hausenfluck
Mamie Ebersole
Emma V. Hausensinck
Stephens City
Mary Bell Larrick
George V. Larrick
Chambersville
John A. Founds
Maggie Estelle Triplett
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Tanter S. Brown
Stonewall
Clearbrook
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Kans
Gray Beverley
Most
Florida
Leed’s Manor
Black
Jack Gray
Duke
Mount Olive Church
The
Associated Press
Adelbert Ewing
Meadows
County Realty
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