Ferguson seeks doubling farm parity fund in Agriculture bill
Representative Ferguson of Oklahoma urged doubling the parity payments fund in the Agriculture Department appropriation bill from 250 million to 500 million. He argued that current farm prices threaten disaster for farmers and that parity would lift farm income to about 85 percent, restoring parity to the 1909 1914 level despite administration objections.
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Washington
Ferguson
D-Okla
House
Agriculture Department
Congress
Army
Navy
Labor Dept accused of trying to defeat immigration law
Representative Cox and others in hearings before the House Rules Committee accused the Labor Department of undermining immigration and deportation laws. Cox said the department is largely responsible for the large influx of aliens and would oppose any action from the department. Schulte vowed to press the inquiry and fault the department if found at fault.
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Cox
Labor Department
House Rules Committee
United States
Rules Committee
House
Rep. Schulte
D-Ind
Department
Schulte
Indianan
Dies Committee On UN
Glee Club Visit Aids Winchester Festival Rally
Tele phone Glee Club returns to Winchester for a festival rally performance. Judge comments urge caution about forest fires after light rain helps reduce hazards. Winchester Junk Co advertises junk buying and sale of all sizes at 13 Fairfax Lane.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Main and
Braddock Streets
Blossom Fete Rally Opens Tonight at 8 O Clock
A large crowd is expected for the sixteenth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival rally at the George Washington Hotel tonight at 8. The Telephone Glee Club of Washington D C directed by aes Davidson will appear twice. Speakers include R Gray Williams honorary chairman Clark Cooper Mrs B B Dutton and C Ridgeley White with Tom Kremer Marvin D Weaver Abe Novick also slated to speak.
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Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
Telephone Glee Club
Washington, D. C
Aes Davidson
R. Gray Williams
Clark Cooper
B. B. Dutton
C. Ridgeley White
Tom Kremer
Marvin D. Weaver
Abe Novick
Garland Quarles
J. P. Arthur
Henry Coyington
Finance Committee
Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
Blue Ridge and
Greyhound Bus Companies
Potomiac-Edison Power Company
R. Paul Smith
Ed Stultz
Winchester
Potomac-Edison
Maharaja of Indore Marries American for Mental Peace
Indore March 28 The 30-year-old Maharaja Yeshwant announced in a public speech that he married an American girl recently in Europe to gain mental peace. The bride, variously named Marguerite Lawler Marguerite L Brangen, was reportedly met in California. The marriage follows the rift from his父 abdication and a prior marriage to Nancy Miller in 1928.
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Indore
India
Mharaja Yeshwant
Nancy Miller
United States
Europe
Miss Brangen
Marguerite Lawler
California
Los Angeles
Marguerite L. Brangen
Kagal
Tukoji Rao Holkar
Muntaz Begum
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Germany Warns Poland Over Independence Policy
Berlin reports a Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz warning Poland not to break its independent stance. The Korrespondenz cautions Poland about possible German reactions to attacks on Germans and pressures to align with Britain and France against Hitler.
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Berlin
Poland
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische “ Korrespondenz
Korrespondenz
Europe
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Reorganization Plan Sent to House for Action
The Senate approved a compromise reorganizational bill and sent it to the House. It would allow the President to reorganize consolidate or abolish most government bureaus by executive order with effects after 60 days unless both houses disapprove.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
House Conference Committee
No Divorce By Remote Control
Joan Crawford failed to obtain a divorce from Franchot Tone as Judge Benjamin Scheinman refused to hear the action without the plaintiff present. The hearing was continued to April 18.
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Los Angeles
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Benjamin Scheinman
Salvation Army Buys Property in City Transfer
A deed recorded in the city clerk shows title to property at 303 South Loudoun Street transferred from B. E. Russell and Lula C. Russell to the Salvation Army Inc. The consideration was 6000 dollars.
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South
Loudoun Street
B. E. Russell
Lula C. Russell
Salvation Army, Inc
Bankers Meet Draws 600 to 700 At Winchester Public Event
A crowd of 600 to 700 attended a public relations meeting sponsored by Winchester and Frederick County banks at Handley High School. William A. Irwin of the American Bankers Institute spoke on US opportunities for industry and business. Andrew Summers sang with Madge Ring accompanying, and a moving picture Sixty Thousand a Day was shown by George E. Foreman of Riggs National Bank.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Handley High School
William A. Irwin
American Bankers Institute
Andrew Summers
Abingdon
Madge Ring
Edinburg
George E. Foreman
Riggs National Bank
Washington, D. C
U. S
Irwin
United States
Tense Fighting Rages In China
Shanghai dispatch reports the most intensive fighting in five months as Japanese forces push toward Hankow and Nanchang. Both sides claim heavy casualties with Chinese figures of over 1,000 Japanese killed and 770 captured, while Japanese accounts cite 3,700 Chinese killed and 770 captured. A second battle forms west of Nanchang with persistent resistance near Yochow and Ichang.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Nanchang
Yangtze River
Yochow
Han River
Ichang
Henan Province
Peiping-Hankow
Bees for Your Orchards From Hyland Apiaries
An orchard enhancement notice for beekeeping services. Mr Huffman will be at Star Office Wednesday afternoon to discuss honeybee pollination solutions for fruit trees.
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Hyland Apiaries
Mr. Huffman
Star Office
Nice building lots on Montague Ave near Handley Schools
Building lots offered by Henry Bros with special prices for buyers planning to build soon. Located on Montague Avenue near Handley Schools, contact Henry Bros at phone 43 or 442-W. Dated 3-27.
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Montague Ave
Handley Schools
Henry Bros
Regain Foreign Trade Negotiations Urged By Irwin
William A. L Irwin, assistant educational director of the American Institute of Banking, told Winchester and Frederick county banks meeting that foreign trade barriers threaten a nationalist economy and costly unemployment if exports fall. He praised Hull's trade agreements and urged finding new cotton uses, possibly in road building, to regain markets.
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South
William A. L Irwin
American Institute of Banking
Winchester Evening Star
Irwin
Handley High School
Winchester
Frederick County
General Motors
General Electric
Ford Motor Company
United States Steel
Hull
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Beligue
Canada
Alaska
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
Brunswick
N. J
Hunting Dogs Vie For Honors In Oriole Trials
In Baltimore on March 28, hunting dogs from the East competed in the free for all stakes of the Oriole Field Dog Association. Farmwood Travel Air, owned by V. M. Fleischer of New York City, won the junior all age stakes the day prior. Second place went to Dr. Sam's Johnny owned by Dr. Sam O. H. Black of Spartansburg South Carolina and handled by Marvin Yount.
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Baltimore
East
Oriole Field Dog Association
Farmwood Travel Air
V. M. Fleischer
New York City
Sam's
Johnny
Sam O. H. Black
Spartansburg
S. C
Marvin Yount
Authorized to Sell Property in Gardner Case
James C. Gardner as special receiver in Mary Elizabeth Gardner vs James L. Gardner, Inc. et al is directed to offer for private sale the stock of lumber and builders supplies of James L. Gardner, Inc at Stephens City. He may also secure assets represented by accounts receivable.
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James C. Gardner
Mary Elizabeth Gardner
James L. Gardner, Inc
Als
Stephens City
Trustees Confirmed for Ebenezer Cemetery Association
On motion of S. J. Good secretary Judge Philip Williams of Frederick Circuit Court confirmed the election of Ebenezer Cemetery Association trustees. Named trustees are F. Nelson Adams Roy Wingfield Luther Fletcher Fred A. Whitacre and Lee N. Whitacre.
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Ebenezer Cemetery Association
S. J. Good
Philip Williams
Frederick Circuit
Boundary Talks Break as Fighting Reignites on Hungarian Slovak Frontier
Conferees from Hungary and Slovakia halted boundary negotiations when clashes resumed along the Laborc river valley and disputed border zones. Slovak delegation returned to Bratislava after rejecting Hungary's terms viewed as dictatorial. Reports say Hungarian artillery silenced a Slovak battery near Kiskolon as fighting threatens further incursions.
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Budapest
Slovakia
Hungary
Bratislava
Laborc
Czecho-Slovakia
Lahore Valley
Kiskolon
Mysterious Incendiary on Gray Horse Blamed for Fires
District Forester H C Buckingham links a gray horse riding arsonist to wildfires in Garrett county Maryland. He claims about half the fires are set deliberately and notes the rider operates over roughly a ten mile stretch between Sang Run and Friendsville near White Rock headwaters. He says the rider lights fires from a horse and travels fast.
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Maryland
Cumberland
H. C. Buckingham
Garrett County
Buckingham
Allegany
Garrett
Sang Run
Friendsville
White Rock
Il Duce Smiles As Roman Crowd Shouts Tunisia
In Rome on March 28 Mussolini addressed cheering crowds from the Piazza Venezia balcony. He declared the Spanish war finished with victory over Bolshevism and stated enemies of Italy and Fascism would share the same fate. Shouts of Tunisia rang out as the crowd cheered and Mussolini appeared to nod toward France’s North African protectorate.
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Il Duce
Tunisia
Bank executive pleads guilty in Manton conspiracy case
John L. Lotsch of Forte Greene National Bank Brooklyn pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to obstruct justice. Judge Hulbert released him on parole to his attorney for sentencing on May 15.
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New York
John L. Lotsch
Forte Greene National Bank
Brooklyn
Federal Circuit Court
Martin T. Manton
Hulbert
House panel backs bill on stabilization fund and metal powers
The House Coinage Committee approved a bill to extend the Treasury stabilization fund of 2 billion dollars. It also would retain the President’s authority to change the dollar’s gold content and authorize the Treasury to buy domestic silver.
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Washington
House Coinage Committee
Treasury
Democratic Senators snub James luncheon in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania's Democratic State Senators in Harrisburg refused a Get-Acquainted luncheon invitation from Republican Governor Arthur H. James, calling it an insult to one of their number.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Cuban Patriot Dies
Cuban writer and diplomat Dr Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, who served as president for 22 days in 1933, died at his Vedado home. He was 67 and had been ill for some time.
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Havana
Carlos Manuel, de Cespedes
The
Republic
Vedado
U S Calls for Debts From Germany to Czechoslovakia
Secretary Hull indicated the United States was weighing demand that Germany assume Czechoslovakia's debts to the U S. This early war era report notes Washington evaluating action on wartime financial claims.
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U.S
Washington
Hull
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Nazi propagandists arrive to aid Danish election campaign
Danish police report 150 Nazi German propagandists have arrived in northern Schleswig. The group, sent from Germany under postwar settlements, seeks to aid the German minority during the current Danish elections.
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Copenhagen
Schleswig
Denmark
Germany
Picks His Loot
A hard boiled bandit at the New Castle Delaware ferry ticket office refused a handful of silver and escaped with 50 dollars in paper money. The theft occurred today as the Delaware New Jersey Ferry Company office was robbed.
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New Castle. del
New Castle
Delaware-New Jersey Ferry Company
Bowie Inspectors Not Yet Named
Baltimore March 28. Racing opens at Bowie in two days but the State Racing Commission has not appointed inspectors for the track. Jervis Spencer Jr., chairman and lone Democrat, said he could not gather the board. Republicans George Norris of Baltimore County and Frank Small of Prince George's are the other members. Last year’s inspectors went out of office at season’s end.
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Baltimore
Bowie
State Racing Commission
Jervis, Spencer, Jr
George Norris
Baltimore County
Frank Small
Prince George's
Charlie's in Town at South End Hose Company
Local bingo night announced at the South End Hose Company with Charlie's in Town as the event focus. Proceeding Thursday follows a prior entry for March 28.
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South End Hose Company
Italian Volunteers Celebrate Madrid Victory With Nationalist Army
Correspondents report Franco forces entering Madrid on March 28 after a swift capitulation. Crowds hailed the Nationalist occupation as hunger-worn Madrilenians and soldiers filled the streets while banners rose and the capitol city’s fortifications fell under Nationalist control.
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Franco
Madrid
Espana
France Says It Will Refuse Land Talks With Italy
Paris reports Premier Daladier will outline a policy of refusing negotiations unless Italy states exact desires, signaling a shift away from the Munich group. The cabinet division centers on whether to open talks immediately on Mussolini's themes versus awaiting clear Italian claims.
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Paris
France
Italy
Premier Daladier
Mussolini
Djibouti
Suez Canal
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Daladier
Munich
Georges Bonnet
Marchandeau
Justice
la Chambreair
Pomaret
Labor
de Monzie
Mussonee Ea
Jed _ Daladier
Reynaud
Campinelli
Pir
Mandel
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Georgia House
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Apple Capital
Glee Club
Trus
State Library
Calif
Central Press
Blossom Fete
Warsaw
Salvation Army
Bankers’ Meet
China
Chamberlain
House of Comons
London
House of Commons
Britain
Arthur Greenwood
Great Britain
Rome
Mier
Piazza Venezie
Bol
North African Protectorate
John P McKnight
Arenas de San Pedro
Union
Divsion
Stefani
Lietor
Arrow
Radio Center
Puerto del Sol
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