Court dispute tactics hinge on new wage ruling
In a Washington session on March 30, supporters and opponents of Roosevelt era reform debated the Supreme Court wage decision. Harvard professor Erwin Griswold backed amendments as a corrective to perceived court limits, while Senator Glass denounced packing the court. Senate hearings resume as opponents prepare to present further objections to enlarging the court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
No Man’s Land
Minton
D-Ii
Washington State
Burke
D-Neb
Senate
Erwin N. Griswold
Harvard Law School
Glass
Griswold
D-Va
Republic
Judiciary Committee
Hushes
Winchester Leaders Highlight Local Junior League Meeting
Frederick county students and a teacher will have a prominent part in the Shenandoah District Junior Leaguers meeting at Toms Brook next Friday. Plans have long been under way and preparations indicate a successful convention. The Leaguers aid communities and schools while giving members leadership experience valuable for the future.
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Frederick County
Shenandoah
Toms Brook
Beekman Hill triple killing clues emerge in diary notes
New York detectives connected a notebook found at the Beekman Hill apartment to the Easter Sunday murder spree that claimed Veronica Gedeon her mother and Frank Byrnes. Police plan to question every name listed in the diary as part of the ongoing inquiry.
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New York
Beekman Hill
Veronica
Ronnie
Owens
Mary Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
Devon Francis
Boy Ralph Norman Jr Survives Critical Neck Injury
In Painesville Ohio the Talk of Town notes Ralph Norman Jr had his jugular vein severed during an incident but underwent surgery to prevent a brain blood clot. He is reported to be out playing with friends after the operation.
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Penenomath
Painesville
Ralph Norman, Jr
Ralph
Conferees See Progress In Chrysler Strike Talks In Lansing
In Lansing on March 30 conferees seeking settlement of Chrysler strike matters met amiably for a seventh day of negotiations. Walter P Chrysler smiled as he arrived, while union leaders Lee Pressman and Homer Martin led the delegation. Informed sources said an agreement was in sight as the talks entered their twelfth session with little distance left on key differences.
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Lansing
Mich
Chrysler Automobile
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Murphy
Lee Pressman
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Kidnap Slaying Probe Advances in New Mexico
Sheriff Fred White reports arrest of Vern Charlton of Washington State in connection with the Charles Mattson kidnapping and slaying. White says the case should be cleared up by tonight.
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Tucnmcari
N. M
Fred White
Vern Charlton
Washington State
Charles Mattson
Virginia Woolen Stock for Sale
Virginia Woolen stock to be sold April 3 1937 at eleven in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia ten shares auctioneer Coleman Dunn announces the sale
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County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Coleman Dunn
Roanoke Visit Delays Transfer in Tax Conspiracy Case
Dr. Walter D. Myers of Winchester and Otis L. Bennett faced sentences for conspiring to violate federal revenue laws. Myers, jailed in Roanoke area and awaiting Camp Lee transfer, received one year and a day plus a $500 fine. Bennett, held in Salem, Va., pleaded guilty and serves six months plus $250 fine.
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Walter D. Myers
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Internal Revenue
Roanoke
Camp Lee
Otis L. Bennett
Salem
Federal Reformatory
John W. Stuart
United States
Dr. Myers
John Paul
Opening In CCC For Local Youths
Public Welfare Bureau announces twelve openings in Civilian Conservation Camps for this district. Ten white and two colored applicants aged 17 to 28 must come from relief families or be relief eligible. Apply to Welfare office to be taken to Front Royal for examination on Friday April 2. two alternates allowed.
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Public Welfare Bureau
Civilian Conservation
Welfare Office
Front Royal
Taxicab Fire Near Fairfax Destroys Vehicle After Blowout
A Noonan taxicab near Fairfax Virginia burst into flames after a front tire blowout. Driver Louis Dunn kept the car upright and halted it astride a ditch. Five passengers escaped with minor cuts and bruises before the fire. Early reports that the car overturned proved unfounded.
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Noonan
Fairfax
Louis Dunn
Dunn
Germany Convicts Estate Litigant in Snuff Fortune Case
Kassel Germany March 30 Willi Hoch a 35 year old clerk was convicted of forging documents connected to the 17000000 dollar snuff fortune of Mrs Walter Garrett who died in Philadelphia in 1930 He received an eight year prison sentence.
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Kassel
Germany
Willi Hoch
Walter Garrett
Philadelphia
Woodrum Out For Trimming U S Expenses
Woodrum seeks urgent cuts to reduce government spending. Officials indicate immediate action is needed to rein in costs and streamline programs amid fiscal pressure.
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U.S
Two Alternatives Inflation Or Taxation Detestable To Public
Representative Clifton A. Woodrum of Roanoke urges Congress to trim government costs to avoid uncontrolled inflation or burdensome taxes. He argues for balanced revenue growth and continued support for agriculture works relief and social services while shifting some emergency functions to states. He warns the country must face rising costs and avoid endless borrowing.
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Washington
Clifton A. Woodrum
Roanoke
House
Congress
Fiddler
Bridegroom Still Absent in Pennsylvania Missing Bridegroom
SHIPPENSBURG Pa March 30 Police Chief E J Hunter disclosed that J David Smith 26 missing since he left Friday for his wedding was seen later that day driving toward Chambersburg where he was to marry Miss Kathleen Bard Smith allegedly did not stop for a flower shop and apparently forgot the wedding ring found at his home Searchers pursue theories of memory loss or possible abduction and robbery
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Shippensburg
E. J. Hunter
J. David Smith
Chambersburg
Kathleen Bard
Hunter
David Miller
Smith
J. Raymond Smith
David
Miller
Youth Admits Babcock Crime Police Reveal
Police reveal a youth confessed to involvement in the Babcock crime as new details emerge about the mysterious death of a girl. Authorities and investigators continue to pursue leads and unfold the case.
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Babcock
Confession Claimed in Mary Ellen Babcock Slaying
Buffalo police and the district attorney announced that an 18-year-old youth, listed as Thomas Smith, confessed to killing Mary Ellen Babcock whose body was found in a South Buffalo field on February 6. No charges were filed yet, and details of the statement were not released. The arrest stemmed from a probe into an ice pick injury to 14-year-old Frances Fitzgerald.
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Buffalo
N. Y
James W Higgins
Mary Ellen Babcock
Walter Newcomb
Thomas Smith
Babcock
Newcomb
Higgins
Smith
Frances Fitzgerald
Francis Fitzgerald
Aia
Rampage Ends With Arrest in Troy Slaying Case
In Troy New York on March 30 John Ireland 40 was arrested charged with first degree murder after a rampage that left Edward H Ireland 75 dead and wounded two state troopers Inspector Edward O Hageman said Ireland a former patient at Hudson River State Hospital fatally shot his father and assaulted his mother at the Latham home. Troopers P J Fitzpatrick and Dr J Konior were wounded while investigating the initial reports.
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Troy
N. Y
John Ireland
Edward H. Ireland
Michael J. Dwyer
Edward O. Hageman
State Police
Hudson River State Hospital
Ireland
Lathams
P. J. Fitzpatrick
J. Konior
Fitzpatrick
Konior
Hitler appoints Von Blomberg to British coronation duties
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler selected Marshal Werner von Blomberg as Germany's representative for the coronation of King George VI in London on May 12. This appointment underscores Germany's formal diplomatic participation in the British ceremony.
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Berlin
Better Growing Conditions and Rising Wheat Prices Boost 1937 Value
Chicago March 30 Traders say improving growing conditions and higher prices are adding millions daily to the 1937 American wheat crop value. A billion dollar harvest is possible as demand from European nations grows alongside expanding supply, with moisture in the belt and spring snows aiding prospects.
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Chicago
Justice Dept Denies Using Holt Vote Ties
The Justice Department rejected Holt's charge that its judicial appointment inquiry was patronage aimed at winning his support for Roosevelt's court bill. Keenan testified he discussed a West Virginia federal judgeship with Holt's stenographer as a courtesy, noting the senatorial rule bars appointments in states where a senator opposes the nominee.
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Washington
Justice Department
Holt
D.-W. Va
Roosevelt
Senate
West Virginia
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Federal Court
Department
Water Main Network Expands Ahead of Apple Blossom Festival
The city completed about 6000 feet of water mains from the reservoir to Cameron Street at Cork. A new project will add 1332 feet from the Cumberland Valley cut off to Loudoun to Cameron and Kern Street, connecting to a 6 inch main. Workers resurface trenches, pave a parking lot, and install a phone line in Indian Alley while routine maintenance is deferred until after the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Cameron Street
Cork
Cumberland Valley
Loudoun
Cameron
Kern Street
Reat Kent
Bosca
Indian Alley
Field
Delegates Named for Shenandoah District Education Meeting
Jack McAboy of Brucetown will chair the Shenandoah District Cooperative Education Association annual meeting to be held Friday at Toms Brook. Delegates from Frederick county schools include Ann Duval Louise Armel William Jordan Roy Gardiner Nancy Brown and James Jenkins with John Unger of Clarke county vice chairman and Mary Minor Settle of Rappahannock county secretary.
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Jack McAboy
Brucetown
Shenandoah
Frederick County
Anne Starling
Ee Ae Mil
Ann Duval
Louise Armel
William Jordan
Roy Gardiner
Greenwood
Nancy Brown
James Jenkins
Carpers Valley
Five Ladies Set for National Duckpin Matches in Norfolk
Five Evening Star Ladies' Bowling League members will sail on the Washington-Norfolk boat to Norfolk for the National Duckpin matches next week. They will bowl Monday. The group includes Mrs. Elsie Line, Mrs. Curtis Funkhouser, Mrs. Helen Anderson, Miss Frances Van Devanter, and Miss Doris Jolliffe, all sporting apple green skirts and pink sweaters with a red apple bearing Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival inscribed on the back.
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Evening Star Ladies
Norfolk
Elsie Line
Cammer Dry Cleaning
Curtis Funkhouser
Little Theatre
Helen Anderson
Frances van Devanter
Boyce
Doris Jolliffe
Shenandoah Valley
Noted Foreign Reporter Dead in Bournemouth
Robert Moore Collins aged 66 long time Associated Press Europe and Far East correspondent died after a prolonged illness. He was former AP bureau chief in London and retired in 1925 after paralysis struck.
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Bournemouth
Eng
Robert Moore Collins
Associated Press
Europe
Far East
Collins
London
Three Hurt In Mishap Near Winchester Route 11
Three people were injured when a car driven by Hazel Rose of Pittsburgh lost control on Route 11 near Clearbrook seven miles north of Winchester. Rose suffered multiple injuries and possible leg fracture. her husband and three other passengers, James Donatille, Felix Donatille, and Irvin Donovan, received cuts and bruises. the sedan valued at about 250 dollars sustained major damage.
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Clearbrook
Winchester
Hazel Rose
Idylwill Street
Pittsburgh
R. Bayliss
James Donatille
Apple Street
Felix
Donatille
Irvin Jacobs
Donovan
Donotilles
Nurse Falls Twelve Floors To Death In Pittsburgh
A 25 year old nurse fell to her death from the twelfth floor of an office building in Pittsburgh. Virginia Peach, who came from Baltimore months ago, worked in Dr W M Thompson II's dental office which reported no one present at the time of the incident. She lived with her aunt Mrs Anna Glamser in suburban Bellevue.
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Pittsburgh
W. M. Thompson II
Virginia Peach
Baltimore
Thompson
Miss Peach
Anna Glamser
Bellevue
British Demand Ship Freedom
London officials declare no interference with British shipping will be tolerated in reply to insurgent complaints that Spanish ships disguise with the Union Jack on the high seas.
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London
Square Dance Tonight Sponsored by Friendship Fire Company
The Friendship Fire Company sponsors a square dance at Patton's Dance Hall tonight. The event invites public attendance and proceeds will support the truck fund.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Patton
Eee
Fireworks to Feature New Costumes and Dances
New costumes and pageant features are planned for the upcoming celebration. Black dances are being arranged alongside the festival program to showcase cultural performances.
Honor Maids Named for Queen at Apple Blossom
Miss Mary Scully and Miss Elinor Griffith were selected as maids of honor to Queen Shenandoah XIV for the Apple Blossom Festival. Their role includes escorting the queen on state occasions. Scully is a Handley High School senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs John Scully. Griffith attends Roberts Beach School in Catonsville and is daughter of Mrs Alfred Kerfoot.
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Mary Scully
Elinor Griffith
Shenandoah XIV
B. B. Dutton
Miss Scully
Handley High School
John 8. Scully
Miss Griffith
Roberts Beach School
Catonsville
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Adds Fireworks Parade
Lions Club directors announced a new format for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival with two nights of fireworks on opening night and a second night featuring festival designed displays. Black dances will cap West Boscawen street as thousands visit Winchester for the celebration. The Trail of the Pink Petals parade may use trailers for floats and promises an entirely new theme and larger scope. A new pageant with over 1,000 participants and fresh costumes will be staged on both festival days.
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Shenandoah
Lions Club
Directore Era
Ahildren
Read
West Boscawen Street
Kent
Cameron
Winchester
Barrels of Apples Stored at Winchester Plants
Apples stored at the three Winchester cold storage plants total 72 541 barrels, well below last year’s 114 849 barrels. One plant shows 42 308 fewer barrels than in 1936, signaling a tighter supply.
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Winchester
Fruit Growers To Hear About Tackling the Japanese Beetle
A meeting of Frederick County fruit growers is set for April 1 at 3 p.m. at Winchester Cold Storage. State entomologist G. T. French plans to discuss the Japanese beetle quarantine and control measures with local apple growers. President P. H. Gold called the session.
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Winchester
G. T. French
P. H. Gold
Frederick County
Fruit Growers’ Association
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Frederick
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