Propaganda Campaign To Delay Tax Bill Charged By Harrison
Senate hearings exposed a Chamber of Commerce campaign to delay the administration tax bill. Harrison cited an Institute of Packers letter urging in Washington stays and testimony from across the country. Fred H. Clausen argued the bill fails to balance the budget and risks higher peaks of revenue with deeper depressions.
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Washington
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Institute of Cat Packers
First Chamber
Fred H. Clausen
Chamber
D Finance
Clausen
Skate In Safety Motto Urges City Roller Skaters
MA Winchester urges skaters to avoid crowded streets on South Loudoun and twilit hours. He suggests Handley grounds as a safer nearby option and promotes safe skating in open spaces. He argues walking can substitute for exercise and calls for better lit, safer skating areas.
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Loudoun Street
Handley Grounds
Greta Garbo Ponders A New Camera Stunt
Greta Garbo questioned a camera maneuver aboard the Gripsholm liner as a smoke filled room observer tried to light a match above her head to sharpen focus. The Swedish star had returned to the United States after months in Sweden and spoke with reporters about the unusual stunt.
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Greta Garbo
New York
United States
Gripsholm
Miss Garbo
Sweden
Pete
Round About Way to Reach Aid for Addis Ababa
The American minister in Addis Ababa was attacked by raiders and sought help from the British legation four miles away. Unable to radio the legation, US naval radio men flashed the appeal to NAA near Washington. State Department then contacted London and ordered fast British aid to the besieged Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bova
Star Today
Addis Ababa
Legation
United States Naval
NAA
Virginia Hills
Washington
State Department
London
Five inmates escape Kenansville prison camp in North Carolina
Five long term prisoners overpowered guard Sam Coley at the Kenansville state prison camp. Coley was thrown to the ground and disarmed but not injured after two prisoners seized him as he stepped from a truck beside a work gang.
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Kenansville
N. C
Kenansville State Prison
Sam Coley
Motorists Told To Drive Slowly On Oiled Virginia Highways
Richmond Va May 4 The State Highway Department cautions drivers to reduce speed on Virginia highways as the spring oiling program expands. High speeds on freshly oiled roads can cause stones to crack windshields and damage cars.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Virginia
Named To Head Navy Aeronautics
President Roosevelt named Captain Arthur B. Cook to head the Bureau of Aeronautics with rear admiral rank. He will succeed Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, who is assigned to command the Naval Aircraft Base Force in June.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy
Cook
Ernest J. King
Naval Aircraft Base Force
Virginia Manufacturing and Construction Employment Rise in April
Richmond May 4 Frank P Evans state industrial commission statistician today estimated employment in manufacturing and commercial enterprises in Virginia increased 10 percent in April over April 1925 and employment in construction increased 20 percent.
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Richmond
Frank P. Evans
State Industrial Commission Statistician
Virginia
Sign Up Dates On Work Sheets For Frederick Farmers
Farmers in Frederick county are notified of sign up dates and locations for this week and next to cooperate with the 1936 soil conservation program. Signing a work sheet carries no obligation but is required to qualify. If a farmer withdraws after signing, no further obligation applies. The plan provides two possible payments: one for soil conserving crops and one for soil building crops.
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Frederick County
Democrats To Elect Delegates To Convention
A Winchester mass meeting to select delegates to the Norfolk state convention in June is set for Monday May 18 at 8 p m at City Hall. Chairman Noble C Pierce notes only candidates who filed names and pledges per the last City Committee resolution are eligible. Winchester has twelve votes at Norfolk.
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Democrats of
Winchester
Norfolk
City Hall
Noble C. Pierce
Democratic City Committee
Pierce
Valley Avenue property for sale with 7 room house
For sale on Thursday May 7 a valuable Valley Avenue property includes a 7 room house and large lot. See page 10 for full particulars. New curtains drops and slip materials mentioned Moling Cathér. 1p-it.
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Valley Avenue
Moling & Cathér
General Hagood Retires After One Day In Command
Major General Johnson Hagood is relieved of command of the Sixth Army Corps area in Chicago and ordered home to await retirement he requested. He plans to write a book proposing lower national defense costs and better taxpayer value while staying out of active duty. He had served briefly after military exile over WPA policy criticisms and had been linked to Sears Roebuck work. friends say he was vindicated despite controversy. Continues on page eight.
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Washington
Johnson Hagood
Sixth Corps
Sixth Army Corps
Chicago
WPA
Charleston
D. C
San Antonio
Hagood
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Congress
Police To Train At Bloody Angle Camp
John Q. Rhodes Jr director of the Virginia motor vehicles division says spring training for state policemen will be held at the Bloody Angle Camp near Fredericksburg instead of Virginia Beach.
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Richmond
John Q. Rhodes, Jr
Virginia Motor Vehicles Division
Bloody Angle ccc
Fredericksburg
Virginia Beach
Americans Repel Savage Attack At Ethiopian Legation
A small American garrison with native servants repelled an attack by Ethiopian bandits on the American legation in Addis Ababa. Cor nelius Engert reported brave defense by naval radiomen William Pitts Cecil Cavanah and others, with bullets entering the yard but the garrison holding two gates until attackers were driven off. The incident underscored that a small armed force can deter larger numbers with native help.
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Washington
America
Addis Ababa
State Department
Cornelius van H. Engert
Legation
Engert
William L. Pitts
Cecil F. Cavanah
Naval
Robert L. Hunter
John Spencer
Hartman
Finance Head Of Festival Urges Immediate Pledge Remittance
Hoye Riley chairman of the Ap ple Blossom Festival finance committee asks unpaid pledges be honored now to allow H. Clay DeGrange to pay festival bills promptly. Contributions listed include Bell Robert S Cooper W E & Son Cammer Dry Cleaning Grim's Barber Shop and others with amounts noted. Checks may be sent to Riley or DeGrange.
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Hoye Riley
H. Clay DeGrange
Mr. Riley
Mr. de- Grange
Bell
Robert S
Cooper, W. E. & Son
Cammer
Grim's
Joe
Kremer
J. F
Brother
Sine
Mrs. B. F
Stokes
Snider
W. B. & Sons
Schultz
Agnes Bell
Murder charge names Robert James in fifth wife slaying
Los Angeles May 4. A murder charge naming Robert James, 38, a barber, as the slayer of his fifth wife who survived rattlesnake torture only to die by drowning was prepared by District Attorney Baron Fitts. Witness Charles Hope held as material witness.
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Robert James
Barber
Baron Fitts
Charles Hope
Calyx Spray In Orchards To Be Done This Week
W 8 HOUGH from Winchester Research Laboratory urges prompt calyx spray in Stayman Delicious Black Twig and other varieties. Timely application may yield commercial control of scale and prevent scab infection as new foliage develops. The article lists spray mix for 100 gallons: 2 gal lime sulfur 6 lb spray lime 3 lb lead arsenate, with mixing tips and alternatives for russet-prone varieties.
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W. 8. Hough
Entomo
Winchester Research Laboratory
Gano
Ben Davis
Jonathan
Grimes Golden
Compromise Ship Subsidy Bill Introduced by Senator Guffey
Washington May 4 Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania introduced a compromise ship subsidy bill to break a long deadlock over the legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Guffey
D.-Pa
Churches in Madrid set fires amid rumors of poisoned candy
Rioters in Madrid torched over 120 Roman Catholic churches, schools, and monasteries amid rumors that priests and nuns were distributing poisoned candy. At least 32 people were wounded.
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Madrid
Mutiny at Bjibouti Guards Aboard British Cruiser
Reports from Paris London and Washington describe tension surrounding Haile Selassie and Italian aggression in Ethiopia. Attacks on the Addis Ababa embassy and rioting near the American legation prompted pleas for U S and British intervention as Ethiopian unrest intensified.
Quarles to Address Woodstock Graduates May 14
Garland R. Quarles, superintendent of Handley Schools, will deliver the Woodstock high school commencement address for 36 graduates in the high school auditorium. Miss Virginia Bauserman gives the salutatory and Eleanor Miller the valedictory. Commencement events run May 10 to May 14, with sermons, operetta, and class night at Woodstock Theatre.
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Garland R. Quarles
Handley Schools
Woodstock High School
Virginia Bauserman
Eleanor Miller
Woodstock
H. H. Billingsley
Woodstock Theatre
Hill Receives Salary Boost at American Tobacco
The American Tobacco Company reported to the Securities Commission that president George W. Hill earned 212,139 in 1935, up 75,156 from 1934. Of this, 92,199.43 was a bonus and the rest a salary and other compensation.
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Washington
American Tobacco Company
George W. Hill
Securities Commission
Hill
Red Cross Meeting Thursday Afternoon
The executive committee of the Winchester Frederick Red Cross chapter will meet Thursday afternoon in the City Hall Council Chamber. The session opens at 3 30 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester- Frederick
The
Red Cross
Senate probes spying charges by undercover government workers
Senator Bone of Washington urged a Senate investigation into charges of spying and general espionage by undercover men employed by various government departments. The May 4, 1971 remark called for inquiry into potential leaks and covert operations within federal agencies.
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Washington
Senate
Bone
D-Wash
South End Hose Co Business Meeting Noted
South End Hose Co invites members to a business meeting Monday evening May 4 with Captain Gough requesting full attendance. Secretary issues notice of gathering and details.
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South End Hose CO
Gough
Ethiopian unrest and Haile Selassie aboard British ship
Reports from London and Paris describe rioting in Addis Ababa and injuries to a British subject. French minister Bodard says guards fired on mutinous troops as Addis Ababa awaits Italian moves. Haile Selassie is said to have boarded the British cruiser Enterprise at Djibouti and may proceed to Haifa.
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London
Ababa
Legation
Paris
Paul Bodard
Kopia
Selie
Sen
Addis Absbetina
Bodard
Sieze
Haile
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Enterprise
Djibouti
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Haifa
Palestine
Major General Hagood seeks immediate retirement
World news at a glance reports Major General Hagood asking to retire at once. Other items note Americans defending Addis Ababa legation against Ethiopian attack, a fatal burn in Petersburg Virginia, highway safety caution during spring oiling, Methodist Conference branch polarization protesting by negro delegates, and a socialist government possible in France after elections with riot damage in Romania.
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Washington
Johnson Hagood
America
Addis Ababa
Petersburg
Richmond
State Highway Department
Virginia
Columbus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Paris
France
Madrid
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