Grand Jury Declines Indict Mellon in Tax Case
A May 7 Pittsburgh grand jury, after hearing five witnesses, refused to indict Andrew W. Mellon in his 1931 income tax case. Mellon, 79, said he overpaid that year and accused the action of discrediting him. The jury reported to Federal Judge R. M. Gibson. sessions resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. Mellon
R. M. Gibson
Pittsburgh
Federal
Mellon Banks
Robert H. Maguire
Sor Sehe
Income Tax Division
Pittsburgh Internal Revenue Office
Lee H. Pennington
Department of Justice
Washington
Carl R. Korb
Union Trust Company
H. A. Phillips
Mellon National Bank
Gibson
Mellon
Agreement Seems Near On Congressional Adjournment
The article notes uncertainty about the date of congressional adjournment and prospects for sugar bill changes. President Roosevelt backs a permissive approach to metals while opposing a congressional mandate. Officials discuss extending the N. R. A. steel code and potential federal supervision of commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Newton D. Baker
Inter -Commerce Commission
Ordell
House
Once Rich Utilities Magnate Falls Ill in Transit
The man, a wealthy utilities figure, was taken ill after a long train journey and brisk walk to a hospital. His son and Dr. George B. Cory assisted, noting the strain on his heart but deeming the collapse not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Cory
Coming Out Party at Palace Theatre
Fox Film's Coming Out Party produced by Jesse L. Lasky debuts at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. Frances Dee and Gene Raymond lead a social register scale cast including Alison Skipworth Nigel Bruce Harry Green Gilbert Emery Marjorie Gateson Clifford Jones Jessie Ralph and Germaine de Neel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Film
Palace Theatre
Jesse L. Lasky
Frances Dee
Gene Raymond
Alison Skipworth
Nigel Bruce
Harry Green
Gilbert Emery
Marjorie Gateson
Clifford Jones
Jessie Ralph
Germaine de Neel
Skipping Board Bill Leads to Three Month Jail Term
George and Paul Knobe of Princeton West Virginia were convicted in police court of skipping a boarding house bill at Mrs. Miller Jenkins on North Cameron street. They were sentenced to three months in jail and were taken into custody after traveling by bus from Roanoke. They admitted the offense but said they had no money and planned to remit funds on return home. The men had lodged with Mrs. Jenkins starting Saturday before the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George and
Paul Knobe
Princeton
W. Va
Miller Jenkins
North Cameron Street
Roanoke
Jenkins
Hollis
Harrisonburgh
Harrisonburg
Pressure Not So Great but List Is Nervous
The Associated Press reports mixed stock activity with hesitation and modest gains as drought provisions ease grain markets. Rubber declines on profit taking while silver steadies amid talks on metal policy. The dollar gains slightly in foreign exchange with the pound at 5.10 percent in London and call money at 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
List
New York
Senate
London
Handley to Play A. M. A. Tomorrow
Handley Judges baseball team heads to Front Royal tomorrow afternoon for a stiff tussle with Randolph Macon Academy on the Front Royal diamond. The Yellow Jackets boast their strongest squads this spring and seek a first string test after victories over Woodstock and Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Judges
Front Royal
Randolph Macon Academy
Yellow Jackets
Handley
Woodstock
Berryville
Capitol Theatre to Offer Thursday Friday Double Features
Capitol Manager Tom Baldridge announced a new Thursday and Friday program offering two first class features for the price of one regular admission. This week’s lineup includes The Ninth Guest starring Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin and Girl Without A Room with Charles Farrell Marguerite Churchill and Charles Ruggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
Winchester Theatre
Capitol
Donald Cook
Genevieve Tobin
Charles Farrell
Marguerite Churchill
Charles Ruggles
Mrs Chunn Improves After Illness at Edmonds Home
Mrs. Frederick Chunn, ill for weeks at the home of her son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Edmonds, is reported somewhat improved. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stokeley and daughter Miss Martha Leake Stokeley, guests of Mrs. Joseph Wright and her son Beverley Wright, have returned to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Chunn
Stuart H. Edmonds
W. A. Stokeley
Martha Leake Stokeley
Joseph Wright
Beverley Wright
Richmond
Winchester and Frederick County Works Projects Meeting
M. Stoddard, district engineer for the valley district of the Virginia Emergency Relief, will visit tomorrow to consult with local officials on all engineering projects for Winchester and Frederick County. The plan includes evaluating sanitary conditions in county schools with a 1 o'clock meeting time. Frank W. Bailey serves as city and county projects engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Stoddard
Valley District
Virginia Emergency Relief
Winchester
Frederick County
Frank W. Bailey
Men In White Starring Gable Opens at Capitol
Clark Gable begins a three day Capitol Theatre run with the film Men In White paired with Myrna Loy. The hospital drama, based on a New York stage hit, features Hersholt Kruger Allan and Ford. Billy Barnes plays the Capitol organ with Prom Opera To Jazz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Clark Gable
Broadway
Capitol Theatre
Gable
Myrna Loy
New York
Ars Jean
Catherine The Great and Apple Blossom Festival at the Palace
The Palace shows Catherine The Great with Doug Fairbanks and Elizabeth Bergner for final matinees, hailed as a career highlight. Also premiering in Winchester are Fox Pictures for the Eleventh Apple Blossom Festival plus a Paramount News reel. Wednesday features Coming Of Forty with Frances Dee and Gene Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hable’s Palace
Catherine the Great
Doug
Fairbanks
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bergner
Catherine
Winchester
Fox Film Corp
Palace Theatre
Paramount News
The
Palace
Frances Dee
Gene Raymond
One Killed Ten Injured In Missouri Elevator Blast
One man, Frederick Laubscher, 48, an elevator worker, died of burn injuries after three grain dust explosions at the Missouri Pacific elevator in South St Louis. Ten were injured, five seriously, as a 420 foot concrete structure shattered windows and flames swept through 1,600,000 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, and rye. Carriers rushed injured workers to City Hospital as sulfur gases affected others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri-Pacific
Mississippi River
South St. Loui
Frederick Laubscher
City Hospital
Committee of Bankers Meets To Adopt Code
A special meeting of the code committee of Group No. 3, Virginia State Bankers Association, is called for 6 o clock this evening at the George Washington Hotel to review the bankers code before final action. William H. Byrd of Harrisonburg is chairman and expected to preside. The session follows several meetings since the NRA code for banks was presented for adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Code Committee
Group No. 3
Virginia State Bankers Association
George Washington
Bankers’ Code
Federal Administration
William H. Byrd
Harrisonburg
Chicago Grain Market Prices Through Special Wire
Closing quotations show Chicago May wheat at 85 and July at 83 with Sept at 83.42. Baltimore spot wheat at 87 and Winchester spot wheat at 83. Corn values list Chicago May 47.42 and July 50 and Sept 51 with Winchester delivered 55 cents per bushel and $2.75 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
For Sale Items Include Sand and Tomato Plants
7 inch sand delivery offered at 1.25 per ton by C. B Fosnight in Front Royal Virginia. Also 100000 tomato plants for sale by F. W. Mc Gruder on N. Loudoun Street with favorable pricing. Contact numbers provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B
Fosnight
Front Royal
Methodist Church Condemns Lotteries in Revival Move
Jackson Mississippi May 7 the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South condemned gambling including stock trading lotteries and pari mutuel betting as a menace to business integrity and moral character. The conference also cut the quadrennial budget by nearly five million dollars and announced a church wide revival. The disciplinary change consecrates a bishop instead of ordaining him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Quote on stock speculation and market manipulation
A statement arguing that good government is essential to curb crime and protect legitimate business. It asserts that stock speculation short selling and market pool manipulation erode public confidence, disrupt commerce, and unjustly deprive individuals and firms of access to credit.
Woodstock 14-Room High School Building Contract Awarded
The Nielsen Construction Company won the Woodstock High School contract for a brick and stone trimmed building at about 57 000 dollars with D C Bowman Plumbing handling the heating. Site cost adds 6 000 dollars for the five acre Mc Gruder tract in Woodstock. Financing was completed at a Shenandoah County board meeting with the school board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nielsen Construction Company
Woodstock High School
D. C. Bowman Plumbing and Heating Company
Harrisonburg
Nielsen
Bowman
McGruder
Woodstock
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors
Auth
Woodstock to Build New High School Facility
Officials approve a $32,000 State Fund grant, $17,747 from Public funds, and $8,000 from Woodstock Town Hall to finance a two story high school with 14 classrooms and a large auditorium. The project seeks to relieve long standing overcrowding and is set to be ready for September opening. CWA workers contributed to early site work but some work paused with the program’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock Town Hall
Woodstock
Southern Railway Station
CWA
Britain Opens Trade War With Japan Over Textiles
Britain declares an open trade war with Japan with an intensification of empire commerce. Walter Runciman announces action to halt Japanese competition in textiles within the empire. J H Thomas defends empire free trade policy and vows to intensify exchange among dominions, while criticizing American tariff barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Japan
House of Commons
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
British Empire
Runciman
J. H. Thomas
Herbert Samuel
Thomas
Herold
Hull
Agriculture Wallace
Hul
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Sonora
June Robles
Mexico
George Ash
Tom Newell
Arizona Highway Patrol
Bernable Robles
Adobe Shack
Warner Bros
South St. Louis
Committee of Bankers
Palmont Ave
Buckley
South Stewart
Loudoun St
E. Clifford Street
Main St
Hable’s
Peyton St
N. Cameron Street
Strickler & Wagner
Richards Ave
N. Main
Pairment Ave
North Ave
Lee Bartonsville
Fred L. Glaize
Shirley Carter
H. C. Racey
Stephens City
Plymouth
Call
Loudoun Street
F. W. McGruder
N. Loudoun St
Hugh Crim
Inwood
Altona Stock Yards
Charles Town
S. G. Wall
E. R. Smith
Call 1056
W. Leccester St
S. Kent St
Albert Mills
Cincinnati
Ohio
Virginia
S. Ae
Methodist Church
Britain
Louise Dixon
Evening Star
Cooking
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