Apple tariffs drive new export rules amid embargo fears
Officials from 18 state horticultural societies met in Washington to address impending foreign embargoes on apples. They urged U S Department of Agriculture to send inspectors to Argentina and proposed certificates showing limited scale. The plan includes supplementary packing certificates and standard grade-only exports to prevent dumping and protect US apple trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
San Jose
United States Department of Agriculture
Argentina
Department of Agriculture
Department
Austria
Germany
Growers’ Conference
U. S
Horticultural Council
H. F. Byrd
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Bosen
John N. Dyer
Indiana State Horticultural Society
W. S. Campfield
Staunton
Virginia Society
Dyer
New York
Star
United States
Sumption Dies After Acute Heart Attack in Frederick County
Joseph Samuel Sumption longtime Welltown area farmer died at his home about noon following an acute heart attack. He was 66, born June 16 1865 at White Hall and spent his life in Frederick county. Survived by second wife Lauretta Foster and children Clara Elizabeth Joseph Virgil William Purcell Sumption George Irwin Sumption, with funeral set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at his home, Rev E A Lambert officiating. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Jonas Chamberlain George Yeakley Rosser Robinson John Reid Romanus DeHaven Bryan Stotler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Samuel Sumption
Welltown
Frederick County
Mr. Sumption
Charles R. Anderson
Winchester
Mr Sumption
White Hall
Sanyon
Sumption
Lizzie R. Haddaway
Baltimore
Lauretta B. Foster
Clara Elizabeth Sumption
Joseph Virgil Sumption
William Purcell Sumption
Braddock Street Methodist Church
South
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Jonas Chamberlain
George Yeakley
Rosser Robinson
John, Reid
Romanus DeHaven
Bryan Stotler
Mission To Be Held At Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church opens a mission Sunday May 15 for one week. Rev. William H. Sheridan LL. D. of New York will lead services at 6 and 8 am and 7 30 pm each day. Winchester residents are invited to attend any or all masses.
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Sacred Heart Church
William H. Sheridan
New York
Father Sheridan
Winchester
Youth inmate sought $600 for life story before commutation
Lawrence Fleet in Virginia planned a life story for magazine readers offering $600 while on death row. A female writer pursued the bid, hoping to expose his nature, but Gov. Pollard commuted the sentence to life imprisonment and the autobiography idea faded.
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Lawrence Fleet
Virginia State Penitentiary
Gov. Pollard
Fleet
Star
Young Fleet
Winchester Memorial Hospital Board Meeting Friday May 20
The Winchester Memorial Hospital board plans a 1 p.m. meeting Friday May 20 with a luncheon for directors in the nurses dining room followed by the annual business session. Dr. Hunter H. McGuire announces the event which will include the hospital financial report, officers’ election, and consideration of county and city representation.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hunter H. McGuire
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Rappahannock
Hardy
Hampshire
W. Va
Winchester
Europe forecasts varied apple and pear crops this season
Early provisional reports from the main European apple and pear regions show plentiful budding and abundant bloom in places like the Netherlands and Germany, but overall crops are expected smaller than last season. Italy and Czechoslovakia may see modest to average yields with some regions above average.
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Steere
L. V. Steere
Berlin
Germany
Lake Constance
Tyrol
Czechoslovakia
Styria
Algeria
Netherlands
Belum
Woodmen Service Set at United Brethren Church
The Woodmen of the World plan to attend next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock for their annual sermon at the United Brethren Church. Rev. George W. Stover will preach. Local Woodmen will assemble, and visitors from other camps are invited to join. The public is welcome.
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Woodmen of the World
United Brethren’ Church
George W. Stover
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Urged for May 12
All members are urged to attend the regular monthly meeting at the hall on Thursday evening May 12 at 8. Captain FRED W. FORNEY leads the unit during this session.
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Friendship Fire Company
E Company
Atalack
Plan to aid jobless outlined in Hoover talks
President Hoover moves to direct unemployment relief by allowing states to borrow from the Reconstruction Corporation. A non partisan compromise program emerges as Sen. Robinson and supporters push a $300 million relief fund and $2 billion construction plan funded by bonds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Board of the
Reconstruction Corporation
Robinson
Capitol
White House
Alfred E. Smith
Owen D. Young
Bernard M. Baruch
Watson
Dawes
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Mills
Friends Change Hopewell Meet To May 21 22
The Society of Friends annual May meeting at Hopewell Meeting House near Clearbrook shifts from the second Monday to May 21 and 22. Activities include a 3 p.m. ministry and council start, an 8 a.m. quarterly meeting, 11 a.m. worship, and 2 p.m. Sunday School Union exercises with further speaker details to follow.
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Friends Change
Hopewell
Society of Friends
Clearbrook
Washington
Sale of Lot on Berryville Turnpike Near Winchester
A sale of a lot on Berryville turnpike just outside the corporate limits will be held in front of the County Court House in Winchester on Saturday May 14 1932. See adv 11 1p 3.
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Berryville
County Court House
Winchester
Young Man Seeks Typist and Stenographer Work
Handley graduate seeks regular or special work as typist and stenographer. Experienced. Address P. O. Box 217 Winchester. May 12. 1p 1f.
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Handley
P. O. Box
Winchester
Homemakers Curb Market Sunday Food Special
Local curb market near Star Office offers dressed chickens horseradish and cakes with Saturday special Country Butter at 15 cents per pound. Gratchen Building hours 9 to 2 30.
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Star Office
Sale of Taylor property in Grimes county on 4 acres
Auction announced for Saturday May 14 at 11 o clock in front of the Court House. Property includes limestone land and a residence. Sale bills available for Ryan property on Washington Street the same day.
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Taylor
Grimes
Court House
Virginia man crosses cabbage with an onion
A Virginia man reports successful cultivation by crossing cabbage with an onion. He plans to name the resulting hybrid cucumber Life.
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Virginia
Receiver Appointed to Take Charge of Peoples Bank
Judge Philip Williams in Frederick County Circuit Court appointed C. S. Feller as receiver for the Peoples Bank Inc of Stephens City acting on a Virginia State Corporation Commission request. The bank closed and was handed to state examiners. Feller, former cashier, can take possession of all bank records and property, compile indebtedness, file 30 day condition reports, and arrange a full audit. Bond set at 40000 with United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. Deposits were under 150000 and assets around 220000 when operations ended.
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Virginia State Corporation Commission
Philip Williams
Circuit Court
Frederick County
C. S. Feller
Peoples Bank, Inc
Stephens City
State Bank
Feller
Williams
Virginia Bureau of Banking and Insurance
Peoples Bank
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
R. B. Steele
C. P
Hughes Still Maneuvering In Lindbergh Case
Norfolk negotiator John Hughes Curtis seeks contact with Lindbergh kidnappers in New England waters. He is believed active near Block Island off the Rhode Island coast as part of ongoing secret efforts.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
New England
Virginia
Block Island
Rhode Island
Appeals Court Upholds Duker Conviction
The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld the death verdict against Herman W. Duker a Baltimore youth for the holdup murder of milkman John W. Anderson. Duker pleaded guilty to the April crime on Guilford edge and was sentenced by Judge Joseph N. Ulman. Dale Lambert also pleaded guilty and serves life. Duker hails from a prominent family.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Herman W. Duker
Baltimore
John W. Anderson
Duker
Joseph N. Ulman
Anderson
Guilford
Dale Lambert
Several Areas To Be Abolished By Methodists
Atlantic City May 12 The Methodists General Conference voted the abolition of three domestic and four foreign areas. Domestic areas Buffalo Indianapolis and Helena Montana and foreign areas Paris France Korea Peiping and Calcutta were eliminated to improve economy and efficiency. Bishops Thomas Nicholson Detroit and Lauress Birney Shanghai retired at their request due to ill health.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Methodists General Conference
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Helena
Montana
Paris
France
Korea
Peiping
Calcutta
Thomas Nicholson
Detroit
Lauress J. Birney
Shanghai
China
Confed veterans prep Richmond reunion with state park tour
Veterans of the Thin Gray Line marshal to Richmond for the forty second Confederate reunion to be held June 21 to 24. Officials say the event will honor their service, dedicate battlefield sites as a state park, and include concerts teas balls and memorial events led by Miss Mary Morton.
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Richmond
Commonwealth
Virginia
Cold Harbor
Malvern Hill
Mechanicsville
Fort Harrison
Seven Pines
Robert T. Barton, Jr
C. A. de Saussure
Memphis
United Confederate Veterans
Willam McK. Evans
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Mary Morton
Jefferson Davis
Mount Vernon Body Weighs Sunday Opening Policy
Mount Vernon Va May 12 delegates at the sixty sixth annual Mount Vernon Ladies Association session debate opening Sundays at the Washington home. The group will consider keeping it open daily with Mrs Alice M Richards presiding. Governor Pollard will tour the estate with the State Board of Visitors. Interior and exterior repainting and sand finish work are reported. The regents attend Pohick Church services on Sunday May 15.
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Associated Press
Mount Vernon
Alice M. Richards
Maine
Pollard
State Board of Visitors
Pohick Church
Water valued above fire in life and republics
A San Jose News remark asserts water is essential for human life and all biology, and links national gratitude to voters who deserve it. It emphasizes water’s primacy over fire and its role in food production.
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San Jose News
Rainy spell swells streams in Winchester area
Widespread rainfall continues in Winchester and Northern Virginia with streams and cisterns overflowing. Opequon Creek and Parletts Run breach banks, Shenandoah River rises about four feet, while pastures turn lush green. Officials note 1.23 inches in 24 hours and May totals reach 5.13 inches as drought fears ease.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Opequon Creek
Whitacre
Parlett
Shenandoah River
Virginia
Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
P R R Trims US Loan Request To 27.5 Million
The Pennsylvania Railroad filed a supplemental ICC application reducing its Reconstruction Finance Corp loan request from 55 million to 27.5 million. The change, made at the corporation’s request and due to changed conditions, states the RFC is willing to provide 27.5 million.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Corporation
Clarke County Rural Schools to Give Pageant
Clarke County rural schools present a pageant directed by Miss Rose MacDonald detailing George Washingtons visits to Clarke County locations. The event closes 13 rural schools and occurs at Berryville High School auditorium with numerous local figures in attendance.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Rose MacDonald
George Washington
George William Fairfax
Lord Fairfax
Neck
Claremont
Edward Snickers
Fairfield
Warner Washington
Milton Valley
George Lewis
Richard Kidder Meade
Washington
Daniel Morgan
Saratoga
Berryville High School
Mrs Ira Altman Arrives to Visit Stephens City Family
Mrs Ira Altman of Homer City Pennsylvania arrives to spend time with her mother Mrs J L Williams in Stephens City after teaching in Pennsylvania for four years.
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Ira Altman
Homer City
Pennsylvania
J. L. Williams
Stephens City
Weasel Delivers Final Blow to Jail Rats in Halifax County
In Halifax County a weasel carried out 40 trips from its home to a jail window killing 40 inmate rats. A prisoner first spotted the weasel at work and a crowd gathered as the creature repeated the same route each trip.
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Richmond
Halifax County
Women clean up Duvall in townwide effort
Duvall Washington residents led by the woman mayor elect and council women elect joined forces with able bodied men to scrub vacant lots sweep streets and sidewalks and trim weeds as part of a campaign promise to clean up the town.
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Duvall
Railroads Face Receivership If Aid Fails, House Leader Says
Washington. Chairman Rayburn of the interstate commerce committee warned the rules committee that many railroads may be forced into receivership and eventually federal ownership unless further aid is provided.
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Washington
Rayburn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rules Committee
Speakeasy to Reopen as Church in Pittsburgh
Mike De Rosa received federal court permission to lease the padlocked Pittsburgh building to Christ Temple Church. A $500 bond is required to guarantee no liquor law violations until the padlock injunction expires. The church will use the site as a meeting place and pastor living quarters.
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Pittsburgh
Mike de Rosa
Christ Temple Church
Kingfisher Depletes Gold Fish Pools in Newton
In Newton Iowa a belted kingfisher stole gold fish from season stocked pools. A spectator M S Vincent waited with a shotgun and shot the bird as it swooped for a fish, killing the thief on the spot.
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Newton
Iowa
M. S. Vincent
Oklahoma City Couple Win Mineral Rights Settlement
George Pierce and his wife Lucy will take a postponed honeymoon after the Glidden Oil Corporation of Tulsa settled a three year lawsuit over mineral rights to the Pierce twenty acre tract. The couple, once in a shack on the city edge earning a living from fishing and truck gardening, received 201000 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
George Pierce
Lucy
Pierce
Glidden Oil Corporation of
Tulsa
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Hospital Board
Fred W. Forney
Homemakers
Ryan
Washington St
C.S. Feller
People’s Bank of
Hughes
Lindbergh
Young Duker
Major Barton
MT. Vernon
P.R. R
Harry F. Byrd
Rosemont
William, Reed
Miss Rose MacDonald
East Main Street
Miss MacDonald
Hugh M. Nelson
Lorenzo Lewis
Benjamin Randolph
A Cummins
R. G. Mitchell
Dorothy Campbell
Mountain Settlement
Harlan County
Campbell
Henry G. Schneider
Elizabeth
Archibald Cummins
Caryswood
Jail Weasel
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