Technical Tax Policy Questions Discussed
The Senate Finance Committee discussed the windfall tax provision of the House bill as Treasury estimates on the compromise revenue plan were awaited. Chairman Harrison said a middle of next week target for passage remained possible, with the plan projecting revenue above 623 million dollars and a flat 18 percent corporate tax alongside other measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
D.-Miss
House
Senate
Roosevelt
AAA
Rush-Drivers Block Postoffice Drive in Petticoat City
Mr Winchester argues that hurried drivers clog the postoffice rear drive to beat a red light at Braddock and Piccadilly hindering mail trucks and endangering pedestrians. He urges enforcement to protect life and property and curb such violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Piccadilly
Speeders Warned as Winchester Drive Opens
City and county police pledge to curb chronic speeders in Winchester and Frederick counties. Mayor C R Anderson vows action after prior warnings fail. Chief C W Hollis says a motorcycle officer will enforce traffic laws with hearings in court for violators. Cars must have city licenses or face summons. A warning targets drivers using the Braddock and Piccadilly rear drive to skip lights, trespass charges noted for government property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
C. R. Anderson
C. W. Hollis
Braddock
Piccadilly Street
Hollis
Nelson Page
Garden Club of Virginia Hosts Tea in Rose Garden
Mrs. William F. Long invites Garden Club of Virginia members to a tea at four o'clock in her rose garden with refreshments and social gathering themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Long
Garden Club of
Virginia
Penn Avenue Joins Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Penn Avenue High School of Cumberland Maryland was voted into the Cumberland Valley Athletic League at a special meeting preceding the annual track meet. Allegany High School has long been a member and Penn Avenue will compete in the same class, but cannot enter league championship games until 1937 due to the already drawn football schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Avenue High School
Cumberland
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Allegany High School
Penn Avenue
Allegany Hi
Rustic Tavern Tax Notice and Beverage Ad
Ip 1t BEER 3 for 25¢ Case $2.00 at Rustic Tavern 6 W Cork St advertises beer deal. Tax returns for 1936 due with categories Personal Property Bonds Notes Money Income single over 1000 Income married over 2000. Penalty June 1st. C P McVicar Commissioner of Revenue 5 16423 Ip 2t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustic Tavern
Cork St
C. P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
F R Crane Jewelers Announces Graduation Gift Line
F R Crane Jewelers of Winchester Virginia promotes a new natural yellow gold and gold plate jewelry line for graduation gifts. Elgin Waltham and Hamilton watches highlighted. Also notices seek good homes for two young female police and bird dogs with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin, Waltham and Hamilton
F. R. Crane
S. Main St
Winchester
Aylor Describes School Safety Measures
Principal Robert E. Aylor of Stephens City High School outlines safety steps for students on a busy U S Highway 11. Pupils receive regular safety talks, walk on the left, and cross only with permission. After school, two teachers supervise riders waiting for buses, buses load behind the school, and only authorized crossing occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Aylor
Stephens City High School
U. S
Jessy
Sally Lakey Messi
David’ Messisented
Southern Roads Extend Rate on Virginia Apples
Staunton Virginia May 16 A telegram says southern railroads extend ninth class rate on apples from Virginia and nearby states west to the Mississippi river cutting prices about 25 percent to markets like New Orleans Natchez and Memphis The move follows earlier reductions tests and depends on increased rail shipments to southern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Staunton
W. S. Campfield
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Southern Railroads
Virginia
Mississippi River
Campfield
New Orleans
Natchez
Memphis
Mobile
Birmingham
Nashville
Horticultural Societies of
West Virginia
Washington
Virginia Society
John W. Willen
Martinsburg
Repre
Handley School Finals Set Across June End
Handley High School outlines the Class of 1936 commencement schedule starting Sunday June 7 with a sermon by Dr. Fred R. Chenault. The program includes class day bonfire piano and dances, senior banquet, and final graduation on Thursday June 11 with Dr Charles J Smith as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Winchester Ministerial Association
E. B. McGukin
Ministerial Association
George E. Owen
Wallace M. Brashears
George W. Stover
Hubert Sydenstricker
Chenault
Fred R. Chenault
Main Street Methodist Church
Danville
Southern Methodist Church
Broad Street Church
Richmond
University of Virginia
Charles Comaskey
Handley Glee Club
C. J. Smith
Handley Auditorium
Charles J. Smith
Roanoke College
Smith
Winchester
Quarles
Winchesoa
Eckener chooses to skip Hindenburg flight to study meteorology
Dr. Hugo Eckener will remain in Germany and not join the Hindenburg on its second regular trans Atlantic flight. He cites interest in unusual atmospheric conditions and lessons from them. Captain Ernst Lehmann says ground stay is likely with other captains piloting. The Hindenburg, in perfect condition, refuels for departure at 8:00 p m 2 00 p m EST for Lakehurst New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort-On-The Main
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Hindenburg
United States
Frankfort
America
Eckener
Associated Press
North Atlantic
Ernst Lehman
A. Pruss
A. Sammt
Lakehurst
N. J
Sky Cruiser
Lehman
Local Lions Meet Draws 28 Clubs to Harrisonburg
Twenty eight Winchester Lions Club members chartered a bus to Harrisonburg for a zone meeting. Lion W M Black of Lynchburg highlighted Lions history and standards as district governor Averett presided. Attending clubs included Harrisonburg Winchester Clifton Forge Buena Vista Bedford Alexandria Luray Culpeper Vinton Front Royal and Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lions Club
Harrisonburg
Lion W. M. Black
Lynchburg
Lions Club
W. W Averett, Jr
Winchester
Clifton Forge
Buena Vista
Bedford
Alexandria
Luray
Culpeper
Vinton
Front Royal
Lion Harry B. Wade
Virginia
Lion Black
Averett
Frank S. Driver
Weyers Cave
Zone Five
Roosevelt signs largest peacetime war department appropriation
President Roosevelt has signed a $572,430,000 supply bill for the War Department for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1. It is the largest peacetime appropriation for the nation's land forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Three Dead At End of a Gun Battle in Warrant Attempt
Maurice M. Lynch, dean of the Winchester bar, turns eighty two as he spends the day at his Rouss avenue law office. Friends bring flowers and well wishes while Lynch recalls forty eight years since opening his practice and his long service as Frederick County school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice M. Lynch
Winchester
Rouss Avenue
Lynch
Frederick County Schoos
Leslie D. Kline
Winchester Bar Association
Philip Williams
Occason
Frost Damages Upstate New York Crops Reported
Fruit growers in upstate New York and New England report crop damage from frost and cold wind with forecasts of light to heavy frost for New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Upstate
New England
Kidnapping Report From Clayton Oklahoma
A young farmer three miles west of Clayton Oklahoma was kidnapped today by two fugitive convicts from McAlester prison and forced to accompany them on foot. Hugh Askew reported the incident to prison officials. The event took place in the region around McAlester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester, Okla
Clayton
Okla
McAlester Penitentiary
Hugh Askew
US reiterates warnings on Japanese expansion in China
Under secretary of State William Phillips renewed direct American warnings about Japanese expansion in China. He cited Secretary Hull's December statement on Japanese influence penetrating below the great wall of China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Philips
China
Hull
Great Wall of
Wounded fugitive captured near Antlers Oklahoma
Nine escaped convicts from McAlester penitentiary, including the wounded Jess Cunningham, are accounted for after officers seize him at a farm home one mile south of Antlers Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antlers
Okla
Jess Cunningham
McAlester Penitentiary
Here
Perry and Austin Lose as France Leads Franco British Tie
Paris May 16 England’s Davis Cup stars Fred Perry and H W Austin suffered an upset as France seized a 7 3 lead after the first day of the annual Franco British team tennis matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
England
Fred Perry
H. W
Bunny) Austin
France
An Exceptional Case Reveals Cadet Courtship Timing
In Richmond Virginia on May 16, Virginia Military Institute authorities say thirty minutes suffices for a cadet to escort a young lady home from a dance and return. Colonel Burress shared that at Lexington, a cadet explained he needed more time, noting no goodbye could occur in thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington Institution
Withers A. Burress
Mollie Collins Acquitted in Slaying of Husband Joe Collins
Mollie Collins of Williamson West Virginia was acquitted by a jury after 43 minutes of deliberation of shooting her husband Joe Collins as he slept in bed following a Christmas Eve party. She testified she did not remember firing the weapon.
Outbreak Fatality: Sheriff Young and Two Negroes Die
In Gordonsville Virginia a six and a half hour battle ends with Sheriff William B. Young of Orange County dead along with William Wells a 65 year old negro and his sister Cora Wells. Five officers and several citizens wounded as state trooper fires burning shirt into an outhouse to end the siege.
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Young
Orange County
Gordonsville
Lewis Holladay
William B. Young
William Wells
Cora Wells
Wells
E. Ke
L. McWilliams
C Young
Coat Mundy
Barboursville
Edward Bushong
Culpeper
Hee Ouse
Carl McWilliams
Mundy
Pickens
F. G
Orange
Fo Foshong
Carr
University Hospital
Gun battle ends in Orange County sheriff death
Orange county sheriff and two negroes were killed after a six and a half hour gun battle in Gordonsville Virginia. The incident is one of several terse items in a world and domestic news roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordonsville
Orange County
Washington
Senate
Richmond
Malcolm Glent Wyer
Denver
Petersburg
China
Frankfort-On-The Main
Germany
Zeppelin Hindenburg
Moscow
Manchoukuoan
Ketchikan
Alaska
Caamace
North Sea
Ecunees 47
Dixon
Entrazice
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Hairman
MR Winchester
Flickinger
Camsellands
C. V. A. League
F. R. Crane, Jeweler
AYLOR
Handley
Fred. Chenault
Handley Building
Ater
Dr. Eckener
Ising
Zeppelin
Ernst Lehmann
Big Bill
Bulletins
Tientsin
London
Haiy
Great Britain
Newall
Barnhart-Tucker Company
Waverly Peanut Company, Inc
Waverly
Pimlico Race Track
Baltimore
Wheatley Stable
Snark
W. M. Jeffords
Edward Bruner
Southport
Eng
Bridget
Posse
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