Townsend Denies Using Mails To Defraud Townsend Scheme
Dr. Townsend, founder of the old age pension movement, testifies before a House committee denying use of the mails to defraud. Counsel James Sullivan cites Townsendgrams raising 11,490 for a congressional fund and questions actions around the Townsend fund, while Townsend says he did not know of the appeal until after it was issued. He notes others, including Robert E. Clements, handled finances and his role focused on philosophical and economic aspects.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
House
James R. Sullivan
Congressional
Sullivan
F. E. Townsend
Townsendgram
Dr. Townsend
McGrorty
Townsend
Robert E. Clements
Flag atop city hall in bad condition sparks call for new flag
A reader notes the tattered flag on the city hall and urges replacing it before Memorial Day. The city reportedly bought an American flag with the new city flag, but the current flag remains worn and unsuitable for Memorial exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MA Winchester
Evenyth
Frederick County Democrats announce mass meeting
A mass meeting of Frederick County Democrats is set for Saturday May 30 at 2 o'clock at the County Court House. The purpose is to elect delegates to the State Convention. R L Omps, Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
County Court House
R. L. Omps
Free Dance at Blue Moon Tonight Features Joe Rowe Orchestra
The Blue Moon hosts a free dance event tonight with music by Joe Rowe's orchestra. LP-1t provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Rowe
Speechless on seeing her quadruplets
In Passaic New Jersey Mrs Emil Kasper reacted with silence upon first sight of her quadruplets at St Marys Hospital. She greeted Dr Frank F Jani who delivered them twelve days prior and thanked him for the care. All four babies were reported in good physical condition.
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Passaid
N. J
Emil Kasper
St. Mary's Hospital
Little Ferry
Frank
Magistrate J. P. Kms Shot Dead in Virginia Argument
Oliver Compton county game warden surrendered to authorities and confessed to killing J. P. Kms county justice near Jewell Ridge. Witnesses said a car blocked the road during an argument, and Compton fired twice. Kms, 62, father of eleven, stood beside his car. funeral planned at Union Hall in Jewell Ridge.
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Richlands
Commonwealth
F. W. Smith
Buchanan County
Oliver Compton
J. Pe Rue
Kms
McKinley Honaker
Lee McKinney
Compton
Fulton Ratliff
Grundy
Smith
Jewell Ridge
Irma Smith
Tazewell
Buchanan
Honaker
McKinney
Maiden Springs
Union Hall
Fractures Leg of Handley Baseball Player
Donald Tinsman, son of Mr and Mrs William Tinsman of Charles street, suffered a fractured leg yesterday while playing baseball at Handley. He was moved to Memorial Hospital for X ray after the leg was set and then returned home under care. The youth is a grade pupil.
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Donald Tinsman
William Tinsman
Charles Street
Handley
Memorial Hospital
Park Citizens Soon Are To Be Domesticated
Miss Mabel Besecker of VERA will join Virginia public welfare on May 25 to supervise evacuation of about 75 Shenandoah National Park families. A $150,000 VERA federal relief fund will aid the move and cover surveys by a state committee including VERA and several state departments. Families fall into three classes, with the second moved to three resettlement projects and the third under public welfare care until absorbed into the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mabel Besecker
Vera Social Welfare
State Public Welfare Department
Shenandoah National Park
Besecker
Miss Besecker
Park
State Health, Agriculture and Public Welfare Departments
VERA
Subsistence Homestead Bureau
Rural Resettlement Administration
Public Welfare Department
Hundreds Die As Quakes Hit Central China
Reports from Shanghai say earthquakes struck Pingshin in Szechuan province killing hundreds and leveling sixty percent of buildings. Shocks also hit Chungking and Lanchow with limited casualty details while locals offered sacrifices to ward off perceived monsters.
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Shanghai
China
Pingshin
Szechuan Province
Chungking
Szechuan
Lanchow
Kansu
Beaver glare: Bean blowers duel taunt and nightshirt feud
Ottawa editor L M Davis issues a challenge to Tom B Curtis of Atlanta to a duel with bean blowers at 50 yards. Davis claims he originated movements to organize wearers of the old fashioned nightshirt and accuses Curtis of plagiarism and claiming authorship of the plan. He recalls old editorials denouncing pajama wearers and defends the nightshirt as comfortable and vented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Til
Tom B. Curtis
Atlanta
L. M. (Doe) Davis
Curtis
Daily Republican Times
Tom
Davis
French Quillen Ousting of Aged Priest
Paris May 21 French acting foreign minister condemned Italy for expelling Monsignor Andre Jarosseau a 78 year old head of Roman Catholic missions in Ethiopia. France protests the removal of a priest who served lepers for decades near Diredawa on the Addis Ababa to sea railway. A high level protest was arranged with Rome and Vatican diplomats.
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Paris
Joseph Paul Boncour
Italy
Ethiopia
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Andre Jarosseau
Paul-Boncour
Charles Roux
Vatican
Charles de Chambrun
Rome
Stephens City High to Hold Commencement Afterward
Stephens City announces its high school commencement program with Rev Floyd M Lucas of the M E Church South delivering the address. Exercises take place Sunday evening May 24 at 8 o clock in the Methodist Church. The program includes processional invocation hymn prayer and scripture reading. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City High School
Floyd M. Lucas
M. E. Church
South
F. M. Lucas
E. Richardson
Snyder
Zeppelin Heads Out Over Ocean
The Hindenburg dirigible began an eastward Atlantic crossing from Lakehurst New Jersey at 10 05 p m EST with 51 passengers aboard and a racing plane. It passed over Barrington New Jersey at 5 58 am EST and later reported nearing Lama line near St. Pierre and Miquelon while heading toward Germany.
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New York
Atlantic
Mackay Radio
Lamaline
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Halifax
N. S
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Barrington
Sea
United States
Rio de Janeiro
James H.eta Airlip
St. Louis
Zeppelin
Ernst Lehmann
Hin‘Senburg
Winchester District Young People Rally Set in Charles Town
Miss Reba E Riley announces the Winchester District Young People Rally will be May 23 and 24 in Charles Town West Virginia. The program includes talks by Miss Virginia Neel and Rev J H Haley with music by the Berryville choir and a banquet at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel. The district covers Martinsburg Shepherdstown Harper s Ferry Brunswick Hamilton Marshall Mount Jackson.
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Reba E. Riley
Young People's Work
Winchester
Baltimore
Charles Town
W. Va
Miss Riley
Virginia Payne Neel
Washington, D. C
Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Hunter Davidson
Lucie Haley
Young People’s Orchestra
Miss Neel
J. H. Haley
Young People's
James H. Brown, Jr
Berryville
Young People's Choir
E. G. Conner
Mr. Brown
Haley
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown
Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Hamilton and Marshall
Mount Jackson
Hold Last Rites For Mrs Clarke
Final rites were held for Arabella Clarke 97 niece of President Zachary Taylor. The service at Christ Episcopal Church in this city was followed by burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D C beside her husband General H Francis Clarke.
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Arabella Clarke
Zachary Taylor
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington, D. C
E.S. Dunlap
Washington Cathedral
H. Francis Clarke
New American Marxist Party Suggested by Old Guard
A Cleveland report says right wing leaders in the Socialist party laid groundwork for a possible new American Marxist party. They call for an Interstate Socialist Conference to discuss issues including NY delegation seating, the 1934 Detroit declaration, and a united front with Communists amid internal power struggles.
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Cleveland
PAA
Old Guard
Socialist Party
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Left Coalition
Norman Thomas
New York State
Detroit
United Front
National Executive Committee
Fire marshal completes annual inspection progress noted
Deputy State Fire Marshal L R Travers returns to Winchester for his second annual inspection. Although conditions have improved since the first visit property owners were urged to clean rubbish and upgrade hazards. Further improvements are still needed before conditions are satisfactory. If owners ignore recommendations, local authorities may issue summons and pursue test cases in court. A committee reviewing a building inspection code is making headway and likely to present concrete suggestions when discussed next.
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L. R. Travers
Winchester
Travers
Elopement Ends in Divorce for Young Couple
In Frederick County Circuit Court Otis R. Stottemyer and Lettie Stotler Stottlemyer, both under legal age, obtained a bed and board divorce on grounds of desertion. Judge Philip Williams presided. guardian ad litem W. Erle Edwards represented the defendant. The couple eloped November 14, 1934 in Martinsburg, West Virginia after being refused a license locally.
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Prederick County
Otis R. Stottemyer
Lettie
Stotler Stottlemyer
Philip Williams
John E. Stottlemyer
W. Erle Edwards
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. C. Brannon
Cross Junction
Lindbergh runs out of gas after transatlantic flight anniversary
On May 9 the Lone Eagle Col Charles A Lindbergh ran out of gas during a routine glide, forcing a 150 yard walk to a gas station after his historic Atlantic flight anniversary. Federal investigators call Richmond Va a hub of a number racket with about 60 arrests and hearings pending in multiple counties.
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Atlantic
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Richmond
Henrico
Goochland
Chesterfield County
Vincennes Launches From Fore River Shipyard
The U S cruiser Vincennes a 10000 ton vessel named after Vincennes Indiana was launched today at the Fore river plant of Bethlehem Ship building Corporation in Quincy Massachusetts.
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Quincy
Mass
U. S
Vincennes
Indiana
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Unconfirmed shooting amid 20000-strong Caracas protest
Unconfirmed reports from Caracas said shooting occurred as 20 000 citizens demonstrated against the national Congress in Maracaibo Venezuela on May 21.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Caracas
National Congress
House committee rejects Van Nuys bill on employer influence
The House judiciary committee rejected the Senate approved Van Nuys bill aimed at penalizing employers who attempt to influence employees in presidential or congressional elections.
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Washington
van Nuys
House Judiciary Committee
Richmond groom on trial for Lake View Dairy holdup
Raymond E. Conner, arrested on his honeymoon with a 16 year old bride, faced Hastings Court in Richmond for the April 20 Lake View Dairy holdup and robbery. The case centers on the alleged crime and the groom’s involvement as the accused.
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Richmond
Raymond £. Conner
Hastings Court
Lakeview
Roanoke man elected president of Virginia Oil Men
J. P. Vaughan of Roanoke was elected president of the Virginia Oil Men's Association during the opening session of the annual spring meeting in Roanoke on May 21.
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Roanoke
J. P. Vaughan
Virginia Oil Men's Association
Covington executive elected district Rotary governor
W A Luke Jr of Covington, a paper mill executive, was elected district governor at the 56th district Rotary convention in Lynchburg Virginia on May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
W. A. Luke, Jr
Covington
Shipyard Workers Threaten Strike Over Wages at Staten Island Plant
In New York on May 21 unionized workers at United Shipyards Staten Island plant, where four naval destroyers are under construction, threaten to strike if the company does not meet demands for higher wages and shorter hours before Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Staten Island
United Shipyards, Inc
Freight truck strike in Baltimore complicates city movement
Reports from Baltimore on May 21 describe fist fights and new efforts to block freight trucks amid a driver strike. Earlier provocations included threats and shooting attempts as the labor action disrupted shipments.
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Baltimore
Large Railway Equipment Order From Van Sweringen Lines
Two Van Sweringen railways announced orders exceeding 13.5 million dollars for 5900 freight cars. This marks the largest single railway equipment purchase in months and pushes east of the Mississippi orders by the firms over 50 million dollars in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
van Sweringen Railways
van Sweringens
Mississippi
Annulment Proceedings Withdrawn After Family Dispute
A dispute over a daughter's living arrangements led to initial annulment proceedings that were later withdrawn. The case centers on family tensions affecting marriage status and potential legal action.
Embalmer Quizzed Over Wife’s Death in Oregon
Guy Tallmadge a 55 year old embalmer from Rockford Jr was held for questioning in connection with his wife’s death. He claimed a lone gunman robbed them five miles east of town then shot her as she fled. Police reported prior jealousy allegations against Tallmadge by Mrs Tallmadge to a Rockford policewoman.
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Robert Paul Henneberry
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Chicago
Lewis Jack Somers
Oregon
Guy Tallmadge
Florence Stanton
Rockford
Tallmadge
Senate Finance Panel Approves 18 Percent Corp Tax Plan
The Senate finance committee agreed on a flat 18 percent corporate income tax and 7 percent withheld tax with a $1,000 exemption for small corporations, while preserving capital stock and excess profits taxes. Strong objections surfaced, and some members threatened to quit as the panel moved to report the measure next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
American Marxist party possible in Cleveland
World news at a glance notes a possible formation of an American Marxist party in Cleveland. Other items report Roosevelt signing a rural electrification bill of 410 million dollars, recapture of Clauds Beavers in McAlester, Oliver Compton confession in Richlands, church unity proposals in Augusta, China earthquakes, Britain war discussion hesitation, dirigible flight over the Atlantic, and Lindbergh’s gas run on the Lone Eagle anniversary in Kent England.
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Cleveland
Washington
Roosevelt
Mcalester
Okla
Clauds Beavers
Richlands
Oliver Compton
Rufus Smith
Justice of the Peace
Augusta
Shanghai
China
London
Great Britain
Atlantia
Seven Oaks
Kent
Eng
Atlantic
Col
Lindbergh
SPECIAL SALE Bell Onion Sets and Miller's Medicines
Household effects of late Mrs May E White to be sold at 2 p m next Saturday at 923 Berryville Avenue Winchester Va Sale bill on 5th page Garages for rent 13 B Le 9 fax Lane WANTED Good home for lovely half grown yellow male kitten Phone 41 1
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Bell
Winchester
E. White
Berryville Avenue
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Mrs. Clarke
New American Marxist Party
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