House Moves to Immediate Debate on Wage-Hour Bill
The House voted 218 to 73 to bring the wage-hour bill to the floor, ending a rules committee blockade. The measure sets a nationwide minimum wage starting at 25 cents, rising to 40 cents in three years, with 44 hours weekly dropping to 40 in two years. A Senate fight over public works funding was also anticipated.
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Texas
Five-Pointers earn certificates for fitness and health
MA Winchester notes Frederick county children qualifying for certificates for reaching fitness and health standards. The corner emphasizes health as crucial for youth and later life development. The region’s Virginia and West Virginia roads offer many historic homes marked for visitors.
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Frederick County
Stephens City Students Plan Annual Outing and Exercises
Stephens City high school seniors will receive diplomas and awards at Wednesday night exercises after attending a baccalaureate service at the Methodist Church. On Thursday the entire student body will take an all day outing to Elizabeth Furance in Powell’s Fort Valley to dispel cares for the summer.
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Stephens City High School
Prisoner Shoemaker Injures Arm with Razor at Jail
Arthur Shoemaker, awaiting trial on breaking and entering, cut a vein in his left arm with a safety razor in his jail cell on Saturday night. Deputy DeHaven said the wound was closed at Memorial Hospital and Shoemaker’s condition is satisfactory. His motive appeared to be a bid for freedom, officials said. His brother Lee is wanted in West Virginia for escape.
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Robert DeHaven
Shoemaker
Memorial Hospital
Remington Rand Appeal Is Lost
The Supreme Court refused to review a Federal Circuit ruling upholding the National Labor Relations Board order directing Remington Rand to reinstate about 4,000 strikers and their replacements. The decision affects plants in Tonawanda North Tonawanda Ilion Syracuse N Y Middletown Conn Marietta Norwood Ohio with back pay for 28 reinstated workers.
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Remington Rand, Inc
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Middletown
Middletown High School Holds Finals Open
Middletown High School graduation exercises begin with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. T. Brown for 16 graduates. Class Night and graduation programs feature addresses by Julian Boyer and Rev. R. S. Wilson, with students delivering multiple roles and awards presented by Principal O. W. Wake and Superintendent Leslie D. Kline.
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J. T. Brown
Grace Memorial M. E. Church, South
Julian Boyer
Donald Borden
Nellie Romack
Anna Virginia Campbell
Harry Matthews
Marie Petty
John Weirich
Elaine Sperry
Edna Brumback
Alice Manuel
Margaret Jane Willey
R.S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Randolph Larrick
O. W. Wake
Leslie D. Kline
Surrender Reported of 10,000 Chinese by Jap Forces
In Central China near Suchow the Japanese field command claims 10 000 Chinese soldiers surrendered since the fall of Suchow as Japanese forces pursue routed troops. Aerial view shows Suchow s junction with Lunghai and Tientsin Pukow railways, with villages wrecked and 200 000 Chinese in the open fighting zone.
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Elmer W. Peterson
Central China
Suchow
Lushan Hills
Suhsien
Lunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Handley Leads Iz Cumberland Valley Meeting
At the Cumberland Valley track meet in Cumberland, Maryland Handley High of Winchester Virginia led Martinsburg High at the halfway point 17 to 12 before a heavy rain halted play. Martinsburg later led after four events as they won two firsts and a third for 11 points while Handley had nine. Fort Hill followed with eight and others trailed.
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Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Handley High
Winchester
Martinsburg High
Martinsburg
Fort Hill
Pat Ryan Receiver Seeks Assets. Yet None Found
Edward Burns as receiver for Basil A. Ryan's New York properties reports no assets located. Martha Barkley Ryan has filed separation suit seeking alimony. response due in 42 days. Pat Ryan, nearing 30, recently wed Barkley, once discussed Virginia estate plans and aviation hobbies.
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Edward Burns
New York State
Basil A
Pat’) Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Ryan
Martha Barklet Ryan
Hickory
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Connecticut
Abraham J. Halprin
Miss Barkley
Britain and France warn Germany over Czechoslovakia clash
Paris reports that Britain and France joined in warning Germany that Czechoslovakia should not become a theater for a Spain style war. Disclosed evidence suggests Sudeten German Nazis are stockpiling arms, with reports of supplies from Germany. Sir Neville Henderson delivered the warning during visits to Berlin as Nazi leadership met with Konrad Henlein to discuss crisis measures. France signaled it would defend Czechoslovakia if provoked, easing tension in Paris though danger remained.
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Czechoslovakia
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Neville Henderson
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Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Man Held In Entry Of Local School
Evidence in the case of Frank C. Zimmerman of Martinsburg was heard as the 42 year old faced Judge Donald Weems in Police Court. The school was entered on several occasions and small sums and other items were reported missing. Zimmerman was arrested at 12 15 a m on May 5 and booked for investigation and vagrancy.
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North High Street
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia Avenue School
Donald Weems
Weems
Virginia Avenue
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Hollis
Prisoners Make Vicious Attacks HENDAYE FRANCE May 23
Reports from the Spanish frontier describe a prison uprising at Pamplona where two thousand captured militiamen seized arms and killed guards. Insurgents claimed heavy government losses while government forces said the assault was suppressed with numerous prisoners killed or wounded. A separate government offensive along the Catalonian front sought to wedge insurgent positions between Tremp and Balaguer, though insurgents disputed the claims.
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France
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Trun
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Balaguer
Social Security Agent To Be Here
Social Security field representative W. E. Shingleton will be in his office at the post office building from 10 to 1 on Wednesday to answer questions or help with problems. Citizens in the area are urged to call on him during the visit.
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W. Shingleton
Federal Tax Powers Expand to Athletics and Port Authority
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 2 that federal tax reach extends to intercollegiate football ticket levies and to incomes of Port Authority officials. Justice Roberts upheld an admission tax on University of Georgia and Georgia Tech games, while Justice Stone said port authority income may be taxed but without hindering essential state functions. The decision notes immunities are limited to prevent obstructing federal taxing power.
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Supreme Court
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Port Authority
Justice Roberts
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Justice Stone
New Jersey
Stone
Roberts
Republic Steel Protests NLRB Withdrawal Ruling
Republic Steel filed a Supreme Court brief arguing the National Labor Relations Board cannot withdraw pending litigation from a federal circuit to adopt new procedures. The company warns such action would deprive aggrieved workers of constitutional review. The brief accompanies oral arguments over the board's authority to pull Third Circuit litigation related to reinstating striking employees.
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Republic Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Republic Steel
Half Million Soldiers Stay On 1300 Mile Frontier
About 500000 troops remain along a 1300 mile frontier facing German territory. Allied forces hold a vast line with divisions stationed in fortified sectors and supply networks stretched across the border.
Talks Between Praha and Berlin Signal Cautious Peace
Reported negotiations between Praha and Berlin mark a hopeful shift toward real peace talks. Observers note signals of reduced war fears as diplomats pursue a possible diplomatic breakthrough.
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Praha
Berlin
Roosevelt and Hull Meet Over Central Europe Tension
President and Hull Center officials arranged a mid afternoon conference with Secretary Hull on the tense central European situation.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Henlein Hodza Meet in Prague as War Fears Ease
Konrad Henlein and Premier Milan Hodza held a preliminary talk in Prague aimed at resolving the Sudeten German question. Germany’s troop withdrawal along the border and Prague’s mobilization reassured allies and tempers fears of a broader European conflict.
Oranda Merchant Reported Improved After Car Crash
Ernest Toy Hockman of Lebanon Church who runs a store in Oranda was injured when his vehicle left the highway near Fishers Hill south of Strasburg, plunged down a steep embankment and caught fire. He was found about 15 minutes later, thrown clear, and taken to Memorial hospital with possible concussion and other injuries. Strasburg firemen located him at the scene after the blaze. The hospital report stated he appeared dazed with a minor concussion likely.
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Lebanon Church
Oranda
Hockman
Fishers Hill
Strasburg
Memorial Hospital
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