G O P Leaders Gird for Clash Before Conventions
Republicans eye a crowded convention season with Borah poised to push his Idaho support while Landon allies expect a clash. Roosevelt and Lehman loom in New York as North Dakota Texas and Indiana set delegate counts and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ator Borah
Idaho
Charles Evans Hughes
Warren G
Borah
Landon
New York State
Roosevelt
Herbert Lehman
Empire State
North Dakota
Texas
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Indiana
Republican National Committee Today
Arthur M. Curtis
Missouri
Budget fights loom as Congress mulls tax and relief bills
Administration leaders press for quick action on a Finance Committee tax compromise and a relief package. The plan includes an 18 percent corporate tax with a 7 percent surtax on undistributed earnings and a 4 percent dividend tax, plus Public Works funding. Republicans plan opposition or modification as debates proceed, with possible recesses during convention week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
D-Miss
Finance Committee
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Tomove
Vandenberg
Michigan
Works Progress Administration
House
Public Works Administration
PWA
County News Notes and Social Roundup
Washington D C visitors and local calls fill the weekend as families mingle. Neighbors report rain relief and small gatherings including Stine and Hicks visits. Memorial address planned at Mount Carmel Cemetery by Rev W A Clark on May 31 at 2 30 PM with program details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
William Boyd
Briscoe Snapp
R. W. Hockman
Bartonsville
E. H. Grove
Winchester
E. H. Pifer
H. Grove
Nina Stine
Emma Hicks
Wiliam Branner
Harry Hicks
Claude B. Stickley
Charlottesville
Odd Fellows Convention
Shenandoah Rebekah Association
Fred Kline
C. G. Wilkins
Don
Ella N. Didawick
Bridgewater
Harry W. Edmondson
W. A. Clark
Methodist Church
Mount Carmel
Middletown Notes Sanctions and Social Visits In Virginia
Middletown notes report visits and travels of local residents. Mrs Richard Mann and Mrs James Bryson came from New York and returned after visiting parents. Various locals plan to attend the Grand Lodge of Virginia I O F and Rebekah Assembly in Charlottesville.
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Middletown
Richard Mann
James Bryson
New York
M. H. Rhod
Pred Kline
Charlottesville
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Rebekah Assembly
Clayton Henderson
Washington, D. C
Marsh Run Lodge No. 147
Melton
Orlean
Trone Sperry
Bessie Sperry
Julian Kline
Harpers Ferry
Notes from Oranda Virginia Social Roundup
Oranda Virginia May 22 local notes list visitors and residents from Clarke county Opequon Middletown Front Royal Hagerstown Harissonburg and Luray. Names include J T Lindsey Anna Bly Bobby Irwin Elmer Cook and many Brumbacks Hersheys and Jennings among others with visits and weekend gatherings described.
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Oranda
J. T. Lindsey
Clarke County
Anna Bly
Opequon
Elmer Cook
Glendale Farm
Bobby Irwin
Edinburg
James Boggs
James Smith
Mike
Winchester
Anna Brumback
H. L. Brumback
J. D. Huffman
Winton
Middletown
Joseph Hershey
Julia Hershey
Clarence
Hagerstown
M. C. Keyes
J. C. Keyes
Front Royal
R. L. Strickler
S&s. B. Hoover and Son
Luray
Susie Jennings
Harrisonburg
J. M. Brumback
H. H. Marlowin
Two American Oil Co. Employees Promoted in Winchester Area
Announcement from the American Oil Company lists promotions effective tomorrow. Roland C. Ryan moves from Culpeper bulk plant to Warrenton plant as manager, after about a year in Culpeper and earlier service in Winchester. John F. Hoover, long with the Winchester plant as clerk and traveling salesman, will lead the Culpeper bulk plant as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Oil Company
Winchester
Roland C. Ryan
Culpeper
Warrenton
John F. Hoover
Mr. Ryan
Sacred Concert At Mt Carmel Church
The Spurlock Quartet from Philadelphia will perform a sacred program at Mount Carmel F B Church South Braddock Street on Wednesday May 27 at 8 30 p m under the church car driving contest auspices The group tours the south for colored schools and churches coming from Temple University and the Spurlock School of Music Tickets are sold at Baker's Drug Store Hodgson and Browns Jewelry Shop and 417 S Braddock Street.
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Spurlock
Philadelphia
Mount Carmel F. B
South Braddock Street
South
Temple University
Spurlock School of Music
J. E. Kirkland
Union Baptist Church
Baker’s Drug Store
Hodgson and Brown's Jewelry Shop
S. Braddock Street
Paint Court House Exteriors Begins
A crew of workmen started work this morning placing scaffolds along one side of the county court house to paint and repair the exterior woodwork. A Hillyard has the contact.
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County Court House
Hillyard
Luciano Alleged Mob Chief Faces Trial In New York
Public Enemy No 1 Charles Lucky Luciano is shuttled by special detectives into a New York court for the trial of ten men on vice charges. He is accused by a witness of hiring him to collect tribute from women amid a heated courtroom scene.
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Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
Luciano
Grand Opening Ends With Jaw Dislocation in Evanston
Evanston resident Evanston Thedore Andrews 35 traveled from LaFayette to view a tranquility event. On arrival by elevated train he yawned and suffered a dislocated jaw. Accident prevention squad met him at the station and rushed him to a hospital where his jaw was reset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Thedore Andrews
LaFayette
Ares
Preachers See 18th Amendment as Failure of Prohibition
The speaker argued the 18th Amendment failed to legislate morality and that drinking has become socially acceptable. He warned of a drunken nation ahead and criticized White House guidance on moderation, urging abstinence and individual sovereignty to resolve the liquor problem. He labeled the liquor situation rotten and called for standpoints against social drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydenstricker
White House
Thrustee's Sale of Real Estate in Winchester Virginia
Public auction in front of County Court House Winchester Virginia on June 13 1936 at 11 AM for property at 236 National Avenue described as a corner parcel on Fairfax Lane with a series of bounds along Edmonds Potts alley and Fairfax Lane. Bidder's deposit $500 required. Terms: All cash. Harrison as sole acting trustee. Coleman Dunn, auctioneer.
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Thrustee
Winchester
Virginia
National Avenue
Robert Barr
Burr P. Harrison
H. Sree
Couty Court House
C .Edmonds
Fairfax Lane
Edmonds
Russell Potta
Nort
B. P
Harrison
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London
Gosh
Lee IM
Ab Yacinth
Ives
Clowe
Jewelry
N. Loudoun St
Jno. S. Miller & Co
American Oil Co
Mt. Carmel Church
Central Press
Lucky) Luciano, Center
Tor
Sree
Ford
Price
Motors
U.S
Columbia
Fred Waring
N.B.C
Coleman Dunn
Mwe
Goodyear
Buncutter Tire Co
M. Calhoun, Sr
Franklin
West Virginia
Harlan M. Calhoun
Moorefield
W. Va
Hessewerk
North Main Street
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