House Banking Committee Debates Housing Finance Aid
Washington discussions center on enabling debt for home building and repairs under the housing bill as House and Senate differ on stock market control and NRA labor board plans. Farm amendments fight, Byrd opposes licensing expansions, Bankhead defends broader powers for the Agriculture secretary.
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House Banking Committee
Perkins
Associated Press
Washington
Senate House
Wagner Labor Board
Capitol
Senate
House
Farm Administration
Byrd
Chester C. Davis
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead
Ala
Lasting Graduation Gifts at Hodgson & Brown
A local jewelry store promotes graduation gifts from Hodgson & Brown offering a wide array of appropriate pieces. The advertisement positions the shop as a headquarters for jewelry and suggests a lasting keepsake for graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Popular Travel Books Featured At Handley Library
This week the Handley Library highlights six travel titles. The Dickens Country by G. Kitton. The English Lakes by W. Palmer. Seeing the Sunny South by J. Faris. Beaks and People of the Adirondacks by R. Carson. Pennsylvania Beautiful by Wallace Nutting. Corners of the Strange World by J. E. Wetherell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
G. Kitton
English Lakes
W. T. Palmer
J. T. Faris
the Adirondacks
R. M. Carson
Pennsylvania
Wallace Nutting
J. E. Wetherell
Burlington Zephyr Sets Sights On 13-Hour Chicago Run
The Burlington Railroad launched its stainless Zephyr from Denver Union Terminal at 5 04 a m MST aiming to reach Chicago in 13 hours or less. The test carried 72 passengers including railroad officials and newsmen. The 1897 Chicago Denver record of 18 53 was the historical target. President Ralph Budd stressed engineering data over record chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Burlington Railroad
Denver Union Terminal
Chicago
Burlington
Rarph Budd
Lawson Little Captures British Amateur in Decisive Win
W Lawson Little of California defeated James Wallace in a one sided match to win the British amateur golf championship at Prestwick Scotland. He led by 12 holes after the morning round and finished 14 and 13, setting multiple course and tournament records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Perstwick
Scotland
W. Lawson Little
California
James Wallace
Carpenter
Lawson
Jess Sweetzer
Bobby Jones
Mack Donald Smith
F. Blackwell
Hopewell Church Quilt Exhibit For Red Cross Benefit
Hopewell Church will display quilts and coverlets up to 200 years old along with modern patterns and rugs on Tuesday May 29. Tea and home baked cookies will be served. An exhibit program in costumes is planned. Open 10 am to 9 pm with silver offering and cake sale for Red Cross Public Health nursing service. No admission charged.
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Hopewell
Red Cross Public Health Nursing Service
Falls and breaks ankle confining Mrs Hawkins at home
Mrs. Harvey Hawkins, formerly Miss Bertie Grim, is confined to her Berryville avenue home after a severe yard fall fractured her ankle. She is the daughter of the late Hugh and Bert Grim.
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Harvey Hawkins
Berryville Avenue
Hawkins
Bertie Grim
Hugh Grim
For Rent Brick House Near Handley School
The ad from Hable's Real Estate Office advertises a new brick house for rent near Handley School. Contact details are listed with a date code 5 26 28 1p 21.
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Handley School
Hable’s
Death of Mrs. Audrey Grimm Follows Long Illness in Winchester
Audrey C. Grimm 37 wife of Charles W. Grimm of 414 South Cameron Street died 5 30 PM in Memorial Hospital after prolonged illness and failed treatments. She was born February 11 1898 near Berryville Clarke County and spent most of her life in Winchester. Funeral at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Sunday at 4 with Rev E B McGukin officiating and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Edgar Pine Joseph Sullivan Bernard Sullivan Philip Grimm Otis Sargent John F Hoover.
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Audrey C. Grimm
Charles W. Grimm
South
Cameron Stret
Memorial Hospital
Grimm
Florence V. Russell
Lawrence J. Russell
Berryville
Clarke County
Winchester
Boyce
John S. Russell
Winchester and
Daniel W. Cline
Court House
Frank E. Wightman
Brunswick, Md
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Edgar Pine
Joseph and
Bernard Sullivan
Philip Grimm
Otis Sargent
John F. Hoover
Youth Breaks Arm Cranking Tractor in Orchard Work
Austin Johnson, 15, of Trone, fractured his right arm this morning while cranking a tractor to disc an orchard for the Western Frederick Bank of Gore. He was rushed to Memorial Hospital where the fracture was reduced. M. C. Garvin, bank president, accompanied him and later took him home. He is the son of the late Luther F. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Johnson
Trone
Western Frederick Bank
Gore
Memorial Hospital
M. C. Garvin
Young Johnson
Luther F. Johnson
Johnson
Car Passes Over Child in Step hens City
Five year old John Franklin Lemley son of Mr and Mrs Eldridge M Lemley of Stephens City escaped injury after a car driven by William Henry of Vaucluse struck him on the main street. The vehicle passed over his body but left no serious harm with only a black eye. He was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and released. Eyewitnesses called the accident unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Franklin Lemley
Eldridge M. Lemley
Stephens City
William Henry
Vaucluse
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Pure Food Store Ad Highlights Savings on Personal Care
A short advertisement from Rhodes Drug Co lists Blue Ribbon Miracle Whip Kraft Premier Durkee Mayonnaise and other brands. It promotes a 50 cent tube of Squibb's shaving cream and a 50 cent cigarette lighter with a $1 value. Combination offer 39 cents. Contact phone 373. May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraft
Durkees
Rhodes Drug Co
Officers Bombard Hillside Barricade In Raid
Chief Hollis and Sheriff McCann led city and county officers in a daytime raid east of the city using a submachine gun tear gas bombs pistols and a gas riot gun on an imaginary barricade. Residents watched as gas smoke filled an eight room house during the stand off which ended without concrete arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
McCann
Millwood Road
John
Stock Market Edges Higher Amid Cautious Trading
The stock market showed a steady close with higher sentiment and modest gains in subdued activity. Turnover was about 260 000 shares as grains and Washington developments influenced mood with traders weighing seasonal factors and profit taking.
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Associated Press
New York City
Washington
Scotland Yard denies Dillinger search in London
Scotland Yard issued a flat denial after reports that the force was searching for John Dillinger in London. The statement said no search had been carried out or planned, countering Daily Mail claims of a sighting two days earlier by a man who knew Dillinger in the United States.
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Associated Press
London
Scotland Yard
John Dillinger
Today
Dillinger
Daily Mail
United States
Opening Day Draw At Chicago World Fair 1934
Clear skies and warm sun energized the opening of Chicago's World Fair of 1934. Within 90 minutes after the 9 a m entry, attendance reached 6 689, signaling a new opening day record as turnstiles clicked rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Soft Water Used Winchester Steam Laundry Ad
An old classified ad notes soft water usage at Winchester Steam Laundry with a contact phone number 28 and price reference 26 1p e. o. d. tf.
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Winchester Steam
Auction Sale at 116 West Piccadilly Street
Auction notice for Thursday May 31 1934 at 1 pm listing all household furniture including antiques to be sold at 116 West Piccadilly Street by D. F. Yost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Piccadilly Street
D. F. Yost
Inspections On Wheat Acreage To Start Monday
Wheat supervisors will begin a survey of wheat acreages and contract acreage Monday morning. Four men trained for the work are A. F. Lillard, M. J. Pease, Pearl H. Wake man and J. Wilson Whitmore. June 15 is set for completing the surveys with methods using a bicycle wheel for distance and tripods for angles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Lillard
M. J. Pease
Pearl H. Wakeman
J. Wilson Whitmore
Stine
R. L. Omps
J. H. Kunkhouser
John W. Larrick, Jr
Miss Freed To Recite At Grace Lutheran Vespers
Grace Lutheran Church's Woman's Missionary Society hosts an 8 o'clock vespers service with Miss Elizabeth Freed reading from Handley Schools. A violin trio and organ accompaniment perform, and offerings support the Kugler-Woerner Memorial Fund for Lutheran hospitals in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Freed
Handley Schools
Six Seek Stephens City Postmaster Post
Six candidates compete to succeed P. E. Lineberg as postmaster at Stephens City with names including Ger vis F. Lemley R. A. Shryock Miss Heath Stickley Robert Stickley Harry D. Warren and Norman Bean. A Star note confirms Harry D. Warren remains an applicant despite circulating withdrawal rumors.
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Stephens City
P. E. Lineberg
Gervis FE. Lemley
R. A. Shryock
Heath Stickley
Robert Stickley
Harry D. Warren
Norman Bean
Mr. Warren
Hershey’s Banquet Ice Cream Sold At All Hershey Dealers
Ice cream brand Hershey’s Banquet available at all Hershey dealers priced 20 cents per pint 39 cents per quart dated May 25 1926 with catalog or ad reference 1p 21.
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Hershey’s Banquet
Hershey
H Cornwell Dies Suddenly Near Midnight
Hiram Cornwell longtime Winchester resident dies at 12 15 a.m. after years of heart trouble. A former retail shoe dealer in Winchester and Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce member he is survived by widow Edith Kremer Cornwell two daughters Edith and Henrietta a son Kenneth Kremer Cornwell and a grandson Kenneth Jr funeral at his Peyton Street home Monday at 3 with Rev Luther A Thomas officiating burial Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Hiram Cornwell
Winchester
Peyton Street
Cornwell
Florsheim Company
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Cornwell
Rockford
Ill
Kremer
Edith Kremer
Kenneth Kremer Cornwell
Norristown
Edith Vv. Cornwell
Henrietta Cornwell
Kenneth Cornwell, Jr
Jennie Preston
Pittsburg
Kans
Jennie Vincent
Delevan
Wis
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Akron Woman Killed as Car Plunges Into Rock Pile
A car carrying seven Akron residents including Mrs. Louisa Sturm, 68, of Akron Ohio, left the road three miles east of Uniontown Pennsylvania and struck a rock pile. Sturm died and six companions were injured while en route to Cumberland Maryland to visit relatives. Investigators attributed the tragedy to locked brakes.
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Uniontown
Louisa Sturm
Akron
Ohio
Cumberland
Post Awarded Gold Medal For World Flight
Wiley Post received the gold medal of the International Aeronautical Federation for the best air exploit of 1933 after circling the world in seven days eighteen hours forty nine point two minutes. The federation deemed Post's feat greater than Italo Balbo's mass seaplane flight from Orbetello to Chicago and back.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wiley Post
International Aeronautical Federation
Post
Italo Balboa
Orbetello
Chicago
One Killed Three Hurt In Page Crash Near Waynesboro
In Luray Virginia on May 26 a car left the road through a guard rail and fell into Newport Creek. Gilbert Lucas 21 of Shenandoah died. Clarence Humphries of Harrisonburg believed driver was critically injured. R O Sterling of Harrisonburg unconscious then improving.
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Associated Press
Luray
Newport Creek
Here
Gilbert Lucas
Shenandoah
Journey Lucas
Clarence Humphries
Harrisonburg
R. O. Sterling
Harisonburg
Generally Fair Weather Outlook for Week
Weather outlook from Washington on May 26 predicts mostly fair conditions across the North and Middle Atlantic States with showers near week’s end. Temperatures to rise slowly in the first half and cool down Friday or Saturday.
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Associated Press
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Byrd To Broadcast Monday Night Speech
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia will speak Monday night from 9:45 to 10 on a coast to coast NBC hook up. He will discuss his stance in Congress against amendments to agricultural powers and crop control authority.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
National Broadcasting Company
Byrd
Congress
Seven Hell-Diver planes land at Byrd Airport tour
Seven U.S. Marine Hell-Diver airplanes landed at Byrd Airport from Quantico this morning. The fleet included two officers and five student pilots led by commander Sanderson whose rank was not identified. The group continued their tour after a brief stop as observers praised the student pilots. The mission aimed to give the crews experience in field landings on various terrains.
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Byrd Airport
Quantico
Sanderson
Corps of
Mrs Williams Tops Winchester Golf Medal Field
Perfect golfing weather last Wednesday drew thirteen ladies to a handicap medal nine hole round at Winchester Golf Club. Mrs Philip Williams won with a net 36 14, Miss Virginia Boyd finished second, and Mrs Stewart Elting was third.
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Winchester Golf Club
Philip Williams
Virginia Boyd
Stewart Elting
Death Penalty for Bowman in Slaying of Teen Partner
Neal Bowman of Jamestown Tennessee was found guilty of killing 17 year old Conner Franklin. A Harrodsburg Kentucky court sentenced Bowman to die in the electric chair after divers recovered Franklin’s body from a lake following a confession by Stanley Mercer.
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Conner
Kid) Franklin
Jamestown
Chicken Dinner Special at Tokes Inn
Special chicken dinner by reservation next Sunday at Tokes Inn Opequon Post Office Cedar Creek Road. Phone 2036F13. Local ad note shows date code 5-25-1p-2t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokes Inn
Opequon
Cedar Creek Road
Arson Charge as Rioting Slows at Auto-Lite Plant
National Guard kept watch as renewed gunfire and arson threats disrupted Toledo near the Auto-Lite plant. One man, Thomas Meyer, 26, was arrested on an arson charge amid incendiary fires. several injuries were reported from gas, bayonet, and rifle attacks. Peace proposals were rejected by union leaders during the night amid ongoing clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto- Lite Company
Union
Associate Press
Toledo
Ohio
Electrite Automobile Light Company
Thomas Meyer
National
Ince Ice Aere
A. F. Gartz
National Guard
Verne Silbaugh
Lima
Payton Case
Peter Bremer
Walter Noland
John O. Quigley
Thomas Ramsey
Automotive Federal Work Union
Memorial Et Sendeaie
Ted
Charles P. Taft
Department of Labor
Open All Day Sunday Prompt Order Delivery
A terse notice states hours 9 p m to 9 p m with prompt order delivery and a contact phone 373. The fragment also includes codes 5 12 1p a and initials a w tt.
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Pet
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H. Cornwell
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Senator Byrd
Williams
Miss Yd
Elting
Coffey
Miss Nelson
Miss Page
Hedrick
Miss Kern
Bosserman
Glaize
Neal Bowman
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