Cost Of Government In Coming Year Nearly A Billion More
Washington May 31 The cost of the federal government for the coming year July 1 will rise by about one billion dollars beyond the current year as 11 regular appropriation bills passed by the House add 684 million plus more for the army and other items. Roosevelt requests relief funds and census costs add to the total with defense and farm parity payments shaping the increase.
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Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
National Defense
Senate
War Department
Treasury Post Office
War Dept
Military
Navy
Interior Dept
Agriculture Dept
Labor Dept
State, Justice
District of Columbia
Birthday Card Blooms From R Hughes Campbell Fans
Luray mail carrier and railway crossing watchman R Hughes Campbell asks friends to mail him birthday cards. He has received 416 so far and more are promised as word spreads through the Page News and Courier. A memory of a sly merchant who handed out cake or a chicken on the birthday following a customer’s notice is noted. Public sale on Saturday at 1 p m lists household goods antiques at 224 N Loudoun St. DU & DUNN, Aucts. Also a Strawberry Festival on Thursday June 1 from 3 to 9 p m at Grace Lutheran Church social hall.
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R. Hughes Campbell
Luray
Page News and Courier
Spectators Left Speechless By Quiet Miami Beach Campaign
In Miami Beach on May 31 a crowd of 300 watched sixteen City Council candidates walk across the stage as their names were read but none spoke. Mayor Levi questioned the scene while J B Lemmon, city park director, said the group met moments before and agreed no one would address the audience.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John H. Levi
J. B. Lemmon
Second Cover Spray Is Due
Winchester Research Laboratory urges a second cover spray by June 2 to June 6 due to favorable codling moth weather since May 20. Recommendations per 100 gallons include copper sulfate two pounds and lead arsenate three pounds with optional summer oil, nicotine, and Bordeaux adjustments. avoid lead arsenate alone and note arsenical injury risks.
Boyce Official Asks Senator Russel Cather About Route 50 Vote
J R Strode councilman for Boyce Va asks Senator T Russel Cather how he voted on a bill granting road commissioners power to move Route 50 from Boyce to any point deemed fit. Strode cites promised efforts to keep the road through Boyce and questions what was done.
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J. R. Strode
Boyce
T. Russell Cather
Highway Commissioners
Road Commissioners
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular meeting Thursday evening June 1 at 8 o'clock in the company hall. All members are requested to attend as there will be a special entertainment after the business session. Capt. Argenbright.
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Friendship Fire Company
OWI
Argenbright
Frederick County Music Festival Draws 1100 Students
More than 1,100 Frederick County school children performed at John Handley High School indoors due to heat. Dr. L A Richman, state supervisor of music, spoke on teaching music. Annie Preston Starling organized the festival with county teachers.
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Frederick County
John Handley High School
L. A. Richman
Richmond
Handley
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Richman
Annie Preston Starling
America
the Star
Winchester
Miss Fawcett Wins Junior Board Essay Contest
Miss Gladys Fawcett of Stephens City High School is named winner of the Junior Board of Trade essay contest on The Value of a Health Unit to Frederick County. Helen Hook wins second. multiple school winners receive prizes of 1 to 5 dollars with 8th grade awards.
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Gladys Fawcett
Stephens City High School
Junior Board of Trade
Woman's Civic League of Winchester
Frederick County
E. P. Browning
Handley
John Scully
ITI
Raymond Kerlin
L. M. Allen
Helen Hook
Gore High School
Resume Meeting Ky May 31 Aims Peace in Coal Region
Negotiators resumed talks in Kentucky on May 31 seeking an end to disturbed soft coal mining tensions. The discussions focus on reducing conflict, stabilizing operations, and restoring worker safety amid regional unrest.
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Ers
For Sale 1935 Ford V-8 Coupe Quick Buyer Wanted
A listing under Winchester Small Loan and Finance Co advertises a 1935 Ford V-8 Standard Coupe for sale with a prompt buyer. The fragment notes a location code 5-31-1p-at.
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Winchester Small Loan and Finance Co
Royal Visit Drafts 200 Seats at St James Episcopal Church
Hyde Park New York May 31 reports that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will worship at St James Episcopal Church June 11. Rev Frank R Wilson says 200 seats inside and 80 reserved for royalty and the president, with 250 eligible parishioners seeking attendance and others on the lawn awaiting tickets.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
King George
Queen Elizabeth
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Frank R. Wilson
Wilson
Roosevelt
United States
Royal Couple Head Far East From Pacific
King George and Queen Elizabeth travel from Pacific to the Far East on a twelve car royal train, pausing in Victoria before an Arctic voyage not fully seen, with Prime Minister Mackenzie King aboard. The royal party includes scarlet mounted guards, detectives, and a large press contingent.
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Pacific
Frank H. King
Victoria
B. C
Britain
Washington, D. C
United States
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Vancouver
Canada
Arctic
Scotland Yard
Mackenzie King
Permit renewals lag in Winchester and Frederick County
Miss Frances Trimble staffs renewal desk in Winchester with 3,000 permits received and about 500 money orders issued, totaling 3,500 applications. Officials estimate 14% times as many permits to be renewed as cars licensed, with last year’s licenses totaling around 8,000. Old permits expire June 30.
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Frances Trimble
Winchester
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Moscow Rejects Mutual Aid Pact Offer
Soviet Premier Molotov rejected the British French mutual aid proposal as inadequate while keeping a door open for talks. He criticized Britain and France for seeking a bloc and said Berlin talks may resume. He warned Moscow would defend frontiers including outer Mongolia and noted no progress with small countries on Russia's border.
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Moscow
Molotoff
London
Paris
Russia
Berlin
Supreme Soviet
Joseph Stalin
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Monogolia
Maxim Litvinoff
Manufacturers To Meet Here In Industrial Conference
An Virginia Manufacturers Association meeting will be held at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester tomorrow at 6 p m. James F Ryland of the Standard Paper Manufacturing Co Richmond will speak among Virginia industry leaders. The forum will discuss labor relations unemployment compensation taxation and federal and state legislative issues for 1940.
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Virginia Manufacturers’ Association
J. C. Oakes
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester
W. C. Deming
Schwarzenbach-Huber Company
Front Royal
George Washington Hotel
James F. Ryland
Standard Paper Manufacturing Company
Richmond
Frank G. Louthan
Virginia Manufacturers Association
Broker With Big Connections Indicted in Mail Fraud Case
NEW YORK May 31 Stephen Paine former partner of Paine Webber and Company one of the nation's largest brokerage houses was indicted by a federal grand jury on 17 counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy Paine who ran the firm's Boston office was suspended April 1 from the New York Stock Exchange for three years in the wake of an investment thrusts probe leading to the grand jury inquiry.
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New York
Stephen Paine
Paine
Webber and Company
Contern
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Grand Jury
Memorial Day Holiday Death Toll Reaches At Least 372
Violent death toll from the four day Memorial Day weekend rose to at least 372. Highway crashes caused most losses, with 2.5 lives per incident average. Eighty five drowned, and other fatalities came from plane crashes shootings and accidents. Floyd Roberts died in a three car Indy 500 pile up. In Kentucky a man died from continued reports.
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Associated Press
Floyd Roberts
Roberts
Kentucky
Roosevelt to hold White House talks on adjournment aims
President Roosevelt convened the Capitol Hill four leaders for a White House session to gauge likely congressional adjournment dates. They discussed whether Congress might adjourn by mid July or extend into August, with a tentative target of July 15.
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Washington
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
White House
Congress
Garner
Bankhead
Barkley
Rayburn
San Francisco
Explosion at Akron Barberton School Injures Dozens
A blast tore through a two story frame school in Barberton suburb injuring between 30 and 40 pupils including some who were bleeding from the face. A teacher and a janitor also were hurt as debris trapped children in the basement and urgent medical aid arrived from Akron ambulances.
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Barberton
Building Permits Soar to New Monthly High
Building permits issued this month rose to a total of 113500, a new peak since records began five years ago. Earlier, The Star published a list showing major projects including the McCrory building renovation at 28000 and a South Braddock apartment by Dr Co R Anderson. Since the list, Dr George G Snarr received a permit for an 18000 apartment building on West Leicester and Joseph Hodgson for a 16 South Braddock addition. A two story basement addition to the Montgomery Ward building, owned by Herman Hable, is planned, with Hable having a new office south of the Palace Theatre to be razed for the project.
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The
Star
McCrory
Taylor Hotel
South Braddock
Co. R. Anderson
George G. Snarr
Leicester Street
Joseph Hodgson
Montgomery Ward
Herman Hable
Hable
Palace Theatre
Ward
County farmers receive initial 1938 AC P payments
Frederick county farmers participating in the Agricultural Conservation Program have received 7263.45 dollars from I Fred Stine, county agent. A total of 130 checks were issued for 118 applications in the first allotment. recipients are notified by postcard and others should await notice before claiming their checks. Farmers who have not signed 1939 wheat adjustment papers are urged to sign immediately.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
Stine
Rexall One Cent Sale Continues Through Saturday
Brooks' Pharmacy conducts a Rexall one cent sale with discounts on assorted items. The promotion runs through Saturday and highlights value deals for local shoppers.
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Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
May Drought Record Falls in 1939
May 1939 may be the driest on record since 1893 according to Winchester Research Laboratory. Dr. Walter Hough notes 1923 was the next driest at 1.03 inches while 1915 saw only .55 inch. Despite the dry May, he says no immediate harm to apple trees and cooler early May temps reduced evaporation. Heavy rains later in June raised the annual total to 43.08 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Walter Hough
Hough
General Moseley urges freeing army to battle internal Communism
Major General George Van Horn Moseley told the House Un American Committee that President Roosevelt should empower the army to fight the enemy within. He warned of a nationwide plot and urged firing government employees to release the army for action. He clashed with committee members over reading a prepared statement.
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Washington
George van Horn Moseley
Congressional
Roosevelt
United States
Fourth Corps
House Un-American Committee
Germany
Craig
Malin Craig
Army
James E. Campbell
Owensboro
Army Intelligence Service
Moseley
White House
Race
George Deatherage
St. Albans
W. Va
Friendship To Hear Jug Band At Fire Company Concert
The East End Jug Band will entertain Friendship Fire Company members Thursday night during the regular meeting. Captain William Argenbright announced the act featuring Fete Edwards Junior Waterman and Fitz Whitlock with Kenneth Windle known as Sykes the Musical Genius as added attraction.
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East End
Effie Mae
Star’s
Friendship Fire Company
William Argenbright
Fete Edwards
Junior Waterman
Fitz Whitlock
Kenneth Windle
Sykes
Textbook Rental Plan Adopted by Clarke County Schools
Clarke County school board adopts a voluntary textbook rental plan after a 4 to 1 voter approval. Parents may rent texts for all public school grades starting next fall, with option to buy. Low rental charges begin with the new school session.
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Clarke County School Board
Berryville
Clarke Schools
Archie F. Robertson
Robertson
Clarke County
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Robert Montgomery
Gainesboro High School
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Josephine Anderson
Opal V. Tusing
Ralph Snapp
Juanita Roe
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