Byrd Warns of Tax Hike If Landon Wins
Virginia Senator Harry F Byrd warned that a Landon presidency would require increased public spending and taxes to fund social security pensions and the new farm program. He spoke by radio, defending his record and criticizing Knox and the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Landon
Byrd
Virginia
Knox
Pittsburgh
Insurance
Bank
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tahiti Beauty Shop Prompts Fatherly Consternation
From Tahiti arrives news that the first beauty shop has opened provoking consternation among native fathers. Daughters return home with crimson nails, permanent waves, plucked brows, and other modern touches. The piece contrasts with Emily Post guidance on elegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahiti
Jess
Emily Post
Special to School Children Bond Paper Offer Unclear
A garbled notice references school children and U S Bank bond paper 500 sheets 6x92 and mentions new slips panties and lingerie cooling and catcher with obscure codes. Readable details are limited and no clear event or action emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bank
Bette Davis Called a Naughty Young Lady in Court
In London the actress faced an injunction fight with Warner Brothers over consent to work. Sir Patrick Hastings described Davis as a naughty young lady seeking more money as he argued the contract had been breached.
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London
Bette Davis
King’s Bench
Warner Brothers
Sir Patrick Hastings
Hollywood Film Company
Miss Davis
Sir Patrick
Native City Honors Glass June American Sesquicentennial Tribute
Col Edin A Halsey secretary of the United States Senate paid tribute to Senator Carter Glass as a prominent patriot at Lynchburg Virginia sesquicentennial exercises. He presented Glass with the first Treasury struck memorial half dollar bearing his profile, the outstanding souvenir of the Lynchburg celebration.
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Lynchburg
Edin A. Halsley
United States Senate
Carter Glass
Virginia
Halsey
Treasury
Glass
Congress
Col. Halsey
Republic
City Committee Meets to Plan Presidential Election Efforts
Democratic Executive Committee chair Noble C. Pierce calls a City Hall meeting at 8 p.m. Friday to appoint precinct workers arrange speaking events and prepare for the forthcoming presidential election. Pierce urges full attendance by all members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble C. Pierce
Democratic Executive Committee
Pierce
Heinz Company Accepting Cider Apples Now
notice from H. J. Heinz Company announces readiness to receive cider apples. unidentified location and details imply a collection or sourcing window for farmers or suppliers. further specifics like dates or quantities are not provided.
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H. J. Heinz Company
Two Killed in Collision With Train Near Beaufort
In Beaufort South Carolina on October 14 Reverend A Lassard aged 67 pastor of Ridgeland Methodist Church and Eva Buckner 60 of Ridgeland were killed when their car collided with a Seaboard Air Line train at Lopeco ten miles south of the city Four others were critically injured including Mrs W J Ellis wife of Ridgeland mayor and a Democratic nominee for state senator and Mrs W D Ellis sister in law of Mrs Ellis and wife of a Ridgeland lumber man The party was en route to Beaufort for a Methodist Church zone missionary conference.
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Beaufort
S. C
A. Lassard
Ridgeland Methodist Church
Eva Buckner
Ridgeland
Seaboard Air Line
Lopeco
Here
W. J. Ellis
Jasper County
W. D. Ellis
Lassard
C. Bennett
The
Methodist Church
Three Die As Plane Crashes Near Hilliard
A cabin monoplane from Daytona Beach Florida lost a wing and crashed near Hilliard Pennsylvania killing three men Ralph Green 35 a real estate operator and sportsman pilot Robert Bond a salesman in Green's office and Hearst McClelland 45 a garage owner.
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Hilliard
Pla
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ralph Green
Robert Bond
Green
Hearst McClelland
Welfare Group Holds Session At City Hall
A meeting of the Central Welfare Committee was set for this afternoon in the city hall council chamber. Opening at 3 o'clock the session would discuss problems facing organizations through the year and plan a fundraising drive to support the 1937 program.
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Central Welfare Committee
Council
Landon Seeks Unity as He Addresses Michigan Crowd
Gov. Alf M. Landon on a Flint platform session declares party lines down and Americans first before party. He ties payroll deductions to Social Security and unemployment relief, arguing eleven million on relief negate any recovery. The campaign stops include Grand Rapids with U.S. Senator Vandenberg nearby.
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Landon
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Henry Ford
Alf M. Landon
Flint
Kansas
Washington
U. S
Arthur H. Vanden
Handley High Coach Praises Kiwanis Sportsmanship
Handley high school football coach J. N. Ochs praised Kiwanis members for promoting sportsmanship between Handley and Martinsburg students during a luncheon talk. Superintendent Garland R. Quarles introduced him, noting the annual Winchester Martinsburg Kiwanis banquet before the Martinsburg game where rival players mingle in fellowship.
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J. N. Ochs
Handley High School
Kiwanis Club
Handley and
Martinsburg
Ochs
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Martinsburg Kiwanians
Handley
Police Boys Are Sticklers For Orders
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, national president of the Girl Scouts, nearly missed entry to a Cincinnati Art Museum reception when no admittance card was shown. The doorman refused admission until Mrs. Van Possen intervened to confirm the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Herbert Hoover
Cincinnati Art Museum
Girl Scouts of America
Hoover
Girl Scouts
Bennet S. Chapple
Middletown
Robert D. van Possen
Roosevelt Urges Peace Through Recovery in St Louis
President Roosevelt rallies a large crowd at a St Louis memorial plaza and calls recovery, good neighbor policy, and open commerce the path to peace. He says monuments honor sacrifice, not conquest, and urges social order reform while noting new postwar problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Roosevelt
Memorial Plaza
United States
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
America
Bernard F. Dickmann
Myrtle Shamp
Gold Star
Loyalists Are Trapped In Spanish Mountain Conflict
In Spain near San Martin de Valdeiglesias insurgents lure government troops into trap maneuvers pushing Socialists back three miles. Fascist forces tighten in rugged terrain west of Madrid as insurgent columns advance from Avila and Talavera de la Reina amid guerrilla ambushes and sniping.
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San Martin DE Valde Iglesias
Spain
San Martin
Madrid
Avila
Talavera de la Reina
Virginia Methodist vote on 1937 church merger proposed
The Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South votes to decide in 1937 on unification with the Northern branch without waiting for the 1938 general conference. Rev. J R Laughton of Laurel Hill Methodist in Richmond presented the resolution. The 1938 meeting is being invited to be held in Richmond.
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Richmond
Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church
General Conference
J. R. Laughton
Laurel Hill Methodist Church
Spanish Socialist Deputies Head to U S for Fund Drive
Isabella De Palencia and Marcelino Domingo, prominent Spanish officials, left Cherbourg on the Queen Mary for a lecture and fund raising tour in the United States. They are scheduled to visit major cities to support their political cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
France
Isabella de Palencia
Marcelino Domingo
United States
Politics Cause a Row At Exclusive College
At Smith College in Northampton mass a campus rally for Massachusetts Republican candidates drew about four hundred supporters and a twenty five person Democratic counter group. Tensions flared as torches blared and a band played while hair pulling nail scratching and smeared carmine nails punctuated the scene outside M Greene Hall before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Massachusetts
Fohm M. Greene Hall
John W Hargis
Inspection Of Cars Due In Winchester County
State police at Winchester urge auto owners to have their cars inspected before October 31. The semi annual check covers lights brakes windshield wipers and safety related items at authorized stations with no inspection fee though repairs may be charged. Cars without valid inspection cards face possible misdemeanor summons. Only about one third of Winchester and Frederick county vehicles are inspected prompting a push to avoid last minute rush.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Buried In Plot He Had Donated
Dr. Harvey Hege was buried in the Moravian Cemetery in Mount Airy three days after he died by his own hand in a Virginia jail while awaiting trial for the murder of Curry Thomas a Northhampton County farmer.
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Mount Airy
N. C
New Moravian
Harvey Hege
Virginia
Curry Thomas
Northampton County
Public sale of horses cattle and farm equipment
A public sale is announced for October 19 at 10 a.m. Includes horses cattle and farm equipment. listing refers to W. D. ER with file number 10-146216-1p-2t. Auction to be held at an unidentified location.
Soviet Union presses blockade demand over Spanish war
Moscow seeks a Portugal blockade by Britain and France to cut arms to Franco's forces. Maisky returns to lead Russia against Italy Germany and Portugal, urging quick non intervention action and a full committee meeting to address violations of the hands off Spain accord.
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Maisky
Moscow
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Russia
Lord Plymouth
International Non-Intervention Committee
London
Spain
International Neutrality Committee
Mosccow
Ivan M. Maisky
Foreign Office
M. Kakan
INDON
M. Kagan
International
F F A Teams Travel to Va Tech for Judging Contest
Members of three state judging teams travel to Blacksburg for two days of instruction on livestock dairy and poultry judging before traveling Friday night to the national contest in Kansas City. Dowell J. Howard of Winchester will join the trip with other participants from northern Virginia including David Headley Harry M. Cook Gerald C. Gochenour and John C Reynolds.
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Blacksburg
Kansas City
Dowell J. Howard
Winchester
Northern Virginia
David Headley
Berea College
Berea
Handley
Harry M. Cook
Stephens City
Strasburg
Gerald C. Gochenour
John C. Reynolds
Maurertown
W. F. Wall
Strasurge
Garner to Speak From Home Town
The Democratic National Committee announced Vice President John N Garner will address the nation from his hometown of Uxalde Texas next Saturday by nationwide radio. He will defend the Roosevelt administration against charges of radicalism, with the broadcast airing from 8 to 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Democratic National Committee
John N. Garner
Uxalde
Tex
Roosevelt
Fortifications Rise Along Germany Frontiers
Berlin reports bristling lines of concrete fortifications and artillery emplacements at Germany borders. Gun bases start on Helgoland Island off Schleswig coast while forts rise on western and southeastern frontiers. Helgoland harbor, ruined in World War I, is being rebuilt.
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Berlin
Germany
Helgoland Island
Schleswig
Helgoland
Editor Dies in Arkansas Carbondale Publisher Joseph McGuire
Joseph McGuire 42 editor and publisher of the Free Press at Carbondale Ark died in a hospital after heart disease. He passed away last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Ark
Joseph McGuire
The
Free Press
Carbondale, Sr
Rummage Sale At Keller's Hardware Supports Hospital
A two day rummage sale is planned at Keller's Hardware Store on October 16 and 17 to raise funds for the local hospital. Items include clothing, appliances, and household goods. Proceeds go to hospital services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller's
Benefit
Farmer Sign-Up To Start Soon
County agent I Fred Stine announced that application procedures for the 1936 Agricultural Conservation program have been approved and signing will begin at once. Field work is near completion with about 60 000 worksheets filed in Virginia last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Fred Stine
Virginia
Fisher Brothers' Mother Dies in Detroit
Mrs. Margaret Thesian Fisher, mother of the seven Fisher brothers who helped make automotive history, died last night in Detroit after a week's illness. Her sons were with her at the time of death, just as they were for her seventy-ninth birthday last January.
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Detroit
Margaret Thesian Fisher
Fisher Brothers
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Max Reinhardt
Miss Gratnoff
Ernst Toller
F.F. A
Va. Tech
Frederick
Garner
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