Social Security Act Expansion Hinted For New Worker Groups
Washington officials say the Social Security Act may extend to farm laborers domestic workers and other excluded groups. The advisory council will study broader coverage as millions more could gain benefits from old age, unemployment, and needy aid programs.
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Congress
John M. Hightower
Washington
Advisory Council On Social Security
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
Mary W. Dewson
Apple Crop In Virginia Shrinks Amid Storage Rise
The USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows Virginia cold storage on October 1 holding about 36 percent more apples than last year, even as overall production declines. National storage totals reach 7,848,000 bushels, with Washington leading in quantity. October estimates place U.S. production around 130 million bushels, down from September.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
United States
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Roosevelt Declares Himself a Fighting Liberal
In a New York Times Magazine piece Anne Y. McCormick reports President Roosevelt calls himself a fighting liberal and says he will fight for liberal principles in and beyond 1940. He brands the Democratic party the liberal party and notes no plan for a third party.
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New York
Roosevelt
Himelf
New York Times
Anne Yare McCormick
Party of Progress
Oranda Notes
Oranda Virginia reports very fine weather for apple picking and fall work including seeding corn and packing. Local residents Mr and Mrs Harry Edmonson and sister Mary hosted supper guests Miss Elizabeth Miller of Oranda and Mr and Mrs Briscoe Lichliter of Strasburg. Weekend visitors included Miss Ethel Hausenfluck and Mr Joseph Cober along with Mr and Mrs Joseph Hausenfluck of Washington. John Crisman of Winchester visited Jake Hockman. Taylor Fox has stayed at Cedar Lodge with his parents.
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Oranda
Harry Edmondson
Mary
Elizabeth Miller
Briscoe Lichliter
Strasbore
Ethel M Hausenfluck
Joseph Cober
Joseph Hausenfluck
Washington
John Crisman
Winchester
Jake Hockman
Taylor Fox
John Fox
Cedar Lodge
Man Exhibits Insect Pair in Jar at First Baptist Church
Robert Q. Brooks brings a fly ing boat and praying mantis to the Bug Editor Friday in the same jar. He found them on foliage near the First Baptist Church and said he planned to keep them fed to test their winter hardiness.
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Robert Q. Broks
First Baptist Church
Install Carillon For Dr. W. P. Dame
An electric carillon and a bronze tablet were dedicated yesterday to the memory of the late Rev. Dr. William Page Dame, former rector of Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church in Baltimore. The service was led by Rev. Dr. Benjamin B. Lovett. Dr. Dame became pastor after his father’s death. he was a nephew of Mrs. Robert M. Ward of Winchester.
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William Page Dame
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
Boston Street
Lafayette Avenue
Baltimore
Benjamin B. Lovett
Dame
William Meade Dame
W. P. Dame
Robert M. Ward
Winchester
Hor nets sting twenty Colorado Springs pupils
A grade school class on a nature study in a hollow lot near Colorado Springs was stung when hornets swarmed from a log. Twenty children were treated for stings and are recovering.
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Colorado
Springs
52 Alleged bootleggers caught in state raids
Harrisonburg and Shenandoah county officers, with ABC agents, arrested 11 alleged liquor violators in raids that ran from 11 30 Saturday night to 3 30 Sunday morning. Seizures included 36 pints 18 quarts of whiskey a pint of wine and a gallon of moonshine.
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Harrisonburg
ABC
Trial Justice Court
H. L. Wyland
R. B. Eubank Jr
Clyde Saunders Jr
ABC Board
Wyland
William Steele
G. M Newland
Endless Caverns
Iva Rodefer Davis
Massanetta Springs
Madie Davis
Keezletown
Shenandoah CO
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
New Market
Saunders
Bennett
Court House
Renford Dellinger
C. C. Estep
Edith Hare
Red” Gregory
Toms Brook
Jos. Hite
Melvin Ho
Ingratitude Plus Portland Patrol Captain Faces Demands
Captain Karl Prehn recalled that only three of 25 drowning survivors thanked the Harbor Patrol in 1937. He cited a man who sent a lawyer to demand $10 for a hat not retrieved, illustrating public ingratitude. The Washington Monument question and answer note a total cost above 1.5 million dollars with donated stones.
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Portland
Ore
Karl Prehn
Harbor Patrol
Prehn
Washington Monument
Real Peace After Czechoslovakia For Hitler, Or New War Threats
Berlin reports indicate Hitler has secured Czechoslovakia and aims to push eastward for an economic empire in eastern Europe and the Balkans. Analysts note potential future clashes with Russia though the German public reportedly prefers stability as plans for a Rhine Danube Black Sea canal and Turkey routes advance.
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Berlin
Herr Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Fuehrer
Sports Palace
Munich
Europe
Russia
Hitler
Balkans
Sudeteland
Walter Punk
Turkey
Erea
India
Near East
Rhine
Danube
Black Sea
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Baltic
Kaiser Wilhelm
Holiday Break For Francis Coal Miners Ahead Of Season
Supt. B C Minter of the Francis Coal Mine declared a holiday on the eve of hunting season and paid the miners two days early so they would have money for shells.
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Beckley
W. Va
B. C. Minter
Francis
Clarke Man Held On Liquor Charge
HARLEY WILSON, 45, is held on Virginia ABC law violations after deputies raided a house he rented from Thomas Shepherd about 12 miles southwest of Berryville. A still was found in a kitchen. four 50 gallon barrels of mash and eight gallons of liquor seized with Berryville officers and state ABC agents assisting.
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Harrisonburg
ABC
Massanutten Mountain
New Market
Dinges
Ardent
Woodstock
Hunter B. Lloyd
Wyland
Bermyville
Harley Wilson
Virginia
Robert Buckner
N. W. Carter
Wilson
Thomas Shepherd
Berryville
Harley Cheshire
Poison Fatal To Riverton Man
Edward Hansbrough Merchant of Riverton died after swallowing strychnine sulphate powder at a local restaurant and convulsing. An inquest was deemed unnecessary by Coroner D M Kipps. He was 31, survived by parents, two brothers, and a sister. funeral at Riverton Methodist Church with burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Front Royal
Edward Hansbrough Riverton
Riverton
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