Expenditures At Peace Time High
Washington report shows congressional expenditures and commitments since January 1 reached a peace time high of 25 572 819 337 dollars. Chairman Taylor challenged critics to specify cuts among 15 major expenditure categories and directed the table to be used in discussions with constituents. The chart notes 56 percent of appropriations, about 9 114 345 921 dollars, funded national defense and enforcement of the neutrality act.
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Washington
Taylor
D-Cole
House Nations Committee
Congress
National Defense
Anniversary Of Reformation Service Set In Woodstock
The third annual Joint Reformation Service sponsored by Lutheran churches in the Northern Shenandoah Valley will be held Sunday night at the Community Theatre Woodstock. Rev. Lewis F. Koon of Emmanuel St Matthew's New Market will speak as a synod executive council member. Choir members come from St Pauls Strasburg St Peters Toms Brook Emanuel Woodstock St Pauls Reformed Woodstock Mt Zion Woodstock Mt Calvary Mt Jackson Emmanuel St Matthews New Market and cooperating pastors from Strasburg Toms Brook Woodstock Mt Jackson Edinburg Quicksburg and Timberville. Attendance the past two years shows strong support for the observance.
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Shenandoah Valley
Woodstock
Lewis F. Koon
Emmanuel St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
New Market
Synod
Lowman Home
White Rock
N. C
St. Paul's
Strasburg
St. Peter's
Toms Brook
Emanuel
St. Paul's Reformed
Mt. Zion
Mt. Calvary
Mt. Jackson
Emmanuel-St
Stands Convicted In Slaying Case At Cumberland
John H. Clifford was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a Cumberland Circuit Court jury for the killing of Kermit Bailey in Riverside Park on May 13. Defense claimed self defense citing ten days of alleged threats. wife Beatrice Clifford testified after waiving privilege.
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Cumberland
John H. Clifford
Kermit Bailey
Riverside Park
Bailey
Clifford
Beatrice Clifford
Ridgeley
W. Va
Negro promoted to brigadier general in historic army move
President Roosevelt announced the promotion of Colonel Benjamin O. Davis to brigadier general making him the first Negro to reach general officer rank in the U S Army. The decision accompanied other high rank promotions tied to the expanded army.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Benjamin O. Davis
Davis
Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets
Baltimore prices show potatoes and butter steady while poultry bids hold on Rocks to Leghorns and turkeys. Hogs slide slightly with 180 lb top near 6.85 and fat lambs around 9.50 to 9.60, as market tests and test figures pour in from regional feeds and trading hubs.
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Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
U. S
Stock Market Report Mixed Trading Amid War and Tax Hurdles
New York on October 25 saw light selling as industrials fluctuated and dealings slowed. Investors faced unresolved issues of war taxes and politics, with most stepping cautiously or cutting long positions. Bonds and commodities mirrored stocks and a set of names listed included General Electric Packard Sears Roebuck Republic Steel and Kennecott among others.
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New York
Chem
Con. Edison
Corn
Cigar
Elec
Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
of Dairy
WN. F.C. A
Packard
Penny (Jc
Penn R. R
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern R
Western Hemisphere as a prize in a coming world conflict
Dr Frederikson warns totalitarian powers may target the Western Hemisphere for conquest given its vast share of global resources. He argues Britain and China must endure until 1943 while America could aid democracies with industry though risk war remains. A Winchester Education Association banquet follows with remarks by Garland Quarles and Dr Otto Frederikson.
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France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Britain
West
China
Frederikson
Western Hemisphere
England
America
W. Alan Peery
Winchester Education Association
Nancy Larrick
Teachers’ Association
Cline and Gray
Stewart Bell
John M. Steck
William G. Hardy
Handley Board of Trustees
T. Russell Cather
Cather
Peery
Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
Otto F. Prederikson
Madison, College
Harrisonburg
Pratt Institute Hosts US Civilian Air Raid Defense Course
E. F. Iverson teaches the first United States course in civilian air raid defense at Pratt Institute New York. He demonstrates on a factory model how bomb roofed shelters should be installed, with only enrolled students attending.
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United States
E. F. Iverson
Pratt Institute
N. Y
Last Rites For Miss Scrivener Held In Martinsburg
Miss Katie Scrivener aged 87, a Frederick County native, died at her Martinsburg home Tuesday. Funeral services were held at Brown Funeral Home on West King Street at 10 o clock with Rev. H C Marsh and Rev. E T Clark officiating. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester Virginia.
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Brown
West King Street
Martinsburg
Katie Scrivener
Frederick County
H. C. Marsh
Martinsburg Methodist Church
E. T. Clark
Winchester
First Baptist Church
Mount Hebron
Market quotes fragment shows steel and woolworth figures
A fragment lists several stock figures with fractions including U S Steel and Woolworth along with Texas Corp Union Pacific and Western in a 1934 context.
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O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Western
Woolworth
Winchester assets total five million, McVicar asserts
Charles P. McVicar the Winchester commissioner of revenue told the Rotary Club after noon that ester should be considered a corporation with assets of five million liabilities six hundred fifty thousand and stockholders about thirteen thousand Each share valued around three hundred dollars and voting stock held by every adult over twenty one with one vote per person He says if corporate policies are good credit belongs to all stockholders and if bad all bear blame noting one vote per person and no blocks of stock He lists Winchester figures including 2 700 residences 3 300 family units 400 business houses and 1 000 unimproved lots plus 2 700 automobiles He was introduced by Pred L Glaize Jr.
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Charles P. McVicar
Winchester Commissioner of Revenue
Rotary Club
McVicar
Pred L. Glaize, Jr
Will Book No. 2 To Be Restored
An order in Frederick Circuit Court directs Clerk Julian Baker to deliver County Will Book No. 2 to Mrs. P. W. Hiden of the State Library Board for restoration and photo duplication by the State Library. The state is asked to furnish and return a photo duplicated copy for use in the Frederick Court clerk's bard office.
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Frederick
Julian Baker
P. W. Hiden
State Library Board
State Library
Bard
Retired Railroad Engineer Dies in Brunswick Md
Word arrived in Winchester that Charles W. Langley retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad engineer died at 6 10 this morning at his home in Brunswick Maryland No funeral arrangements had been announced He was brother of Edgar A Langley a retired railroad employee in this city
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Winchester
Charles W. Langley
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick
Edgar A. Langley
Roosevelt Defends Democracy in Forum Address
President Roosevelt spoke from the White House to the New York Herald Tribune forum on Saving Democracy. He warned of foreign propaganda but expressed confidence in democracy’s ability to unite and defend freedom on two continents and the oceans as highways.
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Roosevelt
President Ke
White House
New York Herald- Tribune
Willkie presses fourth term question in Roosevelts era
Willkie asks Roosevelt to state views on a fourth term and a fifth term. He recalls Washington retirement and asserts Congress stayed in session for defense funding. Willkie outlines campaign itinerary with Elmira Binghamton Scranton Wilkes-Barre and a New York City stop at the World’s Fair and a Fordham St Mary’s football game with three talks planned.
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Roosevelt
Willkie
George Washington
Congress
America
Ram Sr Willkie
Elmira
Binghampton
N. Y
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
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