Pope Pius to quit Vatican for Castel Gandolfo summer home
Pope Pius plans a summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo in the Albani hills near Rome, ending a 65 year pattern of popes living at the Vatican. Vatican preparations were under way for a Friday or Saturday departure, with attempts to avoid pomp. The estate features a modernized palace built in 1629, a dairy, barns, orchards, and a wireless link to the Vatican.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Castel Gandolfo
Albani Hills
Rome
Pope Pius
The
Holy Sea
American Athletic Institute
Summer Palace
Urban VIII
Gandolfo
Pius IX
Funeral For T Plans Park Dance And Baby Show
Graf ton to host a community event featuring a sevening dance with a floor show by Dave Evans and his International Mountaineers and the U S Westernland. A baby show for local families will award a keepsake prize. Most activities are free aside from bath house and a small admission for the dance proceeds benefiting underprivileged children. The event includes tennis and other races with standard price lists. Father John Tucker mourns two youths who died in a tank accident after one was seized by a cramp while the other attempted a rescue. Surviving relatives include the father, step-mother, siblings, and a half brother.
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Dave Evans
U.S
John Tucker
Taylor County
Macel Morrow Tucker
Monument to Fontancl E4 Proposed at Pine Manor
A plan for a two tablet monument on a knoll overlooking Pine Manor Clubhouse, initiated by Clyde Smith, head of Pine Manor Club. He hopes the monument will spur reflection on past mistakes and guide future lessons, inviting public views on the mood and lessons drawn.
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Clyde Smith
Pine Manor Club
Balloon Race Continues Amid Ideal Weather Conditions
Balloon entries were adrift at a large stadium as six began the race. City of Chicago was scratched before start. Top three by distance win a chance to enter the Gordon Bennett trophy contest with cash prizes for first through fourth place. Army No. 1 led by Capt William J. Flood and Lt R R Gilspie among crews. Goodyear VIII commanded by Lt Cmdr Karl L. Lange with Verner L. Smith as aide also among early finishers. Record of 1,072 miles sought after Ward T. Van Orman’s 1924 flight from San Antonio to Rochester.
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Chicago
Army No. 1
William J. Flood
R. R. Gilspie
Buffalo
Courier Express
George Hineman
Milford Vanik
Goodyear
Karl L. Lange
Verner L. Smith
Army
Ward T. van Orman
van Orman
San Antonio
Texas
Rochester
Minn
Valuation totals for county districts and Grafton split
Pruntytown independent district has been absorbed by Booths Creek and Court House districts under new classifications. Total valuations by district are similar to last year with Court House District leading in realty at 696,990 class 2 and 558,480 class 3. Knottsville has 417,780 class 2 and 172,090 class 3. Grafton city totals 4,868,560 across Grafton East and West.
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Pruntytown
Booths Creek
Court House
Knottsville
Grafton
Grafton East
Grafton West
Lone Bandit Holds Up Capitol Sub Postoffice
A robber entered the House of Representatives post office in the new House Office Building and escaped with the cash drawer and safe contents, estimated in the hundreds of dollars. Clerk Donald Stucky, alone on duty, described the assailant as a man with a flattened nose who forced open the cash drawer and safe, then fled tearing telephone wires and leaving through a rear door. Capitol police guarded the lobby area during the incident.
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Washington
Aug
Capitol
House of Representatives
New House
Donald Stucky
Stucky
Capitol Police
Markets Display Firm Upward Trend in Price
New York markets opened with a firm upward tilt as trading remained dull and little fresh news appeared. Stocks rose about one to two points led by American Telephone U S Steel DuPont American Sugar Refining Auburn Corn Products American Can Borden Chrysler Case Allied Chemical Westinghouse American Commercial Alcohol Schenley Santa Fe Union Pacific and United Fruit.
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New York
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
Common and Preferred
duPont
American Sugar Refining
Auburn
Corn Products
American Can
Borden
Chrysler
Case
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse
American Commercial Alcohol
Schenley
Santa Fe
Union , Pacific
United Fruit
Noted Southern Surgeon Passes Quite Suddenly
Charleston reports the death of Dr Archibald Earle Baker age 71, noted surgeon and surgeon-in-chief at Baker Sanatorium. He collapsed suddenly at Folly Island after a round of golf and was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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Charleston
S. C
Archibald Earle Baker
Baker Sanatorium
Folly Island
Baker
American College of Surgeons
Man and Woman Found Dead in River Cabin
Parkersburg reports a man and woman, Virginia Kimes Wise and Harold Headley both 31, shot to death at a river bank cabin. Fred Hawkins held. he claims Miss Wiseman shot Headley then killed herself after neighbors heard gunfire and shouting.
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Parkersburg
Virginia Kimes Wiseman
Harold Headley
Fred Hawkins
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Paramount
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Liberty
Davis Beer Garden
E. H
Jack) Davis
Latrobe Street
Page
Mrs
Selah Tucker
Lyle
Joan
Martha May
Arsh Belle
Junior
Fontanc
Siehlers
Jacquard
Rugs
Simmons Ace Springs
Beautyrest
Magic Chef
Siehler Furniture Company
A.B. Murphy
Latrobe St
Grafton, W. Va
Lone Bandit
Baltimore Sunday American
Rexall
Magnesia
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
W. Main St
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