Prison Superintendent Is Mother of the Year
Morgantown West Virginia March 23 The state prison for women at Peace Springs named Mable Turley Simms 56 superintendent as the mother of the year by the American Mothers Committee Inc She said she would rather be a good mother and hopes her work influences the inmates like daughters Her husband Mark Simms works for the Railway Express Agency Mrs Simms has four daughters three married.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Peace Springs
Mable Turley Simms
American Mothers Committee, Inc
Henry St. George Tucker Prominent Virginia Lawyer
Henry St. George Tucker born in Winchester Virginia April 5 1853 descended from Tucker pioneers who aided Bermuda and Virginia law. He studied at Washington and Lee University earned an MA in 1875 and LLB in 1876, practiced in Staunton then served as Democratic Representative 1876 1897. He later joined Washington and Lee University as professor and dean before leading Columbia University Law and Jurisprudence in 1903. He married Henrietta Preston Johnston in 1877 and Martha Sharpe in 1903, with six children from the first marriage.
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Henry St. George Tucker
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Virginia
Tucker
England
Bermuda Islands
John Randolph Tucker
Laura (Powell) Tucker
Superior Court of Chancery
Clarksburg
Frederick County
St. George Tucker
Loudoun County
Richmond
Washington and Lee University
Henrietta Preston Johnston
William Preston Johnston
Staunton
Congress
Cleveland
Bryan
William L. Wilson
Martha Sharpe
Wilkes Barre
Columbia University
George Washington University
Obituary: Congressman Dies in Lexington Virginia July 1932
The congressman who served from 1905 as president of the James Town Tercentennial Exposition and was reelected in March 1922 died July 23, 1932 in Lexington Virginia. He was survived by his third wife Mary Jane Williams Tucker, whom he married on June 29, 1929.
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Congress
Lexington
Virginia
Mary Jane (Williams
Holy Week Series Begins on April 15 at Opequon Church
Plans for a five evening Holy Week series at Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church Kernstown run April 15 to 19 at 7 45 pm sponsored by Shawnee District Council of Churches. Five ministers from eight district churches will deliver sermons on themes like The Kiss of a Traitor The Tears of a Coward The Weakness of a Politician The Mockery of the Soldiers and The Courage of a General. Special music will be provided by soloists from district churches.
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Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church
Kernstown
Shawnee
Robert C. Bradford, Jr
Opequon
Carroll ©. Godridge
Combination Puncher New York Train Conductors Mark Passages
A steel punch marks each conductor’s hand like a signature. Across 10000 rail men, designs range from a goat to a boxing glove. Origin traced to Pappy Ayers of the Erie Railroad who reduced losses by defeating free riders.
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Steelways
American Iron and Steele Institute
Pappy Ayers
Erie Railroad
Mrs McCarthy Says Invitation Came Too Late
Mrs Joseph McCarthy wife of Wisconsin Senator says she would not have attended a White House spring luncheon even if invited. She claims no mail invitation reached her and only an oral telephone invite came too late to respond.
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Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
White House
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Police seize wartime souvenirs in Cincinnati drive
Police in Cincinnati collected dangerous war souvenirs including hand grenades and shells up to 75 millimeters. Lt. Lawrence McCarthy notes one man brought in a two inch Civil War cannon ball, showing owners’ hesitation to keep such threats.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence McCarthy
Longest Novels Cited From Classical to Modern Times
The piece notes E. E. A. The Grand Cyprus as a 1600s French noblewoman's work rumored to span about 3000 pages. It ranks modern long novels with Sironia, Texas at 1731 pages and A House Divided at 1500 pages. Anthony Adverse has 1200 pages and Gone With the Wind is described with 1990 verse.
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Sironia
Texas
Madison A. Cooper
Ben Ames Williams
Anthony Adverse
X-Ray Shows Stork Bet Lost By Long Island Couple
New York report says Jean and David Blechman bet Lloyds of London $1,875 to $25,000 on a third set of twins due in June. An X-ray Monday indicated the mother will bear a single child. The couple and friends raised the premium for the multiple birth policy.
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New York
Long Island
Stork
Lloyds of London
Jean
David Blechman
Lloyds
Blechman
Philip Morris Sales Rose 11 Percent in First Quarter
Philip Morris Inc reports first quarter sales of about 80 million dollars, up 11 percent from 1956. President O Parker McComas says earnings per share stayed near 78 cents and notes a planned Milprint Inc acquisition by stock swap of 385 000 shares.
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Richmond
Philip Morris Inc
O. Parker McComas
Philip Morris
McComas
Milprint Inc
Milprint
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