Prison Superintendent Is Mother of the Year
Morgantown West Virginia Mrs Mable Turley Simms 56 superintendent of the women’s prison at Peace wrings says there is nothing she would rather be than a good mother The honor was conferred by the states election committee for American Mothers Committee Inc Simms has four daughters three of them married Her husband Mark Simms works for the Railway Express Agency
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Mable Turley Simms
American Mothers Committee, Inc
Henry St. George Tucker Was a Prominent Lawyer
Henry St. George Tucker born April 5 1852 in Winchester Virginia came from a family of noted legal and political figures. He studied at Washington and Lee University earning a MA in 1875 and LLD in 1876 then practiced law in Staunton before serving as Democratic representative from 1889 to 1897. He later held law school leadership roles at Washington and Lee and Columbia University now George Washington University.
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Henry St. George Tucker
Winchester
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
Life of congressman Tucker ends in 1932 at Lexington
The congressman, active from 1905 as president of the James Town Tercentennial Exposition and re-elected in March 1922, died July 23, 1932 in Lexington Virginia. He was survived by his third wife, Mary Jane Williams Tucker, whom he wed on June 29, 1929.
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Congress
Lexington
Virginia
Mary Jane (Williams) Tucker
Holy Week Series Begins at Opequon Church
Plans outline a five night Holy Week series at Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church Kernstown April 15 to 19 at 745 pm sponsored by Shawnee District Council of Churches. Five ministers from eight district churches deliver sermons on How Men Act At the Cross with topics The Kiss of a Traitor Tears of a Down The Weak a Politician The Mockery of the Soldiers and The Courage of a Gent.
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Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church
Kernstown
Shawnee
J. Floyd Wine
Calvary Church
the Breren ¥ S
J. S. Peebles
Bruce
Wn Methodist x Re
Robert C. Bradford, Jr
Opequon
Evering
Codk
Widespread Railroad Conductors Use Signature Punches
Every day 10000 conductors across the nation sign with a punch leaving a distinctive hole. Designs vary from a goat head to a Scotty dog and a boxing glove. The practice, introduced over a century ago by Pappy Ayers of Erie Railroad, reportedly saved the railroad thousands yearly by preventing free riders.
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New York
Steelways
American Lion 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 luncheon even if invited. She noted she never saw the invitation and only received a late telephone oral invitation to her office.
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Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
White House
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Police collect dangerous war souvenirs in Cincinnati
Police in Cincinnati netted a cache of dangerous war souvenirs including hand grenades and shells up to 75 millimeters. One man delivered a two inch Civil War cannon ball.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence McCarthy
Longest novels cited in early lists and page counts
The question cites E. E. A. Grand Cyprus said to be 1600s work by a French noblewoman and claims it would fill about 3,000 pages today. It notes modern extremes: Sironia Texas at 1,731 pages and A House Divided at 1,500 pages. Anthony Adverse 1,200 pages and Gone With the Wind 1990 pages.
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Sironia
Texas
Madison A. Cooper
Ben Ames Williams
Anthony Adverse
X-Ray Reveals Gamble With Stork Is Lost
A Long Island couple bet Lloyds of London $1,875 to $25,000 on a multiple birth in June. An X-ray Monday showed the mother will have a single child, ending the plan for a triplet birth. The Blechmans raised funds for the policy from friends and relatives.
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New York
Long Island
Stork
Lloyds of London
Jean
David Blechman
Lloyds
Blechman
Philip Morris Sales Rise 11 Percent in 1957 Quarter
Philip Morris Inc. reported first quarter sales around 80 million dollars, up 11 percent from 1956. President Parker McComas said earnings per share remained near 78 cents, and the firm plans to acquire Milprint Inc. by exchanging 385,000 Philip Morris shares for Milprint stock after a mid June stockholders meeting.
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Richmond
Philip Morris Inc
Parker McComas
Philip Morris
McComas
Milprint Inc
Milprint
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Opequon Church
Plymouth
Plymout
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Ray Anthony
Cannon Report
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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American Finance
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