Former City Resident Dies In Newport News
Nineveh Virginia April 13 Word was received here of the death Friday April 5 of Mrs Marietta Root widow of Elihu Root of Newport News Virginia She was 73 born in Shenandoah county at Corneville and lived there years ago Survivors include two children Edna Webb and Joseph Root both of Newport News two brothers Leo Bowman Nineveh and J P Frank Bowman Middletown Indiana and many nieces and nephews Burial was at Newport on Sunday afternoon
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Nineveh
Marietta Root
Elihu Root
Newport News
Chester
Shenandoah County
Corneville
Philip
Minerva Boude Bowman
Edna Webb
Joseph Root
Leo L. Bowman
J. P. Frank Bowman
Middletown
Indiana
Newport Pro
Screen's New Lovers In Times Square Lady At Capitol
Virginia Bruce and Robert Taylor star in Times Square Lady the feature attraction at the Capitol on Monday and Tuesday advancing cinema romance at the local theater.
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Saul Virginia Bruce
Robt
Taylor Helen Twelvetions
Jewell
Nat Peacher
Pinky Tomlin
Lor
Times Square
Capitol
Land of the South and My Native Land
Poem praising the southern land’s beauty and liberty. It extols mountains rivers hills and trees and ends with a toast to freedom and the flag. Signed by Marie Virginia Ensogna.
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South
Imperial Land
Haldeman’s Creamery Marks 45 Years of Dairy Service
The Star notes Haldeman Creamery founded April 10, 1889, marking 45 years of operation. J B Haldeman expands with pasteurized milk equipment upgrades. The Frederick county dairy farm is praised for sanitation and modern practices.
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Winchester
Haldeman
J. 8
Haldeman Creamery
Frederick County
Length of Life in Life Insurance Records
History records show life expectancy varies by social class and genetics. Privileged groups display longer lifespans, while heredity plays a dominant role in determining how long people live.
Will Let Bid For Construction of Scenic Highway
Front Royal Virginia April 13 1939 The roads bureau recommends to Interior Secretary Ickes favorable action on a plan to acquire a 1000 foot land strip for a parkway through Great Smoky Mountains National Park linking North Carolina and Tennessee A Missouri firm bid 438000 to excavate the project after earlier bids were rejected as excessive Skyline Drive becomes part of the larger parkway connecting two eastern parks
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Front Royal
Ion
Line Drive
Great Smoky National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Roads Bureau
Interior
Ickes
National Park Service
Missouri
Skyline Drive
Grocers Visit Richmond To Learn Federal Code
A Retail Grocers Association delegation led by president L. C. Carper met Virginia Code authorities in Richmond for a two hour conference. They sought data on store hours wages and clerks' hours to better understand the Retail Grocers code.
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Retail Grocers Association
L. C. Carper
Richmond
BR. W. Largent
William Bailey
C. W. Buhl
Hoye Riley
Seven Negroes Die in Second Floor Fire on Columbia Road
A Washington blaze on Columbia Road killed seven people, five of them children, asphyxiated in their sleep after a faulty kitchen flue allegedly started the fire. A roommate reported smoke, rescued his mother, then alerted firefighters who recovered the seven bodies.
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Washington
Columbia Road
McHenry Girl Thanks Doctors After Diaphragmatic Hernia
Alyce Jane McHenry, a 10 year old from Omaha, thanked doctors everywhere who care for poor children and her friends as she exits surgery. She had an operation at Truesdale Hospital on March 4 and is staying with relatives in Fall River during recovery.
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Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Truesdale Hospital
Shouts Protest Against Dictators During a Trial
Richard Reiderer a naturalized American linguist shouted his opposition to war and dictatorships during his trial. He was acquitted of espionage by five Nazi judges after a five hour twenty minute session. The state was ordered to bear costs and his prior nine months in Munich jail were noted.
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Berlin
Richard Reiderer
People’s Court
Cleveland
Chicago
Reiderer
Munich
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Sir Guy Standing
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Paramount
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Art Tackman
Sunshine Girls
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David Copperfield
Venus
Irwin Drug Co
Rhodes Drug Company
Lupton Orchard
Leta
Certified Public Accountants
TAX Counsellors
AUDIT
TAX Service
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
State Planters Bank
Dia
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
Member
Federal Reserve System
Screen
Virginia Bruce and
Robert Tay
Marie Virginia Ensogna
Haldeman’s
Swift Run
Simmon’s Gap
Roberta
Keith’s
Front Royal, VA
Irene Dunne
Golden Girl
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Alyce McHenry
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Schrafft’s
Johnson’s
Betsy Ross
KAY Bros
Buck Steele
Hollywood Company of Cowboys
Tribe of Genuine Indians
Parker's
Loudoun St
Hansbrough & Carter Insurance Investments
P. O
Sheetz
Sylvia Froos
Tom
STO
Eee
George Obrien
Dorothy Wilson le
Hable
Carl Laemmle
Universal
Octavus
Roy Cohen
Liberty Magazine
Gene Raymond Henry Hull
Frances Drake
June Clayworth
Helen Lowell
Shawnee Building & Loan Association, Inc
General Electric
Shenandoah Electrical
Applicane Co
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