Standings of Virginia High Schools Graduates Readiness
Graduates from twenty Virginia high schools with an average 97.7 percent passing rate. List shows school, graduates, entering college, and subject pass rate. top marks at Handley 97.5 and George Washington Danville 95.3 lead among many schools including Richmond John Marshall 89.2 and Norfolk Maury 80.8.
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Virhigh
Handley One
Virginia
Caon
Handley
Alexandria
Suffolk
Danville
George Washington
Portsmouth
Petersburg
Clifton Forge
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Robert E. Lee
Richmond
John Marshall
Jefferson
Federicksburg
Roanoke
South Norfolk
Bristol
Norfolk
Maury
Newport News
Sey Eee
Lane
Hopewell
Williamsburg
Whaley
Funeral Rites Held for Ezra W Foltz of Strasburg
A large gathering attended the 2 30 p m funeral for Ezra W Foltz 87 near Middletown at the late home. Rev F B Lingle of St Pauls Lutheran Strasburg officiated with Strasburg choir hymns Nearer My God to Thee and The Old Rugged Cross at home and a grave side hymn. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery Strasburg pallbearers were M L Conner Charles Conner H G Miller and Frank Hottle nephews of the deceased.
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Ezra W. Foltz
Middletown
F. B. Lingle
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Strasburg
Commission Engineer Proposes Flood Control Plan for Virginia Rivers
A Virginia flood control proposal urges vegetation on unfarmed land to slow runoff, expanded stream basins, reservoirs on main and tributary streams, and a prediction system based on rainfall. It cites record March floods on the James Shenandoah and Potomac basins, with Richmond James water supply implications and basin variability.
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James
Shenandoah
Cirtulaitis
Lower James
Potomac
Richmond
The
Dirtulaitis
Westham Bridge
Shenandoah River
Waynesboro
Lynnwood
Front Royal
North River
Middle River
North Fork
Potomac River
Point of Rocks
Roanoke River
Roanoke
Brodkneal
Clarksville
Colorado Moves To Halt Influx
Armed guardsmen moved southward to enforce martial law turning back indigent laborers and aliens on vo ad Colorado. At dawn about 100 will occupy sentry posts and inspect almost every bus and car entering Colorado from New Mexico. Large labor users denied the Governor’s charges.
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Denver
National
Ed C. Johson
Colorado
New Mexico
Meditations On The Bible And Daily Prayer Note
A devotional fragment outlines meditation on scripture and trust in God. It includes a prayer thanking Our Father for the day and asking patience and guidance, attributed to S. Johnson and Rev. C. E. Seastrunk with a Psalm reading reference.
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S. Johnson
Spring Comes Up The Shenandoah Poem
The Shenandoah awakens with spring. Rivers rush to meet her, mountains smile, and orchards bloom. Birds sing, bees hum, cattle hail her coming, while red buds blaze on steep mountainsides. The speaker envies city dwellers who miss the rural display. Mercer Montgomery.
Clear Tracks for Tax Program and Relief Bills
Washington reporters say leaders signaled progress on tax and relief measures with adjournment due by early June. Bills for ship subsidies housing aid flood control and commodity regulation face death without administration pressure. The tax bill aims for corporate income levies and windfall taxes with a projected 799 million dollars in revenue. Roosevelt backs farm subsidy pre payment and A A A reform, but Senate scrutiny and partisan resistance loom.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Varied Activities Ahead for Middletown Grange in Valley
Middletown Grange of Valley outlines ongoing service to agriculture and the community through legislation and actions. Nationally, Senator Harry F. Byrd spoke on the Grange program while three organizers lead national organization efforts among 150 deputies and 1,000 local, county, and state deputies. Legislative talks include the Pettingill bill repealing the transportation act clause, farm loan mortgage rates in Wheeler and Gillett bills, vocational education, PWA rural funds, and rural electrification. Mae Foltz participated in the Mt Clifton installation. the Foltz sisters missed the meeting due to their grandfather Ezra W. Foltz’s death.
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Valley
Harry F. Byrd
National Grange
Texas
Tennessee
Pettingill
Ezra W. Foltz
Train trespass deaths in 1935 shock readers
The article notes 2 643 people were killed in train and service accidents in 1935 despite police efforts. It also answers a quiz asking for the mutiny hanging of John C Spencer, a midshipman whose father served as Secretary of War under President Tyler.
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United States
John C. Spencer
U. S
Somers
Tyler
Geographical Center Claim Tied to Pierce County End of Devils Lake
The Geological Survey asserts the geographic center of North America lies in Pierce County a few miles west of Devil's Lake North Dakota. The Gregg Writer notes Pepys diary first published in six volumes in 1825 with shorthand.
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Geological Savey
North America
Pierce County
Devil's , North Dakota
H. A
Gregg
Samuel Pepys
Hables Palace Show To Feature Love Before Breakfast
Carole Lombard and Preston Foster star in the Universal picture Love Before Breakfast at Hables Palace Theatre for three days starting today. The film follows a man who uses charm and money to win a woman, with a punch scene and a broken engagement affecting a mother in law. A Fox News Reel and Novelty accompany the feature.
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Carole Lombard
Preston Foster
Hables Palace Theatre
Fox News
Mr James Strosnider Moves to Miller Farm near Greenwood
Mr James Strosnider and his family from near Double Tollgate have relocated to the Miller farm near Greenwood, as announced in local notices.
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James Strosnider
Double Tollgate
Greenwood
How to Simplify Spring Cleaning Packet
Washington Information Bureau offers a home cleaning packet with over 150 aids for modernizing the home. It includes upholstery protection Slip Covers and tips to simplify chores. Special price ten cents. order today to join in simplifying your work.
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Washington Information Bureau
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