Hundreds of Richmonders Headed to Virginia Flower Festival
Richmond residents plan trips to the Virginia Flower Festival at Winchester on April 28 and 29. An official Automobile Club group and other local agencies will lead a convoy, with two or more official parties joining. The American Legion is sending a party, and numerous buses will carry private attendees along the route from Richmond.
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Vherginia
Win
Automobile Club of Virginia
Richmond
Winchester
Ameri- Legion
Miss Fank Becomes Winchester's First Embalming Graduate
Helen Ray Fank returns from Philadelphia where she completed the Eckels School of Embalming and Sanitary Science certificate program. She can now practice embalming and join the Pank and Son funeral firm in this city as the first Winchester woman to graduate in embalming.
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Helen Ray Fank
Philadelphia
Eckels
Eace
Pank and Son
Winchester
White Sulphur Inn Leased for Five Years to Crum
A five year lease recorded in the Circuit Clerk’s office transfers the White Sulphur Inn property south of Winchester from Frank W. Shenk and Clark Shenk to O H Crum and F B Crum and spouses. The lease begins May 1 with a 1200 dollar annual rent and covers 39 acres near Bartonsville on the Valley Pike. The Crums will operate the inn as an year round hotel and resort.
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Frank W. Shenk
Clark Shenk
O. H. Crum
F. B. Crum
Winchester
Bartonsville
Valley Pike
Dancer Sues Fox over Vaccination Protest
Dancer Fawn Gray filed a federal suit in Baltimore against Pan American Steamships seeking damages for alleged careless vaccination on the leg after a protest. She claims the procedure caused permanent injury and severe pain requiring hospital care.
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Sues Fox
Associated Press
Baltimore
Fawn Gray
Pana@ Pacfic Steamships Company
Panarfa
Flood Situation Becomes Critical On Assiniboine River
Winnipeg Manitoba April 27 flood conditions along the Assiniboine river west of Brandon were critical as the river rose. Acres of farm land inundated warnings issued for valley residents to seek safety in higher ground evacuation preparations along the Seine river underway.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Assiniboine River
Brandon
Secretary B C James Died Yesterday
Benjamin Oliver James, 75, secretary of the Commonwealth, served under six governors, died at his Richmond home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at St James Episcopal Church with interment in Haven Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Mary Evelyn Kean. He remained at his desk Monday before his sudden illness.
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Richmond
Benjamin Oliver James
Comra Cian
St. James Episcopal Church
G . Freeland Peters
Eeya Cemetery
James
Mary Evelyn Kean
Fruit Growers Urge Sulfur Dusting After Blossoms Fall
As soon as blossoms drop, eight to Medina locations plan to apply sulfur lead arsenate dust to control codling moth, apple scab, frog-eye, and other pests. Sulfur recommended now to prevent russeting and support fruit quality. extension service offers free guidance.
Forces Battle Beetle Flank Attack Planned
Forces will renew beetle suppression campaigns this summer in Riverton New Jersey and surrounding regions to curb Popillia japonica feeding on crops and nurseries. Extensive scouting will enforce quarantine boundaries from June to October with research on attractants and targeted baits for control.
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Associated Press
Riverton
N. J
United States
Delaware
Pennsyl
Vania
New Jersey
New York City
Westchester County
N Y
Long Island
Connecticut
Virginians to Save $220,000 Under New Tax Plan
Virginians who pay a tax on capital invested in business this year will keep not less than $220,000, previously due to the State under the 1926 law. The new rate took effect January 1. This message was sent out by C.
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Richmond
Tax rate cuts and capital returns in Virginia debate
The record discusses reductions in the Virginia tax on capital used in trades and businesses from 1.00 to 0.80 per 100 of assessed value effective January 1 1927. It notes prior cuts in 1925 and 1926, projected annual savings of at least 220000, and instructions for capital return filings due by July 1 1927 along with local tax commission procedures.
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Morrisett
Virginia
Pers
Commissioners of the Revenue
State Tax Commission
Commissioner of the Revenue
Disarmament Faces Public Opinion in Geneva
The preparatory disarmament commission adjourned without drafting a treaty as President Loudoun said public opinion will decide disarmament fate and government will to negotiate. He praised five weeks of work and foresaw a successful conference, noting economic factors ahead.
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Geneva
Preparatory
Quits Society For Jungle London Explorer Plans Africa Trip
Mrs Diana Strickland, seeking the jungle over society life, prepares for an eight to ten month African expedition by car with two companions. She aims to film pygmy elephants and enjoys camp fires and the outdoors despite social pressures in London.
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Associated Press
London
Diana Strickland
Africa
Nile
Ritz
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Bud Fisher
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League of Nations
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Sealy
A. M. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
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