Infantry Head Asks Revision War Department studies new tank plans and weapon upgrades
General Lynch tells officers the army needs a lighter yet as armored sub ten ton tank and a small grenadier group. Production starts with 18 of 162 fast medium tanks and $10 million is set for five years of educational orders to manufacturers.
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aTarta
Anti
Cesena
George A. Lynch
Chi Lee
General Lynch
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Lynch
War Department
Louis Johnson
Asistant
Automobile
How To Make Jellies Jams and Preserves
Instructional note on preserving foods promises a booklet Home made Jellies Jams and Preserves with five cent postage. Mentions Jean Frederic J Haskin as director and requests readers mail the fee for a copy. A separate fire incident reports O C Forsman’s truck fire with 400 pounds of dynamite in boxes.
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Uncle Sam
Jean Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Governor Runs for Unprecedented Fourth Term
Gov. rf Ua Follette of Wisconsin announces candidacy for a fourth term. He founded the National Progressives of America and speaks at South Bend Indiana to 10,000 rubber workers at their annual picnic. Central Press reports.
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Hog Ua Follette
Wisconsin
National Progressives of America
South Bend
Ind
Central Presa
Three Virginians Die In Roadway Mishaps Sunday
Three Virginians died in highway accidents Sunday and a fourth was injured. Johnny Baker of Olaf fell victim when a rock hung from a cliff struck him on the Irongate Gorge road near Douthat State Park. Another fatality occurred near Charlottesville when Charles Dentvan of Chesterfield County died from crash injuries at the University of Virginia after a vehicle hit a bridge abutment. Charles Blackard, seven, of Martinsville was killed when struck by a car starting to Sunday School. Clifton Shifflett, 21, of Charlottesville, sustained cuts and bruises as a companion Donivan recovered from the Blue Ridge trip. Willie Eanes, driver of the car, lost control on a Martinsville river road. nearby child June Ingram narrowly escaped as the wheel passed over her foot.
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Johnny Baker
Olaf
In Douthat
Clifton Forge
Baker
Irongate Gorge
D. M. Trojan
F. B. Thomas, Jr
Elliston
Charles Dentvan
Chesterfield County
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
Mechum's River
Jefferson Highway
Charles Blackard
Richard Blackard
Martins
Blackard
Martinsville
June Ingram
Bristol Editor Fractures Leg
State Sen ator C. J. Harkrader editor of the Herald Courier and News Bulletin fractured his right leg when he tried to separate two fighting dogs at his Bristol home. He tripped over a wire as one dog slipped its leash. Dr H G Noffsinger president of Virginia Intermont College lives next door.
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Bristol
C. J. Harkrader
Herald Courier and
News Bulletin
Harkrader
H. G. Noffsinger
Virginia Virginia Intermont College
Royalty Influences Styles In Paris Winter Shows
British royal influences appear in Parisian shows with gold buttons and Scotch plaid military braids honoring the monarch. Heim's Juenes Filles launches evening dresses in pastel tulles and moires with stiff bodices and decolletages, plus satin and velvet trims. Vera Borea offers gunmetal lame, navy day coats, and zebra fur for a luxe winter palette. Colors include lichen green, red tones and policeman blue across frocks and coats.
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Eugenie
Queen Victoria
Heim
Pythians Hold Virginia DC Outing at New Market ceremony
A large crowd of Pythians and Dokkies gathered in New Market for the Dramatic Order of Khorassan ceremony. Col. George C. Cabell and Thomas E. Payne spoke, the Pythian Home of New Market was highlighted, and a storm disrupted parades and dinner after initiations and a town hall address.
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New Market
Virginia
District of Columbia
Hines Memorial Home
George C. Cabell
Norfolk
Records
Thomas E. Payne
Roanoke
United States
Canada
Rajah Temple
Town Hall
W. W. McNicholls
Newport News
Col
George Cabell
Thomas Payne
E. M. Rice
Save Your UMPH Oldsters Poem by E G W
A nostalgic verse warns aging readers to preserve vitality as they grow older. The speaker addresses oldsters with humor about thinning hair jowls and paunch while urging them to keep their UMPH alive despite wobbling steps and liver upset.
County News Briefs From Lebanon Church Area
Local residents report visits among families including Mr. and Mrs. Windle and Mr. and Mrs. Richard. Bible School at Mt Hope Church under Rev. Owen and Miss Bowman proceeds with pianist Miss Kline. Round Hill Presbyterian Bible School begins July 25 for two weeks.
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Ida
Ellen Keller
E. S. Henderlite
Lily Whitington
Cyrus Roth
Harrisburg
Statton Bowers
Margaret Fauver
W. H. Bowers
Walter
Orie. Moore
St. John Church
James Pingley
Baltimore
Wheatfield
Bessie Bowers
Myrtle Hockman
Julius Keller
Winchester
Martha Richard
Nellie
Mt. Hope Church
Julian T. Owen
Bowman
Richmond
Pauline Kline
Marlboro
D. S. Himelright
June Brush
E. Strasburg
Nellie Moore
Chester Bowman
D. of A
Pearl Blg
Clary
P. H. Ritter
Rosie Hoover
Scott Hawkins
Stewart Castleman
Stewart
Henry Boyce
F. C. Boyce
Charles Legge
Virginia Forney
G. L. Rosier
C. J. Keckley
Raymond Bradfield
Betty
W. W. Brewer
Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Veteran Editor Herbert Ezekiel Dies at Home
Richmond veteran editor Herbert T. Ezekiel died after a short illness at his home in Richmond. He formerly edited the Richmond Dispatch and The Whig, co authored History of the Jews of Richmond, and wrote Recollections of a Virginia Newspaperman. He served as secretary of Congregation Beth Ahabah and of the Stonewall Jackson Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is survived by his widow and son Gustavus F. Ezekiel.
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Richmond
Herbert T. Ezekiel
Printing Company
Ezekiel
Old
the Whig
Virginia
Congregation
Beth-Ahabah
Stonewall Jackson
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Gustavus F. Ezekiel
Secretary Goes Fishing While Roosevelt Fishes
In Seattle on August 1, Miss Marguerite Lehand, Roosevelt's personal secretary, fished for salmon in Puget Sound while the President fished from a Pacific cruiser.
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Seattle
Marguerite Lehand
Roosevelt
Pacific Ocean
Miss Grace Ritter Returns From Vacation in Virginia
Chambersville notes Miss Grace Ritter returns to Baltimore Maryland after a two week vacation spent in Chambersville Virginia with local friends and relatives.
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Chambersville
Grace Ritter
Baltimore, Md
Brothers Die In Wreck Near Layman's Trestle
Leon Sigafoose, 44, motor passenger car operator, was killed and M A Shiflette, Keezletown janitor, critically injured when a Chesapeake Western freight train collided head on with the motor car near Layman's trestle four miles east of Harrisonburg at 10:36 AM. Engine No. 105 survived. Melvin Sigafoose, engineer, and Walton Sigafoose, fireman, are relatives of the deceased. An Interstate Commerce Commission official will investigate the crash.
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Harrisonburg
Leon Sigafoose
M A. Shiflette
CW_ building
Chesapeake Western Ry
Layman’s Trestle
Melvin Sigafoose
Walton Sigafoose
Melvin
Leon
Emory Sigafoose
C-W
Bridgewater
C and W
Interstate Commerce Commission
D. W. Thomas
Walton
Final Rites For Confederate General Colvin
General Colvin, a 40 year Baltimore and Ohio engineer and Harrisonburg resident, was buried in Woodbine after services at the Presbyterian Church. Confederate veterans Masons and Shriner members attended, with Sons of Confederate Veterans escort and active pallbearers.
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Harrisonburg
Aug
Rovert Shanine Oben
Woodbine
Presbyterian Church
Bockingham Memorial Hospital
Gen Colvin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frank Price
China
Gen. Colvin
Parks Wilson
Colvin
Wade W Menefee
Masons
Virginia
James £. Rederd
J. W. Gangner
J. R Mohler
Grottoes
Miss Parsons Named Acting Dean of Nursing at VCU
Miss Anne F. Parsons of Richmond will become acting dean of the school of nursing and acting director of nursing services September 1 at the Medical College of Virginia Frances Helen Zeigler dean of the school is leaving for Vanderbilt University where she will head the nursing school Miss Lula K. Wolf will also move to Vanderbilt with Zeigler and will be replaced by Marguerite Gay Nicholson assisted by Juanita Loope both from Virginia towns The changes align with Vanderbilt appointments and internal nursing staff shifts.
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Richmond
Anne F. Parsons
Medical College of Virginia
School of Nursing
Frances Helen Zeigler
Vanderbilt University
Parsons
Lula K. Wol
Medical College
Zeigler
Vanderbilt
Wolf
Marguerite Gay Nicholson
Waverly
Juanita Loope
Salem
Prices For Orchids May Be Cut
New York reports Mildred Johnson plans to ship orchids from Bogota Colombia by air to cut prices. She says imports are the main cost but affordable single orchids or a dozen may tempt lovers. She envisions a 24 hour flight during the Colombian fair August 8 to 22 and notes butterfly wing fabrics are growing in popularity for accessories.
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New York
Ang
Cne
Mildred Sittin
Bogota
Colombia
Miss Johnson
Johnson
Gogota
Atlantic City
Gulf
California
Naval Chiefs Must Work or Get Out
British naval chiefs were told they must work or quit. An admiralty announcement abolished a practice that granted vice and rear admirals a rank boost before retirement to secure a pension for a rank they had not served in.
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London
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