Presbyterians Plan United Evangelistic Drive in South
Representatives from 17 synods meet in Montreat North Carolina to map a sweeping evangelistic campaign for the Southern Presbyterian Church. Plans emphasize lay participation, personal outreach, and fall winter revival meetings across churches from Maryland to Florida and Texas to Missouri.
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Montreat
N. C
Southern Presbyterian Church
Maryland
Texas
Missouri
Florida
South
Donald W. Richardson
D. D
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
General Assembly
Committee On Evangelism
Richardson
Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Eeson
Tension On Capitol Hill Amid Quiet Senate Stirs
Washington August 3. Reports describe Capitol Hill tense but idle as lawmakers drift toward adjournment. House scenes show a pet bill fight, a storyteller amid laughter and tremulous order while Senate figures like Ashurst pursue long running pet projects.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Clarke County Historical Society to meet in Berryville
Clarke County Historical Society will hold a meeting in the Berryville Court House on Monday August 7 at 3 30 pm President Alexander McKay Smith will present committee inventories to guide a prospectus for membership A Robertson chairs a committee locating Clarke farms linking them to larger tracts and seeking historical connections. Everarde Meade leads a portrait committee aiming to photograph Clarke county figures whose portraits hang outside the county.
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Berryville
Clarke County Historical Society
Court House
Alexander McKay Smith
A. F. Robertson
Clarke County
Everarde Meade
Clarke
Mary Page
Ben Crampton
Loring Kackley
Average monthly rainfall across 1913 38 period listed
Present and Past Rainfall Present and Past Rainfall Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 a m None August to date None Year to date 30 82 ins Average precipitation in inches per month based on the 26 year period 1913 38 inclusive is as follows: Jan 2 53 Feb 1 98 March 2 94 April 3 20 May 3 64 June 3 58 July 3 34 Aug 3 68 Sept 2 36 Oct 3 13 Nov 2 32 Dec 2 40 Average annual rainfall past 26 years 35 09 inches Statistics provided through courtesy Winchester Research
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Winchester Research
Fortune Telling booklet advertised in Washington DC
A Winchester Evening Star notice invites readers to mail ten cents for a booklet titled Fortune Telling. The pamphlet outlines methods to read fortunes with stars, palm lines, dreams, cards, tea leaves, and coffee grounds, plus signs and omens for amusement at parties.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Payroll Heist Strikes Sinai Hospital Baltimore
Rhea Nusbaum a Sinai Hospital bookkeeper testifies to police about a curbside robbery where two bandits hijacked the hospital payroll of 10000 dollars and fled eluding pursuit with her chauffeur.
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Rhea Nusbaum
Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
Forecasting eruptions with tilt meters near Mount Asama
Dr Takeshi Minakami of Tokyo University proposes using tilt meters to detect pre eruption tilt near Mount Asama two months before the April 20 1935 eruption. Instruments record slow earth changes, aiding early warning. Hawaiian volcanoes are in a youthful eruptive stage per Dr Harold Stearns. Atmospheric pressure changes may influence earthquakes, per Dr R C Hayes. A gate crash ER attended police rookie school in Houston with honors, replacing a certified applicant who moved on.
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Berkeley
Calif
Pacific Science Congress
Takeshi Minakami
Tokyo University
Minakami
Mount Asama
Japan
Harold T. Stearns
United States Geogelical Survey
Hawaiian
R. C. Hayes
Dominion Observatory
Wellington
N. Z
Hayes
New Trouble Besets White House in Housing Vote
Washington August 3 The Roosevelt administration faces new congressional opposition from within and outside the Democratic party as the $800 million housing bill appears headed for defeat in the House. A Senate fight over a $119 million loan fund to bolster farm prices adds to the pressure as the House economy bloc blocks the deficiency bill reducing the total by $161.7 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
White House Budget Bureau
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Wallace
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
House Huddles Mark Day of Rumor and Caution
In a day of rumors and confusion the house corridors buzzed as Rayburn and Speaker Bankhead met about a dozen times. Rayburn and Massachusetts Republican Leader Rep. Martin frequently whispered at the back of the house chamber.
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Rayburn
Speaker Bankhead
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Bridges Not Red He Says
Harry Bridges testified at his deportation hearing that while there are Communists in the labor union movement he is not and has never been a Communist. He denied membership in any organization outside the Longshore Union and said he belongs to no party advocating violent overthrow of the United States.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Australia
Thomas B. Shoemaker
Prosecution Council
Bridges
Bridges Denies Communist Party Membership Claim
In a state government hearing Bridges, the west coast CIO director, was asked by Shoemaker if he had told anyone he belonged to the Communist party. Bridges replied he never admitted such membership, jokingly noting he had teased people but never officially or soberly claimed it.
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Shoemaker
Bridges
The
Communist Party
West Coast
CIO
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