Firemen Meet In Luray For 52nd State Association Convention
Luray hosts the fifty second annual State Firemen's Association convention with 1000 volunteers and delegations from Hampton Wythe District Norton and Bristol. Mayor Frank Wheeler of Clifton Forge presides as sessions open Tuesday with dances parades and a police ball planned through Thursday followed by a motorcade and a Friday parade. The Shenandoah Boys Band will perform at general sessions.
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Bea
Virginia
State Firemen’s Association
Hampton, Wythe
Norton
Bristol
Frank Wheeler
Clifton Forge
Association of Firemen
Wray
Eastside
of the Valley
Shenandoah Boys Band
Youth Admits Attempted Attack at University of Virginia
Charlottesville police say a 21 year old white youth, James Spruling of Charlotte NC, confessed to entering six UVA houses over two weeks and admitted an attempted attack on a summer school coed. He is held on housebreaking and attempted assault charges after a gun threat at a fraternity house. He previously received a five year suspended NC sentence. Hearing set for tomorrow.
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Charlottesville
James Adams
University of Virginia
Adams
James Spruling
Charlotte
N. C
Jackson
Alpha Chi Sigma
J. S. Carpenter
Maurice F. Greaver
North Carolina
Brief Omaha Legion rally enforces short speeches
Men of Few Words describes a Pa pillion American Legion Post political rally in Omaha Nebraska where candidates paid one dollar per minute to speak and were limited to five dollars maximum per speaker, under chairman Joseph Strawn’s rule to keep remarks brief.
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Omaha
Neb
Papillion American Legion Post
Joseph Strawn
Virginia Roads Praised By World’s Fair Courier
W S Woodward, a World’s Fair goodwill courier, praises Virginia roads scenery and hospitality after a 100000 mile tour. He urges travelers to visit Virginia on their way to or from the fair. A George Washington Hotel Orchestra tour summary follows with member bios and careers.
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W. S. Woodward
Virginia
Ward
Woodward
Union
District of Columbia
George Washington Hotel
Panda at Bronx Zoo Skirts Heat Wave In Private Studio
New York’s ten day heat wave hits the Bronx Zoo with Cant Take It the panda ruffling in her heavy fur. Keeper John Toomey reports she is off her feed and moved to a cool private studio away from visitors as staff seek relief from the heat.
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New York
Pandora
Bronx
John Toomey
W C T U Meeting Set At Friends' Meeting House
The Wo man s Christian Temperance Union holds a regular meeting at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Friends' Meeting House.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Friends’ Meeting House
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