Virginia Dairying Shown Growing Through Milk Pact Facts
Virginia's dairy industry is rising in prominence as shown by a Milk Pacts booklet from the Milk Industry Foundation. The United States produces about 48.8 billion quarts of milk annually with fluid milk delivering the farmer's highest cash return, while butter and cheese use substantial shares of production.
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New York
Virginia
Vstry Foundation
United States
America
Switzerland
Netherlands
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Certified Accountants
Has A Stamp Worth 50 000
Warren R. Dubois bought a $300 stamp collection and found a one cent blue issue with a Baltimore Maryland first day cancel dated August 17 1861. Experts valued the stamp at $50 000 making it the earliest known cancel for that issue. The prior earliest cancel belonged to E Tudor Gross of Providence Rhode Island dated August 22 1861.
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Los Angeles
Warren R. Dubois
Dubois
Baltimore
Mad
E. Tudor Gross
Providence
R. I
Audit of Virginia sheriffs records progress reported
Richmond August 10 The state audit of sheriff records reaches about half completion with field work in about 50 of 100 sheriff offices under State Auditor L McCarthy Downs and State Comptroller Leroy Hodges. The effort aims to trace fees and funds and bring uniform bookkeeping to sheriffs offices. One clerk Herbert Hall of King and Queen threatens suit over withheld commissions and the comptroller asks Attorney General Staples to compel reporting. Staples ill and not yet reviewing the file.
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Richmond
Virginia
L. McCarthy Downs
Leroy Hodges
State Compensation Board
Col. Hodges
Downs
C. H. Morrissett
Comptroller
A. P. Staples
Staples
Berryville preps photo contest for baby show at Gymkhana
Berryville Virginia August 10. The Junior Woman's Club sponsors a baby photograph contest for Clarke County Nurse's Association during the September 1 Gymkhana at Berryville Horse Show grounds. Five cent entry per picture. two classes under one year and one to five years. Entries due at Hawthorne Library August 27 29 30. Banding plans for a baby show to follow with rules to be announced.
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Berryville
Clarke County Nurse's Association
Junior Woman’s Club
Hawthorne Library
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Richmond Area School Grants Enable 220000 Project
Henrico county officials report a 99000 grant from the PWA to fund a 220000 school building program. Plans include an 85000 public school at Sandston, a home economics cottage at Varina and Glen Allen, additions to the Virginia Randolph negro high school, a sewage disposal system at Highland Springs, and equipment for other county schools.
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Richmond
Henrico County
PWA
Sandston
Varina
Glen Allen
Virginia Randolph Negro
Highland Springs
First Litter at Shenandoah Chinchilla Farm
Shenandoah Chinchilla Farm in Virginia records its first litter two husky male kits born in August at Massanutten Mountain home. The newborns weigh about two ounces each and will be weaned in eight weeks.
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Shenandoah Chinchilla Farm, Inc
Virginia
Massanutten Mountain
California
Chinchilla
New Market
H. E. Wetzel
G. T. 2Arrow
European nations spend millions on espionage
It is estimated that European nations spend between 50,000,000 and 80,000,000 dollars annually for all kinds of espionage activities.
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Europe
Public Sale of Town Lot in Winchester Virginia
Public sale of Town Lot to settle debt on a Deed of Trust dated August 21 1933 in Winchester Virginia. Trustee James P Reardon will auction the Lot Ten Block One Had dox Terrace eastern Winchester on Shawnee Avenue at 11 AM August 13 1938. Terms require one third cash and balance in two annual notes bearing 6 percent interest with deed of trust security.
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John Herbert Athey
Winchester
Virginia
County Court House
Shawnee Avenue
Haddox Terrace
Constead
No Pardon For Attacker Urged In Virginia Case
James Spurling 19 of Charlotte pleaded guilty to attempted criminal assault and seven other charges in Charlottesville. Judge A D Dabney imposed two life sentences and urged that he never be pardoned, citing deterrence and the youth’s alleged record of break ins and larceny.
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Charlottesville
James Spurling
Charlotte
N. C
A. D. Dabney
Corporation Court
Spurling
Price
Virginia
State Hospital
Marion
Virginia Wellford
University of Virginia
L. E. Holmes
Dabney
Plight Truths On The Golf Course
In Tapppahannock on August 10 John Schools aged 18 and Pansey Lee 17 wed on the golf course after Baptist preacher M F Roberts and Essex County Court Clerk A D Latane arranged the license. The ceremony occurred under a locust tree as a match resumed and the wedding party arrived.
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Tappahannock
John Schools
Pansey Lee
M. F. Roberts
Essex County
A. D. Latane
5. S. Newbill
Latane
Roberts
Snoopers Must Sign Their Names
Circuit Judge Frederick Coleman in Carolina circuit court warned that anonymous letters about bootlegging will be ignored. He urged citizens to sign letters reporting law violations, saying both the letter writer and those named are held to account and deserve the chance to be heard.
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Bowling Green
Frederick Coleman
Carolina
Timber preservation method for railway cross ties
The majority of ties are impregnated with creosote. Some ties receive creosote petroleum mixtures and a small percentage are treated with zinc chloride.
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E. J. Wi
New State Park Being Dedicated
Swift Creek Park in Chesterfield county, opened July 2 and drawing 50,000 visitors, will be formally dedicated with outdoor sports from 11 a.m. to noon, aquatic events, folk dances, and a dedicatory program at 3 p.m. Governor Price and several mayors will attend as officials and speakers. The park, developed with the National Park Service, is in the Richmond-Petersburg-Hopewell industrial area and operated by a volunteer council led by Bemiss.
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Richmond
Swift Creek
Chesterfield County
Lake Beach
NYA
Price
Hunsdon Cary
J. Palmer Bright
John Jolly
Petersburg
Lane Elder
Hopewell
E. L. Bemiss Jr
Public Sale of County Realty in Winchester Virginia
Public sale of two improved lots in Frederick County known as 25 and 34 in Opequon Terrace near Winchester. Auction in front of the County Court House at noon on Saturday September 3 1938. Terms: one third deposit day of sale, balance in one and two equal payments with bonds, 6 percent interest, homestead waiver, Deed of Trust and insurance policy. James P. Reardon, Trustee.
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J. L. Spillman
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Opequon Terrace
Frederick
James P. Reardon
Fraternity Convention At Camp Lupton Near Woodstock
National encampment and grand council of the Pi Christian Fraternal Orders will run August 16 to 26 at Camp Lupton near Woodstock. Delegates from across the United States will attend with space for 60 to 175 guests. notable officers include Dr. David H Jemison Myron L Simpson Rev Ray C Tucker Ruth C Blersch Mrs Margaret E King Clifford Cornelius H C Hill from several states. Kappa Sigma Pi Phi Beta Pi and Sigma Beta Pi will be represented. the order boasts 1100 Kappa chapters and 300 Beta chapters across 40 states and 10 foreign countries.
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Shenandoah Valley
Woodstock
The
Pi Christian Fraternal Orders
Camp Lupton
United States
St. Louis
New England States
David H Jemison
Cincinnati
Ohio
Myron L. Simpson
Cumberland
Ray C. Tucker
Ruth C. Blersch
National Grand Alpha
Margaret E. King
National
Clifford Cornelius
Latonia
H. C. Hill
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kappa Sigma Pi
Phi Beta Pi
Few Paying Air Deaths In Virginia Cited By Official
Richmond August 10 The state aviation chief says passenger deaths in Virginia air travel are rare with records back to 1935. He notes three airlines operate in state and 149 planes 347 pilots as of July 1. He recalls isolated past fatalities and stresses licensing safety and pilot compliance.
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Richmond
Virginia
R. E. Steele
State Division of Aeronautics
Mr. Steele
Steele
Prayer Service at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
A prayer meeting will be held at 7 45 this evening in the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour. All are invited to attend these services.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Memory of Edward Mulligan Reprimanded Over Strike Recall
Republic Steel employee Edward Mulligan of Warren Ohio drew a reprimand from Senator Robert La Follette, chair of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, for difficulty recalling activities during the Little Steel Strike. Republic paid Mulligan full salary and housed him in a Warren hotel during the strike.
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Edward Mulligan
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren, C
Robert M. la Follette
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic
Mulligan
Warren
Central Press
Virginians planned deep sea fishing expedition off Virginia Capes
A Virginia group led by Dr. Otis T. Amory plans a Thursday deep sea fishing trip about 50 miles offshore to test for giant marlin and tuna. The 46 foot cruiser from Newport News will carry G. Walter Mapp Kent Darling William B. Thalhimer Montague Gibson, with costs shared by the State Commission of Fisheries and the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Association. The effort follows a previous association push halted by a $5,000 appropriation shortfall.
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Newport News
Virginia Capes
Capes
Otis T. Amory
G. Walter Mapp
State Comission of Fisheries
Kent Darling
William B. Thalhimer
Montague Gibson
Richmond
Commission of Fisheries
Virginia Saltwater Fishing Association
Dr. Amory
Virginia
General Assembly
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