Luray Merchant Arthur Grove Dead at 57
Arthur A. Grove 57 Luray merchant and former post master died after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Friday at 11 at his home with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. He chaired local Rotary Club and served overseas as a first lieutenant in World War I. He directed Page Valley National Bank and helped found a dry goods business started by his grandfather. Survived by brother Harry Grove and sisters Mrs. W. P. Hershberger and Anita Grove.
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118Th Infantry
Virginia Military Institute
Rotary Club
R. H. Pittman
A. W. Campbell
Glenn Bolick
Miller Campbell
American Legion
Grove
Broher
Harry Grove
W. P. Hershberger
Anita Grove
Employment Increases In Maryland Factories
Maryland factory employment and payrolls rose for the fifth consecutive month, the State Labor Commissioner John M. Pohlhaus reported. The report notes ongoing improvement in August across major industries and wage levels in the state.
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Baltimore
Maryland
John M. Pohlhaus
Bar Committee Hears Report on Unauthorized Practice
The Virginia State Bar Committee on unauthorized legal practice met at the Cavalier Hotel Virginia Beach and heard reports on studies by members about credit insurance companies and independent law adjusters. No opinions would be handed down for days. The committee's ruling that real estate agents may not conduct court proceedings for rent collection or prepare certain legal documents has been appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court.
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Norfolk
Virginia State Bar Committee
Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach
R. E. Booker
Richmond
Virginia State Bar
Bar Committee
The
Virginia Real Estate Association
Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals
Nine Polio Cases Are Reported
The Virginia Health Department announced nine infantile paralysis cases last week, four in Richmond, with cases not unusually high for the season. Dr. W Brownley Foster attributed summer poliomyelitis to Western states and noted local cases in Pulaski, Buchanan, Norfolk, and Roanoke.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Virginia
W. Brownley Foster
Foster
Pulaski County
Buchanan County
Norfolk
Roanoke
Liquor Receipts Rise Despite Fewer Bottles Sold
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control records show state liquor store receipts up 38588 for the week ended August 15 from last year, driven mainly by new taxes effective July 1. Gross receipts rose about 7500 while cases sold fell from 17346 to 15862, a decline of 1485 cases or 38500 bottles, with the state tax contributing about 31000.
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Richmond
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Negro's Body Recovered in Nottoway River Flood Waters
The body of Bennett Wright, a Black man from Capron in Southampton County, was recovered today from the Nottoway river flood waters where he drowned Sunday night.
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Courtland
Bennett Wright
Capron
Southampton County
Nottoway River
Rites Held For Ira D. Chapman Roanoke Official
Funeral services for Ira D. Chapman 73 Roanoke county supervisor and farmer were held at his residence in Roanoke County near Salem after his death Tuesday. A Franklin County native, Chapman settled near Salem in 1917 and began politics in 1935 when elected to the county board. he was serving a second four year term.
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Roanoke
Ira D. Chapman
Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
Salem
Chapman
Franklin County
Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
Henry Ford Praises Newspapers as Daily Educators
Henry Ford extols newspapers calling them the best educators arriving daily and staying up to the minute with news and ideas for readers. He emphasizes their role in informing the public and shaping knowledge through timely reporting.
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