Rouss Firemen Prepare Auto Trip to CV Convention
Charley Rouss Fire Company plans a Thursday morning departure by automobile to Chambersburg Pennsylvania for the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association annual convention. The big Thursday parade will feature a 25 piece bugle and drum corps led by William C. Haines. Uniforms will be issued starting Friday August 28 after cleaning and pressing. Chambersburg reports expect attendees from five states and a record event surpassing earlier meetings.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
Chambersburg
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
William C. Haines
Chambersburg Committee
Winchester
Naval aide orders investigation into duty neglect
Early this morning charges of neglect of duty were brought against officers at their post of duty. Captain Adolphus Andrews, the President's naval aide, has ordered an official inquiry into the incident.
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Adolphus Andrews
Mission Workers Held By Bandits Reported Safe
Associated Press reports eight British missionaries abducted by Chinese bandits on August 6 are safe and well treated. The group included Bishop Mowell of Toronto and five women, seized at a holiday resort in Munyang, Szechwan. Inquiries have yielded no location or welfare details.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Bishop Mowell
Toronto
Munyang
Szechwan
London
Church
Soperty
Two Marines At Coolidge House Found Napping
Two marines of the special detail guarding President Coolidge's summer home in Swampscott Massachusetts were found asleep, the Associated Press reports, Aug. 24.
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Coolidge House
Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
President Coolidge
Amundsen's Craft Arrives At Nome
Roald Amundsen's exploration schooner Maude, adrift in arctic ice since June 1923 after an attempt to recross the north pole, has reached Nome en route to San Francisco to be sold.
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Associated Press
Nome
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Maude
North Pole
San Francisco
American Minister To Haiti Found Dead In Montreal
Arthur Bailey-Blanchard United States minister to Haiti since 1914 was found dead in his Mount Royal Hotel room in Montreal. He had arrived August 19 and registered from Rochester New York though his home was in New Orleans. A coroner's jury ruled death due to natural causes.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Can
Arthur Bailey-Blanchard
United States
Haiti
Mount Royal Hotel
Bailey-Blanchard
Rochester
N. Y
New Orleans
Clarke Denied Hogging Offices in Virginia Race
Charles H. Harper defends Clarke County against claims Winchester and Frederick hog political offices. He cites Byrd moving from Clarke to governor, Clarke’s landholdings, and past offices held by Clarke residents. He notes Clarke’s tax and salary balance, and asserts Clarke will share honors, while praising a Home Coming Day program in Lexington presbytery.
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H. F. Byrd
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Senate
Virginia
Frederick County
Winchester Fair
Charles H. Harper
Massanetta Bible Conference Draws 5000 Attendees
More than five thousand persons gathered at Massanetta Springs for the first Sunday of the Bible Conference. Attendees heard stirring sermons from leading churchmen including Bishop Warren A. Candler, Dr. R. A. Torre y, Dr. William Evans, and Dr. S. M. Glasgow, with services continuing from day into night.
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Masanetta Springs
Massanetta
America
Warren A. Candler
Baltimore Methodist Conference
R. A. Torrey
Los Angeles
William Evans
Chicago
S. M. Glasgow
Knoxville
Shipping Board Liners Are on Atlantic Routes
Washington Aug 23 The Leviathan and all other ships of the United States Lines will remain in service from New York to Europe permanently President Palmer of the Fleet Corporation announced to dissipate reports they would be tied up indefinitely T H Rossbottom general manager of the United States Lines in Europe said the rumor was used by competitors to cut future bookings Palmer cable says there is no plan to withdraw Leviathan and the line will maintain improved service He cites favorable results and strong endorsements as reason to expect a better year ahead toward the North Atlantic route remaining permanent
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Washington
Leviathan
United States Lines
New York
Europe
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
T. H. Rossbottom
Rossbottom
U. S
United States
North Atlantic
Record launches Bryan Memorial fund drive by paper
The Philadelphia Record announces it will form a national memorial committee to finance and erect a William Jennings Bryan memorial. It solicits nationwide citizen and newspaper support, naming Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the Navy, as committee chairman.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
William Jennings Bryan
The
Record
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Wilson
Virginia Reports Eighty Highway Projects Underway
An Office map for the State Highway Commission shows ninety construction projects in progress across Virginia's eight districts. Projects vary from half a mile to 12 miles using soil gravel bituminous macadam and concrete. Most work is let to contract with few more ads in 1925. Weather favored progress unlike 1924 dry winds caused dust and waviness on many soil and gravel highways.
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State Highway Commission
Virginia
State Highway Department
Roads Reinforced After Drought by Soil Dumping
During the drought period highway engineers dumped soil along roads to stabilize bad spots. With the rains arriving the soil is now spread across many problematic areas and is being compacted by traffic.
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