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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1929

Page

5

President's Wife Visits Girl Scout Camp at Rawley Springs

Herbert Hoover visits the Washington Scout Camp at Rawley Springs on a pleasant afternoon. Mrs Hoover joins a luncheon with 200 campers and speaks for over 40 minutes. She compares the camp to the President's weekend retreat on the Rapidan River and praises the girls' outing opportunity. Honors Mrs H Let at luncheon.

Herbert Hoover Washington Purchase Hoover Rawley Springs President Hoover Rapidan River Blue Ridge H. L. Wechert

Girl Scout Officials Visit Rawley Camp for Inspection

Mrs. Hoover, national head of Scouts and DC Girl Scout Commissioner, visited the Harrisonburg area camp to inspect the facilities. She presented Mrs. Harry Lee Dechert with a Thanks Badge, accompanied by several guests and escorted by camp director Miss Dorothy Greene.

Harry Lee Dechert Harrisonburg Rawley Luray Rapidan Hoover George Bowman Garrett S. Miller Washington District of Columbia Rawley Camp Dorothy Greene

Maud Wynn Named Miss Louisiana State University 1929

Maud Wynn of Jackson Mississippi was chosen as Miss Louisiana State University for the 1929 summer session at Baton Rouge.

Maud Wynn Jackson Miss Louisiana State University Baton Rouge

Modern Search For Faith Leads To Dissenting Bodies

A World’s Work survey by Charles W. Ferguson shows America hosts at least 216 distinct religious bodies with 2,000,000 adherents. The article notes 19 divisions of Methodism and 18 Baptist bodies, plus numerous minor sects, including Liberal Catholic, Jewish Science, atheistic Liberal Church of America, and recent Protestant groups such as Apostolic Over-Coming Holy Church of God and Penticostal Holiness.

New York America United States Charles W. Ferguson Ferguson Peter Rome American Association For the Advance Liberal Church of America Denver Seattle San Diego

Col Lindberghs Wife Makes First Solo Flight

Col Lindbergh watches Mrs Lindbergh perform her first solo flight at the Aviation Country Club. She handles the controls for over ten minutes total with her husband guiding, then flies a graceful figure eight and makes a successful landing and additional takeoffs as he smiles in approval.

Hicksville Charles A. Lindbergh Col. Lindbergh Aviation Country Club

China Prepares To Defend Manchuria Border

London reports China intensifies defense preparations in Manchuria as Moscow denies invasion. Nanking secret session of the Nationalist foreign relations committee proposes border defense measures. A Japanese dispatch claims 2 million Mexican pesos allocated to Chang Hsiao ang for war materiel by the central government. Peiping dispatch notes Soviet border raids aimed at halting shipments on the Chinese Eastern Railway.

London China Manchuria Moscow Nanking State Council Marshall Chang Haeuhang Associated Press Peiping Soviet Union

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