Frederick County Sunday School Association Convention at Salem Church
The Frederick County Sunday School Association held its annual convention at Salem Dunkard Church with 386 teachers present among 10 superintendents and 27 officers. Devotional services opened the day led by Rev J Hoge Smith. Rev G L Fringer led the afternoon. discussions covered child training, home education, and Sunday school standards. Prizes and a singing contest highlighted the event with Trinity Lutheran Stephens City winning first, followed by Methodist Episcopal South Stephens City and Macedonia Harrisonburg.
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Frederick County Sunday School Association
Salem Dunkard Church
J. Hoge Smith
W. L. Riggleman
I. N. Good
Miss Pidgeon
Minor C. Miller
G. L. Fringer
Jesus
Opequon
Gainesboro
Stonewall
Shawnee
J. A. Johnson
Clevenger
Riggleman
Salem Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Macedonia
Hildebrandt
Waynesboro
Disbanding of Virginia Good Roads Association Likely
Hampton Va Aug 15 reports say the Virginia Good Roads Association, formed six years to push a 50 million road bond, may disband or wind up activities. The defeat of the bond issue and Byrd's election as governor prompt calls to end active functioning, with about 5000 members statewide.
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Roanoke Times
Hampton
Virginia Good Roads Association
Old Dominion
Chalkley
Harry F. Byrd
Winchester
Virginia
W.R. Rawlins
John Chalkley
Association
Byrd
O’conor Godlrick
Fredericksburg
George Coleman
Mapp
Rawlins
Railroad issues surge to new high marks in early trading
The stock market opened with strength as General Railway Signal Southern Railway and Western Maryland hit new high levels for the year. Associated Press reports over-night gains keeping up the rally and signaling continued upswing in railroad shares.
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Associated Press
New York
General
Southern Railway
Western Maryland
Market advances amid profit taking and gas price cut impact
The market moved upward with large block purchases and rising prices. Profit taking, spurred by higher call money, slowed the rise but did not stop it. Pan-American B led declines on news of gasoline price cuts in the East and Midwest, slipping nearly two points before noon. Call money opened at 4.25 percent and rose to 4.125 percent.
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East
Middle West
Moonshining Suspect Gold Parsons Sued For 10000
In Martinsburg West Virginia on August 25 a lawsuit seeks $10 000 from Gold Parsons over alleged moonshining proclivities and the alleged seduction of Ernest Price s wife Edna Price. The case notes pursuit by dry officers and a car fleeing at night with shots fired in the air. The plaintiff s attorney A B Noll seeks to restrain Parsons from disposing of real estate.
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Gold Parsons
Ernest Price
Martinsburg
W. Va
Edna Price
Parsons
A. B. Noll
Price
Winchester
Prices
Martingburg
Mrs. Price
Burkhart
Blast At Camp Grant Kills Eight In Trench Mortar Explosion
Rockford Illinois August 25 A board of inquiry will probe the Camp Grant trench mortar blast that killed eight Eighth Infantry Regiment members and wounded twelve others. Witnesses describe a faulty fuse and substitution of cordite, causing the shell to explode inside the gun and spew metal fragments. Civilian injuries followed during a smoke screen demonstration.
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Associated Press
Rockford
Ill
Cam Grant
Eighth Innfantry Regiment
Chicago
Plain Osceola Browning
Elain
Arrests in Chicago liquor raids highlight crackdown
Chicago August 25 More than a hundred people were arrested in raids on road houses with game devices and beer liquor seized. The actions align with a plan to close gambling and liquor resorts near Chicago. mayor Devers announced a city wide police shake up, and reports said Rev Ben Ewings, former Ohio minister and federal prohibition director here, would be replaced soon by a dollar a year appointee.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Devers
Ben &. Ewings
Ohi
Wray Names Nicholas A J as adjutant and finances chief
Commander Wray appoints Nicholas J A to adjutant post for the Virginia department and names him to the finance committee in Richmond. The group oversees the Virginia Legionnaire publication. A departmental dues increase to fund the publication was approved at Staunton, and future leaders including a new finance officer were named. A membership drive is planned for November.
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J. A. Nicholas
American Legion Department of Virginia
Richmond
Frank W. Wray
Wray
Mr. Nicholas
Harl Lutz
Frank Rennie
Virginia Legionnaire
Staunton
Nicholns
Acessor
Findance Committee
Gion
Men Smuggled Into Country Under Arrest
Twenty two men employed in the mines of the Akron Gypsum Company were arrested in a wholesale round up of smuggled aliens at Oakfield. Most were led by immigration inspectors and natives of Italy and Poland who entered the country illegally from Canada.
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Associated Press
Oakfield
Nly
Akron Gypsum Company
Italy
Poland
Canada
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