Fair Apple Crop Prospects Abroad and Canada Outlook
A cable from Europe notes scattered apple prospects and crop quality across nations. In Canada the August estimate lowers total barrels from July, with Nova Scotia and Ontario seeing higher yields while British Columbia boxes drop. England and Wales expect a fair wood apple crop but plums and pears to be poor, with Newtown Wonder and Lane's Prince Albert crops light.
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The
Star
Washington
Fred A. Motz
Europe
Forn
SF Acetudeure
Nglag
Wales
Worcester
Sussex
Northern Ireland
France
Saumur
Angers
Normandy
Loire Valley
Marne
Bordeaux
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Tyrol
Austria
Styria
Hungary
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Elbe Valley
Yedgoslavia
Bulgaria
Scandanavia
Russia
Canada
Nova Scotia
Ontario
British Columbia
England
United States
Kent
Bramley
Cox
Newtown Wonder
Lane
Prince Albert
Shirley Opposes Raising Virginia Gasoline Tax Proposal
Richmond Va Aug 26 Commissioner Henry G Shirley resists any move to raise the gasoline tax from 5 to 6 cents arguing motorists should not bear highway funding alone He notes tourism and related businesses rely on good roads and that higher tax could reduce travel bringing in about 52 million yearly and even shift purchases across state lines potentially lowering overall revenue.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Henry G. Shirley
Shirley
Public Schools of City to Open on September 9
Schools resume with full session starting September 9 under careful prep. The list includes Garland R. Quarles as high school principal and Bessie L. Corkey as assistant principal, with teachers and staff across English, history, science, music, physical education, and shop courses.
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Garland R. Quarles
Bessie L. Corkey
Virginia Barr
Clara Berry
Ruth Beery
Virginia Boyd
E. P. Browning, Jr
Elizabeth Burckhalter
Marion Chauncey
Edith Cornwell
John N. G. Finley
Mary J. Gray
Luther S. Hale
Edna Holland
Ratetenia
Russell A. Joyce
Nancy Gray Larrick
Marion Laughton
W. R. Legee
Edith J. Light
Mary MacFadden
W. H. MclIlwee
Phyliss Palmer
Benes Pannill
John B. Parsons
Lena C. Payne
Randoph Shields to contest Morgantown golf title
Randolph Shields, Washington and Lee University tennis ace from Winchester Virginia, who won the Western Maryland men’s singles at Mt Lake Park last week, will play in the Morgantown Country Club Labor Day weekend tournament. The 20 year old Virginian, born in China and raised in the United States by medical missionaries, stunned locals with his swift, powerful play advancing past Bernard Welch and defeating Dr Dave O Laughlin in straight sets.
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The
Dominion News
Morgantown
W. Va
Randolph T. Shields
Washington and Lee University
Randolph Shields
Winchester
Ran
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Mt. Lake Park
China
Shields
United States
Mt. Lake
Dave O’laughlin
Pittsburgh
Bernard Welch
Rockville
Star
O’laughlin
West Virginia
Valley of Virginia
Prisoner Tries To Escape Officers On Local Street
Deputy Worthington Schill and Deputy A. J. Zimmerman escorted C. S. Wilson from Cleveland to Martinsburg Virginia line near Winchester Virginia. While en route the prisoner freed a wrist and ate a sandwich provoking a brief struggle injuring both men. Wilson sought for months for failing to provide for his wife and three children.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Worthington Schill
Schill
A. J. Zimmerman
Cleveland
Ohio
C.S. Wilson
Auburndale
Winchester
Virginia
Officer and prisoner struggle during slow Winchester incident
An officer failed to remove a cuff and a prisoner Wilson attempted to exit a moving vehicle in Winchester. Deputy Schill grabbed the prisoner as they toppled from the moving machine, with Deputy Zimmerman halting the vehicle. Schill then cuffed Wilson on the ground after a brief skirmish.
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Winchester
Wilson
Schill
Ing
Zimmerman
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