Suggestions for Increasing the Quail Supply
A letter from Major A Willis Robertson outlines three cardinal principles to boost quail numbers: restrict hunting, reduce predation, and provide habitat with food and shelter. Recommendations include limited harvests, protecting birds from predators, feeding patches, brush piles, and specific crops like Japan clover and Kaffir corn to support year round food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva C. Richards
A. Willis Robertson
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Extension Division
Charles O. Handley
Virginia
Lion Sermon Day Charity Tale Suggested by a Travel Tale
An English traveler, unarmed in a wild land, prayed on his knees for safety and vowed to aid the church if he survived. He returned home and left funds for a London church to hold a yearly sermon. Since then the church observes Lion Sermon Day annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Examination of Motor Drivers Being Favored
R H Shelton Shenandoah Division A A A says motor fatalities in Virginia reached 490 in 1929 and cites 31 000 national deaths last year. He advocates driver license laws with mandatory exams and strict enforcement to curb deaths, noting twelve states show 25 percent fewer fatalities. With 44 states to convene, he sees driver responsibility as the main solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
R. H. Shelton
Shenandoah
Human
Shelton
Continuance Granted In Lindsay Case Incident At Cathedral
The Lindsay dispute continued as chaos erupted at the cathedral when a confrontation led to punches and a mob surge. Denver advocate Arthur Garfield Hays secured Lindsay’s release on own recognizance after detaining police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay
100Th Street Olice
Arthur Garfield Hays
Hays
Last Rites For Elias LaFollette Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services are set for Elias M. La Follette who died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Friends meet at his Lehew home at 1 pm before a procession to Shiloh Church for a service led by Rev. C. H. Anderson. Burial follows in the church graveyard. He was 66, survived by his widow Annie R. and five children, plus four brothers and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias M. LaFollette
Winchester Memorial Hospital
The
Star
Shiloh Church
C. H. Anderson
LaFollette
John LaFollette
Hook's Mille
West Va
Guy E. LaFollette
Bernville
C. Ross LaFollette
Berwyn
Alta
Canada
Audrey L.’ LaFollette
Lehen
Baxter LaFollette
Nellie Arnold
Hook's Mill
Death sentence of engineers 18 to be commuted
Moscow reports eight prominent engineers tried for conspiracy against the Soviet regime. Five were condemned to death and three to ten years in prison with confiscation of property. Names include Leonid Ramsin Victor Larichev Nikolai Charnovsky Ivan Kalinikov Alexander Fedotov. The other three receive prison terms as the court adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonid Ramsin
Victorey
Nicolai
Ivan Kalinikov
Soviet Union
Moscow
Central Executive Committee
Moscow Technical Institute
Ram
Heat and Power Institute
Victory Larichev
Ramsin
State Planning Commission
Nikolai Charnovsky
Supreme Economic Council
Military
Alexander Fedotov
Vladimir Ochkin
Sergei Kuprianov
Xenophon Sitnin
All Union Textile Syndicate
Russia
France
England
Raymond Poincare
Aristide Briand
Henri Deterding
Lord Churchill
Winston -Churchhill
Lawrance
Arabia
Poland
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Baltic States
Embassy Team Earns 1-0 Soccer Victory Over Concords
The British Embassy soccer team defeated Concord 1-0 in wet, sodden conditions. J. Smith scored on a second half passing sequence. A tribute moment occurred before kickoff as players honored their late manager with taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Aing
J. Smith
Ers
Handley High School
Trish
J. Carleton
J. Heisd
Salvage Ship Artiglio Sinks After Mine Blast
Italian salvage ship Artiglio exploded near the sunken Florence off Houat Island and went down with 14 crewmen. Divers had planted mines in the wreckage, and the percussion of the explosion triggered a catastrophic blast. Thousands of tons of powder aboard Florence were deemed a navigation menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lorient
France
Artiglio
Florence
Houat
County 4-H Demonstrations Planned by Home Agent
Miss Nimms Beth Farrar county home demonstration agent will lead a week of demonstrations on patching darning rug care and better foods for Hawthorne Marvin's Chapel High View Millwood Mountain Falls Anner Greenwood Relief Welltown Berryville and Winchester clubs. Women from both counties are invited to attend sessions with Miss Taylor the state clothing specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
niMms Beth Farrar
County Home
Hawthorne and
Marvin's Chapel
Clu
High View
Miss Farrar
Millwood
Mountain Falls
Annery
Greenwood
Relief
Welltown
Berryville
Cymber Taylor
Miss Taylor
Winchester
Iryville
Small Returns Indicated On Average Farms
Washington reports that average return to farmers owning acres with an investment of 15242 was 1298 in 1929. Net return was lower in 1929 than 1928 due to lower year end prices for inventory items. Averages for owner operators exceed those for farms of all sizes and tenures.
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Washington
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Game Com
Mission
Alva C
Richmond
Richards
Lindsey
Manning
Denver
Daniel Green
Kid
Nettleton
Bostonian
Wilbur Coon
Bostonians
Slater’s
Red Cross
Elias LaFollette
Concords
Yurick
J. E. J. Mae
G. Sau
J. Burter
Carswell
Aye Berger Lidts
Ante
Lamont
Shannon
Ote Eeenees
Faulds
S. McBain
A. Konnell
T. Beyerlind
T. Watts
Geen ‘ Ee
George N
Whitehead
J. P. Hayley
J. Sloan
Farrar
Frederick
Clarke Counties
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