Virginia Leaders Warn Against Exploitative Industries
A Virginia official denounces so called exploitive industries moving into the state. He cites recruitment through local chambers, unpayable six week “earning” periods, and collapses after stock losses. He urges a constitutional amendment for a minimum wage and cautions communities to vet industrial prospects.
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Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Bee E
Hall
Chambers of Commerce
Frederick County Teachers Told of Christmas Vacation Dates
Official notice informs Frederick County teachers that the Christmas break begins Wednesday evening December 23 and runs through Monday January 4 with classes resuming then. The school board had long ago set these dates. Teachers plan to spend the holiday at home or with relatives far away.
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Frederick County
Ae Sn
Skyline Drive to stay open in winter Virginia park plans
The National Park Service will keep Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park open year round with possible two snow closures. The northern 31 mile segment from Front Royal to Panorama opened October 1, the central 34 miles from Swift Run Gap to Panorama is complete, and southern construction is underway toward Waynesboro. The full route will exceed 80 miles with elevations near 4000 feet and offers views from Jeremys Run Overlook and Browntown Cove. Wildlife includes ruffed grouse and gray squirrels amid scenic ridges and valleys.
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State Commission On Conl and Development
National Park Service
Shen National Park
Virginia
Front Royal
Panorama
Swift Run Gap
Waynesboro
Blue Ridge
Jeremys Run
Shenandoah River
Shenandoah Valley
Browntown Cove
Dickey Ridge
Gimlet Ridge
Hogback Mountain
Prize Winner's School Romance Comes To End
In Waycross Georgia on December 8 a high school romance ended in divorce. Caroline Miller, Pulitzer prize winning author of Lamb in His Bosom, was granted an uncontested divorce from her former high school instructor husband. He claimed the marriage deteriorated after her literary success and custody of their three children was disputed in depositions.
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Waycross
Caroline Miller
Georgia
Lamb
Offer for New Testament with bible history guides
An unusual new volume offers the New Testament with sections on biblical trees seas mountains instruments and birds. It highlights facts like the longest book and shortest verse in 254 pages, bound in black, offered for 20 cents with a redemption coupon.
New Testament Request with 20 Cents Enclosed
A reader encloses twenty cents in coin for a copy of the New Testament and provides the name Street City.
Theodora Goes Wild at Hable's Palace Today
Irene Dunne stars in the Columbia comedy Theodora Goes Wild at Hable's Palace Theatre today and Wednesday with Melvyn Douglas and Thomas Mitchell in the cast. A Fox News reel accompanies the feature, touted as the year’s finest production.
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Theodora
Hable’s Palace
Irene Dunne
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Melvyn Douglas
Thomas Mitchell
Fox News
New York Faces Racketeers From Car Watching To Cash Schemes
New York attorney general praises police for breaking the midtown car watching racket and warns that hundreds of similar cons prey on travelers and shoppers near the Pennsylvania and Grand Central terminals. He notes schemes range from barber shop fakery to counterfeit money ads, smuggled goods, and bent pin games with victims every day.
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New York
Bennet
Pennsylvania
Grand Central
Bennett
Washington
Lincoln
Hastings Debaters Fix Bus Leak With Gum In Route
A Hastings Nebraska debate squad traveling to Winfield Kansas for an intercollegiate tournament sprayed their bus radiator with chewing gum after a leak. The improvised fix let them arrive on time for the competition.
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Winfield
Kas
Hastings
Neb
Old Coat and a Daring Trade in a Short Short Story
Adela declines a house party invitation due to a coat and shops at a department store. Grace admires Adela's fur trimmed coat and asks to borrow it for a dance, but Adela refuses and sends a telegram canceling her plans. She then wires Western Union about her evening bus.
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Adela
Martin
Grace
Western Union
Examinations in U S Civil Service openings
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for senior medical officer female psychiatry with 4600 dollars yearly pay junior medical officer internet 2000 dollars junior medical officer psychiatric resident 2000 dollars at St Elizabeths Hospital Washington DC and biologist wildlife management 3800 dollars yearly soil conservation positions listed.
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United States Civil Ser
Vice Commission
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Washington, D. C
Public Sale Notice for Buick Sedan Auction
Late model light Buick Sedan in good condition with low mileage offered by Dunn & Duvall Auctioneers. Public sale at the County Courthouse at 2 p.m. on December 12. Admr Gibson Baker and G H Heist named heirs or parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn & Duvall
Auuctioneers
Gibson Baker
Admr
G. H. Heist
Civil Service Board of Examinations Notice
Government service opportunity details available from Herman Lee secretary of the U S Civil Service Board of Examinations at the post office in this city Dallas Texas Opportunity isn t entirely rude it knocks but it never shoves.
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Department of Agriculture
Herman Lee
U. S. Civil Service Board of Exp
Dallas
Texas
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