Virginia Education Commission Urges Modern Accounting
A Virginia education commission urges the State Board of Education to adopt a uniform modern accounting system for all school funds and monthly custodial reports. It warns that $11 million in indebtedness across counties and districts requires coordinated state action to curb waste and ensure taxpayers receive value from free education.
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Department
State Department of Education
Commission
Boards of Supervisors
State Board of Education
State’ Board of Education
Ithe
Virginia
Public
Auttanita Unities
State Board
Brary
State Library
Library Department
The
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cooperative Education Association
General Assembly
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lilliendahl Widow And Beach Are Gay En Route To Pen
Margaret T. Lilliendahl and Willis Beach, condemned for killing Dr A William Lilliendahl, began a ten year term as they traveled from Mays Landing to the state prison in a sheriff escorted ride. The mood remained light with conversation and laughter during the two hour trip.
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Lilliendahl
Pen
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Mike
Mays Landing
Margaret T. Lillendahl
Willis Beach
William Lilliendahl
Cimino
Atlantic County
Death summons Walter B Stine at Fort Collier
Erick County records note the death of Walter B Stine in Fort Collier before his marriage. A longtime Grace Lutheran Church member, he traced his lineage for generations. He unearthed a printed sermon by the late Rev. Dr. C P Krauth from the church burning era, republished by The Star for historical interest. Arrangements for Mr. Stine's funeral were forthcoming.
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Erick County
Lutheran Church
Sting
Grace Lutheran Church
C P. Krauth
Mount Hebron Cemetery
The
Star
Winchester Obituary Notes Local Clergy Leader
Word of a local pastor’s return to town marks the forthcoming completion of funeral arrangements. Mr. Stine, respected in Winchester and Frederick county, had many friends who will feel sorrow at his death and remember him for the confidence he inspired.
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Neral
Stine
Winchester
Frederick County
Thieves Rob a Filling Station at Vaucluse
County officers seek the thief or thieves who entered the Wm. M. Stickley filling station at Vaucluse on the Valley Pike. They pried a window, stole automobile tires accessories cigarettes and candy totaling several hundred dollars.
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Wm. M. Stickley
Vaucluse
Valley -Pike
Seven Miners Die in Steritz Coal Mine Explosion
Johnston H. December 7 21 The bodies of seven miners killed last night in an air explosion or gas in the Steritz coal mine near here were brought to the surface today after all night work by three mine rescue teams.
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Associated Press
Johnston
City
Steritz
Here
Stock Market Opens With Irregular Turmoil
New York December 21. Frequent shifts of speculative sentiment imparted widespread irregularity to today’s market. An opening burst of strength saw heavy accumulation of copper shares with nearly a dozen reaching their highest price in years. Call money rose from 4 to 4.5 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Resurrection Failing Purnell’s Body Is Prepared For Burial
In Michigan on December 2 a self styled Seventh Messenger Benjamin Purnell’s body was taken from an undertaker’s hearse after a failed resurrection event. Frank Wyland, his bodyguard, followed the hearse as followers awaited a miracle that did not occur.
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Associated Press
Benton Warrior
Mich
Benjamin
House of Davideony
Hearst
Frank Wyland
Parnell
Lazarus
15000 Bushels of Wheat and Elevator Swept By Flames
Fire at the D A Stickell and Sons grain plant in Hagerstown Maryland destroyed the grain elevator and 15000 bushels of wheat. The loss is estimated at 30600 to 40000 dollars and fully insured. The structure was a tall frame unit and the fire department sent 100 volunteers. The plant will resume operations during repairs.
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Hagerstown
D. A."stickell and Sons
Carload
Divers to Attempt Submarine Hull Tap At Torpedo Room
Divers prepared to descend from the Falcon near Wood End to tap a hole in a submarine’s hull at the torpedo room and attach an air supply as rescuers pursued an underwater operation. Conditions varied from calm dawn to choppy seas and possible delays.
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Falcon
Tom Eadie
Bushnell
Larkadie
Wood End
Lindbergh to Meet Mother in Mexico City Visit
The Lindberghs plan to greet their mother in Mexico City as Mrs. Lindbergh flies from Dallas toward the capital. Colonel Lindbergh, in Mexico a week, may depart for Central America after Christmas amid foggy forecasts along the Tampico coast.
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Order of the “Eagle
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Senos
Fugrags
Lindber
Mexico
Mexico City
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Detina
iMre
Cindbergh
Readiwane
Valbuena Field
Lindbergh
Tampico
Colonel Lindbergh
Central America
Dallas
Texas
Fivahgeline L. ‘Lindbergh
Pétroit
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Virginia Farmers Convene Amid Debate and Resolutions
The Virginia farmers union, led by Claude Stickley and Harry Murphy, held sessions marked by businesslike informality and broad discussion. James Speed of Louisville spoke on an eye opening lecture. Resolutions favored a single statewide farmers’ organization, supported the Georgia Corporation Commission’s freight rate probe, and mourned the loss of purchasing agent L. J. McCartney.
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Claude Stickley
Harry Murphy
L. M. Larrick
James Speed
Louisville
Southern Agriculturist
U Ontineraps
Virginia
F. E
C. A. of
State Corporation Commission
L. J. McCartney
Many Many Medal: Housewife’s Flour Brand Adopts Pet Theme
A vintage advertisement extols a flour brand aimed at housewives noting a pet branding motif to attract buyers. The copy emphasizes ease of cooking and appealing to domestic shoppers.
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