Death Comes Quickly To Verne Slater, Harrisonburg Leader
Verne R. Slater, 63, longtime Harrisonburg city council member and civic leader, died suddenly at his South Main Street home after heart trouble. He was praised by Mayor Swank for public service and fraternal activity with Elks, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythians. Funeral services will be Sunday at his residence with Woodbine Cemetery burial.
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R. Slater
South Main Street
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W. C. Chandler
C-W
Swank
Ward Swank
Harriconburg
John H. Downing
Mr. Slater
R. Lee Allen
John Bradley
D. C. Devier
A. M. Loewner
Frank Nicholas
T. E. Sebrell
J. M. Snell
T. N. Thompson
Messrs. Allen
Sebrell
Rockmrubheen
Royal
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Acca Temple Shrine
Harrisonburg Lodge of Elks
The
Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows
Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythians
Shenandoah Valley League
William A
Sarah E. Slater
William Loeb and Company
B. Bloom
Charles E. Frazier
Haberdashery
Frazier and Slater
Woodbine Cemetery
Rockingham Lodge of Masons
L. T. Flick
Clarence Crist
W. E. Friddle
Wary Swank
R. C. Dingledine
Carl Ney
Morris Spiro
L. L. Conrad
Henry Ney
John F. Noll
H. N. Hawkins
J. O. Stickley
W. M. Menefee
Dr. J. E. Wine
New Market Receives Endless Caverns Airport Gift
Endless Caverns Inc donated the airport to New Market Virginia to be built with 20000 dollars C W A funds. Clark M Key of American Airways approved the site and the town will finish the turf landing strips in about 90 days creating a giant T layout. The project will employ 30 to 40 men and is near the Shenandoah river west of the Southern Railway station.
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Endless Caverns, Inc
Endless
Charles A. Lindbergh
West Indies
South America
Richmond
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Southern Railway Station
W. J. Stirewalt
Harry Kagey
Lillian Hinkle
Harry Hinkle
Endless Caverns Airport
The
American Airways, Inc
Clark M. Key
New Market Seen as Center for Valley Air Network
A Virginian official argues New Market should become a core air transport hub linking Cincinnati to Washington. He notes American Airways routes already use the area with plans for Elkins, Manassas and another field between Charleston and Cincinnati under a $10 million C W A airport program.
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Cincinnati
Washington
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W. Va
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Manassas
American Airway
Shenandoah Valley
Martinsburg
Roanoke
Winchester
Waynesboro
Virginia
Dowdell Former B and C Agent Dies in Baltimore
Benjamin S Dowdell age 59 of Hopewell Va died suddenly last Saturday in Baltimore on business for his firm a large artificial silk manufacturing concern He was a traveling freight agent with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad earlier and lived in Winchester He is survived by his widow Jennie Dowdell a son P H Dowdell of Winston Salem and two brothers and two sisters Mrs Pierce H Dowdell returned from Philadelphia after attending the funeral of her father in law Benjamin S Dowdell The son is also connected with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in a similar role
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Philadelphia
Benjamin S.aaweet
Dowdell
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester
Hopewell Corporation
Baltimore and Im Railroad
New liquor tax bill signed and operating in progress
The measure advances with lawmakers listed from Farmer Labor and Democrats against, while Republicans oppose. An amendment allows newspapers to circulate liquor ads in dry states. Rates remain $2 per gallon for distilled spirits, $5 per beer barrel, and 10 to 80 cents per gallon on wines. the occupational tax on breweries is cut from 1000 to 100 dollars. Harrison estimates total revenue at 627 million dollars with tariffs.
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Cutting
Hale
Clark
Harrison
Tasmanian wood blocks used on London streets
Tasmanian forests supplied wood blocks for paving Fame Streets in London and for wharf piles along the Thames. Originating from Tasmanian eucalyptus trees, the material reflects the colonial timber trade connections between Tasmania and Britain.
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Australia
Thames
Liquor control clash and tax bills dominate Assembly session
The Assembly debates liquor control measures with the McMurran-Scott license tax plan for private cars and a 70 cent per hundred pound auto tax. A five member judicial redistricting commission is proposed, funded at $750, and a billboard tax bill sets permit fees from 50 cents to $1.
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Senate
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Wilbur C. Hall
Loudoun
Lawmakers Debate Tax Proposals and Lobbyist Rules
Virginia legislators considered bills on divorce reform including desertion grounds and remarriage, a $25 tax on soft drink manufacturers, bank security for office holders, and a commissioner's handling of divorce depositions. Measures to curb lobbying required registration and expense reporting, while evidence rules for defamation suits were amended to allow certain mitigations. Both houses adjourned until Monday noon with Senate remaining holdover.
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Richmond City
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L. S. Finney
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House Finance Committee
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