Accidents Cost Grim Toll of 1936 Nationwide Losses
Chicago July 2 Accidents cost the United States a grim toll of 111000 lives and 3700000000 dollars in 1936 the National Safety Council estimated. Its annual summary notes fatalities above 1935 and a fatality every five minutes. Home accidents, heat wave, and occupational deaths shaped the rising totals with heavy wage losses and high medical costs.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Safety Council
The
Local notables gather in Albemarle and nearby communities
Mrs. Lydia Hawkins returns from Washington to Albemarle. Several locals attend the Presbyterian Young Peoples Conference at Massanetta. Rev. C. E. Stenstrunk conducts Bible school and preaching near Zepp with guest preacher Rev. Williamson from Wardensville. Guests of Mrs. Tom Blair include her parents from Broadway and Florida relatives.
Rosenberger Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Rosenberger Virginia hosts T S Cooper and children John R and Anna Jane visiting I B Frye. Ernest J Shook from Shepherdstown spent weekend with relatives. Sunday guests at Amiel Clowser included Stanley Clowser Win chester Loring Clowser and Bertie Clowser. VanDam of Grottos Virginia visited Frye family. Raymond Bradfield and daughter Betty Lou and Maynard Brewer of Chambersville were guests of W W Brewer. Anna Jane Cooper visited Alma Frye.
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Daniel VanDam
Grottoes
Guy S. Frye
Raymond Bradfield
Betty Lou
Maynard Brewer
Chambersville
W. W. Brewer
Anna Jane Cooper
Alma Frye
Fun With Safety Tips for Family Swimming
The piece advises families to learn simple emergency water skills. It covers floating, turning from a float, exhaling against waves, bearing down to lift the head, and coordinated arm leg movements to rise and move forward. It cautions against diving in unknown muddy waters and suggests feet first entry.
Galilee Children Highlight Grimes Day Services
Grimes Virginia notes a large Galilee Children’s Day service crowd. Local movements include Earl Fiddler family relocating to Hackwood farm, and Robert Clevenger visiting relatives near Burnt Factory. Wheat harvest complete. threshing begins. strawberry season ended and cherry picking underway. A mail route change prompts patron protests with a petition to restore the old Shockeysville to Winchester service.
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Brucetown
Roscoe Speath
Washington, D. C
Velona Gardner
Charles Finfrock
Ashland
Kansas
Shockeysville
Winchester
Drowning of Two Women At Riva Beach Bridge
Two negro women Grace Smothers 35 and Ruth Johnson 20 of Camp Parole drowned when their automobile plunged from a narrow bridge into 18 feet of water in the South River at Riva Beach.
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Annapolis
Grace Smothers
Ruth Johnson
Camp Parole
Riva Beach
South River
Omaha official demands proof of age for pension claim
William Cline aged 67 announced the birth of a baby and faced relief officials who required proof of his age to keep his old age pension. His mother Mrs. Lucinda Cline of Wisner Neb spoke for him as proof, but officials pressed for verifiable age evidence.
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Omaha, Neb
William Cline
Cline
Lucinda Cline
Wisner Neb
Representative Cox Attacks CIO Labor Despotism Claim
Representative E. E. Cox of Georgia charged on the house floor that the CIO was trying to establish a labor despotism in the south. The CIO continued organizing in southern industrial states and in the north as well.
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J L. Lewis
Cc. L O
South
E. E. Cox
Georgia
Cc. I. O
Central Press
Stephens City Notes
Miss Mabel Massie and Mr. Leslie Golliday left for Baltimore to enroll at the Peabody Conservatory for three months. Various residents visit relatives, attend events, or are noted ill, with several weekend gatherings across Winchester Hazeltown Middletown Bartonsville Lebanon Hanover and Lebanon.
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Mabel Massie
Leslie Golliday
Baltimore
Peabody Conservatory
Lottie Wolfe
Elizabeth
Mr. Wolfe
Hazeltown
Helena Perry
Winchester
Nell Huber
Mildred Whorley
Gaithersburg
Charles Tobin
Grover Ridgeway
Maggie Sonner
Mamie Pingley
Lebanon
Harry Carbaugh
Harry Warren
Calvin Warren
Hanover Pa
Mae Ginn
Middletown
C. C. Rhodes
Ella Carter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Edna Polhamus
Susie Carbaugh
Madden
Stone Bungalow in Grey Stone Terrace with Six Rooms
Six room stone bungalow in Grey Stone Terrace offers bath furnace and growing section with good neighbors. Property listed under Harry H. Willis.
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Greystone Terrace
Harry H. Willis
District Nurse Reports 372 Visits in May
Secretary treasurer Mrs. Wisecarver presents May activities for Miss Mary Pearson and Miss Evelyn Dean. May saw 372 visits including prenatal, postnatal, infant, preschool and school children, tuberculosis patients, and adults aided by the District Nurse Association.
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Martin Wisecarver
District Nurse Association
Mary L. Pearson
Evelyn C. Dean
Hillltop Sanatorium
University Virginia Hospital
City Welfare Department
Girl Aids Search For Escaped Prisoner In Maryland Hills
Frederick county police and Pennsylvania officers chase an escaped convict in the mountains between Thurmont and Emmittsburg. A 15 year old girl, friend of the prisoner, is taken to point out former hideouts as the search extends.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
Thurmont
Emmittsburg
One Way Out of It in San Francisco Incident
John Worland 14 tried to mow a lawn when assistant fire chief John Riley and Mrs. LeRoy Baker aided him at a street intersection. Mrs. Baker’s car struck Worland’s mower as he fled after the alarm. Worland afterward went fishing.
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San Francisco
John Worland
John Riley
LeRoy Baker
Riley
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