Swanson laid to rest in Richmond Hollywood Cemetery
Secretary of the Navy Claude Augustin Swanson was buried with state honors in Richmond Hollywood Cemetery after a Capitol funeral. Officials from Navy and Virginia gathered, with Governor Price leading honorary pallbearers and a large public crowd viewing the procession through Broad Street.
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Richmond
Claude Augustus Swanson
Hollywood
Capitol
Swanson
Valley of the James
Elizabeth Lyons
Robert D. Workman
Navy
Douglas Hall
Charles Edison
Edison
Harold Starke
Naval Operations
W.R. Furlong
C. N. Nimitz
Ben Moreel
Ralph Riggs
Hall
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
United States
Virginia
Pittsylvania
James H. Price
Mills F. Neal
Alexandria
Potomac
State Capitol
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Virginia Naval Militia
United States Naval Reserve
Price
Andrew Jackson Montague
Montague
House of Representatives
Broad Street
Rapidan
Blue Ridge Mountains
R. Walton Moore
Department of State
Harry F. Byrd
Senator Swanson
S. Otis Bland
Patrick H. Drewry
John W. Flannagan
A. Willis Robertson
Howard H. Smith
Dave E. Satterfield
Thomas G. Burch
Colgate Darden & Virginia
House
Ashby Milton Former Berkeley Resident Dies
Turner Ashby Milton 75 longtime Missouri lawyer and state senator native of Berkeley county W Va died in Kansas City. Body to arrive in Charles Town with funeral Friday afternoon at 3 30 and burial at Middleway. Survived by son Gilbert Milton of Kansas City and brother Dr oe R Milton of Charleston Va.
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Kansas City
Turner Ashby Milton
Berkeley County
W.va
Missouri City
State Senate
Charles Town
Middleway
Milton
Winchester
Frederick County
W. Va
Jefferson County
Kansas
Bertie Gilbert
Gilbert Milton
Oe R. Milton
Charleston
Former Resident Joseph North dies at 99 in Chester Gap
Word arrived of the death of Joseph North at age 99 at his Chester Gap home in Rappahannock county last week. Funeral services were Sunday led by Rev. P. H. Chelf of Flint Hill. Interment followed in the family burying-ground. He was the father of John W. North, Sr., once of this city and now in Washington, D. C. Surviving sons include Nish North, William North, and Bushrod North, all of Huntley, Virginia.
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Chester Gap
Rappahannock County
Joseph North
Flint Hill
Mr. North
John W. North
Washington, D.C
Nish North
William North
Bushrod North
Huntley
For Rent 6 Room House with Modern Conveniences
A for rent notice offers a six room house at 675 Woodland Avenue with modern conveniences. The listing notes rental availability and includes a date marker indicating publication.
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Woodland Ave
E. Gerrad
Bath
East Clifford Street
East Cork St
Parkway
Poultry Delegation Visits Virginia Apple Orchards
About 100 European poultry producers touring to the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland will tour Frederick and Clarke counties Thursday July 27. Organized by the Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce they will travel from Harpers Ferry by auto, then to Martinsburg for an evening of entertainment before returning to Cleveland. Later delegates may visit Rockingham turkey farms after the congress.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Visitors Enter Shenandoah Park in Early July Week
Front Royal Va July 11 During the week from July 3 to July 9 a total of 16 458 visitors entered Shenandoah National Park at the northern entrance near Front Royal. They traveled in 4 616 automobiles with 3 695 visitors in 1 004 cars on Sunday and a midweek daily average of 1 326 people in 389 cars.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah National Park
Soviets and Mongolians Hold Front After Day of Warfare
At the Mongolian frontier near Nomonhan, remnants of Soviet and Mongolian forces resist on the Manchou kuoan side of the Khaika river after a day of heavy artillery and aerial activity. Japanese claims of air superiority and water contamination allegations accompany ongoing shelling and bombardment.
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Manchoukuoan
Khaika River
Here
Kholsten River
Kanjurmiao
Khalka River
Nomonhan
Fruit Growers To Hold A Conference In Hancock Md
A joint meeting of fruit growers from western Maryland southern Pennsylvania eastern West Virginia and northern Virginia will be held in Hancock Maryland on August 1. Attendees will inspect Hancock area orchards and the following day tour orchards around Winchester and in West Virginia.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Hancock
Hancock Area
Winchester
LSU Witness First Woman Testifies in Missing Funds Probe
Mrs. George Heidelberg becomes the first woman to testify in the preliminary investigation into missing funds at Louisiana State University. The $100,000 embezzlement trial of Dr. James Monroe Smith remains under the supervision of State Attorney David M. Ellison.
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George Heidelberg
Louisiana State University
New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
David M. Ellison
Captain Carter Hopes For Victory On Dreyfus Echo
Oberlin Montgomery Carter aged 83, called the American Dreyfus, seeks complete victory in his 40 year fight to clear charges of defrauding the government. A former U S Army captain of engineers, he was court martialed and imprisoned for about five years over alleged $176 000 misappropriation in Savannah Georgia. The House Military Affairs Committee voted to consider nullifying the verdict on grounds of forged and prejudiced evidence. Carter vows to clear his name before death.
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Chicago
Oberlin
Montgomery Carter
Dreyfus
Carter
U. S. Army
Leavenworth
Savannah
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Jenkins
Ohio
Celebre
House of Representatives
Carter says Army blocked truth on visa abuses and purging War Dept
The excerpt quotes Carter claiming he was forced into isolation and that full exposure of visa abuses could purge Army influences. He says attempts for exculpation were blocked by War Department officials who resisted revealing facts.
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Carter
War Department
Masons Attend Royal Arch School of Instruction
About 100 Masons from the state traveled to Waynesboro for the forty third annual Valley Royal Arch School of Instruction at Fairfax Hall Junior College. Jefferson Wallace of Rimond opened the school with John Tee of The Plains heading the instructors and E A Joachim of Charlottesville serving as president. A vesper service is planned for tomorrow evening.
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Royal Arch
Waynesboro
Valley
Royal Arch School of Instruction
Fairfax Hall Junior College
Jefferson Wallace
Rimond
John T Eee
the Plains
E. A. Joachim
Charlottesville
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Claude Swanson
Yard Party
Reliance
Old Preachers Pension Fund
Sinclair
John C. Woolfolk
Pine Motor Co
Braddock & Cecil Sts
Dodge
Buncutter Tire Company
London St
Ashby Milton
Berkeley
TAS Co
Braddock & Valley Ava
Whitewings
Kahn
New York City
Sanita
Huntington
L. I
Department of Sanitation
Otto Kahn
South Kent
S. Braddock St
N. Kent
P. O. Box
Fairmont
Call
Richards Ave
S. Loudoun
Leicester St
Loudoun Street
Palace Theatre
Loudoun
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Company
West Broad Street
Skyline Caverns
Care Star
Cork
Baker & Anderson
Marlboro
Joe Hodgson
Mountain Cabin
Rosemma
R. Mary Theis
Icker’s
Estargains
Tudor
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Bickers Motor CO
North Braddock St
See Valley
Shenandoah Park
Wake Up
Pure Oil’s New
Pure Oil
THE
Pure Oil Company
Pure O8 Co
Russell Brines
Khalka
Army
Vladivostok
LSU
Mrs. George Heidelberg
Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
S. Loudoun St
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
Sentra Operas
Westinghouse
Seweweewes
N. Braddock St
Westinghouse Refrigerator
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