Unique Capitol Pages School Trains Page Boys In Policy City
The Capitol Pages School is a distinct training ground for pages serving Congress. Students from the Senate and House study around duties, with classes before and after sessions, using historic desks once used by Lincoln and Roosevelt. Ernest Kendall leads the 45 student body with six instructors.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Capitol Pages
Peni
House of Natives
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Senators
House
Ernest Kendall
Kendall
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol Hill Action Findings From Senate and House
Senate debates a court bill as labor and housing topics surface. House considers override of a presidential veto on consumer finance and interest rate issues. Joint tax committee hears Treasury officials. labor wage laws reviewed. rivers harbors panel begins regional planning talks. agriculture panel studies farm credit. Yesterday opponents attacked the court bill. House acts on District of Columbia measures and approves a 21 million dollar Army housing program.
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HOUSE
Joint Tax Investigation Committee
Treasury
Labor Committee
Rivers and Harbors
Agriculture Committee
Senate
District of Columbia
Dyer Pleads Innocent in Inglewood Slaying Case
Albert Dyer pleaded innocent to murder charges in the sex slaying of three young girls in Inglewood. Judge Thomas Ambrose fixed August 8 for his trial.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Thomas Ambrose
Yard Party At Stephenson For Ladies Aid Benefit
Yard party planned on the church lawn at Stephenson Thursday July 29 from 7 to 10 31 for the Ladies' Aid benefit with proceeds to aid church activities.
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Stephenson
Church Lawn
Workers Return to Covington Plant After 15 Week Strike
About 143 workers reported back at the Industrial Rayon plant in Covington as production resumes by midweek after a 15 week strike. The NLRB ordered a union representation election within 10 days for employees on the payroll the week before March 29.
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Covington
Industrial Rayon Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Synthetic Yarn Federation
CIO
Peery
Wedding Invitations Now At Special Prices
Special sale on wedding invitations announced by SER SHAR JOB PRINT. Offers include discounted rates for bulk orders and customizable designs with quick turnaround. Limited time prices aim to attract couples planning ceremonies.
Income Tax Payers Dominate Federal Revenue
Treasury figures show individuals paid 46 percent of internal revenue in the year ending July 1, with corporations contributing 40 percent. Total receipts reached 4.65 billion, boosted by new taxes on undistributed corporate profits and higher surtaxes. New York led states in receipts, while Virginia ranked 13th, with New Jersey surpassing Virginia in 1937.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
North Dakota
Virginia
New Jersey
Ministers Gather for Rural Ministers' School at Virginia Tech
The eighth annual Rural Ministers' School opens today at Virginia Tech for a 10 day program ending July 21. More than 10 ministers from various denominations are expected to attend guided by Prof. B L Hummel with Rev A J Walton directing the morning credit course Present Day Evangelism and daily worships led by Rev Jesse Stanfield Evening vesper and lecture series chaired by Dr R W Vanderberry.
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Rural Ministers
Virginia Tech
Virginia Rural Church Conference Board
B. L. Hummel
Virginia Agricultural Extension Division
PWA
A. J. Walton
Nashvile, Tenn
M. £. Church South
Jesse Stanfield
Ivor
Hummel
R. W. Vanderberry
Richmond
Virginia
M. E. Church
South
Liquor Revenue Expected to Nearly Double in Virginia
City Manager Arthur M. Field reported a communication from the League of Virginia Municipalities noting that Virginia cities will receive almost twice the liquor profits this year versus 1936. The Virginia League cited an Associated Press report predicting about 70 cents per capita versus 41 cents last year, when the city earned $5,385.
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Arthur M. Field
League of Virginia
Virginia League
Associated Press
Richmond
ABC
Administratrix Qualified in Frederick Court
Administratrix Anna Mae Dick has qualified in Frederick Circuit Court to serve as the estate's administrator and to manage the affairs and assets of the deceased. The court appointed her to assume duties as personal representative and oversee settlement processes.
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Anna Mae Dick
Frederick
Fruit growers to gather at VPI for preharvest meeting
The annual fruit growers meeting linked to the Farmers Institute will be held at Virginia Tech on July 29 from 2 to 4 p m. The program features F A Motz discussing foreign markets and Northwest prospects, Henry M Taylor on crop outlook, and W S Hough on codling moth control with other talks and demonstrations planned at the V P I packing house.
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Farmers’ Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
F. A. Motz
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Virginia
United States
Henry M. Taylor
W.S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
H. L. Price
Harry Walace
Philadelphia
John F. Crumpacker
Roanoke
Film Stars Shine Not In Tennis Comedy At Beverly Hills
Charles Chaplin and Fred Perry defeated Ellsworth Vines and Groucho Marx 6-1 9-7 in a humorous Beverly Hills Tennis Club exhibition attended by film luminaries. Groucho provided running quips as Chaplin kept silent save for a single word.
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Robert Myers
Beverley Hills
Calif
Charles Chaplin
Fred Perry
Ellsworth Vines
Groucho
Chaplin-Perry
Beverly Hills Tennis Club
Vines
Perry
Francis X. Shields
Sidney B. Wood
Chaplin
Fred Alexander
Vines-Perry
Charlie
Miller divorce granted in desertion case 1932
A divorce decree in the case of Lela M. Miller versus Harrison M. Miller grants a six month restraint on remarriage for both parties and assigns the children of the marriage to the complainant.
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Lela M. Miller
Harrison M. Miller
Appraisal of Estates for Philip C Ambrose and Others
The estate of Philip C Ambrose is valued at 3153.50 per a county clerk report by M H Rhodes W A Everly and W B Little. Another estate valued at 10608.28 is reported by Jo M Fishpaw Coleman Dunn and E S Clevenger and recorded in the county clerk office.
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Philip C Ambrose
M. H. Rhodes
W. A. Everly
W. B. Little
Jo M. Fishpaw
Coleman Dunn
E. 5. Clevenger
Record bet totals at Charles Town meet top two million
During a 32 day Charles Town meet Jockey Club handle reached 2,278,836 dollars through matuels averaging 72,000 daily. State revenue from sales tax concessions and dope sheets totaled 2,053.89 dollars, with the club paying 250 dollars daily track tax.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Jockey Club
Daily Vacation School Opens at Grace Methodist in Middletown
The Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South hosts its annual Daily Vacation Bible School in Middletown starting yesterday. Miss Eleanor Wrenn of Strasburg directs, with five or six teachers assisting across departments. Sessions run two weeks from 1 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., drawing many local children for enrollment and promising continued participation.
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Middletown
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Eleanor Wrenn
Strasburg
Braithwaite Will Recorded for Grace Braithwaite
The will of C. E. Braithwaite is admitted to record. It provides for debts and funeral expenses and leaves all real and personal property in fee simple to daughter Grace Braithwaite. Estate includes a house and 68 acres in Stonewall district with Grace named executrix bond fixed at $500.
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C. E. Braithwaite
Grace Braithwaite
Stonewall
Will Rogers on the difference between a while and a time
An American feature column recounts a schoolroom joke about language. A teacher asks students to differentiate between a while and a time, and a boy named Johnnie quips that when Papa says he is going out for a while, Mama knows he is going out for a time.
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Johnnie
Papa
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