Apple Shortage Feared In East States
A July meeting of the Middle Atlantic Division of the National Association of State Marketing Officials warned of a general apple crop shortage in the Middle Atlantic region. Reports cited Maryland counties with shortages while the Eastern Shore was forecast to have the best crops. Delaware and nearby states showed fair peach and fruit prospects amid plans for cooperative terminal committees to reduce shipping delays and warehousing needs.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
National Association of State Marketing Officials
Andi Ag
B. Shaw
Seman Horticultural Society
Maryland
McGarry
Sails for Europe Mrs Verzi Sets Sail from New York
Mrs B J Verzi left this city recently and sailed from New York. She planned to visit relatives in Italy and Switzerland. Her son Lenus is visiting friends in Lonoconing Maryland.
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Mra. B.J
Norfolk and Western Train Schedules and Connections
Local for Roanoke and points west depart in the evening with No. 1 K at 2.45 am toward Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and beyond. Pullman sleeper services link Philadelphia New York to Washington and a parlor car to Hagerstown. No. 10 at 8:59 pm serves Hagerstown Washington Baltimore Philadelphia with No. 14 at 7.29 pm offering a Hagerstown to Philadelphia connection. For fares schedules and reservations see station agent.
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Roanoke
Bristol
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch
Norton
Pullman
Williamom
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Philade
Walter J Sydnor to Face Trial for Brutal Slaying
Walter J Sydnor is slated for trial in Hastings Court on Thursday for the murder of Violet Worley Sydnor. Police say the slaying was brutal and involved repeated blows before her body was dumped in the James River near the city dock.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Walter J. Sydnor
Hastings Court
Sydnor
Norfolk
Eva May Sydnor
Violet Worley Rainey
Violet Worley Sydnor
James ‘River
City Dock
Thelma Richardson
Virginia
Alexandria
Baltimore hotel man wed in Atlantic City Ritz Carlton
Charles H. Consolvo a Baltimore hotel owner and his bride Mary B. Coble were married Thursday at the Ritz Carlton in Atlantic City. The couple plan a nationwide automobile honeymoon with two cars and hotel host accommodations across cities they visit.
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Charles H. Consolvo
Baltimore
Richmond
Norfolk
Mary B. Coble
Atlantic City
Seashore
United States
Consolvo
Mr. Green
Mr. Gehring
Boy Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge in Stafford
Fredericksburg July 18 A 14 year old Eugene Finnes son of Mr and Mrs John Finnes of Stafford county was killed when an old unloaded muzzle loader discharged after he struck a lighted match into its barrel and blew into the gun mouth The discharge ripped into his head blowing away part of his skull He left parents ten brothers and sisters surviving
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Fredericksburg
Eugene Finnes
John Finnes
Stafford County
Tugene
Mogm “Tigt Uyssejsu0g
Clarke County Democratic Club Elects Officers
Clarke County Democratic Club names officers including Miss McDonald as chairman and Mrs. John B. Neill as secretary. Ward chairmen chosen and plans for a big day during homecoming week August 4 11 discussed. Engagements loom with speakers as National Guard unit heads to two weeks training. Local events feature Winslow Homer lecture and State Board of Health appointment.
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NT Va
Oman
Se McDonald
Miss McDonald
John B. Neill
Joseph F. Moore
Goodwin H. Williams
W. T. Lewis
Horace Smithey
George Hardesty
Ralph Ware
E. G. Conner
Battletown
B. J. Smith
Long Marsh
Wilburn Gaunt
R. BE. Reed
Greenway
Richard Whiting
Court House
Alfred Kerfoot
Northern Virginia Power Company
Clarke County
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Methodist
Howard M. Hoge
Lincoln
Union
Lilian Shepherd
Norfolk
National Guard
Berryville
Jetson F. Spates
Virginia Beach
Maryland Guardsmen
John W. Beatty
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh
Clarke County Woman’s Club
Winslow Homer
Whistler
Childe Hassam
Beatty
Old Hamer
Homer
William Morgan Smith
Rosemont
Trinkle
State Board of Health
Dr. Smith
Swanson
Lewis Neill
Tannersville
N. Y
Lancewood
Catskill Mountains
H. B. Lance
Short Hills
N. J
Sarah B. Crown
Percy T. Crown
Fairfax Meade
Mary Fishburne
Columbia
Pittman
Roanoke
Hugh Taylor
Springberry
Edward M. Stribling
Lydia Stribling
Catesby Fields
Frank Y. Tilford
Milton Valley
George Ashe
Annapolis
Tom Peyton
Washington
Airley
Dorothea Taylor
Gulfport
8. M. Taylor
South Church Street
Pennsylvania Seeking Open Market Purchase of N and W Stock
In New York on July 18 it was reported that negotiations for Pennsylvan ia Railroad to acquire Norfolk and Western have stalled over terms. Despite this, demand for N and W shares remains, with traders watching steady buying. N and W is valued near market price, offering 7 percent dividend and about 13 percent earnings.
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New York
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Old Man Shoots Rival Over Woman Rivalry Ends in Death
San Francisco July 18 Hugh McCloskey 71 is dead and Henry Mueller 75 is jailed on a manslaughter charge. The dispute over a 70 year old woman led to a quarrel Wednesday. Both men are inmates of the City and County jail.
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San Francisco
Hugh McCloskey
Henry Mueller
American athletes set records in Olympic events
F Morton Taylor of Grinnell College Iowa won the 400 metre hurdles in a new Olympic record of 62.35 seconds at Colombes Stadium France becoming the first American to top the flag to the summit. Rob Le Gendre former Six Town University star leaped 6 feet 0 inches surpassing the wartime broad jump record by Ned Harvard by three inches.
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F. Morton Taylor
Grinnell College
Lowa
Colombes
France
Rob le Gendre
6 Town Univversity
Adly
Ned Harvard
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