Richmond Man Chosen To Head Lions of America
Benjamin Aulin of Richmond Virginia elected President of Lions International at the twelfth annual convention in Des Moines Des Moines Town July 10 13. He is a general insurance businessman and partner in a local architectural firm and serves as director of several companies. He authored insurance papers and forms used by the American Bankers Association and has spoken at bankers conventions. Ruffin Bete also connected with Lions International for years and praised for his eloquence and leadership.
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Benjamin Aulin
International Assotation of Lions Clubs
Des Moines
Town
Ruffin Bete
Richmond
Virgina
Lions International
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers
Ruffin
Feeling Against Nobile Stirring in Oslo Debates
In Oslo the air around General Umberto Nobile grows tense as Aftenposten pulls his pictured display amid threats. Dagbladet marks Roald Amundsen’s birthday with scathing criticism of Nobile’s arctic exploits and mountain of Italian pride. Danish explorers suggest Fridtjof Nansen lead a court of inquiry, which he declines though notes several expedition members may need scrutiny.
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Oslo
Norway
Umberto Nobile
Teader
Aftenposten
Roald Amundsen
Dagbaldet
Nobile
Itali
Lincoln Hisworth
Amundsen
Norge
Sjitzbergen
Alaska
Mowinckel
Presse
Fridtjof Nansen
Court of Honor
Democrats Must Battle For Party Says Mr Hooker
Murray Hooker, chairman of the Virginia Democratic committee, predicts a Virginian victory for Al Smith but urges intensified precinct organizing to counter Republican efforts in the November election. He spoke after conferences with Gov. Byrd and other leaders in Richmond.
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Richmond
Murray Hooker
State
Democratic Committee
Gov. Byrd
Houston
Virginia
Page To Dedicate A War Memorial
LURAY July 19. Acceptances have been recered. War memorial dedication plans advance with community support and local officials confirming participation.
Byrd and Tydings Set Unveiling Date for Page County Tablet
Invitations extended to participate in the unveiling of the Page county memorial tablet for World War I led by Senator Tydings of Maryland. Mrs. Janney McKee of White Hall spent yesterday in the city.
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Byrd
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Page County
Laray Caverns
Janney McKee
White Hall
Tanney Denies He'll Quit After Fighting Heeney
PECULATOR New York July 19 Gene Tunney denies plans to quit boxing after the heavyweight title defense with Tom Heeney on July 26. He refutes claims credited to Tex Rickard and says he will defend the title as an improved fighter. T. E. Donahue of the Boxing Association watched Tunney’s first workout since Sunday amid strong sparring showing.
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Peculator
N. Y
Gene Tanney
Tameeney
Tanney
Tex Rickard
Gene Tunney
Tom Hréner
T. E. Donahue
Tional, Boxing Association
Hartford
Tunney
Taxes On Rented Virginia Farms Studied In Survey
A survey by the U S Department of Agriculture and Virginia Experiment Station found farm rents in Virginia paid taxes averaging 42 cents per acre, about 20 percent of net income for 1094 farms in 83 counties during 1926. Urban rents paid 16 percent of net income.
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Virginia
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Westmoreland
Essex
Hanover
Henrico
Will Inspect Fruit At Shipping Point
Apples will be inspected at the origin point in Martinsburg West Virginia for San Jose scale rather than New York and other loading ports this season. Cuba and South American markets require the inspection. fruit with not more than two percent scale earns a sanitary certificate for shipment.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
New York
San Jose
Arthur A. Gold
State
Apple Inspection Service
Cuba
South American
Beer bootleggers face strict enforcement in Cleveland
Advices from Cleveland report city flooded with beer and authorities vow to enforce the law against beer violators. The note adds a quip about a Swedish savant predicting the world must learn English, with a local joke that a start has been made.
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Cleveland
Akron Beacon-Journal
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Woits
McCormick & Co
Baltimore
Goodyear
John L. Shine
H. J. Lake
J. P. Sting
W. A. Buncutter& Son
Albin, Va. C
Richard Royce I.ce-Jackson
J. L. Hook Motor Co
Winchester Auto Sales
Bend Brothers
Heeney
St. Louis
Poat- Dispatch
TRA Ory
Imate
Berkeley Springs
U.S
C. D. Howard
W. Va. Agl
Tur
Amt, Atlantic & Pacific
del Monte
Libby
Lord Calvert
Rumford
New Potatoes
HEINZ
Bird's Eye
Columbia
Kellogg’s
Sunnyfield
Boston
Haddock
Riverton
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