Dinner Honoring Dr Maphis At University Ceremony
A university dinner honored Dr Charles G Maphis on his twenty fifth year as dean of the University of Virginia and the tenth anniversary of the Institute of Public Affairs he founded. Speakers praised his leadership, the value of informed public discussion, and the campus as a forum for American affairs.
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Charles G. Maphis
At & H
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University of Virginia
Maphis
Howard Grove
Robert McElroy, Harmsworth
Oxford
Arthur W. Bromculty
University of Michigan
Spencer Miller, Jr
Workers Education Bureau of America
Dr. Maphis
University Virginia
Thomas Orson
Peery
America
Charles Gilmore Maphis
Wholesalers Of Beer Ordered To Pay Taxes
In Virginia the Tax Department requires wholesalers to declare and pay taxes on unstamped beer. The order directs retailers to account for beer on hand by August, and to obtain beer held by wholesalers as of July 31, 1936, under the new stamp and tax act.
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D. Va
C Joner
C. H. Mor
Virginia
Letter Carriers Plan Virginia State Meeting
More than 100 postal workers and about 100 auxiliary members gathered at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton to draft plans for the Virginia carriers convention in Winchester on September 6 and 7. John H Sullivan of Portland urged affiliation with the National Sick Benefit Association and highlighted the forty hour bill and pay restoration as key wins by the union.
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National Association of Letter Carriers
Gypsy Hill Park
Staunton
Virginia
Winchester
Letter Carriers’ Association
American Ion
John H. Sullivan
Portland
National Sick Benefit Association
Onlg
The
Associaton
Sullivan
Sick Benefit Association
Victor Brown
Baltimore
Brewer
Manuel Witster
J. J. Childress
Roanoke
E.a
Meyers
Danville
Stampton, and Co
E. Krantz
Krantz
State Association
Gragge
Deaf Delegation Feels Lion Roar Through Floor
A Washington zoo visit shows deaf attendees startled by a lion's roar. Headkeeper William Blackburne demonstrated vibrations felt through the floor causing several guests to recoil and others to rush to doors.
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Washington
William Blackburne
PWA Projects In Virginia Undergo White House Review
Virginia public works plans are being re examined by the PWA to justify relief fund use. The emphasis is on small projects that can use labor from relief rolls and prefer loans not sought. The list, including many leftovers from earlier programs, awaits final presidential approval and public announcement.
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Washington
Virginia
PWA
White House
Examinations Offered for U S Civil Service Students Aid
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for a Student Aid position paying $1 440 yearly in the Soil Conservation Service, Agriculture Department. Requirements include three years of college with related major, and not completed before May 1933. Optional subjects listed include agricultural engineering agronomy biology farm management forestry and more.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Princess Winchester Invited for Tobacco Festival Queen Court
Dr. W. B. Barbour of South Boston asks for Princess Winchester to be named to the tobacco queen court. The festival in South Boston on September 10-11 will feature Miss Eve Mark-Wardlaw as queen and about 75 maids of honor, with 60 floats last year and floats planned this year. A Chamber of Commerce meeting will decide on the invitation.
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Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Barbour
South Boston
Winchester
Eve Mark-Wardlaw
A. L. P. Mark-Wardlaw
Royal Family
Barbour
Queen's Court
Civil Service Examiners Announce Marine and Biology Posts
The notice lists openings in range management soils and biology survey under the Bureau of Biological Survey and Department of Agriculture with annual salaries for District Refure Administrator at 3800 and Marine Surveyor at 2900. Optional branches include hulls engines and boilers diesel and electrical X full details from J H Taylor Secretary at the U S Civil Service Board of Examiners in the city post office.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Marine Inspection and Navigation
Department of Commerce
J. H. Taylor
U. S. , Civil Service Board of Examiners
Building Room Creates Shortage of State Artisans in Virginia
The FHA reports a building boom in Virginia with skilled carpenters plumbers and painters in short supply as low income housing expands. About 2,762 applications filed for nearly 11 million dollars with 2,052 commitments totaling over 8 million. Rural Virginians and urban areas near Washington and the Norfolk-Portsmouth corridor show strong activity.
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Virginia
D. R. Hunt
Federal Housing Administration
Hunt
FHA
Potomac
Washington
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Newport News
FHA aid spurs low cost home building near factories
Builders push suburban and near factory housing with FHA help while cautioning against excess gadgets in cheap homes. FHA loans reach up to 16000 dollars with about six percent interest. A Virginia director says the market can absorb large capital and labor for years amid housing scarcity.
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FHA
Hunt
Virginia Direcor
Bank settlement sought in estate of Rose Lee Burton Snyder
The Commercial and Savings Bank is ordered to settle accounts as admr. c. t. a. of Rose Lee Burton Snyder’s estate and report the corpus. Defendants must appear within ten days and publication of the order is required for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester.
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A the Commercial and Savings Bank, A Corp
Commonwealth of Vir
Ralph Burton
Guy Burton
James Henry Burton
Virginia Burton Wilkerson
Eugenia Burton Colbert
Francis Burton Anderson
Joseph Tearney
John Tearney
Eugenia Tearney Maskell
Kate Sheetz Baldwin
Pinkie Sheetz Denny
Harold Sheetz, Jr
Clinton Burton Abrams
Winchester Memorial Hospital of
Winchester
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The
Commercial and Savings Bank, A Corp
Admr.c. T. A
Rose Lee Burton Snyder
Dec
Admr. c. T. A
Jas
Henry Burton
Joseph Tear
Corinne Barnett
Eligibility Under FHA Program Based on Character Not Income
He stated that all workers with low salaries can qualify under the FHA program. The sole ineligible person is one who has withdrawn himself by failing to meet credit standards, making eligibility a matter of character rather than income.
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United States
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Martin É& Sibert
Pine Motor CO
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Cammertireco Vulcanizing
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John W. Rosenberger & Co
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