Citizenship implant urged by Virginia lawyer at Hot Springs
Whitwell W. Coxe Roanoke president of the Virginia Bar Association urged legal professionals to foster an intelligent citizen understanding of law and government. He warned repeated new statutes collide with the public seeks, and that coercion cannot secure obedience. The address at the association’s opening session cautioned against disrespect for law stemming from widespread misconceptions.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Whitwell W. Coxe
Roanoke
Virginia Bar Association
Coxe
Mr. Coxe
Will Speak Here On Treatment of A Dread Disease
Dr Enmion G Williams of the State Health Commission of Virginia will address physicians of the lower Shenandoah Valley at Winchester Memorial Hospital Friday at 4 pm. His topic is Cause and Treatment of Infantile Paralysis, a disease not limited to infants and currently prevalent in parts of Virginia. He will share his wide experience in combating the ailment to warn and prepare Valley doctors.
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Enmion G. Williams
State Health Commission of
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Williams
C F Grove Ill At Home After Heat Incident
C F Grove, a prominent retired merchant, lies critically ill at his North Braddock Street home after being overcome by heat last Saturday. His daughter Mrs. Gilbert Printz of Wilkinsburg arrived Monday to be with him as his condition worsened after a poor night.
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Cc. F. Grove
North Braddock Street
Friendship Fire Company meeting notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held at Friendship Hall Thursday night August 1 at 8 o clock. All members are requested to be present. Fred W Forney Captain.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Hall
St Louis Robin Flyers Endurance Flight Ends in Landed Return
The St. Louis Robin endurance flight by Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brien concluded at 7 38 p m central time after 420 hours 20 minutes aloft exceeding the Angelino record by seven days. They landed amid 15 000 spectators near Lambert Field, then rested at a downtown hotel. They earned 31 255 jointly plus 2 756 in cash elsewhere, planning funeral attendance for George Lambert, killed near Lambert Field, and had flown about 25 000 miles at roughly 60 mph since July 13.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Curtiss-Robertson Company
Jackson
O'Brine
O’brine
Chamber of Commerce
George Lambert
Lambert Field
New York
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company
Frank H. Russell
Curtiss Company
Boy Killed While Trying to Hop a Lumber Truck
Front Royal Virginia July 31 Harold Williamson eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Williamson of Mentonville near his home was instantly killed Monday when he ran to catch a piece of lumber swinging from a passing truck it struck him and threw him onto the macadam road funeral services were held this afternoon at the Bentonville Baptist Church with Rev E C Stickley officiating burial followed in the nearby cemetery
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Front Royal
Harold Williamson
Herbert Williamson
Mentonville
E. C. Stickley
Baptist Church
Bentonville
Winchester Fair Arrives August Twenty Seventh To Thirtieth
Plan now to attend the Winchester Fair running August 27 to 30. The event promises exhibits rides and entertainment across the fairgrounds with local groups and sponsors supporting the community celebration.
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Winchester Fair
Strasburg Theatre Showings For August First And Second
Milton Sills and Betty Compson star in The Barker a talking feature shown Thursday and Friday at popular prices at Strasburg Theatre.
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Milton Sills
Betty Compson
the Barker
Mother Dies After Pack of Copperhead Snakes Attack
A Winchester area mother was found dead in the mountains with around twenty to twenty five venomous copperhead snakes circling and biting her, suggesting she stepped into a nest while gathering blackberries. A man locating the scene could not identify the names or exact location due to sparse telecommunication and residence nearby.
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Winchester
Star
Three Injured As Car Hubbed Near New Market
Three injured in a Sunday Valley Pike crash near New Market Virginia as a passing mower machine hubbed the car driven by Peter Stipe causing it to overturn. Mrs Walter McCoy of Brunswick and Miss Frances Grant of Clearbrook both improved at Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises. Stipe's left hand was badly cut and a finger amputated.
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Walter McCoy
Brunswick
Frances Grant
Clearbrook
Peter Stipe
Valley Pike
New Market
Dlde Fogle
Kern Street
Heat Wave Persists With No Immediate Relief Across Nation
Washington reports little prospect for relief from the tormenting heat wave and drought that have gripped broad areas. The weather bureau notes temperatures 6 to 11 degrees above six week averages, with New England and cotton districts hardest hit and officials wary of forest fires as fires burn in multiple regions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
Federal Farm Board
New England
New York
Band To Play At Firemen's Festival
The Winchester Concert Band will give an 8 o clock Friday concert at the yard party of the South End Hose Company on West Monmouth Street, instead of the Court House lawn. Directed by Prof. W H McKlwee this is one of the band’s regular performances.
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Winchester
South End Hose Company
West Monmouth Street
Court House Lawn
W. H. McKlwee
Pollard for Governor Promises Progress and Segregation Stance
John G. Pollard a Virginian Democrat with long public life experience outlines progressive policies including road and farm to market road additions, school aid, and tax reduction while supporting segregation tax plans and opposing a central tax board. He emphasizes integrity and state service. Pollard Committee advocates August 6.
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Virginia
William and Mary
Central Tax Board
Paralyzed Stroke Fatality Claims Winchester Woman
Mrs Sallie G Walter wife of Frank G Walter prominent Winchester merchant died at 4 pm at 47 South Cameron Street after a six month struggle with paralysis from a winter stroke She was 77 born in Staunton Va and lived in Winchester since marriage Survived by husband two sons and four daughters plus siblings funeral services to be held at the family residence with Rev F J McFaden officiating Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Sallie G. Walter
Frank, G. Walter
Winchester
South
Cameron Street
Cambridge
Walter
Presbyterian Church
Norfolk
Frank G. Walter
F. J. McFaden
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Funeral Rites At Martinsburg For Late Mr Widmyer
Funeral services were held Monday at 2:20 PM in Christ Reform Church Martinsburg for Ward Gilpin Widmyer who died in King's Daughters Hospital after a several day illness and gallstone operation He was 38 survived by widow Viola Shiner a daughter Dorothy a son Jack father Ross Widmyer and brother William Widmyer all of Martinsburg Burial was in Rosedale Cemetery.
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Christ Reformed Church
Martinsburg
Ward Gilpin Widmyer
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Mapp Would Name Only His Friends If Elected Governor
A Newport News Daily Press excerpt quotes Senator G Walter Mapp of Accomac vowing to appoint only supporters in the governor’s office. The Union News reports three Democratic nominees for governor answered labor federation questions on labor policy and a possible advisory role for federation reps. It notes Roswell Page and Mapp cite their labor records, while John Garland Pollard lacks a Vermont assembly record. Page Six continued.
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G. Walter Mapp
Accomac
Virginia
Union News
Virginia Federation of Labor
Federation
Roswell Page
Mapp
John Garland
Pollard
General Assembly
E. J. Shave
Hampton
Virginia Federation
Newport News Central Labor Union
Mary Appleby 76 Die After Brief Illness In Winchester
Mrs. Mary Sidwell Appleby a Winchester resident for 17 years died at cousin Mrs. John W Rice s North Braddock street home after a short heart illness She was a native of Winchester daughter of the late Hugh Sidwell and wife of Dr Samuel Appleby of Baltimore Funeral services will be Thursday at 3 PM at 117 North Braddock Street with Reverends Mitchell Nelson and interment Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Mary Sidwell Appleby
Winchester
John W. Rice
North Baddock Street
Appleby
Hugh Sidwell
Samuel Appleby
Baltimore
Dr. Appleby
Arthur Phillips
Loudoun Insurance Company
Daniel W. Lupton
Walter McC. Bond
Howell M. Bond
Louie E. Rice
William G. Hardy
Clark Smith
John McKericher Dead in Alexandria Virginia
Mrs. William Lupton and Mrs. L. K. Dellinger report the death of their cousin John McKericher 57 at his home in Alexandria Virginia. Funeral services are set for tomorrow with interment in Greenwood Cemetery Washington. His sister Mrs. Mary Halley of Rapid City South Dakota and cousins Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Harper and Joseph McKericher of Washington were in the city for a brief visit last Sunday.
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William Lupton
L. K. Dellinger
John McKericher
Alexandria
Greenwood Cemetery
Washington
Mary Halley
Rapid City
S. D
F. W. Harper
Joseph McKericher
Yard Party Benefit at Round Hill Church
A yard party fundraiser at Round Hill Presbyterian Church is scheduled for August 1 to aid the Christian Endeavor movement. Proceeds support local youth activities and mission outreach with a community social and refreshments.
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Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Benefit Christian Endeavor
Traditions Must Be Abolished By The Farmer Folk
Blacksburg Va July 31 Agriculture must shed tradition to solve problems, says C O Reed of Ohio State, in a rural affairs institute talk. He urges farmers to keep informed on methods, break from old practices, and push toward revolutionary farming techniques. He notes new tools, such as a dish harrow, and the growing use of check-row cotton and the cotton picker.
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Associated Press
Blacksburg
C. O. Reed
Ohio State University
Institute of Rural Affairs
Virginia Polytechnics Institute
Reed
Central West
Mississippi Delta
Miss Bertie Myerly Dies at Sister’s Home in Mechanicsburg
Miss Bertie Myerly died Tuesday at the Mechanicsburg home of her sister, Mrs. Lee Cooper. She was a daughter of Jesse and Jane Myerly, moved with her family from Carroll County Maryland to Clarke County Virginia area. Survived by two brothers Rev Harry Myerly of Brucetown and Gilbert Myerly of Poolesville and one sister Mrs Lee Cooper. Body to be taken to Berryville Virginia with services at the Methodist Episcopal Church South led by Rev. Mr. Butsler. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Bertie Myerly
Lee Cooper
Mechanicsburg
Miss Myerly
Jesse and
Jane Myerly
Carroll County
Stone’s Chapel
Clarke County
Myerly
Harry Myerly
Brucetown
This County
Gilbert Myerly
Poolesville
Berryville
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Butsler
Green Hill Cemetery
Stewart Couple Guests at George Washington Hotel
Mr and Mrs Ralph E Stewart of Atlanta Georgia are listed as guests at the George Washington Hotel in this society blurb noting their visit to the city.
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Ralph E. Stewart
Atlanta, Ga
George Washington Hotel
South End Yard Party Aids Firemen Near West Monmouth
A civic notice invites the public to help firemen in front of the engine house on West Monmouth Street on August 1 2 3. A lost white gold wrist watch is offered with liberal reward as Keeler and Beck call for information.
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Monmouth Street
Keeler & Beck
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C. F. Grove
Fred W. Forney
ST. Louis Robin Flyers
Boy
Strasburg Theatre
Robert E. Lee
Fr. R. Mellwaine
New Orleans
Louis Leroy
Edwin C. Koenig
Indianapolis News
America
Variety
Florida Times-Union
John G. Pollard
Pollard Committee
Frank Walter
Mr. Widmyer
Milwaukee Journal
State Labor
Newport News Daily Press
Mary Appleby
Rural Institute
Miss Bertie Myerly
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