President May Visit Old Home of James Monroe
Jay Winston Johns of Ash Lawn, James Monroe’s home, says President Roosevelt may visit July 4 to pay tribute at Monticello in Charlottesville. Roosevelt will give the Fourth of July address at Monticello after dedicating Shenandoah National Park.
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Farmington Country Club
New York
Shenandoah National Park
Veterans Invited to Memorial Service by VFW Post
A. Lee Cobb of Post 2123 invites all veterans to participate in Memorial Day ceremonies honoring fallen Confederates and remaining Confederate veterans Daniel F. Miller and George W. Dellinger. Veterans meet at the George Washington Hotel to march to the observance, with unaffiliated veterans welcome to join the VFW. Company I members were asked to gather at 10:30 a.m. at the hotel.
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Sons of the Confederacy
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George Washington Hotel
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Shenandoah Production Credit Association Moves to Winchester
The Shenandoah Production Credit Association opens new headquarters at 22 Rouss Ave Winchester replacing the Strasburg office and renaming from Strasburg Production Credit Association. The move aims to serve Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah and Page counties with a Mount Jackson sub-office forthcoming. Julian A Everly is secretary treasurer and Gladys Stotler assistant secretary. Telephone 690.
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Strasburg Production Credit Association
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Warren
Shenandoah
Page
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Middletown
Gladys Stotler
Meditations On The Bible: A Cure For Pessimism
A short inspirational piece urges turning from gloom to belief in goodness. It cites Psalm 27 13 and quotes about light overcoming hell and prison bars. Readers are advised to seek positive outlooks by looking toward the light and to read Matthew 9 2 14 27 and John 16 33 for Jesus three cheers.
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Hell
Jesus
Etiquette Questions Answered in Modern Manners Guide
The Washington Bureau of the Winchester Evening Star presents 500 etiquette questions answered in the new edition of Modern Manners. Topics include name use after divorce, visiting card initials P P C, seating, handshakes, announcing calls, hostess timing, artichoke eating, and party calls. Costs a dime. coupon offered.
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Washington
The
Winchester Evening Star
This Boy Fed Up On Society
Chicago reports 15 year old William Webster Theile son of a New York financier who had been missing since May 3 has been found in good health. He was living by selling magazines and said he was fed up with society life and wanted to make his own way in the world. His parents were notified and traveling to Chicago to bring him home.
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Chicago
William Webster Theile
New York
Chicago Daily Times
Modern Manners booklet request enclosed
A reader encloses ten cents for a copy of the booklet Modern Manners. The note requests mail delivery to Washington DC with name street and state provided.
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State
Washington, D. C
War Park Plans Snag Over Fort Herrison Road Right of Way
Wilbur C. Hall the Virginia conservation commissioner said the National Park Service will not accept the Richmond battlefield park from the state unless it is granted title to the Fort Herrison Osborne turnpike road right of way running through it. Hall conferred with Park Service officials and would return to Richmond to pursue a solution.
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Wilbur C. Hall
National Park Service
Richmond Battlefield Park
Fort Herrison-Osborne
Hall
Richmond
Fredericksburg High School Baccalaureate Sermon
Rev E B McGukin of Winchester preached to Fredericksburg High School's 1936 graduating class on courage concentration and surrendering to life objectives using the lad with five loaves and two fishes as text. He urged personal effort and warned against discouragement as Rev R V Lancaster presided.
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Winchester
Fredericksburg High School
Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
John
R. V. Lancaster
Presbyterian Church
Thorough Study Of Auto Rates Hearing Expanded
Richmond Va June 3 The State Corporation Commission will broaden the hearing on proposed changes in automobile liability and property damage rates to include a thorough study of the entire rate structure. Emphasis will be on long haul truckmen and public automobiles as carriers seek increases up to 28 percent.
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Debates on Guffey coal bill and sugar act on Capitol Hill
Senate debates revenue bill as Interstate Commerce opens hearings on the Guffey coal bill. House debates new Guffey coal act while Agriculture weighs a sugar bill. Sabath committee resumes bondholder probes. yesterday agreed to non controversial tax sections and passed private bills. Bell committee continues Townsend Old Age pension hearings.
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Tire Business Fueled by Tacks Curbside
Atlanta police say Sam Reynolds ran a tire changing service that prospered after he started placing tacks on streets to provoke flat tires. Patrolman W D Nash noted Reynolds previously collected dimes by polishing cars but shifted to tire punctures for higher pay.
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Sam Reynolds
W. D. Nash
Reynolds
Nash
Local man wakes under locomotive after late night
In Los Angeles Alexander Arnold Balderama awoke beneath a locomotive in railroad yards. He told police and a hospital surgeon he had been out late the previous evening and could not recall how he ended up in the yards.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Arnold Balderama
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