Park Builders To Hold Meeting On Blue Ridge
SKYLAND Va June 6 Park Builders will hold a meeting in Blue Ridge starting point for tours during the National Conference in Shenandoah National Park June 18 21 Delegates will inspect battlefields visit Water resources trip explain park water sourcing and hear speeches by Col Richard Lieber Conrad Wirth and others plus a barbecue an inspection trip to Fredericksburg White Oak Canyon and an annual banquet on June 19 21
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Blue Ridge Point
Terry Lensaint
Bhenandoah National Park
X- Perng
Oughout
United Tates
Anyon
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
Passa Lotte
J. J. Chaulaitis
Arlottesville
Water Resources Division
Conservation and Development Commission
Richard Lieber
Weeke
Carson
Wilbur
Ahoi
Davey
Conservation Development Commission
CCC
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
White Oak Canyon
State Chamber
The
Students Taking More Interest In Life's Problems
Richmond Va June 6 A Virginia college poll finds students more engaged with life issues and less dependent on home funds. Many work or receive aid to cover costs while enrollments and anticipated graduation totals rise, and presidents expect stronger job absorption for graduates in 1936 despite the era’s low mood.
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Richmond
Joe College and
Mary
Cuttt
Virginia
Joe and Mary
Old Dominion
University of Virginia
Institutions of Higher Learning
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Personal and Social Mention From Millwood VA
Millwood Virginia residents report a series of visits and gatherings. Rev and Mrs Charles Lee of St Simons Island Georgia toured to meet family in Gloucester, Conn, Cooperstown and Lexington. Local births, school prizes, and memorial services are noted with several notable visitors including Major General Fuller and families.
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Reey
Mrs. Lee
Georgia
Virginia
Millwood
Charles Lee
Si.mons Island
Ferred
Ter
St. Simons
William Byrd 99
Gloucester
New London
Conn
Holton Arms School
Washington
Eleanor Flood
R. B. Byrd
Everard Kidder Meade
Jane Cary Randolph
Chatham Hall
Margaret Della Meade
R. K. Meade
Agnes Page Mitchell
John Chew
Elizabeth Chew
Scarsdale
N. Y
Chew
Ann Meade
Margaret Dole
Mary Dougherty
George H. Burwell
Llewellyn Bull
Greenwy
York
Edward
Tucker Lindsey
Fward Ndsey
Jackson
Lindsey
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles Consolvo
Baltimore
Lowell Decker
New York
Hugh M. Nelson
Mary Nelson
Warrenton
Florida
Allen
Rockbridge
Fla
Indian River
Long Branch
Betsy Allen
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Nelson
George Burwell
Henry B. Gilpin
Isobel Keith
Britton
Hood College
Frederick
Old Frederick Parish
Benjamin F. Fuller
Marine Corps
Hamilton
Puller
Catherine Fuller Pordney
Edward M. Offrey
Dey
Newport R. I
Edgar M. Whiting
Whiting
Winchester
Neta Neville
Henry Hudson
Edgar, Jr
Richard Dulaney
May Be Massacre Year In Big Leagues 1935
A chaotic batting slump grips the 1935 baseball season as stars struggle. A survey shows ten of the 20 preeminent batters in each league started eighth week with averages below expectations, with overall declines around 44 to 56 points versus 1934.
Public Enemy List Shrinks to Small Fry in Chicago
Chicago report notes most major gangs from the prohibition era have been eliminated or jailed. Only Alvin Karpis remains sought while Dillinger mob figures like John Dillinger are dead or captured, and other groups such as the Touhy gang have been jailed as federal action continues.
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Chicago
Yesteryear
Public Enemy
Joe Fox
Dillinger Mob
Filis
Volney Davis
Karpis-Barker
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Alvin Karpis
Dillinger
John Hamilton
North Side
Touhy
John Factor
Capone
4-H Club Boys Plant Trees on School Grounds
A total of 419 trees were planted by 4-H Club boys on school grounds. Species include Arbor Vitae and Norway spruce among others, with trees placed at Winchester Kernstown Gleam Gore Round Hill Mt. View Hayfield Middletown Braneon Clearbrook and Hayfield City Shawnee Garden Club and Garden Club contributing. Totals show 210 at one location and 30 at another, with various counts at multiple sites.
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Winchester
Kernstown
Gleam
Gore
Mt. View
Hayfield
Middletown
Braneon
Clearbrook
Hay
Boston Welcomes Rear Admiral Byrd After Antarctic Voyage
The Boston Traveler on May 16 reports crowds cheering Rear Admiral Richard Byrd and his Antarctic crew upon return. Governor and mayor officiated as Boston papers published full page photos of parades, street crowds, and related welcome scenes.
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Boston
R. B. Byrd
Massachusetts
Identify Body In River Stour
In Christchurch England on June 6 the body of a woman identified as Alma Rattenbury was found in the river Stour. Rattenbury, acquitted days earlier of charges related to the mallet murder of her husband, reportedly stabbed herself six times in the chest before entering the river, a herdman William Mitchell told authorities.
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Christchurch
Eng
Alma Rattenbury
William Mitchell
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