Wheeler Is Appointed to Succeed Fox on Virginia Welfare Board
Richmond June 6 The resignation of Horace M. Fox Roanoke as chairman of the state board of public welfare and the appointment by Governor Price of Mayor Frank H. Wheeler Clifton Forge to succeed him leave two vacancies on the board. Wheeler was named for a one year term when the board was last appointed July 1. Fox cited private business pressures for resigning after the first year of a five year term. Also vacant is Dr Belle Boone Beard who became director of county and city organization in the department. The Governor released Foxs resignation and a retiring member letter praising the departments organization and the associations with the board. Governor Price thanked Fox for his services.
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Richmond
Horace M. Fox
Roanoke
State Board of Public Welfare
Price
Frank H. Wheeler
Clifton Forge
Wheeler
Fox
Belle Boone Beard
Department of Public Welfare
Mary Baldwin Weighs Centennial Plans for 1942
Staunton Va June 5 The Alumnae Association of Mary Baldwin College endorsed plans for the 1942 centennial celebration. The meeting approved a multi year development program leading to the centennial and preceded the Commencement sermon by Rev Stuart Nye Hutchison and the address by Douglas Southall Freeman at the graduating exercises. Mary Baldwin alumnae in Winchester named include Mrs R B Wilson Mrs Hubert Kerr Mrs Wendell Goode Mrs Richard Brown Mrs Douglas Puller Miss Jessie Markwood Mrs Earl Clowser and Miss Elsie Rosenberger.
Impaled in 3 Story Tumble Claims Life of Mail Carrier
Coffeyville Kansas report says George Meeske 41 fell from a roof and was impaled on a scaffold brace. Physicians needed two hours to remove the plank from his abdomen and chest. Condition listed as critical.
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Coffeyville
Kas
George Meeske
Treasury Snapshot June 3 Receipts and Debt
The Treasury reports as of June 3: receipts 127,039,712.88 dollars and expenditures 30,377,950.07 dollars. Gross debt stands at 40,334,151,656.37 dollars.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Rainfall totals and averages from 1913 to 1938
Presentation of recent and year to date rainfall figures. 24 hours ending 8 am shows none. June to date 3.70 inches, year to date 17.56 inches. Includes monthly averages by month from 1913 to 1938 with Winchester Research Laboratory providing the statistics.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Health Is Vital Principal Of Bliss Says Miss Gladys Fawcett
Miss Gladys Fawcett in Stephens City High School argues the proposed Frederick County health unit will be a great public health hero. She stresses access to free treatment for diphtheria and tuberculosis, public health nurses, and education to reduce illiteracy and improve school performance.
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Bliss
Gladys Fawcett
Frederick County
Stephens City High School
Louis Pasteur
Walter Reed
Robert Koch
Joseph Lister
Rederick County
Children’s Day At Galilee Set
The Bible School of Galilee Church of Christ near Grimes will celebrate Children’s Day Sunday night June 11 at 8 o’clock. The program includes songs by adult, junior, and primary choirs, recitations by multiple children, solos by Scott Atkinson and Charles E. McVay, dialogues, duets, and a musical selection The Gateway. Offering for missions and awards by the superintendent conclude the program.
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Bible School of Galilee Church of Christ
Grimes
Wilbur A. Reid
Charles
Bettie Clevenger
Helen Crim
Scott Atkinson
Marie Clevenger
Ada Russell
Frances Bageant
Hazel
James Crim
Charles E. McVay
Mary Bird Hudson
Horace Leight Tor Grim
Crim
Elizabeth Crim
Hazel Bageant
Robert Clevenger
Frances Smith
Lucy Clevenger
Frances ‘Bageant
Henry Russell
Earl Smith
Margery Nealis
Douglas Lamp
Elizabeth Crimin
Wilbur A
Isaac Creek Notes Update From June Six
Cecil Shanholtz remains bedbound with a severe cold and heart condition. Robert Tinsman suffers throat infection. Henry Kern and his wife remain ill with little change. Mrs. R. E. L. Whitacre of Whitacre and Mrs. Nettie Boxwell of Winona WV visited Mrs. George Clark. Boxwell is widow of Rev. C. B. Boxwell, former pastor of West Frederick charge.
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Isaac Creek
Cecil Shanholtz
Robert Tinsman
Henry Kern
R. E. L. Whitacre
Whitacre
Nettie ‘Boxwell
Winona
W. Va
George Clark
Boxwell
Threats May Draw Action in Virginia Jail Incident
In Chatham Virginia Sheriff A H Overbey warned he would take proceedings against anyone proven to belong to an armed group that sought to remove Sam Swanson and two others from the Pittsylvania county jail. The three masked men entered the jail to demand prisoners be locked up, but jailer E A Edwards resisted and authorities arrived as the crowd left.
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Chatham
A. H. Overbey
Pittsylvania County
Sam
E. A. Edwards
Edwards
Swanson
William Coward
Methodist Women Meet On Thursday
The Winchester District Women s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will hold its annual meeting in Edinburg Virginia on June 8. Conference President Mrs W H Ballangee and other officials will participate in an inspirational and instructive program aimed at all churchwomen with hopes that each auxiliary will be represented.
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Winchester
Thetis Submarine May Be Beached By Friday
Naval experts say the Thetis submarine, loss of 99 men, could be beached by Friday if weather remains favorable. A full public inquiry promised by Prime Minister Chamberlain may begin next week in Liverpool or Birkenhead after a private naval inquiry reports.
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London
Thetis
Chamberlain
Spa
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Od Court
Robert Goodwin Receives Johns Hopkins Scholarship
Robert A. Goodwin Jr. of Millwood Virginia was named a Henry Strong Denison Scholar for 1939 40 at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The award was revealed at graduation where Johns Hopkins President Isaiah Bowman conferred degrees on 447 students and urged them to join causes beyond self interest.
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Robert A. Goodwin, Jr
Millwood
Henry Strong Denison
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Associated Press
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins
Patman Attacks Chain Stores At Roanoke Speech
Rep. Wright Patman urged a 25 point plan to curb interstate chain stores with a federal tax, saying communities are being bled by absentee owners. He predicted the bill’s passage before next year’s party conventions and argued for distributing executive pay from large chains to locals.
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Roanoke
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Quality Service Stores of America
Patman
Wall Street
New York
Mine Inspection Law Sought By United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers push for a federal mine inspection law accuses operator interests of shaping policy in the Bureau of Mines and cites rising accident rates since its creation. S. A. D. Lewis, John L. Lewis’s brother and aide, testifies before a Senate subcommittee that the bureau has deteriorated and is not as intended.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Bureau of Mines
Pub S
A. D. Lewis
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers
Senate
Methodist Leaders To Discuss Missions Convention Opens Tomorrow
Delegates arrive for the 11th annual Methodist Church national women’s convention at Western Maryland College Westminster with 48 states represented. The merger of the three Methodist branches shapes a mission work discussion led by Mrs. S. W. Rosenberger at the opening devotional.
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Westminster
Western Maryland College
United Church
S. W. Rosenberger
Board of Missions
SunKist Vanities at Palace Theatre Promises Sparkling Sensation
Palace Theatre presents SunKist Vanities Wed and Thurs with Rosita & Perez in Indian Adagio and Doctor Lewis and His Stooges. Mary Keith, Roberta Hine, Fanny the canine prodigy, Bill King, Phillips & Musical comedy stars, Harry Berry's Girl Band and more create a dazzling night of music dance and comedy.
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Rosita & Perez
Doctor Lewis
Stooges
Mary Keith
Roberta Hine
Fanny
Bill King
House of David
Phillips
SunKist Vanities
Harry Berry
Seven Beautiful Girls
Death by Own Action Verdict In Shooting Case
City coroner E L McGill ruled death was caused by the deceased George Fuller who killed a woman and a child with a shotgun before taking his own life. Investigators traced a jealousy motive after Fuller quarreled with Miss America Creasy and shot her in her room in the home of James Gordon. Creasy was wounded in the breast and arms. Gordon s five year old niece Mary Louise Gordon was hit by shot.
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Petersburg
E. L. McGill
George Fuller
Fuller
America Creasy
James Gordon
Miss Creasy
Mary Louise Gordon
Urge Salaries For 4th Class Postmasters
The Virginia branch of the National League of District Postmasters urged enacting legislation to place fourth class postmasters on a salary basis and scrap the old cancellation system. The move was telegraphed to House and Senate post roads committees after the convention where John R. Gallagher spoke. Postmaster General Farley was set to address the group and Thomas G. Burch discussed congressional bills.
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Virginia
National League of District Postmasters
House
Senate
Post Roads
John R. Gallagher
Ludlow
Ohio
National Executive Committee
A. E. Bowers
Railway Mail Service
Richmond
James A. Farley
Thomas G. Burch
Congress
Smith W. Purdum
Rep. Burch
Purdum
Thomas Jefferson
John S. White
Pendergast Rallies From Heart Attack
Leavenworth Kansas June 6 Tom Pendergast, Kansas City Democratic boss serving a 15 month term for income tax frauds has rallied well from a heart attack suffered in federal prison here. His condition was described today as no longer critical.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Democratic
Squalus Rescuers Receive Citation for Heroism
Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole credited navy rescue workers and new life saving gear with saving 33 men from the sunken submarine Squalus. Three men were named for special praise: Martin C. Sibitzky of Pedricktown New Jersey William Badders of Annapolis Maryland and John Mihalowski of New London Connecticut.
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Washington
Cyrus W. Cole
Admiral Cole
Portsmouth Navy Yard
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Martin C. Sibitzky
Pedricktown
N. J
William Badders
Annapolis
John Mihalowski
New London
Conn
Badders
Mihalowski
Employment gains in May exceed April figures in Maryland
Baltimore June 6 report from the Maryland State Employment Service shows May re employment rose nearly 20 percent from April. A total of 4,305 people found work, with 2,826 in private industry and 1,479 in public construction.
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Baltimore
Maryland State Employment Service
Children’s Day at Greenwood at Greenway U B Church
The annual Children’s Day program at Greenway U B Church will be held Sunday June 11 at 8 p m with Mrs Joe Perry and Mrs C E Arme in charge. The public is invited to attend.
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Greenway U. B. Church
Joe Perry
C. E. Arme
Virginia counties aid survey to protect game resources
Virginia counties cooperate with the U S Biological Survey to guard game protections. Carl Nolting notes widespread curbs on dogs in the George Washington National Forest and urges wardens to report regions with issues.
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Richmond
Virginia
U. S. Biological Survey
Carl Nolting
State Game Commission
George Washington National Forest
Biological Survey
Nolting
George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Virginia collects 79 million in ten months, Hodges reports
State Comptroller Leroy Hodges told the governor that the ten months ending April 30 brought 79,060,111 in receipts from all sources, up from 71,540,724 a year earlier. Expenditures rose to 71,605,171, while payroll tax receipts jumped to 8,392,033 from 6,007,155.
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Richmond
Leroy Hodges
Virginia
State Tax Department
Boston Stages Another Tea Party
Boston hosted a tea party for visiting sailors from H. M. S. Southampton. The crew inspected a tea company during a city tour and were offered a party by the local firm. The event followed a prior tea party but with the tea tossed at the sailors this time.
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Boston
Southampton
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Field Day For The Hello Girls
An electrical storm hit Olyphant Pennsylvania causing the town telephone system to ring in 2500 homes. Operators spent the day explaining the situation as phones rang a second time and workers repeated assurances to subscribers.
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Olyphant
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