National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Conference Opens
About 800 delegates from 32 states arrive in Richmond for the NAACP thirteenth annual conference. Four thousand attend the opening session focusing on health housing farming job security education civil rights and the vote. Nathan Straus and Judge William Hastie headlining with Marian Anderson slated for the Spingarn Medal presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
William H. Hastie
Federal
Virgin Islands
Association
Samuel B. Solomon
Miami
Marian Andersc
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marion Anderson
Joel E. Spingarn
Price
J. Fulmer Bright
S. H. Dykstra
Charles S. Johnson
Fiske University
Local Men To Attend School Of Cooperatives
L O Brumback announces that Southern States Cooperative store managers and distributors from northern Virginia Maryland and West Virginia will attend a two day university school in Richmond on June 26 27 followed by a district managers conference June 28. Attendees include Carl May Winchester Carson Woodford Front Royal Lloyd Painter Stephens City G F Bly Maynard Blair Winchester Charles S Ramsburg Berryville Leon C Michaels Mr Jackson and H C Widmeyer Berkeley Springs W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Brumback
Southern States
Northern Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Richmond
Carl May
Winchester
Carson Woodford
Front Royal
Lloyd Painter
Stephens City
G. F. Bly
Strasburg
Maynard Blair
Charles S. Ramsburg
Berryville
Leon C. Michaels
Mr. Jackson
H.C. Widmeyer
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Veteran Admits He Fibbed A Bit About Age
OIL CITY Pennsylvania June 27 David Van Reed a Civil War veteran with white whiskers admits with a sly grin that records show he is ten years younger than the birthday he claims tomorrow for his one hundred sixth birthday. He says born in 1833 on a sailing ship carrying his parents from Scotland to New Orleans but he fibbed about his age to get railroad work. Spry and cheerful Reed lives alone chops his own firewood and tends his house.
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Oil City
David van Reed
Scotland
New Orleans
Reed
Governor Price To Take A Party To World's Fair
About 20 persons will accompany Governor Price to New York for Virginia Day at the World’s Fair on July 6. The party includes Gov Price Mrs Price and their children Col W M Kemper Col E Griffith Dodson Gen E E Goodwy Pearne Ketron and state officials. They depart Richmond July 5 and will review a parade of Indian troops host a luncheon and dedicate the Virginia room at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Price
Dodson
E. E. Goodwy
Emporia
Pearne E. Ketron
State Division of Purchase and Printing
Robert Harper
James H. Hutcheson
Nina Darling
Virginia World’s Fair Commission
Fair Grounds
Grover Whalen
Virginia
Restrained From Oil Land Sale
The State Corporation Commission issued a temporary cease and desist order against Permain Basin Company R G Barton S Bowles and C J Gravett restraining them from selling New Mexico oil land leases in Virginia without Virginia Securities Law authorization. Dr D Walker Jr of Newport News alleged Gravett acted as an agent offering a 40 acre lease in Tee County New Mexico. Walker leased the land and signed a 90 day note for 750 and later learned Barton bought the land in 1938 at 0.53 per acre with geologists deeming the land’s value questionable.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Permain Basin Company
R. G. Barton
S. Bowles
C. J. Gravett
New Mexico
Virginia
D. Walker, Jr
Newport News
Suffolk
Permain Company
Tee County
Walker
Postmasters In State Appointments Prompt Senate Review
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate for confirmation the nominations of postmasters in Virginia and other locations. Names listed include Capron Mary Drewry Cheriton James Long Haley Holland Benjamin W. Councill Hopewell Henry L. Munt Keys ville James D. Crawford Lovingston Home D. Gleason The Plains Omas B. Cochran Virginia Beach Wallace P. Ashburn and Williamsburg Merritt W. Foster.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Virginia—Capron
Mary Drewry
Cheriton
James Long Haley
Holland
Benjamin W. Councill
Hopewell
Henry L. Munt
Keysville
James D. Crawford
Lovingston
Home
D. Gleason
the Plains
Omas B. Cochran
Virginia Beach
Wallace P. Ashburn
Williamsburg
Merritt W. Foster
Molly the Bull Terrier Returns After Three Years
Salt Lake City dog Molly the bull terrier is home again after three years. She had run away from owner and was sold in 1936 to a friend 100 miles away. a week later she disappeared and later returned to her old master.
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Salt Lake City
Molly
F. Voyle Farmer
Myrl Loved Em Left Em A La Rapier Pastimes
Los Angeles reports portrait of Myrl Alderman as a philanderer with multiple named lovers including Alma, Annabelle, Dorothy Page, Edna Torrance and Ruth Etting. Testimony from Mrs. Helen Warne details marriages, a $150000 heart balm suit, and Alderman’s dinner arrangements with Miss Page. A musician witness recounts Alma striking a man with a loaf of bread in a saloon incident.
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Los Angeles
Myrl Alderman
Helen Warne
Ruth Etting
Alma
Dorothy Page
Dorothy
Myri
Myrl
Annabelle
Alderman
Miss Page
Sunny Jim’s 32 Years at Mystic Shrine Conventions
Baltimore dispatch notes 83 year old Sunny Jim McCandless, former imperial potentate, has attended every Mystic Shrine national convention for 32 years though he lives in Hawaii. He recalls potents in 1913 Honolulu and a ceremonial atop Kiluea crater as the hottest ever.
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Baltimore
Mystic Shrine
Sunny Jim” McCandless
Hawaii
Sunny Jim
Honolulu
Kiluea Crater
Plane crash injures British MP and family
LE TOUQUET France June 27 John Robinson member of Parliament his wife Maysie Gasque Woolworth heiress and pilot Morrison were injured when their plane crashed near here after motor trouble on takeoff for London. Mrs Robinson 29 suffered a broken leg and serious head injury. Robinson and Morrison treated on site for cuts and bruises.
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LE Touquet
France
John Robinson
Maysie Gasque
Woolworth
Morrison
Here
London
Robinson
Background of Farm Situation Looked Into
At Virginia Tech on June 27 an institute for vocational agriculture teachers opened with about 200 attendees. Dr. Walter S. Newman presided as experts from U S Department of Agriculture, Columbia University, Duke University and Brookings Institute outlined national agricultural policy factors.
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Blacksburg
Institute For Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
Virginia Tech
Walter S. Newman
Richmond
Morris B. Storer
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Harry Garman
Columbia University
Harold B. Barowe
Brooking Institute
Rupert Vance
University of North Carolina
Joseph J. Spangler
Duke University
Harold B. Rowe
Brookings Institute
Fruitful Search Ends as Boy Is Rescued on Island
In Albuquerque New Mexico Jimmy Moran aged 14 was found sunning himself on an island when lifeguards blew whistles and an ambulance arrived. Authorities say Moran was safe after the rescue. Policemen gathered details as medics examined him at the scene.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Jimmy Moran
Army diver disappears after underwater island swim
A U S Army diver slipped beneath waves and reached a hidden island. A guard notified others after he did not surface, exclaiming they are looking for you as the swimmer vanished before returning to the beach.
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Lance Siren
Death removes Mrs Calhourn Clay native of Clarke
Mrs Elizabeth Somerville Clay widow of Calhourn Clay of Bedford Virginia dies suddenly at 73 at her brother F M Somerville home near Staunton Virginia. She is survived by a brother and two half sisters. funeral at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church White Post with interment beside the church.
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Ward
Elizabeth Somerville Clay
Calhourn Clay
Bedford
F. M. Somerville
Staunton
Clay
Henry C. Somerville
White Post
Clarke County
Gwynne H. Jones
Worton
Thomas Whitaker
la Jolla
Calif
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
Ronald H. Royland
Cooperatives Study Problems Open in Richmond
Fundamentals and philosophy of cooperation and ties between agricultural colleges and cooperatives were discussed at the opening of a two day Southern States University program in Richmond. Speakers included Dr. Gordon H. Ward of Virginia Tech W G Wysor of Southern States and Dr T B Symons of College Park Md director of extension work for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Southern States University
Southern States Cooperative
Gordon H. Ward
Virginia Tech
W. G. Wysor
Southern States
T. B. Symons
College Park
Cooperative ties spurred between universities and farmers
D. G. Harry of Pylesville Maryland, president of Southern States Cooperative, presided at the meeting. L. E. Raper, director of membership relations, stated the university would aid in building a stronger cooperative program for farmers in Virginia Maryland Delaware North Carolina and Eastern West Virginia.
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Maryland
D. G. Harry
Pylesville
Southern States Cooperative
L. E. Raper
Virginia
Delaware
North Carolina
West Virginia
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N. Loudoun ST
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American Museum of Safety
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