State hospital board reports drop in admissions but more patients treated
Richmond March 8 The state hospital board reports a decrease of 183 in admissions to five state hospitals for 1937 38 from 3 317 to 3 134 Yet total patients under treatment rose to 17 554 from 17 126 due to more on hand at year start Also 10 162 were in hospitals at year end up from 9 886 with maintenance costs totaling 1 581 543 58 including 603 229 66 for salaries and 509 270 79 for food supplies.
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Richmond
State Hospital Board
Hospital Board
Lynchburg
RIS Test Ad Promotes Kidney Health Trial
An advertisement touts a thirty day RIS trial treatment for kidney health. It claims active kidneys improve happiness and urges purchase from leading druggists with a single RIS product and no substitutes.
Hospital Board Reports Year End Financials and Costs
The board details new buildings and equipment valued at $123 051 30 and total receipts of $1 799 158 91 for the year. State receipts including the prior year balance added $1 728 267 and other sources $70 891 07. End year balance stood at $41 169 86. Per capita patient cost averaged $157 87 with central state at $142 47 and eastern state at $179 76.
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Central State
Eastern State
Woman Leads Soviet Civil Air Fleet Chief Post
Valentina Stepanova Grizodubova, 28, named chief of the international airlines department in the Soviet civil air fleet. She led an all-woman crew on a 3717 mile Moscow to Far East nonstop flight ending near Komsomolsk. International Women's Day was proclaimed as a mass political demonstration by the central committee.
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Moscow
Valentina Stepanova Grizodubova
International Airlines
Far East
Komsomolsk
Amur
Communist Party Central Committee
King and Queen Attend Royal Wedding in London
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended the marriage of the queen's niece Cecilia Bowes-Lyon to Kenneth Harington in London. The wedding took place today with the royal couple present.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon
Kenneth Harington
Rail Head Dies
Samuel T. Bledsoe, president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway since 1933, died at his Chicago home early today at age 70.
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Chicago
Samuel T. Bledoe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Barbara Bell Pattern 1674 B Dress for Slim Silhouette
Barbara Bell pattern 1674 B designs a slim high waist dress with gathered shoulders and fitted bodice for Easter and afternoon parties. Uses flat crepe faille or chiffon with fine lace edging and a simple seven step sew chart. Sizes 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52. Price 15c pattern 15c book.
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Barbara Bell
Books in Brief from Handley Library Notes
Handley Library highlights new nonfiction and fiction titles. H. N. Holmes explains vitamins with humor and clarity while Dorothy Biddle guides home flower decoration. Norah Lofts Colin Lowrie blends adventure and love against Jacobite era, with garden books and local history notes.
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Colin Lowrie
Norah Lofts
Lowrie
Scotland
West Indies
Virginia
Handley Library
L. W. Ramsey
M. C
A. C Brock
G. Jekyll
R. M. McCurdy
A. M Kirby
R. L. Wright
County News Briefs From Enon Area Report Local Moves
residents report several relocations including Roy Powell moving to Middletown and Azie McKeever moving into Powell’s former home. Demosses from Cumberland Md relocate to F. L. Good farm. Various locals visit or host events and illness noted with Mrs. Rosette Miller ill from pneumonia.
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Rock Enon
Roy Powell
F. D. Good
Middletown
Azie McKeever
Powell
Demoss
Cumberland
F. L. Good
Hunter Shanhoitz
Indian Hollow
Maynard Larrick
Winchester
Nina Lockhart
Helen Lee
E. R. Michael
Cleatus Oates
Bettie Anderson
Star
Timber Ridge
S. W. Anderson
Rosette Miller
Community Notes From Cross Junction Va in March
Cross Junction Virginia notes list visitors from Albin Martinsburg Winchester and Winchester and Cross Junction. Mrs Baker remains ill while Mr Braithwaite hosts guests C G DeHaven E W Braithwaite and Gilbert DeHaven are among visitors. Ralph Eppard Hazel Grove and Ray Lewis of New Jersey also visited over the weekend.
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Cross Junction
C. G. DeHaven
Albin
H. Braithwaite
C. G. Baker
Clarence Carter
Glenn Baker
Martinsburg
Gilbert DeHaven
Winchester
E. W. Braithwaite
Ralph Eppard
Hazel Grove
Messrs
Ray Lewis
New Jersey
Elmer Braithwaite
J. S. Braithwaite
Social notes from White Post and nearby communities
Mrs. Janie M. Lee of Baltimore visited her son Edward B. Lee in White Post. Several residents hosted bridge gatherings and visitors from Washington D C and Baltimore. Reports include recoveries from throat infection flu and recent weekends with friends and relatives in Baltimore and Front Royal.
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White Post
Janie M. Lee
Baltimore
Edward B. Lee
W. D. Wisecarver
J. P. Reardon, Jr
C. C. Funkhouser
Clay B. Carr
John Martin
Lloyd
Florida
John Sparks
Washington, D. C
William O’brien
Long Island
Harry Shull
Shirley
Cooke Welch
Fritzie Conley
Cathleen Haymaker
Gertrude Welch
L. S. Haymaker
Walter
Charles . Rixey Dearmont
Gaylord
Kenneth Ball
Melvin Ball
the Plains
Sallie Daniel Rixey Dearmont
Max Dearmont
Mrs Myrtle Presgrave Moves Family From Boyce to White Post
Mrs Myrtle Presgrave and her five children relocated from Boyce to White Post in a local move noted by neighbors.
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Den
Myrtle Presgrave
Boyce
White Post
Kernstown News Roundup: Local Names and Health Updates
Kernstown, March 8. Meredith Himelright shows improvement and can be out. Ralph Sargent on sick list. Blanche Peer and Nora Larrick visited Irene Copenhaver Monday afternoon. Alva Wiggington Jacob Copenhaver and Herbert Copenhaver attended Oranda Sunday. Carl Strickler family and Louise Sager visited relatives in New Market Sunday. Robert Ritter and Thelma Kibler visited Maggie Sargent Saturday. Alvin Sargent family and Beverley visited friends in Keyser West Virginia.
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Kernstown
Meredith Himelright
Ralph Sargent
Blanche Peer
Nora Larrick
Irene Copenhaver
Alva Wiggington
Jacob Copenhaver
Herbert Copenhaver
Oranda Sunny
Carl Strickler
Jean
Louise Sager
New Market
Robert Ritter
Thelma Kibler
Maggie Sargent
Alvin Sargent
Beverley
Keyser
W. Va
Local Notes From Middletown and Nearby Areas
Middletown residents host and visit relatives in Winchester Strasburg and Washington with several trips noted. Local families like the Kline and Coffman clans report a child’s illness improving while a Service Class meeting is set for March 16 at the Martins in Middletown.
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Middletown
Florence Wilkinson
Washington
Nannie Miller
Washington, D. C
Loretta Miller
Connecticut
E. R. Sperry
Sadie Harris
Boyd McDonald
Carson Dettra
Winchester
Raymond Headley
Junior
Jean
Amos Headley
Memorial Hospital
John Cornwell
Near Washington
John Shull
Eddie
Sydney
Shull
Blanche Mathews
Rosseau Martin
Julian Kline
Lloyd Coffman
Strasburg
Kennedys Off For Coronation
London march 8 seven of Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy nine children occupy a sleeping car on the Golden Arrow Express to Rome to attend the coronation of Pope Pius XIII. Joseph Jr and John Kennedy to leave Saturday while Mrs Kennedy is already in Rome. President Roosevelt named Kennedy special representative at the coronation.
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London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Rome
Pius XIII
Joseph, Jr
John
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Ambassador Kennedy
Prank Ban Forces Alpha Zeta Pledges’ Dinner Postponed
In Ames Iowa students tied a team of horses to a stair railing in the ISU engineering lobby with straw and bedding around them. Outside a spread er and more straw lay about as faculty moved to discipline Alpha Zeta pledges after the initiation prank.
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Horse Ames
Iowa State College Engineering Hell
Alpha Zeta
Local minister pages radical Christ as foundation sermon
Dr Howard Stone Anderson preached at the Congregational Christian Church on The Unique And The Universal drawing from 1 Corinthians 3 11 and Eve Curie’s book about radium to compare Jesus Christ to the revolutionary element He will rise again and remain victorious. Subsequent sermons titled Be A Plum Tree The Menace of Religion and The Only Sermon I Know were announced for upcoming nights with an open invitation to all attendees.
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Howard— Stone Anderson
Congregational Christian Church
Jesus Christ
Madame Curie
Eve
Eve Curie
Dr. Anderson
Anderson
Television May Bolster Fight Gates
Boxing promoter Mike Jacobs predicts television will boost gate receipts to five to ten million dollars by broadcasting fights. He cites England where a British lightweight title bout sold out a stadium and overflow theatres paid promoters to receive the telecast. Jacobs envisions small venue championship cards with 2 000 to 5 000 fans and $1 000 tickets, plus theater fees, radio rights, and newsreels to follow.
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Sid Feder
New York
Walt Disney
Mike Jacobs
Gates
Mike
England
Eric Boon
Arthu Danahar
Broadcasting Company
M E Church South chicken and ham supper set
Brucetown Virginia neighbors report the M E Church South will host its annual chicken and ham supper in the church basement on Thursday evening March 23. Social updates include visits among local families and illness recoveries.
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Brucetown
M. E. Church
South
Andy Whitacre
Lee Baron
Gainesboro
Robert Smith
Martinsburg
Jessie O'Connell
Howard Boden
Reading
Tom Price
Ashby Price
Stolen Dogs Help Police Track Suspect In California
In Turlock California two Doberman Pinschers named Gretchen and Ars Nigger were brought to assist police in tracking a criminal but vanished. Police list suspect details and seek public help.
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Calif
Point-To-Point Races at Rokeby Attract 31 Entries
Thirty-one entries are listed for Rokeby point-to-point near Upperville. The event features a 444 mile flagged course with races including the gentlemen's heavyweight and ladies divisions. Notable entrants include Athione, Whizz, Stormy Weather and Stars and Stripes, Paul Mellon, Clifton Rose, Shotover, and War Captive.
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R. J. Kirkpatrick
Paul Mellon
Brestone
H. Prince, Jr
Stover
H. Worcester Smith
Easymark
G. B. Webb, Jr
Turner Wiltshire
Clifton Rose
Jane Brooks
James Clark
George Greenhalgh
J. A. Hinckley
Verquin
Howard Linn
Mary Rumsey
Sobersides
Lore
Knight
Cady
J. H. Whitney
R. C. Winmill
Mountain Meadows
Henry Frost, Jr
Red Lander
B. R. Grimes
Edmund Horgan
Amory Lawrence
Hubert Phipps
Harry Worcestermith
Thieves Escape With Purse After Window Rake Probe
In Salt Lake City a three year old boy Gerald Bills yelled, his mother rushed in, and two youths who had been poking through the window with a rake fled with a purse.
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Salt Lake City
Gerald Bills
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