New Roads in Old Virginia by Agnes Rothery
Agnes Rothery publishes New Roads in Old Virginia from Houghton Mifflin. The travel sketch book covers Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley with chapters on Charlottesville Monticello and the university town drives and regional sights. Woodcuts by Alice Acheson accompany the 223 page volume with end papers maps.
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Winchester
New
Tidewater Virginia
Alexandria
Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Richmond
Piedmont
Charlottesville
Monticello
University
Albemarle County
Spottsville
Lynchburg
Lexington
Rockbridge County
Birth of a son for Mr and Mrs N H Carpenter Jr
Congratulations pour in as Mr N H Carpenter Jr and his wife welcome a baby boy at Memorial Hospital yesterday. The father is manager at Shenandoah Box Board and Paper Company. Mrs William Cohen of Easton PA visits relatives in the area at their North Braddock Street apartment. Miss Susan Carson of Mount Holyoke College visits Riverton VA during the Easter holidays with Miss Mathews.
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Scully
Jane Scully
John
South Stewart Street
Wellesley College
Barbara Drake
Detroit
Mich
Margaret Goodwin
Washington
Eleanor Judd
Rochester
Minn
Charlotte Swimley
R. M. Swimley
North
Loudoun Street
Hugh Ingall
Green Room Players
Irving College
Miss Swimley
Irving
Nancy Gray Larrick
Goucher College
Baltimore
Mrs
Herbert S. Larrick
West Clifford Street
N. H. Carpenter, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Carpenter
Shenandoah Box Board and Paper Company
William Cohen
Easton, Pa
A. J. Novick
North Braddock Street
Susan Carson
Mount Holyoke College
Riverton, Va
Carson
Local residents and visitors sequence at Hotel Jack
Regular Tuesday Bridge Club host Miss Katherine Robertson entertains afternoon guests. Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Dutton host daughter Mrs. Joseph L. Carson of River ton. Memorial Hospital patient Mrs. W. B. George returns home at No 23 Stewart improving slowly. Numerous guests from Washington Cumberland and Pittsburgh lodge at Hotel Jack and George Washington Hotel while others visit family in Hagerstown and Roanoke.
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Katherine Robertson
W. B. George
Memorial Hospital
Stewart Street
Mellon Defends Act of Sinking a British Schooner
Secretary Mellon defended the sinking of the British schooner I'm Alone as the Coast Guard Dexter acted within rights pursuing a rum runner after the vessel refused to heed a summons. The incident, involving Canadian registry, prompted protests from Britain and Canada and a full report to be studied by the State Department.
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Mellon
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard Service
Dexter
State Department
Treasury Department
Esme Howard
Coast Guard
Senate begins drafting farm relief measure in Hoover era
Washington march 25 the Senate agricultural committee opened work on a new farm relief bill to replace the McNary Haugen measure for the 71st Congress set to convene april 15. Senator Brookhart outlined a plan likely to meet president hoover approval as witnesses testified and the panel sought guidance from the White House.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Hoover
Brookhart
Iowa
White House
St. Louis
Caraway
Arkansas
McNary
Heflin
Alabama
Fire Threatens To Ruin Giant Steamer Europa
Hamburg reports a blaze mounting in the forecastle of the North German Lloyd liner Europa. Fire raged through the afternoon with the hull turning red hot and flames seen at portholes. Firemen could not enter. Hamburg apparatus and river ships were mobilized to assist.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Europa
Order of reference in Batt estate proceedings
The decree from the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia dated February 18 1929 refers the estate of Henry Batt to a Master Commissioner. The commissioner shall report on real and personal property debts and taxes, report legatees and devisees rights, settle accounts of executors Walter G Gano and G L Batt, and notify all interested parties to present claims by April 12 1929 at 45 West Boscawen Street Winchester VA.
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Henry Batt
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
Walter G. Gano
G L. Batt
Henry Batt Diec
Boscawen Street
Winchester Va
J. W. Baker
Credit Becomes Tighter As Call Money Advances
New York March 26 A tightening in credit pushed call money to 17 percent and time money to 8 percent triggering a sharp stock market reaction. Early gains faded as margin calls rose and call money spiked to 17 percent, with scores of issues dropping 3 to 35 points and many hitting new yearly lows.
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Associated Press
New York
Automobile Upsets On Slippery Road Injures Occupants
A five passenger sedan en route from Oakland Maryland to Bristol Virginia skid on a wet Northwestern grade near Hayfield County and overturned when brakes failed. E C Junkin and wife, his father Gabriel Junkin, and a younger man were shaken. Mrs Junkin suffered a severe nervous shock. An auto agency employee witnessed the crash and helped lift the car. It proceeded to Winchester under its own power and was then parked on City Hall Plaza for inspection.
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Oakland
Bristol
Hayfield
E. C. Junkin
Gabriel Junkin
Seven To Be Sentenced For the Road Fund Thefts
Seven men convicted of shares in the loot ing of state road funds are to appear in Criminal Court before Judge Samuel K. Dennis Friday morning for sentence. Turbitt E. Bush, a former commission employee, was convicted at a jury trial, while six others pleaded guilty.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Samuel K. Dennis
Turbitt E. Bush
Commission
L. K. Roe
Charles W. Myles
Donald Dutrow
George Harding
Joseph B. Dess
Charles A. Ewers
Governor Huey Long Accused Of Plot To Kill Lawmaker
Louisiana Governor Huey P Long was charged with attempting to hire H A Bozerman to kill J Y Sanders Jr a Louisiana House member. An affidavit alleges Long drank and urged Bozerman to murder Sanders and abandon the body in a ditch with a pardon and gold dollars as payoff.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
H. A. Bozerman
J. Y. Sanders, Jr
Louisiana House of Representatives
Governor Long
Bozerman
Bozer
George Peery Declines Gubernatorial Candidacy
Bristol March 25 Ex Congressman George C Peery of Virginia's Ninth District says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor He served six years in Congress and will focus on private affairs His withdrawal narrows the field to Tidewater candidates Pollard West and Mapp while Western leaders had urged an early decision.
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Bristol
George C. Peery
Virginia
Harold Courier
Peery
Congress
John Garland Pollard
Junius EB. West
Leutenant
G. Walter Mapp
Accomac County
Tidewater Virginia
New Secretary of State Is Due In Washington Today
Henry L. Stimson, newly named secretary of state, arrives in New York with plans to join President Hoover at the White House. Delays push his Washington trip to tomorrow as a busy schedule of foreign policy discussions and diplomatic reshuffles is prepared. He is expected to consult with Secretary Kellogg upon his arrival.
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Washington
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
Philippine Islands
Stimson
New York
Mr. Hoover
White House
Kellogg
Nations Pay Tribute to French Soldier Foch in U S
Washington marked Marshal Foch day with 21 gun salutes at each post and flags at half mast. A noon requiem mass at St Paul’s Church honored his wartime leadership with Secretary Kellogg, Secretary Good, and General Summerall in attendance. Memorial services were planned nationwide.
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France
The
Invalides
America
Washington
Reveille
Marshal Foch
Church of St. Paul
Kellogg
Hoover
Good
Summerall
Diplomatic Corps
United States
GO P Machinery In the South Will Be Reorganized
President Hoover condemned plans to reorganize the Republican party machinery in South Carolina Georgia and Mississippi citing disclosures about federal patronage handling. He said local citizens would shape the new structure but if it fails national leaders would step in to ensure an effective organization.
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Washington
Republican Party
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Hoover
President signals patronage shifts amid party realignment
The President disclosed that patronage recommendations from southern states would be handled by special committees. They will cooperate with Democrats who backed the Republican ticket in the last campaign. The remarks were seen as ending Perry Howard's regime as Mississippi negro national committeeman, who faces trial next week over federal patronage handling.
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Solid South
Perry Howard
Mississippi
Bevins Forced Down On Flight By Bad Weather
Roosevel t Field N Y March 26 A telegram signed by Okeh Bevins says the eastern aviator attempting a non stop solo flight from Los Angeles to New York was forced down at Willard New Mexico The message marks the first word from the flyer since his takeoff from Metropolitan airport to better the non stop record set by Capt Frank Hawks last month who flew coast to coast in 18 hours 21 minutes 59 seconds Government weather bureau warned of poor conditions along the route into New York
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Associated Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Okeh Bevins
Los Angeles
New York
Willard
N. M
Metropolitan
Frank Hawks
West Coast
Bevins
Virginia Firms Carry Much Business Across the Seal
H. P. VanBla room district manager of the Department of Commerce oversees a four week period to collect and tabulate questionnaire replies for a published commodities directory. The data will enable an accurate listing in the directory.
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Virginia
H. P. VanBlaroom
Department of Commerce
Rebels claim minor clash near Piedras Negras on border
Rebel officers report a small detachment clashed with federal forces near Piedras Negras and say two officers have joined the revolutionaries to lead another detachment toward an adjacent Tejas border city. The piece notes rail lines into Texas at Piedras Negras Nueva Laredo and Matamoros and cites potential dependence on ships for U S supplies.
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Eral
Jiminez
Chihuahua
Piedras Negras
Tejas
Texas
Nueva Laredo
Matamoros
United States
Burns To Death In Airplane Crash Near Los Angeles
P Summer Brown Jr 21 son of a Los Angeles real estate broker was burned to death when his plane crashed near Los Angeles on March 26.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
P. Summer Brown, Jr
Here
Grayson and Fisher Form Racing Partnership
A new racing partnership is formed between Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson and Charles T. Fisher of Detroit. The duo pool interests under trainer Preston Burch, keep Salukia stable name for Grayson horses and Dixiana colors for Fisher horses, starting the season with sixteen horses.
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Cary T. Grayson
United Stated Navy
Charles T. Fisher
Detroit
Mich
James Cox Brady
Funeral Services Tomorrow For Late Mrs Van Deventer
Funeral services for Mrs Emily Van Deventer 87 widow of James Van Deventer will be held tomorrow at 3 PM from Grace Episcopal Church with Rev Vincent Franks officiating. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. Surviving nephews include Cornelius Van Deventer Boyce Van Deventer Theodore Crisp Wills Sheperd Shepherd Leslie Shepherd.
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Berryville
Emily van Deventer
James van Deventer
Fannie M. Crow
Grace Episcopal Church
Vincent Franks
Green Hill Cemetery
W. A. Bradford
J. T. L. Jones
Eugene Glover
Frank M. Wray
F. Baugh
Joseph F. Moore
van Deventer
Carter Benjamin Morgan
Hill and Dale
Shenandoah River
United Daughters of the
Conf
Mre
Cornelius van Deventer
Boyce
Theodore Crisp
New York
Wills Sheperd
Wilmington
N. C
Shepherd
Columbia
S. C
Leslie Shepherd
Dallas
Texas
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DuShane
James R. DuShane
West Cork Street
William J. Lynch
George Lutz
Miss Dean
Hilda Dean
Johns Hopkins Hospital
National Avenue
R. Gray Williams
Theodore Baer
South Kent Street
Walter G. Hurdle
Detroit, Mich
Mr. Hurdle
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Lynn K. Brugh
Hagerstown
New York City
Paris
Mrs. Carpenter
Joseph L. Carson
Mriverton
B. B. Dutton
M. F. Harkins
T. E. Smith
Flint Hill
Hotel Jack
Messrs. C. B. Morton and
Charles Gallagher
Jack
A. P. Ritenour
J. K. Yowell
Lillie Marple
Pittsburgh
Albert Marple
Ohio Valley Hospital
Mr. Marple
L. G. Johnson
Cumberland, Md
E. L. Annan, Jr
Pittsburgh Glass Company
George Washington Hotel
W. D. Myers
H. B. McCormac
Roanoke
Deauville Sandals
Deauville
Frederick County
Huntsberry’s
West Water St
Ing
C. Harry Hardy
C. A. Bahlman
F. W. Forney
George Peery
GO. P. Machinery
Calles
Sample Shoe Store
Lovett Bros
Admiral Grayson
Fisher
Our
Lucette
North Main Street
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