State funds report shows education and care of the mentally defective top allocations
Richmond May 16 reports detail the general fund allocations for the current fiscal year. The state board of education received 8.16 million dollars (30.48%), higher learning 3.16 million (14.02%), and care of the mentally defective 2.56 million (9.55%), with penal administration at 2.64 million (9.87%).
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Institutions of Higher Learning
Schools For the Deer and Blind
Virginian State Library
Museum of Fine Arts
General Fund
Unemployment Compensation and Public Employment Service
J.H. Bradford
General Assembly
Farm Operations Scrutinized by Baseball Commissioner
Chicago May 16 Farm operations of the Detroit Tigers are the latest to undergo a microscopic study by Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Leslie O'Connor, Landis secretary, said the investigation was underway and findings would be available in several days.
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Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Leslie O’connor
Landis
Dope peddler seized with morphine in Berryville
Police capture W. J. Hines from Richmond on narcotics charges after finding 17 grains of morphine in his possession at a local hotel. Officer Hinkins made the arrest on a tip. Judge Walter Blount elected president of Berryville High School league at annual meeting. officers chosen include Thomas Jones first vice president and Jessie Carpenter second vice president.
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Hines
Hinkins
Walter Blount
Berryville High School League
Thomas Jones
Jessie Carpenter
L. C. Kackley
H. C. Bar
Winchester community rewards pupils for patron attendance
The Files of The Star notes prizes for first and second grades based on the oe number of patrons present. A sterling silver cup is given to Maurice M. Lynch on his 77th birthday in recognition of 45 years of practice, with Judge Philip Williams presiding and speeches by Her bert Larrick Gray Williams and Harry R. Kern.
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Ter
Maurice M. Lynch
Winchester
Bar Association
Mr. Lynch
Philip Williams
Herbert Larrick
Gray Williams
Harry R. Kern
Health Department Warns on Spotted Fever From Ticks Dos and Don’ts
Public Health Service outlines what to know about Dermacentor variabilis ticks and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Tick removal, vaccination info, and daily skin checks are advised. onset typically 4 to 12 days after bite with fever headache and a pink rash spreading from limbs to body.
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Health Department
Man
United States Public Health Service
Massachusetts
Georgia
National Institute of Health
Ord
Court Has Busy Day in Police Court
Judge Donald Weems presided as Edwin Sibert faced an interdiction violation and received 100 dollars fine plus costs and six months in jail. Roy Sisk of East Gerrard was fined 100 dollars, costs, and a month with a six month interdiction. Joe Farrell of Vaucluse and George Nickens both drew 100 dollar fines, costs, and a month for DUI offenses. A separate assault with a deadly weapon case resulted in a year plus costs. Kate Brannon of East Ger-
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Donald Weems
Edwin Sibert
Roy Sisk
East Gerrard
Joe Farrell
Vaucluse
George Nickens
Kate Brannon
East Ger
Local court fines and suspensions in disorderly conduct cases
A taken record shows a defendant charged with violation of Section 55 ABC code receiving a $50 fine plus costs and a one month suspension after interdiction. Lucy Walker of 126 West Leicester faces a disorderly house fine of $10 25. Several others fined for frequenting disorderly houses and public drunkenness include Sarah Holmes Sadie Grant Andrew Burke Clayton Hall Geo Holmes Sherlock Williams Clarence Whitlock and William Steele with fines around 7 75 or 10 25.
Wage claims filed by steel workers in Cleveland
The steel workers organizing committee filed with the National Labor Relations Board wage claims totaling 1.5 million dollars for 6,200 Ohio employees of Republic Steel Corp. The total claims amount to 7.5 million dollars across multiple filings.
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Cleveland
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Participants in the 1937 Little Steel Strike
The 1937 Little Steel Strike drew involvement from United Mine Workers of America leaders and rank-and-file workers across steel plants in Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Militants and labor organizers led protests and walkouts against U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel amid union recognition battles and regional plant stoppages.
Navy Graduates Hear Leahy At Open Air Graduation
Admiral William D. Leahy will speak at the Naval Academy’s open air graduation on June 1 for the 1939 class. Rear Admiral Wilson Brown, superintendent, confirmed the plan and noted Leahy's designation as governor-general of Puerto Rico by President Roosevelt.
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Annapolis
William D. Teens
Naval Operations
Naval Academy
Wilson Brown
Leahy
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
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W. J. Hines
League
M. M. Lynch
Olf Club
N. H. Carpenter, Jr
Anne Brooke Kern
Handley
Isabel Gayl
Jack Engle
Handley High
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Cumberland
Waynesboro
N. Loudoun St
Tbs
William Steele
Beoper Gy
Safety
Silvertown
Goodrich Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen
Mili
Cooking School
J. W. Shockley
Ation Shocky
Winchester Star Cooking School
Sarah Zane Hall
Teres
Navy
Adler
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John C. Woolfolk
the Gas Co
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