Japan Garden Club delegates tour famed estates in Japan
The Garden Club of America’s 114 representatives, led by Mrs. Jonathan Berkeley, arrive in Japan invited by Prince Tokugawa. They will visit palaces and estates across Kyoto Tokyo Yokohama and other sites through June 2, with private garden tours and study of Japanese restraint and design including ponds bridges and pine specimens.
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Garden Club of America
Japan
Tyesaji Tokugawa
H. B. McCormac
Jonathan Berkeley
Richmond
Conn
Prince Takamatsu
Yokohama
Princess Takamatsu
Tokyo
Kyoto
St. Luke's Hospital
Kinkakuji
Baron Mitsui
Nipon
The Burro A Brief Note on the Southwestern Donkey
A concise description of the burro as a small wild ass in the American Southwest along with its ancestry from Spanish conquerors’ donkeys. This compact entry highlights its regional origins and lineage.
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United States
Flowers Plants and Garden Items Ad by Smalls & Son
C B Smalls and Son offer petunias snapdragons cannas verbenas and other plants. Contact 563 W phone in city at 440 National Ave for garden supplies and plant sales.
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C. B. Smalls & Son
National Ave
Cecil Attacks Mussolini For African Policy
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood condemns Mussolini over Ethiopian policy and urges adherence to League vows. He notes Stresa aims and calls for unity in upholding collective security while Britain seeks peaceful settlement and considers Suez and port access debates with League and U.S. input.
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London
Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Lord Cecil
League of Nations Union
League
Cecil
Stresa
League Council
Eric Drummond
Rome
No Virginian Is Found Among the A. A. A. Marchers
Washington reporting from Richmond notes that about 4000 farmers from 30 states gathered in the capital to back the AAA program while Virginian farmers were absent. Officials and lawmakers from Virginia said locals were not engaged. Senator Byrd and others indicated Virginians did not seek portrayals at offices or marches. Representative Burch and Senator Glass reported no tobacco farmers visited their offices or contacted them about AAA issues.
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Washington
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
AAA
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Old Dominion
Wallace
Byrd
Old Belt
Thomas G. Burch
Martinsville
Carter Glass
Examples The High Places Set For The Masses
A compact note describes how prominent figures in leadership or high society serve as role models for the general public. It highlights influence and visibility without delving into specifics.
Sunday Schools Meet in June at Bridgewater
The Virginia Council of Religious Education announced the forty third State Sunday School Convention will be held at Bridgewater College on June 11 and 12. The program aims to educate and inspire with no business sessions and features speakers from New York Chicago Richmond and Raleigh. Delegates begin registration on May 26 with local churches appointing registrars and efforts to maximize attendance.
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Virginia Council of Religious Education
Bridgewater
Bridgewater College
Jesse Bader
New York
Harry Munro
Chicago
Robert M. Hopkins
W. T. Thompson
Richmond
E. McNeill Poteat
Raleigh
Virginia
Missionary Group Meets On May 22
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, serving Middletown Strasburg Toms Brook Woodstock Edinburg and Mount Jackson charges, will meet at Mount Jackson on Thursday May 22 starting at 10 in the morning. Mrs Fravel of Toms Brook is president of the group and Miss Mae Ginn leads the Middletown unit which plans to send a large delegation.
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Woman's Missionary Society Group
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Middletown
Strasburg
Toms Brook
Woodstock
Edinburg
Mount Jackson
Fravel
Mae Ginn
Handley Set For Saturday Track Meet At Local Stadium
Handley Judges arrive after Virginia State title in Charlottesville as they seek to defend meet honors against Cumberland and Martinsburg in the Cumberland Valley Athletic League event opening at 1 o'clock. Key Handley athletes Crisman Sutton and Haines expected to lead. Thrift and Clevenger benched due to age rules.
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Charlottesville
A, Athletic Association
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Martinsburg
West
Thrift
Clevenger
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
J. W. Zentmyer
Hagertown
H. D. Stoke
Waynesboro
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
W. R. Legge
D. J. Howard
Melvin Dunlap
Russell Joyce
Brooks Flickinger
Dunlap
Handley
Henkel
Flickinger
Track Meet Notes Show Flickinger Tie and Fast Mile Relay
128 feet 4 12 inches marks a pole vault tie for Flickinger and eet with Handley. Mile relay time notes Waynesboro in 1928 at 3 min 38 sec.
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Flickinger
Eet
Handley
Waynesboro
White Man Gets Life Term For Slaying Negro
Leonardstown Maryland May 16 Charles Henry Morgan 23 white farm hand today was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Maryland penitentiary for the ambush murder of John Thomas a negro farmer Morgan testified against George Joy 30 white charged with being an accessory to the murder Joy allegedly threatened to kill Morgan if he did not kill Thomas a grudge between Joy and Thomas is cited
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Leonardstown
Charles Henry Morgan
Maryland
John Thomas
Morgan
George Joy
Thomas
Joy
Fracture Suffered Years Ago Blamed for Loss of Arm
Walter B. Benchoff of Hood College in Frederick claims a past fracture caused his arm loss after an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He returned to campus duties this week and plans to oversee the horse show portion of sports day. His son Walter Jr. assists as instructor.
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Frederick, Md
Walter B. Benchoff
Hood College
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Benchoff
Walter, Jr
Man 98-year-old veteran swamped by marriage proposals
Charles Jeannette, a Civil War veteran aged 98, says a man is too old for marriage after 100. He receives letters from women aged 42 to 72 across New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania and arranges an "acquaintance party" visits at his mountain home.
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Old Forge
N. Y
Charles Jeannette
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Jeannette
Boy in Boonsboro Struck by Scarlet Fever for Fifth Time
Boonsboro Maryland health officials report 14 year old Donald Meredith ill with Scarlet Fever again marking a fifth infection. Doctors note it is unusual as immunity is usually built after one bout, with Meredith having suffered the disease in each of the past five years.
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Boonsboro
Donald Meredith
Meredith
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