Massanetta Opens June 15 With Record Attendance Expected
Massanetta Conferences begin June 15 and are expected to draw a record crowd, with last season's attendance around 80 000. The Shenandoah Valley site near Harrisonburg will host eleven conferences by Presbyterians Methodists Baptists and Lutherans, plus a School of Music festival and Bible Conference featuring leaders like Dr. Robert E. Speer and Norman Vincent Peale.
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Massanetta
Hudson
Massanetta Springs
Shenandoah Valley
Harrisonburg
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah National Park
United States
John Finley Williamson
Bible Conference
Robert E. Speer
New York
Arthur J. Moore
A. Herbert Gray
London
England
H. T. Donaldson
Cowett
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Paul H. Vieth
Yale Divinity School
Peter Marshall
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
F. Crossley Morgan
William Evans
Los Angeles
Bernard C. Clausen
First Baptist Church
Pittsburgh
John §. Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
J. W. Moldenhaver
First Presbyterian Church
Halford E. Laccock
Norman Vincent Peale
York Farmer Held For Quiz In Girl Death
York Pennsylvania May 18 a 55 year old Spring Grove farmer Herman A Hoke was jailed on a murder charge in the death of Kathryn Moose 28 a domestic and ex husband to be whose body was found in a vacant York County lot. Hoke said the girl collapsed in his automobile on May 6 and he did not kill her. He drove the body to York and it was found the next morning. The district attorney noted the girl was strangled after a struggle and bruising appeared on her head and face.
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York
Spring Grove
York County
Kathryn Moose
John E. Brenneman
Herman A. Hoke
Hoke
Frederick schools plan two day closing in early June
Frederick county schools announced a two day closing on June 8 and 9 per division superintendent Leslie D. Kline. Gore High School and Mountain View may stay open longer due to winter illness disruption and lost instructional time.
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Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Division
Superitendent
Gore High School
Stewart Bell
Mountain View
Sacred and church events listed for summer conferences
A church calendar lists multiple gatherings: Sacred Music Festival on July 20. Elders and Deacons Conference July 22 to 23. Auxiliary Training School July 24 to 30. Lutheran Church Workers Conference July 31 to August 6. Baptist Assembly August 7 to 13. Bible Conference and School for Pastors August 14 to 27.
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Elders and Deacons Conference
Auxiliary
Lutheran Church Workers’ Conference
Baptist Assembly
Bible Conference and School For
Trust Work of Bankers Aboard Ship Discussed on Voyage
Gilbert T. Stephenson of the American Bankers Association spoke to Virginia bankers about a study showing great variation in trust compensation for similar services. He cited executor commissions from 70 cents to 89.80 per 1000 and urged Virginia banks with large trust departments to cost, price, and consistently apply appropriate fee schedules to ensure profitable, low-liability trust operations.
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Bermuda
Norfolk
Gilbert T. Stephenson
American Bankers’ Association
Virginia
Veery
Federal Reserve District
Virginia Bankers Association
Charlottesville
Bankers
Stephenson
Bookmaker Frank Erickson Indicted on Perjury Counts
Frank A. Erickson, 44, a noted bookmaker, was indicted on three counts of first degree perjury in New York as authorities launched a broad roundup. The indictments stem from statements he made on pistol applications denying prior arrests.
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Frank A. Erickson
New York
Banks urged to reform trust department practices in Virginia
Stephenson urged Virginia banks to run trust departments with cost based compensation and personalized services. He argued trustees should be paid by income and principal with activity allowances and responsibility, and that banks must apply the care and prudence of a careful trusted business to protect stockholders.
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Stephenson
Virginia
Nurse Shortage Sparks Concern Across Rural and Urban Virginia
In Danville Virginia on May 18 Charlotte Pfeiffer president of the Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia told delegates the state faces a sharp rural urban disparity with one nurse per 11000 residents in rural areas and one per 5040 in cities She urged nurses to stay current with rapid changes in technique medicine and politics.
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Danville
Charlotte Pfeiffer
Richmond
Graduate Nurses’ Association of Virginia
Red Men Elect Their Officers
P C S Moore of Dare was elected great sachem of the Virginia council Improves Order of Red Men at the 92nd annual Pocahontas gathering. Mrs Pearl Shoee of Tabb was chosen Great Pocahontas as 400 delegates from 50 tribes and 56 Pocahontas councils attended the joint session in Richmond.
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Richmond
P. C. S. Moore
Dare
Great Council of
Tooth and Tonsil Jerk Ridiculed by AMA Experts
In St Louis on May 18 a warning against disease treatments by so called tooth and tonsil jerks was issued before the AMA meeting. Philadelphia doctors Hobart A. Reimann and W. Paul Havens say teeth and tonsils are not a major source of infection for rheumatism and arthritis. They caution against indiscriminate removal to treat general infection, noting many believed infections are not present.
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ST. Louis
Ninethieth
American Medical Association
Hobart A. Reimann
W. Paul Havens
Philadelphia
Conference in Ganotown Church May 20
The Rev Lavely D Gruber of Hedgesville Methodist announces the fourth quarterly conference at 2 PM Saturday May 20 in the Ganotown Church Ganotown West Virginia. Rev Dr Harry Evans Frederick District superintendent will preside.
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Lavely D. Gruber
Hedgesville
Tonsil and tooth removals fail to cure arthritis
Dr. Reimann warned that thousands in the United States have had all teeth extracted or tonsils removed hoping to relieve arthritis rheumatism and related conditions yet often remain ill. He urged thorough diagnosis as mouth and throat symptoms may reflect the underlying infection rather than cause it, and noted serious complications can follow unnecessary operations.
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United States
Reimann
Eight Executed Socialist Youth Leaders in Madrid
Eight leaders of a socialist youth organization were executed by firing squad in Madrid as the city remained under republican control. They were accused of assassinations during the siege and fell today.
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Madrid
Juvenile Socialista Unificada
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