Virginians Face Civil Service Job Cuts Amid Senate Probe
A Senate resolution, introduced by Senator Heflin, calls for a five member committee to investigate illegal civil service appointments and dismissals since July 1 1919. It cites 1700 Virginians at risk and notes quota gaps in Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia. The panel must report by late August.
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Senate
Heflin
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
William C. Deming
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Vermont
Delaware
Reoo
Lloyd Williams Auxiliary Pledged to Sell Poppies
Berryville Virginia May 22 at the Lloyd Williams Post auxiliary monthly meeting each member pledged to sell at least 10 poppies to aid the disabled veterans fund. The sale starts Saturday May 26. The fund's shoes for six sanitarium veterans received twenty dollars in gifts.
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Berryville
Lloyd Williams Post
Disabled Veterans’ Fund
Clergy Attend Diocesan Council And Local Social Events
Four gold star mothers in Clarke county receive Mothers Day cards as funds allow. E C Iden proposes tented yard lunch May 30 at the new property opposite two garages on the Washington and Winchester highway. Clergy from Christ Millwood and Grace Berryville visit Richmond for the 133rd Diocesan Council. Sermon planned Wednesday by Rev Dr. Henry Lubeck. Mrs Bayard Stevens plans a June start at Short Hills home with three children. Serena Croxton, education director, to lecture locally under King’s Daughters and Sons amid lectures in Stephens City and Front Royal.
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Clarke County
E. C. Iden
Post
Washington and Winchester
B. Duval Chambers
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Vincent Franks
Berryville
John
Bayard
Nancy Stevens
Stevens
John B.niell
Serena B. Croxton
Bureau of Social Hygiene
King’s Daughters and Sons
Excellent Program At Empire This Week
Tonight at the Empire a perfect melodrama Alias the Lone Wolf will be shown featuring Bert Lytell, delivering a suspenseful screen performance for local cinema goers.
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Empire
the Empire
Alias the Lone Wolf
Bert Lytell
Western and dramatic offerings fill local theaters this week
Lois Wilson stars in an adaptation of Louis Joseph Vance's novel. Leatrice Joy appears in The Blue Danube, a Vienna after the war romance. Chaplin returns with The Circus to high acclaim. George McManus's Bringing Up Father cartoon comes to cinema. Fred Thomson stars in Jesse James and Tom Tyler headlines The Flying U Ranch. The Win Theatre debuts Snowed In with Walter Miller and Allene Ray, plus The Bandit Son and other thrillers. Arizona Cyclone and The Wildcat highlight the week at other venues.
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Lois Wilson
Louis Joseph Vance
Leatrice Joy
Vienna
Charlie Chaplin
Circus
Chaplin
George McManus
Father
Jiggs
Maggie
J. Farrell MacDonald
Polly Moran
Marie Dressler
Fred Thomson
Jesse James
Thomson
Plains
Tom Tyler
U. Ranch
Win
Walter Miller
Allene Ray
Bob Stetle
Organization of Aviation Club Plans Municipal Landing Field
The group lists local leaders and backers like H Byrd William Irwin and Solenberger Brothers. Hangar construction proceeds on Bowles farm near Winchester on the Winchester Washington highway as experts deem the field best in the area. The aim is a municipal landing field to serve current and future aviation needs, with field work and hangars under way per Commerce Department standards.
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Cc. L. Nicodemus
Harry A. Schmidt
Shenandoah Flying Service
Horace Browne
Ray Robinson
Donald Weems Harrison and
Harrison
W. Trenary W. EH. Cooper
Dr. L.r M. Allen
H. W. Butler
H. D. Butler
H. D. Robinson
Clinton Morrison
H. Lorraine Hughes
E. P. Bean
William G. Hardy
H. D. Fuller Charles J. Summers
Frank Gearing J, Fred Thwaite C. R. Grubbs
Eugene M. Garrett
Inc
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Department of Commerce of the United States
Funeral Services At Hagerstown For George W Brown
Funeral services were held in Hagerstown Maryland for George W Brown who died at his home Saturday afternoon from a stroke of apoplexy aged 69. The Rev Dr W S Hesse conducted the services and interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. The services were held at the home of his brother Edward Brown 282 West Antietam Street. He is survived by a sister Mrs William Householder of Hagerstown and two brothers Edward of Hagerstown and Ellsworth Brown of ...
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Hagerstown
George W. Brown
W. S. Hesse
Rose Hill Cemetery
Edward Brown
West Antietam Street
Brown
William Householder
Edward
That City
Ellsworth Brown
Winchester
Chain stores invade ice trade via National Food Products
The National Food Products Corporation acquires Old Dominion Ice Company Inc, uniting ten ice firms and dominating about 80 percent of ice business around Richmond, Hopewell Virginia and Raleigh North Carolina. Chandler of Chandler and Company leads the idea, with a board of chain grocery leaders and major holdings in Bohack United States Stores and U. S. Dairy.
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National Food Products Corporation
Old Dominion Ice Company, Inc
Richmond
Hopewell
Raleigh
N. C
New York World
P. M. Chandler
Chandler and Company
Buffalo and Erie Railway Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
National Food Products
H. C. Bohack Company
First National Stores, Inc
H. C. Bohack
H. C. Bohack Company, Inc
H. C. Burdan
Philadelphia Dairy Products Company, Inc
United States Stores Corporation
L. Benedict
Worcester Salt Company
R. E. Powell, Jr
United States Dairy Products Corporation
L. H. Windholtz
David Pender Grocery Company
George de Be. Kelm
P H. Butler Company
J. A. McDermott
George F. Trommer
John F. Trommer, Inc
Senators Plan To Probe Campaign Funds
The Senate committee on presidential campaign funds will tour Ohio and Indiana to probe expenditures by district and county committees. Chairman Senator Steiner of Oregon and Senator Bratton of New Mexico said the trip aims to gather information not obtained from witnesses, with possible West Virginia inquiry. The Indiana inquiry targets Allen County and the Watson organization active in May primaries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Presidential Campaign Funds
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Steiner
Oregon
Bratton
New Mexico
Raleigh
N.C
Kansas City
Allen County
James E. Watson
Herbert Hoover
Silence as an obligation in speech and noise
A reflective piece notes that choosing a good word is simple. true duty is silence which costs nothing. It contrasts two kinds of healthy children: those who are noisy and those who remain quiet, framing silence as a virtue or burden.
Episcopal Council of Virginia To Vote On Book Changes
The Rev. Robert B. Nelson travels to Richmond for the 133rd annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia at Grace and Holy Trinity Church. Prominent speakers include Bishop Tucker and Dr. Lubeck as debate centers on changes to the Book of Common Prayer and the potential dropping of the thirty nine articles. Deputies will be elected, the budget presented, and reports heard from missionary and diocesan groups.
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Robert B. Nelson
Episcopal Church
Richmond
Council of the
Diocese of Virginia
Robert M. Ward
Christ Church
Grace
Holy Trinity Church
Henry St. George Tucker
George P. Mayo
Tucker
Frank Bane
Enion G. Williams
Dabney Lancaster
Thomas C. Darst
East Carolina
Henry Lubeck
D. D
Washington
Lubeck
Bishop Darst
Washington, D. C
Board of Apportiontments
Centenary Church to Hold Special Whitsunday Services
Special services preparatory to the Whitsunday communion will be held at Centenary Reformed Church at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening conducted by the pastor Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger. The public is invited to attend.
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Centenary Reformed Church
S. L. Flickinger
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