Price to Expand Virginia State Police to 200
Governor James H. Price announced at the Virginia Safety Conference that the state police force will rise from 165 to 200 men, with a pledge to add more if needed under 1932 emergency powers. He cited public safety over staffing limits and noted tax revenue gains during the year. The event included remarks by Col. Marion S. Battle and speeches by two gubernatorial candidates.
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James H. Price
Virginia
Couet
Price
Monticello
Col
Marion S. Battle
General Assembly
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Hunsdon Cary
Henrico County
Celanese Corporation of America
Middle River
Verona
Augusta County Board of Supervisors
Echols
Staunton
Celanese Corporation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Augusta Board of Supervisors
Staunton and
Shenandoah County Firemen Plan Annual Convention
The Shenandoah County Firemen's Association met in New Market to finalize plans for the July 3 convention in Woodstock. The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Woodstock will sponsor a parade and Cecil New will award silver cups and cash prizes to winning teams from Shenandoah and outside counties.
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New Market
Woodstock
Cecil New
Shenandoah County
Afternoon News Is LATE NEWS at World Times
A fragmented note lists evening broadcast times across cities including London at 9 P M Bertin Rome at 10 P M and Alexandria at 11 P M indicating delayed reporting of a schedule.
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Bertin
Rome
Alexandria
Turkey Festival Plans Varied Entertainment in Rockingham
Harrisonburg Va May 29 the executive committee of the Rockingham Turkey Festival approved a large scale musical revue with a turkey theme set for October 9 and 10. Cyril Mee of Seydel Stiles outlined costumes and production scope noting months of preparation. Director General Garber cited coronation parade and other features as enhancing this year’s program. Fundraising momentum grows as contributions surpass last year with a campaign to begin next week.
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Harrisonburg
Court Square
Cyril Mee
Seydel-Stiles Entertainment Service, Inc
New York
Mee
United States
J. A. Garber
Cecil R. Cody
Turkey Festival Board
No Sewing Monday at Red Cross Rooms
Red Cross sewing rooms at the Baptist Church will close Monday afternoon May 26 and reopen on Thursday afternoon May 29 from 2 to 5 o'clock.
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Red Cross
Baptist Church
Lebanon Church Notes and Local Obituaries
Lebanon Church Va May 24 report shows Mr Glenn Windle of Washington visiting relatives. Death of Elizabeth Ellen Hodson near Oak Grove. funeral at Faucett's Gap Friends cemetery. Home Demonstration group met May 10 with talks on Laundering and Pressing. Several residents mentioned including Mr Ernest Funkhouser hospitalized after hog bite and bus repossessions affecting local pupils.
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Lebanon Church
Mildred Brown
Gladys Hammond
Messrs. Bucher
Denzil Hershman
Frederick Hockman
Charles McDonald
Ellen McDonald
Washington, D. C
Ellie
Lula Pingley
Palimore
Charles Huntsberger
Elizabeth Ellen Hodson
Wakeman Farm
Oak Grove
Lizzie Ellen
Peer Place
Faucett’s Gap Friends Cemetery
Harold Hodson
Brain Hockman
Mary Hammond
Virginia Campbell
Elmer Snarr
Rose Keller
Mary Hammorid
Laura Funkhouser
Dora Kremer
Mayme Pingley
Tilmar Stickley
Community gathering aids Strasburg fire hall event
The school and Strasburg Fire Company held a well attended Wednesday evening event at the hall. Mrs Mary Bowman and Miss Ethel Kremer from Baltimore arrived to be with Mr E D Pankhouser who is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mr Aubrey Kibler has gone to Richmond for a few days.
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Strasburg
Mary Bowman
Ethel Kremer
Baltimore
E. D. Pankhouser
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Aubrey Kibler
Richmond
Boys Club House Destroyed By Fire Night Blaze
Dick Forney's club house, a small structure behind the Forney residence at 506 South Cameron street, burned last night around 9 o'clock. Constructed of heavy paper carton and tenting, the building housing hours of work by Forney and friends caught fire from an undetermined cause. Firemen arrived to find the flames alarming but a well directed water stream controlled the fire quickly and the blaze was extinguished shortly after.
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Dick Forney
Samuel Forney
South
Cameron Street
Forney
Controversy Over New FCC Rules Divides Radio Industry
New York May 24 The heated debate in radio circles centers on new Communications Commission regulations. MBS network releases Mutual’s White Paper to stockholders and stations arguing the order preserves network programming and does not threaten private ownership or industry freedom, countering CBS critique.
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New Communications Commission
MBS. Network
Mutual
Wit
CBS
MBS
Commission
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