Flashes of Life and Anniversary Observations
Highlights include a court scene where a man recounts being whipped during chores while his attorney questions him. Mrs. Byrne marks her 51st wedding anniversary. two men from Cambria County share birth, marriage, and work ties with the railroad. Richard Dix notes 16 Indian actors arguing on a film set over a bridge hand at a nearby ranch in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aniston
Hollywood
Calif
Richard Dix
Dix
Pridge
Communities urged to pay local welfare bills or face higher taxes
Newton D. Baker in Saturday Evening Post warns local committees must fund welfare work to avoid increased federal taxes for welfare administration. He, as Mobilization for Human Needs chair, calls federal intervention a war measure and urges quick local burden bearing to avert centralized relief.
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Newton D. Baker
Saturday Evening Post
Baker
Nurses' Journal Describes Field Work Graphically
A District Nurses' Journal entry chronicles a typical day with visits to a newborn and mother, an aged bedridden man, a malnourished baby, a child with debilitating illness, and a boy with infantile paralysis. It notes clerical tasks, a lunch break, and plans to outfit the crippled boy with proper crutches and arrange orthopedic care.
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Nurses’ Journal
District Nurse Association
District Nurses’ Journal
Literature on Pension Scheme Warns Elderly Readers
Staunton News Leader reports mailed literature promising old age pensions from state or federal governments is a false scheme. It targets elderly readers, asking 35 cents to receive “full pension information.” No such pension law exists federally or in the state, making donations to unknown collectors useless.
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Staunton News- Leader
Compliance In Recovery Codes Will Be Urged
The Associated Press reports that the new National Industrial Recovery Board under President Roosevelt plans stricter enforcement of NRA codes. The board, led by S. Clay Williams, surveys show a push for greater compliance alongside price fixing and production control. Benedict Crowell will study NRA matters in Ohio to guide national policy and a White House meeting with Roosevelt discussed these issues. The plan may involve a commission with the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce anti trust laws.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Chislers
Roosevelt
National Industrial Recovery Board
Clay Williams
Benedict Crowell
NRA
Ohio
Crowell
Williams
White House
Ams
Roosevelt Fon
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Virginia Telephone Pioneers Form Old Dominion Chapter No 43
More than 100 telephone pioneers from across Virginia met in Richmond to organize Old Dominion Chapter No 43 of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Charles Gantt Harris of Richmond was elected president and John C. Koons of Washington presented the charter to Charles H. Weber. John A. Remon, president of Alexander Graham Bell Chapter, attended. Remon formerly headed Richmond operations. The group’s combined total service in the industry reached 31,600 years, averaging over 28 years per pioneer.
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Virginia
Richmond
Old Dominion
Telephone Pioneers of America
Charles Gantt Harris
John C. Koons
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies
Charles H. Weber
John A. Remon
Alexander Graham Bell
Remon
New Pioneer Chapter Hosts Luncheon and Sightseeing Trip
Members of a new pioneer chapter were entertained at a luncheon and informal buffet supper and enjoyed a sightseeing visit to Williamsburg Jamestown and Yorktown as part of the outing.
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New Pioneer Chapter
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Yorktown
Presbyterians Gather For Annual Meeting in Roanoke
The Presbyterian Synod of Virginia opens its annual meeting at First Presbyterian Church on Williamson and McClanahan in Winchester area with votes and services featuring pastors and elders from Loudoun Street Winchester Cedar Cliff Cedar Creek Mount Hope Nineveh and other connected congregations from Virginia West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Local clergy and elders traveled to Roanoke yesterday and two luncheons will be at Raleigh Court Church.
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Presbyterian Synod of Virginia
First Presbyterian Church
Wellington Avenue
McClanahanee
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Winchester
Loudoun Street
E. B. McGukin
Frank B. Crawford
Robert B. Campbell
Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church
R G A To Hold Cooking School For Four Days
The Retail Grocers Association will run its annual cooking school over four days next week Tuesday through Friday. Mrs Mary A Rich of Richmond returns as instructor after a successful prior year. Daily free samples, major prizes, food baskets and new programs will be offered with no admission fee. Walter P Anderson, president, invites Winchester and nearby areas to attend.
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Retail Beenegends Association
Mary A. Rich
Richmond
Mrs. Rich
Retail Grocers’ Association
Walter P. Anderson
Winchester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Augustus D. Byrne
William and
Augustus
Cambria County
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Associated Press
Willi
Phone Pioneers
Tosacco Co
Big Sister
Byles Forgrave
Louis
Boors
Rosa Ponselle
Martini Kostelanetz Orchest
CcoLt
Grete Stueckgold
ND Chorus Network
Presbyterians
Roanoke
Ikey’s Shoe Shine
N. Main
Suburan
Henry’s
John W. Rosenberger & CO
BraDdock St
U. S
S. Loudoun St
Herrell Sales Corp
Cammertire CO
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Tudor
Bickers Motor Co
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
Snapp’s Foundry, Inc
North Cameron St
Lucas
C. I. Brumback
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