New Methodist Church To Be a Militant Group
The Virginia Conference session heard Bishop Clare Purcell defend a unified church that speaks out in politics yet remains faithful to its creed. Bishop James Cannon Jr. attended but did not participate. Dr. W T A Haynes read a resolution dissolving the Old Virginia Conference, adopted at adjournment. Rev. R O Payne, 61 years of service, gave the benediction as 500 ministers observed the conference close a historic Virginia Methodist chapter.
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W. T. A. Haynes
Heathville
Old Virginia
R. O. Payne
Manassas
Virginia
Troopers to Watch Grid Fans This Weekend
Richmond October 13. Col Battle of the Division of Motor Vehicles said troopers would be stationed on roads to Richmond and Charlottesville to handle any traffic surge. William and Mary plays Virginia Tech in Richmond and Virginia hosts Maryland in Charlottesville. He noted a six fewer traffic deaths last weekend and urged no fatalities this weekend. Traffic accidents caused four deaths last weekend versus ten the prior.
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M. S. Battle
Division of Motor Vehicles
Charlottesville
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Maryland
Couple overcome by gas in garage amid soft music
In Baltimore on October 13 a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fitzhugh, drove to their alley garage. They left the car running while listening to the radio until police found them unconscious from carbon monoxide. They were revived by artificial respiration.
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Baltimore
Myr
Charles Fitzhugh
Vatican cancels International Eucharistic Congress
The Vatican announced that the International Eucharistic Congress planned for Nice, France next spring has been cancelled due to the European war.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Nice
France
Miss ChatfieldAdvice on love and dating chastity issues
A reader seeks guidance on romance and staying chaste amid modern dating. Caroline Chatfield counsels patience, notes men seek mates while women seek lasting partners, and urges not to abandon enjoying honest dating. She reminds readers that many letters reveal ongoing questions about past mistakes and confessions.
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Caroline Chatfield
Plans Shaping For Meeting of State Grange
The Middletown Grange prepares for the twelfth annual Virginia State Grange convention. The event will confer two higher degrees on a new class with candidates from nearby Granges observing. The meeting will be the last subordinate session before the Winchester convention on October 25 to 28, with reports and full business to be concluded. A sixteen member Pomona Grange degree drill team rehearses twice weekly in advance of the event.
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Middletown Grange
Virginia State Grange
Winchester
Grange
Pomona Grange
Most Virginia Crops Matured Early This Year
RICHMOND Oct 13 Most Virginia crops matured earlier than usual this year according to Henry M Taylor the federal state crop statistician. During September farmers moved quickly with harvests of apples cotton corn late hay peanuts and tobacco.
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Richmond
Virginia
Henry M. Taylor
Navy Leary of Foes Tactics Ahead of Dartmouth Game
Navy head coach Swede Larson notes concern over Dartmouth aerial and running attack. He says the Navy line must shed interference for fast ball carriers Hutchinson Arico and Hayden and praises Miller as a strong receiver of forward passes.
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Dartmouth
Navy
Swede Larson
Hutchinson
Arico
Hayden
Miller
Duke Blue Devils Favored Over Pitt In Homecoming Tilt
Duke arrives in Pittsburgh with a 6 to 5 betting line as favorites to beat Pitt. Coach Wallace Wade brings 35 players in top form while Pitt faces injury concerns for two starters. Alumni gatherings set pregame excitement ahead of homecoming Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
Duke
Blue Devils
Pitt
Wallace Wade
Bell Named State Banking Secretary In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg the governor appointed John C Bell Jr of Philadelphia as state secretary of banking a salary of 10000 dollars a year He succeeds R W Doty who will return to his deputy post at 7500 dollars a year Doty had been serving temporarily until the selection was made and the cabinet post begins immediately.
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Harrisburg
John C. Bell, Jr
Philadelphia
James
Bell
R. W. Doty
Doty
Volunteer Fire Department Unveils Pump Truck At Coal Mine Pond
The Tl The Volunteer Fire Department showcased a new pumper truck to locals at the coal mine pond. A water jet impressed the crowd but motor exhaust sparked dry leaves, setting flames around the truck. Repair and repaint were required in Louis.
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Odin, Tl
Louis
Grangers to Confer Degrees and Plan Winchester Convention
Middletown Grange members meet tonight to confer two degrees and finalize plans for the State Grange convention in Winchester October 25 28. A 16 member degree drill team from the Middletown Subordinate Grange has been rehearsing twice weekly for the event.
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Middletown
Winchester
Grange
Examinations Open For Junior Veterinarian Nurse Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for a junior veterinarian at the Bureau of Animal Industry salary 2000 a year and a junior graduate nurse at the Public Health Service and Veterans Administration salary 1620 a year. Applications accepted at the Washington office until further notice. Full details from Herman Lee secretary of the U S Civil Service Board of Examiners at the local post office.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Commission
U. S. Public Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
Herman Lee
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
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