Virginia to Get Big Building Spurt Under PWA Plan
The National Emergency Council report through the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce shows 137 projects approved by October 1 in Virginia. Projects include school buildings, libraries, museums, hospitals, municipal utilities, parks, and a new bridge with total federal grants exceeding 26 million dollars nationwide.
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Virginia
National Emergency Council
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Farmville
PWA
Creomulsion Ad Claims Cough Relief
A vintage advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a powerful cough medicine that soothes irritated membranes. It emphasizes natural healing and urges readers to ask for Creomulsion by name at local stores.
Price Sees Improvement for Virginia Economy
Governor James Price addressed Charlottesville Albemarle Chamber of Commerce outlining state and federal programs that will persist. He said Virginia has formed a vast public corporation with about 165 million dollars to spend over two years and praised bond desirability and the sound fiscal policy. Circuit Judge Lemuel Smith served as toastmaster, with W Hildreth presiding.
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Charlottesville
James Price
Massachusetts
Price
Lemuel Smith
W. 8. Hildreth
Chamber
College Topics to Enlarge Its Reportorial Staff
University of Virginia student newspaper College Topics, now in its fiftieth year, plans a larger staff with sixty applicants for news and sports reporting. Editor in chief is William M. Moore of Richmond, managing editor Bernard J. Green of New York, and business manager Richard F. Sonneborn of Mount Vernon, New York.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
William M. Moore
Richmond
Bernard J. Green
Richmond Hill
N. Y
Richard F
Health Golfers Enters Business in Kansas City
Mrs. O. S. Hill renowned Curtis Cup player who dominated major women’s championships and set course records announced today she is turning proful, not to sell or teach but to devote full time to goodwill. She will join a sporting goods firm’s promotion staff and may appear in exhibitions with professionals as a sideline.
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Kansas City
O. S. Hill
Tooth Decay Cause Studied by New York Dentists
Dr P H Belding and his brother Lt L J Belding presented research to the First District Dental Society on a degraded carbohydrate fraction in cereals that nourishes streptococcus and acidifies saliva, attacking enamel. They propose removing or inhibiting this fraction before consumption and suggest studying related dietary diseases for similar solutions.
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First District Dental Society
State of
New York
P. H. Belding
Dental Items
L. J. Belding
Navy
Naval Academy At Annapolis
Grant To Be Accepted Monday
State Librarian Wilmer L. Hall announced the state library building commission would meet at Governor Price's office Monday at 2 30 PM to accept formally a PWA grant of 818181 for the new library building. Hall said all members must approve the grant before it will be available. Borings have been made on the East Broad Street site and the foundation has been found satisfactory.
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Richmond
Wilmer L. Hall
State Library Building Commission
Roosevelt to Speak on Air Twice in Late October and Early November
President Roosevelt plans two NBC and CBS radio broadcasts on October 26 and November 4, speaking as a Voter of New York State from Hyde Park. The eighth annual forum runs October 25 to 27, totaling 1014 hours, mostly on WJZ NBC, with the theme America Facing Tomorrow's World.
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New York
Roosevelt
NBC
CBS
New York State
Hyde Park
Wjznbc
America
Found Guilty In Slaying
Geo Harris 33 of Lynchburg was found guilty by a Campbell county circuit jury of voluntary manslaughter in the September 4 shooting of Mrs Dennie Mae Powell near Lynchburg. The verdict carries a five year sentence. sentencing is delayed pending a motion to set aside the verdict.
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Rustburg
Geo. Harris
Lynchburg
Campbell County
Dennie Mae Powell
Alfred D. Barksdale
Royston Jester, Jr
Barksdale
Harris
Powell
Moorman Road
Corporation
S. James Thompson
Commonwealth
Alvin Harris
George
Haag Waddell Alcohol Treatise Sells 420 Copies
The William Byrd Press announced that 420 copies of The Use of Alcohol in Moderation and Excess have sold since release seven months ago. Most copies went to newspaper syndicates or college libraries and alcohol industry firms, with Virginia sales and bookstore demand low. The report by Dr H B Haag and Dr J A Waddell faced opposition for use in public schools by the Virginia Union of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.
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Richmond
William Byrd Press
H. B. Haag
Medical College of and
J. A. Waddell
University of Virginia
Virginia Union of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
900 Union Men Idle Over Arbitration Grievances
About 900 workers at the American Hardware Company plants suspended work after an arbitration attempt to solve grievances. Luggage department head Murray Barron denied a strike, saying a contract exists but needs adjustment. A sit-down strike by 15 WPA painters and a foreman occurred at Central State Hospital, with WPA officials unsure of the motive.
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Thomas Morton
American Hardware Company
Murray Barron
A. F. of L
Morton
Barron
E. A. Barker
Luggage Workers Union
Central State Hospital
WPA
Forman
Richmond
Surprise to management over signed working agreement
George Bernard, vice president and treasurer, called the situation a complete surprise. The employees say the working agreement, signed June 28 after protracted negotiations and the threat of a strike, was violated by the company.
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George Bernard
Girl Dies In Bus Accident In Charlottesville Area
A 16 year old girl, Nina Walker of Boyd's Tavern, was killed when a Flu ty 15 school bus collided with a state highway truck on Route 616. Mamie Shelton, 7, was critically injured. Beatrice and Annie Cox, sisters, were less seriously hurt.
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Charlottesville
Nina Walker
Boyd’s Tavern
Fluty
Mamie Shelton
Beatrice
Annie Cox
Albemarle County
Steve McWilliams
Tes
Lorrain Wingfield
G. M. Hall
McWilliams
R. Claude Graham
Jesse Wilson
Wingfield
Miss Walker
University Hospital
Shelton
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