Price Pushes Free Textbooks and Teacher Pay Rise at Madison College
Governor James H. Price urged Virginia to improve education with free textbooks and teacher retirement alongside higher salaries. He stressed making teaching more attractive and emphasized training for teachers while praising Madison College students and leaders.
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James H. Price
Madison College
Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Education
Price
Rowland Egger
Staunton
University of Virginia
Egger
Ashton Covell
Williamsburg
House of Delegates
Frank Moore
Lexington
House Appropriations Committee
Robert Daniel
Brandon
State Board of Education
Memer
Board of Visitors
The
William H. Neff
Abingdon
William A. Garrett
Henry
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Barber Shop Chord Featured in History of Beginnings
Monday feature previews the tale of a barber shop chord and its significance in local history as OMPS Funeral Home notes the ongoing series and its regular schedule.
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Omps Funeral Home
Park Trees Coloring Shenandoah Display Amid Late Autumn Colors
Thousands of visitors witnessed early autumn color in Shenandoah National Park as a delayed peak color show awaits the oaks after recent frosts. Acting superintendent Theodore T. Senith notes birches maples hickory poplar and sassafras already reddening and yellowing while oaks may peak 10 to 20 days earlier than surrounding areas, offering Skyline Drive views of brown-tinged hills from high overlooks.
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Shenandoah National Park
Theodore T. Senith
Consul Surrenders After Los Angeles Gambling Raid
Consul Prosper Reiter of Luxembourg surrendered to Los Angeles police after a raid on the consular residence. He denied knowledge of any gambling use and his bid for diplomatic immunity was denied.
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Prosper Reiter
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Los Angeles
Virginia Adjutant General Gen William W Sale Dies At 69
William Wilson Sale 69 longtime adjutant general of Virginia died at his Fairfield home after a prolonged pneumonia illness. Born September 30 1870 in Rockbridge County he led Virginia's adjutant general office from 1910 to 1931 and previously served in the state senate. He is survived by his wife Edith Tunis Sale identified author and by his son and two sisters.
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Fairfield
William Wilson Sale
Virginia
General Sale
Edith Tunis Sale
Red Rose Inn
James River Garden Club
William Wilson Sale Jr
S. C. Akers
John W. McFadden
Rockbridge County
William M. Sale
Rockbridge
Fourteenth
Virginia Cavalry
Sarah Estaline Templeton
Washington and Lee University
Kappa Alpha
Norfolk
Sons of Confederate Veterans
State Senate
Norfolk City
William Hodges Mann
Tyler
Virginia Library Association to Hear Alderman Library Talk
Old Point Comfort Va Oct 19 Members of the Virginia Library Association will convene October 27 at the annual meeting where Mrs Roy Land McEwen will describe Alderman Library in its new University of Virginia building. Col Edgar Hume and Gov James H Price are among speakers with visits by Miss Dorothy L Wood and others.
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Old Point Comfort
Virginia Library Association
Alderman Library
University of Virginia
Roy Land McEwen
Dorothy L. Wood
Richmond
State Association
Edgar Erskine Hume
United States Army Medical Field Service
James H. Price
Hume
Army Medical Library
Nancy Hoyle
Robert Hunt Land
William and Mary College
Elinor Preston
WPA
Mary Louise Dinwiddie
Harry Clemons
John C. Wyllie
Wilmer Hall
Ellen Fletcher
Matheney
Schook
Williacksburg
Association
Wood
C. Vernon
Edward Lee elected to Clarke County Democratic Committee
Edward B. Lee of Greenway District was unanimously elected to the Clarke County Democratic Committee, filling the vacancy from Chamblin C. Funkhouser. Frank M. Wray was reelected chairman and George H. Burwell secretary. The group backed Burr Harrison for the November general election.
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Berryville
Edward B. Lee
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Greenway
Clarke County
Lee
Chamblin C. Funkhouser
Frank M. Wray
George H. Bu
Burr P. Harrison
T. Russell Cather
Submarines Barred From U S Ports Under Roosevelt Order
Secretary Hull announced that President Roosevelt banned submarines of belligerent nations from American ports and territorial waters except in unforeseen storms. He noted possible action on armed merchantmen and treated territorial waters as a three mile limit.
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Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
State Department
Hitler Proclaims Annexation of Polish Territories
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler announced the formal annexation of Pomorze, Pommerellen, and Polish Upper Silesia. Two new districts, West Prussia and Posen, will have Reichsgau governors appointed by the Fuehrer, with Danzig and Posen as centers.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Pomorze
Pommerellen
Upper Silesia
Reich
West Prussia
Posen
Danzig
Hitler
Germany
Poland
Russians Move To New Bases
Soviet troops and naval units quickly seized bases granted in Estonia with movements cloaked in censorship. Russian forces entered from two border points as 21 warships appeared in Estonian ports, while Estonia's new prime minister Juri Uluots vowed strengthened national defenses.
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Helsinki
Estonia
Juri Uluots
Chinese Plan A on Fresh Offensive
Chinese press dispatches say Chiang Kai Shek will personally direct a new large counter offensive in Hupeh Hunan and Kiangsi provinces. The plan aims to strike Hankow and Wan Chang as fronts, with Chiang flying to the front to direct operations.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
Hupeh
Hunan
Kiangsi
Chiatri
Hankow
Wanchang
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