Moonshine Raid Nabs Large Virginia Still in Blue Ridge
A major illegal whisky operation with a 600 gallon capacity was captured and destroyed in Fauquier county near Warrenton. Federal state and local officers recovered a 1,500 gallon wood still and extensive gear but found only five gallons of whisky and no operators.
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Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Fauquier County
Warrenton
Wolf
Halifax
Richmond
Virginia Abc
Blue Ridge
Booster Night Planned by Middletown Grange 761
Middletown Grange No. 761 members met to review committee reports and a program of instructive content. A booster night open to the public was announced for Friday September 27 as part of broader Grange activities across Shenandoah Valley and Virginia.
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Middletown
R. H. Hammond
R. H. Baker
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Fred Stine
Frederick County
B. O. Brumbach
Stine
B. O. Brumback
Jerry
Martha
Higher Store Sales Report For Fifth District In August
Richmond September 14. Department stores sales in the Fifth district rose 7 percent in August from a year earlier. Virginia up 5.9 percent, West Virginia 2.9 percent, North Carolina 9.4 percent, and South Carolina 10.7 percent. National sales climbed 4 percent versus August 1934. January to August also up 4 percent nationwide.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Evolution Not Taught By Her, Teacher Affirms
Clark sburg West Virginia September 14 A move to transfer Virginia Fisher a 26 year old science teacher who allegedly taught evolution in her class became a focal point in the Northview Junior High School strike Harrison County Board of Education President J W Corder said a hearing will be held next Wednesday while students returned to class Fisher denied teaching evolution claiming the subject was mentioned only after a pupil brought it up A Morrison board member defended Fisher saying there is no truth to the report she taught evolution. Strikes at other Clarksburg schools remain in abeyance until the September 18 meeting.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Virginia Fisher
Northview
J. W. Corder
Harrison County Board of Education
A. P. Morrison
Miss.isher
Lee’s Grandson Accepts Antietam Dinner Invitation
Dr. George Bolling Lee of New York, a grandson of General Robert E. Lee, will attend the Antietam anniversary dinner in Sharpsburg on September 17. The event marks the seventy third anniversary of the battle. George B. McClellan Jr. of New York may also attend, possibly by airplane, per organizers.
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Hagerstown
George Bolling Lee
New York
Robert E. Lee
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Lee
Army of the South
Fairfax
George B. McClellan, Jr
George B. McCellan
McCelleri
Senator McAdoo Weds Doris Cross At Maryland Home
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and Doris Cross a public health nurse set a 4 p.m. ceremony at Brice Clagett’s Maryland home, McAdoo’s son in law. Family members traveled from New York and California to attend in a low key event.
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Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
Doris Cross
Secretary of the Treasury
Maryland
Brice Clagett
McAdoo
California
Robert McAdoo
New York
Expect Showers Midweek Across Atlantic States
Weather outlook forecasts showers in the North and Middle Atlantic regions beginning Tuesday or Wednesday, ending Thursday. Temperatures are expected to run near normal or slightly above early in the week, turning cooler in the latter half.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Early Doctor's Fees in Babylonia Rules
In Hammurabi era doctors had to adjust charges based on the patient's ability to pay, reflecting a regulated medical fee system.
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Babylonia
Hammurabi
Millions of Illiterates Are Found In Nation
Dr. L. R. Alderman of the WPA and National Youth Administration says adults learn five times faster than children and many on relief work are now trained to teach literacy. He cites 2,000,000 in relief-taught classes last year with 500,000 previously illiterate and 8 to 12 million total illiterates or semi illiterates nationwide.
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Alwas
Funeral Rites Held For W. A. Dishman
Funeral services were held for W. A. Dishman 51 a Loudoun County farmer who died after a six month illness at Memorial Hospital. The ceremony was at his home with burial in Sharon Cemetery Middleburg. He was the son of the late James Dishman and survived by his mother Emma V. Dishman and sisters Beulah B. Dishman Hazel Lewis and Ella Palmer.
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W. A. Dishman
Loudoun County
Sharon
Middleburg
Dishman
James Dishman
Emma V. Dishman
Beulah B. Dishman
Hazel Lewis
Washington
Ella Palmer
Ballston
Vote To Permit Women In Synod Committees Ends Session
Richmond Virginia Presby terian Synod closes a three day meeting voting to allow women on synod committees and condemns legalized gambling as a threat to individuals and the state. The session notes a $37 000 rise in finances over the prior year and Dr B K Tenney urges closer tying of witnessing and giving in church life.
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Richmond
Virginia ‘Presbyterian Synod
Nia
W. W. Crower
Synod
B. K. Tenney
Austin
Texas
Southern Presbyterian Church
Daily Paralysis Reports Halted In Virginia
Virginia’s outbreak of infantile paralysis is downgraded to a minor status and daily case updates are discontinued. Weekly reports will be issued on the department’s morbidity sheet as health officials anticipate a lull until diphtheria later in fall. About 700 cases were reported in summer with a low death rate.
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Virginia
State Health Department
G. F. McGinnes
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