Vacancies Reported at Virginia Sanatoriums
The Virginia health department reports numerous vacancies at Catawba and Blue Ridge sanatoriums due to patients unable to pay the daily charge. As of September Nine 53 pay patients at Catawba and 17 at Blue Ridge. free beds total 47 at Catawba and 41 at Blue Ridge, with waiting lists of 83 and 62 respectively. Some patients are temporarily occupying beds as pay patients while awaiting free bed eligibility.
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Wba Sana
Char
State Health Department
Catawba
Goaukey
Blue Ridge
Riggin
Blue Ridge Sanatorium
Shenvalee Open Golf Tournament Set For Sept 23 24
Entries are flowing for Shenvalee Open Golf Tournament to be held in New Market Virginia on September 23 and 24. About forty five players including Roger Peacock Bobby Crukshank Mél Shorey George Diffenagh Cliff Spencer and others will compete. Qualifying 18 holes Saturday and main 36 holes Sunday. Cash prizes totaling two hundred dollars plus cups and trophies will be awarded to winners.
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New Market
B. A. Guard
Roger Peacock
Houghton
District of Columbia
Maryland
Bobby Crukshank
Virginia Champen
Mél Shorey
George Diffenagh
Defense witness testifies in $100,000 alienation case
Alfred C Read Jr of Oakland testifies he bears blame for the marital dispute in the suit filed by his wife Marian Read against Clair Wind sor a screen actress in Los Angeles. Read says I am the one who should be sued.
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Alfred C. Read, Jr
Oakland
Cal
Marian Read
Clair Windsor
Los Angeles
Read
Sketch of Dr Crawford Long Read At U D C Chapter Meeting
A Virginia chapter meeting features a historical sketch of Dr Crawford W Long the first to use ether in surgery. The event covers his Georgia birth education at Franklin College and University of Pennsylvania 1839 practice in Jefferson and Athens and his 1842 ether demonstration.
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Crawford W. Long
Turner Ashby
South Breagock Street
Tech
R. Bruce Slonaker
F. L. Grim
Virginia
Richmond
M Herbert
Larrick
W. Colbert
C. Fred Barr
Mary A. Buckner
Lucy F. Kurtz
C. E. Aulick
Elizabeth Crawford
H. B. McCormac
Herbert S. Larrick
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Atlanta
Lucy Kurtz
Mary Gold
University of Pennsylvania
Jefferson, Ga
Athens
Horace Wells
Boston
William Thomas Green Morton
Curt P. Richter
Johns Hopkins University
$100,000 Stand Is Planned For New Race Track
Charles Town West Virginia September 16 A new ten thousand mile stand is being built at Shenandoah Valley Jockey Club recently organized to take over Charles Town Horse Show Grounds. The track will be a half mile with a mile chute. Completion hoped for December 2 race meet. Promoters Joseph B Boyle and Thomas K Lynch from Maryland.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Shenandoah Valley
Jockey Club
Crand
Joseph B. Boyle
Thomas K. Lynch
Maryland
Medicine From Antler Fur In Siberia
A Russian scientist says the soft fur on Siberian stag antlers contains medicinal properties, echoed as a traditional Chinese and Tibetan remedy used for centuries. The report notes ongoing interest in biological and pharmacological uses of antler derived substances.
Ford Cars and Trucks Sell Strongly As September Set
Ford Motor Company announces September production will continue at the high daily rate seen in August. August marked the year’s greatest production and retail deliveries, with Ford passenger car sales at their best since June 1932 and truck sales since October 1931. Early September dealer reports show daily sales held steady.
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Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Historic Church Plans Centennial Celebration at Hamilton
Harmony Methodist Episcopal Church South of Hamilton announces its 100th anniversary events September 24 25 Morning worship on the 24th led by Rev E L Woolf Winchester District presiding elder Evening service by Rev B W Hildebrand former pastor Homecoming picnic on the 25th followed by an 8 o clock layman’s meeting led by John H Rosenberger Winchester district lay leader All former pastors and members are invited to attend.
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Harmony Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Hamilton
E. L. Woolf
Winchester
John H. Rosenberger
Guard Officers to Take New National Guard Oath
A circular from the state adjutant general outlines an amendment to the National Defense Act. Officers and men will become members of the National Guard of the United States and commissions will be issued by the President. No new physical exams are required for induction, and oaths must be taken before October 1.
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National Guard
National Guard of the
United States
Gardner Waller
National Army
Adjutant-General
Army
Shenandoah Trail link work underway to Virginia Beach
Harrisonburg will send a delegation to the Shenandoah Trail Association meeting in Elkins West Virginia October 5 with word that work has begun on the Shenandoah Mountain link to connect with the completed West Virginia road at the state line The Shenandoah Trail runs from Toledo Ohio to Virginia Beach and is the shortest west to Tidewater route Virginia chambers of commerce along the route will be called by George Andrus to fix the Shenandoah Trail path between Harrisonburg and Tidewater Virginia
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Trail Association
Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia
Toledo
Ohio
Virginia Beach
Middle West
Tidewater Virginia
Washington
Virginia Chambers of Commerce
George Andrus
Tidewater
Virginia
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Tate
Georgia
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New
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Dr. Long
Frances O. Ticknor
the Gas Co
Queen of Hearts
THE
Evening Star
Fairmont Ave
Peyton Street
Davis Grocery
Loudoun St
Cork
Kuhn
West
Cecil Street
H D. Albin
Manor Circle
Takoma Park
Buckley
South Stewart St
Citf
Valley Food Co
E. Clifford St
Battlefield Inn
Kernstown
Alverdale
Shenandoah Avenue
N. Kent St
McKee & Brill Taxi Service
Wigginton
Willis’ Bicycle Shop
Willis A. Hess
American Cooperage Co
North Braddock Street
Lee Purcell
M. A. Care Star
E. Piccadilly Street
R. H. Care of
Star
J. F. Hoover
P. O. Box
Dept. of Highways
Rt. Proj
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National Industrial Recovery Act
Goodyear
Buncutter
S. Braddock
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