Hurricane lashes Virginia coast as storms flood streets
The storm pounded the Virginia coastline from Norfolk to Ocean View with heavy seas and rising tides. Buildings collapsed in Ocean View, transport halted, and hundreds evacuated as winds intensified. Red Cross prepared relief efforts and officials warned of possible further damage into the night.
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Willoughby Spit
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Ocean View Park
Norfolk
Norfolk City
Tidewater
City Hall Avenue
Granby
J. Murphy
Norfolk Weather Bureau
Fort Monroe
Hampton Roads
Old Fort
Gloucester- Mathews
York River
Messick
Poquoson
Yorktown
Mesick
Washington
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N. C
New Jersey
Ocean City
Ocean Front
Sinepuxent Bay
Crisfield
Easton
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Delaware
Maryland
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
National Red Cross
Mathews Courthouse
Annapolis
Naval Weather Bureau
Reina Mercedes
United States Naval Academy
Wilmington
Del
Carolina
Newburn
Moorehead City
Beauford
D. F. Debotte
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Week of County 4-H Activities Planned
The home demonstration agent outlines a busy week with adult and junior meetings and office work. Sessions include Dicks, Whitacre, Fairview, Midletown, and Stephens City 4-H clubs focusing on poultry, canning, clothing, gardening, and project records. A Friday briefing with Miss Belle Burke and Saturday offices conclude the schedule.
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High View
Fairview
Whitacre
Stephens City
Stphens City
Middletown Home
Grange Hall
Middletown
Belle Burke
Charlottesville
Armel 4-H
Virginia Public Works committees formed for emergency conference
Governor to appoint four citizens from Roanoke Staunton Suffolk and Winchester to local public works committees. Conference Friday will include Federal Public Works officials. Plan targets regional projects possibly pollution cleanup in Hampton Roads with an $6 million to $8 million budget. 45 cent federal wage remains fixed. Virginia aims to lift worker morale with the program.
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Roanoke
H. L. Opie
Staunton
John B. Pinner
Suffolk
H. B. McCormac
Winchester
State Planning Board
Hampton Roads
Federal Public Works Administrator
Washington
Ratcliffe
Baltimore
Virginia
Harm on Bell family in hurricane’s path near North Carolina
North Careman street residents Mr and Mrs Stewart Bell fear for Harm B Bell and his wife in the hurricane off the Carolina coast as their Panama Canal bound ship President Pierce nears the Virginian coast. The Bells aim for Havana and then Santa Barbara before visiting Honolulu and their son Lieutenant Harmon Brown Bell.
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Stewart Bell
North Careman Street
Harmon B. Bell
Baltimore
North Carolina
Bell
New York
President Pierce
Los Angeles
Cal
Panama Canal
Virginian
Carolina
Cuba
Mrs. Bell
Havana
Santa Barbara
Harmon Brown Bell
Ruxton
California
Honolulu
Program Arranged For State W C T U Meeting
The Virginia State W C T U annual convention will run September 25 to 28 at the First Baptist Church in Richmond. Hostess Mrs A G Quarles, supper for delegates, Governor Pollard to welcome, state president Mrs Howard M Hoge to give the annual address, and a pageant on Tuesday. North Carolina speaker Mrs Lem Gilreath heads Wednesday talks on Woman's Investment in Prohibition.
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Virginia State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Richmond
A. G. Quarles
Henrico
John Garland Pollard
Howard M. Hoge
God ‘S
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
South Richmond Union
Herbert Phillips
Lem Gilreath
North Carolina National
W. J. Carter
Extension of U. Va. Course Now Provided
The Extension Division of the University of Virginia plans to meet demands from Virginia high school graduates and others unable to attend college. Groups of 15 or more may take college courses at a nominal cost, with credit for high school graduates or those with college credits. Directed reading courses are also offered with library borrowing and informal discussions with professors. Inquiries should go to Mr. Kline to organize classes.
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Extension Division
University of Virginia
Virginia
Plank
Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Asre
Mining Issues Lead Market To Higher Ground
Stocks rallied with mining issues leading gains as markets gained ground. Leaders recouped some losses from the prior session amid broad buying. transfers totaled about 1,150,000 shares. Sterling opened at 4.692 dollars.
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New York
Corn Harvest Demands More Labor After Storms
Windstorms in Shenandoah Valley damaged corn fields increasing harvesting costs by about 50 percent. Farmers face higher labor needs to cut and shock tangled stalks, with possible price rises in the fall to offset extra expenses across the western crop.
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Shenandoah Valley
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