Nickname Given In School Stays With Menefee
A Virginia man, Menefee, served in many roles from Page county revenue commissioner to secretary to Rep. Robertson and later Senator Byrd. He served in World War I, rose from private to first lieutenant, was wounded, and spent months in hospitals before moving to Washington and continuing public service.
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Menefee
Luray
Virginia Guardsmen
France
Page County
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Byrd
H. E. Cameron
Robertson
Seventh District
Robted
Ertson
Washington
Ear New Orleans Beetle In Ear Ends In Surgery
Tony Vivrito complained of buzzing in his ear and was taken to a hospital in New Orleans. Doctors removed a one inch black grasshopper deeply embedded in his ear after lengthy effort, with success only after overcome by repeated attempts.
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New Orleans
Tony Vivrito
Poultry Guidance From Virginia Tech On Early Laying
Virginia Polytechnic Institute offers detailed advice for poultrymen on managing pullets as they begin laying. It covers housing, ventilation, culling slow maturing birds, lice treatment, feeding regimes, water, green feed, lighting, and space requirements to promote healthy winter production and prevent cold and disease risks.
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Aay
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
Poultry Care Tips From Farm Notes
Practical guidance for poultry farming includes feeding greens and scratch grain, selecting top cockerels for breeding, ventilation in the laying house, seeding yards with grain, lice treatment, preparing windows for October, visiting fairs for judge feedback, subscribing to poultry magazines, children joining 4 H clubs, and selling eggs twice weekly.
Business I's Back To Normal By Babson
Roger W. Babson told the Advertising Club of Boston that after six years of low mood business has returned to normal and he is bullish for the next two or three years on everything except democracy. He supports democracy for the long pull but cites global political collapse due to selfish politicians and calls for a spiritual revival in America.
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Boston
Roger W. Babson
Advertising Club of Boston
America
Palace Hable and Ruth Chatterton Star in Girl's Dormitory
Hable's Palace screens Hable and Ruth Chatterton in the Fox picture Girl's Dormitory for the last time tonight. The program includes a Fox News Reel and a novelty as a supplement. Also showing Thursday only at the Palace is Jack Holt and Louise Henry in End of The Trail with the Fox News reel and a novel.
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Ruth Chatterton
Herbert Marshall
Simone Simon
20Th Century Fox
Hable’s Palace
Fox News
Winchester
Jack Holt
Louise Henry
Palace Theatre
Zane Grey
Man Dreams of Bubbling Spring Realizes Hidden Water
Walter Riley of Limekiln Hollow near Lexington says a dream led him to a thriving spring beneath stones in front of his house. After 14 years of hauling water from a distant source, Riley and two neighbors removed stones and unearthed a clear running spring.
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Lexington
Walter Riley
Limekiln Hollow
Riley
Notables Pay Respect Tributes To Thalberg
Friends and associates of Irving Thalberg paid final tributes as condolence messages arrived from around the world. President Roosevelt sent a note, with others from Berlin, Maria Jeritza, Noel Coward, Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Cornell. The motion picture industry paused five minutes during funeral rites for the noted producer who rose from a boy wonder at 19 to a brilliant ducer by 37 before dying of lobar pneumonia.
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Los Angeles
Irving Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Roosevelt
Trving
Berlin
Maria Jeritza
Noel Coward
Merlene Dietrich
Katharine Cornell
Worder
Bermuda May Be Imperiled By Tropical Gale
A fierce tropical hurricane shifts course toward Bermuda threatening the British winter resort with strong gales. The storm center lay about 350 miles south southwest of Bermuda with a northwest to north northwest movement. Vessels report winds of 50 miles per hour and one freighter 70 miles per hour.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bermuda
British Winter Resort
Gordon E. Dunn
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Myrns Toracco Co
John W. Rosenberger & CO
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O. K
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Winchester Va
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Coleman
John S. Miller & CO
Sherwin-i Williams Paints
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power Co
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