Rural Grange convention trends and national concerns
A detailed survey outlines California and western Grange plans with October meetings and a Sacramento climax. It notes 35 states represented, a near 900000 membership, and a coast to coast train bringing delegates to Chicago bound for Sacramento. It also contrasts rising federal spending with tax measures and warns of future tax and spending pressures on all citizens.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
California State Grange
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Sacramento
National Grange
Boston
New York
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Grange
Home Economics Department
Judge Tavenner’s 1935 peach crop reaches 36500 bushels
Judge Frank S. Tavenner, a leading Shenandoah orchardist, reports the 1935 peach crop in his area at 36500 bushels. The Venner and Tisinger orchard near Mount Jackson yielded 15000, Columbia Fur Orchard in Warren county 1600, Gainesboro orchard in Momey county also noted. Yellow varieties in carload lots and Fane shipments netted $2 per basket. Local sales cite a few prices.
National Grange Radio Program to Feature Dr Coulter
Dr John Lee Coulter former NDAC president and Tariff Commission member will discuss the agricultural outlook on a National Grange radio program over NBC stations on September 21 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm EST. Mrs. Charles M Gardner will speak on The Shuttles of Progress with Fred Brenckman commenting on agricultural affairs. Army Band led by Thomas F Darcy and soprano Dorothy Seegar provide music. Grange backing boosts 4-H across the nation with halls housing activities and juvenile chapters. Kent County Rhode Island Pomona Grange offers cash prizes for top 4-H projects. More than 80 percent of 8,000 Grange units have started new classes since January 1, and 200 new units formed in eight months with Texas State Grange newly instituted.
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Congress
James P. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Census Bureau
United States
John Lee Coulter
North Dakota Agricultural College
United States Tariff Commission
National Grange
National Broadcasting Company
Charles M. Gardner
Westfield
Mass
National Grange Monthly
Fred Brenckman
Washington
The
Grange
United States Army Band
Thomas F. Darcy
Dorothy Seegar
Order
Kent County
Rhode Island
Pomona Grange
State Grange of
Texas
WPA Funds Sought to Beautify Virginia School Sites
Virginia school buildings and grounds could gain winter improvements if Washington approves 1.5 million dollars in WPA work relief. Dr. Sidney B. Hall says officials in Washington favor the plan, which would hire unskilled and semi skilled labor for leveling gullies planting shrubs and repairing buildings. If approved, allocations by county will be prepared and crews kept busy all winter.
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Virginia
WPA
Washington
Sidney B. Hall
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Raymond Long
Hall
William A. Smith
Grange Expands Reach Into Urban Areas Across New England
A Boston area field meeting drew over 1400 people from the Metropolitan region, many nonfarmers, eager to learn about agricultural progress. Granges are active in urban surroundings from Worcester to Portland, listing cities in Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire and Maine.
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Grange
Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Worchester
Pittsfield
Springfield
Taunton
Brockton
New Bedford
Providence
Chepachet
Westerly
Rhode Island
Meriden
Middletown
Norwich
Connecticut
Manchester
Keene
Rochester
New Hampshire
Houston
Portland
Auburn
Mangor
Maine
How to Buy Meat Talk by Local Expert at Grange
Learn Value of Meats A Grange in Ohio invited a nearby expert meat-cutter to present How to Buy Meat with illustrated charts. The session drew a large audience, enabling many members to purchase meat more economically than before and included a question answer segment after the talk.
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Ohio
Hitch Hike Case Against Officials Is Carried Over
The case of Robert L Sollenberger versus Mayor G A Woods of New Market constable C Brower of Lee District and State Officer Kiser of Harrisonburg for false arrests while hitch hiking was continued in Shenandoah Circuit Court to the November term due to illness of attorney James P Reardon of Winchester and his associate Judge M L Walton Jr being occupied in the Court of Appeals.
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Robert L. Sollenberger
G. A. Woods
New Market
C. D. Brower
Lee District
Kiser
Harrisonburg
Sollenberger
Washington and Lee University
Woodstock
Shenandoah
James P. Reardon
Winchester
M. L. Walton, Jr
Court of Appeals
First Night Baseball Game At Fort Wayne In 1883
The record notes the first night baseball game was played in Fort Wayne Indiana in 1883, marking an early milestone in the sport's evening play era.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
British and Germans Stage Army Programs
British and German armies opened large maneuvers as war history echoed. In Hampshire Sir Archibald Massingberd led about 50,000 men, 300 tanks, cavalry brigades and aircraft, covering a 100 square mile zone. In Nurnberg General Werner Von Blomberg commanded 16,000 soldiers in motorized units with armored cars and anti aircraft guns, simulating combat around a sham village while an infantry unit carried 120 historic regimental flags linking old and new forces.
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London
Hampshire
Archibald J. Montgomery Massingberd
Nurnberg
Zeppelin Meadows
Werner von Blomberg
Germany
Pine Motor Co Orders 14 Carloads of New Cars
Pine Motor Company, local Dodge and Plymouth distributors, placed one of the region’s largest immediate shipments. The order includes 12 freight carloads of 48 Dodge and Plymouth cars and 2 carloads of Dodge commercial trucks. Business conditions have improved greatly in the past six months, with further prospects ahead.
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Pine Motor Company
Dodge and
Plymouth Distributors
Dodge
Plymouth
Boulder Dam to Get Special Three Cent Stamp
Postmaster general Farley announced completion of Boulder Dam in Nevada would be commemorated by a three cent postage stamp. An airplane view of the dam showing the Colorado river gorge above and below the structure will be the central subject.
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Washington
Farley
Boulder Dam
Nevada
Colorado River
Regulation of Trucks Asked By Apple Shippers
Henry W. Miller Jr of Paw Paw and Cecil Wood of Hedgesville were named by John Y. McDonald, WV Horticulture Society president, to draft a truck regulation plan for the society meeting in Martinsburg in February. The aim seeks a minimal rule set to curb unfair practices while preserving truck distribution benefits. Growers worry motor trucks discourage carload purchases for stateside markets and call for controls on itinerant dealers who resell culled fruit.
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Henry W. Miller, Jr
Paw Paw
Cecil Wood
Hedgesville
Lee
John Y. McDonald
West Virginia Horticulture Society
Martinsburg
Congress
Mooney Hearing Delayed To Wednesday
In San Francisco on September 16 the habeas corpus hearing for Tom Mooney was postponed to Wednesday. A. E. Shaw, appointed by the California Supreme Court, announced the delay to allow the Court to clarify instructions to the referee. Prospects to bring Mooney from San Quentin were not advanced.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
San Quentin Eara
A. E. Shaw
California Supreme Court
Shaw
Supreme Court
Old Order Is Resurrected To Divide Sum
A Frederick County Circuit Court decree from July 22, 1922 is revived to divide estate proceeds of Laura Estelle Edmondson. $85.13 deposited at Middletown State Bank for multiple heirs, some minors. Judge W orders payment of $30.85 plus interest since July 23, 1920 to Charles E. Harris Jr., now of age to claim his share.
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Frederick County
Laura Estelle Edmondson
Middletown
Charles E. Harris, Jr
Special Meeting Set For Tonight
Council schedules a special meeting tonight at 8 oclock to hear dairymen on the proposed milk ordinance before its third and final reading. Officials urge all wishing to speak to attend, as large delegations are expected to press for armory construction with resolutions prepared for early action.
Stolen Jewelry Racket Probed Nationwide
J Edgar Hoover announced a nationwide probe into alleged ties between fences who deal in stolen property and insurance firms and adjusters. Trafficking in stolen jewelry is singled out though Hoover stressed the inquiry was not driven by the Scafia case in New York. The investigation had been planned for months, he said.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
New York
Funeral Directors To Hold Meeting
The Shenandoah Valley Funeral Directors' Club will meet for its annual business session at Skyland Hotel on Thursday January 26. There will be morning and afternoon sessions with dinner at the Skyland Hotel, and attendees will motor over the Skyline Drive. Committee chair C Oma Maddox of Front Royal leads arrangements.
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Shenandoah Valley Funeral Directors’ Club
Skyland Hotel
Skyline Drive
C. Oma Maddox
Front Royal
Chicago Name Origins and Humidity Notes
Chicago's name is an Indian one meaning strong the first white settlement dates from 1804 and the town from about 1830 Measuring Humidity focuses on invisible water vapor not rain or fog droplets.
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Chicago
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Granges
Sunoco
E. A. Clevenger
Cor. South Main and Gerrard Sts
Apple Shippers
Mooney
Pine Motor Co
Cor. Brad
Cecil Sts
Goodrich
Liberal
Cammertireco Pulcanizing
RYUAD
Eld
Pontiac
Bickers Motor Co
Geo. W. Kurtz
Kreuger’s
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Pine: Motor Co. Cor
Brad
Republic
Boscawen
Valley Ave
Braddock
East Piccadilly
Chevrolet
Winchester Furniture Co
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