State Board approves 1 5 million education budget for Virginia schools
The Virginia State Board of Education in Richmond approved a budget requesting the General Assembly provide 1 500 000 more for public schools. State Superintendent Harris Hart said the increase is needed and fair, arguing current state tax support lags behind local funding. The plan proposes two thirds local and one third state funding.
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State Board of Education
Richmond
General Assembly
Public Schools
Virginia
Harris Hart
Daughter Enters New England Conservatory of Music
Mrs. Fred Anderson reports from Boston where her daughter Miss Lucille Anderson has entered the New England Conservatory of Music. The accomplished young musician will complete her studies there and her friends in the city predict a bright future in the musical world.
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Fred
Anderson
Boston
Mass
Lucille Anderson
New England Conservatory of Music
New England Conservatory
Coffee drinking in America on increase
Americans, known heavy coffee users, are drinking more coffee than last year according to figures secured by the foreign commerce department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The pamphlet issued by them covers the trend and factors driving higher consumption.
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Foreign Commerce Department
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Them
Trade with chief markets shows coffee imports up 9.2 percent
For January to June 1923 the United States imported 699,088,000 pounds of coffee, compared with 639,941,000 pounds in the same period of 1922. The increase amounts to 59,147,000 pounds, or 9.2 percent.
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United States
Garrett to stand trial October 16 for Rev. Pierce murder
Robert O. Garrett Cumberland County clerk faces a Cumberland County Circuit Court trial October 16 for the murder of the Rev E. Pierce at the Baptist parsonage in Cumberland Court House on June 5. Judge B D White said jurors will be drawn from another county after a conference with counsel. The trial date for Larkin C. Garrett will be set during the County Clerk’s trial.
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Robert O. Garrett
Cumberland County
E. 8. Pierce
Cumberland Court House
Cumberland County Circuit Court
B. D. White
White
Larkin C. Garrett
Bloodhounds Track Thief From Maryland To Virginia
Sheriff Pannett and bloodhounds pursued a thief from near Acock Maryland into the mountains of Fau lton County Virginia. The chase began after a beef belonging to Cahill and Rinehart Orchard Company was killed near Hancock. The trail crossed into Maryland and approached a house where the occupant refused to continue the search.
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Sheriff Pannett
Winchester
Acock
Fulton County
Cahill and Rinehart Orchard Company
Hancock
Waalinston
Éaty
Norfolk Western Schedule for Berryville June 17 1932
Train numbers and times listed for routes to Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Hagerstown Philadelphia and New York with Pullman sleepers and dining car service. Connections at Roanoke Shenandoah Jct and Hagerstown. agents H H Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanke provide fares schedules and reservations.
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Berryville
Bristol
Pullman
Broiler
Roanoke
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch
Norton
Williamson
Shenandoah
Memphis
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
New York
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Shenandoah Jct
H. H. Burks
W. C. Saunders
Gene
Pass
Roanke
Thief Steals Carcass After Skirmish Near Hounds
A pursuit near the hounds failed as the sheriff lacked a search warrant and the area could not be searched. No arrests were made. The beef was killed in a field and skinned, with the thief taking parts of the carcass and leaving the rest unable to be carried away.
Williamsport Bridge Improvering and Reinforcement Plan
Extensive improvements underway on the Washington and Berkeley Bridge over the Potomac at Williamsport. The project aims to remove rattle and vibration by adding new girders and plank. Two twelve inch planks will run lengthwise for machine wheels. Materials include creosote treated yellow pine from Norfolk, Virginia, with heavy log bolts installed.
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Washington and Berkeley
Potomac River
Williamsport
Norfolk
Unusual highway robbery near Washington county almshouse
C M Hetzer reported to Hagerstown police that he and Miss Bertha Watson were robbed of 16 cents and a gold watch by a lone highwayman along a lane leading to his home on the Middleburg pike near the almshouse. Hetzer wrestled the robber, others chased with firearms, and Miss Watson later rode to safety with a passing car.
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C. M. Hetzer
Hagerstown
Miss Bertha
Watson
Middleburg Pike
Washington County
Hetzer
Miss Watson
Hoetzer
Autumn Begins On Sunday September 23 At 9 04 P M
The sun crosses the line at 9 04 P M Eastern standard time signaling the official start of autumn for the northern hemisphere. The following day brings the harvest moon, the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, with the hunters moon appearing on October 24. Moonrise shifts about 51 minutes later daily, varying with latitude as New York area experiences differences from 23 minutes to 1 hour 17 minutes.
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Ofustralia
South America
Virgo
New York
Export Ben Davis Apples Net $5 Per Barrel
The report notes Ben Davis apples from Northern Virginia Orchard Company in Berkeley County sold to the Liverpool Hagland market, yielding a few cents over $6 to growers. York Imperial apples are also being sold for export in limited quantities at about $3 per barrel net for two and a quarter inch stock.
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Ben Davis
Northern Virginia Orchard Company
Berkeley County
Liverpool
Lutheran Largest Protestant Church Worldwide
The Evangelical Lutheran Church is described as the largest Protestant body with about 90 million members. In the United States it ranks third among Protestant denominations with roughly 7 million communicants and 11,700 pastors serving 18 generations.
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The
Evangelical Lutheran
Obu
Almbet
Ite
Dominal Mebers
Watson
Cgaven
America
Father Obtains Child Custody in Kanawha Court
George Derry of Charles Town sues Louise Smith for absolute custody of their child Johnne Moor in Kanawha County West Virginia. The suit seeks to overturn a Nevada divorce decree alleging lack of bona fide residency and that the Nevada proceeding was pursued to obtain custody, with service made in Charleston.
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Kanawha County
Charleston
George D 'Erry
Charles Town
Winchester
Louise’ Smith
Johnne Moor
Nevada
West Virginia
Reverend Dr Bulla's mother dies at 101
Mrs Elizabeth Bulla of Missouri, mother of Reverend Dr Bulla longtime pastor of Brae Street Methodist Church South, died at her daughter's home in Albany on Tuesday aged 101 years 6 months and 42 days. The Baltimore Sun notes the family and the church in sympathy as fuller obituary is planned.
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Elizabeth Bulla
Bulla
Brae Street
M. BE
Horn
John
Albany
Southland
Charlie
Baltimore A Gays
Dr. Bulla
Dei Bulla
Martial Law Declared Amid Revolt in Sofia Region
London dispatches report martial law proclaimed through Sofia after a major revolutionary movement. Fighting continues with rising casualties as followers of ex-Premier Koulisky clash with authorities and rebel factions.
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London
Garia
Koulisky
Sofia Sa
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