Work Relief Held Successful in Chariton Area
The state work relief program, reported by the Department of Public Assistance, shows mixed results amid funding cuts. Road work in June used 2,192 workers with 12 refusing to work and 481 unable to participate due to illness or relocation. 16 counties did not participate. All available labor in Hancock County was requisitioned by municipalities.
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Chariton
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Public Assistance
Josephy R. Blackburn
Public Assistance Department
Road‘ Commission
Isbor
Hancock County
NYA
ONYA
West’ Virginia
COUNTY FAIR PLANS ADVANCE WITH 4-H EXHIBITS
Edward Grayspin and others note exhibits accepted Thursday evening or Friday noon. Livestock and farm products will be judged on merit. 4-H exhibitors to be judged separately with grand champions. Educational booths and commercial displays planned. Upper Monongahela Valley Association to provide sound equipment and moving pictures. County fair expected this September.
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Edward Grayspin
Thidt
Taylor County
Upper
Monongahela Valley
Potato Festival Opens With Fiddlers and Royal Crowning
Festival activities start today at 2 15 with sports events and a fiddlers contest. A reception by June Ritchie of Ravenswood precedes the potato oven program. The potato king and royal couple will be crowned Friday. An Air Force aviator plans refueling in trips at Twin Cities airport.
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Twin Cities
Blonde June Ritchie
Ravenswood
Roosevelt backs peace as crisis deepens in Europe
A high official said the United States has no path but to reiterate its desire for peace while President Roosevelt speeds toward the capital. The European crisis could come to a head soon, with officials reporting the situation as deteriorating and tense.
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Roosevelt
United
Hall
Italy
Daladier
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Poland
Europe
Pius KT
Leopold
Washington
United States
White House
Rome
Shanghai
International
Roosevelt Returns From North Atlantic Cruise Amid War News
President Roosevelt, aboard a return voyage from a north Atlantic cruise, faced questions on a possible public statement or special session as global tensions rose. NYA reports detail youth job programs in West Virginia, with 201,637 placements since 1936, plus occupational guidance and a junior placement service.
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Hull
Welles
Union
Roosevelt
Europe
Congress
NYA Project
Youth Administration
Maren
NYA
Danzig Crisis Pushes Europe Toward War
Germany signals resolve to settle the Danzig question with bloodshed if needed. Hitler’s troops stand ready as Britain summons emergency defense measures and France mobilizes reservists. Ambassador Kennedy warns Americans to return home. Insurance costs rise and banks double rediscount rates as nations brace for conflict.
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House OF Commons
Pare Oner
Danzig
Albert Forster
Germany
Fuehrer Hitler
Sibip
Dan
Pommerellea
Poznan
Pomorze
Polish Upper Silesia
Poland
Britain
Joseph Kennedy
Chamberlain
Bank of Fneland
France
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O. J. Morrison Stores
Rayon Sox
America
Heals
Chittenden Meese
Tan Shee
J. Morrison
Graftons
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