Girl Search Ends in Jail in Kansas City Derby Dream Tale
Two University of Arkansas students chase a Kentucky Derby romance across 2000 miles. Archer seeks a mysterious Miss Singer with a note to her father and a $5 Whirlaway ticket. After a wild ride and a night in jail, police locate the girl by phone, ending with a chastened return to class and a rueful ride back on the motorcycle.
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Kansas City
Louis H. McClemmons
University of Arkansas
Earl Archer
Young Archer
Whirlaway Archer
Louisville
Whirlaway
John Linger
St. Louis
Archer
McClemmons
Fred Robfers
Miss Singer
Mr. Singer
Convoy vote debate influenced by party leaders
Democratic leaders urged presidential discretion on convoy dispositions as debate continued. Cox predicted defeat of the amendment and quick movement to the senate where another fight loomed. Rep. Fish credited the president with labeling convoys as potentially dangerous, sparking GOP criticism during yesterday's session.
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Senate
Cox
Rep. Fish
R.-N.y
Convoy Debate and War Policies Stir at House
Uproar over convoy aid to Britain as Rep Cox and others push immediate action. Debate over foreign tonnage, parity payments, and use of ships follows with calls for realism, national emergency powers, and aggressive stance against Axis, including planned measures to keep sea lanes open and deploy air and naval force.
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Cox
D.-Ga
Great Britain
Charman
Naval Committee
Patrick
D.-Ala
Bland
D-Va
United States
Europe
Africa
Asia
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Canary Islands
Singapore
Dakar
Britain
Pepper
U. S
Far
Denmark
Plan to Check Tourist Trade in West Virginia
West Virginia state police plan a July survey to measure tourist traffic. Troopers will monitor 19 highway entrances for 10 to 15 days to count outside visitors. Superintendent John W. Bosworth says current figures are unreliable and expects tourism to grow into a major industry with promotional efforts.
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Charleston
West Virginia
John W. Bosworth
Bosworth
Department
Railways seek unchanged 1940 property assessments
Pennsylvania Western Maryland and Monongahela rail lines contest 1940 tangible property values while other carriers including Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western Western Maryland Monongahela and subsidiaries report higher assessments. Allebach cites wartime deficits, deferred improvements, and a 28 day Appalachian coal shutdown diminishing revenues and earnings.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Monongahela
Baltimore and Ohio
Thomas E Conlon
Chesapeake and Ohio
West Virginia
Norfolk and Westjern
Western Maryland
Cumberland Valley
Martinsburg
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
St Louis
Allebach
Appalachian
Eden outlines Allied diplomacy and Turkey in Middle East
Eden defended Britain’s actions in the Middle East and Greece, praised Turkish resolve, and warned Iraq’s trouble could affect allied policy. He cited mediation offers from Turkey and Egypt but said Britain would not fulfill treaty rights while Iraqi forces remained at Habbaniyah. In Huntington, Frank C. Boggess, 60, president of West Stove and Foundry, died after a long illness.
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Libya
Vichy
Eden
Churchill
Greece
Britain
Middle East
Yugslavia
Iraq
Turkey
Habbaniyah
Huntington
Prank
C.boggess
West Stove and Foundry Company
Mason County
Adlerika Promised Relief From Constipation
An advertisement from Grafton Drug and Chemical Company promotes Adlerika as a bowel stimulant and gas pain reliever. It claims the product provides quick relief and urges readers to get it today. The copy attributes the claim to A. W. from Vermont and mentions ten years use.
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Adlerika
A. W. Vt
Grafton Drug & Chemical * Company
Weather and Radio Schedule Fragment from West Virginia Station
A fragmented listing shows WMMN Fairmont with NBC WEAF CBS WABC and multiple programs. It names Claude Thornhill’s Orchestra, Dinning Sisters, Lowery Thomas, Amos n Andy, and Johnny Presents among others as part of a dense network of broadcasts and station IDs across time slots.
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WMMN
Nbc-Weaf
Claude Thornhill
Orch
NBC
WWVA
Dinning Sisters
Cbs-Wabc
Edwin C. Hill
WJZ
WABC
Amos ‘N' Andy
MBS
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Fred Waring
Mr. Keen
Lost
SBS
Lanny Ross
Brother Joe
Campus
Lang Thompson
Grand Central
WEAF
Ae Start Hunt
Sant Aaviegtte
Morton Gould
Nbc-News
Nbc-Wblk
Pibber McGee and Molly
Jerry Wald
Stan Myer
Cbs-Wjr
Amos
Andy
Bobby Byrne
Waring
Oreh
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Evans Furniture Co
Main Street
Rhone
U.S
Roosevelt
Staunton
World of Virginia
Gordell Hull
Weslrn Wilson
Halifax
Lord Halifax
Washington
Rondy
Woodrow Wilson
James Price
Virginia
Carter Glana
Doxey
D.-Miss
House
Agglture Department
Fulmer
D.-S.c
House Committee
Treasury
Supreme Court
Palmer
Hitler
China
Japan
Tokyo
Florida
Congress
America
Spain
France
Altman
Cash Feed Store
Latrobe St
Grafton
Pratts Poultry & Stock Tonic
Etna
Conui
Hina
Consult
THE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bell System
Grafton Banking & Trust Co
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
M. Lie Worly
NP 7
Fairmont
Ted Steele
Weaf—News
CBS
WJR
Bob Hannon
Paul Sullivan
WBLK
Jose Bethencourt
Joe
Sam
Paul Douglas
KDKA
Lowell Thomas
the World Today
Antonini
Horace Heidt
Ned Jordan
Listener
Glenn Miller
Raymond Gram
Bob Hope
Leonard Keller
Juan Arvizu
News of the World
Olmsted
Jeny Wald
Bobby
Byrne
WCAE
Jack Coffey
Sammy Kaye
Blue Barron
Lou Bres2
Mills Brothers
Radio Tube
RCA
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