What Club Work Has Done For Me
Taylor county women in Farm Women's clubs join National Home Demonstration week. Mrs. Forest Edwards of Glade Run recalls her club's 1939 42 formation with help from County Agent Carrol Hawkins and Ruth Herriss. She credits increased confidence improved social ties and skills in sewing food and home management, describing club work as a storehouse of knowledge and a pleasant part time school for farm women.
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Taylor County
Farm Women of
Forest Edwards
Glade Run Farm Women’s Club
Glade Run
Carrol Hawkins
Ruth K. Herriss
Ida Limerick
Farm Women’s Club
Doctor Parsons Dies After Heart Attack in Office
Dr. Alvah Landus Parsons aged 63, physician for the Hatfield Campbells Creek Coal Co, collapsed and died from a heart attack in his Putney office.
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Charleston
Alvah Landus Parsons
Hatfield-Campbells Creek Coal Company
Putney
King Bros Circus Arrives in Grafton on May 14
King Bros. Circus brings a 27th season to Grafton Old Fairground with 150 performers and over 250 animals in three rings on two stages. Aimed at family entertainment, the troupe includes Bozo Ward, Dime Wilson, and Fred Wenzel heading the fun, with 600 travelers and 30 advance men. Doors open 1 and 7 p.m. with shows at 2 and 7 p.m.
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King Bros
Grafton
Old Fairground
Bozo Ward
Dime Wilson
Fred Wenzel
King Bros. Circus
Goering linked to Nazi plunder and wartime orders
Goering extracted 14,000,000 Dutch Guilders in a pattern of regular deposits to his accounts and to a Swiss emissary. He claimed such transfers were illegal under party rules. He traveled from Luxembourg to Bavaria for trial, carrying rings and a gold cigar case. Separately, Ford announced 110,000 layoffs amid rail fuel cuts and freight embargoes. CPA warned coal stocks are insufficient for 12 hours of national needs.
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Goering
Netherlands
Switzerland
Germany
Hitler
Junkers
Herman Goering
Borsig-Rheinmetall
Poland
Soviet Union
Luxembourg
Bavaria
International Harvester urges patience during post strike recovery
Dealers report productions back to normal in many lines but shortages persist for tractors and certain implements. The company stresses no corner cutting on quality, warns deliveries may lag, and asks customers to wait if immediate orders cannot be filled while parts and stock refill.
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International Harvester
Curtailed Power and Gas Rationing Amid Long Strike
The Civilian Production Administration urged electric firms in eastern and midwestern coal regions to ration power starting with a brownout and moving to a blackout of nonessential services. Gas rationing was also planned. The strike’s widening effects pushed unemployment in coal and rail dependent industries over 869000, with 418000 AFL United Mine Workers and related miners, 51000 railroad workers, and 400000 in rail-linked industries affected, crippling steel and automobile sectors.
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AFL
United, Mine Workers and Progressive Miners
Ind
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