Panama City prepares for ministers and laymen visit
Committees organize rooms and meals for 40 ministers and laymen who will visit during the Alabama Annual Conference, November 20 to 25. Hatfield H. P. Sapp chairs the Board of Stewards and chairs women’s canvassing teams. Twenty teams from First Methodist and other churches will canvass zones including St Andrews and Millville. Teams aim for citizen cooperation and plan to finish by next Wednesday after teams Oct 23, with reports at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Gnenattey H. P. Sapp
Stewards. Net
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Andrews
Millville
Florida 1940 Joint Constitutional Amendments Notice
The Florida Secretary of State announces a general election to be held on November 5, 1940 to ratify or reject several joint resolutions amending the state constitution. Proposals include abolishing ad valorem taxes for state purposes, creation of a parole commission, and amendments on taxation and distribution of excise taxes to counties.
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Dar
Florida
I. R. A. Gray
Sint. A. PD
State of
Parole Commission
Morida
State of Florida
Cows And Oil Backlog Boosts University Of Texas
The University of Texas holds about 2,000,000 acres of oil and cattle land. Thousands of cows and millions of barrels of oil have contributed to the institution’s resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
Florida Constitution Amendments and Judicial Provisions
Long excerpt outlines terms of state judges and Supreme Court procedures, election timing for Florida under a joint resolution proposing amendments. It covers tenure, succession, divisions of the court, and administrative roles, plus amendments to county commissioner terms and property tax exemptions with ratification steps and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
State of
Florida
Tn Rn
Cathly
Wolfpack Set for Tar Heels in Raleigh Clash
North Carolina State cheers for its first football win in 13 years over UNC as Doc Newton guards top secrets before a Raleigh showdown. Chapel Hill works on offense at Chapel Hill while Wolfpack scouts study Carolina plays amid 20 000 expected fans.
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Richmond
North Carolina State
Wolfpack
University of North Carolina Tar Heels
Raleigh
Ad State
Tar Heels
Texas Christian
Chapel Hill
State
Doc Newton
Carolina
Ray Wolf
Charlie Erickson
Generals of Washington and Lee
University of Richmond
Generals
Hampden-Sydney
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
George Washington
Franklin and Marshall
Odd legal quirk haunts Senate campaign finance case
In Chicago suburb Englewood, First National Bank president J M Nichols called telling depositors what happens if Roosevelt is re elected a patriotic duty. Rep McCormack charged a bank ad urged voting for Wendell Willkie and notified Senate Campaign Investigating Committee of the newspaper insert. The committee faces a legal question over the matter and a supposed $30,000,000 anti Roosevelt effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. M. Nichols
First National Bank of
Englewood
Roosevelt
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Washington
Wendell Willkie
McCormack
House
First National Bank
Ill
Sunrise rules spark duck season opening in Idaho
Report from Sun Spots Twin Falls notes opening of duck season in Cassia County with sunrise times 20 to 27 minutes later than neighboring Box Elder County Utah. Weather and jurisdiction influence start times as officials in Boise regulate Idaho outings while Utah sets its own.
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Twin -Falls
Idaho
Cassia County
Water Flows Uphill With Cable's Help
Horshoe Neck residents long relied on a valley water source until a 50 year old cable driven water carrier was installed. A bucket on a cable descends from ridge to spring, gravity lowers it a quarter mile, a counterweight sinks it, and a wheel returns the bucket. Each village house has the system.
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Horshoe Neck
N. C
Horshoe
Glass Bulbs Of Ocean May Stop Strange Voyage
Ocean currents funnel blue glass net buoys, or bubbles, from Japan to Oregon and Washington. These glass floats, 3 to 11 inches, wash ashore for 15 years, puzzling collectors. Japanese fishermen began using glass buoys decades ago. now paper floats threaten their common use, possibly ending the Pacific drift.
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Portlane
Japan
Oregon
Washington
Elizabeth Olsen
Portland
Garrels
Pacific
Baffled judge hears alibi in Spartanburg assault case
Recorder Paul H. Brown faced a puzzled moment when a defendant explained the fight occurred because the other man “put a dozen on me.” The phrase meant the rival had cursed him from A to Z, using every profane word known in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Paul H. Brown
France imposes broad anti Jewish measures under Petain
Vichy France outlines broad anti Jewish rules excluding people with Jewish ancestry from public life. Jews with limited ties or foreign status face confinement powers, while only those decorated in wars or who rendered distinguished service may receive exceptions. Local prefects gain power to confine Jews to department camps.
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Vichy
France
Europe
Petain
Football Forecast and Radio Schedule Highlights
A fragmented radio lineup lists segments from gems of light operas to football forecasts, with stations WBS WHS WRS WR and local time slots. It mentions ensembles led by Saunders St. Regis, Alec Randolph, Leo Erdody, Frankie Masters, and Dorsey, plus AP News Time and Weather reports.
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Toda
Gems of Light Opers
WBS
Hita
Hal
Saunders
St. Regis
Nohi Bottling Co
Talands
Panama Billare
Glen Gray
Alec Randolph
Loc
Frankie Curle
WRS
Hawaii
Cold Cash Coal Co
Kiddie
Oe Brown
Leo Erdody
Ross Norman
the Arcadian
A Daeiay
Songs of the Opel
Frankie Masters
WEA
S8co
Fred Rabell
Lawrence Quintette
Reed Murray
Ween Business
Rev. C. A. Cornell
Panama Allard
Oe Dorsey
Manse Built In One Day In North Carolina
Four rural Presbyterian churches in Stokes and Surry counties, served by Rev. L. F. Cowan, pooled funds to buy materials and the congregations erected the manse in a single day.
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Francisco
N. C
Stokes
Surry Counties
L. F. Cowan
Island counts in the Philippines by size and name
Only 462 of the 7,083 Philippine islands are one square mile or larger and just 4,441 have official names. This reflects a detailed geographic catalog and highlights remaining unnamed landmasses in the archipelago.
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Philippine Islands
Must reading on Asia and empire in wartime
Highlights review two books on U S Asia policy and imperial reach. Robert Aura Smith argues embargo strengthens America against Japan and urges readiness to fight for interests. William Haas edits a bold look at U S possessions from Puerto Rico to the Philippines and global balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Far East
Atlantic
Robert Aura Smith
Asia
Viking
William H. Haas
University of Chicago Press
Orient
Uncle Sam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Smith
South China Sea
Japan
Pocketbook left at window loses contents in Durham
Mrs E B Crawford forgot her pocketbook on a window sill after Sunday school. The bag was found after services but the contents were missing, indicating a theft or loss in a busy Durham street setting.
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Durham
N. C
E. B. Crawford
Hitching Posts Sought as Amish Move to Leonardtown
Amid Amish families moving from Pennsylvania to Leonardtown Maryland merchants set out hitching posts for horses. The market for old hitching posts grows as rural families arrive with horse and buggy and seek space in town.
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Leonardtown
Pennsylvania
Father Divine's New Harlem Heavens Estate At Tarrytown
Large new estate atop a hill in Tarrytown across from Anna Gould's former home attracts attention in Harlem. The 25 room turreted residence sits on 70 acres with views over the Hudson. John D. Rockefeller Jr and Edwin Drexel Godfrey nearby. John Lamb says 30 to 40 angels will staff the home when furnished. The property was bought from William Evers for $27,000 last September 28.
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New York
Harlem
Father Divine
Hudson River
Tarrytown
N. Y
Duchess of Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Jay Gould
France
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Edwin Drexel Godfrey
Washington Irving House
John Lamb
William Evers
California
Marriage by temporary judge ends in surprise ceremony
James L. Wilson of Bolivar Missouri and Geraldine Fay McGuire of Mountain Grove Missouri were married by a woman judge pro tem in Dodge City as the regular judge was absent. Wilson had entered a shop for a shave before the courthouse ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
James Ll. Wilson
Bolivar
Wilson
Geraldine Fay McGuire
Mountain Grove
Scout meeting with oath songs and flag pledge
Eugene Williams led the Scout Oath and songs to start the meeting. A game of Capture the Flag followed. Herman Morris was elected troop scribe. Two patrols named The Wolf Patrol and The Sea Hawk Patrol held Morse code study and a signaling contest won by Sea Hawk 8 to 0. The meeting closed with the pledge led by Jack Blankenship. Troop Scribe Herman Mottis.
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Eugene Williams
Herman. Morris
Wolf Patrol
Sea Hawk Patrol
Sea Hawk
Jack “Blankenship
Herman Mottis
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