Plans To Seat 500 Dancers At Two Fete Balls
Scully announces a scaled back two night festival with 500 dancers to be seated in armory rooms using eight person boxes. Boxes rent for 10 dollars covering both nights while Children’s Shop handles room seating at 75 cents for both evenings. Royal balcony seating noted with royal box arrangements and Benny Goodman and Tommy Tucker music listed.
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Scully
Owever
Benny Goodman
Tommy Tucker
F. L. Lardt
Roup
Billy Bell
Oil Wells Fevered in United States See 306 New Fields Found
Reports from the petroleum trade indicate 306 new oil fields were discovered in the United States in 1940, an increase over the prior year, highlighting expanding exploration in the Red States.
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United States
Petroleum Try
Red States
No Rest On The Highways Sunday Traffic Dangers
Virginia State Police warn Sundays see more fatal traffic accidents than any other day. Weekend drivers bring higher volume and risk. motorists should increase caution to meet the danger.
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Virginia
Axis Leader Cheers Spark Arrests On Conte Biancamano
New York April 10 sailors aboard the Conte Biancamano cheered Mussolini and Hitler as the Italian liner seized in the Panama Canal Zone sailed into Brooklyn. Brig. Gen. Homer Groninger said the crew would be sent to Ellis Island with nine to face charges of sabotaging the 23,255 ton liner in Panama.
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New York
Mussolini
Hitler
Ellis Island
Panama
Special Services At Centenary Reform Church
The last in the Lenten series at Centenary Reform Church will be held at 7 45 tonight and again at the same hour tomorrow in observance of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger will lead and invites all to attend.
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Centenary Reformed Church
Meurryv
8. L. Flickinger
Young People To Hold Program Tonight
It was announced that Refuge Easter Friday night April 11, the public is invited to attend.
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People of Refuge
Turks Evacuate Part of Istanbul In Balkan War News
Continued dispatches describe Allied and Axis forces in the Balkans as German and Italian columns push toward Salonika while Yugoslavia faces isolation. Athens endures air raid alarms as German advances threaten Greek and Albanian fronts and supply routes in the Aegean.
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Salonika
Aegean Sea
Pee Gee Et Oe
Hitler
Vardar
Metaxas
Yugoslavia
United States
Oeion
Piraeus
Athens
Albania
Tion
I High Command
Petin
Nea
Balkans
Kranj
Sava
Greenland Policy Clarified in Roosevelt Statement
In a White House briefing, officials outlined a stance on Greenland as a Danish colony and protectorate. The United States would defend Greenland if attacked, asserting Greenland lies within the western hemisphere and should remain non foreign to the region.
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Roosevelt
United States
Greenland
Havana
Iceland
Massanetta Prepares for Big 1941 Conference Sessions
Massanetta grounds receive extensive beautification funded by Mrs. F. P. Loth with help from a landscape gardener. Plans outline careful arrangements for the summer conference with noted Protestant leaders lined up as pulpiteers including Dr. F. W. Norwood Dr. R. J. F. McKnight Dr. Peter Marshall and Dr. R. E. Speer among others.
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Massanetta
F. P. Loth
F. W. Norwood
City Temple
London
St. Andrews’ Wesley United Church
Vancouver
B.C
R. J. F. McKnight
Reform — Seminary
Pittsburgh
Peter Marshall
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
R. E. Speer
Conferences At Massanetta Attract Youth Delegates
Massanetta hosts multiple religious conferences this year drawing large youth groups. The Baptist and United Lutheran gatherings are recurring, with estimates from 600 to 8000 across various groups. Conference manager Dr. Wm E Hudson announced dates including a June 2 old time camp meeting.
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Baptists
Massanetta
United Lutheran Church
Wm. E. Hudson
Church Camps and Conferences Schedule for Summer
A summer calendar lists events including Elders and Deacons June 14-15, State Christian Endeavor June 18-22, Pioneer Camp June 23-29, Young People conference June 30-July 6, Baptist Young People's conference July 7-13, Music Camp and School July 14-20, Theran Assembly July 21-27, Woman's Auxiliary Training July 28-August 3, Baptist Assembly August 4-10, and Bible Conference August 11-24. The items cover religious gatherings, youth programs, and training sessions across multiple dates and venues.
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State Christian Endeavor
Pioneer Camp
Young Oe Conference
Baptist Young People’s Conference
Music
At Pe
Theran Assembly
Woman's Auxiliary Training
Baptist Assembly
Bible Conference
Sugar origin in United States sugar production
Approximately 73 percent of the sugar used in the United States comes from the sugar beet.
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Canomon United
Inscription on Martha Washington’s tomb
On the upper surface the inscription reads Martha, Consort of Washington. One end adds Died May 21, 1802, age 71 years.
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Martha Washington
R. H
Martha
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