Certified Seed Emphasized by Virginia Agronomy Experts
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station urged buyers to avoid bargain counter seed citing hidden weeds and mixed strains. It highlighted higher yields and disease resistance in certified seed, noting Virginia grown clover outperforms imported seed and stressing careful sourcing and inspections.
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Tech Agronomy Department
Agrono
Virginia
Virginia Agricultural Expe Ent
Boone County
Reids
Guthrie
Dental Expert Warns Against Too Much Sweets
Roanoke April 12 Dr Leaman M Waugh of Columbia University told Virginia State Dental Association that concentrated refined sweets should be limited arguing an unsweetened tooth never decays He cited 15 years studying American Eskimos to note teeth stayed sound farther from civilization Dr F C Punk Richmond urged dentists to lead health education and W H Wunder Woodstock urged against hasty socialization of dentistry or insurance plans as a threat to freedom.
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Roanoke
Leaman M. Waugh
Columbia University
Virginia State Dental Association
Whi
F. C. Punk
Richmond
Virginia Department of Health
W. H. Wunder
Woodstock
Association
120 Acres Given To Military Pack
Frederickstown VA April 12. Gift of 120 acres near the Bloody Angle on the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park was announced. Park officials said transfer had not yet been completed. Edward T. Stuart, a donor, will give the park an additional 32 acres he already owns adjoining the 120 acre tract. formal transfer is near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania Court House
Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania National Military Park
Edward T. Stuart
Handley Library Notes on Books and Authors
Handley Library notes review German edition prompts name change for Rachel Field refused. Clifton Fadiman praises Gone With The Wind casting while American public weighs film interest and reading reach. lists recent book awards and new reviews including Our Maginot Line by Livingston Hartley and Through Embassy Eyes by the daughter of William E. Dodd.
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Heaven
Rachel
Lyman) Field
Lyman Field
Nazi Germany
Miss Field
Clifton Fadiman
New Yorker Magazine
Vivien Leigh
American Institute of Public Opinion
Institutes
Handley Library
Rachel Lenat Franck
Harry A. Franck
Franck
America
Europe
Asia
Old World
Livington Hartley
United States Department of State
South America
William E. Dodd
United States
Germany
Nuremberg
Hitler
Echoes From the Past at Curlett's School 1872
A reminiscence of Toler Wolfe Thomas Curlett's school in Winchester and its environs in 1872. The piece recalls truancy to attend "Darbs" and a stern tutor penalizing pupils with raps, naming former students such as John F. Wall Jacob Wall Abraham Hollingsworth Dolly Ball Jacob Sperry Glass Vance and Edmund Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Toler Wolfe
Thomas Curlett
John F. Wall
Jacob Wall
Abraham Hollirgsworth
Dolly” Ball
Jacob Sperry
Glass Vance
Edmund Pendleton
William Greenway Russell
Tobacco Provides Most Jobs in Virginia 1937
Virginia Labor Commissioner Thomas B. Morton reports tobacco products and handling plants employed 17 920 workers in 1937 the highest among industries. He notes 1929 was prosperous and 1937 shows 118 workers per 100 in 1927. Other major employers include cotton goods shipbuilding canning clothing and rail road repair shops. Morton predicts continued industrial growth in Virginia as favorable sites attract expansion.
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Thomas B. Morton
Morton
Labor Department
Store Sales In District Show Some Increase
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports March department store sales in the fifth district rose nine percent from March 1938 with three month gains of three percent. Easter timing likely boosted a portion of the rise. State gains ranged from 4.9 to 13.4 percent with Virginia and North Carolina showing notable increases. City data include Baltimore at 11.1 percent for March and mixed three month results.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Baltimore
Washington
D. C
Winston- Salem
N. C
Huntington
W. Va
Lynchburg
Bank Closings On Birth Day Holiday In 1939
Several Winchester banks announce closures for Thomas Jefferson's Birthday on Thursday April 13 1939 a legal holiday. Patrons with maturities that day may be paid Friday April 14 1939. Banks listed include Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co John I Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank Geo B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank.
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Thomas Jefferson
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John I. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat’l Bank
Hot Primary Is Closing in Baltimore Mayor Race
Baltimore voters turnout exceeds expectations as incumbent Howard W. Jackson and business man candidate Charles H. Buck end campaigns. Heavy participation expected in industrial districts with 130000 of 272000 registered Democrats casting ballots. Jackson accuses Governor OConor of backing Buck to control city administration amid factional tensions.
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Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Charles H. Buck
William Curran
Buck
Jackson
Charles E. Moylan
O’conor
Herbert R. O’conor
National
Howard W. Bruce
Wm. Bauernschmidt
Mayland
Maryland
Bruce
Curran
Bauernschmidt
Senate
Realization Is More Joyful Debated At Armel School House
A debate at the Armel school house last night favored the negative team on the resolution that more joy comes from anticipation than from reality. The affirmative members were Ford Luttrell Warner Luttrell and N C Williams. The negative members were Howard Luttrell H A Snapp and J D Luttrell. Burr P Harrison Commonwealth's attorney presided with judges J H Funkhouser James Loy C A Cole E B Lee and R E Bayliss. The event was sponsored by the Ma Cedonia M E Church South young people's society.
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Armel
Ford Luttrell
Warner Luttrell
N. C. Williams
Howard Luttrell
H. A. Snapp
J. D. Luttrell
Burr P. Harrison
Commonwealth
J.H. Funkhouser
James Loy
C. A. Cole
E. B. Lee
R. E. Bayliss
The
Young People’s Society of Macedonia
M. E. Church, South
New Record Set In Duckpins By Jack In Baltimore
A new world duckpins record was set by Jack, rolling 222 last night in a city major league game in Baltimore. The previous record was 215 by Wilson Dillon in High Point, North Carolina, on November 15, 1937, and an official of the National Duckpin Congress approved the mark immediately.
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Baltimore
Jack
Wilson Dillon
High Point
N. C
National Duckpin Congress
Police Court Fines Maurice Fletcher for DWI
Maurice Fletcher of Route 1 was fined 100 dollars and costs plus one month in jail after a trial before Police Magistrate Donald Weems for operating an automobile under the influence. Other cases include Joseph Floegel of Baltimore, Emmitt Whitlock of City Hotel, William M. Settle of Laurenville Virginia and John Taylor of 422 Haddox Street with various fines and jail terms.
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Maurice Fletcher
Route 1
Donald Weems
Joseph Floegel
Baltimore
Emmitt Whitlock
City Hotel
William M. Settle
Laurenville
John Taylor
Haddox Street
Herbert Miller To Address Martinsburg Rotary Club
Herbert Miller, former president of the Martinsburg West Virginia Rotary Club, is set to speak at the local Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow. Members expect an excellent address from him.
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Herbert Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rotary Club
Miller
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Barnett Brothers Circus
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Sarah Zane Fire Comny
Rogers
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U. S
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North America Assurance Society OF Richmond
Andrew G. Briggs
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