Man With Fire Still Is Greatest of All Forest Enemies
Crisman of Edinburg warns that people caused 73 percent of fires on George Washington National Forest last year. Smokers started 31 fires. careless brush burners and discarded embers also threaten forests and floods. Public awareness and preventive actions, including the Elizabeth Furnace area, helped restore forest value and wildlife. A cautious citizen is careful with fire.
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Stranger Crisman
Edinburg
George Washington National Forest
National Forest
Lee Ranger District
Rts Crisman
Forest Service
State Game Commission
Elizabeth Furnace
Strasburg
Crisman
Upperville Colt and Horse Show Dates Announced
The Upperville Colt and Horse Show Association schedules its annual two day event Friday and Saturday June 11 and 12 at Grafton near Upperville. The show is said to be the oldest in America with forty five classes. R S Peach serves as secretary and W G Fletcher as president.
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Upperville Colt and Horse Show Association
Grafton
Upperville
America
R. S. Peach
W. G. Fletcher
Fugitives Sought On Freight Train
Four of five jail escapees from Fayette County reportedly boarded a Baltimore and Ohio freight train headed for Baltimore in Maryland. B J Newmyer of Connellsville identified men resembling the fugitives and alerted police in Baltimore. The chase extended from Uniontown into Maryland as authorities spread the alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette County
Maryland
B. J. Newmyer
Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Poloists Set Four Matches a Week in Local Schedule
Fauquier Loudoun Polo Club announces four weekly games. Marshall field hosts Tuesday and Saturday matches at 3 p.m. Phipps field near Godse Creek hosts Thursday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 3.30 p.m. Archie Johnson, 27, of Noblestown Pa, found his dead horse after dinner and collapsed while removing harness. doctor cites heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fauquier-Loudoun
Marshall Field
Phipps Field
Godse Creek
Noblestown
Archie Johnson
Hints For Gardeners On Controlling Garden Pests
This article explains how to identify garden pests and prevent damage. It covers aphids red spider cutworms slugs caterpillars worms beetles and common control methods including insecticides baits poisons and manual removal.
Publishers Ponder Production Costs
The American Newspaper Publishers Association discussed daily news costs at its golden jubilee meeting in New York on April 22. William G. Chandler led a forum on business problems as the newsprint committee reported a 25 percent rise in newsprint prices over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Association
William G. Chandler
Scripps-Howard
Rain total nudges April moisture at Winchester Lab
Showers yesterday and last night brought exactly half an inch of rain to the Winchester Research Laboratory, boosting April’s total to .82 inch. The month remains unusually dry with the 24 year average at 3.07 inches. Farmers welcomed the moisture though some worry seed germination may suffer if warmth returns.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Patrolman Reflects on 19 Years of Service in Clarksburg
Clarksburg West Virginia patrolman Ed Schillingburg marks 19 years on the force by estimating he has walked about 39,900 miles, a distance more than one and a half times around the world, during his pavement pounding career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ed Schillingburg
Preventing Drownings Through Cold Water Desensitization
Dr. Bayard Horton told the American College of Physicians that many drownings this summer could be prevented. Hypersensitivity to cold water can trigger total collapse in swimmers. A simple ice water test and a desensitization program over weeks may render most individuals safe with physician supervision.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Bayard T. Horton
Rochester
Minn
American College of Physicians
Horton
Cumberland Power Crash Leaves City in Darkness Forty Minutes
Cumberland Maryland faced a citywide blackout after a Potomac Edison river plant fault sparked a fire. Flames shot 35 feet as emergency lines were built. theatres and police relied on kerosene lamps while two bakeries and breweries suffered.
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Cumberland
Tion
Potomac Edison
Compan River
Wings of Morning finally leaves Palace Tonight
The Palace shows Wings of Morning in Technicolor with John McCormack Henry Fonda and Annabelle for the last times tonight. The program also includes Desert Gold with Buster Crabbe Tom Keene Marsha Hunt Raymond Hatton Robert Cummings, Ace Drummond The Three Stooges and a cartoon.
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Palace
John McCormack
Henry Fonda
Annabelle
Buster Crabbe
Tom Keene
Marsha Hunt
Raymond Hatton
Robert Cummings
Zane Grey
Palace Theatre
Ace Drummond
the Three Stooges
Mack Ward Wins National Trophy for Virginia Corn
Mack Ward of Lincoln Virginia tops Virginia corn producers with ten ears winning the Virginia State Seed Show championship. He also takes first in Certified Corn and Interstate Corn classes earning 32 dollars in cash a silver trophy and a banner from the Virginia Crop Improvement Association. His total cash prizes reach 47 dollars.
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Mack Ward
Lincoln
Virginia
Mack
Vocational Agriculture Department
Lincoln High School
Marion
Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America
Mes Ip
United States
Canada
Virginia Crop Improvement Association
Solo Iniecarinese Systems
Price Pleads For Expansion Of State's Educational System
Lieutenant-Governor James H. Price urged expanding Virginia's schools at the Hopewell Educational Association banquet. He praised Senator Robert W Daniel and called for a minimum nine month school term, higher teacher pay, and broader state funding with local facilities funded separately. He argued Virginia can afford more and suggested board leadership changes for the superintendent position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Price
Texas
Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Daniel Target For An Attack
Richmond April 21 The legislative record of Senator Robert W. Daniel of Brandon, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, faced a sharp challenge from rival campaign manager William A. Wright who accused him of opposing old age pensions and unemployment insurance in the 1936 General Assembly. Wright, directing Saxon W. Holt’s campaign, said Daniel was belated in backing Jim Price and in supporting Roosevelt humanitarian policies. He urged Daniel to keep speaking out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
James H. Price
Virginia
Robert W Daniel
Prince George
Hopewell Educational Association
Daniel
Price
Senator Daniel
Saxon W. Holt
Newport News
Vivian L. Page
Nor
Richmond
Robert W. Daniel
Brandon
Roosevelt
William A. Wright
General Assembly
Wright
Holt
Norfolk
Jim Price
Libraries In School Discussed In Berryville Meeting
Miss Rose MacDonald rural supervisor of Clarke county schools and state board member spoke at Berryville High School P T A about the importance of a good library in every school. A five member state committee guides book choices with a $40 library funded by state and local effort.
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Berryville
Rose MacDonald
Clarke County
State Board of Education
Berryville High School
Elsie Davis
Fairfax County
May Kelly
Roanoke County
MacDonald
Porter Lawrence
Roanoke
Marvin Chapel School
Virginia Bowles
Gay Denny
Frances Smith
Bobbie Smith
Francis Chapman
Loring Kackley
Glee Club
Richmond
Alumni Association
Miner John Eddy Renounces Water in 1894 Abstemious Tale
In Linton Indiana John Eddy aged 79 recalls digging for fortune and falling ill from camp water. He abandoned it for coffee tea or milk and has not tasted water since 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Ind
John Eddy
General Butler Urges Legion To Aid In Avoiding War
General Butler urges The American Legion and veteran groups to campaign against fighting abroad. At the 17th annual Rockingham Post banquet in Harrisonburg he argues pacifism as extremism and calls for a united veteran front to stop foreign entanglements and curb munition makers and bankers who profit from war.
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Butler
Legion
Rrisonburg
American Legion
United States
Smedley D. Butler
United States Marines
Rockingham Post
Friddle’s
Gen. Butler
America
Great Britain
South
R. M. Colvin
Lee
Pennsylvania
Stonewall Jackson
Quantico Marines
New Market
France
New York
Spain
Madrid
Aker
Roger Wine
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College of Physicians
Power
Hable’s Palace
W. A. Wright
Miss Rose MacDonald
Rockingham Legionnaires
Roger O. Wine
Lees
George Williams
American Legion Auxiliary
Wille Coleman
Commander Wine
Glenn Elliott
Department of Virginia
Nelson Richards
Walter J. Gifford
Rockingham
EB. W. Jordan
William Phalen
Rion-Bowman
V. FP. W
Claude Smith
Robert Toppin
Rion-Bowman Post
Henry Taylor
Charles Everett
Carson Mason
Folger McKenzie
Baltimore Sun
Harry A. Stewart
John W. Morrison
General Butler
Mr. Morrison
Winchester
Stanardsville
Orange
Front Royal
Shenandoah
Luray
Culpeper
Staunton
State Department
Col. Jordan
Roanoke Veterans Institution
Congress
Fairfax
Eppa Kirby
A. C. Ritchie
Joseph L. Money
J.C. Armand
J. F. Herrity
Legato
J. A. Nesendon
McLean
Harry Wagner
Forestville
John Neal
Five Oaks
J. C. Wortman
Yale
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