Radio Highlight Mix Precedes Trivia on We the People
Radio schedule and quiz questions from WJSV WMAL WRC and other stations list a program lineup from 6 to 11 pm including News Report to the Nation and music. Q prompts ask who first recommended the Australian voting system and when quills were used for writing, noting 1886 and the 6th century respectively.
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WJSV
James Stuart
Ambulance Corps
We, the People
WMAL
Izzy Jannazzo
Cocoa Kid
R. C. A. Allen Thorndike Rice
United States
Cooperation Sought for Capital Defense Across Nearby Towns
Civilian Defense Director F H LaGuardia urged governors O Conor and Price to cooperate with J Russell Young named DC civilian defense coordinator. Towns contiguous to Washington are asked to share firefighting equipment and coordinate preparations for possible emergencies in the metropolitan area.
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Ginta
Washington
F. H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Herbert R. O’conor
Land
James H. Price
Virginia
J. Russell Young
District of Columbia
Slays Policeman Wounds Self In Portsmouth Incident
Police officer B L White was fatally wounded in Portsmouth Virginia. George Jernigan 37 of South Norfolk was wounded and involved in the incident.
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Portsmouth
B. L. White
George Jernigan
South Norfolk
Rainfall Readings and Averages Through 28 Years
Records show 17.75 inches year to date with monthly totals from January to August listed. Data covers 28 years with an average annual rainfall of 35.80 inches and monthly averages calculated from 1913 to 1939, courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Prisoner Jernigan Wounds Officer and Turns Gun on Self
In a police car with two officers, prisoner Jernigan snatched a pistol from City Sergeant E S Overton’s holster, fatally wounding Officer White before turning the weapon on himself. The incident occurred today in South Norfolk.
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Jernigan
E. S. Overton
South Norfolk
Overton
White
Over
Fashionable Woman Takes Bold Plan to Retrieve Daughter
Ylena Varanoff arrives in La Madera and plots to reclaim Carlyle, her daughter, from the Vincent family via a staged capture. Vernon Stone uses hired men to seize Rose and confront Clarkson as the scheme unfolds, leading to a tense confrontation and a planned meeting at Stone's office.
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Theodore Vincent
la Madera
Rose
Vernon Stone
Vincent
Carlyle
Yilena
Ylena
Tate Cromwell
Scott Hamilton
Clarkson
Cause of Justice
Stone
Wetherill
O. K
Gus
Bon-Bon Scienti
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