European Apple Crop Expected Smaller Than Previous Year
A London cable reports July fruit prospects show apples in Europe likely smaller than 1936. England Belgium France Italy Denmark Czechoslovakia Hungary light crops, Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria may be larger. Spain and Bulgaria mixed.}}
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C. C. Taylor
London
England
Belgium
France
Italy
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Bulgaria
Rumana
Bodensee
Lake Constance
Poand
Sweden
Norway
Europe
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Trento
Price Wins Virginia Democratic Primary With Large Margin
In Virginia's Democratic primary James H. Price led with 167 218 votes to Vivian L. Page's 27 025, a 140 193 margin, with two precincts yet to report. Saxon Holt led for lieutenant governor with 109 792 to 83 364 for Robert W. Daniel, while A P Staples defeated John Galleher for attorney general 100 764 to 75 731.
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Richmond
Virginia
James H. Price
Vivian L. Page
Price
Tazewell
Rockbridge
Nocay
Saxon W. Holt
Robert W. Daniel
Holt
A. P. Staples
John Galleher
Staples
Act To Prevent Typhoid Spread
Frederickslurg August 6. King George County health officials said they were taking all precautions to stop typhoid spread after three fatal cases in three weeks. About 25 to 30 cases exist. 1,500+ people inoculated. five cases in hospital but from the county. no cases in Fredericksburg. two deaths in King George and one in Caroline.
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Fredericksburg
King George County
W. P. Woods
Caroline County
Mob member found guilty in Alleghany assault case
A Highland county jury in Alleghany county circuit court found Charlie Mundy guilty of assault and battery while a mob member. The sentence is two years in the penitentiary. Mundy is one of 16 union and non union men indicted for the July 7 clash at the Industrial Rayon Corporation plant that injured six people. Glenn Perkins and Ray Beatty were sentenced to four and three years respectively. Gene Floyd pleaded guilty. Floyd said Perkins had warned him of consequences if he testified.
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Covington
Highland County
Alleghany County
Charlie Mundy
Mundy
Industrial Rayon Corporation
Glenn Perkins
Ray Beatty
Gene Floyd
Floyd
Sees Promise Of Better Trade With Russians
United States ambassador Joseph Davies announced a Russo-American trade agreement that would lift US exports to the Soviet Union from about 13 percent of Russia’s imports to a total of 40 million dollars annually. He called this a substantial increase and forecast further growth in trade during the Roosevelt-Hull agreement period and beyond.
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Moscow
United States
Joseph Davies
Russia
Davies
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
Hull
Woodstock Child Seriously Ill in Sibley Hospital
Betty Jane Fravel, the young daughter of Mr and Mrs Willard Fravel of Woodstock, is critically ill at Sibley Hospital with blood poisoning. A Washington visit followed a childhood injury when a stick struck her back, leading to worsening wound infection and multiple blood transfusions, though doctors hold some hope.
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Woodstock
Betty Jane Fravel
Willard Fravel
Sibley Hospital
Washington
Illness Fatal To N. D. Ruddle
N D Ruddle aged 38 former Pendleton County sheriff died at Rockingham Memorial Hospital after months of ill health and a recent operation. He leaves a wife Mary H Dunkle eight children and his father I N Ruddle plus a large family network. Funeral at Franklin Presbyterian church Sunday at 11 from pastor Dr D L Beard.
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Harrisonburg
N. D. Ruddle
Pendleton County
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Ruddle
Pendleton
Rockingham County
I. N. Ruddle
Franklin
Mary H. Dunkle
Claude
Saylor
Roy
John Ruddle
Ralph
Dee Ruddle
Hershey
Herbert Propst
Nell Cook
Frostburg
J. M. Eye
Hinton
Presbyterian Church
D. L. Beard
Bantam Hen Leads 11 Quail Chicks in Desert Return
In Phoenix, Charles B Hughes reports his bantam hen returned from a desert trip with 11 quail chicks trailing after her. The young birds quickly adapted to domestic life and forage beside their foster mother as she guides them.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles B Hughes
Hughes
Judge a Woman by Clothes Says Milo Anderson
Hollywood August 7. Screen dress designer Milo Anderson counseled that to know a future wife one should judge by clothes not by companions. He warned that outfits reveal character and habits and offered examples of fashion cues signaling traits and behavior. He urged the best wife to sew her own clothes yet appear ready for upscale life.
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Homer McCoy
Hollywood
Milo Anderson
Anderson
Dizzy
War's Isolation Group Adjourns
The international hands off Spain committee adjourned in London for an indefinite period after a two hour session in heat wave. The 27 nations failed to resolve deadlock over the British proposal and said the adjournment was to prepare technical points on control and supervision for the next meeting.
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London
Spain
Birth Leaguers Pass the Hat for Defense Funds
The Birth Control League of Massachusetts calls for public subscriptions to fund defense for two Boston women physicians, Dr Ilia Galleani and Dr Lucile Lord-Heinstein, arrested in police raids. President Mrs. Leslie Hawkridge said the aim is to protect physicians' rights to give contraceptive advice to married women.
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Boston
Birth Control League of
Massachusetts
Leslie D. Hawkridge
League
Ilia Galleani
Lucile Lord-Heinstein
Watchmen at melon patch open fire injuring two guards
In Anne Arundel county, three melon patch watchmen failed to recognize each other in darkness and began shooting after fatigue. Edgar Sewell and John Burley were wounded by Frank Sewell, with hospital reports listing injuries to chest, arm, abdomen, and thighs. The patch had recently lost 300 cantaloupe baskets to thieves.
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Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Frank Sewell
Edgar
John Burley
John
Sewell
Doctor Edward C. Mann Dies in San Diego
Dr Edward C Mann 62 a physician who received a congressional reward for aiding President McKinley after he was shot died in San Diego He helped his father Dr Mathew D Mann founder of Buffalo General Hospital in a failed emergency operation following the McKinley assassination on September 5 in New York.
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San Diego
Calif
Edward C. Mann
President McKinley
Congress
McKinley
Leon Czolgoz
N. Y
Mathew D. Mann
Buffalo General Hospital
Bicycle Crash In Birmingham Leaves Driver Injured
A car collided with a bicycle rider in Birmingham, Alabama. Driver Cc. L. Ellis went to the hospital with head lacerations while cyclist Leland Robinson Jr. suffered a scratched elbow. Police said the bike climbed the auto’s fender and struck Ellis.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cc. L. Ellis
Leland Robinson, Jr
Ellis
Capitol Hill Debates On Judiciary and Reorganization Bills
Senate schedules routine business as a judiciary bill moves to debate. Special committee continues hearings on government reorganization. Finance opens hearings on sugar legislation. House in recess. A housing bill is noted as revised. Hearings on proposed reorganization of the Van Sweringen Railroad system proceed. House passes sugar quota bill.
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Senate
Finance
House
Neeler
van Sweringen
How Japan Makes Ready For a War
Japan prepares for war with China as Shimezo Maho, a merchant, commits suicide to fund a 3000 life insurance payout for front line relief. Government plans to use the money for soldiers’ families while casualties in North China rise. Empress dispatches artificial limbs for wounded troops and geisha houses raise funds with a one yen fine for patrons.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Shimezo Maho
Oshima
Maho
North
Girls Raise Funds for War Office Amid Heat of North China
A group of girls organized a drive to support the war effort by collecting funds. They raised several hundred dollars through intense activity in the heat of North China and turned the proceeds over to the war office.
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China
War Office
Will Rogers Laughs at the Woman’s Exchange Story
A fire prompts a railroad section man to a reward trip to St Louis. In a humorous tale he visits a Woman’s Exchange and, after a misstep, declares he will stick to his wife Liza. The joke ends with a remark on country fellows choosing wisely over town trades.
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St. Louis
Liza
Rubes
American News Features, Inc
Man Escapes Jail With Bare Hands In Salmon Idaho
William Sharp, jailed on disorderly conduct, reportedly dug his way out using only his bare hands and a short stick. Police Judge Roy Shorp said the complaint was being prepared when Sharp vanished before charges could be filed.
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Salmon
Idaho
William Sharp
Roy Shorp
Farm For Sale In Frederick County Virginia
Under a Virginia chancery decree the special commissioners offer at public auction in Winchester at 11 A M on Saturday August 28 1937 a farm of 81 acres 2 roods 72 poles located one mile southeast of Brucetown Frederick County. Terms: one third cash at sale and balance in two annual installments with bonds, interest six percent semi annually, secured by trust deed and fire insurance. R Gray Williams special commissioner M M Lynch trustee and special commissioner I C C Brannon clerk.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
William S. Stimmell
Fannie V. Stimmell
George W. Stimmell, Jr
County Court House
Winchester
Brucetown
J. Watts Shoaff
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R. Gray Williams
M. M. Lynch
I. C. C. Brannon
Co. C. Brannon
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