Insurance for Virginia Wheat Crop Due by Aug 31
Virginia wheat growers may insure their 1941 crop under the Federal all risk policy through county committees. Applications and premium payments are accepted now through August 31, or August 21 if not seeded. Coverage is 75 percent of a normal crop with premium payments possible via conservation payments or cash.
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Virginia
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
County Agricultural Conservation Associations
John H. East
AAA
East
Gorillas Birthday Party Outburst at Philadelphia Zoo
At the Philadelphia Zoo an event marked by a 400 pound gorilla named Bamboo who is 14 years old. Bamboo ripped a birthday sign, smashed a watermelon, and splattered spectators with cake debris. The keeper notes the animal did the same the previous year.
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Philadelphia
Bamboo
Daffy Downpour Shown as Garden Mist Causes Rain Gauge Reading
Weatherman H. K. Gilbert recorded three inches of rain during a brief heat break. The airport gauge showed 80 inch precipitation until Gilbert discovered his son left a garden sprinkler above the rain gauge, triggering the false reading.
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Lorence
S. C
H. K. Gilbert
Overdue Woodstock II Books Found in Library Floor
Public library rediscovered two titles The Gates Ajar and Woman's Friendship 49 years overdue after workmen tearing down an old building found them inside a flooring. Each title incurred $500 in fines for the overdue period.
Frank Bane To Head New State Local Cooperation Division
The National Defense Advisory Commission creates a division of state and local cooperation to be headed by Frank Bane former executive director of the Social Security Board. The division will link state defense councils and local councils and relay reports on coordination problems to federal authorities.
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Washington
National Defense Advisory Commission
Frank Bane
Social Security Board
Heart Must Be In Work Heart Must Be In Work
In Memphis on August 7 the James brothers, four would be blacksmiths, pursue other trades as their hearts lie elsewhere. Their father Abraham James, 68, laments the lack of heart for the family craft and recalls a past contest in Hartford where a Newfoundlander boasted faster shoeing times, claiming he could shoe 53 horses by 10:30 p.m. while others did far less.
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Memphis
Tenn
James
Hartford
Conn
Saumsville Hosts Frederick Pomona Meeting
The Saumsville Grange will host the Frederick County Pomona meeting on Monday night August 12 with delegates from county Granges. Committees will report for action as only one meeting remains before the Virginia State Orange convenes in Lynchburg in October. Worthy Lecturer R. H. Hammond leads a special program, welcomed by host Master Hubert Kibler as Saumsville Subordinate Grange joins the Frederick Pomona.
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Saumsville
Frederick County
Pomona
Virginia State Orange
Lynchburg
R. H. Hammond
Hubert Kibler
Frederick Pomona
Local notes from Middleway recount deaths and visits
Middleway Va August community news reports the sudden death of William Shamblin in Charles Town after heart trouble, and Vernon Stuckey seriously hurt by a motor truck. It notes church Ladies Aid gathering, wheat condition reports, and various visits and local events including funerals and Farm Women’s Club delegates.
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Middleway
William Shamblin
Charles Town
Vernon Stuckey
L. M. Watson
Ladies Aid Society
M. E
J. T. Bates
Roan County
W. Va
Wood
Murray
Front Royal
Holmes White
Janney Carper
Virginia
Stephenson
Bernard Grandstaff
Mary Keen
Hedgesville
Ephrim Nicely
Martinsburg
Harry Nicely
Sophia Bates
Shirley McCoughtry
Winchester
R. W. Shirley
Meta Shirley
Lyle Campbell
Gerrardstown
Graham Wilson
Frank Wilson
J. R. Ware
Cathryn Leight
Jackson’s Mill
Preparation For Bombing With The Royal Air Force In England
A wartime profile describes methodical RAF bombing raids on industrial Germany. The piece outlines preflight routines at a base, the takeoff into a two ton load, and the dangers of night bombing over the Ruhr Valley with flares, searchlights, anti air fire, and occasional German fighters.
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Royal Air Force
England
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Woman Captures German Airman
Englishwoman Lady Buckland widow of Lord Buckland and sister in law of Lord Camrose publisher of the London Daily Telegraph captured a Nazi aviator roaming England for nine days. She met him on a country road near Bristol and questioned him before delivering him to authorities.
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London
Lady Buckland
Lord Buckland
Lord Camrose
London Daily Telegraph
England
Nineteen Missing In Tropical Storm Near Louisiana Coast
Nineteen persons were missing as a tropical disturbance moved west along the Louisiana coastline toward Texas. The two day old storm surged gulf waters to near record heights, forcing trappers and fishermen to seek refuge in courthouses, schools and public buildings.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf
Shenandoah Schools Face Uncertain Nine Month Term
Shenandoah county schools plan to open in September but funding from the Board of Supervisors remains unresolved. The board says seven to nine months depend on financial support, with about 71 000 available now and 24 000 from the state. back salaries of 3000 to 4000 are owed.
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Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah County
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Valley
Crossword puzzle casing with scattered clues
A dense crossword grid of across and down clues with many unreadable fragments. It includes definitions for words like To let down Permit Book of Old Testament and various others, plus stray notes such as Exclama tion and Dancing girl.
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Asa Hawk
German press calls for continent free of Jews as prerequisite for peace
Das Schwarze Korps states Europe must be purged of Jews to secure a German peace. The article denounces existing anti semitic measures as too mild, predicts Jews will be driven from public life across Norway Denmark Holland Belgium and France, and claims Britain and Jews caused Europe to burn. It asserts Germany will solve the Jewish question itself and reward victory by removing Jews from Europe.
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Berlin
Das Schwarse Korps
Hitler
SS Elits Guard
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Funding Looms Over Shenandoah County Nine Month School Plan
Supervisors were asked to meet obligations for salaries and coal but the board's request was not met. In the past the school board covered these expenses at the term start with taxes paid in November, yet they lack authority this time. A board member warned that without additional funds, nine month schools seem unlikely.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Board of Supervisors
Ers
Mussolini Launches African Offensive To Target Suez Canal
The Italian push in Africa aims to force Britain into two major operations and threatens Egypt and the Suez Canal, potentially breaking imperial links and hindering Allied reach in the Middle East. Graziani leads the Italian effort, backed by 250,000 troops in Egypt with strong bases and supplies.
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Mussolini
Africa
England
Hitler
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Balkans
Dardanelles
Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
Kenya
Somaliland
Egypt
Infant weighs five and a half pounds in nickels
In Mattoon Illinois on August 7 the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Bjurstrum is paid for by a sack of nickels placed on Dr Raymond B Cole's desk. Dr Cole counted and weighed the coins noting the baby weighed five and a half pounds matching the coins value as a humorous exchange.
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Mattoon
Ill
Theodore Bjurstrum
Nics
Bjurstrum
Raymond B. Cole
Meeting of stewards at Arden Church Aug 8
A meeting of stewards and other official workers of the Way Circuit of the M Church will be held at Arden Church on Thursday August 8 at 8 p.m. It serves as a preparatory meeting for the quarterly conference at Darksville on August 12 with an open forum for questions about church policy and finances. The new officers for the coming conference year will be announced.
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Way
Arden Church
Darksville
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