Trade Activity Has Recovery Momentum Through July
Secretary Hopkins reports July business progress as a continuation of a recovery begun in May with activity ahead of 1938 in most major lines. Retail trade, auto and appliance demand rise. steel output climbs from 53 to 60 percent capacity. freight moves up. construction peaks seasonally. consumer budgets improve due to lower food costs and higher incomes.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Stroke Fatal To Mr McIntyre In Gore Frederick County
Carroll W McIntyre long time Gore resident died at Memorial Hospital from effects of two strokes, ages 50. Native of Allentown Illinois he ran the Gore mercantile business and had lived in Virginia for years. Funeral Wednesday at 4 from Garvin home with Rev C R Line officiating at Mount Hebron Winchester.
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Carroll W. Mcintyre
Gore
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Mr. McIntyre
Allentown
Ill
W. O
Bertha Broyhill McIntyre
Virginia
M. C. Garvin
Western Frederick Bank
Fin Orth
McIntyre
Garvin
C. R. Line
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Mount Hebron
Winchester
Yard party relief Thursday night benefit
A community yard party is planned for Thursday night August 10 to support relief efforts. Local organizers invite neighbors to join a social gathering featuring music, food, and fundraising activities to aid those in need. Proceeds benefit the Young People's charity division.
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Young Peoples
Elephant Escape Captured by Gracie and Sadie
Report notes Elsie the elephant was recaptured after an escape aided by Gracie and Sadie two fellow pachyderms. Gracie leads as Elsie is guided back to the sawdust pen in a rural setting with country folk nearby.
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Elsie
Gracie
Sadie
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Staunton
British Anti Aircraft Defense Manned In Mock Raid
London authorities staged a large scale drill with 60 000 personnel to test anti aircraft defenses as 500 enemy bombers simulated an attack from France and the North Sea. The exercise ends with a nationwide blackout half of England including London.
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London
Royal Air Force
France
Beauvais
Paris
North Sea
England
Big Violators Sought in Louisiana Oil Probe
New Orleans August 8 federal prosecutors announce an intensified hunt for big violators in Louisiana politics and oil trade. Former Governor Richard W. Leche and Seymour Weiss charged with profiting 67000 each under the Connally act while grand jury sessions expand. Freeman Burford of Dallas and East Texas refining firm named in indictments.
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New Orleans
O. John Rogge
United States Attorney General
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Huey P. Long
Rogge
Freeman Burford
Dallas, Tex
Oil Man
East Taxes Refining Company
No American Citizen Named Mrs Franz Lem Interned
Berlin reports there is no record of an American citizen named Mrs Franz Lem being interned in Dachau concentration camp, contradicting earlier claims. The notice clarifies misinformation about a supposed American detainee and confirms absence of such a listing.
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Berlin
American Scientiitie
Franz Lem
Dachau
Germany
S D Rogers Embarks on Two Month Homestead Tour
Retired Gainesboro farmer S D Rogers and his son E Clay Rogers depart at dawn for a two month trek through western states visiting Ness County Kansas memories of his pioneer fight for title to a 160 acre quarter. They will stop in Springfield Ohio and Illinois and Kansas City before Ness visit, Denver and possible southern return.
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S. D. Rogers
Gainesboro
E. Clay Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Ness County
Kansas
Rogers
Great Plains
Virginia
Springfield
Til
Kansas City
Ness
Wilmer Rogers
This County
Frederick Countian
Dean Robinson
Denver
Col
Brown Tavenner
A. J. Tavenner
Condition of Rivers South Fork and North Fork
Rivers South Fork shows milky condition while North Fork is clearing at Castleman’s location.
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South Fork
North Fork
Clearing
Store to Close Early Wednesday Due to Death in Family
Due to death in the family our store will close at 10 o'clock Wed August 3. Earl C Fries, Owner.
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Earl C. Fries
Miss Dailey Named Turkey Festival Princess
Miss Linda Dailey of Cross Junction chosen as Frederick county princess for the Turkey Festival in Harrisonburg Virginia on September 4 5. She has led Frederick county 4 H Club work for seven years and served two years as club president at Whitacre She plans to enroll at Shepherd College Shepherdstown WV this fall.
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Linda Dailey
Lester Dailey
Cross Junction
Frederick County
Harrisonburg
Dailey
Whitacre
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Johnson Holds Lead in Kentucky Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Lieut.-Gov Keen Johnson backed by the Kentucky Federation of Labor led CIO-endorsed John Young Brown by about 25,000 in unofficial returns. Johnson 198,753 votes to Brown 173,851 from 2,992 of 4, three seven precincts. Swope led Cooper in the Republican primary with 76,916 to 49,429 from 2,776 precincts.
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Louisville
Keen Johnson
Kentucky Federation of Labor
AFL
CIO
John Young Brown
Johnson
Brown
King Swope
Lexington
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
Swope
A. B. Chandler
Cooper
Republicans Chart Course In Next House
House Republicans plan a definite program on housing agriculture and reciprocal trade agreements for the 1940 session. Minority Leader Martin will likely appoint special committees to study and draft legislation. The housing issue and a revived lending measure are in focus, with farm policy seen as the toughest hurdle.
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Washington
House
Martin
Rmass
Congressional
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Unbeaten Peter Astra Leads Hambletonian Entrants
Goshen New York August 8 Ten top three year old trotters were named for the Hambletonian valued at 40500 dollars to be run at Good Time Park on tomorrow's mile track with Peter Astra the odds on favorite and unbeaten.
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Goshen
N. Y
Peter Astra
Mechanized Division in War Games Near Fredericksburg
Manassas Va Aug 8 The mechanized division of the regular army concentrates at Virginia forts to oppose national guardsmen from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia in the third corps war games. About 20 000 men of the black army encamped south of Fredericksburg to strike Washington while the third corps defenders train with field orders and blanks. Regular troops arrive from eastern posts to Forts Meade and Belvoir to test a smaller mechanized force against a larger slower guards force in next week's four day exercise.
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Manassas
National Guardsmen
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Fredericksburg
New Brunswick
Camden
New Jersey
Third Corps
Forts Meade
Belvoir
President At Work On Large Pile Of Bills
President Roosevelt arrived at 8 20 am to work at his Dutchess county home on about 200 bills passed in the closing days of Congress. He planned to stay through Saturday then sail from New York aboard the Tuscaloosa for a cruise off New England and Canadian coasts.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Dutchess County
New York
Tuscaloosa
New England
Two Injured In Scooter Collision At Fair Grounds
A scooter and a Parker and Watts circus truck collided at the fair grounds entrance injuring two. Henry Jennings, 23, suffered a crushed leg, and Dorothy Grove, 19, had minor injuries. Both face reckless driving summons. hearing date pending. A prior scooter accident had killed a newsboy months earlier.
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Henry Jennings
Parker and Watts Circus
Fair Grounds
H. H. Jennings
Dorothy Grove
N. W
Third Street
Ee Fla
Jennings
Miss Grove
Min
Baby Born With Heart Outside Breathing Listens at Manila Hospital
A seven pound girl in Manila Tondo Slum was born with her heart outside the chest. Doctors debated keeping the baby alive and whether to attempt moving the heart inside. The infant, named Maria Corazon, rests while specialists consider options.
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Manila
Tondo
Maria Corazon
Mary Heart
Hen On Civil War Ground Sums Up Army Camp Nest
A Plymouth Rock hen named Biddie nests on Manassas battle ground where 23,000 troops prepare for maneuvers. An officer’s tent sits beside the eggs as the bird lays another each morning before an audience of a colonel and a captain. Five eggs are in the nest.
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Manassas
Biddie
Germans Renew Polish Attacks
Berlin reports a renewed German press assault on Poland as talks prepare for a possible Hitler meeting with Albert Forster of Danzig. Forster reportedly landed near Berchtesgaden, with officials silent on his presence as Berlin papers push a hostile portrayal of Poland.
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Berlin
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Free City of
Danzig
Albert Forster
Salzburg
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Forster
Germany
DNB
Czas
Free City
Plane Crashes Near Berryville
A U S Navy Curtiss Scout observation plane made a forced landing about a mile southeast of Berryville Virginia after its engine failed from a clogged gas line. It struck a fence on Sheriff W W Smallwood's property and overturned. Pilot Capt Marion L Dawson and passenger R R Kitson escaped unharmed aside from shock. Both men were assigned to Anacostia Navy Airbase in Washington.
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Curtis
W. W. Smallwood
Five Danzig Citizens Arrested Over Film Outing
Polish press reports five Danzig residents were arrested for going to Gdynia to view the American film Confessions of a Nazi Spy. The movie has drawn packed crowds in Poland for weeks.
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Warsaw
Danzig
Gdynia
Poland
British seek identity of Ichang air raid attackers
Shanghai Aug 8 British authorities search for information to identify who conducted Sunday's air raids on Ichang as Japanese army and navy show reluctance to accept responsibility.
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Shanghai
Ichang
Unidentified four masted schooner ablaze east of Cape Lookout
At Beaufort North Carolina the Cape Lookout coast guard station reported a four masted schooner burning about 15 miles east of the station. Smoke was seen at 10 30 a m and rescue craft McLane and a motor lifeboat proceeded to aid the vessel.
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Beaufort
N. C
Cape Lookout
No Word From Colony Amid Anti American Pressure in China
A courier from Chengchow reports no word from the Kaifeng mission colony under mounting anti American activity. Kaifeng, 40 miles east of Changchow, sees demonstrations at American establishments. Two Scovilles of China Inland Mission fled Hwohsien area for safety. Floods threaten Tientsin with high Hai river levels and a breached dike.
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Shanghai
Baptist Mission Hospital
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Changchow
Henan
Ralph C. Scoville
Los Angeles
China Inland Mission
Hwohsien
Taiyuan
Scoville
Kiehsiu
Peiping Chronicle
Shihkiachwang
Hopeh
Hankow
Tientsin
Fete Committee To Meet Thursday
Executive Committee of the Apple Blossom Festival called to meet Thursday at 11 30 by chairman R Gray Williams to close pending business from the 1939 festival.
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R. Gray Williams
Clinic For Cripples To Be Held Next Saturday
The District Nurse announces an orthopedic clinic at the association office Saturday August 12 from 9 am to 2 pm. Dr Robert V ten, of the University Hospital staff at Charlottesville, will oversee. The clinics target children up to 16 years who were crippled by accident or other causes. examinations are free. Adults require a physician’s written request.
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Office of the Association
Robert V
Uni
Charlottesville
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