Major actions of the 76th Congress in the first session
The first session saw large expenditures surpassing 13 billion dollars with national defense and farm benefits driving the rise. It killed major lending and housing programs, funded military buildup, approved Panama Canal locks, air pilot training, and stockpiling, while reforming taxes and expanding relief funding.
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Army Air Force
Panama Canal
House Ways and Means
Senate
United
Panama
Roosevelt
Average monthly rainfall and year to date totals
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation none at a.m. August to date 0.96 inches and year to date 31.78 inches. The 26 year period 1913 to 1938 yields monthly averages with August at 3.68 inches and the average annual rainfall 35.09 inches. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research.
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Winchester Research
Virginia Week Day Religious Education Promotes Growth
The Virginia Council of Religious Education launches a state wide push for cooperative Christianity and Week Day Religious Education. A 16 page Old Dominion Beacon will mail after August 15 with articles from educators and thirty Virginia church school teachers, plus a nationwide enrollment milestone.
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Virginia
Virginia Council of Religious Education, Inc
Old Dominion Beacon
W. Dyer Blair
International Council of Religious Education
United States
Bess Goodykoontz
Snake Fight Fails to Thrill Big Crowd at Castleman’s Ferry
At Berryville Virginia on August 8 a large crowd gathered to watch a promised rattler versus blacksnake duel. The reptiles refused to fight after 15 minutes of prodding and coaxing, leaving promoter Laurence Castleman with a halted event and bets in limbo.
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Berryville
Castleman's Ferry
Laurence Castleman
Castleman
Big Theatrical Tangle Heads for AFL Action
A complex union clash grips Broadway as Sophie Tucker, Katharine Hepburn, and Helen Hayes lead a conflict involving about 50 000 theater workers. The fight centers on aflex alignments among Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, Federation of Radio Actors and the AFL union network. The AFL council meets in Atlantic City to decide the crisis.
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Hatch
New York
Sophie Tucker
Katharine Hepburn
Helen Hayes
American Federation of Labor
Thespis
Actors’ Equity Union
Screen Actors’ Guild
Federation of Radio Actors
Mmes. America
International
AFL
American Federation of Actors
Miss Tucker
AFA
Performers’ Union
The
Mmes. Tucker
Hepburn
Hayes
Et al
Los Angeles Mother Seeks Missing Children Josephine and Alfred
Mrs. Julia Fink mournfully searches for her children in Los Angeles after the disappearance of 12 year old Josephine and 6 year old Alfred. She fears kidnapping or harm by a sex maniac.
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Julia Fink
Josephine
Alfred
Los Angeles
Mother of Four Is Found Dead Near Railroad
Mrs. Frederica Creager age 53, mother of four, was found dead on a cut-off track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Morrell Park. Police say she appears to have been run over by a freight train. Her husband Jefferson Creager, a B and O inspector, said she visited a doctor last night and retired after returning home. the family awoke to find her missing and later found her body on the tracks.
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Baltimore
Frederica Creager
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Morrell Park
Joseph Davey
Creager
Elephant Elsie Surrenders After Blue Ridge Chase
STAUNTON Aug 7 Two ton circus elephant Elsie fled a circus trailer. Police and volunteers trailed her through the Blue Ridge foothills for a day and a half. Tranquilized by enticement she returned with two companion elephants. An airplane aided the hunt before Elsie surrendered near Mint Spring.
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Staunton
Elsie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Here
Roanoke
Mint Spring
Route 11
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Hilda Scott
Columbia
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St. Louis
American Youth Forum
Fairmont
S. Loudoun
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Palace Theatre
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E. Boscawen St
Hable’s Real Estate
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Shenandoah River
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Va. Ave
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Winchester
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Screen Actors
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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