Champion Bill Summers Dominates Mills County Fair
Glenwood Iowa reports Bill Summers crowned in multiple divisions at the Mills County Fair with champion baby beef market pig and lamb titles. His calf named Shadow Casting also claimed a division title. Philadelphia taproom owner Christian Mayer 48 received a threatening invitation to hang himself by mail in a shoe box with a noose, prompting police involvement.
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High Speed Rail Plan Emerges in Allegheny Range Idea
A WPA worker Roy Greene proposes a high speed electric railway under the Allegheny mountains from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. He seeks ICC authority with a potential federal corporation and RFC loan of about 30 million dollars, aiming for two daily passenger trains at 70 mph and one freight run. The plan challenges a state funded all weather highway project on the abandoned right of way. Greene lacks private funds and cites Vanderbilt era precedents and difficult financing.
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Medical College Plans Large New Hospital in Richmond
The Medical College of Virginia secured pledges and a PWA grant totaling about 1.5 million dollars for a new 400-bed hospital at Twelfth and Broad Streets in Richmond. Demolition to begin soon. previous 250 thousand state appropriation and private gifts helped fund the project.
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O'Conor Goolrick Named Banquet Speaker for Virginia Young Democrats
Fredericksburg attorney and former state senator OConor Goolrick chosen as banquet speaker for the Young Democratic Clubs of Virginia convention in Richmond. The event runs Aug 26–27 at Hotel John Marshall with Rep. Dave E. Satterfield delivering the keynote. Wise county Young Democrats report a split into two factions contesting seating at the convention.
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Cooperatives Had Bigger Business
O. E. Zacharias, comptroller of the Southern States Cooperative, announced in Richmond that the farmer-owned group reached a record $10,500,000 in business last year. He noted a 3 percent rise in dollar volume while tonnage increased 25 percent, attributing the gap to a lower price level.
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Arctic flying priest aids ill colleague in 800 mile trek
Rev Paul Schulte nicknamed the Arctic flying priest flies from Churchill Manitoba to Arctic bay with Father Julien Cochard gravely ill. He then ferries Cochard 800 miles to Chesterfield Inlet for medical care. Central Press
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President Roosevelt Receives Honorary LLD at Georgia Stadium
Dr Roosevelt in cap and gown speaks at the University of Georgia stadium in Athens to a large crowd for an honorary doctor of laws degree. En route home to Washington he urges defeat of Senator Walter F George in Barnesville.
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Dale Carnegie and How to Win Friends and Influence People
A compact note about Dale Carnegie and his book How to Win Friends and Influence People. It highlights Carnegie's influence on communication and personal development through practical advice and timeless principles.
Upstream Gamefish and a Dissenting Sales Letter
A liberal firm changes its machine model despite salesmen objections customers prefer the old design. One salesman sends polite letters to dissatisfied buyers admitting misgivings while still promoting the new model. The head later learns of the letters and must decide how to respond.
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Daily Cross Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle grid lists Across clues from 1 Chief to 41 Exist and Down clues from 1 A fake to 41 Exist repeated. Day by day the puzzle presents word fits, with hints for phrases, letters, and common crossword answers.
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Average rainfall and monthly means from early 20th century data
Rainfall totals show none for the 24 hours ending today at 8 a.m. August to date 1.15 inches and year to date 17.54 inches. A 25 year average of monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1937 lists January 2.59 inches February 2.? March 2.95 April 3.25 May 3.60 June 3.63 July 3.37 August 3.77 September 2.36 October 3.21 November 2.30 December 2.33. The average annual rainfall over the 25 year period is 35.36 inches.
Aid Statute Parley Set in Culpeper August 19
Governor Price and the League of Virginia Counties organize four regional meetings to explain the Public Assistance statute. Culpeper hosts August 19 at 10 AM with officials including Dr William H Stauffer James W Phillips J Gordon Bennett and Charles W Crush among participants.
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Ferrell Out of Game For Year After Release
Washington pitcher Wesley Ferrell says he will not play baseball this year after an unconstitutional release by the Senators. Clark Griffith cited interest from other parties but Ferrell showed no eagerness to join them. Ferrell, a high paid member of Washington’s staff, joined the club in 1937 and went 13–8 this season, completing only 9 of 22 starts.
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Major Kizer Is Kept In Service
Governor Price announced the reappointment of Maj. Charles G. Kizer to the State Industrial Commission for another term in Richmond. At 72 he is the last remaining original member from the 1918 commission, former Norfolk police superintendent, and prior state work as labor commissioner.
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Will Rogers Humorous Story: John’s Coming Out Party
A Kansas oil family in a Chicago tale hosts a coming out party for their thirty year old son John. Invitations vary from printed to spoken. The neighbor, newly oil rich, asks what John is “in for” as the party concept is described.
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