Welfare department reports progress on public assistance program
The report lists 190 enrolled for welfare with 88 in boarding homes and 17 home visits. It notes 604 office interviews and 269 clothing items supplied from the WPA sewing room. July 1 marked the new public assistance rules including aid to the blind, dependent children, and old age assistance.
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John Kerr School
John Kerr
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Handley
Salvation Army
American Legion
Winchester
Baltimore Auto Worker Denounced by UAW Board
The executive board of the local United Automobile Workers denounces The Baltimore Auto Worker as a Communist party organ with no connection to the union. It condemns its presentation of facts and declares disassociation from the publication.
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Baltimore
United Automobile Workers of America
Baltimore Auto Worker
Communist Party
Beetle Displayed by Young Russell Anderson in Albany
The Star reports Russell Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Anderson, showed a large armored beetle found in their Albany area home. The insect measured at least two inches, among the largest seen in the office.
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Russell Anderson
G. W. Anderson
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Market Quotations and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Philadelphia reports steady prices for eggs butter and grain with no major changes. Baltimore shows cattle calves hogs and sheep varying by weight and grade with limited sales and notable price shifts from last week. Chicago notes reduced receipts and steady overall, with hogs top around 8.70 and cattle and sheep showing mixed movement by weight and grade.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agri
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
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Washington
Man Held In Shooting Affray May Know Bird
Sylvester Prince of Philadelphia was held on bail 10250 for a shooting affray in Baltimore the night before. Police checked registration numbers on two Army pistols for a possible link to Charles Bird ex public enemy No 2 awaiting preliminary arraignment on seven robbery charges. Prince said he had been paroled from a Pennsylvania prison where he served six years of a 12 year sentence for a homicide during a rum running fracas in 1931.
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Baltimore
Sylvester ,Prince
Philadelphia
Charles Bird
William J. Forrest
Prince
Pennsylvania
Stock Market Report Reflects War Fears and Gold Rush
The report notes a mixed market with declines in many issues amid European tension and a surge in gold prices in London. Neon signs point to a cautious mood on Wall Street, with traders awaiting clearer signals while currencies resist dollar strength. Selections list includes Am. Chem, Anaconda, Chrysler, Genl Motors, Goodyear, and others.
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London
Germany
Czechoslovakia
France
Italy
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Am. Chem
A. T. and
Anaconda
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Chrysler
Con. Edison
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
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J. Manville
Kennecott
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Penney
J. C
Penn. R. R
Republic
Va.-Car Chem
PFD
Western Union
Woolworth
Muscle Shoals name origin tied to river travel
A section of the Tenami River is said to be named Muscle Shoals due to the heavy muscular effort of Indians and early settlers paddling upstream in canoes.
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Tenami River
Muscle Shoals
Tribute to Jacob S Haldeman at Opequon Church Kerrstown
The Session of Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church memorializes Jacob S. Haldeman a long time ruling elder and Sabbath School superintendent. After 43 years as a member and 38 years as elder plus 35 years directing the Sabbath School the church records honor his godly service and influence and send copies to the family and church papers.
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Kernstown
Jacob S. Haldeman
Haldeman
Opequon Church
Hiis
Opequon
E. Summers McGavock
Co. G. Crawford
Wheat markets reverse early gains on late-session selling
Chicago traders saw prices retreat from earlier 5-8 cent gains as hedging from the northwest and a Duluth price break pressured futures. Exporters aided some gains in corn while cash grain rose modestly with light country offerings.
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Northwest
Duluth
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester Market
Olear
Local Markets Market News Note
The Star notes daily market data accuracy but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. Readers are advised to verify data before acting on prices or listings.
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Son of South Evaluates His Native Heath
Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Rare News and Observer, offers a witty sane appraisal of the past and present of the south in A Southerner Discovers the South. He travels from Arlington Cemetery to the Atlantic seaboard visiting factories plantations and tenant farms and interviewing locals. The book may be borrowed at Handley Library.
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Jonathan Daniels
Rare News and Observer
Arlington Cemetery
Potomac
Virginia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Gulf
Alabama
Georgia
Atlantic Seaboard
North Carolan
The
State University
Raleigh
New York Literary
Handley Library
Americans Lead Germany in Two Day Track Meet Opener
At Berlin the United States led Germany 58 to 49 after the first day of a two day track and field competition. The Americans won five of six track events and tied for first in the pole vault with Cornelius Warmerdam and George Varoff clearing 13 ft 11 3-4 in and 13 ft 7 1-8 in respectively. The US relay team of Wilbur Greer Morel Ellebre Clyde Jeffrey and Ben Johnson set a new mark, finishing in 40.0 seconds. Corrigan plans further transatlantic appearances after a high profile flight and a pause in engagements at a New Hope Pennsylvania farm. He expects to fly again within days and visit numerous cities.
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United States
Germany
Olympic Stadium
Rudolph Harbig
Charlie Beetham
Howie Borck
Cornelius Warmerdam
San Francisco
George Varoff
Oregon
Wilbur Greer
Morel Ellebre
Clyde Jeffrey
Ben Johnson
Douglas Corrigan Hidden in City Hall Visit
Douglas Corrigan moved through New York city hall amid light attention a week after his dramatic Broadway greeting. He wore the same leather windbreaker and drew little public notice during the subdued stop.
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New York
Douglas Corrigan
City Hall
Clergy Scholar Welsh Dies After Emergency Operation
The Very Rev Francis A Welsh professor of philosophy and former regent of the Catholic University seminary died last night at Providence hospital following an emergency operation.
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Washington
Francis A. Welsh
Catholic University
Providence Hospital
LaFollette Plans Campaign for Progressive Candidate
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin said he would campaign for the Progressive party nominee opposing Senator Duffy of Wisconsin, signaling an end to his alliance with the administration. The statement came in a Washington interview on August 13.
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LaFollette
Pro-Wis
Progressive Party
Duffy
D-Wis
Wisconsin
Truce in Russo Japanese talks not guarantee of peace
The Russo Japanese truce may not end the dispute as divergences remain unresolved yet a "cheerful silence" exists in the fighting zone. Germany's stance signals only moral support if war resumes, possibly easing tension but not guaranteeing calm.
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Germany
Japan
Berlin
Nippon
Russia
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Manchukuo
Virginia Liquor Board Reports July Decline and Sunday Ban Counties
Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board reports July liquor store sales fell about seven percent from 1937 and lists six counties and several towns with certified Sunday bans on wine and beer under the local option law.
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Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
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General Assembly
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Amelia
Mathews
Accomac
Highland
Craig
Scottsville
Louisa
Newcastle
Saltville
Bed
Bedford County
Veda
Appomattox
Pamplin
Appomattox County
State Liquor Board
Sylvia Sidney Weds Luther Adler in London
Sylvia Sidney, 28, American film star, married New York actor Luther Adler, 35, at Caxton Hall London early today. They entered through the workmen's entrance as a brown costume and blue hat marked the ceremony. Plans after the wedding are indefinite and no decision about Adler leaving the cast of Golden Boy is indicated.
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Sylvia Sidney
Luther Adler
New York
Caxton Hall
Adler
Clifford Odets
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