119000-Gallon Water Tank Finished At Stephens City
Stephens City's 119,000 gallon municipal water tank, built by the Works Progress Administration, stands completed. Foreman W. Langon Dalton reports average 35 workers since May 15, with construction starting July 2 for the concrete silo like tank on the town well site. Laying of 6 and 2 inch mains totals about 8,500 feet with 2,500 feet more to finish. Completion hoped in 3 to 4 weeks depending on favorable conditions.
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Stephens City
Works Progress Administration
W. Langon
Dalton
Steph City
Dalton “Ie
Daltom
The
Star
Grandma’s PRUNLAX Promises Quick Constipation Relief
A vintage ad touts a home remedy now sold as PRUNLAX blending prune juice cascara and senna as a system tonic and laxative. It claims rapid relief from constipation and related stomach pains heartburn and dizziness with a money back guarantee.
Baby Beeves Exhibit Shines At Berryville Horse Show
Clarke County 4-H Club members display outstanding baby beeves at the 39th Berryville Horse and Cott Show. Entries include John Cecil Wolfe and Nancy Wolfe with Herefords, Anguses, and Short Horns. Animals shown in three breed classes under judge Paul Swaffer with future sales planned in Winchester and at the State Fair in Richmond.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Reeves
John Cecil Wolfe
Nancy Wolfe
David Childs
Charles Clevenger
Richmond
Winchester
Child Dies After Controversial Mercy Death Debate
Two year four month old Helaine Colan died after a glioma caused blindness. A nationwide debate arose over mercy death as a panel of physicians and clergymen agreed to an operation risking total blindness. The Chicago case drew broad national attention.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Erle Rites To Be Sunday
The body of Mrs. Minerva Allen Erle 72 mother of Mrs. W B Breckenridge of this city will arrive in Martinsburg West Virginia from Los Angeles California Saturday morning and be brought to Winchester. Funeral services will be conducted from the Breckenridge residence 26 East Piccadilly street Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. The Rev S L Flickinger D D pastor of Ranaie Reformed Church and the Rev Norman Uphouse pastor of the Church of the Brethern and Berryville avenue will officiate. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers had not been named this afternoon. Mrs Erle was a daughter of the late Peter Dick and Mrs Sally Vance Dick of Frederick county. She died in Los Angeles Monday evening at 650 o clock.
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Minerva Allen Erle
W. B. Breckenridge
Martinsburg
W. Va
Los Angeles
Cal
Winchester
Breckenridge
East Piccadilly Street
S. L. Flickinger
D. D
Ran Aie Reformed Church
Returning Middies On Home Leaves
ANNAPOLIS Md Aug 15 Boatload after boatload of happy midshipmen homeward bound on a months leave landed at the Naval Academy today from the battleships Texas Arkansas and New York The 1066 members of the first and third classes garbed in white work uniform were met at the piers by relatives and friends As fast as they could check in at Bancroft Hall and get their leave cards the homing midship men moved out of the city Some wore blue service uniform and others civilian clothing as they piled into automobiles with friends or boarded trains taxicabs and buses
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Texas
Arkansas
New York
Bancroft Hall
French Envoy Arrives to Lead New York French Consulate
Vicomte Jacques D Au male, formerly French minister, reaches New York to assume the role of minister plenipotentiary in charge of the French consulate. It marks the first instance of this title used by a French diplomat in the city.
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Bogota
Colombia
Vicomte
Jacques D’aumale
New York
Church and Film Interests Clash in Sunday Movie Vote
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania on August 15 authorities report church and movie groups push for November referenda on Sunday motion picture showing across 325 communities. Historical figures show 167 towns favored and 158 opposed. Opponents may seek new votes while theater owners press for action in 158 municipalities.
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Harrisburg
Horses Return to Florida Coast if Referendum Passes
Jacksonville report says horse racing will return to the Florida coast next winter if Hillsborough county voters approve a permit for a track at the old Tampa Downs site near Oldsmar.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Hillsborough County
Tampa Downs
Oldsmar
G O P At Work On Voter Quotas In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the Republican State Committee aims for 3,000,000 registered voters and begins drafting precinct quotas. The party currently lists about 2,500,000 registered voters.
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Harrisburg
Republican State Committee
Pennsylvania
Flying Authority Head Steps Out
Edward J. Noble resigns as Under-Secretary of Commerce after two years leading the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Noble, a Connecticut Republican and industrialist, says partisan factors did not influence his decision and he tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Edward J. Noble
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Noble
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Sober note struck by Penn Legion groups
Reading Pa August 15 The American Legion annual meeting opened with a sober emphasis on defense. State Commander Edward Stirling urged rapid national defense, conscription, and a stronger military, citing World War veterans as evidence that voluntary enlistment is insufficient.
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Penn
Reading
Pennsylvania American Legion
Edward R. Stirling
American Legion
America
Cudahy Not Get Official Rebuke For Interview
President Roosevelt told John Cudahy ambassador to Belgium there was no intention to rebuke him for London remarks on Belgium. Cudahy said after a White House talk he received no rebuke and there is no resigning considered.
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Cudahy
Washington
John Cudahy
Belgium
Roosevelt
London
Insurance Eases Mind Of Farmer
The simplified all risk wheat insurance allows a farmer to insure his 1941 crop in one step by indicating acres, signing, and paying the premium. Applications are at county AAA offices with August 31 final date. Farmers report relief from potential loss as indemnities aid loan interest, taxes, home improvements, soil-building crops, and seed financing for fall planting.
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8. K. Cassell
AAA
Virginia
Cassell
Four Men Die In Elevator Plunge At Scranton
Four men died after a supply elevator plunged 50 feet into a basement in Scranton Pennsylvania. Police say a broken mooring cap on the cable guide caused the cable to slip from the shaft framework, sending the elevator down. Two were killed instantly, the other two died after being hospitalized.
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Scranton
William Warren
Willkie to Address Indiana Acceptance Speech
Willkie plans a late today flight to Indiana for his acceptance address in Elwood his hometown. The speech will outline campaign issues including conscription national defense and foreign policy and may hint at support for military draft. General Hugh Johnson is named as an adviser to the address.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Indiana
Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Great Britain
Hugh Johnson
Wilkie
Rushville
Treasury Status Update August 13 Receipts and Expenditures
The Treasury reports receipts of 13 175 537 19 dollars and expenditures of 18 860 765 09 dollars on August 13. Gross debt stands at 43 822 216 512 15 dollars, increasing by 659 977 30 dollars from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Stunt Man Slips From Wire During Leonardtown Carnival
Leonardtown Md Aug 15 L Milstead a stunt man at the Leonardtown Volunteer Firemen Carnival suffered a severe head injury after a 400 foot tight wire slide his rope slackened causing a 25 foot fall onto concrete. He was taken to St Marys Hospital where doctors treated head lacerations with multiple stitches and he planned to resume his act today.
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Leonardtown
L. Milstead
Milstead
St. Mary's Hospital
Answers to Today’s Quiz Highlights scattered clues
The page lists quiz answers including entries like Venezuela and Open sea. It mentions 2 Aviatrix every two months and references the Eiffeld Tower and a Supreme Court Justice Edward Pitzgerald. The note also includes Ancient Order of Hibernians as part of the answers.
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Venezuela
Open Sea
Eiffeld
Finnish Couple Tryst Caught at International Bridge
At the Widgeon river customs station on the Minnesota Canada line a Finnish woman barred from Canada met with her husband who cannot enter the United States. They sat on a bench on the Pigeon river bridge as officials from both countries watched last night.
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Grand Portage
Minn
Widgeon River
Canada
United States
Pigeon River
Waike Hokkanen
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Edgar Trout
Philip Koonce
Ned Hooper
James Wilkins
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