Dies To Go On Speaking Tour Of U S
BAN FRANCISCO Aug 20 Dies plans a national speaking tour with over 100 appearances to press candidates to state full opposition to communism and related groups He cites 675 Germans and others in the San Francisco area in critical industries and plans to quiz actors James Cagney Franchot Tone on alleged Communist ties while alleging union control by Communist influence in shipping and unions
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Ban Francisco
Wendell Willkie
Communist Party
Bund
Dies
San Francisco
James Cagney
Franchot Tone
John L Leech
Los Angeles
Cagney
Growers Plan Larger Trial of New Apple Spray
Wayne County growers in Augusta plan to use an experimental federal spray to reduce preharvest apple drop. Local tests show mixed results but Virginia tests and a state meeting at Virginia Tech encourage broader use in commercial orchards.
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Waynesboro
Augusia County
Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Noted Canadian Divine to Speak at Massanetta Springs
Dr. Richard Roberts a Canadian preacher will appear at Massanetta Springs in August 2025 after engagements in Northfield. Born in North Wales and trained in England, he led London churches before leading the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn then Montreal and Toronto. He has held church honors and served as Moderator of the United Church of Canada and authored several religious books.
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Richard Roberts
Massanetta Springs
Dr. Roberts
North Wales
England
London
Church of the Pilgrims
Brooklyn
Montreal
Toron
Roberts
United Church of Canada
Northfield
Mass
Practice War During Rains In Northern New York
The first Army conducts peace time war games as dawn and heavy rain slow advance along a 35 mile line. The black Streamlined First division breaks through to the St Lawrence south bank and halts blue forces amid soggy fields. A fast blue unit conducts a surprise envelopment and bulges the invader’s center in day one actions.
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Canton
N. Y
America
New York
Noman
St. Lawrence River
Canadian River
Blue
Hugh A. Drum
Spring Brings Fewer Accidents Says Safety Council
Chicago report notes spring deaths at 230 per day, 10 percent below annual average. Summer and winter surpass the average with 267 deaths daily, while fall shows 269. Data from the National Safety Council yearbook highlights seasonal risk variations.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ocean City To Stage A Show
The fourth annual Ocean City skeet shoot will be held Saturday and Sunday with two special matches. The Ocean City special is an all bore 50 skeet match on Saturday and the Ocean City championship 100 skeet match on Sunday.
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Ocean City
Answers to Today's Quiz
Answers to today s quiz printed on page 4 include items about the Quartermaster Corps Leonardo da Vinci and President Hoover. The quiz mentions locations Philadelphia Denver and France as well as a claim about buying from Russia and a reference to The Star Spangled Banner.
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Quartermaster Corps
Leonardo da Vinci
Russia
Philadelphia
Denver
Clarke Legion Endorses National Defense Measures
Lloyd Williams Post number 41 of Berryville Virginia endorses all current defense measures and pledges full cooperation in defense preparations. The resolution, adopted August 13, was signed by Post Commander Ernest Locke and Adjutant Harold L Scheuer and calls for support of government and state defense efforts including potential home guard activation.
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Byville
Lloyd Williams
American Legion
Ernest Locke
Harold L. Scheuer
United States of America
Department of Virginia
Berryville
United States
Virginia
Department of the State of
Apple Exports Fall Sharply In 1939 40 Season
United States fresh apple exports dropped to 3 216 000 bushels in 1939 40 from 12 071 000 the prior year. European war reduced shipments. UK led with 44 percent, Sweden 8 percent. Declines hit the UK Netherlands France Belgium and Germany, while Brazil and Argentina showed gains.
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Washington
United States
Europe
United Kingdom
Sweden
Netherlands
France
Belgium
Germany
Brazil
Argentina
He's Too Big For U. S. Marines
Pitcher Mike Naymick of Wilkes-Barre in the Eastern League tried to enlist at a Marine recruiting office but was rejected for being overheight six feet four inches and having size 16 feet. Naymick was an Indians option.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mike Naymick
United States Marines
Naymick
Wilkes- Barre
Cleveland Indians
William W. C. Black
Canadian fruit crop expected to fall well short
Washington daily report says fruit production in Canada will be considerably below last year. Reductions of five to thirty percent are forecast for all major crops. Apples lead declines, with the crop estimated at over 1,200,000 barrels below 1939 levels.
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Washington
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Fire damages Staunton school at Mary Baldwin College
Staunton August 20 fire inspectors determine the blaze in the original Mary Baldwin College buildings had a known origin on the first floor. Fire Chief E H Dabney estimates the loss at five thousand dollars.
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Staunton
Mary Baldwin College
E. H. Dabney
Dabney
Three Homes Struck In Norfolk Storm
Three houses were struck by lightning during Norfolk first thunderstorm of August. Rainfall reached 1.90 inches. Street car service on several lines was interrupted for about an hour and a half, per Virginia Electric and Power Company.
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Norfolk
Virginia Electric and Power Company
League of Virginia Municipalities Convention at Roanoke
The thirty-fifth annual League of Virginia Municipalities convention will be held at Hotel Roanoke September 22 to 24. Topics include taxation utility franchises and personal property assessment with both state and out of state officials expected to speak. Over 300 municipal officials are anticipated to attend and the event opens September 22 with a buffet supper led by H W Robertson mayor of Covington.
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Richmond
League of Virginia Municipalities
Roanoke
Virginia
H. W. Robertson
Covington
League
Man Leaves WPA Role to Join Lime Company Local
STEPHENS CITY VA August 20 W Lawson Dalton foreman of the WPA water system project here has accepted a position with M J Grove Lime Company He will join the local lime concern after the water job is finished Dalton a Hillsville Virginia native said he is tired of WPA work and wants private employment Over four years he supervised WPA projects across Virginia including schools sidewalks and water systems About 35 WPA workers have been on the Stephens City water lines started May 15 and will end in a few weeks.
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Stephens City
W. Lawson Dalton
WPA
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Dalton
Hillsville
Carroll County
Southwest Virginian
the Star
LaGuardia Moves to Remove Filth From Newsstands
New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia announces a plan to treat obscene magazines as garbage, directing sanitation trucks to remove 42 titles, 34 deemed filthy, from city newsstands unless distributors pull the titles. He says no censorship is intended and cites limits on free press for plain filth.
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New York
LaGuardia
Department of Sanitation
Poultry Grading and Marketing School Set at Maryland
Poultrymen are invited to attend a poultry products grading and marketing school at the University of Maryland from September 11 to 14. Dr Morley A Jull says the program will teach fundamentals of grading and marketing in a minimum of time. Leaders and educators in the industry will address the school open to producers handlers inspectors teachers and students of poultry products.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Morley A. Jull
University Poultry Department
Stephenson Sunday School Plans Picnic
The Stephenson Sunday School will hold a picnic tomorrow at Clevenger's meadow. Transportation is available from the church at 2 o'clock. Stunts and games will be enjoyed in the afternoon, with lunch served at 6 o'clock. All members are requested to attend.
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Stephenson
Clevenger’s Meadow
Divorce by Desertion Filed in Frederick Circuit Court
Blanche A. Sisk files for divorce from Charles W. Sisk in Frederick County Virginia on grounds of desertion for two years. Defendant not a resident is ordered to appear within ten days after publication. Publication runs four weeks in Winchester Evening Star with notices posted at the courthouse and mailed to the defendant.
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Frederick
Virginia
Blanche A. Sisk
Charles W. Sisk
Winchester Evening Star
Court House
Winchester
J. W. Baker
Raymond E. Perrine
Flood Damage Heavy Across Richmond Area
Highway Commissioner Henry G. Shirley said flood damage will cost bridges and highways heavily. Many small bridges, fills, and approaches were washed away from Southwest Virginia to Tidewater, with cleanup and openings ongoing on U.S. Route 1, U.S. 301, and Route 6. District reports show at least 50 small bridges washed out, and the Blue Ridge Parkway suffers minor washouts along 125 miles.
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Virginia
Tidewater
Petersburg
Emporia
Highway Department
Roanoke River
South Hill
U. S. 301
Weldon
N. C
Salem Highway Construction District
Carroll County
F. A. Davis
Blue Ridge Parkway
Caroline
English Seaman Questions Air Raid After Hit and Run
An English seaman injured in a hit and run ride in Galveston Aug 20 rides in an ambulance with siren, then asks hospital staff if the air raid is over, having endured several raid sirens in England.
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Galveston
Cex
Engand
Conoco Demonstration Bus Highlights Petroleum Timeline
Continental Oil Company brings a giant air conditioned display bus to Winchester with photomurals tracing oil from drilling to refinery. The bus features new fluorescent lighting and automatic climate control and showcases Germ Processed oil properties. Conoco staff and local representatives will present at Himelright’s and Webber’s stations, with street showings and seven days of events.
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Continental Oil Company
Winchester
R. E. Williams
A. H. Morgan
U S Freighter Searched In Drive Against Smuggling
In a precautionary action off Acapulco the American freighter Herman Frasch was halted by Mexican authorities after entering national waters. The G22 cutter conducted a brief search before allowing the vessel to proceed from San Diego to New York. Mexico cited patrols by six warships to curb arms smuggling for a political revolution.
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Mexico City
Navy Department
Acapulco
Mexico
Pacific
United States
Herman Frasch
San Diego
Calif
New York
Coast Guard
Republic
Radio Highlights and Evening Schedule on WMAL and WJSV
Radio listings show Burke discussing the Burke Wadsworth Conscription Bill on WMAL at 6:30, Walter Wanger joining Information Please at 7:30, Helen Jepson on Musical Americana at 8, and Senator Wheeler replying to Admiral Standley at 9:15 on WJSV. Detroit’s WWJ marks its twentieth anniversary at 10:15 with Frank Black directing.
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WMAL
Burke
Nebraska
Walter Wanger
Hollywood
Algiers
Stagecoach
Helen Jepson
Buddy Clark
WJSV
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
William H Standley
Naval Operations
United States
England
Detroit
WWJ
Frank Black
WRC
WISV
Easy Aces
Fred Waring
Amos
N’ Andy
Mr. Keen
Lucille McMillan
Senator Burke
Arthur Godfrey
Helen Menken
Roy Shield
Johnny
Horace Heidt
Lud Gluskin
Treasure Chest
Orch
Meredith Wilson
T. R Ybarra Summer Miller
Senator Wheeler
F. Wyman
Uncle Walter
E. Conley
Dog House
Arch McDonald
Munroe Orch
E. C. Hill
Army
Alin Seliger
Ait
Tao
King’s Orch
Joe Venuti
Herbeck
Desire
Democratic Workers In Conference In Waynesboro
Waynesboro hosts a large Seventh district Democratic workers conference with over 200 leaders and supporters planning an aggressive campaign for November. Speakers include Governor James A. Price Representative A Willis Robertson State Senator Aubrey Weaver and other officials discussing Roosevelt support and party unity in the Valley.
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Waynesboro
Seventh District
Louis Spilman
James A. Price
Roosevelt
Congress
Aubrey G. Weaver
Willkie
Weaver
Front Royal
Price
C. G. Quesenberg
Rockingham County
J. Robert Switzer
Harrisonburg
Cleveland Davis
Lexington
Virginia Democratic Committee
Thanksgiving Day Likely Set for November 21
Grand Rapids Michigan August 20 President Roosevelt indicated indirectly that Thanksgiving will be proclaimed for November 21 this year. Miss Marcine Wilson of Michigan Bell Telephone learned the advance and wrote the President to wed on Thanksgiving. Stephen Early advised the date awaiting the official proclamation. Michigan turkey growers accelerate feeding to improve birds after last year’s shorter notice.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Roosevelt
United States
Marcine Wilson
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Miss Wilson
Stephen Early
Michigan
Warning To Shenandoah Schools Over Budget Shortfall
Dr. Sidney B. Hall urged Shenandoah county officials to raise funds to meet state requirements, warning that insufficient salaries and school costs could cut about $62,000 in state aid. He advised possible indebtedness of $20,000 and noted no teachers’ contracts or opening preparations have been made.
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Woodstock
Sidney B. Hall
Shenandoah County
Shenandoah
Milton Hollingsworth
Hall
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Tamascan
George W. Kurtz
Clarke Legion
Nat’! Defense
Apple
U. S. Marines
Municipalities League
Stephenson Sunday School
Chold
Conoco
U. S
Democratic Workers In Conference
Price, Robertson, Weaver
Newark—Plainfield— Elizabeth
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Baltimore & Ohio
Inte of
Glaize & Bro
E. Piccadilly St
Case Ensilage
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
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