U.S. Apple Crop Estimate Adjusted by Agriculture Dept
The August crop report shows commercial apple production in 424 counties at 116.7 million bushels in 1940, down from 143.1 million in 1939 and below the 1934-38 average of 121.8 million. Regional results vary with the East lower than 1939 while the West remains near average. notes on weather, scab, moth, and pollination affect several states.
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Pacific Coast
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Pennsylvania
Virginia
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Willkie Presses On With Debate Bid Across Nation
Willkie said he will continue to seek joint debates with Roosevelt despite Ickes harsh shutdown. He cited Lincoln and Webster as examples and criticized Ickes for a radio address. Willkie planned a stop at Rush county farms, a Maine trip, and a home welcome for his wife, born in the county.
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Theodore F. Koop
Bushville
Ind
Ickes
Wendell L. Willkie
Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Willkie
Tammany Hall
Fiorello Laguardia
New York
Laguardia
Maine
Rush County
England
Balkan Leaders Far From Accord
Romanian and Hungarian leaders returned home from Turun Severin amid deadlock over Transylvania negotiations. Most delegates stayed, and leaders left for government consultations to prevent talks from collapsing, with prospects for resuming discussed.
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Turnu-Severin
Austria
Transylvania
Grace Lutheran Class Taught by C C Glaize
The Men's Bible Class of Grace Lutheran Church met last Sunday with C C Glaize teaching in the absence of Pastor Carl A Honeycutt who is away on vacation.
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Grace Lutheran’ Church
C. C. Glaize
Carl A. Honeycutt
Britain's Somaliland gain voices as strategic stalemate looms
In The War Today Dewitt Mackenzie argues Britain's Red Sea route preserves Suez while Italy's Somaliland seizure shifts power in East Africa. The piece flags rising Axis tensions with Greece, Metaxas and Bulgaria, and warns of broader Balkan upheaval if Mussolini presses claims.
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British Somaliland
George
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Suez Canal
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Mussolini
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East Africa
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Greece
Signor Mussolini
Hitler
Littlejohn
Metaxas
der Fuehrer
Duce
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Bulgaria
Hungary
Aegean Sea
Balkans
Hell
Renovations Nears Completion at Shenandoah Valley Academy
Leslie D. Kline, superintendent of schools, said two rooms at Shenandoah Valley Academy are nearly finished for use by Carper's Valley School pupils. The academy property became needed after Carper's Valley School was demolished in a cyclone earlier this month.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Carper’s Valley School
Leslie D. Kline
Carper’s Valley
Willkie to Speak in Pennsylvania Campaign
Wendell L. Willkie the Republican presidential candidate will open the Pennsylvania campaign this fall with a September kickoff planned by the state headquarters in Harrisburg. A spokesman said the campaign is expected to start around September 20 and a firm date for Willkie's appearance will be set within the week.
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Willkie
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Wendell L. Willkie
Affections Are Put To A Test
Hollywood couple Mary Francis and Clayton Moore tested their affection by a three month no contact pact. After it expired Moore proposed by phone and they flew to Las Vegas for marriage.
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Hollywood
Mary Francis
Clayton Moore
Moore
Miss Francis
Las Vegas
Nev
Treasury Briefs: Aug 17 Receipts and Debt Totals
Treasury daily status shows receipts of 13,525,602.60 and expenditures of 26,852,894.11. Gross debt reaches 43,861,205,108.90 with an increase of 8,801,608.13 from the prior day.
Moore Rites Conducted for Two in Collision Fatality
Funeral services for Miss Bessie Moore 21 and her companion Reginald Frye 25 were held with services at Stine residence and burial in Amissville. Frye’s rites follow tomorrow at United Brethren Church with Rev. Bridgers and Rev. Obaugh officiating. Coroner Dr. James A. Miller ruled their deaths from injuries in Frye head on collision with Howard R. Clark 23 driver of the automobile, Clark is on $1000 bond.
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Reginald Frye
Dennis Stine
South
Cameron Street
Amissville
Frye
Jones Funeral Home
United Brethern
James A. Miller
Miss Moore
Howard R. Clark
Liberty
Sheriff Bywaters Plans Attendance at State Parley
Sheriff John Bywaters announced he will attend the annual State Sheriff's Association convention in South Boston Virginia August 28 29. The program includes a banquet at the John Randolph Hotel on August 28 with Mrs Bywaters accompanying him.
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John Bywaters
State Sheriff's Association
South Boston
Charles C. Curtis
John Randolph Hotel
Inquiry Into Prized Stamps Probed by Senate
Senator Danaher asks Senate to probe whether officials benefited from prized postage stamps. He claims Secretary Ickes could profit 187 418.50 dollars on 150 imperforate stamps bought for 82 50. He cites a letter offering imperforate summer stamps for sale at a charity auction to Harry W. Chase of New York University.
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Senate
Danaher
Rconn
Ickes
Harry W. Chase
New York University
National Park Service
Chase
Ickes Attacks Willkie as Party of Appeasement
Secretary Ickes labels the Republican party the party of appeasement in a radio reply to Willkie, comparing its ranks to Munich era appeasers and alleging ties to Tammany Hall and Insull. He accuses Willkie of praising Insull and allies with Nazi sympathizers, urging resistance to defeatism.
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Ickes
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Party
England
France
Munich
Willkie
Tammany Hall
Samuel Insula
Insull
Hitler
Westrick
German Official Sails For Home From California
Dr. Gerhard A. Westrick trade counselor to the German Embassy sailed for Germany on the Japanese ship Nitta Maru from Wilmington California yesterday. He traveled with Mrs. Westrick their two sons Fred Peter and Nicolass and Baroness Irmgard Von Wagenheim. Westrick had been in the spotlight for living at a Scarsdale mansion and entertaining prominent Americans. He did not speak to reporters and is said to be traveling via Japan and Russia.
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Wilmington
Calif
Gerhard A. Westrick
Washington
Sponge Cake For Princess Birthday Plans
London awaits Princess Margaret Roses tenth birthday with a plain sponge cake due to sugar rationing. King George and Queen Elizabeth plan part of the day with their daughter and she will host a small picnic for a few friends tomorrow.
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London
Margaret Rose
George
Queen Elizabeth
Petras Pursues Robbers Over Wallet With Family Photos
In Chicago on August 20, John M. Petras chased two armed men who had robbed him of his pocketbook. The wallet held the only pictures Petras had of his two children, and he said the pursuit was driven by sentiment rather than money as the suspects vanished after leaping a fence.
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Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Il Popolo di Roma
Corfu
Dalmatian
Turkey
Italy
Asia Minor
Chicago
John M. Petras
Petras
Japanese Press Fears U S Canada Pact
Tokyo reports indicate alarm over the U S Canada defense accord as Japanese papers warn it may disrupt the Orient. Hochi predicts a broader pact with Australia and urges Japan to be vigilant about Pacific peace.
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United States
Canada
Domei
Hochi
Australia
Japan
Pacific
East Asia
Lions Hold Annual Ontity Picnic Trip To Cacapon Park
Members of the Winch Lions Club left the city for an annual picnic at Cacapon Park. Diversions include fishing swimming games and a formal program. The article also mentions global tensions and a Canadian pact cited by Yomirai as proof of shifting balance and future collaboration.
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Ternoon
Cacapon Park
China
Southeastern Asia
The
East Indies
United States
Yomirai
Britain
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