Mexico Theme in Tobacco Festival Pageant at South Boston
The fourth annual Nation Tobacco Festival in South Boston Virginia on September 8 and 9 will feature a pageant episode Our Neighbor Mexico. Senorita Erma Najera daughter of the Mexican ambassador will head the Mexican themed segment with director Howard Southgate and dancer Howie Fisher leading the performances including Miss Annette Baird in a famed sombrero dance. The episode portrays Huarez s forces, a festive Mexican village scene, and the blend of hardship and holiday spirit.
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Mexico
Boston
Mexic
South Bos
Howard Southgate
Howie Fisher
Huarez
Mr. Fisher
Metropolitan Opera Company
Annette Baird
Miss Baird
Fourth Annual Tobacco Festival Crowned Queen at South Boston
To Crown Queen Oscar L Chapman Assistant Secretary of the Interior will crown Senorita Erma Castillo Najera as queen of the festival at South Boston September 8 9. Photo.
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Oscar L. Chapman
Senorita Erma Castillo Najera
South Boston
Migration To Cities Disturbs Farley
Postmaster General Farley told the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association convention that rural to urban migration is a major economic problem. He warned that farmers' children moving to cities leave empty houses and idle farms and urged improving rural conditions to maintain economic stability and civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Radio Highlights From New York Airs Via CBS NBC And WABC
A radio schedule details tonight and tomorrow’s programs on WEAF NBC WABC and WJZ NBC CBS listing dramas orchestras and talk shows. It also notes a feature from Emporia Kansas on William Allen White and the newspaper profession with front office and staff voices.
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New York
CBS
Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Will Supply U B Pulpit in United Brethren Church
Rev Leslie O Shirley of Inwood West Virginia will supply the pulpit both morning and evening Sunday while Rev Millard J Miller is on vacation. Shirley an alumnus of Shenandoah College Dayton Va and Bridgewater College Bridgewater Va studies at Bonebrake Theological Seminary Dayton Ohio. Morning sermon titled Forward and Upward and evening sermon The Stewardship of Influence.
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Leslie O. Shirley
Inwoo
W. Va
United Brethren Church
Millard J. Miller
Shirley
Shenandoah College
Dayton
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Mt. Horeb United Brethren Church
Rockingham County
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
Miller
Mayor Downey Dies of Spotted Fever
Orin A. Downey aged 55 mayor of Rock Hall, Md, died after several weeks illness from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
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Chestertown
Rocky Mountain
Orin A. Downey
Rock Hall
Florida Governor Cone Seriously Ill in Tallahassee
Governor Fred P. Cone of Florida, age 64, is gravely ill in Tallahassee. The report notes concerns for his life as he remains hospitalized under medical care. Source Central Press.
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Fred P. Cone
Florida
Tallahassee
Governor Cone
Central Press
Desirable Frederick County Farm to Be Sold at Auction
Public auction in Winchester Virginia at noon on September 24 1938 offers a 104 acre limestone farm in Stonewall District adjoining Whet tel and others. The property includes a fine residence barn 35 acre orchard and is subject to two prior liens including a 5600 mortgage to the Federal Land Bank and a 3400 trust in favor of the Land Bank Commissioner of Baltimore. One third cash with balance in two annual installments and bonds backed by a deed of trust and fire insurance.
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W. S. O’rear
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Stonewall
Winchester and
Martinsburg
Whettel
Federal Land Bank of
Baltimore
Frederick
Land Bank
Bible Conference Nears Climax At Massanetta Springs
Massanetta Springs Bible Conference closes week long series with 2000 attendees. Notables include Dr. Robert Speer Dr. William Evans Dr. John McComb and Dr. Frederick Norwood. Pageant and choral music feature Westminster Quartet and a sixty character cast in open air amphitheatre.
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Massanetta Springs
Bedford
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Massanetta
South
Wm. E. Hudson
Oklahoma City
Wm. Evans
Los Angeles
John H. McComb
New York City
Otto Piper
Germany
Princeton Seminary
A. J. Kissling
Jacksonville
Fla
Allan M. Frew
Ardmore
G. A. Lehmann
Westminster Quartet
Westminster Choir
LoRean Hodapp
Najah Taylor
Richmond
Dr. Speer
Braithwaite visitors and neighborhood gathering noted
Cross Junction notes visitors from Washington D C Pleasant Dale W Va Cumberland Md and local families who spent the weekend at Break Neck Springs on the Capon River also mention the Mt Hebron United Brethren Church annual party planned for Saturday night August.
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Orius Kerns
Pleasant Dale
W. Va
Lester Kerns
Cumberland, Md
Break Neck Springs
Capon River
S. H. Braithwaite
Lee Whitacre
Paul Braithwaite
Henry McKeever
J. S. and
Eugene Braithwaite
Mt. Hebron
Deer hunting opens in Morgan and Hampshire counties
Morgan and Hampshire counties in the Eastern Panhandle join Preston Tucker and Pocahontas as open for deer hunting this season on December 1 2 and 3 with Cacapon State Park and leased refugees excluded. One buck with branched horns may be killed. Open Season Card available after September 1.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Morgan County
Hampshire County
Panhandle
The
Conservation Commission
Preston, Tucker and Pocahontas
Cacapon State Park
Greenbrier
Monongalia
Grant Hardy
Mineral
Webster
Salvation Army Tent Meetings Open With Youth Session
The Salvation Army tent meetings are underway with a Young People's gathering from 7 to 7 45 p m tonight. An adults meeting follows 7 45 to 9 p m each night except Monday and Saturday. Special singing and the sermon on Riches mark the program.
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Salvation Army
Rail wreckage cleared after Baltimore Ellicott City derailment
Baltimore and Ohio wrecking crews labored overnight to clear the Ellicott City right of way after a 64 car freight train derailed. Sixteen coal cars spilled, tracks were rebuilt and ties replaced, and the open switch triggered wheels to jump the rails.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Ellicott City
Red Sox Dominate Cleveland With 21 Hits In Three Innings
Boston and Cleveland split a doubleheader with the Red Sox rallying for a 14 to 12 win after a 13 to 3 blowout. Jimmy Foxx delivered a bases loaded homer in the ninth to cap an 34th homer season as Boston moved past Cleveland into second in the league.
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Red Sox
Cleveland
Boston Red Sox
New York
Yankees
Sox
Indians
Jimmy Foxx
Boston
Foxx
Joe Cronin
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Larry French
Jack Russell
Chicago Cubs
Pirates
Boston Bees
Johnny Lanning
Dewey to Call Bondsman as Star Witness in Hines Trial
Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey plans to call Max Silverman, a bondsman now in San Quentin, as a key witness in the James J. Hines conspiracy case tied to Dutch Schultz’s policy racket. Silverman denies being the same man and was recently found serving a sentence for a bad check.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Max Silverman
San Quentin
Cal
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dutch Schultz
New York
Silverman
Schultz
Dewey
Central Press
National League and American League baseball schedules and standings
Standings show Pittsburgh leading the National League with a .613 percentage followed by New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and St Louis. American League leaders New York and Boston are listed with Chicago and Cleveland midpack. Today’s scheduled games include Boston at Pittsburgh, New York at Chicago, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at St. Louis, and multiple AL matchups with notable pitchers and lineups.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Pineas
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Hase Ecay
Philadelphia
MacFayden
Bowman
Lohrman
Page
Mulcahy
Grissom
St. Louis
Hamlin
Warneke
Cleveland
Tam
Ee Sastenbens
DGG
Vecenenkasciar
Ccersees
Lewis J Vccnksnness
Stratton
Ud Knott
Pearson
Chandler
Harder
Harris
Detroit
Lawson
Auker
Ross
Caster
St Louis
Washington
Hikiebrand
Weaver
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Epi
Sode
aLiLees Lyd 2 Et Eee
Dia “O. K
Evening Star
OMP
Mihet
Prim
Erey
ASCO
By C. E. Butterfield
Associated Press Radio
Mr. White
Poe Ie
Meaa
WEAF
NBC
Tommy Dorsey
Mary Boland
Abe Lyman
WABC
Phillips Lord
Paul Whiteman
Edgar Guest
Hal Kemp
WJZ
Mr. Keen
Henry Bracken
Reggie Childs
Wabccbs
Jenny
Ted Husing
Josh Higgins
Finchville
Southernaires
National Farm and Home Hotry
U. B. Pulpit
Inwood
Gov
M. M. Lynch
Duvall & Dunn
Auc
Pb.worth Clark
Idaho
James P. Pope
F.D.R
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Massenetta
United States
Robert E. Speer
Foreign Mission Committee
Northern Presbyterian Church
Christ
Evans
America
Dr. Evans
Intelligensia
God
Frederick W. Norwood
London
Paul
Christ Paul
Swimley
Vesa
R. M. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
Eastern Panhandle
Sacramento
Drew C. Walker
Louis Greenberg
Houston
Tex
Texas
Walker
War Department
U.S. Army
Goodrich Safety
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock
Boscawen
Hugh
Fullerton, Jr
Associated Press
Ken Keltner
Tribe
Fox
Willis Hudlin
Yanks
Chicago White Sox
Paie Hase
Wes Ferrell
Thornton Lee
John Rigney
Dickey
Lou Gehrig
Reds
Cubs
Phillies
Whitey Moore
Terry Moore
St. Louis Cardinals
Tigers
Athletics
Senators
St. Louis Browns
Hank Greenberg
Babe Ruth
Rudy York
Tiger
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Big Joe
ALL United Food Stores
Standard Electric
Baker & Anderson
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