Vacationing Programs To Return Soon
New York reports vacationing radio programs will return to networks in September with a wide range of entertainment. NBC Red and NBC Blue feature guest stars such as Charlie McCarthy, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Thompson, and Eddie Cantor, with daily and Sunday slots listed across NBC Red and NBC Blue schedules.
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New York
Redia
Entertainment
Vna
MRC
Udie Denssr
Ben Bernie
Doro- Ge Teemamen
Uncle Jen
Charlie McCarthy
Nbc-Red
Sunae Toom
Walter Winchell
C-Bloe
Gred Neer
Variety
Nbcre Tharedays
Ec Pelee
Nbcbooe
Claims Santoro
Boy
Nbcboe
Hope Vanety
Nbc-Rei
Bob Beckers
Dorothy Thompson
Nbcbre
Sherlik Holmes
Nbc-Blue
Newsweek
Tom Mix
Fibber McKee
Maolly
Cavalcade of America
Eddie Cantor
NBC Red
Arch Obolers
Jack Benmy
Tony Wons
Tommy Riggs
Nbc-R
Uncle Jim
Tragedy at Ladder Fall Sees Man Rescued by Fire Crews
Edward Shockley was trimming a tree when a limb toppled a 30 foot ladder. He clung to the trunk as the ladder veered vertical and fell. Neighbors alerted by his shouts. firemen from three trucks freed him from the ladder.
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Owhill
Edward Shockley
Shockley
Tackle Shortage Frustrates Halas With Bears
Halas laments tackle shortage as he reshuffles line. George Halas traded Milt Trost and Russ Thompson to Philadelphia and moved Aldo Forte to guard. New rooks Lee Aftee, Joe Michal, Ed Kilman compete alongside Jack Torrance for tackle duties.
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Notre Dame
Halas
Milt Trost
Russ Thompson
Philadelphia
Aldo Forte
Kat
Joe Studahar
Sauerkraut touted as vitamin rich food source
In Blacksburg Virginia Miss Janet L Cameron extension service food and nutrition specialist notes sauerkraut has grown popular as an economical source of vitamins A B and C Kraut juice is used like tomato juice and sauerkraut is simple to make by lactic fermentation with salt Read instructions for home preparation including cabbage quality shredding salting container setup fermentation ten days scum removal and air exclusion with paraffin to store in a coal place
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Blacksburg
iPi
Janet L. Cameron
Miss Cameron
Grasses Aid Wildlife Program in Virginia
In Richmond on August 26, wildlife experts from the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries report experiments with Kudzu Chufa and Lespedeza to boost year round deer turkey food in mountain areas. Plantings aim to replace lost mast from chestnuts and oaks after logging. Kudzu shows promise for erosion control and deer forage, with stands noted from Pennsylvania southward. Lespedeza offers wildlife food cover and soil protection.
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Richmond
Lespedera
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia
Pensylvania
Sharp Increase Is Expected In Wool Quotations
Woolgrowers holding back 1940 clip anticipate sharp gains as the War Department prepares to open bids for 7,840,000 yards of woolen cloth for uniforms. Dealers seek remaining stocks in Virginia and nearby states, with prices around 27 cents per pound previously and about 35 cents recently, signaling potential advance. Boston market reports firm demand for higher prices as government orders loom.
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United Woolgrowers’ Association
War Department
Virginia
Boston
Quiz Answers Listed For Page 4
Questions include figures Henry Ford and Henry VIII. Also references Eagle Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and a geography list Four Eastern Central Mountain Pacific. Greek letters Alpha and Beta appear. Oil and fats noted as a topic.
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Henry Ford
Eagle
Snow White
Eastern
Central Mountain
Pacific
Henry VIII
Pros In Quest Of Medal Match Golf
In Hershey Pennsylvania the PGA Championship opens a seven day blend of medal and match play on a 7000 yard course. 125 players tee off in the largest field in event history with Slammin Sam Snead Henry Picard Ben Hogan and Craig Wood among early favorites after Snead shoots 69 and Hogan carding 70s to lead the early pace.
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Hershey
Railbirds
Sam Snead
Henry Picard
Ben Fogan
Craig Woo
Snead
Wood
Jimmy Demaret
Hogan
Chicken rides freight 157 miles to Savanna yards
A White Leghorn chicken hopped a freight train in La Crosse Wisconsin and traveled 157 miles to Savanna Illinois without incident, according to trainmen reports.
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Savanna, Ill
la Crosse
Wis
Savanna
DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES AND GRID ANSWERS
A compact listing of Across and Down clues with numbers for a standard daily crossword puzzle. Includes entries from bounder to 49 with varied wordplay and a closing note about distribution by King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Registration Of Aliens To Start Aug 27
Justice Department completes plans to register and fingerprint about 3.6 million aliens in 100 days starting Aug 27 across 7300 post offices. Aliens over 14 must appear in person. penalties for noncompliance include up to 1000 fine or six months imprisonment.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Biddle
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Close Enrollment At Randolph-Macon Academy 1940-41
Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal Va. reports enrollment for the 1940 41 term is closed with 201 dormitory students. Col John C Boggs announces new faculty hires H Henry Massie Hampden Sydney will teach English replacing Capt George Maguire. Massie is a Hampden Sydney alumnus Erskine College BA 1938. Also joining the staff is Jackson C Carty Pineville Ky University of Kentucky graduate who will serve as librarian.
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John C. Boggs
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Mession
Col. Boggs
H. Henry Massie
Hampden- Sydney
Capt
George Maguire
Massie
Hampden-Sydney
Erskine College
South Carolina
Jackson C. Carty
Pineville
University of Kentucky
Virginia 4-H Sponsors Contest For County Winners
The Virginia 4 H Club Department offers free registration to the 1941 4 H Club State Short Course for outstanding county 4 H crop and garden club members. The Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau provides expenses for five days at W P S Blacksburg Virginia. County winners are selected by County Agricultural Agents based on project records leadership and growth.
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Virginia
4-H Club
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau
W. P. S. Blacksburg
Interstate John Marshall Highway picnic set for Wardensville
Announced recently the annual interstate John Marshall Highway picnic will be held in Wardensville West Virginia on September 7 likely on the camp grounds. Strasburg Capon Valley chambers of commerce representatives are preparing the program. Last year the picnic took place at Lost River on the 4 H Club Camp grounds.
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Wardensville
W. Va
Strasburg and
Capon Valley
Busy Tuttle official holds many city roles
L. C. Force of Tuttle Oklahoma doubles as town marshal, water department superintendent, disposal plant supervisor, mail guard and street commissioner as of August 26. The multitasking official oversees essential city services and public safety in a small town.
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Tuttle
Okla
L. C. Force
Water Department
Conference of United Brethren Meets Sept. 24
The 14th annual session of the Virginia conference Church of the Brethren in Christ will be held at Keyser September 24 26 with Bishop G D Batdorf presiding. The meeting will name Miller successor as director of young people's work and leadership training under the denomination's Christian Education board in Dayton Ohio.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia
Church of the Brethren In Christ
Keyser
M. J. Miller
Wade S. Miller
Shenandoah College
Dayton
Clyde A. Lynch
Lebanon Valley College
Annsville
Shenandoah County Young Democrats Name Delegates
The Shenandoah County Young Democratic Club met in Woodstock and named delegates and alternates to the State Young Democratic convention in Richmond on Sept 6 and 7. Delegates are Wilbur S. Miller, Jesse Wine, Bruce Lytton, John G. Miller, Herman K. Will. Alternates are Wm. Medford Shaver, Roland Will, Romeo Lytton, Paul C. Myers, Ray O. Zirkle.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Young Democratic Club
Young Democratic
Richmond
J. J. Crawford
Daniel Burner
Wilbur S. Miller
Jesse Wine
Bruce Lytton
John G. Miller
Herman K. Will
Www
Medford Shaver
Roland Will
Romeo Lytton
Paul C. Myers
Ray O. Zirkle
Wage Hour Law Drive Expands Into Virginia West Virginia
The wage and hour division of the U S Department of Labor begins a regional campaign in Virginia and West Virginia to enforce the wage and hour law in furniture leather goods luggage boots hosiery and woolen industries. Regional director W C Cole reports 117 establishments in the area and special inspectors will check them over the coming month after previously auditing lumber mills.
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Richmond
U. S. Department of Labor
Virginia- West Virginia
W. C. Cole
Virginia-West Virginia
Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Rep Geo N Seger
Representative George N. Seger of New Jersey, 74, died at Naval Hospital after a heart attack. A Republican who served since 1923, he planned to retire this session and was the 27th member of this Congress to die in office. He supported tariff reform and anti lynching laws and opposed Roosevelt's court plan.
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Washington
George N. Seger
R-Nj
Congress
New Jersey
Naval Hospital
Seger
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Shenandoah School Muddle Nearing Temporary Solution
Shenandoah county faces a near term fix as the board of supervisors considers a new resolution. The school board, after revisions and guidance from state officials, aims to contract teachers for a nine month term. The action centers on revenue and capital outlay adjustments affecting 1939-40 operating costs and state funding eligibility.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Board of Supervisors
Sidney B. Hall
Dr. Hall
M. C. Hollingsworth
A. P. Staples
B and O Income Continues Upward
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports July net railway operating income of 2 209 132 dollars up 58 706 from July last year. For the first seven months of 1940 net income reached 14 585 294 dollars, up 4 609 235 from the same period in 1939.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Today
Treasury Status for August 23 Receipts and Debt Update
The Treasury reports receipts of 9,432,894.14 dollars and expenditures of 30,251,195.62 dollars for August 23. Gross debt stands at 43,892,170,322.26 dollars, up by 858,813.12 dollars from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
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Weiller
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Daily Crossword
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R.M. Academy
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
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SELBY
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun
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Powell
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Wallace
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