Morgan County Tomato Festival Opens With Queen and Pageant
Morgan County prepares a three day Labor Day tomato festival led by Queen Morgan IV Miss Ja Orton of Matoaka will visit Washington to present local tomatoes at the White House. Harley C. Michael, the Tomato King, is honored Sunday as festivities begin with parades exhibits concerts coronation and entertainment in Berkeley Springs and nearby towns expected to attract 75 000 visitors.
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Washington
Pauline Weber
Gertrude Heare
Morgan IV
Harley C. Michael
Town Crier
Fairfax Street
Berkeley Springs
Waynesboro
Coronation Pavilion
Berkeley Springs Park
Queen Morgan IV
J. M. McLaughlin
West Virginia
Fremont Pickering
Ralph Rice
Waynesbor Public School
Tom Castle
Fay and
Pete
Judy McKee
Pete Badrich
Little Miss Manbeck
Malcolm Hutto
Michael
Marine Cadet Examinations Open for Merchant Marine
The United States Maritime Commission announces an exam for deck and engine cadets in the merchant marine. Applications must be filed with the Supervisor of Cadet Training in Washington by October 15. Unmarried men aged 18 to 25 with good character and strict physical requirements are eligible. Further details are in the formal notice posted at first and second class post offices.
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United States Maritime Commission
Merchant Marine
United States
Maritime Commission
U. S. Maritime Commission
Washington, D. C
Olivier and Leigh Wed at Santa Ysidro Ranch
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh of film fame married earlier today at San Ysidro ranch in Montecito California. Municipal Judge Fred Harsh conducted the ceremony with Katherine Hepburn and Garson Kanin as attendants at the celebrity resort.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Katherine Hepburn
Garson Kanin
Fred Harsh
San Ysidro Ranch
Montecito
Dr Kendall to Address Virginia Educators at New Market
Dr Glenn Kendall, Tennessee born and Norris Tennessee educator, will speak at the District 6 Virginia Education Association annual meeting in New Market on Saturday October 12. The talk titled Education of the Community by the Community and for the Community will explore school roles in community planning and use of local needs as the basis for school programs.
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Glenn Kendall
Norris, Tenn
Virginia Education Association
New Market
Kendall
Tennessee
Kentucky
New York
Association
Louisville Kiwanis Club
Daily Crossword Across 2 Fast Infirm Crafts
Crossword clues seem jumbled with incomplete phrases and stray numbers. The readable entries include terms like Merganser Marry Card game and Blood vessel but many items are cutoff or garbled. The piece appears to be a syndicated puzzle page fragment with partial across and down clues.
Appeasement Issue Comes Into Contest
Henry A. Wallace warned in Des Moines that a Republican victory would invite one economic concession after another to totalitarian powers. He argued appeasers profit from business with a German controlled Europe and urged unity against Hitler to protect democracy in the Americas.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Thomas Watson
Wallace
Europe
Hitler
Roosevelt
Northea
South America
Americas
Hemisphere
North
New Center of Controversy In Trucking Strike
In Richmond Virginia charges that union members levied one dollar unloading fees on deliveries not handled by union helpers sparked new contention in the trucking strike dispute. Court action by a trucking firm against a unionized carrier was postponed. Governor Price faced questions over alleged enforcement conflicts with union by laws.
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Richmond
International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Price
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Shipper
Virginia Highway Users Association
Johnston
Virginia
Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Lutheran Group Elects Officers At Convention
Mrs. B. D. Caster of Luray was elected president of the Women's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia at the 57th annual convention in Shepherdstown West Virginia. The three day meeting closed with remarks by Dr. F. H. Knube and included speakers Dr. J. J. Scherer Jr. Myrtie Wilke and Ruth Juram. More than 100 delegates from Northern Virginia and Eastern West Virginia attended.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
B. D. Caster
Luray
Women’s Missionary Society
The
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
J. L. Almond, Jr
Roanoke
F. H. Knube
New York City
United Lutheran Church of America
J. J. Scherer, Jr
Richmond
Myrtie Wilke
Argentina
Ruth Juram
Virginia
West Virginia
Britain’s morale cited as key to war’s outcome
Dewitt Mackenzie surveys the Battle of Britain trend noting that victory hinges on how long England can endure intensified bombing through October. He lauds civilian morale, highlights a Montague article praising Britain’s resolve, and recalls a hero’s wartime courage as emblematic of the fighting spirit.
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Britain
England
Hitler
British Isles
Associated Press
E. A. Montague
London
Typd
Waiton
C. E. Montague
Montague the Elder
Montague
Tommy
General Headquarters
Shenandoah Baptists Choose Martinsburg for 1941 Meeting
The 58th Shenandoah Baptist Association convention closed naming Martinsburg West Virginia as the 1941 site at First Baptist Church. Rev W Emory Trainham was re elected moderator with officers and executive committee members listed including J T Hess A B Hummer and Mrs E G Ayers.
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The
Shenandoah Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. Emory Trainham
Front Royal
J. T. Hess
A. B. Hummer
Berryville
Coast Artillery Ready To Move At Moment's Notice
Richmond Virginia August 30 Brigadier General S Gardner Waller said the 246th coast artillery will be mobilized September 15 for a year of training along with about 55 000 other national guardsmen. They will encamp at Fort Story Cape Henry after preliminary paper work and vaccinations.
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Richmond
S. Gardner Waller
Virginia Adjutant General
246Th Coast Artillery
War Department
Virginia Harbor Defense Regiment
Fort Story
Cape Henry
Congress
Coast Artillerymen
Lynchburg
Salem
Roanoke
Covington
Clifton Forge
Blacksburg
Danville
Electors Named For Republicans
LURAY Aug 30 I R Dovel state secretary Republican committee Luray and C R Ahalt Arlington state chairman yesterday turned in at Richmond the following list of electors to be printed on the ballot for the Republican candidates First District Chester B Koontz Norfolk Second District Lyman R Brothers Suffolk Third District Mrs George Cole Scott Richmond Fourth Benjamin Muse Petersburg Fifth District John Parsons Independence Sixth E B Hilton Salem Seventh J Lee Stoneburner Mr Jackson Eighth Viola L Farr Fairfax Ninth G C Hall Pulaski at large Mrs Annie Parker Roanoke John Martin Cartersville
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Salem
J. Lee Stoneburner
Mr. Jackson
Viola L. Farr
Fairfax
G. C. Hall
Pulaski
Annie Parker
Roanoke
John Martin
Cartersville
Munitions Plant May Be Erected Near Staunton
Staunton August 30 reports say federal representatives seek to buy the O C Flory farm near Stuarts Draft for a 275 acre munitions plant with potential adjoining farms for an airfield. Purchase priced around 60000 dollars. Government agents visited the Flory farm Wednesday and expected to move ten tenants within thirty days.
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Uncle Sam
Farr
Stuarts Draft
Flory
Norfolk and Western
South River
Alexander
Waynesboro
John W. Alexander
R. E Hodge
Virginians Back Selective Service Bill United Vote Anticipated
Washington Aug 30 Virginia Congress members showed strong support for the selective service bill. A delegation poll suggested a bipartisan trend toward unanimous backing with Representatives Bland Burch Darden Flannagan Satterfield Smith and Woodrum already pledging support.
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Washington
Virginia Congress
Bland
Burch
Darden
Flannagan
Satterfield
Smith
Woodrum
Answers to Today's Quiz Questions
Answers to questions printed on page 4 include the pledge phrase One Nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all Smith County Kansas Jujitsu Edward J Flynn Earl K Long Lake Huron Charles Eliot Quasimodo Golf.
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Smith County
Kansas
Edward J. Flynn
Earl K. Long
Lake Huron
Charles Eliot
Quasimodo
Kishkunas brothers seek court to shorten name to Kish
Ed ward Kishkunas, 23, and August Kishkunas, 31, of Pasadena California request court approval to shorten their surname to Kish The petition cites difficulty others have in understanding pronouncing and spelling the name and a joke about sneezing it In the filing they explain the change would ease communication and reduce confusion.
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Pasadena
Calif
Kishkunas Brothers
Edward
Kish
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Olivier
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Daily Crossword
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Mr. G. C. Kindig
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Loudoun
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Goodrich Truck Tires
Easy Terms
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Genevieve B. Earle
Long Island Hospital
Brooklyn
America
Dewitt MacKenzie
Shenandoah Baptists
West Va
Parker
Coast Artillery
Staunton
Victor
Seassvarie
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Fairfax Lane
Reddy Kilowatt
Hlauket
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