Virginia Students Suffer Low Rural School Attendance
A 1940s Virginia survey shows rural areas lag in school attendance with officials blaming parents, laws, and school conditions. The poll cites 47th in age 5-24 attendance and 44th for ages 16-17, urging stronger enforcement, broader financial aid, better teachers, and improved transportation to raise education levels.
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Virginia
Boards of Education
Richard A. Meade
University of Virginia
Answers to the Daily Quiz page follows correct responses
The list provides quiz answers: True. Fred W. Kaltenbach. July 25. Tuberculosis. Do. 5. One fifth amounting to 8,115,899,670 of 40,927,574,950. James E. Webb. Eighteen. World War I. Canning.
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Fred W. Kaltenbach
James E. Webb
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Canning
Baltimore Market Quotations Aug 30 Produce Livestock
Produce prices for apples list varieties and sizes with price ranges. Eggs and poultry unchanged. Livestock prices show cattle hogs sheep with daily changes and top quotes. cattle lean toward high-yielding, hogs slow with declines, spring lambs active with top around 20.00, small lots mixed quality.
Chicago Livestock Prices Report From Aug 30 Auction
Salable hogs 3 500 total 4 200 market moderately active but 2 00 3 00 lower than average or steady with Thursday's close good and choice barrows and gilts 170 330 pounds 17 50 19 00 most 18 00 and above top 19 50 sparingly few good and choice 140 160 pounds 16 00 17 50 bulk good and choice sows 17 00 18 00 few choice lightweights 18 25 Salable cattle 1 500 total 1 700 salable calves 300 total 300 about 15 loads strictly good choice and choice to prime steers and yearlings sold firm at 21 50 30 00 with choice to prime 1 066 lb yearlings 30 25 new all time high medium and good grades slow at 15 00 20 00 grass steers reach 20 00 no choice heifers here good to choice kinds 2 00 cows and bulls steady to 50 cents lower cutter cows 9 75 down practical top heavy sausage and beef bull 15 00 vealers 50 cents lower at 17 50 mostly 17 00 down demand for stock cattle bread Salable sheep 500 total 500 receipts to light for adequate price test around 300 mixed truckings on offer small lots good and choice native spring lambs steady at 19 00 to skipper other classes nominally steady
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Rites Held For Miss Greenawalt In Scottdale Pa
Funeral services were held in Scottdale for Stella Rebecca Greenawalt who died August 17 after a lingering illness. Born in 1880, she was a Scottdale High School graduate and pianist. She is survived by five nephews. Burial was in Scottdale Cemetery.
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Scottdale
Stella Rebecca Greenawalt
Thomas McKee
West Newton
Cyrus Marple
Elizabeth Busbine Greenawalt
Elmer C. Greenawalt
Albin
Euphany Greenawalt
Lillas Clifford
Joesph B. Clifford
McKeesport
Miss Greenawalt
Mt. Pleasant
Stock Market Slips to New October Lows Amid Light Selling
New York August 30 Stocks declined with the market at a fresh bottom since last October as investors trimmed accounts for the long weekend. Mild early resistance faded and most issues shed 1 to 4 points by midday. Soft groups included steels motors rails and rubbers with several large names posting downgrades.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
American Telephone
Anaconda
Kennecott
Standard Oil
Montgomery Ward
Valley Man Is Named Commandant At W. M. I.
Lexington reports Col Oliver Boone Bucher CAC a 29 year army veteran and VMI graduate will become professor of military science and tactics and commandant of cadets at VMI on or about October 1 Maj Gen Richard J Bucher announced the War Department detailed him to relieve Col John Miller Pray Bucher a native of Bridgewater entered VMI from Portsmouth for early education
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Lexington
Oliver Boone Bucher
CAC
Virginia Military Institute
Day
Richard J. Bucher
Yester- Marshall
VMI
War Department
Bucher
John Miller Pray
Bridgewater
Portsmouth
Local Markets Correction Note
Local markets are corrected daily and The Star cannot assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
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The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Prices Prompt Broad Range of Farm Goods
The listing shows wholesale prices for flour, corn meal, grains, feeds, and live stock items. Figures include 10 lb, 25 lb, 48 lb, and 100 lb bags for flour and corn meal, several corn varieties, egg mash, cracked corn, and various livestock prices such as calves, lambs, hogs, sheep, chickens, and turkeys with per head or per hundred weights indicated.
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Wielka
Sale Nes Ae
Local Graded Egg Market Report
Local egg market activity notes graded shell counts and pricing. Column shows small changes in local supply and demand with buyers and sellers quoted. No clear headline event.
India Workings of New Indian Provisional Government
Foreign Affairs Analysis discusses the birth of India’s provisional government led by Jawaharlal Nehru for British India. It notes tensions with Moslems led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah over cabinet representation, the role of the Princes, and hopes for Muslim participation to curb violence after the Calcutta riots.
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
India
New Delhi
British India
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Wavell
Jinnah
Calcutta
Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
More Bugs For Bug Editor
Monte Miller and Skeeter Knee brought a small yellow worm to the news room for a verdict from the Bug Editor. The editors were scooped and took it to higher authorities after finding the worm in Boyce on vacation. Miss Violet Carlyle delivered a Praying Mantis she found in the grape arbor at her North Loudoun street home.
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Monte Miller
Montesue Avenue
Skeeter” Knee
Valley Avenue
Monte
Boyce
Violet Carlyle
Loudoun Street
Tomato weighs over two pounds at local garden show
Bennie Romine of near Boyce brought an Okheart tomato weighs 2 pounds 12 ounces to the newsroom. He planted 150 tomato plants and reports an excellent crop with no trouble from tomato blight this year.
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Bennie Romine
Boyce
Radio Networks Plan New Season with Eddie Bracken
Announcement stage reveals Eddie Bracken to headline a comedy series replacing James Melton on CBBS Sunday nights. Bracken will transfer NBBC duties to October 6 as singing master of ceremonies for Howard Barlow directed Stars, replacing Raymond Massey. Theater Guild dramas return Sept 8 to ABC with Helen Hayes in Angel Street as opener. Tonight listings include NBC CBS ABC MBS programs.
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New York
Eddie Bracken
James Melton
CBBS
Fred Allen
NBBC
Howard Barlow
Raymond Massey
Theatre Guild
ABC
Helen Hayes
North Frederick Methodist Circuit Service Times
Emory Ellmore, pastor at White Hall outlines worship and Sunday school times. Sunday School 10, Worship 11, Evening 8 p.m. Youth Fellowship 7 30 p.m. Rest services listed.
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North Frederick
Emory Ellmore
White Hall
Big Four Hold Line on Treaty Drafts at Conference
The Big Four ministers met in closed session to discuss delays and agreed to stick with the existing treaty sections. They will support changes only if all four powers approve, as Russia accuses others of inflamed claims and avoidance of formal concession.
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Egation
Council of Foreign Ministers
Hold the skirt line says Dressmakers hold fashion steady
Designers and manufacturers urge keeping skirt lengths from dropping two inches to avoid a flood of new fabric needs. A CPA notes extending the line would require 50 million extra yards and render wardrobes outdated. If lines fall, shoppers would rush to buy more garments for all.
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CPA
Anatomy text notes four fingers and a thumb
The work by Dr. J F Williams states that the hand comprises four fingers and a thumb. This contrasts with older counts and reflects a modern anatomical description.
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J. F. Williams
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