Farm Bureau Will Meet In March
The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation plans its annual Richmond convention for next March. G Holsinger of Harrisonburg will appoint committees to arrange dates and oversee the event. About 30 delegates from Virginia will attend the national American Farm Bureau Federation meeting opening in Chicago.
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Richmond
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
G. Holsinger
Harrisonburg
State
Virginia Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Toys Held Sufficient For This Yule Forecast
Washington dispatch reports defense toy forecast from Edward A. McTague. He says total toy supplies look adequate this Christmas despite high demand and last year’s early levels. He notes possible metal toy shortages but overall toy departments appear vigorous as metal use shifts to nondefense or wooden items.
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Defense Program
Edward A. McTague
Consumer Durable Goods
OPM
Civilian Supply
McAtague
Santa
Air Rifle Company
Susan Farmer hosts a raucous New York party
Susan and Roy host a lively party with reporters and photographers grilling the farm heroine. Mason Morgan vows to write about her while Susan navigates flirtations and liquor as she balances her farmer’s image with a big broadcast check. The scene shifts toward a dinning room, party chatter, and upcoming broadcast duties.
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Susan
Roy
Ant “Ea
Mason
Roy Leonard
Mr. Mason
Morgan
Alice
First National Bank of
Ardendale
Farmer
Sergm
Meyer Twins
Rose
Lily
Papa
Irene
Astor-Valdovia
New York
Paratrooper Mock Attack At Camp Funston Trains Cavalry
Soldiers staged a mock parachute attack at Camp Funston Kansas on December 6. Cavalry troops were ordered to defend using improvised hand grenade substitutes made from eggs due to lack of ammunition.
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Camp Funston
Kas
Rainfall records for present and past periods
Present and past rainfall figures show none in the last 24 hours, December to date at 1.04 inches, year to date 26.05 inches, and the 28 year average at 35.80 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1940 list amounts in inches for each month, with January at 2.52 and December at 2.38. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Toscanini Leads NBC Symphony In Treasury Campaign Concert
Radio highlights list Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony in a concert to aid the Treasury Bond and Stamps Campaign. Programs include Beethoven Sextet in E flat, Blue Danube Waltz, and Wagner selections, with other schedule items and talks on labor, defense, and war participation.
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WMAL
Arturo Toscanini
N. B. C. Symphony
Treasury
Beethoven
Wagner
Strauss
Toscanini
Musicade
Labor News
Arch McDonald
Religion
Eric Sevareid
News of War
America
Optimists
Emma Otero
Wayne King
Master Singers
Ac Orchestra
Knickerbocker
Guy Lombardo
Bishop and _ Truth, or
the Gargoyle Consequences
J. Flynn
NBC Symphony
Sec. Patterson
Sammy Kaye
Orchestra Ce
Claude “Twormmms
Blue Barron
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Blondie
U. S
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Chic Young
Wood
Big Sister
Kai
Thimble Theater
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Miss Prue
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Nancy
George
Lght Tower
Robert Storm
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Cammer Tire CO
Handley Schoo
WRC
Robert P. Patterson
WJSV
People’s Platform
William E. Wickenden
J. Preston Irvin
W. W. T. Duncan
Martin A. McCormick
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Art Jarrett
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