Track Field Supremacy Not Menaced
The All America track team chosen by Daniel J Ferris shows strong breadth with Glenn Cunningham leading. Seventeen collegians secure 21 of 38 berths, including Ben Johnson Fred Walcott Don Lash Irv Folwartshny in multiple events. No great danger to U S Olympic hopes for Helsingfors next year.
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Daniel J. Ferris
National Amateur Athletic Union
Glenn Cunningham
Sam
Ben Johnson
Columbia
Fred Walcott
Rice Institute
Don Lash
Indiana
Irv Folwartshny
Rhode Island
Johnson
Lash
America
Helsingfors
Ray Malott
Stanford
John Woodruff
Pittsburgh
Walcott Jack Patterson
Bill Lacefield
Frank Ryan
Folwartshay Pete Zagar
Nick Vukmanic
Joe Scott
Clyde Jeffrey
Riverside
Calif
Germany
Malott
Jim Herbert
New York U
Woodruff
Frank Slater
Fordham
Eric Pentti
Victory Durgall
Lou Gregory
Millrose A. A
Mel Walker
Ohio State
University of California At Los Angeles
Ferris
Cornelius Warmerdam
George Varoff
Bill Sefton
Earle Meadows
Farm debate draws large crowd to Gore High School
Residents expect a big turnout at Gore High School for a debate on whether the Agricultural Adjustment System harms national interests. The event, set for 8 PM Friday, follows a prior Mount Williams discussion where the negative won two to one. An oyster and chicken supper starts at 5 30, with a string band and an old time cake walk. Mrs Wayne Wisecarver chairs the Gore Community League committee.
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Gore High School
Mount Williams
Federal Farm
Wayne Wisecarver
Gore Community League Committee
Interceptor planes seen as answer to bombing threat
Aeronautical engineers in Buffalo say new interceptor ships will counter bombing planes. Curtiss-Wright plans a fast climbing heavily armed fighter, adapting a pursuit model to provide rapid ascent and strong armament for defense against high altitude bombers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Spain
China
Curtiss-Wright
Air Corps
Rollie Hemsley Foresees Trouble With Indians This Year
Delray Beach Florida January 16 Rollie Hemsley the Indians catcher says he will make no predictions about staying out of trouble with club officials. He notes past conflicts have cost him and implies training rules are not sacred to him.
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Delray Beach
Fia
Rollie Hemsley
Cleveland Indians
Playboycatcher
Hemsley
Virginia Tech specialists map land use in state counties
Blacksburg Va Jan 19 two Virginia Tech specialists led by W H Fippin will classify Virginia land county by county to guide a statewide land use program. Maps cover 30 counties with plans to expand. Six designation system will guide future farming and soil conservation efforts.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
Virginia Tech
W. H. Fippin
Wilson Slusher
Fippin
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics Department
State Planning Board
Wythe
Halifax
Prince Edward
Nansemond
Rockingham
Culpeper
Princess Anne
Westmoreland
Federal Soil Conservation Program
County committees guide farmers to tailor farm plans
The Virginia county committee system links state and federal farm agencies with farmers to develop local programs. Fippin and coworkers aim to reach every farmer with farm specific recommendations and coordinate technical information across agencies for practical use.
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Fippin
Virginia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Back To Those Good Old Days
In Towson Maryland on January 19 residents glimpsed nostalgia as Amelia H. Walker, unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature, rode by in an old cutaway sleigh named Dobbins along an icy roadway, recalling horse and buggy days.
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Towson
Amelia H. Walker
Dobbins
Rubbing It In On the Copper
Washington dispatch reports a police encounter where Officer Thomas W. Shomette paid $2 to learn a lesson about the word police.
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Washington
Thomas W. Shomette
New Record In U S Debt
The Treasury debt rose to a new peak of 39.546 billion dollars in the first 6.12 months of the fiscal year begun July 1. Expenditures outpaced income, with a 6.12 month deficit of 1.833 billion and 1940 projections showing debt surpassing 44 billion by June 20. WPA costs surged to over 1.271 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Motorcycle mark led to ragged vehicle at headquarters
A rider left his motorcycle in a no parking zone while testifying in a traffic case. Upon return, he found the machine ragged by his captain, implying discipline or damage connected to the absence of a parking mark.
Indoor Sports Roundup with College Scores and Boxing Notes
Army tops Lafayette 51 to 30 while Navy defeats Penn 32 to 22. St Johns Brooklyn 42 over Fordham 31. Dartmouth 55 Harvard 31. Princeton 32 Columbia 27. Cornell 41 Yale 36. West Virginia 42 Temple 33. Duquesne 52 John Carroll 33. Millsaps over Mississippi College 40 39 in OT. Drake 35 Iowa State 33. Kansas 37 Missouri 32. Texas 36 Baylor 31. Oregon 57 Washington State 31. Montana Mines 43 Carroll 29. Sioux Falls 37 Rapid City Mines 21. St Johns Annapolis 19. Boxing results include Pat Silvers KO by Henry Wacker at Taylorville Illinois and Holman Williams outpointing Rattoo OConor in Scranton. George Burnett defeats Tony Bruno in Milwaukee. Ed Don George beats George Beverly in Rochester. Hans Schnabel vs Everett Marshall draws in Denver. Macias defeats El Pulpo in Los Angeles. Jim McMillen pins Joe Dusek in St Louis.
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Navy
Pennsylvania
St. John’s
Brooklyn
Fordham
Dartmouth
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
Yale
West Virginia
Temple
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Millsaps
Drake
Iowa State
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Baylor
Oregon
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Montana Mines
Carroll
Sioux Falls
Rapid City Mines
Don George
North Java
N. Y
George Beverly
Los Angeles
Denver
Hans Schnabel
Germany
Everett Marshall
la Junta
Colo
Drew
Gorillas Macias
Mexico
el Pulpo
St. Louis
Jim McMillen
Antioch
Ill
Joe Dusek
Omaha
Neb
Marvels of Modern Science Demonstrations at Handley
Handley High School hosts a Friday program titled Previews of Progress with free admission. Sponsored by the Winchester Chamber of Commerce, officials will open the event and feature demonstrations for Clarke county students and local communities.
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Handley
Robert E. Ayler
Leslie D. Kline
Handley High School of
Winchester
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