Fruit Industry Will Boom If Spray Tolerance Lists
A Yakima valley grower argues in Wenatchee Daily World that fruit prosperity hinges on lifting spray residue tolerances. He blames arsenate of lead and current washing rules, urges growers to push state action, and calls for new sprays or lower tolerances to revive profits.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Washington State
Yakima Valley
Wenatchee Daily World
Ira D. Cardiff
Yakima
B. C
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Treasury Debt Figures July 10 Receipts and Outlays
The Treasury reports July 10 receipts of 14,867,428.85 dollars and expenditures of 35,808,611.86 dollars. Gross debt stands at 40,587,024,737.12 dollars, reflecting an increase of 4,108,576.29 dollars from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Outing for Secretaries Set at Endless Caverns July 31
The third annual summer conference of Virginia Chamber of Commerce Secretaries will be at Endless Caverns on Monday July 31 with Maj or Edward M Brown hosting. R L Stultz and James A Payne announced the date and formed the arranging committee. A round table discussion and participation by state and conservation agencies are planned along with entertainment for wives and assistants.
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Virginia Commercial Organization
Endless Caverns
Edward M. Brown
R. L. Stultz
Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Chambers of Commerce
Virginia State Chamber
Virginia Conservation Commission
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Virginian
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Luray
B. F. Moomaw
Roanoke
Firemen Gather For Convention In Ocean City
Ocean City Maryland July 12 firemen from communities in Maryland Delaware and Virginia gathered for the forty seventh annual Maryland State Firemen's Association convention. Officials opened with registration and speeches as delegates anticipate a large event culminating in a parade fireworks display and grand ball Friday.
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Ocean City
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland State Firemen's Association
Small to Lead Therapeutic Units Staff to Washington
Dr. Lyndon F. Small of the University of Virginia will move to Washington in September to become Chief of the Therapeutic Units at the U S Public Health Service. He will take a staff of six assistants with him.
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Charlottesville
Lyndon F. Small
University of Virginia
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Bank Capital and Liabilities Figures From Ledger
Capital and surplus lines show undivided profits and total capital accounts. The document lists capital accounts ending with total liabilities and capital accounts of 227 348 72 and notes common stock par value of 25 000 00 plus 4000 000 in other figures.
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United States
New Light Shines on James A Bland Life
The Etude profiles James A Bland the "Negro Stephen Foster" in a July feature by Dr. Kelly Miller. It dispels legends about his origins, notes his 1854 birth on Long Island, and recounts his early Washington years and prolific output including Carry Me Back to Old Virginny and Oh Dem Golden Slippers.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
James A. Bland
Stephen Foster
Old Virginny
Etude
Kelly Miller
Bland
Washington
Dr. Miller
Europe
Kersands Minstrels
England
Scotland
America
John Howard Payn
Old Virginna
Virginia
Local notes from Brush Creek Virginia collect ill health and social visits
Mrs Mollie Nesmith and Mrs John Mason of Shockeysville remain ill. Mrs Philip Shade worsens. Guests at the Luttrells included Whitacres Adams and others from Howards Chapel. Raymond Luttrell works at Clifford Boyles. Martinsburg visitors called on Whitacre family. Ex Senator John E Helsley recently visited. Rain improves crops but grain moulds in damp shocks. An organ was installed at Bethesda Church Shockeysville.
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Brush Creek
Mollie Nesmith
John Mason
Shockeysville
Philip Shade
Raymond Luttrell
O. E. Whitacre
Elwood
Ralph
Calvin
Allen
Whitacre
Elmer Adams
Alice Adams
Guy Luttrell
Martha Luttrell
Alvin Ruble
Howards Chapel
Clifford Boyles
Gordon Clark
R. W. Luttrell
Laura C. Dailey
Myrtle
Siler
Elsie
Frances Heironimus
Margaret Sayre
Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
J. R. Whitacre
Alva Laimp
Nelson Beard
Gainesboro
J. W. Dunlap
Pauline
Mary Luttrell
Ida May Clark
R. M. Kerns
John E. Helsley
West Virginia
Bethesda Church
George D Brooke Elected Nickel Plate Chairman
George D Brooke of Richmond and Cleveland has been elected chairman of the Nickel Plate Railroad board, succeeding Robert R Young. He also serves as president of the Nickel Plate, Chesapeake and Ohio and the Pere Marquette railroads.
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George D. Brooke
Richmond and
Cleveland
The
Nickel Plate Railroad
Robert R. Young
New York
Brooke
Nickel Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Pere Marquette Railroad
Convicted WPA Official Daniel Campbell Faces Fines
A federal court jury in Knoxville Tennessee convicted Daniel Campbell a former WPA construction supervisor on two counts of labor diversion to his personal use. He was acquitted on two other counts and faces fines of 1000 dollars and a year in prison on each remaining conviction.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Daniel Campbell
WPA
Campbell
Virginia Federation Chooses Old Virginia as Official Song
The Virginia Federation of Music Clubs selected Old Virginia by Wil Ruebush over Carry Me Back as the federation choice and recommended it to the General Assembly as the state song. Ruebush, Dayton resident and Shenandoah College faculty member, is the composer.
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Ginia Federation of Music Clubs
Virginia
Wil Ruebush
Federation
General Assembly
Ruebush
Dayton
Shenandoah College
Chamberlain Sets Britain’s Poland Aid Stance in Danzig Clash
Premier Chamberlain declared Britain would defend Poland even without German aggression if Danzig threatened Polish independence, a stance backed by France and Poland. He warned about Danzig’s naval and economic importance and noted the broader aim to halt Hitler’s push for hegemony in central and eastern Europe.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Chamberlain
England
Poland
Germany
Danzig
House of Commons
Reich
Figs
France
London
Paris
Hitler
Europe
Baltic
Vistula
Priemer Chamberlain
Russia
Gydnia
Balkans
State Publishes Folder On Travel In Virginia
The State Conservation Commission began distribution of a new travel folder on Virginia. 2,100 copies went to the New York World's Fair exhibit, part of a 267,000 total issue with about 60,000 routed to leading tourist bureaus nationwide. 5,000 copies of Carry Me Back to Old Virginia accompanied the World's Fair shipment.
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Richmond
State Conservation Commission
Virginia
the Conservation Commission
Old Virginia
Community visitors and guests stop by Boyce area
The snippet lists residents and visitors to Boyce and nearby counties. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Reid Stanton from Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hutchinson from Madison County, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Berry and Joan Alicia from Hyattsville, Miss Nettie Tucker Yowell of Richmond, and others visiting relatives or hosting at Boyce.
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Musabeti
Mase Duck Clary
Robert Brooks
Caroline County
Boyce
Reid Stanton
Washington
M. E. Smith
Ben Hutchinson
Madison County
Louis Berry
Joan Alicia
Hyattsville
Cottagero
Nettie Tucker Yowell
Richmond
John Yowell
B. W. Petty
Bowling Green
J. D. Carpenter
Maderson County
H. P. Thompson
Fenton Carroll
Thomas. Carroll
H. M. Davis
W. H. Racey
Russell Carper
Alexandria
Bowser
Lillard
Randolph Picnic Speaker Named For July Event
Representative Jennings Randolph and West Virginia Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows will speak at the Patriotic Order Sons of America picnic at Angers Store. Randolph will discuss Americanism. Meadows topic unspecified. Addresses set for about 4 p.m., with the picnic running July 14 to 15.
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Jennings Randolph
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
Patriotic Order
Sons of America
Angers Store
Perry Unger
Randolph
Mr. Meadows
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