Britain And France Display Military Might In Paris
A joint British and French military display in Paris drew crowds over a million as 30 000 troops and an array of planes tanks and guns paraded on the Champs Elysees. President Lebrun Premier Daladier and War Secretary Hore Belisha attended with allied commanders and Mrs James Roosevelt among the guests.
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Paris
France
Britain
Lebrun
Daladier
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Dora Delano Forbes
Bastille
Champs Elysees
Germany's Toy Makers Peeved At British Umbrella Toy Trade
Berlin reports that German toy manufacturers blame Prime Minister Chamberlain for hurting Germany's toy industry. An Bergwerks-Zeitung study notes English Chamberlain with his umbrella toys selling quickly in Britain, threatening German toy sales there.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Germany
Bergwerks-Zeitung
Great Britain
San Jose hunter tangles with rattlesnake tale on fly
Hanford Eldh hunted in San Jose California and claimed he snared a rattlesnake with a fisherman's fly. His companion supported the tale as the rattler slipped into a ground squirrel hole and Eldh used a fishing pole to lure it out and shoot it.
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San Jose
Calif
Hanford Eldh
Special Guest At Macedonia Church
Miss May Duncan of Tapdown Street Presbyterian Church will speak at Macedonia Methodist Church Sunday at 8 o clock. Topic is When Others Serve Us with Miss Elizabeth Snyder leading. Public is invited to attend.
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May Duncan
Tapdown Street Presbyterian Church
Macedonia Methodist Church
Elizabeth Snyder
Garden Lovers Short Course at Virginia Tech
The third annual Garden Lovers Short Course at Virginia Tech Blacksburg runs August 1–3 with speakers from Better Homes and Gardens University of Cincinnati and local Virginia experts. Topics include garden happiness roadsides roses soil management and design plus tours and a party hosted by Blacksburg Garden Clubs.
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Garden Lovers
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
A. G. Smith, Jr
Virginia Agricultural Expansion Division
Alfred C. Hottes
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
M. E. Bottomley
University of Cincinnati
Mamie Sue Evans
Sylva
North Carolina
Virginia Borders
Smith
Virginia
America
H. J. Neale
Virginia Department of Highways
William Wayt Gibbs
Staunton
Garden Club of Virginia
Evelyn R. Dickenson
Woodstock
J. G. Harrar
Department of Biology
Dickenson
T. Allen Kirk
The
American Rose Society
Harr I. Johnson
Roanoke Rose Society
Roanoke
W. H. Byrne
Agronomist
Virginia Agricultural Extension Division
Blacksburg Garden Clubs
Child bitten by Copperhead in bed recovers in hospital
Flintstone Maryland report notes Annabella May 7 was bitten on the right foot by a Copperhead snake that hid in her bed. She was taken to Cumberland hospital and is recovering satisfactorily.
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Flintstone
Annabella
Cumberland
Marie Dionne Wears Patch For Weak Eye
Callander Ontario July 15 Marie the smallest Dionne quintuplet wears a black patch over one eye to strengthen the other eye. Dr Allan Roy Dafie says the patch is to correct a slightly weak eye and an eye specialist notes Marie is slightly myopic.
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Callander
Ont
Marie
Allan Roy Dafie
Nick Carter survives Mississippi feat ends with injury
Wrecks Feet Alton and Sil-Swimming hand cuffed across the Mississippi in 28 minutes were easy for Nick Carter. The aftermath saw him step on broken glass on the opposite bank requiring twenty eight stitches to close the cut.
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Alton
Sil
Mississippi
Nick Carter
Regulations For Truckers To Be Heard
Truck owners and drivers will hear Conrad H Reid discuss Interstate Commerce Commission hours of service regulations at 11 o clock Sunday July 23 at the George Washington Hotel. Belchie, committee chairman, says this session aims to resolve truckers hours problems with Reid, creator of the rules as IC C Bureau of Motor Carriers chief. Expect attendance from operators and drivers across nearby states including Virginia.
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Conrad H. Reid
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Washington
Ben Belchie
Mr. Reid
U.S
Bureau of Motor Carriers
Belchie
Reid
Virginia
Real Estate Transfers Highlight Local Property Deals
Frederick Frank Allanson and others transfer tracts near Gere and Nineveh Road with nominal sums. Transactions include Opequon district, Galliesboro district, Shannon Hill Addition lots, and parcels near Front Royal turnpike. Federal Land Bank of Baltimore sells near DeHaven post office for 1000 dollars. Northern Virginia Power Company acquires tract in Stonewall district for one dollar and other considerations.
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J. W. Smoke
Edgar Newlin
Als
Frederick County
Louis E. Armel
W. R. Thompson
Front Royal Turnpike
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
E. M. Luttrell
DeHaven
Luther C. Patton
Roosevelt Sends Bastille Anniversary Wishes to France
President Roosevelt cabled President Lebrun of France offering best wishes for continued peace and prosperity on the 150th anniversary of the Bastille fall and the start of the French Revolution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lebrun
France
Bastille
Bank buys Broad Street lot for future Broad Street branch
Richmond July 15. First and Merchants National Bank president Hiter Harris announced the purchase of the southwest corner lot at Broad and another street formerly owned by the home for the incurables. He said the site is planned for a future Broad Street branch office. Meanwhile a comical note from Sullivan Punch O Neill reports a bounding incident as a toothache woke Charlotte Sullivan, eight, causing her sister Maureen to flinch in sleep and accidentally knock out Charlotte’s tooth.
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Richmond
H. Hiter Harris
First and Merchants National Bank
Broad Streets
Home For the Incurables
Harris
Broad Street
Sullivan
O'Neill
Charlotte Sullivan
Maureen
Charlotte
Word Puzzle Clues and Crossword Fragments
A compact mix of clues includes lariat study overturn music dressed nourished who wrote the star spangled banner general matilda diminutive wind instrument lawyer practicing in an unprofessional manner.
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Matilda
Surgeon Collapses After Operating at Bon Secours
Baltimore July 15 The surgeon Edward J Lavin 33 resident at Bon Secours Hospital collapsed after completing an operation and died late yesterday A heart attack proved fatal His widow mother two sisters and three brothers survive Funeral services will be held at Bradford Pa.
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Baltimore
Bon Secours Hospital
Edward J. Lavin
Bradford
Candidates Asked To Attend Virginia Farm Conference
All 1940 General Assembly candidates are invited to the Virginia Agricultural Conference Board meeting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday morning July 18 to hear farm group views on issues likely to arise in 1940. An USDA report on tenant landlord relations will be previewed.
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General Assembly
Virginia Agricultural Conference Board
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Eleventh Institute of Rural Affairs
John H. East
Churchville
Virginia
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
United States Department of Agriculture
AAA
TVA
Conference Board
Parkway Completion Urged for Virginia Section
The Blue Ridge Parkway committee representing five Chambers of Commerce urged the National Park Service to complete its plans for the entire Virginia parkway without further delay. The resolution called for prompt action to obtain rights of way and easements and to transfer them to the federal agency.
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Salem
Blue Ridge Parkway
Chambers of Commerce
National Park Service
Virginia
Virginia Highway Department
Ex Circus Midget Killed By Another
In New York on July 15 a former circus midget killed by another in a lower east side apartment. Elizabeth Schneider 55 was strangled and drowned after going to Walter Ferguson 45's room to complain of noise. Police arrived as Ferguson collapsed dead from heart disease after a 15 minute struggle. Ferguson had been unemployed nine months and recently arrived from Detroit.
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New York
Lower East Side
Elizabeth Schneider
Walter Ferguson
Detroit
Ferguson
Babe Ruth earned $80,000 for 1930 and 1931 seasons
Babe Ruth received a salary of $80,000 for the 1930 and 1931 seasons. The Astors were known as the landlords of New York.
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Babe Ruth
Vanderbilt
Astors
New York
Lamb Shipment Postponed to July 25 by Frederick County
The fifth Frederick County lamb shipment of the season is postponed until Tuesday July 25. The delay is attributed to the Institute of Rural Affairs event next week in Blacksburg Virginia, announced by I. Fred Stine.
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Frederick County
Institute of Rural Affairs
Blacksburg
Fred Stine
Frederick
32 400 Killed In Auto Mishaps During Last Year
Chicago report notes 32 400 motor vehicle deaths in 1938 from accidents. With 29 485 680 registered vehicles and 250 billion miles driven, fatalities occurred about every 16 minutes and 89 per day. Non fatal injuries numbered 1 150 000, while total costs reached about 1.5 billion dollars in wages, medical expenses, insurance overhead, and property damage.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Council
York woman dies in Md. crash on Dublin Delta highway
Fatally injured in a two car collision on the Dublin Delta highway Mrs. Goldie Gotwolt 46 of York Pa died at Harford Memorial Hospital Her husband Roy Gotwolt escaped with minor injuries
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Havre DE Grace
Goldie Gotwolt
York
Dublin
Delta
Governor Price to Outline 1940 Assembly Plans on Radio
Governor Price will deliver a radio address on state affairs from 7:30 to 8:00 p m Thursday. The speech will air on WRVA Richmond and WDBJ Roanoke, outlining general recommendations for the upcoming 1940 general assembly.
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Richmond
New streamlined turkeys to be shown at World Poultry Congress
The Department of Agriculture will display a streamlined turkey strain at the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland from July 28 to August 7. The best flock, developed to a compact white bird with strong breast meat, aims for maturity in 24 to 26 weeks and suitable size for modern ovens. Breeders combine multiple strains including White Holland and native wild turkeys, with progress reported from the Baltsville Research Center under Berley Winton.
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Cleveland
Department of Agriculture
Scotland
Baltsn*ville
Berley Winton
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