Boy Scouts To Scout City For Aluminum Friday
The Winchester Boy Scout troops will conduct a house to house aluminum drive Friday at 9 am to aid defense efforts. Scouts will meet at the city parking lot and scour the city for metal articles, aiming to boost yields beyond the current low total toward the 2000 pound city quota.
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Boy Scouts
Scout City
Aluminum
Defense Council
Winchester Boy Scout
Richmond
McVicar
Caftvass
Kiwanis Club
Frederick County
Wc. P. McVicar
Schroeder and Sabin Upset Seeds at Sea Bright Tennis
Ted Schroeder of Glendale California and Wayne R Sabin of Reno Nevada toppled top seed Don McNeill and third seed Frankie Parker in the Sea Bright invitation. Schroeder beat McNeill 7 5 and Sabin defeated Parker segment 2 6 4.
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Sea Bright
N. J
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
Calif
Wayne R. Sabin
Reni
Nev
Don McNeill
Oklahoma
Frankie Parker
Altadena
Roeder
McNeill A
Sabin
Parker
Fragmentary Military Memo Harbors Draft Timelines
Postcard from Fort Benning staff sergeant and a note from Fort Q adjutant discuss constitutional drafting. Text mentions a B I L A draft completed in fewer than a hundred working days.
Lumpkin Takes Oath as South Carolina’s Junior Senator
Judge Alva M. Lumpkin takes the oath in Washington to serve as South Carolina’s junior senator until a successor is chosen in a special election. He succeeds James F. Byrnes, appointed to the Supreme Court.
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Alva M. Lumpkin
Washington
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Voted A Hero Medal For Saving Ten From Fire
Raymond Fader of Baltimore rescued ten occupants from a burning Hagerstown apartment two months ago. A civic committee representing the Purple Heart voted him a hero’s medal and citation, to be awarded next Wednesday night.
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Baltimore
Raymond
Rob) Fader
Hagerstown
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Fader
N & W Protest Tax Assessment in Maryland
The state tax commission weighs an appeal by S. H. Bernhart of Roanoke VA assistant comptroller for Norfolk and Western Railway Co seeking a reduction of a $540 784 tentative Maryland assessment for about 15 miles of line. Bernhart testified the single track spur to Hagerstown may be worth no more than $250 000.
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Baltimore
State Tax Commission
S. H. Barnhart
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Maryland
Bernhart
Hagerstown
Naval public works program listed for naval yards
The House Appropriations Committee backed a 291 million dollar public works plan for naval yards and stations as part of an eight billion dollar defense measure. The package reduces overall budget estimates by about 8.57 million dollars from the President’s figures. Included items: Naval Hospital Annapolis repairs at 30 thousand dollars and Annapolis Naval Academy facilities and land acquisitions totaling 1.72 million dollars.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Naval Yards
Naval Public Works
Naval Hospital
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Race Track For Ocean City Being Projected
The Evening Sun reports Maryland businessmen plan a half mile race track at Ocean City. A Worcester county ten day race bill passed four years ago but unused. Wilmer Brinton Jr of Wheeling Downs holds a contractor layout, with Arthur Strobel slated to operate if approved.
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Baltimore
Evening Sun
Maryland
Ocean City
Worcester County
Wilmer Brinton, Jr
Wheeling Downs
Bel Air
Arthur Strobel
Held For Slaying Estranged Wife
Ellicott City Maryland July 24 Sheriff C Dorsey Hobbs said William Henry Norwood 25 is held without bail on murder charge of his estranged wife Frances Elizabeth Norwood 22 Norwood was arrested at the home of Herbert T Alnutt after Alnutt's son Harvey summoned police saying the couple fought The sheriff said Mrs Norwood was strangled to death and Norwood was found nearby in a dazed condition She had been living with her mother in Dawsonville Montgomery County and had gone to visit the Adnutt couple
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Ellicott City
C. Dorsey Hobbs
Howard County
William Henry Norwood
Frances Elizabeth Norwood
Hobbs
Norwood
Herbert T. Alnutt
Mary Bellerson
Dawsonville
Montgomery County
Adnutt
Cod's prolific brood noted in survey report
A marine report states cod are highly prolific with females around 39 to 41 inches long producing millions of eggs. A 39 or 40 inch female can lay about 3,000,000 eggs, while at least 41 inches yields 4,000,000 eggs.
Fifteen Frederick County Residents Attending Rural Affairs Institute
Fifteen residents from Frederick County plan to attend the Institute of Rural Affairs in Blacksburg Virginia from July 29 to 31. Attendees listed include Walker Bond Mrs J S Jackson L Taylor M J Pease E M Funk Grover Schlack Edwin Marker S A Riley A W Wright and others. The sessions will focus largely on defense program discussions.
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Frederick County
Institute of Rural Affairs
Blacksburg
Walker Bond
J. 5. Jackson
Co. L. Taylor
M. J. Pease
E. M. Funk
Grover Schlack
Edwin Marker
S. A. Riley
A. W. Wright
Walter Larrick
Richard Luttrell
Elston Luttrell
August Month For Planting Fall Gardens
County Agent Fred Stine emphasizes August as the planning month for fall gardens to support the county nutrition program. He lists beans beets kale lettuce mustard radishes spinach and turnips as suitable crops, advises thick sowing and soil firming, recommends mulching and thinning, and notes fertilizer and watering tips to maximize yield. He warns weeds compete for nutrients and urges frequent shallow cultivation.
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Fred Stine
Railroad Workers Demand Large Wage Increases
In Chicago on July 24 American railroad workers pressed a multi million dollar wage increase claim before class 1 carriers. Union representatives for 125 lines urged a 30 percent raise for about 350 000 workers and future talks with 14 non operating unions seek 30 to 34 cent hourly boosts for around 800 000 more. Carriers estimate annual cost near 900 million dollars and argue wages lag behind other industries.
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Chicago
Lis
Ilroad
Winchester Day plans under way for Meade parade
Chamber of Commerce mobilizes funds to transport McIlwee's Municipal Band and the Chanters to Fort George G. Meade for Winchester Day on Sunday. Efforts aim to raise about 100 dollars with a 75 dollar bus cost for the band and extra for gasoline and private car use. Stickers for the motorcade will be distributed tomorrow and attendees are advised to bring lunch or use nearby Laurel.
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Chamber of Commerce
McIlwee
Fort George G. Meade
C. P. McVicar
Andrew Bell
Iing
Chmaber of Commerce Office
Hyattsville
Laurel
Fort Meade
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boy Scouts
Texas Man Is To Head Lions International
George R. Jordan of Dallas Texas was nominated unopposed for President of Lions International at the New Orleans convention. Edward H. Paine of Michigan City Indiana and Dr. E. G. Gill of Roanoke Virginia were named first and second vice presidents, also unopposed. Jordan is a prominent Dallas insurance executive and currently first vice president.
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New Orleans
George R. Jordan
Dallas
Tex
Lions International
Jordan
Edward H. Paine
Michigan City
Ind
E. G. Gill
Roanoke
Summer Heat Grips Midwest and West with Record Temps
The midwest and mountain regions faced belated summer with readings above 100 degrees as far west as Utah. A 67 year old heat record was matched, and heat prostrations rose with one death linked to the heat in Kansas City. Cities reported highs from 102 to 108 degrees, with Salt Lake City marking its warmest July 23 since 1874.
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Midwest
Utah
Corn Belt
Patricia Marie Thorpe
Kansas City
Mercury
Huron
Topeka
Eas
Green River
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Silver Fox Farming Tops U S Fur Industry
The most valuable fur industry in the United States is silver fox farming generating about 350,000 pelts.
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United States
Radio broadcasting judged part of journalism by veteran publisher
Marco Morrow former Capper publications assistant publisher told the FCC that radio broadcasting is inherently part of journalism and newspaper groups should own stations. He said better public service from combined ownership outweighs abuse concerns in a city with one newspaper and one radio outlet.
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Washington
Pia
Communications Commision Today
Marco Morrow
Capper Publications
Kansas
Commission
Thomas E. Harris
Morrow
Roosevelt to Spend Weekend at Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt will depart Washington by train this evening for a weekend at Hyde Park New York, with aides saying he will return to the capital early next week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
State Advisory Board Considers Futures Needs
The Governor's Advisory Board on the budget in Richmond, July 24, backed a policy to hold capital outlays for essential safety and efficiency projects. They warned against expanding building programs that could clash with defense industries and proposed storing funds for a future expansion during a defense downturn. The last program used federal aid of about 12 million dollars. The board set public budget hearings for the week of October 2 and dates for visits to western and eastern state institutions in September.
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Richmond
Army Flying Cadet Injured in Norfolk Plane Crash
Second Lieutenant John D. Mainwaring an army air corps cadet was critically injured when his P-40 single seater crashed into woods near East Field at Norfolk naval air station. He, from Mitchell Field New York and resident of Pennsylvania, was taken to Norfolk naval hospital Portsmouth after the flight from Mitchell Field. No cause for the loss of control was given.
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Norfolk
John D. Mainwaring
Army Air Corps
East Field
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Mainwaring
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Navy
Answers to the Daily Quiz from Page Four
Answers to the testes questions printed on page 4 include Paris France Woodrow Wilson false Charles Dickens true but you cant make hint drink and fifty miles no.
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Paris
France
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Dickens
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