F F A Track Finals Near Conclude at Blacksburg
At Virginia Tech's stadium, Future Farmers of America sport finals unfold with vocational high school entries bidding for team and sectional track titles. Handley and Timberville earn points in discus and broad jump as Bow men Mt Jackson leads in early events while Velens and Lebanon post four points each in finals.
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Aniersville
Future Partners
Virginia Tech
Handley
Orchester
Clarksville
Warrenton
Washington-Henry
Groseclose
Velens
Lebanon
Timberville
Tles Stadium
Smith
Bowman
Mt. Jackson
Buchanan
Valens
Bywater
Brumley
Creeds
Ge Buckingham
V. P. I. Faculty Member Dies in Roanoke Hospital
Edmund Charles Magill age 50 professor of cultural education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute died in Roanoke hospital after an illness. A VPI faculty member since 1918 he wrote widely on agricultural topics and helped found a farmers organization with Dr W S Newman Henry Groseclose and Harry Saunders. He owned Maryland and Virginia orchards and did much research based writing.
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Blacksburg
Edmund Charles Magill
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Roanoke Hospital
Magill
W. S. Newman
Henry Groseclose
Harry Saunders
Fu Farmers of America
Maryland
Virginia
Second Fauver Child Is Dead
Lorena Virginia Fauver the three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fauver of Mount Williams died at home from complications. This was their second child with a previous son dying last year. She is survived by both parents and grandparents, all of Mount Williams. Mrs Fauver was formerly Miss Wallace daughter of Isaac Wallace of Mount Williams.
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Mount Williams
Lorena Virginia Fauver
Miss Wallace
Isaac Wallace
Television has Turned the Corner at the New York Fair
New York June 21. Television is here and practical at the RCA exhibit in the 1939 World’s Fair. The RCA building doubles its TV activity with a full studio, live programs, and a viewing area showing reception on modern receivers. Postponed range limits restrict telecasts to roughly 75 miles from transmitters, suggesting rural areas will wait for relays. Miss Television contenders spotlight women’s roles, with Starr conesim, Tricia Murray, and Patricia FitzGerald named as finalists. public interest favors the blonde announcer pairing with the star.
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Montgomery M. Green
New York
RCA Television
RCA
Carolina
Starr ‘Cone Sim
Tricia Murray
Patricia Pitzgerald
Martin
Winston-Salem
N. C
Game Commission To Meet Monday
State Commission Inland Fisheries will hold an open meeting in the Capito building at 9 30 a m Monday June 24 to consider regulations for the next hunting season. Chairman Carl H Nolting invites sportsmen to present recommendations. An unrelated note mentions sweet lemons grown in Porto Rico.
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Carl H. Nolting
State Commission Game = Inland Fisheries
Richmond
Nolting
Capito Building
Commission
White Hall Grange Holds Meeting
An impressive White Hall Grange meeting Tuesday night discussed delegates to the lecturers conference. The group will sponsor a yard party on July 5, weather permitting, rescheduled to July 6. The next regular meeting is set for July 2. all members are urged to attend.
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White Hall Grange
Ares
A. Wee
Ethel Barrett
Celanese Defers Expansion Action
New York June 21 Proxy arrivals from fore stockholders delayed Celanese Corporation of America from expanding its debt limit by 30 million dollars and opening a new plant. Tellers reported about 41 percent of the seven percent prior preferred stock present, short of the 66 percent needed, so the meeting adjourned to June 27 awaiting Europe proxies via Clipper.
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New York
Celanese Corporation of America
Europe
Miss Starling Returns From Rural Supervisors Conference
Miss Anne Preston Starling Frederick county rural schools supervisor returned from Harrisonburg Virginia where the state conference of rural supervisors was held at Madison College. She discussed objectives for 1940-41 and hopes to adapt several to Frederick county needs.
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Anne Preston Starling
Frederick County
Harrisonburg
Conference of Rural Supervisors
Madison College
Miss Starling
Beale Says GOP Faction Won't Carry Fight to Philadelphia
Cyrus W. Beale, chosen delegate by a faction led by Aubrey Hawkins, said his group in the third district will not carry the fight to the national convention in Philadelphia. The remarks were made in Richmond as the delegation prepared for next week’s event.
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Richmond
Cyrus W. Beale
Philadelphia
Aubrey Hawkins
Laundry firm taps swing records to speed the day
Rub A Tub Tub in Omaha reports a practical use for swing records. The company has 300 phonograph records of toe tapping variety played while workers toil. An employee says it pops you up and the day goes faster.
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Omaha
Neb
Mer J. L. Thurmond
Sng
Epilepsy and Swinburne’s Quiet Life
Swinburne suffered from persistent epilepsy, a condition that, with his deafness, kept him largely retired from public life. The text names Algeron Charles, noting the impact of his ailment on his productivity and social presence.
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A. Algeron Charles. Swinburne
Fightin' What’s the Use and a Toast to the Fighter
The piece echoes resilience with a jail bard style urging perseverance through tough times. It blends lines about planning for tomorrow, gathering wreckage, and fighting through hardship while weighing luck’s fickle moods. Carrier pigeons are noted as daytime travelers.
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Rae
Colorful Jail Bard Sentenced to Year in State Pen
Robert K. Hewitt, 29, a New Orleans native known as a colorful jail bard, awaits transfer to the state penitentiary for robbery. He spent time in county jail writing poetry and reflecting on his life, hoping for newspaper work after release.
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Robert K
Bob” Hewitt
State Penitentiary
Lee Diner
Hewitt
New Orleans
The
Star
Ays
Louisiana
Boanding Main
Virginia
Hollywood
California
Georgia
Moon River
Joh
O. Henry
Richmond
Fruit Reports Discontinued On Account Of War
A war related halt suspends the weekly fruit quota for British markets. The U S office of relations of agriculture reports only written updates from the London fruit office and publishes them in Fruit Flashes when available. Cable quotations from London will continue as conditions permit.
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Office of Relations of the
T of Agriculture At
Wash
Office of the Fruit At
London
Treasury Receipts and Debts Update
Treasury figures show June receipts of 55.63 million against expenditures of 32.41 million. Gross debt stands at 42.923 billion, rising by 19.81 million from the prior day.
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Washington
the Treasury
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