Beetle Traps Placed in Winchester To Detect Japanese Beetle
The U S Department of Agriculture with state and local officials will place 400 green and white metal traps in Winchester to determine if Japanese beetle is present. Traps target residential areas for about thirty days and inspectors under Harry E. Will will visit them.
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United States
Eut of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomiology and Plant Quarantine
Winchester
Harry E. Will
I. Pred Stine
Hollis
Shrine Invasion Opens Baltimore Convention Week
Shrine officials begin a week of festivities in Baltimore with water sports and a regatta by the Maryland Yacht Club. The U S Cruiser Vincennes and three destroyers will bombard Fort McHenry as part of pageantry marking the launch of the Shriner convention. Thousands of shriners and families have arrived ahead of the event.
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Baltimore
U. S
Vincennes
Ft. McHenry
Maryland Yacht Club
Atlantic Seaboard
Man Hopes to Adopt Baby Found on Grocery Doorstep
Ernest Berry a milk wagon driver asks permission to adopt the newborn girl found on a grocery doorstep. He says the baby would join his wife and six other children in their Chicago home.
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Chicago
Ernest Berry
Berry
Ae Berry
Richardson Promoted to Command of Battle Force
SAN PEDRO Calif June 24 Rear Admiral James Richardson advanced to command of the United States fleet battle force in the first rank of admiral. He succeeds Admiral E C Kalbfus who moves to presidency of the Naval War College at Newport Rhode Island to resume a former assignment from 1934 to 1936.
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San Pedro
Calif
James
Richardson
United States Fleet
E. C. Kalbfus
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
New Mauretania Reaches New York on Maiden Voyage
The 34,000 ton Mauretania arrives in New York Harbor on its maiden voyage from Liverpool, after six days 18 hours 15 minutes at sea. The ship sails under stars and stripes and a union jack at her masthead, greeted by ships whistles and circling aircraft.
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New York
New York Harbor
England
Liverpool
TWA
Madrid Citizens Pay More Taxes on Luxuries
Madrid residents began paying a 20 percent tax on luxury purchases including confectionery perfumes and barber shop items to support Franco era soldiers families. The levy follows earlier taxes on alcohol in cafes bars and restaurants. The article notes the move as part of wartime fiscal measures under Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
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Madrid
Madrilenos
Francisco Franco
Franco
Fire engine roars to aid topless jalopy blaze
Robert Arri ghini, 19, praised San Francisco firemen after leaving his open car, the engine started on fire, prompting a swift response from 11 fire apparatus arriving at the scene.
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Sudden
San Francisco
Robert Arrighini
Danville Democrats Endorse Carter and Vaden at Convention
John W. Carter of Danville and State Senator Robert C. Vaden of Pittsylvania County are pictured shaking hands after the Danville Democratic convention where both were endorsed.
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John W. Carter
Danville
Robert C. Vaden
Pittsylvania County
Wenatchee Publisher Visits Winchester on Apple Trade Tour
Rufus Woods publisher of the Wenatchee Washington Daily World and his daughter Kathryn visited Winchester on the way home from the New York world’s fair. Miss Woods was a princess in the Queen Wenatchee apple blossom festival court. Woods noted Wenatchee ships about 15 000 carloads of apples annually.
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Winchester
Rufus Woods
Wenatchee Washington
Mayor McIntire Posts Salary Fight Ad For Work
Centerville mayor T. J. McIntire complains of low pay after city council trims his annual salary from 1200 to 360 dollars. He advertises seeking livelihood and hours from 9 a.m. to 10 40 a.m. as retaliation.
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Centerville
T. J. McIntire
Co Education Banned in Slovakia prompting marriage urged
BRATISLAVA June 24 The Slovak government banned co education in high schools and urged wives over careers. Women enrollment at Brat islava University will be discouraged. From September only a small number of primary graduates may study nursing social service or allied fields in three special institutions under Nazi protection.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Bishop Shaw to Preach at Spring Rally Service
Bishop A. P. Shaw of the New Orleans Area will preach at John Mann M E Church Sunday June 25 at 8 15 p m for the annual Spring rally. A special service is set for 11 a m with 3 p m speakers including Rev Wm McDowell of the C M E Church. Epworth League Hour closes the day at 7 15 p m with area leaders asked to report at 8 o'clock.
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A. P. Shaw
New Orleans
John Mann M. E
Wm. McDowell
C. M. E. Church
Epworth
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