Curtis' Death Follows West Virginia Accident
Curtis, Springfield Missouri chief of detectives, died after injuries from a car crash a week earlier near Romney West Virginia. His wife Olive was hurt, and Curtis body was moved to his Springfield home as family members traveled with him on a Baltimore and Ohio train.
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Memorial Hospital
Scott Curtis
Springfield
Romney
W. Va
Olive Curtis
Curtis
Howard
Herman Curtis
Helen Norman
Baltimore and Ohio
Funeral for Curtisist in Martinsburg After Fatal Mountain Crash
The Curtis family mourns after the father Howard Curtis dies from injuries in a crash on Cooper mountain road Hampshire County. Mrs Curtis and children were injured. the accident involved a truck driven by J Howard Leigh of Leesburg. Funeral for Curtis will be in Springfield on Wednesday.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Curtis
Howard
Mr. Curtis
Richland
J. M. Curtis
Springfield
Masonic and Elks Lodges
Herbert Harmer
Mr. Harmer
Winchester
Hiram Lodge of Masons
Cooper Mountain Road
Hampshire County
J. Howard Leigh
Leesburg
Leigh
Billy F. Hottle
Memorial Hospital
Potatoes Grow Inside Potatoes at Clearbrook Home
In a Clearbrook home, last year’s potato crop sprouted unusually with potatoes growing inside potatoes. W. W. Frazier showed the odd find at The Star office, noting the curiosity it stirred in the local area.
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W. W. Frazier
Clearbrook
Program of Gore School Convention in Gore Va
The twenty eighth annual Convention of the Council of Religious Education for Gainesboro District met at Consolidator High School Gore Virginia on June twenty first. Morning sessions featured greetings by Miss Hilda Whitacre devotional by Rev. Obaugh and talks on Religious Education with musical interludes and committee appointments. Afternoon included temperance remarks and open discussion with reports and officer elections naming H L Mauzy as president and E Goldie McIlwee as vice president with next session planned for the same place.
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Julian Larrick
Goldie McKlwee
Wesley Chapel School
Mr. Obaugh
Minor Miller
Miller
Elsworth Orndorff
Chilton
Clay Rogers
Maury
Mr. Howard
Young People’s Chorus
Redland School
W. H. Cochran
John
S. J. Goode
Mr. Messick
Mauzy
Jehovah
Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment opens in Alexandria
The 17th annual state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary opens in Alexandria with Senator Josh Lee due to address the opening session. More than 1,200 delegates are expected to register from a total turnout around 5,000, including bugle corps competitions, cash prizes, and 18 trophies. Attorney Glenn W. Roebush of Harrisonburg is mentioned as a candidate for Department Senior Vice Commander with a local VFW delegation supporting him.
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Alexandria
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Glenn W. Roebush
Harrisonburg
Department
V. F. W. Post
American Legion
Hitler Declares Axis Is Lasting
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler declares Germany and Italy united to risk together for all time. In Munich he told 500 visiting Italian war veterans that the Axis will march toward the same goal and those who seek to tear bonds will fail against its determined resistance.
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Berlin
Germany
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Hitler
Oldest Women’s Colleges in U S History
Georgia Female College later Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia chartered 1836 and first degrees 1840. Rockford Female Seminary in Illinois chartered 1849 as first northern women’s college. Oberlin opened 1833 admitting women and men.
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A. American Universities and Colleges
United States
Georgia Female College
Wesleyan College
Macon
Georgia
Rockford Female Seminary
Rockford College
Illinois
Ohio
Oberlin College
Oberlin Collegiate Institute
Baltimore Surrenders To Shriners
Baltimore hosts the Shriners National Convention with 25,000 visitors on arrival and plans to accommodate up to 100,000 during a week of pageantry. Delegations from Medinah Temple Chicago and Betash Temple Concord lead colorful arrivals including cross-green goats and a white horse patrol. Fort McHenry reenactment draws about 50,000 spectators.
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John Grover
Baltimore
Shriners’ National
Mecca
Portland
Maine
Oregon
Bagdad-on the-Cheaspeake
Imperial Council
Boumi Temple
Abu Beker Temple
White Horse Patrol
Sioux City
Medinah Temple
Chicago
Betash Temple
Concord
N. J
Imperial Potentate
A. A
Maryland Yacht Club
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Earhart Note Branded Fake by Sister-in-Law
A note signed A Earhart found by Beverly police in a bottle in the Bass River was labeled an obvious fake by Muriel Morrissey sister of Amelia Earhart who disappeared two years earlier over the Pacific. Henry Morrissey said Miss Earhart would have written in longhand and not used blunt unpunctuated sentences. The printed note claimed the flyer was off Wake Island and asked that George Putnam be notified.
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Earhart
Boston
A. Earhart
Beverly
Bass River
Muriel Morrissey
Amelia Earhart
Pacific Ocean
Henry A. Morrissey
Miss Earhart
Wake Island
Coast Guard
George Putnam
Tornado Strikes at Stearns Race Track in Wichita
A night tornado in Wichita Kansas killed jockey Isadore Robideau, 48 of Beaver City Nebraska, injured 12 and caused heavy damage at Stearns race track. Seventy five horses were freed to disrupt traffic. at least eight horses died and one death occurred after a bus collision.
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Wichita
Kas
Stearns Race Track
Isadore Robideau
Beaver City
Neb
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Posts Higher Income in 1939 Spring
Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports five month net railway operating income of 5,844,338 dollars, up 4,711,355 from a year earlier. May net railway operating income is 876,626 dollars, rising 35,390 from May 1938.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dozen Virginia Youths Train to Judge Poultry
Dozen Virginia youths undergo intensive training to represent Virginia at the Seventh World Poultry Congress in Cleveland from July 28 to August 7. The 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America teams were chosen at statewide contests in Richmond and nearby rallies with coaches named. A New Farmers of America team from Hampton Institute is also being formed.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
Cleveland
Richmond
Farmers of America
Jack Mayer
Buddy Presgraves
Charles Rector
Loundoun County
William H. Cockerille
Robert Delano
Russel Sisson
Richmond County
Richard Farmer
Alleghany County
PF. F. A
Marion Switzer
North River
Calvin Bauserman
Massanutten
Alfred Clarke
Farnham
All Star Game Prep and Radio Lineups Ahead of July 11
New York radio networks announce announcers for the upcoming All Star game at Yankee Stadium on July 11. NBC lists Tom Manning Paul Douglas and Warren Brown. CBS signs France Laux Arch McDonald and Mel Allen. MBS taps Bob Elson Red Barber and Al Helfer. Programs Monday feature Al Pearce Margaret Speaks and more with senators Capper Downey and awards.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
NBC
Tom Manning
Paul Douglas
Warren Brown
CBS
France Laux
Arch McDonald
Mel Allen
MBS
Bob Elson
Red Barber
al Helfer
WEAF
al Pearce
Margaret Speaks
al Roth
Arthur Capper
Sheridan Downey
CBS East
WABC
Eddie Cantor
O’keefe
Kostalenetz
Howard
Shelton
Janet Gaynor
Mrs. Moonlight
Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Wjz-Nbc
Radio Forum
Carl A. Hatch
Hatch
Cleric Recovers His Fox Collar in Mississippi
In Magee Mississippi Reverend T W Bishop recalled a baby fox took his collar nine years ago. A recent fox captured nearby had the same collar around its neck confirming the tale and ending the minister's worry that the collar might choke the fox or other animals.
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Cleric
Magee
Miss
Edune
T. W. Bishop
Solar Heating Solves Danville Water Heating
City engineer C L Scott develops a solar hot water system on the Danville city farm roof. Two oblong tanks capture the sun to supply warm water for men in city shops at quitting time.
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Danville
C L. Scott
Rover Aboard the Gordon Greene Passes Rockport
Aboard the Gordon Greene the rover docks at Rockport Indiana a key shipment point for farm products Excursionists visit Lincoln National Park and Spencer County farms including Larrick Richard and Scamahorn The 96 degree Ohio River Valley day prompts reflections on harvest and crops with Indiana Illinois yields around 28 bushels per acre The piece notes social scenes widows widowers and a humorous Bachelors Table cartoon in the diner's table No 2 with verse lines attached
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N. K. Larrick
Gordon Greene
Ohio
Rockport
Ind
Lincoln National Park
Spencer County
Indiana
Larrick
Richard
Scamahorn
Ohio River Valley
Illinois
Virginia
Cupid
Germany resumes German Soviet trade talks with Schulenburg
Berlin reports Count Friedrich von Der Schulenburg travels to Moscow to finalize a German Soviet trade treaty. He spent 10 days in Berlin consulting industrialists and bankers on goods, credits, and delivery limits. Capacity constraints and a labor shortage hinder Germany's negotiating position.
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Berlin
Friedrich von der Schulenburg
Moscow
Germany
Russia
Hoover backs state run unemployment relief plan
Former President Herbert Hoover endorses having states administer unemployment relief. He telegraphed from Palo Alto to Senator Capper during a radio forum with Senator Schwellenbach. Hoover recalled organizing a national unemployment relief agency in 1930 while Capper criticized federal power over the issue.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Senator Capper
Schwellenbach
Hoover
Capper
Treasury Debt and Cash Balance Report June 23
Treasury status shows receipts 12.326 million dollars and outlays 26.635 million dollars for June 23. Gross debt stands at 40.374 billion dollars, up 1.392 million dollars from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Victim of Two Motor Accidents in Reading
John Riley age 35 of Lynn dies after being struck while crossing the main highway in North Reading. He is then killed when the first motorist, trying to deliver him to a hospital, collides with a third car.
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Reading
Mass
John Riley
Lynn
Riley
North Reading
Tractor at Crossing Loses Radiator After Train Passes
Henry Morgan of Cross Call Nebraska recalls his tractor stalling at a railroad crossing as the engine jammed gears. He did not jump, and after the train roared by he found the radiator missing from the tractor.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Henry Morgan
Morgan
Notice to creditors for estate of Mrs Emma N Samsell
Persons with claims against the estate of the late Mrs Emma N Samsell are asked to promptly present them to The Commercial & S A Bank, executor, 621-66.
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Emma N. Samsell
Commercial & SA Bank
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