Clarke Woman's Club Urges Moore To Hold Heller Bill
Clarke County Woman's Club telegram to Delegate Blackburn Moore asks for Heller bill recommitment for further study. The club endorses educational appeals, discusses Chapel Fund contributions, and plans March meeting at Hawthorne Library with guest Matthew Page Andrews on modern history mysteries.
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Clarke Woman’s Club
Moore
A. F. Robertson
State Industrial Farm For Women
Goochland
Fred M. Alexander
Woman's Club
Clarke County
Hawthorne Library
Legion Community
Matthew Page Andrews
Baltimore
Boyce
Berryville
Rose MacDonald
William Chapin Huntington
Washington
Huntington
Francis Carpenter
Samuel C. Williams
Nancy Byrd Turner
Fourth District Club Institute
Congregational
Herndon
William G. Watt
Feed Prices Rise on Declining Supplies and High Wheat Costs
Prices for feed and high protein feeds improved this winter due to smaller farm and commercial corn stocks, high wheat prices, and active selling of 1939 corn. January 1 stocks totaled about 2.066 billion bushels, up from 1.872 billion in 1939, with October-December disappearance at 1.116 billion bushels. United States corn exports have fallen since the October peak, totaling just over 1 million bushels in November versus about 6 million in 1938.
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United States
Virginia Motor Vehicle accident reporting rule
Section 59 of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Code requires any driver involved in an accident resulting in injuries death or property damage of ten dollars or more to file a report within 24 hours with the Division of Motor Vehicles or with the local chief of police if the crash occurs in a city.
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Virginia
Division of
Murder Record Continues High In Virginia in 1939
Richmond reports 41 of 453 statewide murders in 1939 as FBI bulletin notes Virginia sixth highest per capita with 18.7. Only five states higher. Virginia agencies reporting incomplete data. totals include 34 839 larcenies 12 809 burglaries 5 111 assaults and 6 384 autos stolen. Richmond leads in assaults burglaries and larcenies. Norfolk tops auto thefts.
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Richmond
Virginia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Uniform
Caroline
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Viray
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Danville
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Newport News
Petersburg
College Adds Portuguese to Toledo Curriculum
University of Toledo will teach Portuguese to students seeking foreign trade and commerce with South America. The program targets future business links and cultural exchange, expanding language offerings for global markets.
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Toledo
University of Toledo
South America
Homeowners to face census quiz in new housing survey
The 16th decennial census will employ 120000 enumerators to gather data from about 35 million dwellings. A 31 question schedule covers structure type, equipment, ownership and home conditions to aid housing policy, financing, planning, and social research nationwide.
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United States
United States Bureau of Census
Pageant of Progress marks 1927 Apple Blossom Festival
The 1927 Apple Blossom Festival contracted John B Rogers Producing Company of Ohio to stage The Pageant of Progress about Virginia and Shenandoah Valley history, as a sequel to 1926. West Virginia contributed With Indian Trail to Tourist Highway featuring 1 000 schoolchildren.
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John B.rogers Producing Company
Ohio
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Westa
West Virginia
Senator Smith backs Hull for Democratic presidency
Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina endorsed Secretary Hull for the Democratic nomination saying Hull could heal party strife. He warned he might walk from the convention if Roosevelt runs for a third term. The remark follows reports Roosevelt favored Hull per a column by Ernest Lindley.
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Washington
Ellison D. “Cotton
Ed” Smith
D-Sc
Hull
Smith
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Ernest Lindley
Byrons
British Airman Allegedly Violates Danish Territory
Berlin reports the German high command charging that a British airman violated Danish territory on the night of March 5-6. The communique notes no special western front events while confirming German air recon against England and a British plane entering Danish airspace near Sylt Island.
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Berlin
England
Helgoland) Bight
Sylt Island
German Thrust Repelled at French Outpost East of Moselle
Paris reports another German patrol thrust at a French outpost east of the Moselle river near the Luxembourg border was repulsed. The land front remained calm with limited air activity aside from one German recon flight over eastern France.
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Paris
Moselle
Luxembourg
France
Gitz Rice Returns to Canada to Aid Legion Services
Ottawa reports Gitz Rice the composer of Mademoiselle from Armentieres and Dear Old Pal of Mine has returned to help the Canadian Legion War Services in their work with armed forces.
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Ottawa
Gitz Rice
Canada
Gitz
Poles Form New Government In Exile Across France
The Polish government fled chaotic war conditions and set a republic with a capital at Angers France led by President Rackiewicz. Marshall Sikorski directs a rebuilt army of about 50 000 in exile while embassies operate in Washington New York Chicago and Pittsburgh as Polish forces face German aggression.
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Romania
Ignace Moscicki
Switzerland
Edward Smigly Rydz
Poland
Burcharest
Josef Beck
Angers
France
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Wladyslaw Rackiewicz
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Smigly Rydz
Generalski
Rumania
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Clowe’s
Diamord
Noa
Emerson
Bulova
Winchester
Red Russia
By Lloyd Lerhbas
Army
U. S
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United Food Stores
Blue Bird
Sunshine Crackers
Me Oo
Caraja
Crosse & Blackwell
TNA
P&g
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Meens
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Brigg
Pillsbury’s
Hershey
Hershey’s
JRE
Hersheys
Savingsle United Food Stores
Bailey Brothers Brown's Meat Market
Cash & Carry Grocery
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Eagle’ 'S Meat Market
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