Blue Ridge Parkway bids eyed as delays shrink
Governor Price outlined plans to speed Parkway work inviting federal and state officials to a conference. Virginia officials report March 13 set for a citizen meeting with National Park Service and Bureau of Public Roads. Bids for section 1 C 1 are due April 6 while title abstracts for section 1 D-1 move toward approval.
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Roanoke
Price
Blue Ridge Parkway
Washington
H. G. Shirley
Richmond
National Park Service
Bureau of Public Roads
Shirley
Powell Glass
Lynchburg
A. Willis Robertson
Glass
Roanoke Retail Merchants Association
Humpback Mountain
Love Post Office
Virginia
The
Park Service
Robertson
D-Va
Tye River Gap
Department
Towles's Airgead Sills Scratched From Grand National
London March 9 Sir Francis Towles announced that Airgead Sills was scratched from the Grand National Steeplechase to be run March 24 at Aintree. The horse, once a favorite, injured a leg a week ago.
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London
Francis Towles
Airgead Sills
Aintree
Ghost Town Riders at Hables Palace Friday Only
Bob Baker stars in Ghost Town Riders at Hable's Palace Theatre Friday with thrills and excitement. Also showing Dick Tracy Returns Charlie Chaplin in New Janitor and vaudeville acts on the screen for family entertainment.
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Hable’s Palace
Bob Baker
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Dick Tracy
Charlie Chaplin
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
An advert promoting PAS TEETH denture powder to secure upper and lower plates for comfort. It claims no gummy taste, alkaline non acid formula, and denture odor reduction with no souring. Available at drug stores as FASTEETH.
Gordon Orchard and Farm For Sale
The Handley Board of Trustees offers at public auction the 33 acre 1 rood 8 poles Gordon Orchard and Farm in Frederick County Virginia about one mile west of Stephens City on the Marlboro Road. Sale is Saturday March 11 1939 at 10 AM in front of the County Court House Winchester VA. One fourth cash with balance via bonds bearing interest five percent semi annually secured by trust deed and fire insurance. For details contact Les H Harper Esq.
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Winchester
Handley Board of Trustees
E. A. Gordon
Frederick County
Stephens City
Marlboro Road
Handley Board OF Asteel TR 6
Les H. Harper
Een
Use Of Proper Materials In Dormant Sprays For Orchards
Blacksburg Virginia March 9. Dr W S Hough of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station says proper material and method in dormant sprays are essential for apple trees to control rosy aphids San Jose and cherry scales. He notes costly yet crucial sprays before growth starts and outlines effective materials including petroleum oils lime sulfur nicotine sulfate and dinitro compounds with specific ratios for best control.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
W. S. Hough
Vir Agricultural Experiment Ginia
Hough
Winchester
San Jose
Portable television transmitter showcased in New York demonstrations
Engineers from Pailco Laboratories Philadelphia demonstrated a portable television transmitter weighing 450 pounds in a five by two and a half foot cabinet. NBC planned a musical interlude between signoff and Papal Coronation ceremonies with Dutch Hungarian Polish Swiss and London programs followed by a slate of talks and music across WNBC WEAF WJZ and other stations.
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New York
Palm Beach
Miami
Fla
Pailco Laboratories
Philadelphia
Vatican
NBC
Netherlands
Hungary
Poland
Switzerland
London
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported March 7
The Treasury reports receipts totaling 11.01 million dollars and expenditures of 23.02 million, yielding a net balance of 3.289 billion with a working balance of 2.637 billion.
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Washington
The
Treasury
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Eastman Symphony
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