Farm Outlook 1938 Mixed With Grain Surplus Fears
The piece outlines a grim farm outlook for 1938 with farm prices down about 30 percent while prices for goods farmers buy fell only 6 percent. It notes anticipated near record wheat acreage, a winter crop above 700 million bushels, and large carryovers in cotton. It warns of potential grasshopper invasion, rural resistance to government programs, and uncertain profits despite hoped price improvements later in the year. Virginia parks expansion is also described with photos and captions.
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United States
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Walace
Great Plains
Local Shooters Shine at Capitol Meet
Winchester Gun Club members led a Washington shoot with 25 competitors last Saturday. Parker Cook of Washington topped the 100 target event with 95, and the five club members combined to 685 of 710 in singles doubles and handicaps.
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Winchester Gun Club
Washington
D. C
Parker Cook
E. H. McDonald
E. E. Cuthbert
A.S. Seabright
A. 8. Seabright
Garden Club of Virginia Opens Annual Session in Williamsburg
The Garden Club of Virginia gathers for a two day meeting at the Williamsburg Inn. A morning business session precedes luncheon and a sightseeing tour of restored buildings. A formal dinner closes the day. Wednesday sees a second business session and lunch at the Cooke-Garrett House. Mrs. Daniels Sands of Middleburg presides. Mrs. H MacK Smith of Staunton is recording secretary.
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The
Garden Club of Virginia
Williamsburg Inn
Cooke-Garrett
H. Mack. Smith
Staunton
Ballston Plans Tribute for McQuinn Homegrown Browns star
Washington May 10 residents of Ballston Virginia honor a hometown boy who advanced to major leagues. McQuinn first baseman for the St. Louis Browns started his diamond career in Ballston high school and sandlot days. The Browns drafted him in the minor league draft last fall.
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Washington
Washington Park
Ballston
McQuinn
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Citizens Favoring Primping Pike
W J Clem of Augusta county on a seven county committee organizing beautification of Route II through the Valley said private citizens offered gifts of flowers and shrubs. A 21 three member committee from each county will meet at Staunton at 3 pm Priday with H J Neale state highways landscape engineer attending. The work will be carried out by garden clubs in various communities.
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Richmond
W. J. Clem
Augusta County
Staunton
H. J. Neale
State Department of Highways
Clem
James Price Proclaims Jamestown Day in Virginia
Governor James Price proclaimed May 18 as Jamestown Day to honor the 331st anniversary of Virginia’s first permanent English settlement. The event, sponsored by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, features speakers Rep. Dave E. Satterfield Governor Price and Bishop William A. Brown at 2:30 p.m. in the old church.
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James Price
Jamestown
America
Bishop Brown
Go Price
Virginia
Farmer Advocates Wage-Hour Bill in Macon
Eugene Talmadge former governor pleads for a wage hour measure as farmers push for state action in Macon. The report notes political backing and public interest in labor standards for agricultural workers.
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Macon
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge Urges Farm Labor Inclusion in Wage Hour Bill
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment Talmadge argued for extending the wage hour bill to farm labor. He claimed 75 percent of real work occurs on farms and warned that excluding farmers keeps the economy in recession. He asserted inclusion would end the recession in 30 days if Congress acts.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Talmadge
Auction sale of 206 horses mules and a circus stallion
Receivers in Equity Case 67110 of F Stewart Stranahan vs Col Tim McCoy and Associates Inc announce a public auction of 206 animals at Union Stock Yards Washington D C on Wednesday May 11 1938 at 11 AM with continued sale May 12 Cash or certified checks payable to the receivers Edmund M Toland and William H Collins.
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Tim McCoy
District Court of the United States
District of Columbia
F. Stewart Stranahan
Col
Tim McCoy and Associates, Inc
Union Stock Yards
Ee Oe Bridge
Washington, D
Bes Actioneers
Slain mother and children buried in Tampa tragedy
In Tampa, a mother and her two daughters Edith and Nina were buried after detectives say Paul Bunge killed them. Investigators plan to seek three first degree murder indictments from a grand jury, accusing Bunge of slaying his wife with a razor and chloroforming the children.
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Tampa
Fla
Paul Bunge
W. D. Bush
Amstot
Bunge
Edith
Nina
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