Cooperative Change To Be Considered
Blacksburg Virginia November 1 1939 discussions on replacing the present state cooperative law with a proposed uniform agricultural cooperative associations act will highlight the Co op school at Richmond and Blacksburg November 28 through December 1 The program features John H East and Ralph N Ferrell leading the talks with focus on cooperative principles member relations financing and community roles.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Associations
Richmond
Gordon H. Ward
John H. East
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Ralph N. Ferrell
Ward
John R. Butcheson
George T. Hudson
Farm Credit Administration
Fred D. Mott
Farm Security Administration
F. B. Bomberger
Baltimore Bank For Cooperatives
A. W. McKay
Maryland pilots wholesale test of new pneumonia drug
Baltimore November 1 state health drive administers sulfapyridine to all physicians in Maryland. Drug cited for remarkable curative powers. Lab service provided by state. each case tracked by lab reports to assess efficacy.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Department of Health
No Tidings From Flying Brothers in Peru Flight
Lima reports no word on the Peruvian aviators Commander Humberto Gal lino and Captain Victor Gal lino who aimed to fly nonstop from New York to Lima. They were last seen over Miami at 10 58 p m Sunday after departing New York at 1 43 p m Their fuel supply of 1150 gallons could last up to 30 hours, a limit that had passed by 7 43 p m Monday.
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Lima
Peru
New York
Humberto Gal’Lino
Pruvian Navy
Victor Gal'Lino
Miami
Fla
Air-Murder Case Involving Flight Lesson Slaying
Police charge 27 year old Ernest Pletch with murdering Carl Bivens 38 a Brookfield Missouri flying instructor during a flight lesson over Cherry Box Missouri. Pletch was arrested after a forced landing near Bloomington Indiana.
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Carl Bivens
Brookfield
Ernest Pletch
Cherry Box
Pletch
Bloomington
Ind
Steel Production Boom Raises Debate Over Job Losses
Pittsburgh dispatch notes a rapid steel output rise that added about 75,000 workers and over 12 million dollars monthly to payrolls in three months. September payrolls reached 69.7 million with 502,000 workers. October could push output to 530,000 jobs, sparking labor concerns about automation and labor-saving mills.
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Pittsburgh
American Iron & Steel Institute
Steel Mills
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
U. S. Steel Corporation
No Trace Of Missing Boy In Staunton Pond
Staunton reports no trace yet of Billy Montgomery aged three and a half who vanished over a week ago. Searchers used a pump to drain the pond behind the Hayden Pendleton residence, removing two feet of water before a pump failed. Pumping resumed Sunday night and continued late into the next day as officials expect the pond to soon be dry.
Prayer Service At United Brethren Church
Regular Wednesday evening service starts at 7 30 with Rev L G Bridgers in charge. Congregation members and teachers of all departments are urged to attend this Sunday. Public is invited to attend.
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United Brethren Church
L. G. Bridgers
High School Slogan Contest Winners Named in Chicago
Slogancers Chicago winners William Maass Rita Ann Hopkins and Jane Webb produced safety slogans in a student contest. The top entries urge drivers not to rush and to follow signals with lines such as Dont be a kicker get a safety sticker and Watch the lights not the sights while emphasizing pause and obedience.
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Chicago
William Maass
Rita Ann Hopkins
Jane Webb
Called on the Carpet Exploration of a Beginnings History
An explainer notes the phrase called on the carpet and previews a feature in History of Beginnings. The item promises a readable discussion next Monday on the page edition.
$1 Wheat in Virginia Possible in 1940
Virginia agricultural economists foresee likely $1 wheat in 1940 with higher poultry and eggs prices and slightly tighter hog and cattle markets. They expect overall seasonal prices to rise above 1939 levels, with feed prices edging up and supplies not as excessive as the year before.
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Virginia
Virginia Agricultural Extension Division
Europe
Johns Hopkins student accused in alienation suit
Mrs. Gilda Lang files a $50,000 Common Pleas action in Baltimore alleging Miss Helen Sanderlin, a Johns Hopkins graduate student, enticed her husband away using devious means and wrongful arts. Lang is married to Dr Varley Howe Lang, an English instructor at the university.
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Baltimore
Helen Sanderlin
Johns Hopkins University
Common Pleas Court
Gilda Olivia Lang
Varley Howe Lang
Johns Hopkins
New York subway rescue ends in tense stand off
A girl identified as Ruth Smith, wearing a nightgown and coat, fought to escape rescuers at a New York subway station as authorities halted a train just feet away from a possible suicide attempt.
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New York
Ruth Smith
October Good Farmer Month shines with record 1939 income
CHICAGO Nov 1 October farm income topped 8.0 billion dollars with strong crop and livestock prices. War in Europe boosted commodity values raising farmer purchasing power to near 1937 levels. September cash receipts jumped to 847 million, surpassing 1937 by 26 million and last year by 102 million.
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Chicago
Thousands of roadside signs counted on Washington Boulevard
Washington Automobile Club researchers counted 5054 signs along the Washington Balti more boulevard estimating an average of 150 signs per mile. They categorized 246 billboards 698 business identifiers and various others noting signs advertise hot dogs and tourist cabins.
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Washington
Washington-Baltimore
Washington Automobile Club
Cutters Race To Aid British Freighter Coulmore
Two US Coast Guard cutters Bibb and Campbell sprinted across Atlantic waters to reach the 3670 ton British freighter Coulmore after her radio went silent while reporting a submarine attack southeast of Boston. Coulmore, built in 1936 and operated by Dornach Shipping, was described as traveling between North America Cuba and Europe with call letters G Y X C.
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Boston
United States Coast Guard
Atlantic
Coulmore
Bibb
Campbell
Camperdown
N. S
Hingham
Mass
Standard
Frederick R. Kellogg
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Fla
Kellogg
Dornach Shipping Company, Limited
North America
Baltimore
Boston Coast Guard
Dies Witness William C. McCuistion Testifies in Washington
Seaman William C. McCuistion, self confessed Communist, testified before the Dies committee in Washington then hurriedly left, two steps ahead of detectives. He is sought for questioning in connection with a New Orleans killing linked to a union controversy.
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William C. McCuistion
Dies Committee
Washington
New Orleans
Clarke Negro Gets 4 Months for Assault in Berryville
Fenton Allen a 55 year old Berryville resident was convicted of assaulting Flynn Thornton a Jamestown colored man. Trial Justice Loring C. Kackley sentenced Allen to four months in jail plus 16.50 in fines and costs. He was freed on a 500 peace bond until the November circuit term. The incident followed a dispute in Blackburn Moore's orchard last week.
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Berryville
Fenton Allen
Flynn Thornton
Jamestown
Loring C. Kackley
Allen
R. W. Buckner Yeserday
Thornton
Blackburn Moore
Civil Rights Are Restored for Front Royal Mayor Forsyth
Governor Price restored the citizenship and official rights of Front Royal mayor J Frank Forsyth after a $1200 federal sentence for conspiring to obstruct justice. The action followed questions about whether the conviction voided his citizenship and allowed him to continue in office.
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Governor Price
Forsyth
Front Royal
Richmond
Price
J. Frank Forsyth
Federal District Court
Harrisonburg
Aubrey G. Weaver
Weaver
Steady Job Better Pay Burglar Seeks Penitentiary Wage
Minneapolis man Marvin O, 22, asked the judge to sentence him to the state penitentiary where inmates earn 50 cents a day rather than the state jail where six cents is paid. The judge gave him up to five years in the pen.
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Minneapolis
Marvin O
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