Rural Virginia faces vast marginal class with low income
Virginia survey shows over 165 000 families mainly in rural areas live on less than 600 a year with home produced goods. The Roanoke conference to study coping strategies is organized by the Rural Sociology Division of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station with state planners the WPA and other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Roanoke
Virginia Agriculture Experiment Station
WPA
Julian A. Burruss
Douglass. Freeman
State Planning Board
LeRoy Hodges
Virginia Welfare Council
W. A. Smith
Sidney B. Hall
Public Instruction
William H. Stauffer
Public Welfare
Hugh R. Pomeroy
Virginia State Planning Board
Burruss
Rowland Egger
J. M. Ellison
Virginia Union University
Sweden Pressured by Nazi Threats Halts Baltic Trade
Sweden scrambles to keep sea commerce while preserving neutrality as Nazi pressure tightens on the Baltic. Officials study convoy routes with Britain taking over duties at Norway, and consider rail shipments to Gothenburg to dodge Baltic lanes. Admiralty bans open sea sailing, ships warned to stay coastal. Reports say Germany seized eight Swedish vessels and hindered a ninth within Swedish waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Norway
Great Britain
Gothenburg
Kattegat
North Sea
Admiralty
Germany
Mrs Randolph's Rites Tomorrow
Mrs Isabelle Harrison Randolph widow of Dr Robert Carter Randolph dies at Powhatan home near Millwood. Final rites at Christ Church Millwood tomorrow at 3 o clock with Rev R Nel son assisting. Interment in family lot at Old Chapel. Pallbearers named active and honorary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Harrison Randolph
Robert Carter Randolph
Powhatan
Millwood
Christ Church, Millwood
R. B. Nelson
Winchester
Old Chap
Henry Post Mitchell
John Woolfolk
Louis Meade, Sr
George Burwell
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Robert Smith
Benjamin Harrison
Henry Jenkins
Glen Burch
Cornelius van Deventer
Everett Meade
Joseph Moore
Charles Dearmont
Hunter of McGuire
George Smith
Walter Myers
Edward B. Jacobs
Clay Carr, Sr
Albert Bradford
Spencer Carter
Market Quotation Summary from Baltimore and Philadelphia
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia dated October 3 cover produce and poultry prices, live poultry, dressed poultry, eggs, and butter. Regional cattle, hogs, and sheep quotes from Baltimore, plus Chicago hogs and cattle trends, cash grain bids in Baltimore, and wheat and corn prices from Winchester Markets.
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Baltimore
U. S
New
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Northwestern
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agri
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Europe
Stock Market Fluctuations Mark Choppy Session In Oct Trade
New York October 3 stock exchange leaders pushed fractions up to around a point but retreated as the day wore on. Early enthusiasm faded with mixed prices by midafternoon. Traders weighed Chamberlain's peace stance and German reactions amid cautious activity and a steady pound at 4.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Futures and Cash Wheat and Other Grain Quotations
Chicago reports wheat prices fell nearly three cents as December slipped below 81 cents a bushel for the first time since September 2 amid stop loss orders and selling by a leading grain house. Corn and oats also moved lower with soybeans steady to higher on Oct 3.
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Chicago Cash
Chicago
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Oct
Europe
Theme Center designer of New York World's Fair
Henry Dreyfus designed the Theme Center and the architects were Harrison and Fouilhoux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Henry Dreyfus
Harrison and Fouilhoux
Argentina and United States discuss mutual trade pact
Secretary Hull outlined a proposed bilateral trade agreement with Argentina, framing it as a key step in the good neighbor policy. He noted the 1855 treaty is outdated and highlighted potential reciprocal concessions to boost Argentine imports while protecting American production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Argentina
United States
Canada
Digges Wins Parley Trip to Kansas City
Digges, a vocational agricultural student from Virginia, is named an outstanding candidate for the State Farmer Degree by the Virginia Supervisors of Vocational Education. He earns a trip to the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, funded by the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau. Four district winners, judged on FFA activities, supervised practice, leadership, and scholarship, will receive recognition and trips for their instructors. The Mt. Jackson Chapter and J. M. Skeen, Instructor, are noted among high-ranking district chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill Digges
Boyce
Virginia Supervisors of Vocational Education
National Convention of
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau
Mt. Jackson
J. M. Skeen
Northern Virginia
Drivers Uninjured In Clarke Wrecks
In Berryville Virginia two motorists escaped injuries after separate Sunday crashes. William Ridgeway of Round Hill skidded near Bell's hill and tipped into a McCormick farm fence while William Henry Paige of Berryville, driving later, hit a stone fence and wrecked his car but both men and a passenger escaped harm. Authorities filed no charges.
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Berryville
William Ridgeway
Round Hill
Bell’s Hill
McCormick Farm
Ridgeway
William Henry Paige
Here
Paige
Another Drunken Driving Charge
Berryville Virginia October 3 state trooper E P Sanders Saturday night on drunk driving charges will be heard by Trial Justice Loring C Kackley this Saturday Haines 55 year old Washingtonian was picked up on route
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
E. P. Sanders
Loring C. Kackley
Haines
Hoover Says Allies Won’t Be Starved by Sea Power
In an interview Mr Hoover argues Allied navies total about 2,500,000 tons vs Germany's 500,000. Russia's negligible navy. Italy around 600,000. He notes merchant losses are smaller than in WWI and asserts the Allies can hire more ships, while enemy sea power cannot starve them into submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hoover
Germany
Russia
Italy
England
Africa
India
Australia
Western Hemisphere
Drunk on Highway Charges In Clarke County Pickup
Hubert Stickles aged 45 of Bluemont and Wade Tinsman aged 70 from Clarke's mountain area were detained by Landers along with others and will face charges for being drunk on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Here
Hubert Stickles
Bluemont
Wade Tinsman
Clarke
Landers
Safety Stickers Issued For Traffic Campaign
Safety stickers are distributed to show car owners cooperation in a four month traffic safety campaign by the Winchester Junior Board of Trade. George Radford, chair of the safety observance committee, announced the requirement to place stickers in the rear window to comply with state regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coopera
Board of Trade Winchester
George Radf
Cpaign
Radford
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Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
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Reich
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