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Lden
Rd and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Rs City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Dewey Aims for New York Governor Step to National Spotlight
Norfolk editor notes Thomas E. Dewey is the Republican front runner in New York for governor. His rising publicity hinges on a successful November victory and Albany tenure. If elected he could become a national figure shaping the 1940 Republican nomination, though early administration steps and Lehman’s potential bid complicate the path.
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Norfolk
Thomas E. Dewey
Republicaans
New York
United States
Albany
Lehman
Evelt
Smith
Dewey
New York City
Black Book of Prague Delinquent Tailors Sparks Lively Debate
A Prague novelty book listing 8,670 delinquent customers inspires bemused talk about copying the idea in the United States. The piece frames the possible social and political consequences of widespread creditor lists, touching on self determination and governance.
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Covington Virginian
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Go To Church Month Promoted By Ministerial Association
The Litary Ministerial Association designates October as church going month to unite the community in a religious observance. Ministers will deliver sermons and music will highlight the value of worship as citizens are reminded of their duties and the need for regular church attendance.
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Page News and Courier
Litary Ministerial Association
October Sundays Urged For Community Spiritual Drive
The Ministerial Association asks all citizens to set aside Sundays in October for a special day of advancing God’s work. public response will determine success of the effort and its impact on the community’s morale and daily life.
Carolina divided over prohibition in Orange county vote
The Charlotte News notes North Carolina remains split on liquor control. In Orange county the dry vote prevailed despite the state’s learning center backing prohibition two to one, reflecting regional and social divides shaping the liquor debate.
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Charlotte News
North Carolina
Orange
Courtesy and the value of sincere service in business
The Charlottesville Progress editor quotes readers on courtesy from a utility company survey. They argue genuine kindness costs nothing and boosts business, while forced politeness feels hollow and ineffective, and service with a smile should be authentic rather than contrived.
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Clifton Forge
Charlottesville
Petition Seeks Bond Vote For Municipal Swimming Pool
A 265 signer petition requests an election vote during the regular polls on issuing bonds to finance a municipal swimming pool. R A Wall, vocational agriculture instructor in Frederick County, is reelected president of the County Teachers Association.
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R. A. Wall
Frederick County
County Teachers Association
Virginia Votes To Repeal Prohibition Nationwide
Five years ago Virginia approved repeal of the 18th Amendment by a two to one vote at the polls. In the World Series the New York Giants scored six runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Washington Senators 6 to 1 in game two. Mrs. Harry Stotler hosted a dinner on Fairmont Avenue in honor of Mr. Stotler and Mrs. Leslie Russell was elected president of the Golden Rule circle of the Clarke County chapter of King's Daughters.
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Virginia
New York Giants
Washington Senators
Harry Stotler
Fairmont Avenue
Stotler
Leslie Russell
Clarke County
King’s Daughters
OFDR
McIntrye
McIntyre
Early
Smith
FDR
Wallace
Fort Worth
White House
Agriculture Department
Farley
Berry
Tennessee
Lewis
Maryland
Tydings
McAdoo
Maritime Commission
Dollar Line Board
New York
C & O Directors
John O’connor
Rules Committee
Columbia River
Federal Power Commission
TVA
Morgan
Central States
Ohio
Arthur chosen to direct Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
J Victor Arthur is named director of the 1929 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Sprint and Petley Inc begins shipping 40 carloads of apples to South America. Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion, marries Polly Lauder in Rome. Col Lindbergh endorses Herbert Hoover in a public statement.
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J. Victor Arthur
Sprint and Petley, Inc
South America
Gene Tunney
Polly Lauder
Boston
Rome
Italy
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Herbert Hoover
Wilson signs tariff revision bill to operate first since 1894
Twenty five years ago the Frederick County ers Association notes President Wilson signing the Underwood Simmons bill, putting into operation the first Democratic tariff revision since 1894. Reports record clashes among officers of the Virginia Daughters of the Confederacy in Richmond. William Lee Fogle of Rest and Hattie B. Wilson of Round Hill marry at the First Baptist Church.
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Ers Association
Frederick County
Wilson
Underwood-Simmons
Virginia Daughters of the Confederac Organization
Richmond
William Lee Fogle
Rest
Hattie B. Wilson
Round Hill
First Baptist Church
Shenandoah Valley Fair Sponsors Sixteen Races
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Association sponsors sixteen races tomorrow. Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans debate carrying the U S flag at parades and public functions. American engineers depart for China to build a Hankow to Canton railroad for wealthy U S and British interests. Frank Wissler and son John buy 25 000 fruit trees for their Kenandoah county farms.
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Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Association
Turner Ashby Camp
U. S
China
Hankow
Canton
Frank Wissler
John
Kenandoah County
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader inquiries service lists questions and brief answers on topics from gram mar to geography. Entries cover Lespedeza acreage, New England college enrollments, Francis Hopkins, caftans, United Automobile Workers membership, calculus, bob wire, Smoky Mountains visitors, Carl Akeley, top selling novels, Thomas G. Corcoran, egg and toast calories, mural painters, Morrow soil plots, Pendleton Round-Up, and U.S. homicide rates.
Two Worlds Easy Maud McCurdy Welch
Noel Shayne refuses to yield as Nick Garwood a top racketeer orders her silence in a locked room. He hints at a rescue plan tied to a midnight escape while doubt shadows Noel about his true motives and fate hangs on a fragile trust.
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Maud McCurdy Welch
Noel
United States
Nick
Noel Shayne
Ick
Ruth Chester
Garwood
Shayne
Nog
Roosevelts 1940 path debated by Congressmen cohort
Washington October 3 Congressmen returning from the primary wars discuss the 1940 Democratic nomination. Henry Wallace is named as possible candidate but unlikely to win the convention which may favor a center man like Missouri Senator Bennett Champ Clark. Analysts doubt a third term unless coalition figures align.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Bailey
North Carolina
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Hopkins
Ickes
Norris
la Follettes
White House
Clark
George
Georgia
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