4-H Club Farm And Home Fair Highlights Saturday
The 4-H Farm and Home Fair takes place Saturday October 22 with exhibits for girls and boys across hobbies crops poultry canned fruit table settings and best entries in farm and home classes. Awards include cash prizes for best entries and a clothing exhibit with a special class open to neighboring clubs. Committees led by L H Ey and others organize gardening crops poultry apples and canning with a post fair benefit at Gainesboro school on October 14 to fund the event.
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Mt. View
Gore
Gainesboro
Bryarly
L. H.ey
E. O. Carpenter
M. J. Pease
Ray Gather
An Em Frances
Adams
Mary Whitacre
Miss Almadorff
Orville Willey, Jr
Wil R. Berryhill
Ashley Brumback
Ed Markerning
C. H. Harbaugh
Ott Snappontest
Lyda Cooper
Brumback
Othine
Jean Johnson
Lindaey
Hilda Whitacre
RP. Lereee
D. A
A. Wall
J. E. Cowles
C. C. Rhodes
Louise Stickley
Men Who Fled Carolina Prison Are Rearrested
Goodwin 19 and Bill Wilson 21 escaped Lexington jail last Monday with help from the jailer’s daughter Lula Belle Kimel 22 who aided the breakout. Wilson surrendered later at Hickory Police Station after being wounded by a pistol shot. Goodwin received hospital care for birdshot wounds before being jailed. Kimel was sentenced to sixty days for aiding the escape. the trio face murder charges in connection with Donald Moss’s death near High Point.
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Lexington
Win
Wilson
Donald Moss
Hight
Theyes
Youth in Romney Held on Car Theft Charge
A youth who gave the name Robert L Staples of Louisville Kentucky is jailed in Hampshire County on a federal auto theft charge. He confessed stealing a new sport cabriolet from Main Street last Friday night belonging to E F Dia. The car was recovered in Winchester the same evening. The boy, on probation for a prior theft in Louisville, stole tags from two other cars in Gore Virginia and placed them on the Staub car. He is held for federal authorities after pleading guilty.
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Romney
W. Va
Robert L. Staples
Louisville
Hampshire County
E. F. Dia
Cookman
Cumberland
Winchester
Hawkins
Gore
Staub
Squire Johnson
Flying Boat Heads for Africa in Record Attempt
The Mercury flying boat, a British seaplane that crossed the Atlantic in an experiment two months earlier, took off from Dundee headed to Cape Town seeking a new world long-distance record. Captain Donald Bennett commanded the flight challenging the 6296 mile non stop mark set July 13 1937 by Gromoff and two Soviet aviators from Moscow to California via the north pole.
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Dundee
Scotland
Mercury
Atlantic
Donald Bennett
Capetown
South Africa
Mikhail Gromoff
Moscow
California
North Pole
Clarke Youths Earn Prizes at Virginia State Fair
Clarke County 4-H members won 148 in cash prizes at the Virginia State Fair in Richmond. Graham Dougherty, Anne Fishpaw, and others placed in junior beef Angus and Short horn events, with multiple top ten finishes including second in fat hogs and third in fat lamb. Livestock traveled to Baltimore for the Baltimore Livestock Show.
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Berryville
Clarkeity 4-H Club
Richmond
Baltimore
Graham Dougherty
Anne Duvall
Dougherty
Anne Fishpaw
David Childs
Joe Denny
John and
Cecil Wolfe
Nidchilds
Lucille Fenio
Allen
Philip Cochran
Wolfe Brothers
Hereford
Wolfe
Clarke County
Dalton Carpenter
Fishpaw
Denny
Miss Fishpaw
Bankers Plan Large Meeting in Woodstock A M E
The annual banquet starts at 1 30 p m at the Christian Church with Judge Philip Williams Shenandoah trial justice delivering the after dinner speech T E Sebril presiding over the business session Rev Jonathan Edwards opens with prayer and C C Boyer delivers the welcome address Group Three officers include Sebrill Cox and Anderson with a slate of advisory and local arranging committees named for Staunton Quantico Woodstock Standardsville and Marshall.
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The
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Philip Williams
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
T. E. Sebril
Clarendon
Jonathan Edwards
Presbyterian Church
C. C. Boyer
T. E. Sebrill
E. W. Cox
Monterey
P. W. Anderson
Marshall
Frank S. Driver
Staunton
H. Ewing Wall
Quantico
E. W. Newman
R.C. Powell
Standardsville
J. H. Wamsley, Jr
Dizzy Dean Hopes Cubs Rally At Wrigley In World Series
Oct 6 report from Wrigley Field details Dizzy Dean leading the Cubs in a desperate bid against the Yankees with 40,000 fans watching. Lefty Gomez starts for New York as the Cubs shift positions and Hartnett urges a comeback in game two of the World Series.
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Lefty) Gomez
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Cubs
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Joe Marty
Carl Reynolds
Dean
Joe McCarthy
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Gehrig
French
Jack Russell
Hartnett
Dickey
Jurgess
Marty
Selkirk
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Arem
Hack
Gordon
Reynolds
Henrich
Collins
Rolfe
Jurge
Diz
Gabby Hartnett
Gang
Yankee Stadium
Monte Pearson
Clay Bryant
Lee
Red
Gabby Hartnetta
Cavarretta
Demaree
Rolls
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Sears
N. L
Hubbard
Moran
N.L
New York Yankees
Wrigley Field
Cana
Vernon Gomez
Yanees
Ritter Rites Held Friday for W. M. Ritter at 73
Last rites for W. M. Ritter, 73, who died Wednesday October 5, will be conducted Friday at 11 am from Jones Funeral Home. Rev. Herman McKay of Market Street M E Church will officiate with interment at Stephens Cemetery. Surviving relatives include nieces and nephews Mrs. Bender Martinsburg Mrs. Gracey Charles Town H W Ritter Berryville and Hugh and William Keller Martinsburg W Va.
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Jones
Herman McKay
Market Street
M. E. Church
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Ritter
Bender
Martinsburg
Gracey
Charles Town
H. W. Ritter
Berryville
Hugh and William Keller
W. Va
Democracy State Of Mind Opens UVA 115th Session
Sir Willmot Lewis of the London Times spoke at the University of Virginia convocation, defining democracy as a state of mind that honors others regardless of status and urging accountability for power. President Newcomb noted UVA enrollment at 2,812, likely surpassing 2,900 to set a record.
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Charlott
Sir Willmot Lewis
Washington
London Times
Sesson
University of Virginia
Sir Willmot
John Lloyd Newcomb
Man Found In Bed Slain In Powhatan County Home
Joe Ritchie a Powhatan county man who once operated a filling station was shot dead in his bed at his home near Macon six miles west of Powhatan. Sheriff F W Simpson said Ritchie left at 8 am and returned about 11 am to find him dead. The killer fired a shotgun blast at close range and took the slain man's clothes. Authorities considered robbery as a possible motive though no sum was confirmed.
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Crosetti
Reynolds
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Henrich
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Joe Ritchie
Powhatan County
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Here
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F. W. Simpson
Simpson
Commonwealth
R. R. Jones
Virginia Beach Treasurer Clerk Election Upheld
Judge O L Shackleford upheld W Russell Hatchett as treasurer and clerk of Virginia Beach in Princess Anne circuit court after two days of evidence. J E Woodhouse Jr, defeated for reelection, challenged the result alleging irregularities and illegal voting.
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Norfolk
W. Russell Hatchett
Virginia Beach
O. L. Shackleford
B. D. White
Princess Anne County
J. E. Woodhouse, Jr
Woodhouse
Treasury Position From Day To Day
Washington October 6 The Treasury position for October 4 shows receipts 15 125 954 01 expenditures 25 729 424 32 net balance 2 944 367 05328 including 2 341 217 64709 working balance customs receipts for the month 3 532 595 72 receipts for the fiscal year since July 1 1 561 430 48041 expenditures 2 332 563 91700 including 771 133 43659 gross debt 38 427 019 56913 an increase of 651 63464 above the previous day gold assets 13 801 861 78360
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Governor Price Announces 316593 Grant For Virginia Highway Office
Governor Price said Public Works Administration approval was received for a 316 593 grant to Virginia for a four story highway office building on East Broad Street near Memorial Hospital. Highway Commissioner Shirley said total cost would exceed 500 000 and work would start immediately with completion expected by next July.
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Janes H Price
Public Works Administration
Henry G Shirley
Memorial Hospital
East Broad Street
Highway Department
Shirley
Norris Announces Last Term in Nebraska Farewell
McCook Nebraska October 6 Senator George W Norris veteran Nebraska independent and friend of the New Deal will close his long political career with his present term He told a small audience in his hometown last night I am serving my last term I am making my last fight.
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Neb
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Typhoon sweeps Philippine archipelago toward China sea
A fierce typhoon roared from La Union Province toward the China Sea, killing three people and causing extensive property damage across the Philippines as it traversed the archipelago from Manlia toward the northwest of Manila.
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Philippine Archipelago
China Sea
la Union
Manila
Roanoke Employees Lodge Charges With NLRB
Striking workers accuse Johnson Carper Furniture Co of refusing to negotiate a new contract to replace the expired agreement from June. They filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Roanoke
National Labor Relations Board
Johnson-Carper Furniture Company
Music Class Convened for Frederick County Teachers
An extension music class organized for Frederick County public school teachers held its first meeting in the courthouse teachers room. Future sessions will be at Handley High School music room every Wednesday at 4. Instructor is Gwendolyn Haynes. Registered participants include Betha Cooper Lydia Barton Florence Allen Martha Funk Ethel Cooper Lucille Jackson Ridgeley Jackson and many others. The course aims to address daily classroom instructional challenges.
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Frederick County
Handley High School
Gwendolyn Haynes
Handley
Misses Betha Cooper
Lydia Barton
Florence Allen
Martha Funk
Ethel Cooper
Lucille Jackson
Krouse
Bess Nicholas
Charlotte DeHart
Mary Virginia Stickley
Nellie Evans
Bessie Thornton
Norma Sue Judy
Rebecca Adams
Frances Orndorff
Josephine Hinkle
Ethel
Slonaker
Virginia Horner
Ella Guthridge
Thelma Fletcher
Marjorie Nelson
Clara FP
Shook
Margaret Kern
Sara Clowser
Eula Affieck
Dora Brill
Ridgeley Jackson
Spain Vows No Partition and Defends Czechoslovakia
Spain will resist any partition and fight until Czechoslovakia is free from foreign invasion. Foreign Minister Julio Alvarez Del Vayo, in a prepared international broadcast, warned Europe against capitulation and the threat to small nations and democracies.
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Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Alvarez del Vayo
Europe
Coal Hopper Derails at Winchester Station Collision
A coal hopper jumped the tracks at the Winchester station on Piccadilly and Kent streets yesterday around 3 PM while being shunted. The derailed car ran 20 feet, damaged a telephone pole but no one was hurt, and the car was re-railed after several hours as crowds gathered.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Piccadilly and
Kent Street
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