Randolph Macon fund drive reaches milestone in Virginia
Dr. Aubrey Hughes reported to the Baltimore Annual Conference that $155,000 of a $200,000 goal was raised toward Randolph Macon College. The effort aims to restore professor salaries, clear debt, and fund a building in memory of Dr. R. E. Blackwell. The Baltimore Conference contributed $21,000 with Washington district leading.
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Randolph Macon
Harrisonburg
Aubrey Hughes
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Randolph-Macon
R. E. Blackwell
Frost Hits West Frederick County
Temperatures in western Frederick County dropped near freezing with heavy frost reported. Frosts have occurred several days earlier than usual and may worsen apple losses as further killing frosts are anticipated in coming days.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Contests proposed by This Old Lady for Winchester
The text proposes several light innuendo laden contests for Winchester residents. Ideas include removing dangerous sidewalks with a blind mans buff prelude, silencing noisy automobile horns, a radio static contest for electrically powered devices, and a courtesy contest for drivers on the roads.
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Tor
Winchester
Series of Gains Claimed By Japs
Shanghai reports Japanese forces reached a railway route toward Hankow and seized several points along the Yangtze corridor. Cavalry secured Liuling and Liu ling while four Japanese columns pressed near Chu Teh’s forces. weather and floods hampered the drive as Japan aimed to sever the line to the Chinese military capital.
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Shanghai
China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Kichun
Eighth Army
Chu Teh
Napoleon
Liuling
Anhwei
Henan
Yellow River
Chengchow
Changchow
Peipin
Vanderbilt And Wife Battle Illness During New York Visit
Vanderbilt and his wife Manuela Hodson fell ill with colds while completing arrangements in New York for the admiral. The couple, recently married, were confined to bed at their Worthington Valley home after a poor Seabiscuit race and had not visited since their wedding.
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New York
Pimlico
Manuela Hodson
Worthington Valley
Adams and Oak Grove Aces play at Oak Grove venue
Marshall Adams and his Oak Grove Colored Aces perform at Oak Grove each Wednesday and Saturday. Seafoods venue charges 25 cents for a couple with ladies free and a stag 50 cents. Reservations can be made by calling 17 F 2.
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Marshall Adams
Oak Grove
Large Fall Bulbs Advertisement in Inchester Seed Co.
Advertisement for extra large fall bulbs including tulips jonquils crocus and narcissus from Inchester Seed Co listing sizes 10 12 14 and 1p 6t with price 106 18.
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Inchester Seed CO
Labor Leader Attacks Labor Board At AFL Convention
Joseph A. Padway, AFL general counsel, assailed the National Labor Relations Board denouncing its decisions as adverse to craft unions. He charged member Edwin S. Smith favored industrial unions and noted opposition to Wakefield Smith's reappointment. The AFL remains committed to Wagner act principles of self organization and collective bargaining.
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Houston
Tex
Joseph A. Padway
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
A. F
Padway
Edwins. Smith
Roosevelt
Donald Wakefield Smith
Resolutions Committee
Executive Council
A. F. of L
Cubs Beat Yankees In World Series Build Up At New York
The Chicago Cubs finally defeated the New York Yankees as both teams arrived for the World Series. The Cubs face a 2-0 deficit in the series, while the Yankees, confident after yesterday’s win, prepare for Game with Hartnett to deploy Clay Bryant and McCarthy to counter with Monte Pearson.
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New York
Chicago Cubs
New York Yankees
Chicago
Yankee Stadium
Bronx Bombers
Cub
Pennsylvania Station
Gabby Hartnett
Yankee
Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Hartnett
McCarthy
Clay Bryant
Monte Pearson
Stock Market Fights Back From Profit Taking
The New York stock market steadied after profit taking with rails aircrafts and specialties lifting early gains. U S Steel and Bethlehem led a broad advance while bonds held, and the Associated Press index rose to 64 8 as domestic business improved.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Roosevelt outlines steps to tighten spy offenses at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt discloses plans to coordinate military and naval intelligence with the FBI to combat foreign espionage. He notes no current spike in spy activity but warns of past ten years and stresses government responsibility to protect the nation. He says he will travel to stay a week, with luncheon featuring the Duchess of Atholl.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
AD Rocce
Military
Naval
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
Duchess of Atholl
Last of Bandit Trio Executed in Kansas City Union Station Massacre
The trio including Richetti and Floyd were identified as the killers in the Union Station mass murder aimed at freeing Frank Nash. Richetti reportedly spoke seven words before execution by gas chamber, the sentence ending four minutes after gas release. Mil ler, a former South Dakota sheriff turned gangster, completed the trio.
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Kansas City Union Station
Floyd
Richetti
Verne Miller
South Dakota
Union Station
Frank Nash
Leavenworth
Kas
Kansas City
Feder Okla
William J. Grooms
Frank E. Hermanson
Nash
Treasury Position From Day To Day
Treasury daily balance shows receipts of 10.53 million and expenditures of 27.47 million. Net balance stands at 2.92 billion with a working balance of 2.32 billion. Customs receipts for the month total 4.03 million, and year to date receipts reach 1.57 billion against 2.36 billion in expenditures. Debt rises to 38.43 billion with gold assets of 13.81 billion. Washington report dated October 7.
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Washington
Treasury Oc
Star seeks Sept 12 1938 issue for 25 cent copy
The Star offers 25 cents for a clean copy of its September 12 1938 issue. Payment upon receipt. Title and condition noted as good.
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Star
Draperies and Slip Coverings by Moling and Cather
Local catalog notes Draperies and slip coverings offered with style and value by Moling and Cather. The terse line suggests a home decor trade listing or advertisement for fabric and furnishings.
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Moling & Cather
Gum Chewing Seen Wide Spread in U S Industry
Washington report says average American chews about 100 sticks of gum annually. Commerce Department study highlights scale of chewing gum industry with last year’s sales around $100,000.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Germany Frees 150 Czech Hostages Amid Exchange
Berlin reports Germany released 150 Czechoslovak hostages held since the pre Munich days. The move accompanies Prague’s discharge of political prisoners not under sentence. About 2,000 customs officials and frontier guards remain in German custody awaiting Prague releases.
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Berlin
Germany
Munich
Frontier Guards
Money to Refid at 5 Percent Involved
A court document lists Herbert S. Larrick as attorney in a case involving funds at a 5 percent rate. Details reference a docket line with attorney designation and filing notation.
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Herbert S. Larrick
Atty
Emphasis Shifts to New Domestic Markets for Farm Surplus
Washington October 7 Officials said the Agriculture Department will stress finding new domestic markets for surplus farm products after a Wallace ordered reorganization. The changes effective October 16 consolidate marketing activities and research into a single bureau, with new industrial use development and centralized planning. H R Tolley, formerly head of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, will lead the bureau.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Ag Db
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
H. R. Tolley
Indiana
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Hitlers Face Scratched By Rose Bouquet Thorns
Adolf Hitler was slightly injured when a Sudetenlander threw a bouquet at him during a tour of the fourth occupation zone. He ordered Nazi leaders to seize all flowers from spectators and warned against flower gifts. Goering accompanied Hitler on the visit to northern central Czechoslovakia as troops completed occupation.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Sudetenlander
Fuehrer
Sudetenland
Puehrer
Czechoslovakia
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prague Rejects Budapest Demand
Czechoslovakia rejects Hungary demand for pre negotiation troop occupation in border areas. Prague notes Hungary’s ultimatum push to reinstate disputed districts and seeks a joint commission to study minority claims amid ongoing tensions over territorial revision.
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Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Prague
Assisting Refugees Front and Center in London Talks
President Roosevelt sent a message to Prime Minister Chamberlain urging aid for political refugees. The note, delivered via the American embassy in London, clarified it did not address Czechoslovak refugees. An international commission aiding German and Austrian refugees meets in London as discussions continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
Great Britain
London
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Unusual bargain on four 32x6 10 ply ground grip tires
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores offers a sale of four 32x6 tires in excellent condition for the balance of a customer's account. The short notice advertisement notes the bargain as unusual and directs readers to the store for purchase details.
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Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
Mr. Chamberlain Takes a Vacation
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain leaving for a Scotland vacation to ponder Nazi diplomacy and Britain’s next moves. MPs backed his settlement with Germany, while 25 days remain before November 1 to study colonial demands, Italian Spain intervention, Danubian realignment, Czechoslovak adjustments, and armament needs.
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London
Chamberlain
Scotland
Chamber
Adolf
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
Italy Restricts Jewish Activity
Rome reports that Italy’s Fascist Grand Council issued orders to curb Jewish life in the name of defending the Italian race. Measures ban intermarriage with Italians and restrict Jewish economic activity while aiming to affect Africans and Semitic peoples. the policy cites race conscious ness and empire expansion, with limited concessions to Jews amid Mussolini leadership.
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Rome
Italy
Grand Council
Empire
Musso
Body Of A Man Found On Track
The body of a man identified by papers as Edward Denton, 58, of the Veterans Home in Napa County California, was found on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway tracks in Hyattsville Maryland. Police said he appeared struck by a passenger train after alighting from a freight.
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Hyattsville
Edward Denton
Veterans’ Home
Nepa County
Calif
Baltimore and Ohio
Autonomy Push In Slovakia Prompts Political Talks
Premier General Jan Syrovy and Joseph Tiso led Slovak leaders in speeded changes toward an autonomous Slovak unit within Czechoslovakia. Discussions covered ministerial appointments, equality among Czechs Slovaks and Ruthenians, and timing for Parliament to elect a Benes successor amid unsettled frontiers.
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Prague
Jan Syrovy
Voiees
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Tiso
Czechoslovakia
Aegre Ee
Joseph
Iine
Slovale
Zilana
Edouard Benes
Fess
Hodgson Rites Set For Saturday
Last rites for James B. Hodgson who died Tuesday at his daughter’s home near White Post Clarke county will be held Saturday at 2 PM from Mount Hebron Chapel Rev Herman McKay of Market Street M E Church will officiate His body will lie in state at Enders Funeral Home until 1 PM tomorrow afternoon James Hodgson was widely known in this section.
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James B. Hodgson
Copenhaver
White Post
Clarke County
Mount Hebron
Herman McKay
Market Street M. E. Church
Dyson
Enders
Rouss Fire Co Announces October Meeting
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co holds its regular monthly meeting on Friday evening October 8 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend. President M D Weaver presiding.
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Charlie Rouss Fire Co
Sarah Zane Fire Co
George G. Snarre
Fire Go Wanted For Light Tan Curly Female Dog
Classified notice seeks a one year old light tan curly female dog named Sarah Zane for immediate sale. Includes contact two numbers and a public sale reference with an automobile goods section and a date Sat Oct 8. Auction location listed as 2 W James St under Mrs. Smith.
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W. James St
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