Drive To Be Launched Tomorrow For Middletown League
H Dennis Hoover announces a membership drive for the Middletown Community League set to begin tomorrow. Two committees will run the campaign with a goal of at least 100 new members. Middletown teachers and sixth graders will present programs and a monthly gift will go to the class with the largest attendance at league meetings.
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H. Dennis Hoover
Middletown High School
Middletown Community League
Hoover
Middletown
Charles Shiley
C. G. Wilkins
Christine Wright
Alice Carper
Helen Hottle
Sadie Long
Raskob Daughter Weds Banker in Delaware Church
Miss Josephine J. Raskob daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Raskob married Charles A. Robinson at Our Mother Sorrows Church in Avondale Delaware. Bishop Edmund J Fitzmaurice performed the ceremony. Attendant was sister Margaret L Raskob. The couple plans to live at Avondale after a wedding trip.
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Josephine
J. Raskob
John Job
Charles A. Robinson
Avondale
Edmund J. Fitzmaurice
Wilmington
Our Mother Sorrows Catholic Church
Democratic National Committee
Margaret L. Raskob
Chncepion
Eatate
Ion
Obituary: Mrs Ann Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dies at 102
Funeral services held for Mrs Ann Elizabeth Kirkpatrick of Lexington Virginia who died at her home aged 102. a Middletown native she celebrated her 100th anniversary with praise from local officials and President Roosevelt. surviving daughters Mrs Robert Gillock and Mrs John Champ.
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Ann Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Lexington
Middletown
Virginia
The
Star
Rockbridge County
Roosevelt
John
Mary Eline Senseney
James Kirkpatrick
Eliza Leary
Robert Gillock
John Champ
the Klines
Frederick County
James I. Wise
Annie Henretty
Rose Hottel
Florence Wilkinson
Kirkpatrick
PTA Leaders Convene at Virginia Conference in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS Oct. 20 A Virginia Co Operative Education Association convention opens with Dr. Thomas W. Gosling addressing over 700 delegates from PTA groups across the state. The program includes group conferences on leisure time human relations and growth through PTA work. Guests tour Mariners Museum and attend tea at James River Country Club. Principal speakers include Dr. William T. Sanger Dr. William H. Stauffer and Joseph E Healy.
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Newport News
Thomas W. Gosling
Washington
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Virginia Co-Operative Education Association
PTA
Mariners’ Museum
Warwick County Pta Federation
James River Country Club
William T. Sanger
Medical College of Virginia
William H. Stauffer
Age Wins Indeser Patterson Case In Court
A court dropped the charge of malicious trespass against a 105 year old man after he protested he was too weak to throw a rock 40 feet. Judge John L. McNelis questioned him as the neighbor testified about stones at a window.
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Indeser
Patterson
John L. McNelis
Plane Workers Warned Not To Talk About It
Buffalo, Oct 20 Curtiss Aero plane Division workers were told to avoid discussing their job with outsiders. The notice in Shop Slants said employees must refuse comment and comply with the espionage act.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Curtiss Aeroplane Division
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
United States Army
Navy
Curtiss Company
Camp Girl Seeks Texas Ranger Badge and Six Shooter
A 22-year-old Portland woman who worked in a logging camp until union objections wrote Police Director Homer Garrison Jr. seeking a Texas ranger badge. She signed as E Frances McDonald and cited her late father’s wish for her to become a policewoman.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Ranger
E. Frances McDonald
Portland
Ore
Homer Garrison, Jr
Fir Mountain
Profits In War Trade Uncertain
Washington observers warn that a large war trade may not yield lasting prosperity for American manufacturers. Secretaries urge against stockpiling while big shipbuilders recall World War expansion and layoffs. Aviation firms seek costed plant upgrades with later orders priced lower. A new industry offers steadier demand for trained workers.
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Washington
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Three Rinkers Are Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
FRONT ROYAL Virginia judge Philip Williams sentenced Carson Lloyd and Harry Rinker to 15 years each in the state penitentiary for second degree murder in the slaying of Charles H. Steele. They have been in jail since June 25 and receive credit for time already served.
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Front Royal
Philip Williams
Carson
Lloyd
Harry Rinker
Charles H. Steele
Submarine sighting reported off Daytona Beach pier
George Messer an employee of the ocean pier said he spied a submarine several miles at sea off the Daytona Beach pier today using binoculars. He observed the tower and hull outline as it submerged and disappeared. Clarence V. Haden and John F. Good fishing nearby corroborated his sighting.
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Daytona Beach
Fila
George Messer
Ocean Pier
Clarence V. Haden
John F. Good
Messer
Germans Reach Paris Front After Week of Victories
A dispatch from October 20, 1914 reports German forces pressing toward Paris after a week of rapid advance. Allied defenses, casualties, and shifting positions are noted as the war widens along the Western Front.
Corn Grown At Lee Birthplace Ready For Mill
Corn grown on Stratford farm was ground today in a restored 200 year old grist mill at Stratford Hall birthplace of Robert E. Lee. The Metcalfs of Rhode Island restored the mill and started the rebuilt apparatus yesterday at dedicatory exercises ending the Robert E. Lee Foundation annual council meeting. James E. Bell of General Mills supervised the installation and presented the restored building. Dr. George Vincent, former president of the Rockefeller Foundation, was the principal speaker.
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Montross
Stratford Farm
Stratford Hall
Robert E. Lee
Jesse Metcalf
Rhode Is
Metcalf
Robert E. Lee Foundation
James E. Bell
General Mills, Inc
Thomas Lee
George Vincent
Rockefeller Foundation
Warning On Plant Bootleggers Target Virginians
State entomologist G. T. French warned Virginians to buy only certificated garden stock from inspected sources. He noted many plant bootleggers operate now, and uninspected plants risk pests and inferior stock for purchasers.
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G. T. French
State Bureau of Plant Industry
Borah to Speak on Neutrality on NBC Radio Sunday
Senator William E. Borah is scheduled for a half hour broadcast at 10 30 Sunday night via WEAF NBC discussing neutrality. This follows his September 4 appearance before Congress and notes Elmira Star Gazette’s MBS Chain expansion to a new Elmira station.
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New York
William E. Borah
Weaf-Nbc
Congress
MBS
Weng
Elmira
N. Y
The
Elmira Star-Gazette
WEAF
NBC
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Navy
Notre Dame
WABC
CBS
WJZ
Alabama
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Northwestern
A.m
Kaltenemyer
WABS
National Grange
Renfrew of the Mounted
MBS Chain
Breeders Futurity
Lexington
Pennsylvania to Execute Three Then Five More in Week
Harrisburg reports announce Pennsylvania will carry out multiple executions at Rockview State Penitentiary starting Monday with three inmates, followed by four more over the next two Mondays. The new executioner remains anonymous until the chamber. pay starts at 1000 dollars, with 400 for triple and 300 for doubles. The Pardons Board denies clemency for seven condemned, leaving Governor James to act.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rockview State Penitentiary
Robert G. Elliott
Elliott
New York
Slaughter House
State
Arthur H. James
Spy Activities Are Investigated After Radio Theft
San Diego authorities probe idle espionage activity following the theft of a radio receiver and several batteries from a confidential radio equipment compartment at the Navy radio compass station near Imperial Beach. A padlock was forced in the break-in.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Imperial Beach
Naval Intelligence
Penny Car Purchase For Waterloo Family
The George Smith family saved pennies for six months to buy a car. Yesterday Smith made a down payment of 5 700 pennies weighing 42 pounds, carried in a fishing tackle box, and the dealer accepted the amount totaling 57 dollars.
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Waterloo
George Smith
Smith
Golden Leghorn Cross Aims to Boost Egg Profits
Federal researchers at Beltsville Md are developing a sexed golden Leghorn strain from Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns to improve female hatch rates. The color difference makes female chicks darker than males. The line, shown at the World Poultry Congress, targets egg production weight and body mass though no eggs or stock are available yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Plymouth Rock Not On Market
Thomas T. Johnston of Rockport Mass offered a million to move Plymouth Rock to Rockport as a nest egg for a productive awakening of Americans. The Plymouth selectmen replied that the rock is not for sale and could not confirm his seriousness.
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Plymouth
Mass
Thomas T. Johnston
Rockport
Plymouth Rock
Johnston
Plants from China Brought to Our Country
Among plants now growing here that originated in China are oranges, soybeans, tung oil trees, sorgho, camphor trees, calabash, prose millet, and chrysanthemums.
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China
Recreation spending by states totals 6.8 million dollars
A Census Bureau report shows that the 48 states of the Union expended 6,815,000 dollars for recreation. The figures indicate the scale of state funded or state supported recreation spending across the nation.
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Bureau of the Census
States of the Union
Rainfall Averages From 1913 To 1938
The report shows present and past rainfall in inches, with October to date at 1.92 and year to date 39.39. Average monthly precipitation for 1913 to 1938 lists values for each month, ending with December at 2.40. The 26 year average annual rainfall is 35.09 inches, courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
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Marvel
W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Parent-Teacher State Association
Loudoun
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Cork St
Miller's Drug Store
Amherst
West Water
Morningside Drive
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S. Main
Capon River
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Care Star
Louis Baker
N. Braddock
C. H. Harbaugh
Hayfield
Boston Bull
E. Hart Street
South Cameron
Jesse van Camp
Palace Hotel
Shenandoah Ave
Cail
Virginia Apple Storage
American Cooperage Co
Baltimore
General Housekeeping
Las Pgs
C. E
M. M
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City Department of Public Welfare
Rouss City Hall
Bell Clothes
W. B. Ragsdale
Associated Press
SILCO
Lee Birthplace
Herbert Hoover
Thomas Stewart
Europe
Rue
Lucille Manners
Geo. Jessel
R. L. Davison
Col. Stoopnagle
Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
Swichman
Parlett Funeral Home
Gainesboro Road
John W. Rosenberger
Philco
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