Dry weather degrades Virginia crops across the state
The Weather Bureau and Crop Reporting services report long dry spell through September 13. Temperatures ranged from 37 to 98 degrees with minimal rainfall in most areas. Burley tobacco and late potatoes improve while peanut crops and pastures decline. apple sizes shrink but harvest advances amid labor shortages and ample feed supplies.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Extension Division
Virginia
Tidewater
Middle Virginia
Great Valley
Tidewater Virginia
Dale Enterprise
Wytheville
Bedford
Farmville
Louisa
Parachute Troops Stun with Swift Louisiana Jump
In Lake Charles Louisiana on September 17 American parachutists from the 127th battalion jumped into a cotton patch behind enemy lines. Led by First Lieut G W West the 119 enlisted men and eight officers secured a bridge and attacked a trunk highway while cutting lines and seizing signals units alongside Second and Third Army maneuvers in a massive wartime training exercise.
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Lake Charles
United States
Second Army
Louisiana
G. W
Portland
Ore
Europe
Low Countries
Crete
502Nd Parachute Battalion
Fort Benning
Second
Red River
Gen Anderson On Inspection Trip Across Virginia
Richmond Sept 4 General James A. Anderson State Highway Commissioner leads a tour through Charlottesville and Lexington toward the West Virginia line as preparations continue for about 15 million dollars in road allocations to be announced in October. He is joined by Chief Engineer C S Muller and Construction Engineer T F Loughborough.
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Richmond
James A. Anderson
Virginia
Charlottesville
Lexington
West Virginia Line
C. S. Muller
T. F. Loughborough
Food Rackets In London On Verge Of Prosecution
London officials announce major wartime food racket cases may be brought to court today. Scotland Yard and the food ministry uncover evidence of black market operations involving hundreds of tons of rationed foods and shadow firms with forged turnover figures.
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London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Food Ministry
London Evening Press
Persecution Charged By Candidate In Richmond
Mrs. Alice Burke a 32 year old brunette Communist candidate was arrested in Richmond on charges she called political persecution. She posted a $500 bond with Aubrey H Straus and Samuel Leibowitz to appear in police court on September 26. Burke had eight years earlier been convicted in Birmingham of a city ordinance violation with a 150 day jail term and $100 fine. Richmond Detective Captain O D Garton noted the Alabama appellate court upheld the Birmingham sentence in 1935.
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Richmond
Alice Burke
Aubrey H. Straus
Virginia Committee On Constitutional Rights
Samuel Leibowitz
Alabama Appellate Court
Virginia Beauty Enrolls in Waynesboro High School
Miss Jacquelyn McWin Miss Virginia from Waynesboro has enrolled as a senior at Waynesboro High School shifting from beauty pageants to classes. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred McWin. She will reign as Queen Rockingham II at the Harrisonburg Turkey Festival October 9-10.
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Waynesboro
Jacquelyn McWin
Virginia
Atlantic City
Waynesboro High School
Miss McWin
Alfred McWin
Rockingham II
Harrisonburg
War drill simulates 15,000 troops across Virginia terrain
At A. P. Hill base in Virginia a two week training exercise opens with a giant simulated war. Blue and Red forces maneuver 12,000 troops into attack positions along a fifty mile front while 104th squadron observers and patrol cars relay orders.
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A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Virginia
P. Hill Military Reservation
Garang
Fourth Circuit Revises Dam Project Ruling
The Fourth Circuit remanded the Southern West Virginia Bluestone Dam case after revising the district court denial of federal land acquisition. It orders immediate possession consideration and further proceedings while noting the project deserves timely presentation and full hearing. The decision questions whether authorization required selling power rights or relied on the engineer’s feasibility report.
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Richmond
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court For
West Virginia
United States
John J. Parker
Morris A. Roper
Armistead M. Dobie
Hinton
W. Va
Raymond T. Jackson
West Virginia Power Company
Norfolk and Western Railway
Appellees
West Virginia District Court
Congress
Army Engineers
Charles R. Denny, Jr
Department of Justice
Mexico City Elevation Cited At 7434 Feet
The Winchester Star informs readers that Mexico City lies about 7,434 feet above sea level, noting the altitude explains its year round springlike climate as stated by the Information Bureau for answering geographic questions.
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Mexico City
Poultrymen Battle Defense Airport Plan in Salisbury
In Salisbury Maryland residents clash with officials over a proposed national defense airport site. 144 taxpayers warn the airfield endangers the chicken business by moving flocks to shelters and risking suffocation. They urge defenses to proceed or farmers may build air raid shelters for poultry.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
National Defense
Salisbury Council Sends Address Check Recommendation
Salisbury council forwarded a suggestion to county commissioners to verify addresses. The brief memo outlines actionable steps and awaits county approval or revision.
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Salisbury
Afternoon News Lags With Global Time Zones
The STAR reports late in the evening with time references across cities noting 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin Rome and 11 P M in the Balkans as press time. The item frames the broadcast window for international updates and late edition status.
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STAR
London
Berlin
Rome
Balkans
Allowances To Be Made
The State Compensation Board will hold meetings in Richmond from October 28 to 30 to hear county commonwealths attorneys treasurers and commissioners of revenue who wish changes made in their salaries and allowances.
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Richmond
State Compensation Board
Commissioners of Revenue
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Bath
I. C. Wagner
Covington
Virginia Beauty
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Front Royal
Winchester
Riverton
Nea
Winchester Star Information Bureau
Ay Food
DOG
Prater
United Food
McCormick
McCormick’s
Blue Bird
Valley Pride
White House
Land-O-Lakes
Campbell’s Tomato
Turely
Kirk
Lee
Mas Lee
Staley
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United Food Stores
Palmoliy
Maryland
Washington
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Wilkins-Rogers Milling CO
Washington, D. C
Washington Poultry Feeds
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