Public Works Officials Push Virginia Jobs Drive
Leaders from the Federal Public Works Administration and Virginia boards met with Governor Pollard to mobilize projects costing millions. They urged communities to boost employment, defend the 30 hour week and 13.50 weekly minimum, and emphasize useful work over misused funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Public Works Administration
Pollard
Virginia
Maj
Philip Flemming
Public Works Administration
George L. Ratcliffe
Jay W. Johns
Virginia Advisory Board
Morton L. Wallerstein
State Planning Board
Douglas 8. Freeman
John Garland Pollard
Ratcliffe
Public Works
Another Man Prophesies Hard Winter Ahead
Valley farmers foresee a harsh season based on signs in nature and large fall crops. D. Hinton Rolston cites heavy nut and feed crops and thick corn husks as indicators. He notes several mild past winters were followed by small nut crops, contrasting with current abundant harvests.
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D. Hinton Rolston
Hampden- Sydney College
Shenandoah Valley
Cuckoo Game Among Afghan Posts Described by Collier's
Soldiers in remote Afghanistan outposts play a game called kukushka where they shout cuckoo at a blindfolded man who fires a loaded revolver toward them. The aim appears to be to endure the danger as long as possible and survive the game.
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Afghanistan
Collier’s
Rotary Emblem Carved From Fort Loudoun Wood Sent to Middlesbrough
A Rotary emblem carved from Fort Loudoun timber, said to be connected to George Washington and built in 1755, was presented to the Middlesbrough Rotary Club in England. Counselor Alfred Edwards carried the emblem on a U S visit, delivering it to the local club as a symbol of international friendship.
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Rotary
Fort Loudoun
English Rotary Club
Alfred Edwards
Middlesbrough
Eng
Washington
Edwards
Winchester Rotarians
United Today
Rotary Club
John F. Rodman, Jr
Robert Mascall
T. Stake
Middlesbrough Club
Yorkshire
England
Iron and Steel
Atlantic
Alfred
Club
Northern Echo
George Washington
Winchester
Virginia
Middlesbrough Rotary Club
Winchester Rotary Club
C. Vernon Eddy
Winchester and
Frederick County
Coun. Edwards
R. Mascall
Wallace warns inflation not a cure for agriculture
Secretary Henry A. Wallace warns that inflation is not a universal remedy for strained agricultural conditions and must not hinder production controls. The note appears as a response to southern cotton planters led by Senator Elmer Thomas urging Roosevelt to use inflationary powers.
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Henry A. Wallace
Sena
Tor Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Wallace
Frank A. Theis
George E. Booth
The
Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Chicago
From the Famous Shenandoah Valley Slogan Call
A reader urges wide newspaper notice of a resolution to brand valley shipments with the slogan From the Famous Shenandoah Valley Va to boost local fruit grain and dairy products. The message seeks cooperation from fourteen papers to promote the valley’s fame in world markets.
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the Star
Shenandoah Valley
Free Lance
Strasburg
Charles Town
Martinsburg
Lexington
Zed H. Copp
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Natural Bridge
Washington
Oregon
California
Magazine Picks in September Library Reading Room
Competent reviewers name the best September magazine articles. Highlights include What's Behind the Recovery Laws by A A Berle Jr in Scribner's, Criminal Law In Action by John B Waite in Atlantic Monthly, What Hitler Wants by Leon Trotsky in Harper's, Autarchy by Stuart Chase in Scribner's, and The Wall Street Water Pump by John T Flynn in Harper's.
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A. A. Berle, Jr
Scribner’s
John B. Waite
Atlantic Monthly
Hitler
Leon Trotsky
Harper's
John T. Flynn
Family Tomb Reveals Zoser Step Pyramid Burials
Archaeologists find the step-pyramid of Pharaoh Zoser around 2680 BCE to be a family tomb containing additional burials. The discovery suggests a broader burial complex associated with the early dynasty ruler.
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Zoser
Virginia Outlines Plan to Cope With Transients
At a Washington conference of welfare officials from across Virginia a plan to cooperate with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was tentatively approved. The approach favors using local and private agencies in good standing, with YMCAs Travelers' Aid and Salvation Army among those enlisted to house feed and provide recreation as social work teams organize case work for transient men women children and families.
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Virginia
Federal Relef Administration
Washington
William A Smith
States Emergency Relief Administration
Smith
Travelers’ Aid
Salvation Hoes
Death of Simmons under coroner inquest in Annapolis
In Annapolis Maryland an inquest jury is summoned to investigate the death of John C. Simmons sales manager for an Annapolis automobile agency. He died Wednesday night in a car crash near Spa road when hurled from the vehicle striking a telephone pole. Navy officer Victor L. Stokes was injured and had purchased the car from Simmons during a demonstration prior to the crash. The inquest will be held when Stokes can testify.
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Annapolis Md
John C. Simmons
Annapolis
Simmons
Winchester
Ford
Chevrolet
Mississippi
Spa Road
Victor L. Stokes
United States Navy
Naval Academy
Sim
Stokes
Jungle fires drive big cats across water to island
Reports say jungle fires in Singapore district of India force tigers and panthers to swim eight miles across the Strait of Johore to a distant island. In a different note, the largest spider is the bird spider with a two inch body and up to seven inch leg span found in Brazil, known to catch small birds.
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Singapore
India
Strait of
Johore
Brazil
Wide Spread Cancer Report Across Animal Kingdom
The text notes extensive cancer in cattle horses dogs cats birds fish mollusks and reptiles. It adds a claim that Earth acts as a magnet drawing electrified particles from outside to its poles.
Man Must Be Busy Says Uncle Eben On Idleness
A humorous remark from Uncle Eben asserts that lack of work leads to trouble. The article also notes Hawaii Island planted 10,000 redwood trees in the past decade with a 07.9 percent survival rate.
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Uncle Eben
Hawaii
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NRA
Mibgen Museu
Montezuma
Montezluma
Mexico
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Solomon
Israel
Jordan
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Temple
Alvin E. Bell
Alfred J. Buescher
Deborah
Barak
Gideon
Jephtha
Samson
Samuel
Saul
David
God
Zed. H. Copp
Tr Talent Lewis
Bureau of the Federal Administration
Jean Muir
Jean
Ivan
U.S
Goodyear
Buncutter
Braddock
Peiping
China
Chi'l
Yen
Nanching
Yenshing
Khanbalig
Kair
Cord
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