Life in New Army Camps From 1917 to Belvoir
Baukhage recalls the old army and compares it with Fort Belvoir’s modern engineer camp. He notes air conditioned barracks, ice cream, a Broadway hostess, and a reform-minded recreation approach while stressing that civilian life should not be cut off. He also discusses a pending regulation to enrich bread with vitamin B to support daily bread needs and mentions thiamin’s link to nerve calmness and courage.
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Fort Belvoir
Mount Vernon
Belvoir
Omar Khayyam
Engineer Corps
Post Exchange
Sam
Federal Security Administrator
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Agriculture
One-Man Mission Seeks Bond Between U S and Canada
Schuyler Baldwin Terry, a retired banker and historian, travels and writes to promote closer ties between the United States and Canada. He laments a drop in American visitors to Canada, arguing rumors about wartime conditions deter travel and cost Canada millions in lost earnings.
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America
Canada
Schuyler Baldwin Terry
University of Chicago
University of London
New England
Terry
United States
Ski Trooper Camouflage Fame and Rising Crime Rates
In Farm and Homilies Bankhage notes many youths join ski troops as summer nears. A ski trooper reportedly camouflaged so well during winter maneuvers that comrades searched in vain until snow thawed. Washington reports 1940 crime rates: major crimes every 21 seconds, robberies every 10 minutes, burglaries every 134 minutes, larcenies every 3 seconds, with higher minor crime totals.
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Federal Department of Justice
Washington
Town Baseball Team Defeats School Team in Tight 5–4 Victory
The town club, averaging 47, shows veteran grit as they topple the High School five to four. McDaniel allowed four hits but fielding miscues cost the youngsters, prompting a rematch next Thursday and a rallying call for a crowd.
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Veterrans
McDaniel
Isaac Dreizin
Spring Beauty and Joyful Days by Mary Rumph
A brief poetic snippet celebrates springtime beauty with blooming dogwood trees, singing birds, and green hills. The speaker notes wistful scenes and animals at play, expressing gratitude and wonder for spring’s charm and the warmth it brings to hearts.
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Mary Rumph
Frankie Party Invitation Omissions Stir Campus Rumor
On campus rumors swirl about who was invited to Frankie’s party and who was not. Tensions rise as Otis and Clyde chase Oscar across areas, sparking chatter among students.
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Robert Waler
Frankie
Clyde Aray
Oscar
Sidney
Helen J
Raiford and
Isaac
Josmie
Ruth Cooke
Margins and the unseen reserves in life and faith
The piece explains margins as reserved space in money time and space and extends the idea to spiritual margins. It argues a margin of safety in finance insurance time and personal security, urging daily reliance on God for guidance and preparedness. Elizabeth McCants notes discourage blaming others for poor choices.
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God
Nore
Wes
Language evolves as meanings drift across eras
A 1941 dictionary note explains how English words shift meanings over time from stink to scent, vile to wicked, and exotic to glamorous. It argues language growth reflects culture and usage, with examples including perverted senses of aggregate and liquidate and playful shifts in naughty and hussy.
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Mischa Auer
Willian
Demerits and Jokes Rule at B H S Says Teachers
A playful school column argues that staying at B H S without demerits is a deception and that jokes from Frances McGinty and the pipe down remarks by Mr. Riley keep study hall lively. It notes Reynolds students visit during hours and asserts girls are said to be positive and definite in behavior.
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Mr. Riley
Martha Jane
Reynolds
Frances McGinty
Clyde Afay
Oscar
Marshall
Sidney
Rattler
Butler School Journal
B. H.S
Herald
Sociology and Law Classes Attend Court
Sociology and Commercial Law Classes visited court on Thursday morning April 3 to observe the Bloodworth Vs. Brunson and Amelia Corporation damage case. The jury found in favor of the defendants after testimony about a ham mer accident causing a finger injury.
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Miss Branch
Mr. Dunn
Bloodworth
Brunson and
Amelia Corporation
Brunson
Col
Homer Beeland
Col. C. W. Foy
Gilbert Robinson
Through the Keyhole in School Memoir
Dear Friends recounts high school chatter about a Tarzan yell during class and library encounters with Donald. It notes Prof. Riley’s humor, demerit teasing, Romeo status of Harry Orrell, and feuds among Betty Gill and classmates in playful, personal jabs.
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Tarzan
Eva
Donald
Riley
Ike
Harry Orrell
Yehudi
Ann
Ruth
Betty Gill
Robert Louis Stevenson Inspires With Vivid Plots And Life
Clyde Afay Green praises Stevenson as exciting and dramatic author. He highlights lively characters, suspenseful plots, vivid foreign settings, rhythmic poetry, and Stevenson’s valiant struggle with illness that did not dim his creative mind.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Clyde Afay Green
The Story of Constellations and Greek Sky Tales
Ancient Greeks read the constellations as living pictures guiding daily life from farming to weather. Stories tied stars to gods and heroes such as Callisto, Arcas, Heracles, Ophiuchus, Perseus, Castor and Pollux, with the Great Dog and Sirius shaping beliefs like the dog days of summer.
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Greece
Callisto
Hera
Jeus
Arcas
Fores
Heaven
Heracles
Ophiuchus
Vegasus
Aldromeda
Perseus
Caston
Pallux
Heavenly Twins
Sirus
Fragments of a quirky mental note on spring fever
Anonymous muses on the brain’s endless thoughts and madness. He jokes about genius, gold tacks, and world war risks, claiming constant consciousness while wandering between Hawaii and Alaska.
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Hawaii
Alaska
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U. S
Baukhage
National Farm and Home Hour
WNU
H. Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
Reveille
Virginia
Bankhage
Butler
Georgia
Uncle Bud
Elizabeth McCants
Childs Service Station
Titler
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