FDR And Congress Headed For Battle Mount Vernon Retold
Mount Vernon stands as a symbol of American ideals praised by George Washington. The piece notes wartime visits by troops and visitors, declining past attendance due to travel restrictions, and anniversaries marking the aging estate and its founders Augustine and Lawrence Washington.
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Horace Donald Crawford
Central Press
Arlington
George Washington
United America
Mount Vernon
Washington
Potomac River
General Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Broad Potomac
Lafayette
Augustine
Lawrence Washington
George
Anne Fairfax
West Indies
Edward Vernon
Lawrence
John A. Washington
Ladies Mount Vernon Association
Home Front Policy Issues To Reverberate In Campaign
U S President Roosevelt and Congress face a likely clash over home front policy as campaign issues. Debates focus on food price controls taxes voting rights for service personnel and postwar reconversion. A national ballot bill and service act proposals also stir partisan divisions amid a looming presidential campaign. Dr. Hodgson fills in for a sick actor in a Shakespeare production at Moline High School.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Administration
House
National Convent
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Lucas
George
D-Ga
Baruch
Executive Department
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Moline
Ill
William R. Hodgson
Toby Belch
Hodgson
Ration Roundup Details Stamp Validity and Fuel Coupons
Ration Roundup lists validity dates for brown stamps V W X Y Z and green K L M, sugar stamps 30 and 40 for five pounds, shoes stamps, airplane stamp, and gasoline coupons with regional and period limitations. Also notes fuel oil coupon periods three to five and that all coupons equal ten gallons per unit. The piece ends noting lobsters are overfished leading to artificial propagation.
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Far
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Thief Steals Watsons Car Then Returns It Nearby
Double insult as James A. Watson of Yonkers reports his car stolen in New York. While hitchhiking home after the loss, the first vehicle to pass him turns out to be his own car returned by the thief.
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New York
James A. Watson
Yonkers
N. Y
Watson
Creomulsion Promise and War Bond Appeal
An old medical advertorial warns that a three days cough risks chronic bronchitis if untreated and promotes Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that reaches the throat to loosen phlegm and ease inflamed bronchial membranes. It adds a money back guarantee if sleep is not restored and ends with a wartime bond appeal.
Rabaul Hit by Three More Heavy Allied Attacks
Allied headquarters report renewed air strikes on Rabaul and surrounding targets in the southwest Pacific. Attacks on February 18 damaged Vunakanau and Tobera air ports, destroyed revetments, and left 13 Japanese planes shot down. Additional actions targeted Timor Koepang, Admiral Islands, Hansa Bay, Bougainville, and Buka fuel dumps.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Rabaul
Vunakanau
Tobera
United States
Koepang
Timor Island
Dutch Indies
Admiral Islands
New Britain
New Guinea
Hansa Bay
Bougainville
Solomons
Man Delivers Oil Into Manhole. Homeowner Faces 200 Gallons
Parker Rutherford ordered 200 gallons of fuel oil for his new house. The delivery driver was told to pour it into a manhole and instead the oil ended up in Rutherford's cistern, leaving him with 200 gallons in storage.
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Cherokee
Parker Rutherford
Rutherford
Presidential Electoral Answer and Early Washington Facts
The questions review whether any president ever won all electoral votes, if George Washington traveled in Europe, and Nellie Custis relation to Washington. The provided answer notes one time in 1789 with full votes, Nellie Custis as his grand or step-daughter, and includes a sobriety motto words of wisdom.
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United States
George Washington
Europe
Nellie Custis
Etiquette Hints for War Wives on Evening Out
A guidance note advises that a war wife who goes out with an old family friend should not invite him into her apartment if the visit ends late at night. The caution reflects social norms aimed at safeguarding propriety and reputation during wartime.
Birthday guidance for today’s celebrant
The horoscope urges self confidence and optimism for the birthday person. It predicts possible happiness, good fortune, close friendships, and potential marriage or family growth, along with new interests. It notes generosity, imagination, cleverness, and a possible genius in a child born on this date.
Fertilizer Makers Short of Labor and Trucking Capacity
Do not wait until you need fertilizer or you may be too late to get it. Fertilizer manufacturers are short on labor and trucking facilities.
The Life of Saint Anthony of Padua at Catholic Church
A moving picture titled The Life of Saint Anthony of Padua will be shown at the Catholic church on Kivett Drive Tuesday night at 8 30 p m. The public is invited to attend.
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Saint Anthony of Padua
Kivett Drive
Club Meeting and Circle of St. Mark Church Notice
The Professional Men's club will meet Tuesday night at 8 30 with L B Haizlip 212 Vall Street. Members are urged to be present to hear a guest speaker who will speak on experiences he had in China. Circle No 3 of St Mark church will meet Tue night at 8 p m at 106 Normal Street. All members are urged to attend.
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L. B. Haizlip
Vall Street
China
St. Mark Church
Normal Street
Reveille
Emma Jones goes to Baltimore to join Social Security Board
Miss Emma Jones daughter of Mrs Odessa Jones leaves for Baltimore Maryland where she will work as a junior clerk for the Social Security Board after visiting family and friends in town.
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Emma Jones
Odessa Jones
Baltimore
Social Security Board
Choir Social at First Baptist Church Raises Holiday Spirit
The Senior Choir entertained with a formal social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Phipher on Hay Street. Decor featured snapdragons carnations roses and zinnias. Guests played Chinese checkers bingo fiddle-sticks and American checkers. Attendees included Rev. C W Lawrence Dr J C Morgan and Rev W F Elliott among others.
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First Baptist Church
Gtm
Floyd Phipher
Hay Street
C. W. Lawrence
J. C. Morgan
Camp Fiend
Joan Young
W.F. Elliott
W. F. Elliott
Co. W. Larter
J. C. Serene
Mesdames
L. M. Legran
Hart Leach
H. M. Kirkpath Simmons
Ella Tanna
Della Miliams
Sarah Reese
Jessie Dickerson
Pearlie Mack
Elizabeth Adams
Catherine Clanton
Helen Hines
Willie Graves
Guinea Pig hospital guides British field operations
The article profiles an American evacuation hospital unit in Wales known as the Guinea Pig. Led by Col. Otto C. Pickhardt, it trains as a mobile unit behind front lines and shares hard lessons from tent life, improvised equipment, and tough conditions to prepare for the western invasion.
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U. S
Wales
Britain
Otto C. Pickhardt
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York City
Fve
Pwda
Canada
Pickhardt
United States
Nissen
Readers discuss sinus treatment and infant feeding methods
Readers respond to earlier health pieces with practical suggestions and questions. A letter endorses a home remedy for sinus drainage while cautioning hot cloths. Other readers weigh mineral oil use during pregnancy and postpartum care, addressing vitamin absorption concerns. A Missouri reader argues against cup feeding for infants and cites jaw development. A St Louis writer questions strength measurements and physiology, and a HI reader answers common test queries on rabbit tests pregnancy detection and tumor movement.
Licenses Revoked for Four From High Point Area
Two Thomasville men were among four from the High Point area whose driving licenses were revoked by the North Carolina highway safety division. Ninety nine licenses were revoked that week ending February 18. List includes Roby Lee Hunt aged 30 and Donald Ray Shipwash aged 17 of Thomasville, Clarence Grace 33 of Lexington, and James Allen 21 of Asheboro. John Long and Will Webb were once the county's only beef cattle men. now about twenty good herds exist in Ledell County, per L I Case state extension animal husbandman.
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Thomasville
High Point
North Carolina Highway Safety Division
Roby Lee Hunt
Donald Ray Shipwash
Clarence Grace
Lexington
James Allen
Asheboro
John Long
Will Webb
Ledell County
L. IL. Case
State College
Local reception honors a long list of dignitaries
Viola Lawrence leads a guest list including Charlie Stewart O E Simmons Cam Friend Walter Dyer Henry Reid Curtis Chavis Nelson DeBerry Jerome Hinson Louis Foxx Wyatt Cole Mrs M J Simmons presides as mistress of ceremony and Miss Lavenia Baldwin helps receive guests at the program.
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Viola Lawrence
Charlie Stewart
O. E. Simmons
Cam Friend
Walter Dyer
Henry Reid
Curtis Chavis
Nelson DeBerry
Jerome Hinson
Louis Foxx
Wyatt Cole
M. J. Simmons
Lavenia Baldwin
Phipher
Farmville Soldier Wounded In Action
The War Department reports Farmville resident S. Sgt. George M. Allen wounded in action in the European theater. Next of kin listed as his brother William A. Allen of Farmville North Carolina.
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Farmville
Washington
War Department
George M. Allen
William A. Allen
N. C
Marital Confusion Stuns Sylvania Plant in Williamsport
In Williamsport Pennsylvania at the Sylvania Electric Products plant confusion arises as Mrs. Margaret West is married to Lloyd E West who is secretary to Engineer Lloyd E West. the situation involves another Mrs Margaret West linked to the first Mrs West, highlighting a tangled family tie at the workplace.
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Williamsport
West
Sylvania Electric Products
Margaret West
Lloyd E. West
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