Editorial summary of postwar war prep and markets
A single issue outlines war time economic and defense topics including foreign oil prospects for battleships, exchange rate impacts of war talk, territorial defense spending, merchant marine expansion as naval support, and multiple reviews on current wars. It highlights fourteen foreign war scenario pieces, five on foreign preparations, and nine pictures of foreign preparations alongside American war games and current warfare imagery, plus a letter to the editor on war.
Pageant of Years Reflects a Barber's Century of Change
A Vermont barber reaches 99 celebrating a life behind the chair. He witnessed social shifts from barehanded to gloved baseball, broad to narrow trouser cuffs, hard to soft collars, and witch hazel bottle styles. He recalls a police gazette era giving way to modern pictorials as history passed before him. The piece also notes Tennessee Valley Authority constitutional review by the U S Supreme Court next fall, potentially undermining investments if ruled unconstitutional.
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Vermont
Uncle Sam
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S. Supreme Court
Murray Love Story Onset Between Joe and Helen
A reflective fragment traces Joe Murray and Helen as their romance blossoms in a small town. The narrative follows their growing bond, shared routines, frugal partnership, and the weight of impending commitment as life stretches before them. The narrator hints at larger purpose, urging focus on their evolving relationship.
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Helen
Joe
Len
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Pryone
Hit
Joe Om Heni
Nomerereek
Jin Dinary
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Bott
Crossword Puzzle Fragments From Net Star Page
A garbled puzzle list shows horizontal clues with numbers and hints mixed with stray letters. It includes terms like unoccupied battered lava within thus and a variety of misc clues such as Spain wine vessel and heavenly body, all jumbled and partially readable.
TVA Perspective Delayed By Time Needed for Review
The article discusses the TVA review process stretching over years and the belief that more time is required to gain perspective. Taxpayers may feel this extended timeline makes the view seem expensive or hard to grasp.
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TVA
Ohio River Valley Operators Honored for Flood Work
Telegraph and telephone company employees along the Ohio River in Kentucky and nearby areas were honored for decades of service during the 1937 flood. Recognitions included Bell Telephone Company groups and its subsidiaries for their relief efforts. Rembrandt etchings at a sale reached $3000.
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Onal Theodore N. Ya
Bell Telephone R
Ohio River
Giacinnnti
Bell Télephone Company
Citizens Telephone Company
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Kentucky
Summer School Admission and Tuition Details
The document states admission to the summer school and notes that students may carry five subjects in the regular term. It mentions tuition of ten dollars per credit, with the funds paid to instructors for their services.
Fugitive Kills Constable and Deputy in Tennessee
In Kingsport, Sullivan County, constable Bruce Barker, 30, was shot four times and died instantly while aiding in the arrest of Clifton Shoemaker, 24, in the Cooks Valley area. Deputy George M. Frazier, 50, died minutes later, attributed to a heart attack. Shoemaker had been jailed in Bristol on murder charges, as officers alleged the double shooting stemmed from a robbery. Constable Fraizer was the deputy’s brother.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Sullivan County
Cooks Valley
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Bruce Barker
George M. Frazier
Barker
W. L. Frazier
Clifton Shoemaker
Bristol
Fraizer
Shoemaker
Farmers Invited to Bedford Field Day at Purdue Farm
Local farmers urged by county agent to attend the annual Field Day near Asnomabetl at the Moses-Feil annex. Groups will tour demonstration plots on soil treatment crop rotations and fertilizer effects, with parallel programs for poultry livestock gardening and a women and girls program in the pavilion. Special attention to wheat rye winter barley and other grains. Family day promises practical soil and crop insights amid a Purdue farm setting.
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Gronmy Department
Purdue
Public column Poppy Club contributors list
A long list of names appears in the public column, credited as contributors including Helen Hastings Helen Hanson C P Scudder Ray Jones Iry ia Rose Jones Gladys Teaeeeee William Me rgaret Cosgrove Kizzie Bar y Dewit Risley Tonny Litman S$. Smith John MeWill Kempf Mary White Eul Moren Ollie Moren Lola Lee B J Bert Streeter Ralph Bixer De. 7 CG Seals Bruce Penck Mitt Fitzgerald Lloyd Hart Se Dougherty Bob Maxedon Mrs. Ernest Bingham Florence Oring Helen Kretz Will Stull Irena Armes Ora Stone Dave Ritterska Ona Bixler Ted IG Teel one Smith John Dillon Francis Dillon Rose Myers Frank Trainor W B Tommy Williams Earl Kremp Scott D H Roberson Harry Hansen Dr Roy Smiley Ralph Hasting Co Riester Spencer Boug- Enbceer Dick Falls N S Wyatt Iris Gatland Henry Stumpp ud Spalding Ralph Feagan
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Poppy’ Club
Helen Hastings
Helen Hanson
Irs
C. P. Scudder
Ray Jones
Iry
D. H. Roberson
Harry Hansin
Roy Smiley
Ralph Hasting Co
R. ‘Riester
Spencer Boug- Enbceer
Dick Falls
N. S. Wyatt
Iris Gatland
Henry “Stumpp
Ud Spalding
Ralph Feagan
Appreciation for Evangelist Service in Washington
Washington Indiana May 28 1938 a cordial note from the Allied Class and R G Allison thanking the Evangelist E Howard Cape for a city and surrounding communities benefiting from the service. They extend gratitude and offer future cooperation for services.
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Washington, Indiana
Washington Democrat
Washington
Indiana
Howard Cape
R. G. Allison
Legion Auxiliary Thankful For Merchant Support
Appreciation note praising merchants who contributed at the gate of the aan. Mentions Mrs Hudson Brown for organizing the sale and Girl Scouts for their assistance.
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Legion Auxiliary
the Aan
Hudson Brown
Plainville church societies host midweek events
The Plainville Missionary Society meets Wednesday at 1 2 at Mrs John s home. The Christian Endeavor Society plans a church basement party Wednesday evening at 6 o clock with girls bringing sandwiches and boys cookies. A Greek ventriloquist Euryel of Athens founded a group called Ein gastri sansters meaning belly?
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Missionary Society of the Plainville Christian Church
John
The
Christianndeavor Society of the
PlainvilleChristian Church
I ‘Glock
Euryel
Athens
Eingastri Sansters
Preg
Beetles Threaten Melon Crops Warn Farmers
Farmers warned about yellow and black beetles that attack melon crops spreading a virus disease. Early spring beetles pollinate flowers and move to roots, damaging vines and causing 20 to 50 percent yield losses. The pest behavior includes feeding punctures and transmission of disease that weakens plants before fruit forms.
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G.'Eould
Paton
Java
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