Hitler invades Scandinavia to secure Swedish ore
The article argues Hitler’s invasion of Scandinavia aims to keep Swedish iron ore flowing for his conquest, extending his war front and signaling desperate gains. It notes Allied blockade pressure and questions Britain’s strategic moves as Europe braces for renewed heavy fighting and greater casualties.
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Scandinavia
Hitler
Kaiser
Napoleon
Churchill
Scandinavian
Europe
Preventable blindness emphasized in annual NSPB report
The National Society for Prevention of Blindness notes 150000 blind Americans yet most blindness is preventable. Executive director Eleanor Brown Merrill cites lack of knowledge as core cause and describes efforts to spread medical and pedagogical advances for sight preservation. She says current neglect leads to tragic, avoidable outcomes.
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United States
Eleanor Brown Merrill
National Society For Prevention of Blindness
Tenure Lengths Vary Among Local Officials Study
The International City Managers Association reports that turnover peaks in mayor, health officer, public works director, finance chief and police chief. The study covers 11 chief administrative offices in cities over 10 000 population and shows a 17.3 percent turnover in 1939.
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International City Managers’ Association
Reprinted Editorials on William Faversham's career
The Newport News Daily Press notes William Faversham died at 72, the last of the matinee idols. He starred with Maude Adams and typified romantic theater, criticizing realism while delivering strong performances including Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road before his death.
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Newport News Daily Press
William Faversham
Maude Adams
Jeeter Lester
Tobacco Road
Faversham Remembered After Broadway Tribute
The actor who came to the United States from England in 1901 died in poverty. He rose to fame on stage in New York and Newport News hosted top road shows led by G. B. A. Booker. Faversham’s notable role in The Hawk at the Old Academy of Music drew acclaim before his gradual decline.
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England
New York
Faversham
Broadway
Old Academy of Music
Newport News
G. B. A. Booker
Academy
Paramount
Ickes and Republicans: a study in talk and record
The report traces Harold Ickes campaigns with Republicans from 1911 to 1926 in Chicago and Illinois. It argues his record shows extensive GOP experience but no Democratic rhetoric, speculating on his stance during Hugh Johnson’s remark about usurpers in the Democratic party.
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Lynchburg
Harold Ickes
Garner
Secretary of Interior
Mark Sullivan
Ickes
Chicago
Charles E. Merriam
Theodore Roosevelt
Cook County
Illinois
Charles Evans Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Hiram W. Johnson
Hugh S. Magill
United States
Hugh Johnson
The Metered Year in Richmond Parking
The city reports a productive first year for parking meters in a 16 block area. They earned 33089.24 dollars while easing traffic, aiding shoppers, and prompting habitual parkers to move farther from centers. Meters may expand next year, potentially lowering the city license tax if budgets allow.
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Richmond
First
Ninth Streets
Broad
Grace Streets
State Department of Public Works
Joan Crawford appears in person for divorce in Los Angeles
Joan Crawford attends divorce proceedings with husband Franchot Tone in Los Angeles court. Elma N. Lauer, wife of a New York jurist, gets three months jail and a $2,500 fine for jewel smuggling. Brucetown Mill sale announced. new company to reopen soon with $50,000 capital stock.
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Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Los Angeles
Elma N. Lauer
New York
Brucetown Mill
New Company
City Council Telegram to Federal Authorities on Armory Fund
City leaders authorize sending a telegram to federal authorities regarding a $60 000 armory project. Buck Steele, famed Western star, appears in Winchester with the Kay Bros Circus for a public event.
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Buck Steele
Winchester
Kay Bros. Circus
Haldeman Re-elected President at Virginia Loan and Thrift Meet
J. S. Haldeman wins re election as president during the five annual meeting of the Virginia Loan and Thrift Co. The 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard unit, of which the company is a member, is held up as a model for the nation. Frank H. Dorsey elected eminent commander of the Winchester Knight Templars.
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J. S. Haldeman
The
Virginia Loan and Thrift Co
116Th Infantry
National Guard
Frank H. Dorsey
Winchester Knight Templars
Government experts warn of wheat crop short age despite record acreage
Government experts warn of a wheat crop short age despite record acreage planted. War drains national resources affecting exports as two Dutch vessels are torpedoed by a German submarine and fighting rages on the Western Front near St Mihiel. Mr and Mrs Thomas Cover Sr celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a family dinner.
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St. Mihiel
Eastern Front
Thomas Cover
Fire Co Plans All Day Excursion
Forty years ago the Friendship Fire Co members mapped an all day trip and outing. The Rev Dr L Cox preaches his last sermon as Braddock Street church pastor appointed to Baltimore Conference. Mr and Mrs Robert M Ward celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a small party.
Star Quiz Answers on Page 2
Seven questions cover Pulitzer winners, heaviness of metals, tree names, Senate Democrats, theatre stars, secret police designation, circumnavigation feat, citizenship loss rules, anthem tune, and a Virginia college in Williamsburg.
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United States Senate
Secret Police
U. S
Wiley Post
Charles Lindbergh
Eddie Rickenbacker
Globe
Williamsburg
Today’s Common Error in Speech and Writing
A language guide notes a frequent mistake and suggests a formal alternative phrase. It emphasizes avoiding hedging and using direct constructions such as stating the inquiry clearly about attendance or permission. The item frames the error as a concise lesson for proper English usage.
Woodstock Methodist Church to Host Christian Workers Training School
Plans announced for a Christian Workers Training School at Woodstock's Methodist Church starting Sunday April 14 at 2 00 pm and continuing each evening at 730 pm Cooperating churches include Mt Jackson Woodstock Toms Brookburg Middletown Wartencniveton Linden and Front Royal Three courses offered Evangelism in The Church School Personal Religion and The Use of the Bible With Children Personal Religion course limited to youths 16 to 23 years The Bible With Children course targets children's division workers
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Christian Workers’ Training
Methodist
Woodstock
Mt. Jackson
Toms Brookburg
Middletown
Wartencniveton
Linden
Front Royal
W. K. Cunningham
Denny Street Methodist Church
Richmond
J. S. Johnston
Methodist Church
Warrenton
J. C. Goode
Church School
Scotts Scrap Book In Order To Find A Diamond
A compact note reports a search effort by Scotts to locate a single commercial diamond. The item describes a focused, small scale recovery attempt using metal detectors and manual digging. No further names or dates are provided.
Night Visit Sparks Jerry Case Confession Hope
In a tense late-night scene Bill confronts Muriel about Jerry’s jail status and a knife motif tied to bootlegging. Muriel pleads to free Jerry, and a phone mix up with Miss Markham complicates the motive and raises suspicion about Loyalties.
Old-Timers To Honor Glass At Banquet Tonight
Richmond April 11 The two day annual meeting of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce opens today with a banquet honoring Carter Glass. Surviving members of the Virginia Constitutional Convention invited include Hunter Chapman J Murray Hooker Walton Moore James Gordon John Barbour B A Davis and others. Also attending are members of Senator Glass family and the Virginia congressional delegation. Major Raymond Bottom will serve as toastmaster.
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Richmond
Carter Glass
Virginia Constitutional Concile
Chamber
Constitutional Convention
Hunter B. Chapman
Shenandoah Caverns
J. Murray Hooker
Stuart
R. Walton Moore
Fairfax
Preston W. Campbell
Abingdon
James W. Gordon
John 8. Barbour
B. A. Davis
Rocky Mount
Senator Glass
Meta Glass
Sweet Briar
Virginia
Congress
Raymond B. Bottom
Newport News
State Chamber of Commerce
New York Man Chosen To Direct Danville Mills
George S. Harris, 60, a leader in the American textile industry, will succeed Robert R. West as president of Riverside and Dan River cotton mills in Danville. Born in 1881 Cedartown Georgia, Harris was educated at the Naval Academy Georgia Tech and Lowell Textile School and has led several Southern mills. He founded the Cotton Textile Institute and directed Red Cross cotton clothing relief in 1932 33. He is married with two children.
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Danville
George S. Harris
Robert R. West
Riverside
Dan River
Harris
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
New York
West
Cedartown
U. S. Naval Academy
Georgia Tech
Lowell Textile School
South
Exposition Cotton Mills
Atlanta
The
Springs Institution
Cotton Textile Institute
American Red Cross
Is Earthquake Prediction Possible Says U S Coast Survey
The U S Coast and Geodetic Survey states there is no current evidence supporting earthquake prediction. It notes future partial prediction may be possible, but at present this remains distant.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Convicted Mountaineer Denied Writ in Wise County Case
Richmond April 11 Albert Spears a Wise county mountaineer convicted of second degree murder in the stab slaying of Sam Dickinson was denied a writ of error by the Supreme Court of Appeals. Spears was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. In an appeal from another murder trial James Wilkins was granted a writ of error from a 15 year sentence in Sussex county for the slaying of WJ Moyler, Wilkins claiming self defense after being knocked down and threatened.
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Richmond
Albert Spears
Circuit Court
Wise County
Sam Dick
Inson
Supreme Court of Appeals
Spears
James Wilkins
Sussex County
WJ Moyler
Wilkins
Moyler
Civic Center at Rouss Park Drafted as $50,000 Armory Plan
Townsfolk debate a proposed $50,000 civic center at Rouss Park or a county armory. Readers urge choosing a location that serves the public, warning a park site may waste funds and fail to attract visitors. They weigh the impact of a central Winchester civic facility.
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the Star
Winchester
Armory
Rouss Park
County Armory
Answers to Questions from Frederic J Haskin
Reader questions answered by Frederic J. Haskin of the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics include Queen Victoria’s remark we are not amused Popeye statue in Crystal City Texas Knights of Columbus founders and 1882, Social Security Board staff, first Met Opera broadcast Hansel and Gretel, and insect control funding.
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Frederic 3 Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J.haskin
Washington, D. C
Queen Victoria
Alexander Grantham Yorke
C. Q
Popeeye
Popeye
Crystal City
Texas
O. P. Snoble
San Antonio
E. C. Segar
Ya Q
Metropolitan Opera
Hansel and Gretel
Metropolitan
Home Law Book adds practical legal compact for daily life
The Winchester Evening Star promotes a new Home Law Book by Haskin Educational Booklets. It covers contracts property wills marriage citizenship divorce notes checks patents trade marks copyright and related everyday legal matters. The ad offers a 48 page text for ten cents postage prepaid with a coupon.
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Winchester, Va
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Scotts Scrap
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Ller
Boloton Press Association
Belzer
Harvey McGuire
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Muriel
Uve
Alfred
Tony
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Markham
Markham House
Crica
Danville Mills
Ambassador Theatre
Olea Cook
Mitzi
Bertram Peacock
Franz Schubert
Howard Marsh
Baron Franz
Order of the Purple Heart
New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati
Purple Heart
Vicki Baum
Arnold Bennett
Sinclair Lewis
Knights of Columbus
Michael J. MacGivney
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
New Haven
Conn
Social Security Board
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Home Law Book
Frederick J. Haskin
New Home Law Book
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