No Southerners Hold Longer House Tenure
The Portsmouth Star notes Roy R. Woodruff plans to retire after 34 years in the House, reaching seventeen terms. Only six members have served longer, including Sabath, Doughton, Rayburn, Vinson, Crosser, and Reed, with only Doughton, Rayburn, and Vinson being Southerners among the longest-serving members.
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Doughton
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Rayburn
Texas
Vinson
Georgia
Crosser
Ohio
Reed
New York
When Is a Peanut a Bean If Ever Supreme Court Case
A Soviet Supreme Court inquiry weighs whether a shelled peanut remains a nut or becomes a bean for freight rates. The Dnepropetrovsk railroad charged for nuts then sought higher bean rates, sparking a long, tangled tax dispute about shelling and classification.
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Soviet Union
Dnepropetrovsk
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Third Thoughts On First Thoughts Abolishing RFC
Senate first voted 42 to 37 to end the Reconstruction Finance Corporation then reconsidered. The RFC backed risky loans and political favors, owning space farms and questionable credits. The Byrd bill was sent back to the Banking Committee 39 to 34 for study with a June report.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Virginia
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Banking Committee
New York Thruway to Limit Billboards Along Route
State officials press a plan for an 800 mile toll road from New York City to Buffalo with no at grade crossings. A new law gives the Thruway Authority power to restrict advertising within 500 feet of the right of way to protect safety and beauty. Authority will approve signs in designated areas to show hotels and tourist sites. Governor Dewey pushed the measure through amid opposition from advertisers and landowners.
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Ohio River
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Dewey
Thruway Authority
Crownings and engagements highlight Star files entry
Secretary of Defense note and festival scene link Miss Gurt Lie to Shenandoai XXIV crown with George C Marshall invited. Engagements announced for Mildred Williams of Honolulu to Robert Lamp, plus local social visits and a meteor fragment claim in Clarke County. Selective Service postwar draft registration sees 820 men age 45 to 64 by noon.
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Mildred W'lams
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Hawaii
Robert Harrison Lamp
Russell Lamp
Kernstown
F. C. Shade
Braddock Street
Blue Ridge Mountain
Clarke County
Trial Justice A J Tavenner Hospital Update
Trial Justice A J Tavenner was in Memorial Hospital recovering from an operation performed recently.
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Memorial Hospital
King Company lands $40,000 bank contract in Charlottesville
Fifty years ago the King Company of Charlottesville secured a $40,000 contract to construct the Farmers and Merchants Bank. A fire in a tenant house on the farm of M. Chiles in Kerhotown was quickly controlled.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
of & M. Chiles Kerhotown
Washington's Atmosphere Bewildering To Strangers
A visiting stranger would find Washington a blend of Donnybrook Fair and a circus as it fusses over the RFC debate in the Senate and a White House news conference. The piece notes shifting votes on abolishing the RFC, TV duels between mills and the President, and a tense, election-season Washington atmosphere.
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J. Howard McGrath
Aggressive Feeling of Soviet May Impell War
A psychological study led by Dr. Raymond B. Cattell at the University of Illinois analyzes 80 factors across 69 nations to explain why Russia may be war prone. It links youth, industrialization, and frustration to expansionism and a propensity for aggression, suggesting Russia could initiate a future world war.
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Cattell
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Kremlin
Why aluminum foil stays cool to touch
The National Bureau of Standards explains aluminum conducts heat rapidly so it does not retain heat. When enough heat is applied it will become hotter. Foil's large surface area increases heat radiation, reducing heat retention compared with a solid block.
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National Bureau of Standards
Rainfall Totals and Averages From Historical Period
The report summarizes 24 hour rainfall ending 7 am today at .59 inches and April to date 517 inches. It lists 1952 rainfall to date 14.10 inches and 39 year average 36.79 inches. Monthly averages for 1912 1951 include Jan 2.45, Feb 1.99, Mar 2.88, Apr 3.02, May 3.83, Jun 3.99, Jul 3.82, Aug 3.82, Sep 2.63, Oct 3.27, Nov 3.56, Dec 2.50 inches.
Procaine New Roles in Public Disasters and Medicine
Procaine, commonly used as a dental anesthetic, is being explored for intravenous use to treat shock from disasters and severe injuries. It may help kidney function in burns, reduce pain, and aid recovery from carbon monoxide poisoning, with potential to lessen blood transfusion needs.
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King
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions Quiz
A reader quiz outlines daily IQ scoring with categories Memory Genius Very Superior and Excellent. It lists ten sample questions on history geography language and a typography double question about sentence correction and sky visibility. It notes Mt Palomar telescope coverage of 3-4 of the sky and seasonal sky views.
Hell on Earth and the Selfish Life
Excerpt discusses C G Lewis using de la Mare's poem Napoleon to frame hell as a state of chronic self focus. It argues that both heaven and hell begin on earth with the outflow of life to others and to God. Heaven starts now for those entering heavenly existence before death.
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Hell
de la Mare
Napoleon
Heaven
Earth
Rats and meals in Charleston house life
In Charleston, Henri and Heloise discuss rats and a young Calvert buying a farm. Leonie dislikes hominy and mutton as Lafayette reports mixed luck with traps. Henri worries about food and finances while Lincol Calvert’s money source intrigues the household.
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Charleston
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Leonie
Baltimore
Lincoln Calvert
Tom
Dnck
Harry
Rat bites scare household in wartime mystery tale
In this suspenseful scene Lafay ette and Henri confront a rat trap mishap that leaves Henri bitten and fearing the plague. Heloise Leonie and Queenie react as Dr Forbes is summoned and the household contemplates the danger and public disgrace.
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Henri
Henr
Heloise
Piazza
Dr. Forbes
Nickie Frances to Ride 1912 Ford in Feature Parade
Nickie Frances, Supe Circus TV clown, will appear in Winchester's Grand Feature Parade at 2 p.m. Friday riding a 1912 Model T Ford. He will visit the Shoe Center on Loudoun Street between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to hand out gifts and autograph photos for fans.
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Nickie Frances
Hi Transportation
Super Circus
Wilbe
Winchester
Shoe Center
Loudoun Street
James R. Wilkins
Nickie
Racial differences in graying age discussed
The text notes hair whitening varies by individual and race. It states Negroes gray later than whites, mulattoes fall between. It adds that premature whitening occurs more in certain families, with marked effects in some lineages.
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