Peeble Reels Under Wife's Logic In Purchasing Fur Coat
Wilbur Peeble comes home to a dispute over buying a $1,000 fur coat arguing it is a bargain, while Trellis Mae insists debt signals prosperity. She compares household finances to national debt and prompts a fiscal counterpoint about being better off despite owing.
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Peeble
Wife
Hal Boyle York
Wilbur Peeble
Trellis Mae
Chickadee
Wilbur
Teres
France
United States
United
Fate of the captured in war ruled by victors whim
The statement notes that for most of history, wartime fate of prisoners was determined by the victor, with little intrinsic constraint or legitimacy guiding treatment. It contrasts this with evolving norms that later sought more humane handling.
Youth Speaker Emphasis Services Start Sunday
A DePauw graduate Mr. Cattron continues studies at Westminster Vices Braddock Church. Youth Services run 6 to 9 pm Sunday to Wednesday at city churches.
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DePauw University
Cattron
Westminstervices
Braddock Church
Bible Conference To Hear Ohio Bishop Today
A Bible conference hosts Bishop from Ohio today as Dr. David L. Stitt president of Austin Theological Seminary delivers a third address on Christ's standards and their reception among believers.
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Bible Conference
Ohio
David L. Stitt
Austin, Tex
Theological Seminary
Mrs Whissler Rites Tuesday
Graveside services for Ada Whissler widow of J L Whissler Greensboro will be held Tuesday at Hebron Me Ree H G Lane rector of ville will officiate.
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Ada Whissler
J. L. Whissler
Greensboro
Hebron
H.G Lane
Ville
Founder of State Board of Health Succumbs at 84
RICHMOND. One of the founders of the first State Board of Health is dead. Dr. John Bowler Fisher 84 died yesterday at his home in Midlothian Chesterfield. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church. Survivors include his widow two daughters three sons a stepson a brother eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Fisher
Chesterfield County Democratic Committee
Ite Central Committee
Board Methodist Church of Midlothian
Episcopal Leaders Schedule All Day Virginia Meeting
Leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia will meet at the Princess Anne Hotel in Fredericksburg on Saturday for an all day session to finalize the United Every Member Canvass to be conducted in all congregations this Fall. Speakers include Bishop F D Goodwin and others leading the Bishops Building Fund and related committees.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
Princess Anne
Fredericksburg
United Every
F. D. Goodwin
B. Powell Harrison
Ars
Leesburg
Edmund D. Campbell
Aueton
B. B. Soap Life
Alexandria
Harrison
Capt
Roswell H. Blair
Cobham
Albemarle
Randal J. Hicks
Piedmont
Walter N. Chinn, Jr
Rap Valley
Home Missions
Farmers Warned Not to Lift Lambs by Fleece
BLACKSBURG AP farmers warned against lifting lambs by the fleece to avoid damaging the pelt. George Litton of Virginia Tech’s Animal Husbandry Dept says lifting by fleece causes bruising that lowers carcass value by about two cents per pound. He advises picking up lambs by the chin or back flank.
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Blacksburg
VPI
George Litton
Frederick Families Challenge Taxation Without Representation
About 300 families at Camp Detrick near Frederick fight Maryland taxes while living on a federally controlled installation. They argue voting rights are denied yet state taxes apply, a dispute potentially reaching the U.S. Supreme Court and echoing similar cases at Veterans properties and the Los Alamos project.
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Frederick
Camp Detrick
Army Chemical Corps
Maryland
Congress
Frederick County
Arnold Wedum
Boston
U. S. Supreme Court
Maryland Court of Appeals
Perry Int Co
Atomic Energy Project
Los Alamos
N. M
New Mexico Supreme Court
Atomic Energy Commission
Local clergyman to speak at Spiritual Emphasis Week
Son of Dr and Mrs Clark of this city will speak during Spiritual Emphasis Week at Market Street Methodist Church. A 1950 University of Richmond and Haddley High School graduate, he studied at Hanover Newton Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1950. He will lead the Maine Seacoast Mission church at Jonesport starting September 1 after filling the First Baptist pulpit recently while his father was away. Ada Glass Baker and John Catron coordinate the event for area churches.
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Clark
Market Street Methodist Church
Haddley High School
University of Richmond
Hanover Newton Theological Seminary
Massachusetts
Maine Seacoast
Congregational Church
Jonesport
Maine
Explorers Trapped Deeper in Swiss Cave
Four Swiss explorers entered Hell's Hole in Muotathal to map caverns but remained trapped in an underground chamber cut off by pools of water. Led by Dr. Alfred Boegli, the party faced ongoing peril as escape remained blocked by flooded passages.
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Muotathal
Switzerland
Hell's Hole
Alfred Boegli
Woman Saves Boy's Life With Skill Witnessed on TV
A Dallas woman credited television with teaching her artificial respiration after she saved Johnny Shuler ten from drowning. Diana Stephens fourteen helped By applying artificial respiration, the boy revived before firemen arrived.
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Dallas
Johnny Shuler
C. B. Hasford
Diana Stephens
Congress Returns Voting Rights to Los Alamos Residents
A congressman secured an act restoring residents of Los Alamos the right to vote. The measure emphasizes enfranchisement and aligns local civic participation with broader constitutional guarantees.
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Congress
Los Alamos
Ten Commandments in Exodus and Deuteronomy
The dialogue notes that the Ten Commandments appear in two forms. The original form is Exodus 20:1-17 and a parallel or related form is cited in Deuteronomy 5:6-21.
Fragmentary Weather Note Hints At Rain Delays
A damaged OCR fragment references warnings of possible rain and delays as people indoors or leaving were affected by rain. No clear dates or places are readable.
Harriet Beecher Stowe novel sold 300000 copies first year
A century ago the Harriet Beecher Stowe work titled Cabin appeared and quickly sold about 300000 copies in its first year.
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Harriet. Beecher
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