Political Pots Are Warming Up
White House discussions focus on upcoming primaries in Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana with potential candidacies of former governor McNutt and others. Roosevelt maintains hands off stance urging party harmony while observers seek signs on court reorganization and Democratic primary dynamics ahead of 1940 electoral moves.
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Illinois
Pennsylvania
Tllinois
Indiana
van Nuys
McNutt
Philippines
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Justice
van Devanter and Sutherland
Supreme Court
Clark
Missouri
George
Georgia
Lonergan
Connecticut
McCaran
Nevada
Tydings
Maryland
Congress
Stanley Reed
Justice Sutherland
Prompt Delivery For Evening Ae Winchester Post
Postal Telegraph notes no charge for this service and offers evening delivery as a prompt option.
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Winchester
Postal Telegraph
Exam prep and effort urged for American Youth Forum contest
The piece urges students to stop cramming and start steady study for the upcoming exam period. It criticizes top students for coasting and calls for a renewed effort at the start of the term to prove youths can perform as well as any group in the national contest.
Winners of the Lee Poetry contest announced
News from a year ago lists Mildred Snyder as first prize winner and DeKalb Russell as second in the Lee Poetry contest. Fourteen years ago the Executive Council set monitors from each advisee group to maintain corridor order and report misbehavior.
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Lee
Mildred Snyder
DeKalb Russell
Executive Council
Apple and Orange Float Down the Mississippi River
A playful tale features a apple and an orange drifting along the Mississippi toward New Orleans. The orange follows the apple and greets it with a friendly question before revealing it also travels to the same city.
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Mississippi River
Mr. Apple
Mississippi
New Orleans
Guess Who Faculty Gender Reveal Puzzle Card
A quirky OCR mishmash lists two personas with contradictory traits. The male profile C. D. is 5 ft 10 in, brown eyes and hair, history civics, Danville ties, phone 518 J, nickname Unknown. The female Sadie profile is 5 ft 5 in, black hair, seventh literature, age not stated, green Chevrolet, piano lover, expression Oh this piano is out of tune.
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Danville
C. D
Grandma Letters: E for Excellent Grades and a Warning
A grandmother writes to her grandchildren about exam stress and self doubt as exams near. She fears poor results and confesses she was hoping to coach them but finds they know more, revealing mutual anxiety and resolve to study together.
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Handley
Junior Class Selects Prom Committees
The Junior Class held a Tuesday morning meeting in the upstairs study hall. President Ray Robinson led the session and Secretary Shirley Williams read the prior minutes. After the treasurer’s report, a committee was named for the Junior and Senior Prom.
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Ray Robinson
Shirley Williams
Cadets and students showcase motto at school meeting
Shirley Williams and others attended a school event where the class motto Work is the Secret of Success was chosen. The gathering ended with a brief adjournment after remarks by Bill Baker and Ruth Pope among attendees.
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Shirley Williams
Jimmy Brown
Allison Cooper
Tom Whitham
Betty Pierce
Bobby Boyd
Burma
Bill Baker
Ruth Pope
Newsettes Musings on Friends and Small-town Whispers
In this light column locals speculate about teachers on country walks, rumors of chorus ambitions, hints about initials H S M, and playful gossip about students. Notes mention Vance Larkin, Anne Meade, Ann Williams, a jealous Mrs, and a senior motto.
Handley Defeats Boyce In Home Game 36 to 25
Handley won its second home game against Boyce by 36 to 25. The writer notes a lack of girls and cheerleaders at this game and urges continued support, predicting Friday night’s matchup and asking for student cheers despite exams.
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Handley
Boyce
Charles Town
W. Va
Slogans And Our Students In Historic Ad Fragments
A damaged OCR record lists tobacco slogans and ad lines tied to names like 20 Mule Team Red Baker and Phillip Morris, including Edwin Clevenger and Anne Browne. The fragmented text mixes brand mottos with references to products and ad taglines, suggesting a period tobacco advertising page.
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Red Baker
Kitty Baker
Edwin Clevenger
Garber
Phillip Morris
Bill’ Ueem
Anne Browne
Intramural Basketball Schedule Sparks Small Rivalries
Handley opened its intramural season with limited backing from both boys and girls. Teams include Alabama H Patton Dartmouth Tom Whitham Army D Hayley Navy Jack Sale Notre Dame K Patton Harvard Bill Robinson. Three games were won by Alabama Navy and Harvard over Dartmouth Army and Notre Dame.
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Handley
Alabama
H. Patton
Dartmouth
Tom Whitham
Army
D. Hayley
Navy
Jack Sale
Notre Dame
K. Patton
Harvard
Bill Robinson
S. P
Poetry Beginning This Week Original Pieces From School Grades
The snippet lists student poems from first through fourth grade including Nancy Kercoff Roberta Browning Elizabeth Baker and Massie Hawthorne. Topics range from toy play to birds snowflakes and Swiss scenery with a brief unfinished line. It reads as a classroom poetry feature in a local newspaper.
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Switzerland
Gretchen
Massie Hawthorne
Lemonade Lesson From a Small Street Stall
A sultry day scene shows a lad and lass selling lemonade, charging one cent per glass with a two cent option. The narrator buys a dime, sampling both and praising the drink, while the lass explains her higher price due to her kitty’s fall into her purse.
Pruning Guidance For Virginia Orchards In 1938
Ornamental and fruit trees benefit from light pruning to preserve buds for a light 1938 crop after a record apple season. Heavily prune only seriously interfering limbs. otherwise thin sparsely. For pests, apply a winter spray with tar oil or diniiro against aphids and scale using petroleum oil emulsion or liquid lime sulfur. peaches may use oil and blue.
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D. A. Tucker
Asst. Horticulturist
Virginia
Peach Tree Pest Spray Note From Old Almanac
Guidance notes that oil spray should be used where terrapin or turtle back scale appears on peach limbs and that lime sulfur is ineffective against this insect, indicating a specific treatment adjustment for orchard care.
Orchardists Learn The Need For Adequate Tree Food
A seasoned grower notes that all trees require plant food to thrive and yield, emphasizing the importance of providing ample nutrients for a healthy orchard harvest.
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