Unlucky Senator Ferguson Reveals War Surplus Losses
The final committee report faults the Maritime Commission for losses including the Leonard Wood sale for 65 750 with lead ballast worth over 200 000. A typist error cost 41 000 in a ship sale. Sixty one vessels were sold “as is” by bid. Henry J Kaiser Industries profit offsets losses. The commission holds 40 to 60 million uncollected and 16 million unbilled. Tax proposals add pressure.
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Homer Ferguson
Leonard Wood
Henry J. Kaiser Industries
Kaiser
Maritime Commission
White House
Delaware urges better writing for incoming freshmen
After war era concerns about student writing, the University of Delaware asks English teachers and high school principals to require students to write, edit, and rewrite. The committee insists practice with correct grammar trains clear expression, benefiting students beyond college.
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University of Delaware
Johnny
Susie
Delaware
Department of English
White c repair costs exceed expectations
Star investigators report the White C repair will cost more than initially anticipated, a surprise to nobody and prompting concern over the financial impact and budget adjustments.
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Indianapolis
Byrd urges economy to spare taxpayers from new taxes
Current Opinion credits Senator Harry Byrd with pushing federal waste reduction and budget trimming to avoid a six billion dollar tax hike in the President Truman program. The piece praises Byrd for opposing extravagance since 1933 and calls on lawmakers to pare appropriations to the bone for the taxpayer.
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Byrd
Vastin
Congress
Truman
Senate
Harry Byrd
Byrd Urges Elimination of Nonessential Expenditures
Senator Byrd, chair of a special committee, calls for cutting nonessential government spending while asserting vital security measures cannot be neglected. He notes many economy proposals have not moved forward and stresses protecting assets amid high defense costs. He argues for operational savings alongside security.
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Byrd
Washington
Truman
Fire drives family from home near Berryville
Attired only in night clothes, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McDonald flee a frame house with four children three miles west of Berryville on Route 7 as flames attack. Halford H. Baker earns Safe-Driver-Of-The-Month from the JET. The Farmer's Home Administration holds a meeting with 60 members at the Strasburg Presbyterian church. Delmar Chapman and wife celebrate the birth of a baby boy. Mrs Chapman is Bertha Ade.
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Harry McDonald
Berryville
R. 7
Halford H. Baker
Railway Express
Farmer's Home Administration
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
Delmar Chapman
R. 3
Col. Ashby Miller Elected President In Shenandoah Area Council
Col. Ashby Miller is chosen president of the Shenandoah Area Council during a Mortonburg meeting. A letter notes Pfc. John F. Cooper is stationed in Australia. James Pierce testifies he killed Rawleigh Elsen in self defense after finding Mrs. Pierce with Elsen. Virginia Artrip announces her daughter’s marriage to Hendrix Royston.
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Col
Ashby Miller
Shenandoah
The
Boy Scouts
Mortnsburg
Nettuno-Anzio
Rome
Appian Way
Fifth Army
Rapido
French Coast
Pfc
John F. Cooper
Australia
James Pierce
Clarke Orchard
Rawleigh Elsen
Mrs. Pierce
Elsen
Joe Louis
John Henry Lewis Mount
Madison Square Garden
Dale Carnegie Institute
George Washington Hotel
Edward B. Lee
White Hall
W. F. Artrip
Virginia
Hendrix Royston
Sheriff Pannett Recovers Five Stolen Cars in Chambersburg
Twenty five years ago in 1924 Sheriff Pannett recovers five stolen cars in Chambersburg while Prof. J R Ware of McComas West Virginia renews his Star subscription praising Winchester news and The Covered Wagon with Lois Wilson and J Warren Kerrigan playing at the Empire.
Fairfax Hall principal Mary E Billings dies in 1899
Fifty years ago in 1899 Mrs. Mary E Billings principal of Fairfax Hall died. Local mail carrier William Gibbons is identified in the report. L M Nulton is named chief engineer of Yosemite National Park.
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Mary E. Billings
Fairfax Hall
William Gibbons
L. M. Nulton
Yosemite National Park
Camellias win welcome for visitors in Alabama town
In Bay Minette Alabama visitors win friends by mentioning camellias. The flower proves a social gateway as locals tout Camellia Japonica and the hobby grows into a multi million dollar interest. Postmaster Cly Smith notes up to 3000 varieties and prices from ten dollars to over one thousand for large bushes.
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Hal Boyle
Bay Minette
Ala
Damyankee
Harry Truman
Gulf Coast
Southland
Cly T. Smith
Smith
Chamyankee
Bull Run
Tribute to Hunter Holmes McGuire by a grateful patient
The writer recalls the late Hunter Holmes McGuire as a preeminent specialist and a devoted physician whose calm presence and thorough care made him a dependable fortress for long time patients. The tribute praises his lifelong service and enduring impact on those he treated.
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the Star
Hunter Holmes McGuire
McGuire
Dr. McGuire
Liberty Earned Through Sacrifice and Discipline
The author argues that liberty inherited from forebears came with self discipline and sacrifice. He warns that modern society worships liberty without effort, leading to libertinism. True freedom, he says, requires perseverance and work.
How's Your I Q A 10 Day Scoring Guide Quiz
A reader quiz offers 100 questions with daily scoring tiers from Memory Genius to Good. It asks varied items from WWII N hut questions to classical queries about France Paris Parsifal and gas range burner cleaning methods.
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France
Lodge-Gossett
John Ridd
U. S
Caracas
Venezuela
Engagement Scheme in The Missing Alan Callwell Case
Donna plans to wed Mark to mislead her missing husband Alan Callwell and buy time while detectives chase leads. Mark resists marriage after the hoax idea. Mrs Colwell fears Alan’s reaction and possible danger as she and Donna push the ruse to secure his return.
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Donna
Mark
Mrs. Collwell
Dad Callwell
Alan
Dad
Sammy
Reverend Red
Detective
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Alan Callwell
Collwell
Mother Collwell
Min
New York
Gobbe-Merrill Company
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Henry Kaiser
Roanoke Times
Portsmouth Star
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R. J. Scott
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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