Tobruk Fall Accelerates Axis Coordination Across Med
The Tobruk fall analysis explores how Axis coordination could tighten with Hitler pressing France for Mediterranean cooperation. It notes Italy already retreating, potential French navy shifts, and Petain’s cautious reply, signaling uncertain but significant leverage if France aligns with the Axis.
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Tobruk
Libya
Mussolini
Africa
Hitler
France
Mediterranean
Italy
Petain
Vichy
City Officials Hard Tack Horn Noise In Anti Noise Drive
New York City under Mayor La Guardia tests 11 876 taxicabs for horn exhaust and motor noise while a campaign targets private car owners and courts collect fines. Salt Lake City Mayor Jenkins bans unnecessary horn use deeming it a misdemeanor and Washington DC bans musical horns over two tunes. Philadelphia fines 60 violators and Louisville courts uphold anti noise ordinance as police power to curb disturbing street noises.
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New York City
Salt Lake City
Washington, D. C
la Guardia
East
Hudson Rivers
Jenkins
Philadelphia
Shipping losses prompt urgency in global economy
Joseph Kennedy tells the House Foreign Affairs Committee Britain needs more ships this year to avoid severe food and supply problems. In the U S rising prices for rubber cocoa wood and tropical oils reflect policy actions boosting imported goods amid strained international markets.
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Joseph Kennedy
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
United States
World food supply fears push prices up in coming months
Limited shipping facilities and high sinkings raise concern over Britain and Europe food stocks. Observers predict higher prices as Britain receives more aid and the United States sees increased demand for domestic products amid a likely cost of living rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Europe
Greece
China
Virginia Gold Production Long Traced Through History
The Richmond Times Dispatch notes US Mint figures show Virginia mined about four million dollars in gold by 1930 and has three known gold belts. Major Piedmont mines near Orange and Spotsylvania counties operated before the Civil War, later with mixed success. Experts think future profitable deposits may reopen in the Old Dominion.
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Fredericksburg
Free Lance
Richmond Times-Dispatch
United States Mint
Virginia
Rappahannock
Piedmont
Orange
Spotsylvania
Colorado
California
Old Dominion
Memorial tablet honors Joseph R. Groom at City Hall
A bronze tablet unveiled in St. Louis City Hall memorializes Joseph R. Groom 1888 1940 a veteran reporter for 25 years. The article notes the tribute honors Groom and the fourth estate, praising his service to his paper city and the truth.
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Charlottesville
St. Louis
News Dispatch
Joseph R. Groom
City Hall
Miss Massie weds Rev Julian Owen in Blacksburg
Miss Mabel Massie becomes wife of the Rev. Julian T. Owen in Blacksburg. both are from Stephens City. Representatives of the student body, Robert Bridgers John Knight Delmar Robinson and Gail Robinson visit Handley’s grave in Mt. Hebron on his birthday. Russians fail to flee traps set by hardy Finnish forces still outnumbered.
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Mabel Massie
Julian T. Owen
Blacksburg
Stephens City
Robert Bridgers
John Knight
Delmar Robinson
Gail Robinson
Handley
Mt. Hebron
Sam C Brooks Elected Chamber Head for Next Year
Five years ago Sam C Brooks was named head of the Chamber of Commerce for the forthcoming year. Italian forces inflict heavy Ethiopian casualties in the southern front, claiming 10,000 hillmen slain. Congress, after a Senate override, enacts soldiers bonus.
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Sam C. Brooks J
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Birth of a son noted for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knee
Lucille Clark sustains deep cuts after slipping at her parents home while carrying a fish bowl. Navy departments seek explanation from Gen. Smedley Butler over Mussolini remarks in Philadelphia speech. Mr and Mrs Walter Knee receive congratulations on the birth of a son.
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Lucille Clark
Navy Departments
Gen
Smedley Butler
Inline Corps
Mussolini
Philadelphia
Walter Knee
Suffragettes March White House Demanding Woman Vote Rights
Citizens rally for suffrage as Wilson faces pressure to grant women the vote. Bell building on North Main Street to house the Commercial and Savings Bank after March renovations are completed. Gasoline now costs 22 cents a gallon with auto tire prices up 10 percent.
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White House
Wilson
Bell
North Main Street
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Firemen banquet gift and local industry plans reported
Forty years ago the Reuss Fire Co. sends word that C B Rouss has mailed his annual $1 000 check for the firemen's banquet while Thomas Cover and son announce a $100 000 tannery plant at Moorefield. Joe Pifer notes ice from Wrights run is seven and a half inches thick.
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Reuss Fire Co
Ceer
C. B. Rouss
Thomas Cover and Son
Moorefield
Joe Pifer
Wright
What Medical Science Knows About Our Ductless Glands
The article traces ductless glands from the thyroid to the pituitary and adrenals, explaining their secretion into the bloodstream and roles in growth, metabolism, and puberty. It notes experimentation with rats and discusses tuberculosis diagnosis and X ray interpretation. It also promotes pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Questions and Answers from the Winchester Information Bureau
Readers receive brief Q and A on suffrage, citizenship, Gideon Bibles in hotels, John L. Lewis birthplace, stamp collecting, speed of light and sound, Mabel Willebrandt, and Charles Lindbergh. Includes government roles and a 1921 resignation note about Willebrandt.
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Mabel Walker
Willebrandt
United States
Sarea Harding
Bureau of Federal Prisons
The Exaggerated Ego of Col Lindbergh
A letter to the editor criticizing Colonel Lindbergh for advocating peace and equating German and British war guilt. The writer warns that flight skill does not make him a reliable authority on the war issue.
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Col. Lindbergh
Star
Lindbergh
Britain
Germany
Atlantic Ocean
Quiz questions from The Star page two
The list asks: 1 the silent era star in The Letter (1929) 2 Coast Guard in peacetime under a government department 3 author of Northwest Passage 4 agency supervising interstate motor hauling 5 Einstein author of Theory of 6 Under Secretary of the Treasury 7 first US president inaugurated in Washington 8 Virginia colonial village restored 9 decade Greece fought Turkey for independence 10 buckaroo meaning cowboy young colt or corral
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U. S. Coast Guard
Albert Einstein
United States
Washington
Virginia
Greece
Turkey
Incorrect salutation guidance in letters
A style note explains that the form Messrs should not be used as a salutation. It recommends replacing it with Gentlemen to address recipients properly in correspondence.
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Messrs
If it had been Cary now chief demands answers
Rand explains he would not harm Cary and suspects Althea Essex’s motive. Dave Otis arrives as Kaye accuses him, Chief Crane questions alibis, and Proctor Rand’s tension rises with a suspenseful reveal about Mark Gould’s death.
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Rand
Cary
Mark
Althea Essex
Janet
Proctor
Chief Crane
Dad
Rand House
Proctor Rand
Dave Otis
Kaye
Dave
Mark Gould
Alice
Carson
Purple Beeches
Tracy
Library Board Plans February Dedication for New Building
The State Library Board will meet February 13 to outline plans for the Richmond library’s spring dedication. An open house is planned with an exhibition of manuscripts and rare books, including George Mason’s original declaration of rights, announced State Librarian Wilmer L. Hall. Board members include chairman Robert Tunstall Richmond R Gray Will Winchester John Barbour Fairfax Samuel M Bemiss Richmond and Mrs Philip W Hiden Newport News.
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Richmond
State Library Board
Hare
George Mason
Wilmer L. Hall
Robert Tunstall
R. Gray Will
Winchester
John 8. Barbour
Fairfax
Samuel M. Bemiss
Philip W. Hiden
Newport News
Examinations Open for U.S. Civil Service Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announced open competitive exams for several positions. Associate chemist petrographer salaries reach 3200 dollars. junior technologist 2000. pharmacologist 2600 to 4600. Other roles include editor in the War Department and artist designers. Men only for Junior Stenographer in Washington. Applications via Herman Lee, secretary, Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners, post office in the city.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Herman Lee
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
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Winchester Evening Star
Ee ‘Hh, P. Byrd, JR
Louisville
Court of Appeals
Red
Logan Clendening, M. D
Pituitary Gland
Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
New Zealand
Ine
Federal Communications Commission
Gideons
Sons of Gideon
O— Q
John L. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Lucas, Town
Congressional Committee
Paris
R. Gray Williams
the Star Quiz
Scott
Regruters
Amer
Corr
King Peatuss Syndicate
Une
Wank! Sights Remrurd
Aro
Atle
Bob
Ettiopia
ORDER
Elliott Filli
Chai UF
R. J. Scott
Library Board
U. S. Civil Service
War Department
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