Blockade Question Shapes Civil War Trade With North China
The closure of Communist held ports by the Nationalist government raises the issue of a blockade in North China. Britain hints force may protect shipping while the United States rejects recognition of a blockade. Air power complicates enforcement and risks damages to foreign nationals as international law debates what constitutes an effective blockade.
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Paris
Confederate States
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
United States
Congress
North China
Britain
Unable to Apply Air Search Rules Under Wave Time Limits
The note states that enforcing any rule of visit and search by aircraft is clearly impossible under current wave time conditions. It highlights practical limits hindering air operations and implies need for alternate procedures or timing adjustments.
Gaines Says Federal Aid to Education Threatens Democracy
Dr. Francis P. Gaines urged alumni that federal control over education is dangerous as public opinion shows strong support for the $300 million Truman aid bill. He warned against a trend to view education as a federal function and urged action to oppose the measure.
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Lynchburg
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Gaines
Washington
Gallup
Truman
Senate
House
Institute of Public Opinion
Uncle Sam
Ciizens
Housing bill vote sparks liberalism fear in Congress
The House split 168 165 to remove subsidies for low rent housing and 209 204 to restore them, drawing praise for Virginians Abbitt Burton Gary Harrison Smith and Stanley who opposed the move. The author calls for electing lawmakers who defend American principles and curb welfare state growth.
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House of Representatives
House
Abbitt
Burton
Gary
Harrison
Smith
Stanley
Penny Spent Is a Penny Spent
A verse reflects on a partner chasing bargains around town and draining a bank account. The speaker fears aging love will no longer accept thrift as they approach fifty.
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Thriffy
Roberta Rinker Wins Miss Northern Virginia Title
Roberta Rinker captured the Miss Northern Virginia crown at Willow Lawn swimming pool. Stephens City council announced plans to elect a trial justice and clerk for a new court.
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Roberta Rinker
Northern Virginia
Willow Lawn
Stephens
New Court
First Army launches surprise on Cherbourg front and Saipan stand
American forces strike on a 30 mile Cherbourg front in a surprise move and hold strategic positions on Saipan. Eighth Army Air Force bomber Sgt. Leon P. DeHaven from Winchester earns an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for his missions.
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Cherbourg
Saipan
Eighth Aaf
Leon P. DeHaven
Winchester
Picnic Unites Star and Harrisonburg Daily News Staff
Seventy five members from the Star and Harrisonburg Daily News hold a joint picnic at Rosemont. Flash flood damages a Winchester business district with 1.04 inches of rain in 25 minutes. Hugh N. Ritter, contractor, starts work on the Legion building in Berryville.
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Harrisonburg Daily News
Rosemont
Winchester
Hugh N. Ritter
Legion
Berryville
Winchester girls to attend Hood College conference as delegates
Five young Winchester ladies will attend the Hood College conference as delegates from the Girl's Missionary Guild of Centenary Re formed church. J. M. Duke is elected as he falls on two high voltage wires while repairing pole. Grant Seabright reports mysterious women in black passing down Main St at midnight.
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Hood College
Girl's Missionary Guild of
Centenary Reformed Church
J. M. Duke
Grant Seabright
Main St
Tales of Manhattan by Hal Boyle: Manhattan snapshots
A collage of New York characters and vignettes from July, featuring a waitress who saves wages for four years, George McCoy the cabbie and former radio interviewer, a pigeon critic, and a Greenwich Village aspiring opera singer who buys improvised Italian air. The piece paints city life with humor and grit.
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New York
Manhattan
McCoy
George
Leavesn Algiers
Naples
Jim Farley
Shakespeare
Walter Lippmann
Milton Berle
How's Your I Q How to Score 100 questions 10 days
A quiz style piece outlines scoring for a 100 question test with daily results from 9 10 correct to 4 correct, and instructs turning to page 2 for answers. It then lists ten trivia prompts including a Germantown kid kidnapping a memory test, grammar correction, Monte Carlo geography, car mile term, Lucia di Lammermoor composer, Lucky Luciano location, Oscar R Ewing role, mesa meaning, John Paul Jones ship, and Anzio beachhead country.
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Germantown
Cosat
Monte Carlo
Charles
Lucky” Luciano
New York
Oscar R. Ewing
Strength For The Day by Earl L. Douglas D D
The sermon urges daily prayer for America to fulfill its designated destiny in God’s plan. It emphasizes that America’s fate rests with its people and Christians, not political parties or government, and calls for fervent, consistent prayer.
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Earl L. Douglas
D.D
Israel
America
Burch Reappointed to VMI Board of Visitors
Former United States Senator Thomas G. Burch of Martinsville is reappointed by Governor Tuck to the Virginia Military Institute board of visitors for a four year term.
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Richmond
United States
Thomas G. Burch
Martinsville
Tuck
Board of Visitors
VMI
Valley of Vanishing Riders Chapter Thirty One
Chip Halliday and Colorado Jack Ives rescue Lia Alessandro’s ranch in a tense confrontation. Lia reveals Alessandro murdered Justin St John and hid the body, forcing Chip to plan safe exit and pursue a witness stand against Alessandro. They prepare to leave as Piuto blocks a way with a gun.
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Chip
Ives
Lia
Alessandro
Chip Halliday
Seton Alessandro
Justin St. John
Bear Creek
St. John’s
Clark Rayburn
Rayburn
Colorado
Jack Ives
Halliday
St. John
St. John's
Fors Lomers
Tate
Jack
Tooth Decay and Daily Diet
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen explains how diet affects tooth decay through lactobacilli in the mouth. He notes that reducing starches and sugars helps, while dentifrices with ammonium diphosphate and urea lower lactobacilli and may prevent decay. Brushing alone is insufficient without not rinsing after brushing.
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Herman N. Bundesen
M.D
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