Hoover’s cascade of honors follows a storied career
The report catalogs 74 honorary degrees for Herbert Hoover, including 50 from American universities and 24 from abroad, plus his A B from Stanford. It notes Hoover’s wartime relief, presidency, and plans to overhaul U S government, with supporters eager to attach honors as he moves from achievement to achievement.
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Christian Science Monitor
Herbert Hoover
Ohio Wesleyan
Leland Stanford University
Stanford
Hoover
United States
Congress
Mr. Hoover
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One in Ten Government Payrolls Cited by Byrd
Senator Byrd notes that over six million people were on government payrolls nationwide as of January 1949 with federal payrolls adding more than eleven thousand workers in April. He argues many federal positions are unnecessary and could be eliminated to let others perform needed services.
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Lynchburg
Harry F. Byrd
United States
Byrd
Forbidding Fruit in a Wall Street Journal Moment
A bemused woman at a glove counter is approached by a distraught man who claims he has lost his wife in the shop. He asks to speak with her, insisting talking to a pretty girl will help locate his wife, and somehow she is found within minutes.
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Wall Street Journal
Quo Vadis Chorus Pursues Uncertain Path
A brisk questful ride through city streets and country roads ends in aimless motion. The speaker races forward then reverses, chasing a destination that remains unknown and a goal that lacks clear meaning.
New Rumblings in the Old Dominion face Virginia politics
The New York Times Magazine article by Cabell Phillips praises Virginia's governance but argues the state risks being slurred as backward. The column contends the Byrd machine faces a four-way Democratic primary, with Virginians voting by personal conviction and opposing national progress views.
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New York Times
Old Dominion
Cabell Phillips
Virginia
Virginna
Phillips
Tom Jefferson
Vigna
National Democratic Party
Washington
Viginia
Winchester All Stars Dedicate Senseny Rd Field
The Winchester All Stars beat Berryville All Stars before a large crowd to dedicate Senseny Road field softball lights. City employees receive a 10 percent salary boost. Sgt W C Allen son of Mr and Mrs W W Allen Amherst Street wounded in action in France. Mrs Patton former Ruth Lancaster gives birth to a boy. Virginia politics show Eisenhower stance on presidential nomination. French patriots capture La Haye and Du Putts as US First Army advances in Normandy.
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All Stars
Senseny Rd
Virginia
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Patton
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Red Army
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du Putts
Normandy
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W. W. Allen
Amherst St
France
Handley Library Reports Missing Williamsburg Restoration Book
A valuable book on the Williamsburg restoration is reported missing from Handley library. The library urges patrons to notify staff with any information. Work on the Castleman's Ferry bridge is reported to be half completed. Berryville town council bans pig pens within city limits.
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Williamsburg
Castleman's Ferry
Berryville
Diving suit spans Shenandoah to lay Berryville water line
Twenty five years ago R C Thomas donned a diving suit and laid pipe across the Shenandoah River to convey Berryville water supply. Mrs Henkel wife of Dr A D Henkel dies at her home.
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R. C. Thomas
Shenandoah River
Berryville
William Copenhayer Fences Promises on Market Street
Nineteenth century brief notes report William Copenhayer fences his promises on 8 Market Street. Several children are injured by firecrackers during the Fourth of July celebration. A wheat market quotation lists 69 cents per bushel.
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Market St
Portland cement origin and early uses
A historical note explains Joseph Aspdin patented Portland cement in 1824 by calcining lime and silica then grinding. it resembled Portland stone and gave rise to the term cement. Early adopters included the Thames River Tunnel (1828) and London Drainage Works (1859).
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Aspdin
Thames River Tunnel
London Drainage Works
Black Market Morals
Jimmy recalls how Jaspers built a huge soft drink business by theft and betrayal. As his wife Rosabelle probes, Jimmy explains how he exploited sugar on the black market, aided by a failing partner and a fortune left to a maid and her two children, not him.
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Jaspers
Rosabelle
Rosabell
New Jersey
Old Jaspers
Rainfall Totals and Employee Tax Withholding Guidance
Rainfall data show July and year to date totals with historical averages from 1913 to 1948 and courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory. An employee is entitled to a receipt for income tax withheld. employers must issue Form W-2 in January detailing prior year withholding.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
The Only Safe Way to Reduce Is Under Doctor's Direction
The article argues that safe weight reduction requires a carefully regulated diet and medical supervision. It reviews dextro-amphetamine as an appetite depressant but notes limited long term effectiveness without dietary control. It advocates a 1000 calorie daily plan with proper vitamins minerals and proteins and warns excessive alcohol can trigger ulcer recurrence.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Gulliver Balnibarbi plowing and the lesson of effort
Swift’s Balnibarbi story shows the folly of an easy path using pigs to uproot acorns. The essay argues that shortcuts cost more time and money and yield poor crops, proving that nothing comes free. The reward goes to those who invest work, time, and sacrifice.
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Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
Balnibarbi
Swift
Why Summer is Hotter Despite Earth Closeness to Sun
The sun is higher in the sky and above the horizon longer in Northern Hemisphere summer. Solar radiation is more intense because rays travel a shorter path through the atmosphere, offsetting the earth’s slightly closer position in winter.
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M.E.L. A
How's Your I Q How to Score Based on 100 Questions
A quiz feature outlines daily scoring for 10 days with rating bands Mem ory Genius Very Superior Excellent and Good. It then lists page 2 questions covering presidents, literature, science, grammar, language, and geography including Dutra France the Dauphin vanadium Becky Sharp ribs Puerto Rico English Pravda and rank equivalents.
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Dutra
United States
France
Becky Sharp
Thackeray
Puerto Rico
U. S
Pravda
Valley of Vanishing Riders Chapter Thirty Two
Chip and Ives escape a trap at Alessand ro’s hideout as Pluto and Yampa restrain Lia and Jack. They free themselves with a broken beer bottle and plan a return to the Tumblerock region to confront Alessandro and reveal Lia’s information to Busby.
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Tumblerock
Frank Busby
Meliers
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