Lecture Tour For Niemoeller in Question by Richmond News Leader
The Richmond News Leader questions the World Council of Churches choice to bring Martin Niemoeller to America for a lecture tour. It notes Niemoeller’s earlier opposition to Hitler and recalls rumors he volunteered to resume U-boat command in 1939, a claim the paper says remains undenied. The piece doubts whether the autumn visit is timely.
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Richmond
World Council of Churches
America
Martin Niemoeller
Niemoeller
Friz Thyssen
News-Leader
Accounting Is Important in UNRRA Funding Debate
The letter urges passage of Senator Ball of Minnesota amendments to the UNRRA appropriation requiring uncensored reports from correspondents on relief activities. It argues taxpayers deserve to know how relief funds are used and questions misallocation or graft while aiding hungry Europe.
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Senator Ball
Minnesota
United States
Europe
Ball
Russia
Birds and war echo over Helgoland island future
English ornithologists protest the planned destruction of the German Helgoland fortress by the navy. A senior officer pledges a bird sanctuary as the rocks mark the site where the island once stood, hoping migratory birds can nest free of war debris and German war history.
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England
Royal Navy
Helgoland
North Sea
Birds of Peace
Welfare boards scrutinized for state aid efficiency
Governor Tuck directs Mitchell Welfare Commission to observe welfare boards across localities to gauge staffing and aid sufficiency. Report cites a $800,000 shortfall in the state welfare fund for the biennium and urges transparent budgeting and timely public disclosure of funds to prevent deficits in local boards.
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Tuck
Mitchell Welfare Commission
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Mr May Denies Wrongdoing In Weapons Probe
Representative Andrew J May Kentucky and chair of the House Military Committee denies any impropriety in his ties to the munitions combine under Senate investigation and in his intercessions with the War Department. He urges an oath sworn testimony before the committee to present his side.
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Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Munitions Combine
Senate Committee
War Department
Combine
May
Army
Congress
Ingenious idea about buttered bread for bread supply
A satirical suggestion proposes that Americans could ease hunger by eating only buttered bread. It cites buttered bread as a simple solution to increase bread availability for the starving.
Hoelzle Speaks on Food Shortages at Winchester Board Meet
Elmer A. Hoelzle secretary of the Virginia State Restaurant Association addressed Winchester members on food shortages. The Winchester Junior Board of Trade holds its first meeting of the new fiscal year at the George Washington Hotel tonight. The Winchester Park baseball team seeks a fifth straight win as they face the Fairchild Packers on Victory Sunday.
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Elmer A. Hoelzle
Virginia State Restaurant Association
Winchester
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Park
Fairchild “Packers
Reverend Luther A. Thomas to lead Lincolnton Lutheran Church
The Rev Dr Luther A Thomas and family plan to move to Lincolnton North Carolina this week where he will assume his new duties as pastor of the Lutheran Church. Four deaths occurred in a grim early morning incident with gunfire and fire leaving a mother and three others dead or dying in their beds with kerosene. Authorities say the mother killed the others and herself with a shotgun.
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Luther A. Thomas
Lincolnton
N. C
Lutheran Church
Cycle Club Tour and Handley Monument Arrival
The Cycle Club rode to Valley School House on Saturday night. Hunter Davidson starts a bicycle tour in West Virginia. The monument for Judge John Handley’s burial in Mt. Hebron Cemetery has arrived in the city. A Martinsburg man agreed to pay his wife five dollars a week to keep quiet, deducting a cent per unnecessary word. She plans insolvency to settle the debt.
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Valley School House
Hunter Davidson
W. Va
John Handley
Mt. Hebron
Martinsburg
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
A filled crossword clue set with across and down items listing definitions such as Refuse of grapes Fellow Greek Wandering workman Domesticate Among Measured by the hand Expression of disgust Moved swiftly Newt Mimicked A church seat Gold Heraldry A foot level Cuplike spoon Erbium symbol Herd of whales University Conn Tatter Crushing snake River Fr. To disentangle Toward the lee Egyptian goddess Immense Afresh Crafts Headland Down clues include Witty saying Disconcerted Play boisterously Lucid Deeper part of a river One s dwelling Dwell Seed vessel Short sleep Journal Musical drama NZ Relating to the throat Of the birds A snug spot Yesterday's Answer Serf Topaz humming Southwest by south abbr.
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University
Living in a bomb-damaged German home in Berlin
In Berlin suburban Zehlendorf a journalist describes the chaotic make ready efforts for an American wife and daughter. German workers, glaziers, and plumbers busily restore the house amid dust, noise, insults about treaties, and comic domestic chaos.
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Berlin
Babel
Zehlendorf
Dick Kasischke
Associated Press
Les
Germany
Bismarck
Kaiser Wilhelm
Housfrau
Kaisischke
Detroit
Ziss
Staunton Loses Legion Jr. Series to Alexandria
The Alexandria Legion Junior baseball team defeated Staunton 4 0 to win the playoff with the District Seven champions and advance to meet Richmond for the Zone B title. Staunton had beaten Waynesboro 6 1 and 9 3 and crushed Winchester 22 3 and 26 0 in prior series.
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Staunton
Legion Jr
Alexandria
Alexandria Legion
Richmond
Waynesboro
Winchester
Cancer Control Quota Exceeded in Winchester and Frederick
The Winchester and Frederick County Chapter of the Virginia Cancer Foundation reports raising 2520.10 for local cancer control. Campaign committee members Mrs. S. C. Brooks Mrs. Allen Hawthorne and Mrs. John Rosenberger thank the theater managers Girl Scouts press Womens Clubs service clubs and all contributors for a successful year.
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Winchester and
Frederick County
The
Virginia Cancer Foundation
S. C. Brooks
Allen Hawthorne
John Rosenberger
Think with the stars Peter and providence in Acts chapter twelve
A reflection on Peter's deliverance in Acts twelve with the idea that considering events as gifts from God elevates thinking to the stars. The piece urges gratitude for divine providence in life and cites Ben Jonson’s Latin grammar and early English grammar work as context.
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Peter
Heaven
England
Ben Jonson
How's Your I. Q. Quiz Answers Page 2
Trivia quiz with questions on boxing rematch timing British D Ps lobster classification soda water facts Navy authors penny sayings word meanings and early US State Department picks plus an English theater term and Rubicon crossing by a famous general.
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Great Britain
George Washington
John Marshall
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
England
Local Social Notes From Gainesboro Virginia
Gainesboro Virginia July 19 Mr and Mrs Jan Davis Mrs Lula Brown and Mrs Dave Brown spent last Sunday with Mr and Mrs Leslie Brown of Winchester. Vigil DeHaven returned from Baltimore Maryland vacation with family and friends in Capon State Park. Carson Cove and family greet birth of son at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Georgia Darlington of Winchester visited Mrs Amy Davis. Bessie Stotler of Stephenson and Ruth Smith with others visited Delprin De Haven.
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Gainesboro
Jan. Davis
Lula Brown
Dave Brown
Leslie Brown
Winchester
Vigil DeHaven
Baltimore
Eugene DeHaven
Junior Bayliss
L. O. Williamson
Nathaniel DeHaven
June DeHaven
CaCapon State
Carson Cove
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Georgia Darlington
Amy Davis
Bessie Stotler
Stephenson
Ruth Smith
Inez Loy
Ellen Fout
Delprin de Haven
Dining on a Train in War Era Tense Talk
Corbett and an older couple share a tense meal on a train run by war weathering middle age. The woman explains leaving her partner four years ago and longing to return, while the old man vents fear about losing comforts and status as authorities push changes.
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Corbett
Kaichis
Mr. Voorhees
Palm Beach
Rod
Kalchis
Voorhees
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