Representing Uncle Sam As Diplomat In Foreign Service Is No Easy Job
Dewitt Mackenzie reflects on the challenges of American diplomacy in London and abroad. He praises initiative, judgment, and people skills for ambassadors, noting their role as ears and eyes for the government and their need to foresee shifts in foreign policy without direct instructions.
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Uncle Sam
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
York
Court of St. James
Joseph Kennedy
London
England
Kennedy
State Department
Washington
America
Walter Hines Page
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Notice of personal debt responsibility
A notice states that the signer, Mrs. Virginia Sandlin, will not be responsible for debts incurred by others. Date shown 1 15 6t.
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Virginia Sandlin
Hickory Handle Standards Cleared After 12-Year Debate
Washington reports that after 12 years the hickory handle standards are to be unified under eight grades from eleven. The FTC remains a neutral arbiter and firms aim to conserve wood while agreeing on defect limits and grading.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
British Planes Fly Over Paris in Second Round
Paris reports eighteen bombing planes believed to be part of a British force conducting a second round trip over France. Later a group of 24 bombers from the west passed over the Eiffel Tower before heading south. An air ministry spokesman refused to identify the planes. The first flight in the mutual air defense program occurred July 11 with over 100 British planes over France.
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Paris
Prance
Eiffel Tower
Air Ministry
London
France
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include Africa Capt. George T. Eyston political science Russia the giraffe Kon-do'-lens a closed shop to keep out the A F of L s rival union Papeete Track Titmouse.
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Africa
George T. Eyston
Political Science
Russia
Kon-do’-lens
A. F
Union
Papeete
Track
Titmouse
Ambition and prophecy in a long biography excerpt
The text recalls Page's pivotal moment on April 2, 1917 when Wilson urged a war declaration and notes the allure of accurate forecasts in ambassadorial reports. It mentions a European envoy foreseeing Hitler's program and hints at Kennedy's difficult position yet personal thrills in tackling such puzzles.
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Page
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Hitler
Mr. Kennedy
No Evidence of Incendiarism Found at Mansion Fire
Firemen said no evidence of incendiarism was found in a blaze that destroyed the mansion Weston on the upper floor, causing about 15000 dollars in damage. The fire, the third in three days at the Hall Clagett Washington stock broker owned property, was blamed on defective wiring from embers smoldering from earlier fires that damaged the second floor.
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Upper Marlboro
Weston
Hall, Clagett
Washington Stock
Wheelchair Trail From Goldsboro To New York World's Fair
Rufus Foy wheeled 600 miles in a two-breakdown three wheel invalid chair from Goldsboro to New York for the World's Fair. He offered tips on travel and mobility for disabled travelers planning to visit the fair.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Rufus Foy
J W Sibert Dies a Winchester Civic Leader
J W Sibert longtime Winchester postmaster and city official dies at home. He served on Common Council and remained active with Braddock Street Methodist Church. Funeral noon Friday at 32 Peyton Street with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Woodrow Wilson
Sibert
Winchester
Henrietta Alsdorf
New York
Ernest Ridgley
Los Angeles
Calif
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Intermont
W. Va
Peyton Street
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street
M. L. Zirkle
Lutheran Church
Wardensville
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester Fire Department
John H. Dunn
John H. Seal
Charley Rouss Company
William C. Perry
W. E. Jones
Friendship Company
Richard Brown
W. Lee Fisher
Sarah Zane Company
O. H. Lillis, Sr
R. A. Grim
South End Hose Company
P. W. Boyd
B. B. Dutton
E. C. Stuart
Harry Rollings
John S. Sloat
Herbert Larrick
James S. Grant
Pred Barr
George Bushnell
W. A. Baker
Frank Bailey
Walter Cooper
John Fishpan
J. Walls Brill
West Virginia
Prison guardsman’s fishing tale reels in pair
Larry Betty O Neil and Luther Campbell, trusted at the Kansas prison farm, claimed they were going fishing. hours later they were proven right as they disappeared. Warden M F Ambrine laments they did not hint at their fishing spot.
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Lansing
Kas
Larry Betty O'Neil
Luther Campbell
O’neil
Campbell
Kansas Prison Farm
M. F. Ambrine
Meaning of Piedmont Foot of Mountains
The term Piedmont refers to a region at the foot of mountain ranges. It denotes a geographic area between the mountains and the plains and is used in various place names.
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Piedmont
Tribute Resolutions For Walter M. Miller By Sarah Zane Fire Co
The Sarah Zane Fire Company of Winchester Virginia adopts resolutions mourning the death of Walter M. Miller. They praise him as a devoted, faithful member active on the farm and streets and extend sympathy to his family. The resolutions note his friendship and community spirit and authorize minutes, publication, and forwarding a copy to the family. Dated July 11, 1939.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Walter M. Miller
Walter
W. Lee Fisher
Taylor Barr
Grover Cooper
Winchester
London Chiefs Disappointed in Foreign Pact Hopes
Cabinet debate centers on British French and Russian pact with Parliament recess looming. Optimism persists on the Danzig issue but fear over Moscow talks grows if no pact is announced soon. Craigie’s Tokyo talks with Japan’s Arita reportedly ended in anger as a Friday meeting looms.
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Britain
Lord Halifax
Edward Raczynski
Foreign Affairs Committee
Japan
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tientsin
Craigie
China
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Danzig
Moscow
Wm. R. Shafer Enters Senate Race
Wm R Shafer of Maurertown announces possible candidacy for the Virginia Senate. He serves as rector of the Virginia Poultry Federation and holds posts in several poultry and civic groups. He operates a large family business producing about 500000 certified chicks yearly and 250000 broilers, described as the state's largest hatchery north of Timberville.
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Virginia Poultry Federation
Virginia State Certified Hatcherymens Association
Cleveland
Woodstock Junior Chamber of Commerce
Woodstock Rotary Club
Shaffer
Maurertown
Timberville
Virginia
Seligman Dies in Lake Placid at 78
Edwin R A Seligman noted economist and fiscal expert died yesterday at his summer home following a heart seizure. The 78 year old scholar was renowned for his work in public finance and economic theory.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Nazis Rail Against Fashion Waste in Hat Styles
Berlin dispatch reports Das Schwarze Korps derides women’s hat fashions as a foreign swindle. It urges saving materials, condemns frequent style changes and advertising tricks promoting new models as wasteful and unbecoming to national economy.
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Berlin
Das Schwarze Korps
Experts debate art hats and beauty standards at high prices
Critics question why a woman should look more beautiful when wearing an extravagant headpiece. Experts offered no clear explanation for the fashion trend and its value.
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