It is not wrong to have happy diversions
A quotation from Exodus 32 6 noting that joy and labor can blend as people sit to eat and drink then rise to play, reflecting a balanced view of pleasure and duty.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1945
Page
4
Army Repatriation Strains Nation as Troops Return
The piece notes 34,000 troops arriving in New York in one day and discusses the impact on rail transport as soldiers gain 30 day furloughs. It urges limiting civilian travel to ease troop movement and ties public cooperation to an early Pacific victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union
Pacific
Japan Faces Severe Food Shortages Amid Blockade
The Tokyo radios admit food supplies in Japan are critically low as blockade cuts off outside sources. Civilians are urged to dry fish heads and leaves into powder to supplement meals while 150000 volunteers are needed to recondition rail lines and restore transport for food and fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Tokyo
Rebuilt Ties Through Soldier Contact Across Germany
A reprinted editorial notes the first meetings between American and Russian soldiers in Germany as a turning point toward world peace. It argues such exchanges reduce suspicion and highlight common humanity, urging broader people to people contact and a development of a tourist exchange to foster lasting friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Doughfoot
GI Ivan
America
Uncle Tom
Dostoevski
Russia
Stalin
Comintern
Red Army
U. S
United States
Veterans urged to farm as loan aid targets equipment
Discharged veterans eager to farm rely on a new Bill of Rights provision offering government loans to buy land and farming gear. Congressmen warn used machinery prices hinder loan viability with examples of inflated values and call for price relief or faster new equipment production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Free-Lance Star
Congressman Hope
Kansas
Congress
Hope
Vermonters Ban Billboards Over Forty Square Feet
Twenty seven Vermont towns voted at town meetings to prohibit all billboards larger than 40 square feet despite posters urging otherwise and highlighting billboards' wartime role. The ordinances were adopted in every town. The Hartford Courant noted Vermonters value scenery and would not trade it for billboards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Times
Vermont
Hartford Courant
War Bonds Drive Encourages Public Support
A wartime plea urges citizens to back the effort by purchasing war bonds. Officials promote the program as essential funding for military operations and national defense, highlighting patriotic duty and economic stability during the conflict.
Service Station Suspended Over Counterfeit Tickets
Field enforcement attorney J Ray Larcombe of the Roanoke OPA District Office announced the suspension of Roy E Webster's Service Station in Winchester for one year for allegedly purchasing counterfeit tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ray Larcombe
The
Roanoke
OPA District Office
Roy E. Webber
Winchester
Local man loses leg after saw mishap in Loudoun
Ewell Chapman suffers severe injury when a saw accident severs his left leg in Loudoun. In other news Omps is elected to the school board, succeeding J. Fred Thwaite as representative from the Stonewall district. Halifax issues no compromise reply amid threat of a Britain invasion as large bomber waves ignite fires in industrial zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewell Chapman
Loudoun
Omps
J. Fred Thwaite
Stonewall
Halifax
Britain
Ten Years Ago Shocks Local Yard Accident and Rites
Ten years ago William S. Yates and B. O. Krakeman were seriously hurt in a fall from a car in a local yard. Last rites for Frank H. Bahlman, brother of C. A. Bahlman of this city, were held in Baltimore. New York Communists shout Down With Hitler as they tear a Nazi flag from Bremen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Yates
O. Krakeman
Frank H. Bahlman
C. A. Bahlman
Baltimore
Hitler
New York
Bremen
Seventeen Weanlings Noted at Kentmere Farms Stud
Seventeen weanlings listed at Kentmere Farms Stud owned by Kenneth N. Gilpin. Friendship Fire Company announces annual picnic at Pisher's Hill on September 1. L Neill Wood's late cartoon appeals for the Fresh Air Fund for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentmere Farms
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Friendship Fire Company
Wilson and Lansing Deliver New Lusitania Warning
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing prepare a new note of warning to Germany after the Lusitania disaster. The communication will be presented to Berlin tomorrow. A. Holmes Berry funeral held in Charles Town. Interest on Virginia debt from West Virginia grows at $1700 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
Berlin
A. Holmes Berry
Charles Town
Virginia
West Virginia
Few Brown Dance Club Hosts 45 Years Ago
Mr and Mrs J Few Brown entertained the Dance Club at their National avenue home. Joe Millers wheat crop at Ninevehha was destroyed when Crooked Run flooded its banks and inundated the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Few Brown
National Avenue
Joe Miller
Nineveha
War as a Great Mistake in Christian Warfare
An editorial condemns war as a Christian failure highlighting Christians fighting Christians in the Japan conflict. It argues Western imperialism shapes conduct, notes Christian schools funded by the West, and warns that aggression must end to prevent mutual destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hipohito
Christ
Jesus
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Japan
Stevenson
How's Your I Q Turn to Page 2 for Answers
Quiz prompts seven questions asking about the Comstock lode minerals Latin American Nazi relations a grammar correction owl sounds Belmont Stakes nursery rhyme Peter Peter and Paul rose types and golf champions The set also asks about The Faerie Queene and the weekday of Labor Day true or false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock Lode
Nazi Germany
Peter
Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon Description
The Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon features three horizontal stripes: blue on top, gold in the center, and scarlet on the bottom. The bar resembles those worn for service medals and denotes unit commendation.
Readers' Q A wide range of military and historical facts answered
A compiled Q A feature answers questions on General Marshall's retirement, poetry payments, quarterboats, the origin of derrick, garnets from ants, Daniel Manning, nest lining birds, Navy enlistment paths, blue discharges, Army clothing provision, and AR No 615 360 discharge rules.
Pains in the Lower Abdomen and Chronic Appendicitis
Medical column explains that recurring right lower abdominal pains may stem from chronic appendicitis or other causes such as bowel inflammation kidney issues or female reproductive conditions. It notes chronic appendicitis may require appendectomy for relief when there have been repeated acute attacks and discusses diagnosis with X rays and clinical exam, plus cautions about non surgical causes and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Cervino
Argentina
Cervino
Slovene Doctors Cry For Aid Amid Medical Shortages
In Slovakia doctors and nurses fight disease with no mobiles or medicines. St Elizabeth's hospital is stripped of radium surgical gear and drugs. UNRRA aid is slow and supplies are stolen en route. penicillin finally arrives but is limited and guarded by Czech soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Goldberg
Bratislava
Slovakia
Men In White
Danube Valley
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
England
Arpad Lovacs
UNRRA
MNRRA
Constanza
Famous Flag Stamp Sets New Record
The three cent postage stamp featuring Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima flag raising picture broke all records for first day cover cancellations, the department announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Joe Rosenthal
Iwo Jima
Navy Medal of Honor recipients at Pearl Harbor event
The Navy Department states it cannot specify a single first recipient since fourteen men were presented the Medal of Honor for services on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Argentine Estate Drama Sparks a Young Writer’s Dilemma
Vermont novelist Terry Arnold travels to Argentina to research a second book about a wealthy playboy set. She encounters Raff, Brooks, Corinne, Jime, and Angela on the estancia where tensions rise as she faces guilt, loyalties, and a call to stay to help build homes for gaucho families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Arnold
Vermont
Brooks Kimberly
Ultimo
Ventura
Corinne Artigas
Kimberly
Raff Cordoba
Terry
Raff
Brooks
Buenos Aires
Jime
Angela
Corinne
Baroness
Artigas
Estancia
Perdit
Pedro
Ace
New York
Corrine
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Eye St
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Washington, D. C
General Marshall
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Longfellow
New World
U. S. Army Engineers Corps
Derrick
Tyburn
New Mexico
Bureau of Entomology
S.A. Northrop
Univ
D. Manning
Daniel Manning
the Treasury
Cleveland
Navy
M. S
War Department
By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D
J. S
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Fred Neher
Scott
U.S
R. J. Scott
Maine
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