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Prine
Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
We Are Not Worms: Friends Not Servants
A short biblical paraphrase emphasizes friendship with Jesus, stating that all things from the Father are made known to friends. It reframes obedience as companionship and shared knowledge rather than servitude.
Naval Hero Yarnell Retires After Steady Command
The United States Navy honors Admiral Harry E. Yarnell who leaves the Asiatic fleet and will retire by year’s end. He safeguarded Americans and their rights in China amid tension with Japan, displaying judgment and courage that earned both American pride and Japanese respect.
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United States Navy
United States
Harry E. Yarnell
China
Japan
Admiral Yarnell
State Department
The New Deal costs and outcomes in seven years
A Saturday Evening Post editorial summarized seven years of the New Deal, arguing economic decline, shrinking taxable wealth, lower industrial production since 1928, rising permanent relief dependence, growing national debt, and rising government spending and taxes threatening solvency.
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Roosevelt
America
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Harry Hopkins
Department of Commerce
United States Treasury
Social Security and national debt critique in New Deal era
The passage argues the New Deal's control over public funds and the engraving plant as risky. It condemns social security as a grand facade, warning that government solvency is uncertain. It suggests that money has been debased and may be debased again, jeopardizing any future value of savings or bonds.
Institute of Public Affairs Holds 193? Session on Government Problems
The Institute of Public Affairs, founded in Charlottesville in 1927 by Dr. Charles G. Maphis, expanded in 1933 to cover international issues. The recent two week meeting featured topics from Germany's Eastward drive to national defense and anti trust laws. Dr. Hardy Cross Dillard, new director, praised the gathering and its 70 authorities brought to the University.
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Charlottesville
Institute of Public Affairs
Charles G. Maphis
United States
Germany
East
Great Britain
Russia
Hardy Cross Dillard
Dillard
Grenada location and related quiz queries
The Daily Quiz presents seven questions about geography history and science including the location of Grenada the meaning of resiccation Elwood Cookes sport the Ottoman Empire former oldest beverage naval drafts salt versus fresh and the largest earth circumference difference.
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Grenada
Elwood Cooke
Ottoman Empire
Republic
Africa
Clarke County Board resumes reassessment after harvest
H P Mitchell, Irvin Price and A L Withers of Clarke County Board of Equalization resume property reassessment. Nicholas Moore, 97, Clarke County Confederate veteran, is dead.
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H. P. Mitchell
Irvin Price
A. L. Withers
Clarke County Board of Equalization
Nicholas Moore
Clarke County
Construction hoped for on Skyline Drive third link
Five years ago work for about 1,000 men was expected to begin on the third link of the Skyline drive. Dibrill Duncan Crenshaw, 66, died this afternoon at Memorial Hospital.
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Dibrill
Duncan Crenshaw
Memorial Hospital
Virginia Veterinary Society Opens 37th Convention at Hotel
Ten years ago the 37th annual convention of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Society opened at the George Washington Hotel. Miss Sue Schlack and Earl Grim sponsored a dance at Jordan Springs with many in attendance. Bulldog of N. H. Carpenter Jr. was badly injured and died later from injuries from a fight with a wildcat.
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Virginia Veterinary Medical Society
George Washington Hotel
Sue Schlack
Earl Grim
Jordan Springs
Bulldog
N. H. Carpenter, Jr
Wildcat
Local wedding license issued to Yeakle and Ewing in county
Robert Holmes Yeakle and Miss Cora Virginia Ewing obtained a marriage license from Clerk of Court Phil Gold. Heavy damage to apple and corn crops from a severe summer storm. trees damaged by heavy rain and wind. William Marple fell and was seriously injured building a porch at the Fairfax Club on Braddock and Piccadilly streets.
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Robert Holmes Yeakle
Cora Virginia Ewing
Phil Gold
William Marple
Fairfax Club
Braddock and
Piccadilly Streets
Miss Charlotte Conner Tops Popular Business Club Entry
Forty years ago Miss Charlotte Conner races ahead of Miss Lena Ritter in The Star's popular business woman's club. A company forms in Pennsylvania to mine coal believed to exist in north western Frederick county. Rev M L Yeakley leads the Middle town Camp meeting this summer.
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Charlotte Conner
Lena Ritter
Star
Pennsylvania
Frederick County
M. L. Yeakley
Middletown
Homecoming of Jack Courtney Sparks Small-Town Flight Romance
In June at the Drake estate Sarah Anne Melton and Judith Drake plot to greet Jack Courtney arriving by air. The tale follows their excitement as the return flight lands and Jack prepares for a homecoming, with romantic tension between Sarah Anne and the pilot.
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Sarah Anne Melton
Judith Drake
Luxury
Jack Courtney
Pacific
Judy
Sarah Anne
Jack
Miller Twins
Drake Estate
Judith
Sarah Jane
Saran Anne
Jubilee
Masonic Temple
Earth
Edith
Drake
Eunice
Chamber of Commerce
Pineville
Cather Defends Three-Point Education Plan Cost Estimates
In The Star Open Forum July 26 1939 T Russell Cather of Berryville Virginia replies to an attack on his view of the Three-Point Educational Program. He corrects figures on total cost minimum salary needs retirement plan and textbook funding arguing gradual implementation and using rising state revenues to support youth education.
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Benjamin Crampton
Berryville
Virginia
Winchester Star
General Assembly
Department of Education
Gneral Assembly
T. Russell Cather
Cather's School Plan Questioned by Local Reader
A Strasburg reader criticizes State Senator T Russell Cather for endorsing the Three Point Program for Virginia schools while noting his 1938 record. The letter cites a pamphlet by the School Trustees Association arguing for higher teacher salaries and a pension law, contrasting it with legislative raises for judges and state officials.
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Strasburg
Virginia
the Star
T. Russell Cather
Cather
Virginia Education Association
School Trustees Association of Virginia
General Assembly
Boyce Route Controversy Defended by Local Official
In a letter to the Winchester Evening Star the responder defends the Route 50 location near Boyce Virginia. He notes Highway Commission unanimity, rejects governor blame, credits Mr Moore and delegates for hearings, and argues local obstructions and regulatory constraints blocked an overhead crossing. Political opponents are accused of mischaracterizing the issue.
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Virginia
Doctor Smith
Cammer
Boyce
Highway Commission
Governor Price
Waterloo
Democratic Party
Boyce Road
Commission
Shirley
Weaver
E. B. Moore
House of Delegates
Clarke
House
Mr. Moore
Moore
House of the General Assembly
Senate
Price
Norfolk and Western Railway
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Tar
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