Collins and Almond Backed for Virginia Offices
The piece urges reelection of Lieutenant Governor Lewis Preston Collins and Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr. in Virginia. It notes Nick Prillaman and Moss A Plunkett as rivals for their posts, highlights Collins Senate role and Almond’s legal and judicial background, and endorses the incumbents.
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Lewis Preston Cole
Nick Prillaman
Marion
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Sénate
Collins
Senate
Og Ba
Prillaman
Clgpteit Maven
Martinsville
Eee
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Moss A. Plunkett
Roanoke
Edwards Denounces Combs as Political Board Head
Horace H. Edwards, a Virginia gubernatorial hopeful, charges E. R. Combs with turning the State Compensation Board into a political agency and pledges to dismiss him if elected. The Newport News Daily Press questions the substantiation and calls for concrete evidence.
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Horace H. Edwards
Virginia
E. R. Combs
State Compensation Board
Combs
Edwards
Newport News Daily Press
Newport News
Werhave
Aft
Edwares
Mr. Combs
Auditor of Public Accounts
B Bennett
Edwards Attacks In Campaign Draws Criticism
A letter denounces Mr Edwards for accusing Mr Combs and Judge Morrissett without evidence. It defends Mr Combs as an honest public official who has served the state well and says Edwards’ tactics hurt his own public esteem more than they harm Combs.
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Plunkett
Mr. Almond
Roanoke
Hastings Court
Congress
Virginia
Almond
Lindsay Almond
Mr. Combs
Bennett
Morrissett
Edwards
Combs
Bennington Professor Links Smoking Habits to Personality
Dr Edward T Hall a cultural psychologist at Bennington College Vermont argues cigarette disposal reveals inner traits He says crushing burning burning out tossing shredding or stubbing butts shows hostility defiance or inner turmoil He even suggests swallowing as the only harmless option prompting speculation of a shocking tactic.
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Baltimore Sun
Edward T. Hall
Bennington College
Vermont
Bennington
Hall
Dr. Hall
A Matter of Onions From Washington to Chicago
An Army onion purchase required 288 actions from date stamping to vouchering. The order moved from the quartermaster general to Chicago with 18 subdivisions and 110 messenger handles. The Tax Foundation notes the onerous process and jokes that if housewives shopped “government style” we’d starve.
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Denver Post
House Appropriations Committee
Quartermaster General
Washington
Chicago
Tax Foundation
Tax Outlook
Luscious Librarian Refuses Book in Witty Exchange
A humorous conversation unfolds as a librarian denies a requested book while a wife notes her husband claimed the library carried everything. The exchange highlights mistaken expectations and the librarian’s polite refusal.
Miss Jane Russell Cather Weds James Larrick at Home
Miss Jane Russell Cather married James Randolph Larrick at the bride's mother Mrs. T Russell Cather home with Rev Ronald B Wilson officiating. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Richmond Capon Bridge. Mrs Richmond is the former Miss Marie Wohlford.
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Jane Russell Cather
James Randolph Larrick
T. Russell Cather
Ronald
Wilson
Harry Richmond
Capon Bridge
Richmond
Marie Wohlford
Reds Enter Warsaw and Allies Seize French Ports
War Department reports Allied forces capture Avranches and Granville in France as Reds enter Warsaw. Pvt. Robert L. Jenkins of 4228 Loudoun St. is killed in action in France. Mrs. Claude Stickley of Vaucluse, a Winchester hospital patient, is reported improved.
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Warsaw
Avranches
Granville
France
Robert L. Jenkins
Myrtle Jenkins
Loudoun St
War Department
Claude Stickley
Vaucluse
Winchester Hospital
Castleman Ferry Bridge Collapses Hurling Vehicle Into Water
Ten years ago a Castleman Ferry bridge failed sending a truck and car into the river water from a height of about 30 feet. The day recorded a blistering 95 degree temperature with no casualties reported.
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Castleman Ferry
Yearling Colts Shipped for 1924 Saratoga Sale Block
Seventy yearling colts are shipped from Clarke county farms for the sale block at Saratoga. An order of hooded men has been formed in Middletown to clean up the town. W Valace runs for State senator.
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Clarke County Farms
Saratoga
Middletown
W. Valace
Man released then rearrested for concealed weapon in Winchester
In 1899 a man freed from jail is immediately rearrested for carrying a concealed pistol. Gunfire disturbs Winchester as a feline serenade provokes an uproar. The city post office reports several unclaimed letters.
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Winchester
Story of Simple Heart by HAL BOYLE
The piece profiles Mrs. Van a 63 year old practical nurse born in Holland who sacrificed comfort to help others and keep her family fed. She recalls wartime hardship moved to America and later became a caregiver while her children urged rest. She values discipline and helping younger generations.
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New York
Van
Harry Truman
America
Pennsylvania
Strength For The Day By Earl L Douglas D C
The piece recalls Pierre and Marie Curie slowly solving the radium puzzle through persistence. It emphasizes steadfast effort over flashy outcomes and notes radium’s medical impact as a testament to humanitarian effort. The author links daily duties and small triumphs to broader goodness in life.
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Pierre
Marie Curie
Marie
How's Your I Q Memory Test Progress
A question list titled How's Your I Q with 100 problems spread over 10 days offers IQ brackets from Memory Genius to Good. It asks about the NRA in the New Deal, the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a line from the Star Spangled Banner, another name for Twenty-One, and the European city housing Big Ben.
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Big Ben
Painful Spinal Disease Attacks Healthy Young Men
The text outlines an extremely painful spinal disorder likely rheumatoid spondylitis, common in tall slender men. It starts with lower back pain at night, may spread to legs, and progresses to whole spine stiffness, with possible hip and shoulder involvement. X rays aid diagnosis. treatment emphasizes rest, nutrition, vitamins, controlled activity, pain relief, and possibly X ray therapy, braces, or supportive measures.
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King
Exam-style history and geography trivia clues
Questions cover European exploration of the Philippines in 1521, Henry M. Stanley’s work titled In Darkest, the meaning of cakum, the world’s largest island excluding Australia, and the full given name behind the nickname Jack.
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Philippine Islands
Henry M. Stanley
Cakum
Australia
Jack
Humidity in the Sahara Desert Summers and Seasons
The text notes soil temperatures reaching 170 degrees in summer with humidity as low as five percent. In cooler seasons humidity may rise to about 48 percent. The question asks if there is any humidity in the Ney.
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Sahara Desert
Ney
Old Age Insurance May Be Broadened
Washington July 29 The Ways and Means Committee voted 15 to 10 to repeal the Gearhart amendment and restore about 750000 workers to the old age insurance rolls. The move would expand President Truman's social security program by removing exclusions for several job groups.
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Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Grants for Mental Health Announced
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded $489,584 to fund 35 research projects on mental and nervous disorders and $2,554,556 to train personnel in psychiatry neurology clinical psychology psychiatric nursing and psychiatric social work. Training grants include University of Virginia $17,500 and William & Mary Richmond Prof. Institute $8,000.
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Washington
National Institute of Mental Health
University of Virginia
William & Mary College
Richmond
Katherine in Boston Custody Dilemma and Marvell’s Return
Marvell Coomes returns to Boston for Elizabeth’s funeral and faces Proctor’s hostility over Katherine’s guardianship. He schemes to secure Kit’s future by nudging Proctor and arranging a new executor while weighing a move to New York. Emily and Annie prepare Katherine’s day as suspense builds for the family feud.
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Boston
Elizabeth
Back Bay
Proctor
Ben Hall
Marvell
New York
Abbot
Old Barlow
Benjamin Hall
Manhattan
Kit
Ben
Barlow and
Doc
Brooklyn
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Richard
Mary Frances
Touraine
Emily
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