Truman lauded Wash ington College and small towns in Virginia
President Truman received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Washington College calling it a small college in a rural community. The writer endorses small towns, small businesses, and small educational institutions in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, praising Madison College Bridgewater College and Shenandoah in Dayton and urging fewer large cities.
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Truman
Washington College
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Rockingham
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Samuel P. Duke
Bridgewater
Bridgewater College
Paul H. Bowman
Third Valley College
Shenandoah
Dayton
L. P. Hill
United States
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Molotov’s Soviet aims questioned amid postwar clamor
The piece rebuts Molotov’s claim of a Western bloc and asserts the Soviet Union has consistently sought to impose its will. It notes the United States and Britain yielded ground at times to preserve world security and warns Moscow relies on Poland to find backing at the United Nations Security Council.
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Russia
Molotov
Moscow
Byrnes
United States
Great Britain
Paris
Soviet Union
West
San Francisco
America
England
Stalin
Britain
Hitler
United Nations
Poland
Who Has Gained by the Coal Strike
The piece critiques the coal strike settlement, arguing it raises production costs and consumer prices while expanding an 18 1 2 cent wage boost through a 5 cent per ton tax. It questions who benefits, noting miners lose two months of pay and face years to recover. It warns of inflation and enduring social costs.
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Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Sempeles Wins School Marble Title. VN Tourney Finals Set
Manuel Sempeles, son of Mr and Mrs George Sempeles, wins the John Xerr School marble tournament for the second straight year and will represent the school in the Star sponsored Northern Virginia finals at Handley on Saturday morning. Jones Funeral Home marks seventh straight year as member of the Order of the Golden Rule. Continental Oil Company appoints John Thomas Kremer as Winchester representative. installation banquet planned at the George Washington Hotel on Wednesday night June 4.
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Manuel Sempeles
George Sempeles
John Xerr School
Northern Virginia
Handley
Jones Funeral Home
Order of the Golden Rule
John Thomas Kremer
Continental Oil Company
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Large electric signs cost up to ten and eight thousand dollars
Large neon signs can run to about 100000 building cost with rents around 10000 monthly and often cover at least a thousand square feet. A Veterans Administration program would provide dental care from hometown dentists once set up. White rats are albinos per Fish and Wildlife Service. In 1 Corinthians 15 6 St Paul says Jesus appeared to over five hundred. General Alexander A Vandegrift is the only four star in USMC with April 3 1945 promotion. General Thomas Holcomb retired as full general.
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Veterans’ Administration
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Thomas Holcomb
War era Q&A spanning military service and artifacts
A wartime reading includes questions about Japanese American units, access to veterans medical records, Eisenhower’s sword inscription, Da Vinci’s Last Supper painting, and American servicewomen marrying abroad. Answers indicate the 442nd was Japanese American, records are restricted, the sword inscription is listed, the original Last Supper resides in Milan, and few servicewomen overseas married locals.
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War Department
442Nd Combat Infantry
Eisenhower
London
T. T
Guildhall
Corporation of London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
O. M
Allied Expeditionary Force
da Vinci
Milan
Cay
First Cavalry Division Overseas Return Date Not Set
As of May 1 the First Cavalry Division was in Japan, and no schedule had been set for its return.
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First Cavalry Division
United States
T. Bette A
First Cavalry
Japan
Turning Points and Hidden Turns in World History
The piece reflects on how major shifts in history often arrive unnoticed by those living through them. It cites the birth of Jesus and St Paul as pivotal moments whose long term effects shaped Europe, suggesting many turning points emerge without immediate recognition.
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Augustis
Hum
Augustus
Bethlehem
St. Paul
Philippi
Europe
Birth of an era foretold by unlikely childhood
The passage argues that a seemingly ordinary birth in recent years could mark the start of a new era, suggesting the atomic age may hinge on unnoticed quiet beginnings and that the origin of great change is often inconspicuous.
How's Your I Q quiz questions Page 2 answers
A readable quiz item asks about kings and Magna Carta, plane tires, dragonflies, area units, and WWII dates. It tests Victor Emmanuel III rule length, Swiss capital, Magna Carta wording, plural of die, helium tires, harmless dragonflies, square feet per square yard, Apostle to the Indians, Women’s Army Corps age, and Germany’s 1940 Low Countries invasion month.
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Victor Emmanuel III
Italy
Switzer
Runnymede
Apostle
Women’s Army Corps
Europe
Germany
City fines for license tags in police court ruling
Sixty four individuals are fined in Police Court for failure to purchase city license tags. Commercial fruit growers report rising concerns as the county endures a prolonged drought. Loyalist troops quell another revolution attempt in Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Frederick county landowner Noah Solenberger dies at 4:30
Twenty five years ago prominent Frederick county landowner Noah W. Solenberger died at his Market and Clark street home from paralysis. The Centenary Reformed Church tablet from the Chamber of Commerce will be unveiled at 11 o'clock Sunday service. Bertha Johnson and Harry Detzell wed quietly in Washington on May 28.
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Noah W. Solenberger
Frederick County
Market and
Clark Street
Centenary Reformed Church
Chamber of Commerce
Bertha Virginia Johnson
Robert Johnson
Harry Detzell
New York City
Washington, D. C
Valley Female College Merges With Southern Seminary
Forty five years ago the Valley Female College in Virginia merged with Southern Seminary at Bowling Green and both were moved to Buena Vista. At the time the U S debated building a canal across Nicaragua to preempt French plans for a Central American route linking the Atlantic and Pacific.
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Valley Female College
Southern Seminary
Bowling Green
Buena Vista
Central America
Atlantic
Pacific
U.S
Nicaragua
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