Winchester Firemen Buy Portable Iron Lung
The Winchester Firemen announce a portable iron lung available free if polio hits the area. A 7:30 pm demonstration will be at Friendship Fire Hall, and the unit will join the Friendship ambulance. Firefighters also aided flood response in Petersburg, Virginia with new flood-lighting and pumping equipment.
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Winchester Firemen's Executive Association
Taylor Barr
Friendship Fire Hall
Friendship Ambulance
Winchester
Petersburg
West Virginia
Rouss Fire Company
South End Fire Company
Tron Ling
Speak Up Gentlemen stand on Virginia labor laws
State Senator John 8 Battle urges candidates to reveal positions on right to work and public labor dispute acts. Miller and Edwards are pressed to state views as CIO PAC backs changes. voters deserve clear stances on labor law issues impacting the public.
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John 8. Battle
Virginia
F. P. Miller
H. Edwards
Richmond
Miller
CIO
Political Action Committee
Itoes
Mr. Edwards
CIO Political Action Committee
Viginia
Edwards
Richmond News-Leader
Postwar Prospects for High School Graduates in the Job Market
After earning diplomas, many graduates will seek work or permanent positions. A labor force expansion adds competition as unemployment rises, but shortages exist in fields like medicine, education, dentistry, nursing, veterinary work, librarianship, and skilled trades. Some professions such as aviation, journalism, FBI work, and certain engineering roles are crowded, while teachers, secretaries, bakers, and carpenters show strong openings. Those with solid records should find a niche.
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FBI
Thirteen Who Fled and the Soviet Paradox
Louis Fischer’s book Thirteen Who Fled compiles refugee accounts critiquing the USSR by contrasting Western living standards with Soviet conditions. The piece notes farmers, Red Army veterans, and a Kharkov girl who foregoes Communism for Western or Nazi life, while Pravda denounces the author as a Wall Street lackey.
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Winston Churchill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Soviet Union
Louis Fischer
Russia
Germany
Ussr
Red Army
Poland
Kharkov
All Things
Bolshevik
Pravda
Wall Street
Churchill
MIT
GOP convention prepares for nominations and local births
Platform framed and convention activities noted as the GOP eyes nominations. In local news a son arrives to Mr and Mrs Kenwyn Triplett of Route 3 with Mrs Vivian McDaniel as mother. Boyce alumni elect Gw yn e H Jones Sr president.
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Associated Press
GOP
Kenwyn Triplett
Nazis press near Caen as Reds push front in White Russia
From Winchester Massachusetts comes a report that 600 residents enjoy a bond dinner while 250 miles to the front Reds begin a long drive in White Russia. Meanwhile six men from Winchester join Camp Lee for training: Conrad Sirbaugh Harry Woodward Boyd Jr George Hill yard Robert Burton Athey Jr and Walter Fletcher.
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Caen
Reds
White Russia
Winchester
Mass
Bond Drive
Camp Lee
Conrad Howard Sirbaugh
Harry Howard Woodward Boyd Jr
George P. Hillyard
Robert Blaine Burton
Samuel George Athey Jr
Walter Richard Fletcher
Maury Elected President of Gainesboro District Religious Assn
At the 28th annual meeting H. L. Maury is elected president of the Gainesboro District Religious Association. Kenneth Gilpin announces he will sell his Kentmere breeding establishment at the Saratoga sales.
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H. L. Maury
Gainesboro
Virginia Delegates to National Democratic Convention
Forty eight Virginia delegates with H. F. Byrd as chairman travel to New York for the national Democratic convention. H. B. Harris chosen president of Berryville chamber of commerce. Annie Moore and Katherine McDonald plan to sail from Southampton to the United States after a three month European tour.
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Virginia
H. F. Byrd
New York
H. B. Harris
Berryville
Miss Rosa Hardy Wins Model Teacher Award in Washington
In 1899 Rosa Hardy once of Winchester earns a model teacher award in Washington. An automobile startles Dr. Lippit and causes his horse to run away and the buggy to overturn. Horses grazing in the colored grave yard are ordered confiscated.
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Rosa Hardy
Winchester
Washington
Dr. Lippit
French driving spirit and romance in a Renault ride
HAL BOYLE recalls a Caen to Paris road trip with two American reporters in an $800 Renault. The jaunt blends speed and danger as traffic jams become weaving theater at 60 mph and a French driver defends a fierce sense of rights and pride.
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New York
Caen
Paris
Jack
Barney Oldfield
Sir Malcolm Campbell
D’artagnan
Papa” Joffre
Marne
Fredman
Hicks
Thompson
Versailles
Remembering Martin S. Glaize A devoted churchman and benefactor
The Voice of the People mourns Martin S. Glaize noting his practical interest in church, education and charity. He built Gravel Spring parsonage in 1947, honored his wife, and lived as a faithful Christian whose loyalty and service enriched his church and community.
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the Star
Martin S. Glaize
Albin
How's Your I Q. Scoring Quiz Based on 100 Questions
Daily results show memory genius with 9 or 10 correct, very superior with 7 or 8, excellent with 5 or 6, and good with 4. Page 2 lists correct answers. Question 1 asks if a goatee is a young goat true or false. Question 2 asks where alpine plants are most likely found along the seashore desert or in the mountains.
New Treatment for Warts Gains Ground by Mouth
A medical note discusses oral bismuth preparation sodium bismuth triglycollamate as a wart treatment. In 14 patients eight cured, four improved, two intolerant leading to stopping. one improved after stopping. Authors note potential for large wart burdens and advise consultation with a skin specialist.
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King
True or False Quiz From A Historic Paper
Questions ask about George Bernard Shaw widowhood and F D Roosevelt progeny filling a Bloom vacancy. It inquires if Guillotine is a hair tonic decapitating device or bird, if Catgut comes from cats, which thermometer scale letter F device is, which building B 25 hit, what a wife’s château is, and the timing of Germany declaring war on the Soviet Union.
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George Bernard Shaw
F. D. Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
N.Y
New York
Chrysler Tower
Woolworth Building
Empire State Building
Germany
Soviet Union
Strength For The Day Sermon Implies Heavenly Treasures
Earl L. Douglas argues Jesus teaches laying up treasures in heaven surpasses earthly riches. He notes the heavenly life brings light, peace, and control, while earthly wealth cannot endure moths rust or thieves. The sermon urges starting heavenly banking on earth.
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Jesus
Heaven
Earth
Thomas Ewing Appointed First Interior Secretary in 1849
The article notes Thomas Ewing becoming the first Secretary of the Interior appointed in 1849, marking the establishment of the department and a key early governance milestone.
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Thomas Ewing
the Interior
Valley of Vanishing Riders Chapter Twenty Two
In Forlorn Valley Governor’s pardon plan unfolds as Chip and Rayburn flee with Hope. Alessandro’s plots surface while Rayburn reveals a hidden escape route and vows to carry the valley’s people toward a secret exit atop the wall.
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Chip
Rayburn
Justin St. John
Deer Lodge
Seton Alessandro
Clark Rayburn
Halliday
Singin
Sam
Seton Ales- Sandro
Hope
St. John
Sam McAllister
Lodd, Mead & Company
Montana
Wheelirst
Watts
Alessandro
Sage
Features Syndicate
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