Coatless Brigade rally echoes across Southern papers
A letter bemoans Roanoke Times lukewarm stance on the coatless rebellion spreading in the South. It recalls Gus Robbins of Hopewell News and Barrye Wall of Farmville Herald as leaders, naming The Star editor as a key organizer. The group vows to push the campaign until Labor Day.
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the Star
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Roanoke Times
Marine Corps Overhauls Tactics For Atomic War
The article argues the US Marine Corps is redesigning its structure to be more autonomous, quicker, and tougher for atomic warfare. It notes eliminating headquarters units and reducing paperwork while stressing preparation beyond past wars and lessons from recent conflicts. It also mentions broader fishing license revenue and conservation proposals, plus a Petersburg golf anecdote with a rare ace story and notes on a Roanoke Country Club incident.
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Maginot Line
Dunkirk
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
America
United States Marine Corps
W. C. Stouffer
Roanoke World-News
Petersburg
Scotland
E. F. Hodges
H. I. Miller
Roanoke Country Club
John Snyder
Duck” Moss
Federal grants tied to state funds raise oversight questions
The passage notes that 25 percent of state funds would accompany federal grants for research culture management, restocking and water rehabilitation, all needing Washington approval. It questions how fish management has evaded federal regulation while states receive tax allocations.
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Washington
Congress approves wool bill seen as hindering world trade
A 48 to 38 Senate vote completed a wool bill that merges price supports with import quotas to keep domestic wool prices high. Critics say it protects a small producer minority, undermines foreign policy, and favors synthetics, urging a presidential veto.
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New York Times
Senate
Congress
Amercan
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Clayton
How's Your I Q Quiz Questions Page 2 Answers
The item lists seven quiz questions on law and history topics. It asks if editorials criticizing a trial judge count as contempt, notes spiders have eight legs, queries which periodicals bought Churchill memoir rights, and asks what AAF stood for in World War I Air Service terms.
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U. S
Winston Churchill
AAF
Five Quick History Questions From 1947 Quiz
1. What hourly rate did President Truman urge as the minimum wage. 2. Is a child born abroad to American parents a U S citizen. 3. On May 14 1947 the Women's Army Corps celebrated its fourth fifth or sixth anniversary. 4. In which war did the Battle of Jutland occur. 5. Name the second largest planet. 6. What is the correct pronunciation of Kansas.
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The
U. S
Women’s Army Corps
Jutland
Vinson Becomes Chief Justice in 1946 Event
News of the year 1946 notes Fred M. Vinson's appointment as the nation's 13th Chief Justice. Other items include clergy travel to Virginia leadership school, a child’s Rocky Mountain fever recovery, a bridge collapse injuring no one, rubber salvage totals, and civic acknowledgments in Winchester ongoing through the era.
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Fred M. Vinson
R. O. Bryant
T. J. Hawkins
Lynchbourg
Virginia
Randolph-Macon
Strength For The Day: Realism In Christian Life
A sermon contrasts modern religious views that promise rosy outcomes with biblical Christianity’s stance on life as a conflict. It argues crises must be faced, learning from suffering, citing Jesus’s wilderness temptation and choosing the cross as the path to true spiritual victory.
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