War News From Europe Warns Of Extended Axis Conflict
The article reports on German advances against Sevastopol and Rommel in Libya, stressing the risk to Allied lines and Near East oil, while noting Stimson’s cautious view of Pacific threats and warning that Germany remains the primary risk to American security amid World War II.
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Atlantic
Sevastopol
Caucasus
Libya
Rommel
Germany
Near
Middle East
Indian Ocean
Difference of Opinion on WPA Funding Debate
Shortly before the House approved 77 to 53 a 3363000 for the WPA for the year starting July 1, Cantons and McCormack argued for relief needs in nonwar production areas. McNutt warned of a manpower surge to 34 million by 1948 and possible compulsory mobilization. The House rejected Wigglesworth’s 100 million cap, leaving full funding, while question lingered about wartime labor drain and election factors.
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Boul V. McNutt
Thee War Manpowers Commission
McNutt
House
Wigglesworth
WPA
Commission
Reprinted Editorial on Pacifists and War Virtue
A Denver University story shows a former antiwar student group turning toward combat readiness. Seven demonstrators once carried signs saying We Ain t Mad at Nobody as the war crisis grew and a member became an airman who bombed Italian battleships in the Mediterranean.
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Pearl Harbor
Denver
Denver University
United States
Mediterranean
Government Pursues Hidden Rubber Supplies in Attic Scrapes
The article notes the government's ability to track rubber stocks and inputs but seeks data on recoverable rubber in civilians’ attics garages and trash. A two week collection starting June 15 aims to measure potential reserves to inform whether gas rationing can be avoided.
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America
Congressional
Interior
Gulf States
Stimson Warns of Axis Threat Despite Midway Wins
Secretary of War Henry L Stimson tempered optimism over Pacific victories at Midway and the Aleutians noting only a temporary reduction in the threat to the Pacific Coast He stressed the United States must prepare for possible Axis air raids and invasion attempts despite recent Allied losses.
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Stimson
Western Hemisphere
Japan
Midway
Aleutians
Pacific Coast
Spanish Edition Of Surgery Annals Debuts In Buenos Aires
The Annals of Surgery, the 57 year old official journal of the American and Southern Surgical Associations, launches a Spanish edition published by Guillermo Kraft in Buenos Aires. The English edition remains with J. B. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia. The editorial board seeks South American surgical collaboration and consultation privileges.
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Philadelphia
North
South America
Annals of Surgery
American Surgical Association
Southern Surgical Association
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Guillermo Kraft Company
J. B. Lippincott Company
United States
Canada
Walter Estell Lee
The Star Classified Rooms for Rent Help Wanted
Classified page shows listings for rooms for rent and various job ads. Includes notices for lodging options, employment opportunities, and essential contact details for seekers and landlords. May list prices and locations for apartments and available positions.
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Star
Seven World War II quiz questions on general knowledge
A page tease asks seven quiz items covering Selective Service alias, a Supreme Court justice on army leave, reveille versus lights out, a vegetable named after a British resort, the United States largest railroad center, age of the Dionne quintuplets, and works and elections facts about Maya House of Mirth Norman Thomas Washington inauguration and ice melting point on Fahrenheit.
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Selective Service
United States Supreme Court
Great Britain
United States
Norman Thomas
Washington
Service Bureau Help Request Form
Public notice invites readers to submit questions for free factual answers. Sign name and address, enclose three cent stamp and mail to The Star Washington Service Bureau 1013 Thirteenth Street Washington D C. Medical or legal advice cannot be given.
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Star’s
Service Bureau
Star
Washington Service Bureau
Thirteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Conjunction Rule Spreads in Writing Guidance
A style note emphasizes avoiding adverbs like so and then to join coordinate verbs. Writers should use a conjunction to link actions, as in He was one among many and so was unobserved, guiding clearer sentence rhythm.
Fact questions and brief home answers from a Q and A page
A reader Q and A column covers topics from military pay and women’s corps numbers to car repainting methods and furniture care. It also provides trivia on Chopin, retirement benefits in 1941, tree felling timing, surname origins, and aluminum melting point.
Medical Science Busy Solving War Problems
An American physiologist discusses aviation medicine advances including adrenal stimulation to extend high altitude endurance, advances in goggles for the armed forces, and shortages of surgical gauze and first aid materials. Dr. Bacir and James Landis note rising waste of bandages and preparations, with emergency field units and wards ensuring casualty care during air raids.
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Office of Civilian Case
Baehr
James Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Farmland Values Rise in Clarke While Frederick Falls
A Richmond survey shows Clarke county farmland and buildings gain value while Frederick county shows a slight decline. The report notes Finland declares war on Russia aiding German advances. Contracts are let for a $22,000 Winchester Memorial Hospital addition marking the hospital’s 40th anniversary of its 1901 lot purchase.
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Clarke
Frederick County
Richmond
Finland
Russia
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Steel mills reopen after CIO strike talks collapse
Five years ago operators nationwide move to reopen after failed negotiations with CIO leaders who called a strike. Roger Babson notes business mood remains mixed. Ten years ago Winchester banks paid $110000 in dividends. Catlick creek in White Hall reports fish deaths from suspected poisoned water. Engagement announced between Elizabeth C. Hume and Clay Bryan Carr.
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Roger Babson
the Star
Winchester
Catlick Creek
White Hall
Elizabeth C. Hume
Clay Bryan Carr
Virginia apple crop expected at 28 percent in tied report
A Richmond agriculture report says commercial apple orchards in Virginia will yield only 28 percent of a full crop. Capt. George Kurtz returns from Richmond after attending the United Confederate Veterans convention. J. L. Maphis is chosen president of the Kiwanis Club, organized with 52 members.
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Virginia
Richmond
George Kurtz
United Confederate Veterans
J. L. Maphis
Kiwanis Club
Prohibition Fight Looms in Washington as Draft Figures Emerge
The nation braces for a defining battle over liquor laws as wet and dry factions mobilize in Congress. Unofficial tallies show 9,649,938 men registered for the draft nationwide amid the looming debate.
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Washington
Public Calls for Sugar Rationing Efficiency and Patriotism
A wartime letter to the editor criticizes sugar rationing inefficiencies and wasted resources. The writer recounts a Sunday trip for canning sugar registration that wasted gasoline time and tires, urging the Star and rationing board to curb needless waste and boost morale. The piece closes with a patriotic appeal attributed to PVT Garland L. Smith at Benning.
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the Star
Wilton White
Cross Junction
United States of America
Ae Benning Pvt
Garland L. Smith
Union politics and war production strain WPB
Washington reports a wave of minor strikes aimed at pressuring war officials for higher wages and concessions. It notes UAW demands on Chrysler and other wage cases awaiting WPB action, plus a loose policy on union maintenance shops and no wage pattern yet set. The piece contrasts British Tobruk siege tactics with Rommel’s bold shift and defends American tank performance amid Nazi claims.
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Washington
WPB
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
FDR
Crases
General Motors
Ryan Aeronautical
Malta
Rommel
Tobruk
Egypt
Stalin Early Meteorologist at Tiflis Observatory
Washington reports that Joseph Stalin served as a junior meteorological and magnetic assistant at the Tiflis Observatory in Georgia from 1898 to 1901. His youthful notebooks survive as exhibits in a U S museum of science and history, revealing a planned national geophysical observatory later postponed by the war.
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Science Service
Washington
Joseph Stalin
Tifliss Observatory
Georgia
Stalin
U.S
John
Pushkoff
National Geophysical Observatory
Camnegie Institution
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