William S Hart remembered as a hard riding cowboy
An editor recalls William S Hart once a theater favorite in Winchester local stages the Strand and Colonial and warns that age may dim his memory. The columnist notes Hart’s peak in the 1920s alongside Tom Mix and Pearl White and asserts his enduring image as a just hero who defended the innocent and won the girl.
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Hart
Winchester
Win
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Strand
Colonial
William S. Hart
Tom Mix
Pearl White
Treasury launches peacetime savings bond drive
The Treasury begins its first peacetime savings bond campaign since D-Day to reverse declining Series E bond sales. Emphasis shifts from patriotism to sound investment as F and G issues help avoid net debt, with July 4 as the campaign's end date.
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Treasury
Postwar unemployment peaks passed says Goodwin
Robert C. Goodwin of the United States Employment Service reports that postwar unemployment has peaked and that demobilization has mostly ended. About 930,000 veterans are jobless and seeking work, with total jobless including non veterans at 2,310,000 as strikes threaten reconversion. The outlook is brighter as industries prepare to move into high gear.
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Robert C. Goodwin
United States Employment Service
Goodwin
Armed Services
Air rights gain ground in Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court asserts airspace over a property as the landowner's rights up to the point of reasonable use. A North Carolina farmer won damages for disruption by low flying Army aircraft. The ruling defines airspace as property, prompting questions of how high is up and how low is down.
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Supreme Court
North Carolina
The Desirable Hobbs Bill Reaches Senate Approval
After six months in the Senate Judiciary Committee the Hobbs antiracketeering bill was reported out. The measure passed the House last December and aims to stop robbery and extortion by labor unions, addressing a gap the Supreme Court left open.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Supreme Court
Truman
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Bonglas D D
The passage argues we live in a pivotal age of social chaos with looming catastrophe as the world faces widespread hunger. It warns against selfish preoccupation and political expedience while people starve, urging action and divine judgment.
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Rome
Nero
Russia
Inner meanings behind the Paris meeting of the big four
Washington reports on the Paris talks among the United States Britain Soviet Union and France. The piece argues stabilized peace is unlikely with Byrnes pursuing limited moves while Russia and Britain favor separate peace steps and veto power in the UNO shapes the fate of any peace plan.
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Paris
Byrnes
Assembly of the United Nations Organization
United States
Italy
Europe
UNO Assembly
Assembly
UNO Security Council
United Nations Assembly
UNO
Security Council
Russia
Council
Beer wholesalers executive compares draught beer to horse era
A national Beer Wholesalers Association official says draught beer is outmoded like horse and buggy and suggests bottled brew is slow to appear in the market, likening it to a failing postwar automobile era.
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National Beer Wholesalers Assn
Rainfall Totals and Averages for Winchester Area
Rainfall for 24 hours ending June date shows 4.23 inches at 7 a.m. No current year to date total given. Year to date rainfall stands at 13.90 inches. The average annual rainfall over 33 years is 36.49 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1945 list January 2.49 inches through June 3.85 inches and the remaining months ending December at 2.46 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Miss Virginia Eutsler Weds Staff Sergeant Dunn
Miss Virginia Eutsler daughter of G Frank Eutsler of this city married Staff Sergeant Donald Eugene Dunn yesterday at 4 pm The wedding follows years of local connection in Frederick county
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Virginia Eutsler
G. Frank Eutsler
Donald Eugene Dunn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Seventh War Loan Committee
Frederick County
Nellie Flowers
Gainesboro
How's Your I Q Quiz Questions From a 1940s Page
A reader quiz asks seven questions including invitations to Stalin, correcting a sentence, Philippine Commonwealth president, artists Degas Watteau Renoir, American Legion national commander, mint location, Homestead Riots state, goods yards term, War Shipping Administrator, and Georgetown University founders.
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Stalin
Soviet Russia
U. S
Philippine Commonwealth
Degas
Watteau
Renoir
American Legion
Washington, D. C
Georgetown University
Agnes Page Mitchell Named Clarke Centennial Queen
Miss Agnes Page Mitchell is chosen queen of the Clarke County Centennial Celebration to be held in Berryville from July 8 to 11. The commemorative event appears alongside notes on political shifts at the national convention and local business activity.
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Kinzel
Coast Artillery School
Fort Monroe
Agnes Page Mitchell
Clarke County
Berryville
Philadelphia
Byrnes Eyes Federated Germany Amid World Peace Struggles
The writer argues Britain and the United States face the Russian zone and a divided postwar plan. Byrnes seeks a federated Germany and central rule but fears concessions to Russia. The piece questions Byrnes foreign policy moves and domestic political influences guiding UNO choices and Paris diplomacy.
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Byrnes
Germany
Russia
Marital Plans End in Tragic Mule Kick Death in 1901
In Berryville a Star reporter recalls a ball game in the town famed for large straw hats scrappers and pretty girls. Meanwhile Richard Miler who was to be married today dies from a mule kick to the stomach. Harry M. Baker becomes worthy master of the Hiram Lodge of Masons.
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Richard Miler
Berryville
Harry M. Baker
Hiram Lodge of Masons
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