Centenary of the Interior Department Observed
The Interior Department marks its hundredth birthday on March 3. Created in 1849 to consolidate domestic affairs, it absorbed varied duties from patents to land grants and later faced political storms over public lands, grazing rights, and river projects. Julius Krug is the 34th secretary, with Ickes and Lane among the longest tenures, and Westward representation limited among past appointees.
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Bureau of Mines —Reclamation
Fish and Wildlife Preservation
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Bacck
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Bureau of Mines
Interior
Ickes
Ballinger
Taft
Fall
Harding
Julius Albert Krug
Wisconsin
Harold L. Ickes
FP. D. Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin K. Lane
Wilson
Mississippi
Dewey
West
North Carolina Road Bond Fight Between Governor and Legislature
Governor Scott pressures for a $200 million bond to fund country roads while the Senate Roads Committee cuts to $100 million and links a gas tax increase to the referendum. The dispute signals possible compromises, with voters set to decide debt again as Virginians boast debt-free road funding.
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Scott
General Assembly
Raleigh
Senate Roads Committee
Senate
Carolina
Senate Committee
Recreation pays dividends government mailer noted
A forwarded Canadian government envelope used to mail bonus checks to new fathers bears a postmark reading Recreation pays dividends, prompting puzzled reactions about the message and purpose.
Community Chest elects Rosenberger president in 1948
In 1948 P. F. Rosenberger is elected president of the Community Chest while Guy Stanley leads the Mc Faden Bible Class. Boyce cagers face Monterey in regional class 3 tourney with Melvin Renner named driver for South End fire company.
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P. F. Rosenberger
Community Chest
Guy Stanley
McFaden
Boyce Cagers
Monterey
Melvin Renner
South End Fire Company
Red army closes in on Narva Pskov and Vitebsk
War Department reports the death of T. Sgt. Charles H. Carper son of Mr and Mrs C A Carper of 22 E Hart St in the latest casualty announcement. Frederick County Supervisors seek a Prisoner of War camp to supply 250 agricultural and orchard workers. Miss Sara Hamilton Winchester hospital superintendent notes strong response to the proposed Women’s Volunteer Corp.
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Charles H. Carper
C.A. Carper
E. Hart St
War Department
Frederick
Red Cross Drives to Cut City County Accidents
Winchester Proes defeats Capon Bridge 62 to 32 with Birch scoring 21 points. J C Penney Co renews its lease on 17 N Loudoun. World Day of Prayer at Christ Episcopal raises 39.57 dollars.
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Red Cross
Winchester
Capon Bridge
Birch
J.C. Penney Co
Loudoun
Christ Episcopal
Musical hit at Empire Theatre in Good Morning Dearie
Twenty five years ago in 1924 the musical Good Morning Dearie is showing at the Empire Theatre. Mrs Laura Butler of Martinsburg pike receives threatening letters about burning her home. Fifteen Sarah Zaners attend a convention and help extinguish a fire in Waynesboro.
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Dearie
Empire Theatre
Laura Butler
Martinsburg Pike
Sarah Zaners
Waynesboro
Rouss Recounts Clerical Roots in National Issue
Charles B. Rouss, once a local clerk, contributes an article to a national magazine’s March edition featuring ten self made millionaires. Winchester chosen as the next Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Virginia meeting place. Kinzel remains seriously burned from the Spangler carriage works blaze with condition unchanged.
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Charles B. Rouss
Winchester
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias of Va
George H. Kinzel
Spangler Carriage Works
Tom Carson revisits Klondike tales and debts in New York
In New York, 75 year old Tom Carson recalls the Klondike years after Dawson City days in 1899. He details bearded cold climbs, gold digging, and legendary figures like Rex Beach Jack London and Rex Mizner. He narrates a four day quarrel with money, a failed loan, and a final envelope under a door from his niece.
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New York
Tom Carson
Dawson City
Alaska
Hudson
Ida
Carson
Tennyson
Rex Beach
Chilkoot Pass
Klondike
Jack London
Tex Rickard
Robert W. Service
Jack
Whson Mizner
North
Kate
States
Nome
Readers urged to oppose four billion dollar tax hike
Linda R. Scheffler urges readers to oppose a proposed tax increase on incomes over six thousand dollars and to pressure Senators and Representatives in Washington. She cites President Truman and cites a Winchester Evening Star editorial about a professor with a six thousand dollar yearly income.
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the Star
Thomas Jefferson
Truman
Winchester Evening Star
Washington
Linda R. Scheffler
S. Washington St
Invention of the friction match by John Walker
The friction match was invented by English apothecary John Walker in 1827. His original matches were three inches long and tipped with chemicals and when struck produced an unpleasant odor.
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John Walker
Samuel Jones
Measles advances in prevention and gamma globulin use
A 1949 syndicated health feature explains that measles remains serious for young children but can be warded off or milder with early treatment. Gamma globulin injections may prevent or lessen illness more effectively than convalescent serum, with fewer reactions. It notes gamma globulin also helps prevent hepatitis and some infections, with limited impact on mumps and infantile paralysis.
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King
England
How's Your I Q Based on a 100 Question Quiz
A trivia quiz outlines a 10 day plan with daily scoring. It asks ten questions about science spelling corrections farm animals fuel etiquette international bodies and a baseball team. Answers determine if you are Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good.
Beer Barrel Polka Composer Origin
The music was composed by Jaromir Vejvoda of Czechoslovakia and first published as Skoda Laska Pity of Love. When the tune reached the United States lyrics were added and the title Beer Barrel Polka adopted. The song became one of America’s most popular tunes.
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M. FP. A
Jaromir Vejvoda
Czechoslovakia
United States
America
Mystery Dead in Beechcroft Badminton Court
Molly B and Deb discover a lifeless body under a crimson hanging in the Beechcroft game hall. Henry Lander lies masked by a sheet as the campus scene erupts with alarm and suspicion. Tim Grant seeks the doctor. police are summoned amid whispers of college power and old loyalties.
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Deborah
Cocky
Hiroshima
Tim
Beechcroft
Sophy
Mark
Deb
Washington
Judge Lander
Tim Grant
Henry
Roger
Eunice Locius
Henry Lander
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Lander
Molly Burton
Badminton Court
Sam Farr
Tilly
Til
Clive Warner
Burke Romney
Scragg
Clive
Romney
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