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Tenney
New York
Detroit
Woodward and Company, Inc
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
University of Virginia urged to allow Marxist discussion rights
The Star defends free speech seeing no exclusion for Communists and Socialists in university classrooms. It cites Jefferson’s ideals of freedom of mind and tolerance as supporting open discussion on socialism.
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University of Virginia
America
STAR
Thomas Jefferson
Roscoe
War scare fades as peace talk gains ground
The war scare promoted recently has fizzled with belief in a world war fading. Chamberlain signals progress toward disarmament this year, starting with air armada cuts. The article urges Washington to avoid entanglements and keep the U.S. from war hysteria while European nations show no moves against America.
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United States
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Europe
U. S
Washington
U.S
Anti Mustache Acknowledge Mustache Bias in Uniformed Officials
In a satirical barb Colonel Pickett of the Detroit police challenges the idea that mustaches signal moral fault. The piece argues history and nature favor variety in facial hair, noting even figures like Hughes and Moses hid their mustaches and mocking calls for uniform grooming.
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Colonel Pickett
Detroit
Charles Evans Hughes
Moses
Tennessee Abandons Pretense On Prohibition After Vote
Governor Cooper’s veto overridden as Tennessee legalizes package liquor stores on a county option basis. House 55 38, Senate 17 16. Finance experts estimate $1.5 million annual revenue from legal sale, with three states remaining dry.
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Cooper
Tennessee
House
State Senate
Memphis
Crump
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Georgia
Savannah
Atlanta
Alabama
Virginia
Will Irwin
Scribner's Magazine
Ohio
Irwin
Carolina's Fiscal Plight Spurs Slot Machine Bill in North Carolina
North Carolina faces a revenue squeeze as the House debates a bill to legalize slot machines. Analysts estimate annual revenue of 200000 to 400000 with license fees from 20 to 500. Critics warn the measure could open gambling to the state, challenging long held public virtue.
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North Carolina
House of Delegates
Hoey
Gore couple welcomed daughter at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Claude F Gore celebrate the birth of a daughter in Memorial Hospital. Fourteen princesses have been chosen for the court of the queen of the 15th apple blossom festival to be held this spring.
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Claude F. Gore
Memorial Hospital
Handley Wrestlers Lose Local Championship Match
Handley wrestling team, formed this year, falls to Weston West Virginia matmen in a local gym championship. Citizens react to an executive committee appeal confirming the festival will return here this year. Warren County’s oldest merchant, Ww. C. Weaver Sr., aged 84, dies at his Front Royal home.
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Handley
Weston
W. Va
Ww. C. Weaver
Warren County
Front Royal
Lindbergh Opens Brownsville to Mexico City Mail Route
Charles Lindbergh inaugurates a new air mail service linking Brownsville Texas with Mexico City amid early aviation expansion. Elsie Janis, noted American actress touring Europe, is reported critically ill in Paris. Godfrey O Miller estate devised to widow and children in probate here.
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Charles Lindbergh
Brownsville
Texas
Mexico City
Elsie Janis
Europe
Paris
Godfrey O. Miller
Veil Drawn on Mexican Outrages and Local Commerce
Twenty five years ago, Senate floor debate centers on Mexican outrages affecting American property and citizens. Local grower John Cather earns seven dollars thirty five cents per barrel for No 1 pippins for English markets. George W Kremer Jr and Mae Lee Bowman receive a marriage license.
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Senate
John Cather
George W. Kremer, Jr
Mae Lee Bowman
Reynolds Nominated Democratic Commissioner Candidate
Forty years ago H C Reynolds was the Democratic nominee for Commissioner of Revenue for Frederick county's northern district. A young man reports to police that after leaving his girlfriend's Kent street home he was assaulted by attackers. Water from town mains flooded a cellar in the new post office building and put out fires in its new furnaces.
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H. C. Reynolds
Democratic Party
Frederick County
Kent Street
Answers to Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can obtain answers to various factual queries by writing to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. The column provides concise responses on topics from medical oaths to historical origins, demographics, and notable figures with dates and figures where available.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam's Almanac 1939 still in strong demand
The 1939 edition of Uncle Sam's Almanac remains popular after its 1936 debut. Published by the Information Bureau under Frederick J. Haskin, it offers no advertising or propaganda with concise government-sourced facts. Send ten cents for a copy and mail to Washington DC with name and address.
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Washington Information Bureau
The
Winchester Evening Star
Open Forum questions New Deal policy shifts and recovery
The Star's Open Forum surveys President Roosevelt's Caribbean departure remarks and Cabinet reflections. Hopkins signals a free enterprise imperative while Wall Street experiments face skepticism. Economists Babson and Dorothy Thompson warn of unemployment and debt as 1940 election dynamics prompt calls for recovery and party unity.
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the Star
Roosevelt
Caribbean Sea
Hopkins
Wallac
Roger Babson
America
Rocks
Dorothy Thompson
New Deal
Count Orsini visits Manor to press engagement claim
Detective MacIntyre grills Count Orsini about his meeting with Miss Witherspoon in France. The aristocrat asserts a forced engagement while the party suspects intrigue in the manor as tensions rise and a killer lurks nearby.
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Ludwig
Ellis
Mac
Orsini
Jeffrey Todington
Witherspoon
America
Miss Witherspoon
France
Riviera
Meester McIntyre
Madame
Paris
Franconia
Byrd plan for administrative reform faces critique
The Richmond News Leader weighs Senator Byrd's reorganization proposal arguing it may increase legislative control over the executive yet aims to curb wasteful spending. Supporters praise his effort to economize after a period of high deficits and tax fears.
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Byrd
White House
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Frederick J. Haskin
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