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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1939

Page

10

Foreign War Veterans To Meet In June

The Virginia department encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held June 24 to 28 in Alexandria. About 5 000 attendees are expected, with 12 to 18 musical units from across the region. The gathering will include discussions on pensions for widows and orphans, war profits tax, and neutrality, and will close with state drum and bugle corps and ritual contests. The national finals will follow in Boston in August.

Winchester Post Veterans of Foreign Wars Alexandria Virginia Department Veterans’ Organization Russell Mitchell Post United Spanish War Veterans American Legion Congress Bernard H. Cook V. F .W. Post District of Columbia Maryland V. F Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Cook William S. Woodell Staunton Department of Virginia

Eskimo Family Arrives After 6000 Mile Journey

The Mayokok family plans reindeer meat meals for Fair Food Chicago while the Eskimo family from Cape Prince of Wales arrives in Chicago after a 6000 mile trek by dog sled, air, sea, and rail.

Chicago New York Mayokok Weokana Tumasusuk Ongoona Argustuk Cape Prince of Wales Alaska

Dear Miss Chatfield Advice on custody and education

A reader asks which parent to live with as her parents separate. The adviser says the child should choose, noting the mother may object but likely won’t, and favors living with the father and aunt if it ensures education and college funding. The message emphasizes education as the best future path.

Miss Chatfield

Advice Columnistic Dilemma on Engagement and Duty

A reader seeks guidance on whether a crippled fiancé should marry soon or wait. Caroline Chatfield voices sympathy and calls for pity for the afflicted father. Conscientious advises the woman decide with her parents' input and stresses fair treatment and responsibility.

Caroline Chatfield

Miss Chatfield Advice Column Reader Letters

Woman writes about exhausting efforts to please her husband and finding no time to relax. The column invites general interest problems from readers, promising personal answers to suitable letters and confidential handling of names.

Miss Chatfield

Foreign Policy Gets G.O.P. Rap

Republicans in Congress led the critique of the administration’s foreign policy. They demanded details on a 770 million naval outlay and pressed to block any neutrality act revision. Ditter warned against battleship funding unless Pacific air base proposals were dropped, while Wake Island Valmira and Johnston Island were in play.

Washington Congress Vandenberg R. Mich Senate Roosevelt House Rep. Ditter R.pa Pacific Ditter Wake Island Valmyra Johnston Islands

Baltimore Man Siphons Gasoline From Truck

John Stricker found his truck tank empty in Baltimore and borrowed a funnel to siphon 1,500 gallons of gasoline from his cargo, then drove away with part of the fuel.

Baltimore John Stricker

Certification of Livestock Endorsement for Southeast States

J H Meek Virginia agriculture official urged a $7,000 appropriation to start grading and certification of livestock in Virginia and neighboring southeastern states. He described progress on state inspection programs with coordinated yet unofficial federal involvement and argued for federal state cooperation to prevent losses from absent official grading.

Washington Senate Appropriations Committee Agriculture Department J. H. Meek Division of Markets Virginia Department of Agriculture Meek Virginia West Virginia Tennessee North Carolina Congress Federal Department

Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues Snippet

Puzzle clues list with entries such as large sum wattle of a bird metal ridges of Samuel and others. Mentions sun god foot of an animal Japanese festival part of to be color dissolve out by at the top therefore jumbled type hairy coat land measure prefix de noting again and lowest note of Guido.

Guido

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