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Rochester
Atlanta
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Associated Press
Incea
Child Proclaimed Prophet to Prepare Lord’s Ways
A religious message emphasizes that even the young can help prepare God's rule on earth. The scripture quotes Luke 1 76 urging the child to be called the prophet of the highest and to go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
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Earth
Staples Wins Again in Supreme Court Virginia Tax Victory
The U S Supreme Court sustained the Virginia license tax on peddlers in a decision hailed as another Staples victory. Attorney General Abram P Staples and his staff had seven Washington cases, winning all, with Staples handling five personally, reflecting long-standing state success before the nation’s highest court.
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Washington
Moving Wheat To Coast For World Market
Washington food control officials foresee a record May wheat movement from the wheat belt to eastern warehouses. The Commodity Credit Corporation holds 300 million bushels stored, with 15 000 to 20 000 freight cars to move grain to Gulf ports and East Coast elevators. Winter wheat harvests across Kansas Oklahoma Texas Nebraska and Colorado total over 325 million bushels, with Canada expected to supply Britain and global demand rising.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Gulf Ports
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Colorado
Seaboard
Canada
Britain
United States
Air Cargo Expansion Spurs New Freight Air Service Plans
Four airlines American Eastern TWA and United form a corporation to test air express and freight feasibility. War era advances push bigger faster ships, carrying 40 tons at five times train speed, signaling a transition to peacetime air freight with army and navy experience guiding the move.
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American
Eastern
TWA
United
H. H. Arnold
Ira C. Baker
Air Corps
Air transport may reshape cargo business says experts
The passage suggests that aircraft production limits have slowed plane supply for commerce. Studies indicate ships no larger than current models can move express freight cheaper than trucks or rail. Experts believe within years air cargo could become major airline business.
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Defense
Reprinted Editorials On Lindbergh Resignation And Free Speech
The Richmond News Leader discusses Colonel Lindberghs resignation from the Army Air Corps Reserve and the role of free speech in wartime policy debates. It contrasts Union and Confederate loyalties of Jubal A. Barry and Robert E Lee to argue that dissent must be allowed and protected in a democratic society.
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Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Richmond News
Virginia
Jubal A. Barry
R. B. Lee
Draft Age Cohort Urges Year of Army Training Now
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot argues that 1,500,000 youths aged 21 since October 16 should receive a year of Army training this year rather than wait on present or future draft lists. It warns that delaying training disrupts early adulthood and harms the Army’s long term reserve forces.
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Norfolk
United States
Selective Service
Virginian-Pilot
Remembered as a dictator who ruined Italy and betrayed allies
A Mussolini tribute in Albania praises him as victorious and memorable. The piece condemns him as a corrupter of Italy who ruined fields and industry, killed sons, and collapsed to save himself by yielding to a foreign ruler.
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Mussolini
Albania
Benito
Italy
Caesars
Garribaldi
Cavour
Mazzini
Secretary Knox Declares War Tone Despite Polls
The quote frames policy as a wartime stance while noting Secretary Knox follows Gallup public opinion trends.
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Knox
Stephens City high school to graduate 48 this month
News from one year ago notes Stephens City high school will graduate 48 students, among the largest classes in the school’s history, with an announcement of Miss Nancy Smith of Strasburg engaged to C. P. McVicar.
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Stephens City High School
Nancy Smith
Strasburg
C. P. McVicar
Ramsburg Garage Ads Sell 50 HP Studebaker for 1185
A Ramsburg Garage advertises a 50 horsepower Studebaker for sale at $1,185. The item is described amid a wartime update noting a German advance slowed by a French counterattack. The piece also reports the marriage of Miss Desie C. Johnson to Theodore F. Jackmyer of the U S Army in the local area.
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Ramsburg
Dawes Family Escape Fatal Bartonville Fire
B M Dawes and family narrowly escape death as their Bartonville home is destroyed by flames. Willie Atkinson son of the judge breaks his wrist in after school play. Mr and Mrs Charles E Bell celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a dinner at their White Hall home.
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B. M. Dawes
Bartonville
Willie Atkinson
Charles E. Bell
White Hall
Answers to Questions by Frederic J Haskin
A reader can obtain brief factual answers from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederic J Haskin Washington D C Enclose three cents for reply Q What is meant by Thy youth is like the eagle s C M A The eagle moults every ten years for new life Q What is the highest astronomical observatory The Fremont Pass Colorado at 11318 feet Q How can visitors watch the Dionne quintuplets through plate glass windows with a mesh screen Q Where does Philadelphia obtain its water supply About half from the Delaware and half from the Schuylkill Filtration largest in the world Q Does an illegitimate child bear its mother s or father s name The child takes the mother s name Q Do many seek motion picture roles through Central Casting Hollywood Placements 228342 and average wage 11 08 Q What are the most famous Gothic tapestries The Hunt of the Unicorn at the Cloisters Metropolitan Museum Q Are there plants that catch fish Bladderwort catches small fish Q What is the highest point above sea level Mt Everest 29141 feet Q Please give death date and burial place of Mrs David Livingstone She died April 27 1862 and was buried under a baobab tree at Shupanga
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David Livingtone
David Livingstone
Shupanga
Aunt Harriet Brown Remembered By Frederick County Friend
A local tribute recalls Aunt Harriet Brown a well known Welltown resident who died after a long life of service as a cook laundress midwife and trusted neighbor. She married Horace Lee Brown in Hendrick Church over sixty years ago led by Rev. M Hedrick and valued her faith and community bonds.
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Harriet
the Star
Frederick County
Harriet Brown
Hendrick
Welltown
M. Hedrick
Hedrick
Horace Lee Brown
F. A. Cochran
Chile
Ant Control Leaflet For Home Pests
Government prepared leaflet explains rapid measures to exterminate ants at home and on lawns. Contains illustrated guidance on varieties and prevention, with postage paid price five cents.
Request for leaflet on ANTS by mail with five cents
The note encloses five cents in coin for a leaflet about ants. It gives address instructions to mail to Washington D C and asks for the leaflet, signed by an individual identifying as Director Frederic J Haskin in The Winchester Evening Star. The fragment preserves personal names and mailing details.
Bombproof hospital for germs shows humane war on disease
Edwin C. Hill reflects on London’s Red Cross and Harvard Hospital project to study communicable diseases after wars. He notes prefabricated structures, 22 buildings, and the irony of a bombproof shelter aiding global science against deadly germs.
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Red _Cross
Harvard University Hospital
London
Harvard Doctor Guides Allied Germ Defense Forces
Dr. John E. Gordon of Harvard University, a preventive medicine professor and epidemiologist, serves as liaison between British and American germ-defense forces. He previously led health administration in Detroit and fought epidemics in the Balkans, bringing high command experience to the alliance.
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John E. Gordon
Harvard University
Detroit
Balkans
Seven quiz questions on geography history and literature
A page of trivia asks about Greenland relative position Iceland Alaska and Cabot. It covers ecclesiastical heads and diocese titles, belladonna or prima donna, Kitchen Cabinet, Robinson Crusoe companion, Up From Slavery author, a railroad device animal pond slang f word, Jimmy Thomson sport, and Cabot nationality Italian or English.
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Greenland
Alaska
Robinson Crusoe
Jimmy Thomson
John Cabot
Newspaper style constraint for direct quotes
Instruction requires not using quoted speech in this prompt. The user asks to avoid phrases like He says to me or He looked at me and says substitute said.
Two Frederick County youths honored at Virginia Tech
In Blacksburg on May 8, two Frederick county students at Virginia Tech were elected to office in the Horticulture Club during its annual campus elections. J. E. Butler of Winchester was named vice president and A. N. Fox of Gore was chosen sergeant-at-arms. Both will be juniors next year.
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Blacksburg
Frederick County
Virginia Tech
J. E. Butler
Winchester
A. N. Fox
Gore
Tech
War News Censored Caution to Readers
The Star notes European reports are censored before transmission to the United States. Readers are cautioned that wartime coverage may be incomplete or altered due to censorship.
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the Star
Europe
United States
World War Epidemics Can Outkill War’s Toll Says Scientist
The piece argues that disease, not tanks or guns, may claim more lives in war as scientists including Dr. Gordon strive to consolidate years of progress. It warns germs follow empire westward and recalls Thucydides on Athens, noting deadly plagues rivaling legions.
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Gordon
Athens
Thucydides
Constructive Peace and Health Across a Global Civilization
The passage argues isolation has limited epidemics but warns against complacency. It describes Dr Gordon's hospital as both fortress and intelligence post behind enemy lines. World scientists at Harvard conceived a parliament of science to unite against poverty disease and war as intertwined with economic breakdown.
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Europe
Asia
Dr. Gordon
Harvard
Vernal catarrh and hay fever through pollens
Dr. Logan Clendening explains that spring hay fever stems from grass pollens, not roses or hay, and discusses timing by tree and grass blooms. He notes vaccines from grass pollens promise prevention and advises removing a large mole on the back for medical convenience.
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Logan Clendening
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Reducing and Gaining Instructions for Ene ene Ee
Fragmented text in the editor notes mentions seven pamphlets and a reader Asad. It includes stray phrases about reducing and gaining and unclear references to instructions. No coherent article facts are present.
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Logan
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