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Tenney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
The Divine Caretaker Passage Quoted
A religious verse from Matthew 6 26 emphasizes divine provision for birds. The quotation contrasts nature and human faith, highlighting trust in heavenly care.
Rockingham Turkey Festival Impresses Harrisonburg and County
Russell L. Stultz details Rockingham Turkey Festival’s impact for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. The festival began in 1939 drawing 60 000 visitors who spent about 60 000. Rockingham is Virginia’s leading turkey producer with 500 000 annually and a poultry industry worth about 4 000 000.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Russell L. Stultz
Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Rockingham
U. S
Virginia
Televised Conventions Pose New Political Theatre
A Philadelphia Republican National Convention will be televised for viewers within a 90 mile radius via NBC and Philco. Early limits confine coverage to nearby areas as relay stations expand, with TV likely shaping convention rhetoric but not eliminating demagogic style.
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Philadelphia
John D. W. Hamilton
National Broadcasting Company
Philco Radio and Television Corporation
Byrd Urges Immediate Cut in Waste Amid War Strains
Reprinted editorial from Washington Daily News notes Senator Byrd urging Congress to cut all unnecessary government spending to fund essential defense needs and reform the tax system to share the burden of national crisis. The piece frames it as a timely election year proposal during wartime pressures.
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Washington Daily News
Byrd
Congress
Call for bold tax reform to meet deficits
Congress faces a looming debt limit and potential billions in unplanned expenditures. The piece urges lawmakers to stay in Washington, enact a direct broad based tax plan, and raise rates on income and inheritance taxes to fund necessary government spending.
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Congress
Audit Crushes LSU Football Costs Amid Wide Deficit
The fiscal year 1938 39 audit shows LSU faced a 113462 deficit in athletics amid large expenses for athletes and operations. Authors criticize costly subsidization and recruiting as football’s costs outpaced performance and morals, calling for college boards to rethink the mad rivalry.
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Louisiana State University
Huey K. Long
Bound of
Buotor
Cro Esseveress
Ajustos
The Star Quiz: seven questions from page 2
Seven trivia prompts cover polar discovery, etymology, animal or insect riddles, authorship of The Citadel, vacuum travel by rocket, density of water, the ferryman of Styx, a Supreme Court Justice as a potential GOP candidate, and whether babies are born with teeth.
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North Pole
Styx
U. S. Supreme Court
Today’s Common Error Cites Polite Rewording Style
Editorial note urges writers to avoid saying a thing is no use and instead phrase as of no use. The guidance stresses concise direct language and avoiding awkward constructions.
Vitamin E Factor In Paralysis War
A mother rat lacking vitamin E in diet shows offspring paralysis that reverses when vitamin E is reintroduced. Clinicians report improvements in muscular atrophy cases, including ALS, with concentrated vitamin E. London results in children with muscular atrophy also show notable gains, suggesting potential muscle-focused benefits and a shift in views on nerve regeneration and paralysis.
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Herbert Evans
University of California
New York
London
Williams and Burtner seek Clarke County offices
Williams and Bill Burtner declare for Commonwealth attorney and treasurer respectively in Clarke County. Over 65 fathers and their sons are entertained at the first annual F F P A banquet at Gainesboro High. J E Cowles praises the event. A Little Theatre committee reports C P McVicar has granted use of the building’s second floor on West Water Street.
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Williams
Bill Burtner
Clarke County
Gainesboro High
J. E. Cowles
Little Theatre
C. P. McVicar
West Water Street
Miss Susie Carbaugh Reelected Club President
Five years ago Susie Carbaugh was reelected president of the Stephens City Home Economics Club at the High School Myrtle Smith and Garland Rogers of Stephens City were married by Rev Goode.
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Susie Carbaugh
Stephens City
Myrtle Smith
Garland Rogers
J. Goode
Snapp Elected President of Virginia Dental Association
Ten years ago Dr. R. B. Snapp is chosen president at the 61st annual convention in Richmond. Mrs. Isabel S. Sloan of New York and Detroit buys the John D. Lewis estate near Upperville for 70000 dollars.
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R. B. Snapp
Virginia Dental Association
Richmond
Isabel S. Sloan
New York
Detroit
John D. Lewis
Upperville
Transylvania narrowly escapes torpedo near miss
Twenty five years ago a Bib steamer Transylvania avoided a fate similar to the Lusitania when a German submarine fired a torpedo that passed forty yards astern. The German ambassador left Italy as tensions rose between nations. John F. Sowers of White Post was critically ill after hospitalization in Baltimore. National Fruit Products Company sent representatives from Alexandria to supervise building a large vinegar plant on Fairmont Avenue.
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Transylvania
Lusitania
Italy
John F. Sowers
White Post
Baltimore
National Fruit Products Company
Alexandria
Fairmont Avenue
Frederick County resident dies in slide at Fishers Hill
Peter Fahnestock is killed in a slide caused by an overturned wagon on Fishers Hill as Frederick County building officials debate whether to use brick or stone for the new city hall whose foundation is under construction. Frank Van Horn loses his costly Knights Templar hat on a train bound for Martinsburg for a parade and must march in a plain cap.
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Peter Fahnestock
Frederick County
Fishers Hill
Frank van Horn
Knights Templar
Martinsburg
Wealthy Grandfather Hosts Gala With Hidden Motives
In a Merrifield mansion party, shy archeology student Jeremy Tucker is guided by Gayle Dixon as Benjamin Merrifield, 78, watches. The social swirl includes Bill Bailey and lively guests, until a butler reports a guest theft of a diamond wristwatch, prompting urgent concern.
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Benjamin Merrifield
Ayle Dixon
Eremy Tucker
Bill Bailey
Merrifield Mansion
Jeremy Tucker
Benjamin W. Merrifield
Weems
Jeremy
Gayle Dixon
Mr. Merrifield
Gayle
Eadh
Bill
Christopher
Miss Dixon
Mr. Bailey
Graham
Giham
Willkie Boomlet Sparks GOP Hope in 1940
The Richmond News Leader notes Willkie lacks a party machine or formal candidacy yet inspires admiration for his abilities. Some see him as a possible modernized Republican standard bearer, though his drift from Democrat origins and absence of a declared bid temper enthusiasm.
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Richmond News
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
E& Hope
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Wendell Willkie
Question and Answer Service From Frederic J. Haskin
Readers can write to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau for factual answers. Questions cover Churchill’s church, Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl, World’s Fair medals, polar bear traction, Pullman town history, submarine literature, spectroscope colors, Finlandia meaning, vice-presidential nominees, orchid cultivation, Ferris wheel origin, and hue and cry.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Winston Churchill
Church of
A United States Map Showing Detached Territories
A promotional notice from the Winchester Evening Star publicizing a five color, 21 by 28 inch map of United States detached territories. It promises reverse side data, offers ten cents postpaid, and provides a coupon for ordering to the Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D. C.
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United States
Europe
the United Star
The
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National Poetry Center
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Pullman Company
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