Answers to Questions from a 1930s Quiz Feature
A compilation of Q and A notes covering events and facts from 1937 including New York street parades, Wright brothers plane location, food cards in Germany, the meaning of Ken, Scottsboro case updates, movie star box office picks, NRA act date, CCC uniforms, slang meanings, Man o War weight, blind correspondents, two to three person families, baldness tricks in films, seaplane height rules, seven sleepers animals, the Six pointed star on David’s shield interpretation.
Subscription Rates By Carrier One Year In Advance
The item lists a one year subscription rate by carrier at four dollars and fifty cents with a stray line about a senate fin adouneat 298, indicating a garbled note or misprint.
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Carrier J
Senate
Public Awakening to SEC Rules and Market Rigging
The piece argues traders must rise to public expectations, noting SEC reforms and new exchange rules cannot prevent price declines. It emphasizes that prices are ultimately governed by supply and demand, rising with buyers and falling with absent buyers, regardless of reform.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Exchange
Mr. Andrews' Road Plan Sparks Virginia Debate
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot editorial contestes Mr. Andrews claim to fast track a $45 million federal road debt. It argues for pay-as-you-go and warns against concentrating funds on highways, urging use for schools colleges hospitals and other public works instead.
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Norfolk
Virginian
Andrews
Virginia
Highway Department
Information Bureau reply service offer
Frederic J. Haskin directs the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C. A reader can obtain factual answers by writing to the bureau and enclosing three cents for a reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskins
Washington, D. C
Wedding Pack Drama Tests Barbara and Garry at Lodge
Barbara resists a house party as Wenda Ayer pursues Garry Page and Jimmy Minton. Julia tips Barbara to manipulate love and money, but Barbara vows to stand by Garry without using him. Natalie arranges a weekend gathering as tension builds for the couple.
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Natal
Barbara
Garry Page
Wenda Ayer
Natalie
Julia
Jimmy Minton
Wenda
Garry
Jimmy
Ayer
Page
North American
Barbara Kingsley
Merry
Frank
Creare
Anda
Ray Lipton
Ray
Kara
Tugwell's Mississippi resettlement project ends in abandonment
The Jackson Mississippi News reports the Tugwell led rural resettlement effort in four counties failed, leaving lakes and cottages on 88,000 acres. The government plans to lease the abandoned lands for 25 years at four cents per acre annually, highlighting criticism of New Deal economy and Tugwell's resignation.
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Rexford Guy Tugwell
Army of the Good
Molasses
Mississippi
Mr. Tugwell
Uncle Sam
Jackson, Mississippi
New Deal
Mr. Roosevelt
Rex Tugwell
Practical Jefferson memorial petition seeks government school at UVA
More than 1500 University of Virginia students sign a petition urging Congress to use a 3 million Jefferson memorial fund to establish a Jefferson School of Government and Public Affairs. The proposal favors practicality over grand monuments, aligning with Jeffersonian ideals.
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University of Virginia
Congress
Jefferson Memorial Fund
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson School of
Thomas Jefferson
Investigation of Hague era civil liberty charges begins
Richmond News Leader reports Attorney General Cum mings announces a thorough probe into alleged free speech violations in Jersey City. The inquiry, started ten days ago after the mayoral forces blocked two Congressmen from speaking, aims to curb public disorder and align Hague with the U S Constitution.
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Richmond News
Cummings
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Washington
Hague
United States
New York Stock Exchange Opens Public Governors Meeting
The New York Stock Exchange allowed newspaper men photographers and publicists to attend its Board of Governors meeting for the first time in history. Officials emphasized transparency as the country anticipates a new era in the security market with bulls bears and lambs described as moving in different directions.
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Newport News Daily Press
New York Stock Exchange
The
Exchange
Just a Baby in Trouble Draws Heart in Chicago Case
The piece laments news focus on a single Chicago infant facing a life changing operation that may save or end sight and asks readers to see the human drama amid world events. It argues that personal stories ground readers and remind them of common humanity beyond wars and politics.
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Chicago
Russia
China
Europe
Lord Bacon
Drowning of 11 Year Old Crisman Near Front Royal
In a creek near Front Royal, 11 year old Nippy Crisman drowned after cramps while swimming. The incident is reported among other year old news items. Clarke T. Cooper is elected president of Winchester Golf Club with W. Nelson Page named honorary president. Pope Pius prepares and issues a white book against Nazi Germany.
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Nippy Crisman
Front Royal
Pope Pius
Rome
Rey
Clarke T. Cooper
Winchester Golf Club
W. Nelson Page
Grand Encampment Draws 1000 Odd Fellows to State Meet
Five years ago more than 1,000 Odd Fellows gathered across the state for the 96th annual Grand Encampment. Funeral services were held in Clarke County for Mrs Marion Cornwell Harrison who died in an automobile crash near Fairfax Virginia. Over 2,500 exservice members joined as Bonus Boys to work in CCC units. Mrs Eugene Branch returned home after an appendectomy operation.
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Clarke’ County
Marion Cornwell Harrison
Fairfax
Bonus Boys
Eugene Branch
Weather and politics mix in Virginia and Hoover support
Ten years ago torrential rain drenches near Middle town with waterlogged fields and roads. An agriculture report forecasts a large apple crop for this Virginia section. Supporters of Herbert Hoover claim enough votes for the Republican nomination. Rev. Dr. Frank T. McFaden plans to speak at Memorial Day exercises in Front Royal.
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Middletown
Virginia
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Frank T. McFaden
Front Royal
Robbery at Gaylord Post Office and War Memories
George Cooley the Gaylord Virginia postmaster reports the robbery of many stamps and money order books from his store and post office. A fire threatens the business section of Ellicott City Maryland. Nemo writes for The Star on Civil War memories with a minute description of Stonewall Jackson as he was then. The summer fashion notes fresh pink color and disappearance of the Peek A Boo waist.
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George Cooley
Gaylord
Ellicott City
Nemo
The
Star
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester parade marshals named for forty year event
Fireman of Winchester stages a major parade with marshals Dr. J. F. Ward and W. P. McGuire. The war with Spain appears to stretch into fall as the U. S. Army has not yet been sent to Cuba. Noah Haines seeks his lost wallet in the lost and found. N. A. Cooper reports strong sales for the Columbia Chainless Bicycle agency locally.
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Winchester
J. F. Ward
W. P. McGuire
Spain
U. S
Cuba
Noah Haines
N. A. Cooper
Columbia
Circuitous Washington plot links Lewis Guffy La Follette Madden
In Washington May 20 a tangled sequence shows John C. I. O. Lewis, Senator Guffey and aides plotting after Pennsylvania defeat. The group centers on political brokerage talk, hopes to influence steel firms and NLRB aims, with La Follette securing extra funds for investigations and Madden resisting changes. The episode reads like a political quadruple play.
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Washington
John C. I. O. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Guffey
Walter Jones
Kennedy
Good Neighbor League
Lewis, Guffey & Co
For Sale and Exchange
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Republic
Inland
Independent Steel
Senate
la Follette
Senator la Follette
Republican
Madden
NLRB
CIO Organization
White House
LaFollette
King
Barkley
Roosevelt
Open Forum Urges Block Improvements and War Memorial Honor
A Star editorial calls for condemning derelict shacks near North Market and North Main, improving streets to Live Stock Sales on North Kent, and creating a flower bordered square in front of Handley grounds. The writer proposes a Capt. Robt. Y. Conrad memorial with a public subscription, asking who will sponsor May 20th.
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Star
North Market
North Main
Fair Grounds
North Kent Street
Distan
Bond, Braddock and
Valley Ave
Robt. Y. Conrad
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Manhattan Island
Wright Brothers
Science Museum
London
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Smithsonian Institution
Germany
O— Q
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Willie Roberson
Thomas Harten
Brooklyn
Roy Wright
Bill Robinson
Olin Montgomery
Scottsboro Defense Committee
C.R A
Motion Picture
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Clark Gable
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Robert Taylor
Joe E. Brown
Dick Powell
Joan Crawford
Claudette Colbert
Jeanette MacDonald
Gary Cooper
Jane Withers
NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act
CCC
A. W
Civilian Conservation Corps
H— Q
Man O' War
W. A
Katherine Smith
Buffalo Courier Express
W. Q
C. J
Seven Sleepers
Star of David
H.M
David
MR. Andrews
Pipe-Dream
By Frederic J. Haskin
AMIS
Horthy
Hungary
Hough
ST. Paul's Cathedral
Alexandria
Paul Mallon
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