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DeLisser-Boya, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rochester
Atanta
San Francisco
Associated Press
Subscription prices and a religious quote in a 1941 paper
The notice lists mail and carrier subscription rates for a year six months and shorter terms with cents in advance and a weekly delivery option. A dated issue header appears Saturday November 1 1941 followed by a religious proverb about a clear conscience and debt avoidance.
Democratic Ticket Promotes State Leaders in 1941
The slate lists Colgate W. Darden Jr. for Governor, W. M. Tuck for Lieutenant Governor, and Abram P. Staples for Attorney General in the November 4, 1941 election.
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Colgate W. Darden, Jr
W.M. Tuck
Abram P. Staples
Virginia 1940 Traffic Deaths Rise Sharply
The 1940 Virginia DMV report shows 853 traffic deaths up from 813 in 1939 with 709 in counties, 102 in cities, and 42 in towns. It notes high risk for youths and elderly, gender disparities, alcohol involvement, speed factors, and weekends as the most dangerous period.
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Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
Economic peril warned as defense program expands
Floyd B. Odlum of the OPM says over 20 000 small businesses may suspend as defense production ramps up. The scenario, while speculative, points to large unemployment potential with about 70 percent of the 184 000 plants being small firms.
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Floyd B. Odlum
OPM
Odlum
Small firms face war production strain and policy delays
The piece notes numerous small businesses struggle amid vast defense orders. Materials shortages and shifting production hinder peacetime work, causing layoffs and fears for futures. Bureaucratic confusion and overlapping authority aggravate delays, with calls for clear, decisive plans from Washington.
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Washington
Reprinted Editorial Warns of Bootleggin Ahead of Tax
The Baltimore Evening Sun recalls bootleg gin dangers just after new taxes, noting that concentrated drops used to imitate spirits reemerged. The piece argues high liquor taxes invite bootlegging by allowing cheaper illicit sales, recalling prohibition era patterns and market incentives.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
The
Evening Sun
Catholics and Protestants
A Richmond Theatre mass marks the town's first Catholic service in 156 years. About 1,132 soldiers attended, versus 155 in four Protestant churches, highlighting massgoing differences among troops and provoking questions about faith and loyalty.
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London
Rockingham
N. C
Richmond
Episcopal Church
The
Baptist
Presbyterian
Milk Apple Trial At Virginia Tech Blends Skim Milk And Apples
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute reports in its October bulletin a milk apple blend using skim milk and culled apples to create a light pasty confection. The work aims to use dairy surpluses and unharvested apples, though its future popularity remains uncertain.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Institute
Virginia
The
Bulletin
United States
V. P
Greeks Repel Italians Amid Muddy Terrain
In a winter drive into Greece, Greek forces withstand Italian advances despite heavy mud and difficult terrain. Wendell Willkie, nearing the end of an 18,000 mile campaign tour, accuses President Roosevelt of spending more money than any prior president. A downtown Los Angeles earthquake shakes the early morning hours.
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Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Madrid in ruins as siege continues with shelling and bombing
The city endures heavy artillery and air strikes reducing the Spanish capital to a shambles. In the United States, Roosevelt and Alf Landon issue final appeals to voters in radio messages on the eve of the national election. Mrs Rosalie Headley ties the knot with William Triplett in Washington.
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Madrid
Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Rosalie Headley
Valley Avenue
William Triplett
Washington
Prohibition Reform Talk At Hangy Library
Miss Charlotte Nolan speaks at the Hangy library on prohibition reform. Staunton gains natural gas supply piped from Kentucky. Mrs. E. E. Haines badly injured in auto accident at Loudoun and Clifford streets corner.
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Charlotte Nolan
Hangy
Staunton
Kentucky
E. E. Haines
Loudoun
Clifford Streets
Rabbits At Opening Day Hunt Lead Clifton Grim And Jones
On the opening day of hunting season Clifton Grim and W. E. Jones bagged 63 rabbits. The report notes Marshall Foch and General John J. Pershing as heroes of the American Legion convention in Kansas City. An angry father spanks his son among five youths held by police for attempting a train wreck.
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Clifton Grim
W. E. Jones
Marshall Foch
John J. Pershing
American Legion
Kansas City
Wheat price soars for farmers amid war grain demand
Local farmers receive 1.83 per bushel for wheat the highest since the Civil War as Europe stalemates in battle and a naval blockade plays a central role. A prohibition agent warns storage of large wheat quantities is illegal ahead of the midnight dry spell enforce ment.
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Europe
Prohibition
Shenandoah Valley Fair Declared Very Successful
Forty years ago authorities warned saloon keepers that any drunk men in their places would be arrested. Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society directors report their 32nd annual Fair as one of the most successful in history.
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Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Star Quiz Answers on Page Two
Quiz questions cover science history and geography with options or prompts. Topics include freezing behavior of alcohol, antimony taxonomy, British India's capital, idioms, Napoleon, Ireland’s legislature, Blenheim bombers, Bermuda demographics, Hong Kong sovereignty, and the Mohican described by Cooper.
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British
India
Legislative
Ireland
Hive
Bermuda
Hong Kong
China
Great Britain
Japan
J. Fenimore Cooper
Red Cross Calls for Local Chapter Support
The appeal notes the Red Cross aided 217 000 victims across 149 disasters last year and urges local chapter members to join now to maintain readiness for future emergencies. The message underscores unpredictability of disasters and the need for ongoing mercy tasks.
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Red Cross
Price control and lease lend gaps in wartime economy
Hugh S. Johnson discusses coordinating US and Canada price controls, critique of Canadian ceilings, and the high costs of ship and gun production abroad. He notes opaque wartime subsidies, disparities in prices for cotton food and tobacco, and warns that future settlements may involve uncounted billions.
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Washington
Mackenzie King
Canada
Sam
Britain
Maritime Commission
United States
Britain’s 1918 credit line for U.S. goods never paid
The record notes credits established for Britain to buy American commodities, shipped on open account at civilian and government prices, and that these balances were never repaid, reflecting a historical accounting gap and the unresolved status of wartime lending.
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Britain
Two-Party System Favored By Benjamin Muse
Petersburg Republican candidate Benjamin Muse urged Virginians in Lynchburg to preserve democracy by building a strong opposition party at the state level. He said democracy at home is threatened if Virginia remains a one party system and called for a vigilant, patriotic two party system after the war.
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Lynchburg
Benjamin Muse
Petersburg
Virginia
A of the
Commonwealth
Dreams and Dream Interpretation booklet offered by Bureau
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a new DREAMS booklet from a Bureau with rules for interpretation and a dream dictionary. It invites readers to order a copy for ten cents postpaid by mailing a coupon with coin to Washington DC.
Diplomat Crowns Peanut Queen in Suffolk Coronation
Miss Patricia Donnelly a 22 year old Detroit beauty was crowned Queen Arachis Hypogea II at the Peanut Exposition coronation in Suffolk Richard G Casey Australian minister to the United States placed the crown before Governor James H Price Mrs Price and other dignitaries A court of 50 princesses attended and Mayor B O Hill said about 25000 people witnessed the event.
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Suffolk
Patricia Donnelly
Detroit
Arachis Hypogea II
Richard G. Casey
United States
Miss Donnelly
James H. Price
Price
Virginia
B. O. Hill
Answers To Questions by Haskin Information Bureau
The Chester Evening Star offers readers factual answers by writing to Frederic J. Haskin director Information Bureau Washington DC. Enclose three cents for reply.
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Chester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Questions and Answers on Wartime Topics and Officials
A reader quiz compiles answers about blueprint weight for battleships, Beethoven's Victory symphony, Montana wheat farms, Nobel prizes, closing German consulates in the U S, auto production cuts, the term bracket hens, and BBC representative in the United States Reginald Everard Lindsay Wellington.
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A. Reginald Everard Lindsay Wellington
BBC
Lip Reading Practical Aid for Deafness
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses lip reading as a practical solution to deafness for children and adults. He notes many schoolchildren are partially deaf and urges early lip reading instruction, while urging adults to confront gradual hearing loss and start training now. He answers reader questions on infant scalp boils and offers pamphlets for 10 cents each.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
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Winchester Evening Star
H. P. Byrd, JR
Winchester
Evening Star Publishing Co
Norfolk
Virginian
Star Quiz
By Fred Neher
Scott
Paton
R.J. Scott
Mount Katahdin
Maine
Nustics
Brandeis
King Features Syndicate
Hugh S. Johnson
By Frederic J. Haskin
Montana
Thomas D. Campbell
Hardin
J.A
oOo . Q
State Department
Germany
German Library of Information
Transocean News Service
J. H
Office of Production Management
British Broadcasting Company
By Logan Clendening, M. D
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