Early response to Girl Scout drive draws approval in Winchester
The campaign for a 3200 dollar annual expense fund for Winchester Girl Scouts began Monday. Officials expect a full results report by Saturday and praise from Commonwealth's Attorney Kuykendall for supporting youth, training leaders, and fostering good citizenship.
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Harold G. Brown
Girl Scout Council
Winchester
Kuykendall
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Commonwealth
Frederick County
Girl Scouts
Girls Scouts
Girl Scouts Organization
Outcome of John L Sullivan belt diamonds pawned melted for gold
Nat Fleischer notes Sullivan removed the diamonds from the heavyweight belt, then pawned it. About twenty years ago it passed to a Baltimore junk dealer and was melted at the Philadelphia Mint for the gold. Card of thanks from the family of Thomas Hitt.
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John L. Sullivan
W.lc
Nat Fleischer
Sullivan
Baltimore
Philadelphia
USO Actress Promotes War Fund Drive in Winchester
Miss Charlotte Armstrong of USO Camp Shows toured Virginia cities to back the War Fund Drive. She spoke 15 minutes on WINC radio in Winchester about frontline entertainment value, recounting her wartime USO tours through France Belgium Germany and Alsace Lorraine and the loss of her husband in Italy.
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Charlotte Armstrong
U. S. O-Camp
Virginia
Winchester
Front Royal
Washington
Tom Baldridge
War Activities Committee of Motion Pictures
Miss Armstrong
Italy
USO
Army
Normandy
France
Belgium
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Armstrong
Is Epilepsy Inherited and What Causes It
A booklet presenting doctors opinions on epilepsy questions will be mailed free to any reader who writes to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept K 1372. The offer aims to inform readers about inheritance and causes of epilepsy.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Dept
USO Camp Shows Bring Home Comfort to Soldiers
Miss Armstrong describes how the USO troupe bridged the gap between overseas troops and home, delivering dances and moments of home life amid mud puddles and tree seating. She recalls V-E Day in Wiemar, Germany, a strafed village, and later fears of New York taxicabs.
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Bridges
Miss Armstrong
Wiemar
Germany
New York City
Allied Conferees Seek Peace Based on Justice
An official statement notes the council will pause work to focus on peace treaty considerations. Byrnes emphasizes that any settlement must rest on justice and governance as trustees, warning that misused power becomes a menace amid stalled Balkan peace treaty talks.
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Byrnes
Byrnes Seeks Broad European Peace Pact With Stalin Dialogue
Secretary Byrnes said the United States favors a European conference to draft treaties and noted a deadlock over excluding France and China from Balkan peace talks. He emphasized unanimous agreement, likening it to a jury, and urged persistence for essential peace terms with Soviet approval pending Stalin’s personal input. The five foreign ministers' deputies were instructed to continue study and diplomacy.
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U. S. Senate
Byrnes
Senate
Austria
Ruhr
Rhineland
United States
Stalin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Truman
Attlee
Russia
France
China
Balkan
London Talks Stalled Over Procedure Without Date Set
The passage notes that talks remain in London but cannot address major problems until a procedural agreement is reached and no date has been set for any future meeting of the foreign secretaries themselves.
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London
Roosevelt Rejects Obligation on Bad Debt Claim
Roosevelt says he feels no obligation regarding a $196,000 bad debt claim. Elliott notes the government allows tax deductions for bad debts only when the debtor has no assets and argues against singling him out. Roosevelt had earlier spoken on the matter.
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Elliott
Roosevelt
Stock Valuation and Collateral Details in Texas Network Snow Case
The stock of the Texas network Snow is conservatively valued at between 1.5 million and 2 million dollars. He stated that when two loans were made Hartford received 2000 shares of oe stock as collateral and Baird was involved.
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Texas
Hartford
Oe Stock Ag
Baird
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