Winchester Man Fashions Violin From Thousands Of Matches
John H. Colvin of Winchester fashioned a violin and its case from 18 826 matches over four weeks. The hollow shellac sealed case held a Stradivarius style violin, crafted by shaping matches with a wood core and cellophane, then varnished. Colvin, long idle due to illness, pursued the project as a hobby and displayed the piece at The Star office.
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Winchester Man
Colvin
Patie
Winchester
Kern Street
Keller Two Home Runs Sets Yankees Win Over Reds
In a high scoring game, Keller hit his second and then seventh home runs of the season tying a record as the Yankees defeated the Reds. Dicky and Crosetti contributed key hits while Moore held Cincinnati scoreless after the early innings. Attendance reached 32 723 with receipts of 150 027 27 dollars.
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Kelser
Rolfe
DiMaggio
Selkirk
Berger
Gordon
Reds
Crosetti
Goodman
Dickey
McCormick
Lombardi
Craft
Yankees
Keller
Diamond
Babe Ruth
Lou Gone
Ay Lazzeri
Hadley
Myers
Werber
Nino Bongiovanni
Moore
Skirk
Yankee
Stanley
Frenchy) Bordagaray
Bordagaray
Dahlgren
Willard Hershberger
Cincinnati
Harley
Milt Shofner
Cleveland
Boston Bees
Dallgren
Hopper
Frey
Hershberger
Gomez
Gomez Lombardi
Hadlel
Bump Hadley
Gormez
Hackey
Thompson
Summers
di Magio
Yankees Win Tight Baseball Marathon In Series Opener
In a pitchers duel and late rallies, the Yankees take the lead as DiMaggio hits a 383-foot homer to put New York ahead. Selkirk and Myers contribute on base, with key plays by Frey and Gordon aiding the Reds in a tense back-and-forth.
Hitler Confident He Will Be Heeded
The piece notes Hitler’s confidence that his proposals will be heeded as mediation attempts fail. It cites rejection of mediation by Hitler and propaganda against the United States. It mentions Roosevelt seeking neutral mediation, Mussolini as likely mediator, and possible moves by Sweden and a potential Oslo conference.
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Hitler
United States
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Berlin
Sweden
Oslo
Army Plans Five Streamlined Divisions for Combat Ready Force
President Roosevelt approved a plan to convert the peace-time army into a full combat force with 53,000 additional regulars and a second combat corps of five streamlined divisions. Concentration sites include Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Fort Lewis Washington Camp McClellan Alabama Camp Jackson North Carolina Fort Bragg and Camp Ord California for special corps troops. The five new divisions form the army’s first fully organized combat force since World War I.
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Paso
Tex
Roosevelt
Congress
South
Fort
Fort Benning
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Fort Lewis
Wash
Camp McClellan
Ala
Camp Jackson
N. C
Fort Bragg
Fort Knox
Camp Ord
Girl Slayer Is Sentenced To Die For Crime
Charles Jefferson, 29, was sentenced to death in Florida for the hammer slaying of 17-year-old Frances Dunn near Boca Raton. Convicted September 27 of first degree murder, he was denied a new trial by Circuit Judge C E Chillingworth.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Charles Jefferson
Florida
Miami
Frances Dunn
Boca Raton
C. E. Chillingworth
Britain Watches Hitler Peace Moves With Skepticism
The British government and press react cautiously to Hitler’s armistice hints. The Times and Evening Standard warn that France and Britain will not trade Poland’s freedom for peace while foreign ministers plan London talks with Poland’s Paris government.
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House of Commons
Berlin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Reichstag
United States
Fuehrer
Ministry of Information
August Zaleski
Paris
London
Lord Halifax
Britain
Poland
London Times
the Times
France
Great Britain
Germany
Evening Standard
Holland
Belgium
The
Star
Rich Lifer Flees From His Guards in Georgia
Georgia authorities search southeast Georgia for Richard Gallogly who escaped last night with his wife Vera Hunt and his mother Mrs Worth Yankey after stopping a car near Graymont Summit. Governor Rivers posted a 500 dollar reward as police coordinate across state lines to recapture Gallogly who is serving life for a 1928 murder with accomplice George Harsh.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Richard Gallogly
Tattnall County
Reidsville
Worth E Yankey
Joé Freeman
Graymont Summit
Gallogly
Swainsboro
Macon
Freeman
Yankey
E. D. Rivers
Lon Sullivan
R. K. Mann
State Penal Board
Oglethorpe University
George Harsh
Milwaukee
Willard H. Smith
Vera Hunt
Mann
Boykin
Harsh
Red pamphlet seized in raid on Communist group
Washington aimed raid yields a report tied to a local Communist organization. Secretary Martin Chancey identified the document as genuine and said the party had 325 members in the capital with about one third Black.
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Washington
House Committee
Communist Party
Chancey
Dies
Soviet Realizes Two Objectives Quite Easily
Moscow reports unofficially that Soviet Russia, via a deal with Germany, gained two aims: concessions in the Baltic and the right to move armies into Polish Ukraine and White Russia. A British French plan to use the Soviets as a base to defend Poland failed after breakdown in military talks due to Russian demands.
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Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
France
Baltic
Polish Ukraine
White
Poland
Soviet Russia
Belgians Inter N French Airmen at Langemarck Incident
A French military plane landed at Langemarck near Ypres and was seized by Belgian authorities. Two non commissioned officers were arrested after they said they left Paris for Lille with military documents and mail and got lost in fog.
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Brussells
Langemarck
Ypres
Paris
Lille
Gallogly Sentenced to Death After Mistrials in 1928 Trial
Gallogly faced a death sentence after two mistrials in 1928 before pleading guilty to save his friend. Harsh received a life term alongside Gallogly and is imprisoned at a Fulton county camp near Atlanta.
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Gallogly
Harsh
Fulton County
Atlanta
Junk crew endures perilous voyage to Seattle in small Chinese junk
Five men one woman and a dog and cat waited for tow to Seattle after a voyage begun April 7 from Shanghai. Captain Anderson said the Tai Ping faced dwindling rations and repeated repairs failure due to a broken Chinese motor. The junk drifted toward rocks until the Coast Guard Discoverer towed it to safety, then the Flying Cloud rescued them near Brooks Bay before arriving at Quatsino. Pirates in the Yangtze line were outrun toward Japan.
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Quatsino
B. C
Seattle
Anderson
Shanghai
China
Japan
Queen Charlotte Island
United States Coast Guard
Discoverer
Brooks Bay
Flying Cloud
Yangtze River
Answers to Today's Quiz Listed on Page Four
Answers to today’s quiz are printed on page four of the newspaper. The page provides solutions to all quiz questions. Readers are invited to compare their responses with the official answers.
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Teo
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Marquette
Mich
S. Ablewhite
Episcopal Diocese of
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Chicago
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Fred Snite
Hugh S. Lupton
Yanks Pocket
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Bounder
Mhadley
Fred
Roller
Winchester Steam Laundry
Machine Army
MO. S. Solenberger & CO
Piccadilly
Cameron
Goodrich
Silvertown
Rich Lifer
Un-American Probe Committee
Easil
Quatsino, B. C
Rey
Zaie PreeNende
Bach
Sokbinn
Dupont Paints
DuPont
DU Pont
Svecil
SILCO
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Virginia
Duco
Dulu
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