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AP News Rights Note
The Associated Press notes exclusivity for use of its dispatches and locally published news in this paper.
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Lord's Guidance Promised to Seekers
A biblical verse from 2 Chronicles urges that the Lord is with those who remain with him and seek him, promising presence if found and abandonment if forsaken. The message emphasizes faithfulness and divine attentiveness to seekers.
Justice Speedy and Slow Across States
An editorials compares Michigan fast action with New York and New Jersey delays in the Hauptmann Lindbergh case and a separate case of a man arrested for threatening Edsel Ford. The piece argues for fewer legal loopholes and swifter trials to satisfy public demand for timely justice.
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Lindbergh
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Fashion Forecast Brings Back Flashy Era
Chairman Twyeffort of the Ameri can Tailors Association predicts a bold winter wardrobe with multi colored clothing plaid suits red or violet vests bright green or blue hats and motifs recalling historic garb. The note imagines Wilbur Schoffer and Daya in green hats purple coats and red vests for a playful nod to past fashion extremes.
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American Tailors’ Association
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School Days Quiz Answers Revealed
The list presents three questions with answers: Judas Iscariot killed himself. asbestos rock woven into cloth for its incombustibility. and the carat as the unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 3.17 grains.
New Cars and Steel Mills Revamp for Bigger Cars
The piece notes low steel output yet highlights mills rebuilding to produce large sheets for radically designed cars. It mentions bodies stamped from single sheets and a possible spring rollout. Experts clash on how fast streamlining will spread, depending on die production timing and model changes.
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Soap sales rise as economy lifts demand
A major soap company reports higher operating costs and taxes but records a record sales year ending Oct 1. The piece notes increased purchases as unemployment improves and households stock up, with households preferring longer lasting soap and buying by the box when prices drop.
United States May Grant Russia Recognition One Year On
One year ago the United States was expected to grant diplomatic recognition to Russia. Lee Irwin Snapp invents a tree spray device. Hal Ludwig plans to open the Shawnee Night Club here. Middletown school league votes to sponsor a diphtheria clinic. Henry Bell and H Eugene McCormick suffer serious injuries in a severe auto crash a mile south of the city.
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Russia
Lee Irwin Snapp
Hal Ludwig
Middletown School League
Henry Bell
H. Eugene McCormick
Pollard Campaign Stop and Local Events Highlight Week
John Garland Pollard on campaign tour spends Sunday in city and attends services at First Baptist Church. Mrs. Stewart O Elting wins Winchester Golf Club women's championship. First Battalion Sixth US Field Artillery arrives for two day encampment. Winnie Lightner stars in Gold Diggers of Broadway at Capitol Theatre. Four inch rainfall disrupts traffic across Virginia West Virginia Maryland.
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First Baptist Church
Stewart O. Elting
Winchester Golf Club
Sixth United States Field Artillery
Winnie Lightner
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Capitol Theatre
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Maryland
Winchester firefighters push siren proposal to City Council
Winchester firemen advocate replacing bells with a modern siren alarm system before the City Council. The report notes local officials and residents may prefer faster alerts and standardized signals for emergencies.
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Martinsburg
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Strasburg man suffers fractured skull in runaway team incident
Twenty five years ago John W. Copp of Strasburg sustains a fractured skull and other injuries when hurled from a runaway team. Mrs Ella Barrett aged 59 dies locally. Five candidates seek Eggleston’s Virginia secretary post. Weather bureau warns cold weather will persist. Col Valentine M Johnson a 78 year old Confederate veteran dies at Middleburg.
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Strasburg
Ella Barrett
Eggleston
Commonwealth of Virginia
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Valentine M. Johnson
Middleburg
Short Changers Get 4 Months On The State Road
Three West Virginians from Clarksburg were convicted of attempting to short there. Lohring C. Kackley pressed for full sentences. H G Elliott and G H Stutler received four months on the state road and Mamye B Elliott was given a similar term at the State Farm. Policeman Francis M Funk and R E Bayliss testified from this city. Color blindness affects about four percent of males and four percent of females.
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Lohring C. Kackley
H. G. Elliott
G. H. Stutler
Rainfall totals and averages from Winchester records
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m. October to date 0 45 inches year to date 28 51 inches. The Winchester Research Laboratory 21 year averages list monthly means from January to December with October at 3 00 inches and December 2 34 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
War time Washington secret office puzzles and danger
Joel Carter, secretary to Nathaniel Greenleaf at the Black Chamber, navigates spy paranoia and wartime cipher work. Her colleagues Bill, Jake, and Mary Burns reveal tensions as the war department presses for updates while concern grows about possible traitors among trusted staff.
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Joe
Whitey
Atlanta
Black Chamber
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Captain Martin
General Pershing
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Martin
Independence University
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War Department
Greenleaf
General Headquarters
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