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Germany
France
Belgium
National Fruit Products Co
Co. I
Winchester National Guard
Lewis Pidgeon
Mutual Partners Club
Freder County
Wadesville
Ome
Fragmented Prayer Note and Legal Notice Snippet
A damaged newspaper fragment includes Associated Press copyright language and national representative list. It also contains a Psalm quote and a brief religious line, with no clear local event or full article context.
Mrs Roosevelt Mourns Death Of Her Mother
The nation mourns as Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt dies at Hyde Park. She was 86 and the proud mother of Franklin D Roosevelt the three time US president. Her quiet dignity and charm endeared her to the country and she saw her son rise to the nation’s highest office.
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Bard Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Franklin
United States
Mary Washington
Sara Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Party splits on foreign policy in midterm elections
A historical analysis notes that foreign policy issues divide parties more in midterm races than in presidential years. It recalls 1917 50 members voting against war, 1918 re-elections despite war fever, and the subsequent fates of Norris Lane Lone Gromna La Follette. The piece links League of Nations debates to 1920 and contrasts with 1942 politics.
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Congress
National Party Convention
House
Germany
Vadaman
Misissippi
Wilson
Norris
Lane
Oregon
Lone
Missouri
Gromna
la Follette
League of Nations
League
League questions and speed costs in early 20th century politics
The text discusses Democratic and Republican conventions on joining the League, then shifts to a Travelers Insurance chart on speed, oil, and gasoline use. It highlights cost and fuel savings at lower speeds and notes highway fatalities in early 1941, urging safer driving.
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Travelers’ Insurance Company
United States
Pride Of The Fleet Shows North Carolina Powers In Test
Newsmen photographed the New U S 8 North Carolina during a nine gun salvo, besting German Tirpitz and Bismarck in firepower with 16 inch guns. Commissioned last April she is seaworthy and powerful beyond all other ships afloat, with nine 16 inch and ten 5 inch guns.
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U.S
North Carolina
Nso
U. S. Navy
Handy Letter Writer offers modern sample forms for every need
A compact 48 page booklet promises over 80 letter forms covering business social and formal government communications. Order today for ten cents postpaid via Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC with a coupon and payment details.
Reprinted Editorial Urges Curb On Car Speed
Editorial notes that conserving oil and gasoline benefits national defense and the wallet. It argues motorists previously set pace by personal choice but a gasoline shortage on the Eastern seaboard makes public interest rise.
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Lynchburg
Seaboard
Quiz questions from Star magazine page two
A list of trivia prompts including the Carioca dance with Astaire and Rogers, Florida’s capital, caraway as herb or senator, length of a fortnight, Bull Moose presidential candidate, rhythingology term, Orangemen, Flatbush nickname for a baseball club, Nick Carter literature, and coal hardness ranking.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Flori
United States
Orangemen
Flat Bush Boys
Nick Carter
Participles vs. auxiliary use in verb forms today
The note contrasts the proper participial forms seen and done with the incorrect plain forms seen or done without an auxiliary. It explains that English requires an auxiliary like has or have to form perfect tenses.
Johnson Aims Clarity on War Board Plan and Leadership
Washington column parses Baruch’s claim that the SPAB is a faltering step and the president’s rebuttal. It argues the key issue is who leads the board and how final decisions rest with chairmen of major efforts, echoing WWI structure.
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Washington
B. M. Baruch
White House
New War Industries Board
SPAB
One Job Too Big For One Man In Defense Mobilization
A columnist argues against appointing a single national czar to run defense mobilization and the priorities system. The piece warns such a one person approach cannot handle both coordination and detail work, drawing on World War I stress as evidence and warning that the plan will collapse unless the fault is fixed.
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Kaplopsky
Support of President and Defense Contract Plan
The text argues the President must have unqualified support and every chairman backed by him to mobilize experts. It notes the small industries division led by Mr. Odlum to spread defense contracts albeit belated, with cautions. It contends the plan may slow production, raise costs, lower quality, and immobilize scarce materials, yet aims to shield business structure from ruin. It adds that metals and chemicals dominate defense production and that few small manufacturers can participate.
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Mr. Baruch
Baruch
Donald Nelson
Sears Roebuck
Priorities Policy Threatens Civilian Supply Chains
The writer warns that withholding reasonable raw materials for civilians will collapse retail distribution and harm civil morale. The imminent havoc from current policies could cripple the small business sector and impair daily life.
Roosevelt sings five billion dollar navy appropriation bill
Wendell Willkie tours the nation on a 7200 mile whirlwind campaign. Virginia Harris Dorothy Hawthorne and Josephine Griffith depart for Stephens College Columbia Missouri.
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Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Virginia Harris
Dorothy Hawthorne
Josephine Griffith
Stephens College
Columbia
Giants and Cards vie for NL pennant chance
The Giants and Cardinals clash to win the National League pennant and earn a shot at the Yankees for the world championship. Thousands of German workers pledge blind allegiance in a mass demonstration for Hitler. Jack Zimmerman announces a 12-lane bowling center opening for men and women on September 19.
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Giants
Yankees
Worl
Hitler
Jack Zimmerman
Local schools enroll 1953. marriage announced. JC Bank ready to pay subscribers
The article notes 1 953 pupils enrolled under acting superintendent Garland Quarles. It also records the marriage of Rebecca Jane Eddy to Virgil R Prince. The 7th Building and Loan Association, run by Shirley Carter for 45 years, is completed and ready to pay subscribers. Forties items mention city council with $108 in treasury.
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Garland Quarles
Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin director Washington D C Please enclose three cents for reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Puzzling Q and A From a Historic Quiz Page
A set of trivia questions and answers covers topics from US tourist spending in Canada to an English pope, Schopenhauer spelling, Weather Bureau forecasts, brush bristles source, and the opening of Madison Square Garden in 1890 with Edouard Strauss.
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Madison Square Garden
New York City
L. T.S A
Edouard Strauss
Vienna
Leon Espionsao
Notable Frederick County News Snippet
The text notes current bills totaling $1,910 with taxes due soon. It mentions Little Elmer Butler cured of a dog bite by L. E. Ritenour using a "mad stone." It also states Rev. Dr. John A. Kern, a harvesting estimate of 3,500 barrels, as a leading individual apple grower in Frederick County.
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Elmer Butler
L. E. Ritenour
Mad Stone
John A. Kern
Frederick County
Cromwell clan confrontation at La Madera ball
At a hotel ball in La Madera the Cromwells enter a tense scene as Ylena confronts Mrs. Taylor Cromwell Jr. and Tate Cromwell's public drama unfolds. Tate drags Ylena into a dance while Francie sits with a smile as Scott intervenes to calm the room and arrange a private exit for Ylena.
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Francie
Cromwell
Ylena
Tate Cromwell
Cromwells
Terrence Askire
Tate
la Madera
Mrs. Cromwell
Diane
Sara Cromwell
Viena
Yilena
Lorena
Carl
Scott
Young Cromwell
Tish
Daisy
Quiet dinner brings fragile harmony to Pin A grove group
Ylena and companions share a tense, uneasy conviviality during supper. Tate’s drunken ease masks deeper tensions while Francie’s tears and recent events, including Tate taking her home, hint at unsettled relationships. Vernon Stone arrives with Carlyle, signaling new intrusion on their fragile peace.
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Ylena
Francie
Tate
Scott
Yiena
Rose
Pin Ag Bro
Wired & Knock
Vernon Stone
Carlyle
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Handy Letter Writer
Star Quiz
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Odlum Division
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