Senators face surge of mail over protest issue
In Washington, sentiment in Congress grows amid a flood of constituent letters on protest and travel bills. Tydings proposes a system to fairly allocate staff help, noting average daily letters for many senators from populous states, with Byrd as leading advocate despite Virginia’s mid ranking.
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Brooks
Ill
Enator Mead
N. Y
Senator Connally
D.-Tex
Senator O'Daniel
Walsh
D.-Mass
Pepper
D.-Fla
Lucas
D.-Id
Tydings
D.-Md
Wagner
Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
Girl Scouts Link With Civil Defense Efforts Across Nation
Virginia reports on how Girl Scouts and 650,000 members collaborate with Red Cross and other groups in Civilian Defense work. Scouts provide first aid training, packing garments, rolling bandages, and converting stations into mobile canteens for demonstrations, reflecting long standing community service during emergencies.
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Virginia
Gwathmey
Senew York
America
Redie
Savans Georgia
Red Cross
New Haven
Connecticut
The Capital in Wartime Portrait of a hopeful president
A wartime Washington profile sketches the presidency’s routine from breakfast in bed to late paper work. Despite strain the leader maintains humor and optimism, trusting in the American people as global pressures grow.
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Washington
White House
Girl Scouts Coordinate with Agencies in Defense Plans
In wartime defense planning the Girl Scouts partnered with community agencies to prevent duplication and ensure useful service. Service Bureaus listing registered abilities and hours now number 400 nationwide. In Lewistown Pennsylvania the Red Cross and Civilian Defense asked scouts to map county back roads to serve all areas if the main highway were closed, aided by a civil engineer and county officials.
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Girl Scouts
Lewistown
Pennsylvania
American Red Cross
Civilian Defense Office
Dress Sensibly for Your Work Dress Sensibly for Your Work
Miss Mary Claude Fletcher, county home demonstration agent, urges sensible dress for women in war jobs. Bureau of Home Economics designs 15 outfits for farm factory and lab work, including a shower-proof outdoor coat with hood, a front-opening food prep dress, a no-catch lab dress, and comfortable housedresses and aprons. Designs emphasize job fit, minimal waste, easy laundering, and attractiveness.
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Mary Claude Fletcher
Bureau of Home Economics
Rough Handling of Baby Leads to Murder Charge
Emma Baker, a 50 year old midwife from Mear Sutton in Nevada County, was bound over to the Grand Jury by Justice W. J. White on a murder charge. Witnesses testified she picked up Leva Evans’s five month old child, examined it, observed liver enlargement, and after holding the child by its feet with its head down, shook it until it died. Sheriff C. D. Ward said Baker admitted treating children with enlarged livers as she “treated the Evans child.” The infant’s mother and Mrs. Erwin testified the baby was well before the incident. Also noted is a report on the Young Business Women’s Circle meeting at Mrs. Curtis Lemons’s home with Bible study and a salad plate reception.
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Emma Baker
Mear Sutton
Nevada County
W. J. White
Society Notes From Local Races And Visits
Mrs. Clyde Marsh returns from a month with her son Darrel in Decatur Georgia. Mr and Mrs Clifton Yancey and Mr and Mrs C P Munn attended the Hot Springs races Monday. Mr and Mrs Roshrough Bemis leave for New Orleans with daughter Kay and guest Miss Patty Mayhew. Mary Institute students Miss Mary Stephenson and others accompany Dr C A Archer and Dr L J Harrel to Bauxite Tuesday. Jim Compton has returned from a trip to Galveston Texas.
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Clifton Yancey
C. P. Munn
Hot Springs
Clyde Marsh
Darrel Marsh
Marsh
Decatur
Georgia
Roshrough Bemis
New Orleans
Kay
Patty Mayhew
Mary Institute
St. Louis
Missouri
Mary Stephenson
C. A. Archer
L. J. Harrel
Jim Compton
Galveston
Texas
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William Morris Hoge
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British Columbia
Fairbanks
Alaska
Jack Stinnett
Greece
Pop
National Capital
D. A. BR
Chicago
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Navy
Edward H. O'Hare
Pacific
John Cochran
Prescott News
Young Business Women's Circle
Curtis Lemons
Whiburn Willis
Carole King
Martha Lyn
Batiste
Burma
Martha Manning
Miami
McKettrick
Chas. A. Haynes Co
Sted Cass
Rea “Cross
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