Nation moves to build defense capacity for war
The article reviews a year of U S defense buildup showing gains in army personnel from 260 780 to about 1 320 000 and projected 1 915 468 by January 1942 It lists tank numbers anti aircraft guns naval crews ships aircraft and industrial output with targets and current progress as production scales up across the Army Navy and Air Force.
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Sedan
United States
Hanson W. Baldwin
The
New York Times
Baldwin
Navy
United States Air Force
Army
Hollow Virginia graduation marks 1940 41 term close
The Hollow community notes the 1940 41 school term ended with graduation Tuesday June 3. A. M. Gates Jr received BS degree at Roanoke College. Lucille Gates salutatorian, Gladys Kingvale FP G DeVault principal honors and medals awarded. Several locals attend ceremonies and celebrate at home and with relatives in Roanoke and Blue Ridge schools.
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J. M. Kyle
Lucille Gates
Gladys Kingvale
G. DeVault
Pre- Watson
Phyllig Gates
Winifred Ayers
Clifford Inscore
Delma Reynolds
Eric Jarrell
Gladys King
Emory and Henry College
A. M. Gates
Roanoke College
Salem
A. G. Gates, Jr
Stuart
Lester Gates
Coalwood
W. Va
Ben Crawford
Spotsylvania
C. H
Selective Service
Wesley Gates
Raleigh Scales
Kenneth Bateman
Lawrence Hawks
Reel
Kentucky
Blue Ridge High School
Mary Frances Offutt
L. C. Puttz
Catherine Fultz
Will Brown
Carter Coal Co
Lala Edwards
New York City
J. T. Mitchell
Catherine Pultz
Duke University
A. M. Gates, Jr
Roy Hammes
West Virginia
Commissioner's Sale of 57 Acres in 1941 Estate Case
By order of B F Folger Commissioner in the estate of J H Pike deceased the property of B M Pike and others will be sold for cash on site. Described lands include 57 acres more or less with 2 3 10 acres excluded for Mt Herman Methodist Church. Sale date noted as June 9 1941.
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B. PF. Folger
J. H. Pike
V. B. M. Pike
W. G. Brim
R. B. Smith
Brim
Mt. Herman-Asbury Road
Said Old Road
Mt. Herman Methodist Church
Notice to creditors of Fitzhugh Lee Smith estate
Qualified administratrix notifies all persons with claims against the estate of Fitzhugh Lee Smith to present them at 185 Rockford Street Mount Airy North Carolina within the legally prescribed time or they will be barred by recovery. Debtors to the estate should remit what they owe.
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Fitzhugh Lee Smith
Rockford Street
Mount Airy
N. C
Smith
Notice to defend in Myers versus Myers divorce case
Notice to defendant Kyle W. Myers in Surry County Superior Court an absolute divorce action based on abandonment and two years separation. Defendant must appear by June 19 1941 or within twenty days thereafter and answer the complaint or relief will be granted. Clerk FP. Llewellyn May 17 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Myers
Kyle W. Myers
Superior Court
Surry County
Superior Court of
T. Llewellyn
Administrator Notice for W. T. Ring Estate in North Carolina
An administrator announces the estate of W. T. Ring of Surry County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims to the undersigned at Pilot Mountain by May 8 1942 or be barred from recovery.
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W. T. Ring
Surry County
North Carolina
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Draft to limit age of conscripts to 27 years
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey urged a top age limit of 27 for drafted men. He told the Senate Military Committee that Roosevelt would set the limit if the amendment to the Selective Service Act passed. He noted older recruits struggle to mix with younger soldiers and stay fit.
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Wassington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Hershey
S. S. Convention Opens with County Sunday Schools Program
The convention starts at 10 o'clock with five township Sunday schools presenting programs. The public is invited and asked to bring baskets for a fellowship dinner on the church grounds.
Churchill Receives One Third Of Salary After Taxes
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill earns 10000 pounds yearly but takes home 3168 pounds as the rest goes to taxes leaving him with a reduced official income for the year.
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London
Winston Churchill
Notice Of Privilege License In Mount Airy 1941 42
Town of Mount Airy announces privilege licenses for 1941-1942 with rates by business type including bill boards posters itinerant shows auto dealers and food service. Licenses expire mid 1941 and require renewal to avoid 5 percent penalties. beer and wine permits have separate dates. Additional info from City Tax Collector.
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Mount Airy
Dodger
Eile
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