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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1941
Page
12
In Baltimore on April 11 Mrs. Grace Doering 26 delivered a daughter in a taxi on the way to a hospital. This marked a repeat birth in a cab after a previous birth during a taxi dash three years earlier.
Virginia inspectors are checking women’s work hours during the Easter rush under the nine hour day law. Labor Commissioner Morton cites good employer cooperation but warns prosecutions for violations. Posters display permissible hours in workplaces with women employees.
The piece argues Hitler’s success in the Balkans could widen to the Near East and threaten Suez, Egypt, and Britain. A Dardanelles breakthrough and Turkish involvement would give Germany access to Middle Eastern oil and tilt the war toward a final showdown with Britain.
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