New Drill Hall At V. M. I. To Cost 93025
Plans for a 125 by 300 foot cavalry drill hall at Virginia Military Institute were announced as a national defense project. The WPA will provide 73025 of the 93025 total cost with VMI contributing 20000. Construction could begin after approval, expected to take about one year and employ around 60 workers.
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Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
R. S. Hummel
Virginia
WPA
National Defense Project Fund
Carneal, Johnston and Wright
Enginneers
Woodstock Beauty Contest Draws 25 Entries from Valley
The Woodstock Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the 1941 Shenandoah Valley Beauty Contest at the Community Theatre this Friday night. About 25 entrants are expected from across the Valley with early lists showing Evelyn Lewis Martinsburg Louise Pine Charles Town Verta Racer Berryville Jonedith Henry Winchester Elizabeth Tillet Stephen City Peggy Stover Strasburg Mae Budd Wolfe Woodstock Lucille Pence Edinburg Helen Hansberger and more. Judges will come from Danville Lynchburg and likely Richmond, with Massanutten Military Academy providing a Swing Band and Glee Club for the stage show.
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Woodstock
Louise Pine
Charles Town
W.va
Verta Racer
Berryville
Jonedith Henry
Winchester
Elizabeth Tillet
Stephen City
Peggy Stover
Strasburg
Mae Budd Wolfe
Toms Brook
Betsy Bowman
Lucille Pence
Edinburg
Helen Hansberger
Mr. Jackson
Mary Lee Will
New Market
Peggy Jo Mims
Luray
Gloria Holloway
Page County
Marie Mowbray
Shenandoah
Betty Clough
Tim R Pabsterry
Massanutten Military Academy
Swing Band
Diplomatic Mail Lost At Sea
The United States embassy reports a large shipment of supplies including two trucks for military attaches lost to war action in the Atlantic. The torpedoed ship carried about $2,000 weeks of stationery and 10 pouches of official mail. 65 diplomatic pouches were lost en route to England from the United States.
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London
United States
America
Atlantic
England
Hospital Coal Supply Dwindling in Baltimore
Baltimore faces a critical coal shortage as a strike leaves city hospitals with less than a week of fuel. Mayor Jackson asked John T. Jones of the United Mine Workers to allow five car loads from Western Maryland mines to avert a crisis affecting 1,842 patients.
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Baltimore
Howard W. Jack
John T. Jones
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Maryland
Jackson
Baltimore City
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