Women in the Workforce Rising by 1940
The source notes that in 1930, 20 of every 100 working age women were employed outside the home and by 1940 this figure rose to 26 per 100, illustrating growing female labor participation across the decade.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1946
Page
8
Water Supply Meeting Called in Winchester 1886
The Winchester Times reports a public meeting call for May 26 1886 at 8 p m in Court House Hall to discuss an increased water supply. Signers include P W Boyd W H Baker William S White William A McCormick Bentley Kern and others while opponents listed are H Evans Brother J W Sibert C W Hollis Oscar Barr and C E Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Times
Winchester
the Times
Court House Hall
P. W. Boyd
W. H. Baker
William S. White
William A. McCormick
Bentley Kern
T. Holliday
D. H. Brogonier
R. T. Barton
William L. Clark
John Glaize
John J. Williams
W. W. Wall
L. M. Huck
Royal Crown to Meet Berryville Team This Evening
The Royal Crown Cola softball team faces an all star Berryville league squad at six o’clock on the Sen Seng Road diamond in a warmup for the Battlers. Wednesday’s game at the park features a Winchester Softball League picked team with an auto prize from the Izaak Walton League.
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Royal Crown Cola
Berryville
Senseng Road
Battlers
Winchester
Izaak Walton
Restaurants Must File Prices With Local Board
Edwin A. Pearce of the OPA in Atlanta said restaurants must file all menu prices with the local Price Control Board. He noted decontrol of meats poultry eggs means price changes are needed but must follow a set formula and be filed for new or decontrolled items.
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Edwin A. Pearce
OPA
Atlanta
Pearce
Services Today For Mrs. Sallie McDonald
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Sallie Howard Bray McDonald aged 63 widow of Jerrett McDonald were held at 11 this morning from the Pagebrook home. Rev. E. T. Clark officiated. Pallbearers named Fenton Morris Kimmiell Livengood Grubbs Ramsburg. Interment at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Howard Bray McDonald
Jerrett McDonald
Constitutional Treaty Power Allocation
The Constitution vests treaty making in the President with advice and consent of the Senate requiring two thirds concurrence. The President negotiates treaties and the Senate confirms or rejects.
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Congress
C. McE. A
Senate
Sox Lose In West Virginia Baseball Game
Westphal Hose Company No. 5 edged Winchester White Sox 8 7 at Fambert Field Martinsburg. Next Sunday the Sox face White Post on the Boyce diamond after Hume blasted Clarke County 10 1 yesterday.
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Sox
W. Va
Hume
White Post
Westphal Hose Company No. 5
Winchester White Sox
Fambert Field
Martinsburg
Boyce Diamond
Clarke County
A Guide To Correct Behavior
A new edition of Modern Manners answers questions on social etiquette from invitations to funerals and flag etiquette. The compact guide, promoted for postpaid delivery, promises up to date advice for social life and business conduct.
First American Combat Units to See Action in New Guinea
According to the War Department the first American combat units to see action in New Guinea in World War II were the 126th and 128th Regiments of the 32nd Infantry Division.
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Artment
N Guinea
32Nd
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