National Guard To Hold a School For Candidates
Richmond December 4 A general order from Brigadier General Samuel Gardner Waller establishes a school of officer candidates for the Virginia National Guard in Richmond December 8 to 20. Lt Col Henry T Kent will lead. Lt Col Edwin Cox is chief instructor. The Howitzers Armory hosts 50 to 100 enlisted men seeking commissions. An examining board will follow the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia National Guard
Samuel Gardner Waller
Henry T Kent
Edwin Cox
Howitzers
Guard
National Guard
Army of the United States
Adjutant General
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertises Bile Flow
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to help bile flow freely and aid digestion. It emphasizes relief from bloating and gas and promotes the product with a price of 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Inventors of America Convention Exhibits
In Los Angeles on December 4 an exhibit shows a hen roost charging one egg admission to the feed pen. A hen that fails to lay regularly goes to the batched shop, while a policeman’s busy club with an electric light marks where to strike.
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Los Angeles
Inventors of America
Community mentions list from White Post area notes
Miss Fritzie Gay Conley was moved from Winchester Memorial Hospital after ear abscess surgery. Several residents and visitors are listed: Polly Greene from Mary Washington College, Joseph Denny of Richmond with family, Meade Snell and Frank Fisher of Washington DC, and many local neighbors. Social visits include Ice Follies in Washington and Redskin game attendance. Mrs. Wilton Stuart recovers at home in Boyce after hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Post
Fritzie Gay Conley
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Polly Greene
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Reynolds Greene
Joseph Denny
Richmond
Anna Denny
Ellis Denny
White Hall
Meade Snell
Frank Fisher
Washington, D C
Eleanor Conley
C. C. Funkhouser
Ruth Berlin
Berryville
Washington, D. C
Ralph Buckley
Fairfax
Arthur Buckley
Patrick Daugherty
George Riddish
George Walton
Front Royal
Co. C. Funkhouser
J. H. Punkhouser
Wilton Stuart
Boyce
Sallie Daniel Rixey Deerment
Customs Receipts Show A Decrease In Virginia
Norfolk report shows November customs collections across Virginia districts fell by 308,893.09 from 1939 levels. Assistant collector M. M. Vipond notes gains only at Reedville 7.20 and Alexandria 36.50, with district totals at 627,249.07 versus 936,142.16 a year ago.
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Norfolk
Virginia Customs Districts
M. M. Vipond
Reedville
Alexandria
Social Security Office Visit Scheduled December 6
Max G. Boatwright Martinsburg field office manager will be at the post office on the second floor from 1 to 3 p m December 6 for that week only after which he resumes the usual Wednesday post office location and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max G. Boatwright
Martinsburg
Social Security Board
Radio Highlights and Quiz Programs Across Stations
Radio listings show Woollcott crafting a historical portrait with Deems Taylor’s music, Darrow and Bowes offspring on Quiz Kids, Father Flanagan observed, and Judge Kelly guiding questions. Fred Allen and Eddie Cantor are featured with musical guests, plus McNutt discussed by Godwin, Spin and Win with Jimmy Flynn, and Holt delivering a talk on America’s War Hawks.
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WRC
Alexander Woollcott
Deems Taylor
Woollcott
WMAL
Cererd Darrow
Father Flanagan
Boys Town
Joe Kelly
WISV
Maj. Bowes
Fred Allen
Bowes
Lakme
Fred
Eddie Cantor
Graham MacNamee
Clem McCarthy
Ben Grauer
Paul V. McNutt
Earl Godwin
Jimmy Flynn
WJSV
Hawks
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
State Police Face Expanded Duties Amid Defense Prep
Richmond reports outline four defense driven developments in Virginia. Col Marion Battle warns the State Police Force is too small for normal duties and must prioritize extraordinary tasks. A new training school for Virginia National Guard officers is planned, while selective service exams reveal gaps in physical qualifications. Brig. Gen. Goodwyn organizes a home protection force as Gov Price names Anderson to coordinate the defense council. traffic jams near Fort Belvoir and Fort Lee plans intensify civil mobilization efforts.
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E. E. Goodwyn
Emporia
Waller
Price
James A. Anderson
V. M.I
State Council For Defense
Col. Battle
H. B. Nicholas
J. R. Nunn
H. D. Lawrence
C. W. Woodson
E. J. McDermott
Battle
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Radford
Petersburg- Hopewell
Fort Lee
First US express service established 1839 by Harnden
The first express service in the United States began on March 4, 1839, between Boston and New York. William F. Harnden carried the earliest shipments in a valise, traveling to Providence by train and then to New York by boat.
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D. K A
United States
Boston
New York
William F. Harnden
Providence
Communist Cells Allegedly Dominate NYC Teachers Union
Professor Bernard D. N. Grebanier testifies before a Manhattan Supreme Court legislative committee that Communist groups called cells aim to control the city’s teachers union. He names nine Brooklyn College professors said to have joined the Communist Party at the same time as him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Bernard D. N. Grebanier
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Brooklyn College
Communist Party
Aptitude Tests For Mill Workers In Luray
A meeting in Luray included representatives from the Luray Chamber of Commerce the Luray Textile Corporation and the Virginia State Employment Service to discuss using vocational and aptitude tests for hiring at the upcoming textile plant slated to open February 1941. The program will combine tests with interviews and will begin testing around January 1941 with Robertson and Deming conducting interviews and selecting applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Painter
M. Alton Robertson
State Employment Office
Robertson
Luray
Deming
Workings of New Hospital Explained
Several thousand guests toured the Medical College of Virginia’s new 2.5 million dollar hospital with Governor Price and Mayor Ambler in attendance. The 20 story maltese cross building, built with PWA aid, will replace the old Memorial Hospital as teaching hospital and open to the public Thursday.
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Memorial Hospital
Broad Street
Price
Gordon Ambler
PWA
Medical College
W. T. Sanger
Monumental Episcopal Church
E. W. Clark
Washington
Draft exemptions discussable for ablebodied men in Napoleonic era
A fragment notes policies on exemptions from military service during the Napoleonic wars. It mentions ablebodied men and free of cast drafts as part of national defense measures.
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Martin Cuthbert
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Miss Lydia
Lois Havermale
Marylee
Evelyn Jones
Gracie
Alice Patton
Doris
Mary Margaret Everhart
Sammie
Warren Fogle
Bob
Garvin Carper
Young People’s Department
Montague Church
Harry G. Balthis
Caromel
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Chevrolet
Bickers Motor CO
108Rd Engineers
Pennsylvania National Guard
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
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Wwisv
E. C. Hill
Arch McDonald
Shadow
Streamliner
Sullivan
Score Bankdage
Lowell Thomas
the World Today
Fred Waring
Amos
N’ Andy
Easy Aces
Air
Lanny Ross
Keen
Big Town
Quiryhouse
Plantation
Dr. Christian
Paul McNutt
Eddie Fred Allen
Attorney
Kay Kyser
Glenn Miller
Senator Holt
Night Club
Will Bradley
Eddie Duchin
Desire + Orchestra
Welt
Con Gasol
Ine
Col
Marion
Division of Motor Vehicles
Dee
Mills F. Neal
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
New Hospital
National Assembly
Prac
Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W Va
Seavitty
Bos
Corres
Syrvict
ARP
En Age
Miller’s
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
ASRS
Pine Motor CO
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