Willa Cather Dignified In Latest Story
Review notes Willa Cather returns to Virginia settings in Sapphira and the Slave Girl. The tale follows Sapphira Dodderidge of Winchester with slaves on Back Creek, focusing on Nancy the enslaved girl and Rachel Blake, amid prewar tensions. The piece praises Cather’s dignified storytelling and vivid minor characters while deeming the work not monumental yet well framed.
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Willa Libert Cather
Richmond Times -Dispatch
Willa Cather
Frederick County
Miss Cather
Sapphira
Winchester
Sapphira Dodderidge
Henry Colbert
Back Creek
Lord Fairfax
Henry
Mill Farm
Tee
Nancy
Till
Rachel Blake
Canada
Underground Railway
Wissom
Jezebel
Africa
States
Lizzie
Bluebell
Sampson
Virginia
Baby swallowed coins after finding money in Kansas City
Mary Josephine Wonsetler aged 2 found 40 cents in a dresser drawer and swallowed a quarter. She then swallowed a dime as her parents rushed in and later gulped the remaining nickel. Her father took her to a hospital for treatment.
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Kansas City
Mary Josephine Wonsetler
Seals Aid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Progress in Christmas seals funds
A Virginia Tuberculosis Association leader cites Christmas seal revenue aiding diagnosis and treatment advances. He recalls historic missteps and stresses modern science's progress against tuberculosis with support from annual seal sales to bolster public health efforts.
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E. C. Harps
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Hippocrates
Harper
John Williams
Store Sales In Fifth District Show Increase
Richmond reports November 1940 department store sales in 56 Fifth District stores rose 14 percent from November 1939. Cumulative sales for the first eleven months of 1940 were 10 percent higher than 1939, with Norfolk posting a 27.9 percent November gain and 17.4 percent cumulative. Other cities listed include Baltimore Charleston Lynchburg Norfolk Richmond Washington Winston Salem and others with varied gains.
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Richmond
Fifth District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Norfolk
Baltimore
Charleston
S. C
W. Va
Huntington
Lynchburg
Battalion of Death Russian women soldiers during World War
During the war a detachment of Russian women soldiers known as the Battalion of Death carried cyanide of potassium to take if captured. They took a vow to conquer or die and incurred a deadly pledge as a defensive measure.
Hemingway Movie Rights Paid Record Sum at Handley Library
Handley Library notes record a studio payment of 100000 dollars plus ten cents per copy for the first 500000 copies of For Whom The Bell Tolls, with estimates toward 125000 dollars. It recalls Edna Ferber Cimarron at 110000 and other author achievements.
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Ernest Hemingway
Edna Ferber
Steinbeck
Margaret Mitchell
Rebecca Yancey William
Scout Scribe Notes Meeting and Camporee Plans
The Scout Scribe reports a joint meeting with Troop No 2 featuring songs games and a Bobby Conner stunt. Six members joined the Fellowship Club. December 8 Armory Dedication is noted. Peter Oldham and Woodhulk Baker pass Second Class tests as welfare work is assigned at Capitol Theatre.
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Rock Enon
Capitol Theatre
Woodhulk Baker
Peter Oldham
Schibe
Defense Program Urgency Warned by Financial Adviser
Charles S. Garland, adviser to the National Defense Commission and a partner in Alexander Brown & Sons, warned U S investment bankers that the defense program’s magnitude complexity and urgency are not yet recognized. He stressed the gigantic undertaking requires immediate appreciation and action.
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Hollywood Fin
National Defense Commission
Charles S. Garland
Industrial Metals Division
The
Defense Commission
Alexander Brown & Sons
Baltimore
Guard Officers Attending School In Richmond Session
The officer candidates school opened at Hotel Murphy with about 100 National Guard members. The program runs until Dec. 20 ending with a formal army board for commission tests. Daily schedule includes reveille, meals, drills, and continuous classes at John Marshall High School.
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Richmond
Hotel Murphy
National Guard
Army
John Marshall High School
Missing Norfolk liquor store funds shake state audit
State authorities opened a dual probe after $3,680 disappeared from the safe of Norfolk Liquor Store No. 134 at 11 Twenty-First Street during weekend hours. Also reported missing were a quart and a pint of whiskey. The loss prompted inquiries from state editor L McCarthy Downs and ABC Board officials.
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Richmond
Norfolk
L . McCarthy Downs
ABC Board
Downs
Twenty-First Street
Vai
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George W. Kurtz
E. Piccadilly St
Coventry
Detroit
England
Giet Vips
ANTA
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
N. Braddock St
Charles Burgess
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Handley Library Notes
Stephen Vincent Benet
Harry Hansen
New York World Telegram
Mr. Benet
Nunnally Johnson
Twentieth Century Fox
Book and Magazine Guild
Association of Motion Picture Advertisers
Sonia Henie
Oslo
White House
Charles Hurd
Washington
New York Times
Harrison
Hugh Young
Young
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Martin Dies
Dies
Franz Werfel
Teta Linek
Julian M. Lillis
Lillis
Michael Lillis
Catholic Historical Society of Virginia
Handley Library
America
South Bend
Dellinger Brothers
U. S
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Liccarr & Myans Tosacco Co
Jie
Aera
Elle
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