Britain bars food aid to Nazi occupied Europe
Britain rejects American plans to ship food to conquered nations, arguing aid would aid Germany and delay liberation. Lothian cites Germany's assumed welfare duties under occupation. Hoover notes interest but offers no comment. Britain insists on maintaining the blockade despite a separate Wheat for Spain proposal.
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Britain
Europe
Germany
Abassador
Herbert Hoover
Great Britain
Lothian
London
New York
Hoover
Finland
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Poland
Spain
Red Cross
War News Censorship Alert Readers Warned
Readers are cautioned that news from most of Europe is censored before transmission to the United States by The Star.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Defense Unit Is To Study State Health
The Virginia Defense Council moved to coordinate medical and hospitalization facilities for emergencies in defense areas. It asked Governor Price to appoint a special committee on health and medical matters with Dr. I. C. Riggin as liaison. An executive committee of three to five members was proposed to expedite council work and discuss regional defense bodies and fire equipment needs.
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I. C. Riggin
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Thomas B. Morton
Sidney B. Hall
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Department of Agriculture
Rosewell Page, Jr
B. M. Wailes
Amherst
State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Virginia
Anderson
Riggin
Health Department
Hampton Roads
William H. Stauffer
Italian general dies in plane crash between Turin and Rome
General Aldo Pellegrini aged 52 of the Italian Air Force was killed when a military plane crashed between Turin and Rome. General Pietro Pintor, also killed, served on the Italo French Armistice Commission.
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Turin
Rome
Pietro Pintor
Armistice Commission
Farm Labor Shortage and Civil Police Mobilization
The article notes a possible farm labor shortage as workers move to defense projects. It highlights Governor Price’s pledge of near total local cooperation for mobilizing civil police during the interim period before a state protective force is organized. Lt. Col. Leroy Hodges heads the civil police plan with 1,600 civil police available. The governor also plans to add 25 state police and reports Virginia has no current industrial strikes.
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Price
National Guard
Leroy Hodges
Virginia
Fort Mead Costs Soar With Cantonment Overruns
Fort George G. Meade Maryland report shows labor costs 20 to 25 percent higher and lumber prices up to 50 percent. Projected buildings rise from 1,100 to 1,200, lifting total cost to over 1 million dollars and delaying completion from January 11 to February 1. About 1,100 of the 1,500 reception center staff are moving in.
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Fort George G. Meade
Quotations Va Livestock Market N Kent St Extended Sales
Livestock prices from Va Livestock Market on N Kent Street show weekly Tuesday sales with steers at 9.85 for choice down to 7.00 for plain, heifers 8.75 to 6.00, cows from 2.50 to 6.20, bulls 7.25 to 6.60, veal calves up to 12.20, lambs 9.50 to 5.00, hogs 6.30 to 4.75, pigs 0.75 to 1.90 per head, fat sows 4.75 to 5.20, and feeder stockers 6.50 to 8.75 per cwt with stocker steers 30.00 to 48.00 per head.
Millwood Social Notes Recap From Virginia Town
Millwood residents and guests share travels and visits in a busy social note. Mrs Charles Consolvo leaves for Baltimore. Rev Shelton of Norfolk returns from Alaska and leads service at Christ Church. Families entertain and travel to Washington Clifton Forge and St Louis with several dinners teas and church events.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Alaska
Christ Church Millwood
Thomas N. Carter
Naval Reserve Ensigns Seek Duty With Fleet
The Navy will present commissions as ensigns in the Naval Reserve tomorrow to 366 graduates of a three month training course at Northwestern University Chicago. Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will confer the commissions. Most graduates request active duty with the fleet. This Northwestern class is the second group to receive commissions.
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Navy
Naval Reserve
Northwestern University
Chicago
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Bureau of Navigation
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Reserve Midshipmen’s School
U. S. S. Illinois
New York
Four Civilian Workers Die in Cantonment Trench
Four civilian workers died when shale buried them in a six foot trench at a Pennsylvania National Guard training project in Cantonment. The men from Mifflin Towns Harrisburg and Pottsville were suffocated after a shale collapse. Investigations ordered by project manager Carter and coroner Boger.
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Pennsylvania Nances Guard
I. M. Hockenberry
Richard J. Goddard
Mifflintown
R. D
Benjamin Richards
Harrisburg
Allen G. Snyder
Pottsville
Richards
William L. Kay
C. R Carter
John D. Boger
Lebanon County
Boger
Dorothea Dix Buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Dorothea L. Dix, noted reformer of prisons and insane asylums, is laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery near Boston, Massachusetts.
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Prison and Insane Asylum
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Boston
Mass
Moonie In Water After Guilty Plea Sentences
Three men pleaded guilty to operating a still near La Plata Maryland and were sentenced by Federal Judge Calvin W Chesnut. One man named Human Wolf jumped into six feet of water and tried to hide as authorities moved in, stopping any escape.
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Baltimore
la Plata
Charles County
Calvin W. Chesnut
Presidents who died in office in U S history
A summary notes several presidents who died in office. It lists William Henry Harrison Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln James A Garfield William McKinley and Warren G Harding with brief references to their deaths and related events.
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Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William Ree
Warren G. Harding
Welcome News for Cold Relief VapoRub Steam Therapy
When a cold tightens your head and throat and keeps you awake at night this simple home remedy offers relief. Boil water pour over sea salt and inhaled VapoRub vapors then apply VapoRub to throat chest and back at bedtime for soothing relief as you sleep.
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Vicks VapoRub
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