Hospitals in Defense Areas Inadequate, Virginia Report Says
The Virginia Health Department warned that hospitals in active defense regions may be quantitatively inadequate and urged planning for adequate facilities. The study notes 33 of 81 general hospitals lie in defense zones with 56 percent of beds, totaling 21 459 beds statewide.
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Richmond
State Health Department
State Defense Council
I. C. Riggin
Virginia
Health Department
American Medical Association
Price
Norfolk
Alexandria
Charlottesville
District of Columbia
Arlington-Quantico
Peace hopes and overseas markets for American farmers
Washington officials examine how peace outcomes might affect farm exports and surpluses. They outline three war-end scenarios a British victory a compromised peace or an Axis victory and assess how each would influence U S trade in cotton wheat lard pork tobacco and fruits amid postwar challenges.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
America
Europe
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Blind UC graduate passes bar exam in San Francisco
Donald A. Wilkinson aged 26, who last spring graduated from the University of California despite his blindness, passed his bar examinations and was admitted to practice. He is pictured in San Francisco with his Supreme Court certificate.
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Donald A. Wilkinson
University of California
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Plans To Train CCC For Defense In 15 States
Harrisburg officials will review a new expanded defense training program for 2,000 CCC boys in 15 Pennsylvania and Maryland communities. Major Michael A. Perry said the plan aims to start by mid January with classes funded by a $10 million national appropriation. New centers include Chambersburg Pennsylvania and Cumberland and Oakland Maryland.
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Harrisburg
National Defense
CCC
Pennsylvania
Maryland
State Education Department
Michael A. Perry
Civilian Conservation Corps
Perry
State Instruction Department
Chambersburg
Cumberland
Oakland
Weather Silences Army's Complaint
FAIRBANKS Alaska Dec 18 An arctic blast silenced Army officers complaints that the weather wasn't frigid enough for cold weather experimental flying From last week's thawing conditions the temperature dropped to 70 degrees below zero at Beaver just north of the arctic circle on the Yukon river The minimum was only 38 below here Officers in charge of construction at Ladd field the new 4 000 000 air base said outdoor workers would not be called to duty in any weather 20 below or colder.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Beaver
Arctic Circle
Yukon River
Ladd Field
German Spy Is Executed At Pentonville Prison
London reports a Netherlands citizen, Carlos Albert Van Den Kieboom born September 6 1914 in Japan, was executed for spying for Germany at Pentonville. He was linked to two others executed December 10, Jose Waldeberg and Karl Meier, who allegedly entered Britain as refugees and used a portable radio transmitter to relay messages to Germany.
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London
Netherlands
Pentonville
Germany
Home Office
Carlos Albert van den Kieboom
Takarumuka
Japan
Jose Waldeberg
Karl Meier
Waldberg
Meier
Britain
Train wreck at Terra Cotta DC December 30 1906
The Terra Cotta wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Terra Cotta in December 1906.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Terra Cotta
D. C
Boy Dog Returns To Blind Curator In Maryland
Arthur Sewell a Baltimore blind curator at the Flag House regains his seeing-eye dog Boy after a two day truancy. He notes the dog has helped him navigate streets for three and a half years without error.
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Baltimore
Arthur Sewell
The
Flag House
Sewell
Roy
Ando
Chicago Subway Work Progresses
Chicago reports substantial progress on the $57 million subway project as engineers and sandhogs push completion beyond 80 percent. An underground force of 3,800 workers has moved 2,000,000 cubic yards of material, filled 500,000 cubic yards of concrete, and used eight tons of dynamite with eight fatalities on the project.
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Chicago
Subway
Philip Harrington
Christmas Cedar Theft Ends Briefly in Indianapolis
A strong-armed thief cut down and carried off a 10 year old cedar from a residence in Indianapolis a week before the holiday. Mrs. E. L. Macy reported the loss to police. The act disrupted Christmas preparations.
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Indianapolis
Mr&é. E. L. Macy
Leap Year Adair Gray Morris Werner Dart Advertisement
A brief 19th century notice appears from Hiawatha Kas on December listing a last opportunity of fifteen days in Leap Year. The advertisement names Adair Gray and Morris Wernerton Dart as the bachelors seeking attention.
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Hiawatha
Kas
Adair Gray
Morris Werner Ton Dart
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Tidewater Defense Area
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Ovid Martin
George W. Kurtz
Stcotlee
Lovett Brothers
Gotham
Xmas
Rees
Leesburg
Vicks
van den Kieboom
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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