Governor proposes temporary raises for lower state salaries
Richmond December 19 Temporary pay increases to aid lower salaried state employees amid higher living costs will be recommended to the General Assembly. Two plans estimated at 1.5 and 2.1 million dollars annually would raise a percentage for all up to a salary cap, retroactive to January 1, 1942. About 85 percent of roughly 12,900 workers earn 2,000 dollars or less yearly.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Price
Col
Leroy Hodges
Col. R. McC
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Defense Savings
Nutrition consultant aids Virginia school and defense workers
Richmond December 19. A full time nutrition consultant retained by the state department of health focuses on improving nutrition for school children and workers in defense areas. Dr. A M Carson Jr, director of the bureau of maternal and child health, announced the move. Mrs Ann Kurka, a graduate in dietetics from the Medical College and of Vir.
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Richmond
State Department of Health
A. %. Carson, Jr
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Ann Kurka
Medical College
Vir
British Report Hovering Over Key Positions In Asia
London denied Sir Marks flight from Hongkong as Japanese forces land on the island and push through to Victoria. Heavy fighting reported with a small British and Indian garrison defending the 100 year old colony. Tokyo dispatches claim rapid seizure of Jardine's Hill and pierce the southern coast while Dutch bombers strike China Sea and Penang as Malay Peninsula defense holds.
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Colonial Office
London
Sir Mark
Victoria
China
Jardine’s Hill
Hongkong Island
Tokyo
Kowloon
Hongkong
Britain
Far East
China Sea
Penang Island
Malayan
Wellesley
Penang
Agapore
End of Pleasure Driving As Tires Wear Out Warns Virginia Leader
Dr. Douglas S. Freeman of the Virginia Defense Council warned that the rubber conservation program will end pleasure driving once current tires are worn out. Virginia's OPA effort moves to set up tire rationing with permits for essential use and drastic reductions in vehicle travel to conserve rubber during wartime.
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Richmond
Douglas S. Freeman
Virginia Defense Council
Swiftw
Virginia
The
Defense Council
Price
Office of Price Administration
Freeman
United States
W. T. Ellis, Jr
OPA
West Virginia
Maryland
Ellis
Lis
Zee land headdress names for Zeeland Volendam women
The text notes regional terms for traditional head coverings: Zeeland women wear a Zeeuwsche kap and Volendam women wear a Volendamsche kap. It mentions kep as a general term.
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Zeeland
Taft Calls for Congress Probe Into Pearl Harbor
Sen. Robert A. Taft urged a congressional inquiry into the Pearl Harbor attack. He questioned the roles of Secretary Hull and Secretary Knox and suggested responsibility may lie with the executive and military leaders, arguing that wartime criticism supports democracy.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Executives’ Club of
Ohio
Executive Department
Hull
Knox
China
Taft
Japan
Swedish Steamer Ningpo Hit by Japanese Bombs at Hongkong
The 6,079-ton Swedish freighter Ningpo was struck by bombs from Japanese planes and set aflame in Hongkong harbor while undergoing repairs after earlier mine damage near Singapore. Information came via American Swedish News Exchange from a radio dispatch routed through Monkong to Stockholm.
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New .York
Ningpo
Hongkong
Sinapore
Monkong
Stockholm
New
Portrait painter of Roosevelt in the Red Room
The portrait of Theodore Roosevelt in the Red Room was painted in 1902 03 by John Singer Sargent. Government tax collection for fiscal year 1941 totaled six ener cer units by all government units in the United States.
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Theodore Roosevelt
John Singer Sargent
United States
Utility Workers Call Strike in Southwestern Indiana
The C I O Utility Workers organizing committee called a midnight strike at MB and Burns City naval munition depot to press for union recognition. Local 192 at Edwardsport plant, Public Service Company employing 87 men, issued the call. A company spokesman cited a closed shop contract with the AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers covering about 60 counties and said no agreement with CIO.
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Vincennes
Ind
C. I. O. Utility Workers’ Organizing Committee
Aged Chancery Judge Moncure Announces Resignation
Richmond judge William A. Moncure, 78, resigns from the chancery court effective April 1, 1942 to retire after nearly thirty years on the bench. Governor Price will face filling the vacancy as General Assembly convenes January 14. Brockenbrough Lamb is backed by the Richmond Bar Association for the post. Moncure, born 1863 in Caroline County, studied at VMI and UVA, and was appointed to the bench in 1912 by Governor Mann.
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Richmond
William A. Moncure
Chancery Court of
James H. Price
Moncure
General Assembly
Brockenbrough Lamb
James C. Lamb
Richmond Chancery Court
Richmond Bar Association
Judge Moncure
Caroline County
Eustace Conway Moncure
Fanny Irby Moncure
R. C. L. Moncure
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia Military Institute
Jackson Hope
University of Virginia
Bowling Green Academy
Danville
Pee
Kingdom Invaded: Ranee of Sarawak Receives War Bulletins
The Ranee of Sarawak listens to radio updates as Japanese troops gain footholds in two oil rich areas on Borneo. British forces destroy oil wells before withdrawing from these positions. The Ranee currently resides in New York.
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Sarawak
Borneo
New York
State Colleges Seek Higher Board and Dorm Rates
Four state teachers colleges ask the State Board of Education for higher board and dormitory room rates at the December meeting in Richmond. Farmville Radford Mary Washington and Madison College are named. The board will also review a high school administration manual revision and pension applications.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Dabney Lancaster
Farmville State Teachers’ College
Radford State Teachers’ College
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Madison College
Harrisonburg
State Department of Education
Virginius Shackelford
Orange County
William N. Neff
Staunton
Lancaster
Joseph H. Saunders
Newport News
German Officials At Swanky Spa
The State Department disclosed that German embassy staff and German correspondents were held at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia pending departure. Berlin announced American embassy staff and correspondents had been moved to Bad Nauheim Germany. The Hungarian delegation and consuls will join at White Sulphur Springs, and Japanese consular officials will be taken to Hot Springs Virginia.
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Washington
State Department
United States
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Berlin
Germany
Bad Nauheim
Ameri- Psy
Legation
Hot Springs
United Sates
Funeral Rites For Cyrus Ebersole At Refuge
Funeral services were held at Refuge Methodist Church for Cyrus Ebersole who died in Winchester Memorial Hospital. He lived in Refuge and is survived by his wife Gertrude White and several siblings. The service was led by Rev. Walter Smith with two other ministers. Hymns included Nearer My God to Thee and It Is Well with My Soul. Pallbearers were Harry Grover Eugene White Maria White Ray Ebersole Earl Grim. Burial followed at Refuge Cemetery.
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Refuge
Refuge Methodist Church
Cyrus Ebersole
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ebersole
Gertrude White
Walter Smith
Stephens City
C. P. Walz
Reliance
Luther Riggleman
Salem
Harry Grover
Eugene
Maria White
Ray
Richard Ebersole
Earl Grim
Refuge Cemetery
First hotel passenger elevator opens in New York City venue
The New York City site unveils the first hotel passenger elevator, marking a landmark development in urban hospitality mobility. The technology delivers vertical travel within a hotel setting, signaling a shift in guest service and building design.
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New York City
Enlisted Reservists May Recall For Active Duty In Third Army
Baltimore dispatch reports Major General Henry Conger Pratt, commanding Third Army area, says enlisted reservists from all services who volunteer will be recalled. About 9,000 men are in the Third Corps covering Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia and will be ordered as possible to units within the continental United States.
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Baltimore
Third Army
Henry Conger Pratt
Corms
Pratt
United States
Third Corps
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Sponge Fishermen Access Deep Waters with Special Gear
Special designed equipment enables sponge fishermen to work at depths of 150 feet below the surface. This gear allows divers to reach deeper beds and harvest sponges efficiently.
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Red Cross
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S. Sloan Colt
Red Cross War Fund
Norman Davis
American Red Cross
Dwight Davis
Shumechun
Canton
Cammer Tire CO
Handley
Congress
W. W
Ranee
Education Board
Swanky Spa
Mr. Ebersole
Loudoun County
Waterford
Hugh S. Lupton & Son
Rouss Avenue
DIAL
Bickers
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B & M Chevrolet
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Winchester Evening Star
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