Four Injured As Streamliner Goes Off Track in Colorado
Four passengers were injured when a City of Los Angeles streamliner derailed near Julesburg Colorado. The crash was blamed on a broken rail beneath the last of three power units, sending a baggage car and several cars off the track. One Pullman car tipped on its side but officials said no injuries among its occupants.
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Julesburg
Colo
Iicer
City of
Los Angeles
By & Ra
English Midlands
Hagerstown Field To Be Expanded
Three hundred men will be employed until July 1 under a WPA expansion plan for Hagerstown Airport. The city engineering department will rush an application to WPA, needing mayoral and city council approval. The project would be a national defense effort with priority over other WPA work and must finish by July 1, 1941.
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Hagerstown
Works Projects Administration
Delaware Man Heads Kiwanis Capital District
Harry B. King of Dover Del will become governor of Kiwanis Capital District on Jan 1 succeeding David Nelson Sutton of West Point. Lieutenant governors elected last October take office next week: W. Melville Brown Richmond D Price Hylton Roanoke George R Norris Danville James E Steger Covington. The change leaves 62 capital district clubs with 3 663 members.
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Richmond
Harry B. King
Dover
Del
Capital District of
Kiwanis Clubs
David Nelson Sutton
West Point
W. Melville Brown
D. Price Hylton
Roanoke
George R. Norris
Danville
James E. Steger
Covington
Capital District
Six Virginia counties report no juvenile jail commitments
Six counties Charles City Gloucester Middlesex New Kent Surry and York avoided juvenile jail commitments in the year ending June 30. statewide juvenile commitments totaled 2,616 for ages 17 and under, down from 2,845, with Norfolk and Richmond among cities posting high totals and Wise leading white juvenile counts.
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Richmond
Virginia
Russel B. DeVine
Charles City
Gloucester
Middlesex
New Kent
Surry
York
Amelia
Cumberland
Essex
Fauvanna
King George
King and Queen
Lunenburg
Mathews
Northampton
Powhatan
Southampton
Petersburg
Newport News
Alexandria
Bristol
Norfolk City
Danville
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Norfolk
Populous Wise
Nansemond
Buchanan
Craig
Appomattox
King William
Northumberland
Westmoreland
Bland
Carroll
Clarke
Grayson
Greene
Highland
Patrick
Scott
Spotsylvania
Stafford
Radford
Clifton Forge
Martinsville
DeVine
Henrico
Arlington
Augusta
Rockingham
Elizabeth City
Peninsula
Neck
Public Welfare
Department of Public Welfare
Former Flyers to be Trained as Squadron Officers
The Army Air Corps announced it will train hundreds of former flyers engineers and other qualified civilians to serve the expanding air forces on the ground as squadron officers. First classes of 50 students enter New York and Purdue universities next month with followups every three months. After 12 weeks of study six more months of training at Chanute Field Illinois. Later graduates will be trained as armament communication and photographic officers.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
New York
Purdue
Chanute Field
Virginia Home Guard to Begin Enlistments Soon
Virginia plans a 2700 enlisted and 165 officer home protective force to replace the National Guard when federal service begins. Enlistments start next month with 45 infantry companies, 27 communities, 11 battalions, and light, armory based units.
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Virginia
Home Protective Force
National Guard
E E. Goodwyn
Goodwyn
War Department
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Onancock
Newport News
Hampton
Richmond
Petersburg
Emporia
Blackstone
Chase City
South Boston
Danville
Martinsville
Farmville
Lynchburg
Bedford
Roanoke
Blacksburg
Covington
Clifton Forge
Fredericksburg
Charlottesville
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Berryville
Alexandria
Lebanon Church Notes and Community Updates
Community notices from Lebanon Church detail illnesses including Master Marcus Hockman with quinsy and Mrs. Jimmie Wilson’s declining health. The report covers visits, guests from Star Tannery and Baltimore, a Candlelight Christmas program at Mt. Hope, a flag drill act, home demonstration club activities, and funeral services for Mrs. Mary C. Campbell of Lebanon Church village.
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Opequon
Laura Funkhouser
John Bowman
J. J. Keller
Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
Lebanon Church School
Lebanon Church
America
Jimmie Wilson
Minnie Colvin
Lena Estep
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baimin Everly
Russell Himelright
Strasburg
Beatrice Snarr
Mayme Pingley
Julia Taylor
Mayme Taylor
Don Himelright
Frank Snarr
John Norbeck
Mertie Hockman
Elmer Snarr
Rose Keller
Thelma Keller
Mary Hammond
Russell Huimelright
Dora Kremer
Beulah Bowman
Hilda Hockman
Clara Keller
Glenna Dodson
Winchester
Betty Dodson
Star Tannery
Mary C. Campbell
Lebanon Church Village
Greensburg
Hannastown
John F. Barton
Sarah C. Barton
Lebanon
Jefferson Campbell
Campbell
Miss Virginia Campbell Rites Held At Home And Church
Funeral services for Miss Virginia Campbell were conducted at her home by Rev. P. E. Shealy, then at the church. Interment followed in the cemetery beside her three sons Forrest F. Campbell of Hannastown J Cletus Campbell of Strasburg and Frank Campbell at home end.
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Virginia Campbell
Forrest F. Campbell
Hannastown
J. Cletus Campbell
Strasburg
Frank
P. E. Shealy
Ceme
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Loudoun St
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Santa
The
Star
London
Berlin
Rome
Bucharest
Oreono
Baker and Anderson
Iets
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Cape Cod
Cranberries Co
Supreme Fruit
Concord
Rob Roy Cola
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Polly Ann
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California
Asco
Repp
Royal Anne
van Dyke
Lord Balto
Bea Campbell
WIN Crest Coffee
Victor
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