Byrd Calls for Sacrifices as Defense Program Bogs Down
Senator Byrd says the national defense program has bogged down and urges Americans to work longer hours and make sacrifices. He backs Knudsen to head defense management, criticizes delays, and calls for disclosure of basic military facts while warning the situation threatens national security.
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Washington
Byrd
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Williams
Knudsen
National Defense Management
Europe
Hitler
England
Virginia
Germany
Japan
Italy
Senator Warns of Delays in War Plane Production
The senator criticized postwar planning and red tape hindering defense effort. He noted the 16 month lag for heavy planes and warned that orders after September 1 would not arrive until late 1941 or early 1942. He urged immediate reorganization of the defense program and opposed U.S. entry into the European conflict.
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Great Britain
Congress
Army
Navy
Byrd
United States
Welltown Notes Highlights From Virginia Community
Little Donald Benner, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Benner, is ill with pneumonia at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Margaret Catlett and son John Conley Catlett, and Miss Ada Frances Newlin visited Mrs. Paul Rush and Mrs. Ada Benner. Ada Benner moved from the D A Robinson house to the George Barrett farm on the Welltown pike. Elizabeth Wright has been moved from Memorial Hospital to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs A W Wright.
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Welltlown
Donald Benner
Franklin Benner
Memorial Hospital
Margaret Catlett
John Conley Catlett
Ada Frances Newlin
Paul Rush
Ada Benner
D. A. Robinson
George Barrett
Welltown Pike
Elizabeth Wright
Bert Lahr Real Name Question Clarified
The real name of Bert Lahr is Irving Lahrheim. The initials Cc. H. L. are noted in the query.
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Bert Lahr
Cc. H. L
Irving Lahrheim
Bank Holiday Closures for Christmas Day 1940 Notices
Several Winchester banks announce Christmas Day closing on Wednesday December 25 1940 due to legal holiday with payment of matured notes deferred to the following banking day December 26 1940. J H Yost John J Sloat Geo B Bushnell Harold G Brown Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank all cashiers note closures indicate holiday schedule.
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J. H. Yost
Partners and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John J. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo B Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Idle Virginia timberlands reach over one million acres
Richmond December 23 More than 1 000 000 acres of Virginia timberland are idle and unproductive as unregulated cutting and fires slash values. N Clarence Smith of the State Conservation Commission calls for fire control and trained foresters to curb losses across 21 counties with 2 590 000 acres unprotected in unorganized areas.
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Richmond
Virginia
N. Clarence Smith
State Conservation Commission
Smith
University of Virginia News
Public sale of desiring city property in Winchester
Public auction to sell at the County Court House Winchester on Saturday December 28 1940 at noon a nine room frame dwelling No 329 North Loudoun Street with bath and furnace on a 20 foot wide lot extending to an alley. Terms include one third cash and balance in two equal installments over two years at 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Joseph B Newlin trustee.
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Elizabeth Brown Hughes
H. T. Hughes
Corporation Court
Winchester
County Court House
Loudoun Street
Joseph B. Newlin
Conservation plan features outlined by Smith
Smith described a proposed conservation plan with thirteen administrative protection districts each led by a forester, a statewide 140-tower lookout network with phones, a protective corps of about 3000 wardens, and chief wardens employed monthly for at least five months yearly.
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Blems. Smith
Forestry Division
Oe Commission
Eight-year plan eyed for forest fire protection funding
The proposal calls for gradual annual appropriations to meet the state's forest fire protection needs over eight years. It suggests a 50-60 percent burden on the state with remaining costs split between national and local governments.
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Haldeman’s Creamery
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Fase
Janie
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Welltown
new-Vele SS
The
Betty Shoppe
Stokely’s Finest
Gocktak
Cranberry
Stokely
Libby
Sauce Stokely’s
Jar
Sanico
Hormel
Heinz
Jar Na
Heste
Sirloin Pt
Lam
Sausase
ROYAL
Rand Vicinity
McCormick
McCormick’s
Snyder
Lindsay Colossal Ripe Petta
Smithfield
Underwood
Luden
Hershey
Johnson
Zoe
Canada
Sy UP
MWA UK
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