American Press Held Impartial in World News Tour
Washington January 7 Dr E L Thorndike analyzed American newspapers finding them impartial to politics and city size. He said readers still value news content over entertainment and that most press space goes to domestic and foreign news education personal items science stock quotes and sports.
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Washington
Columbia University
E. L. Thorndike
Hollywood
Scientific Monthly
United States
Maryland General Opposes Veterans Use in State Home Guard
Major General Milton A Reckord rejects using the Fifth Regiment Veterans Corps as a nucleus for Maryland state home defense. Governor OConor said Reckord informed him the idea did not fit War Department plans, and the National Guard high command rejected it. Reckord commands the 29th National Guard division with troops from Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
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Annapolis
Milton A. Reckord
Fifth Regiment
Veterans’ Corps
O’conor
Reckord
War Department
National Guard High Command
Adjutant General of Maryland
29Th National Guard
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Colum
Capitol Hill Updates Prompt Naval Defense Inquiry
The House Naval Committee opens an inquiry on progress of naval defense program. In recess. Yesterday a joint session heard the President's message on the state of the union. Senate elects Senator Harrison of Mississippi as President pro tempore. The afternoon news is late as press time hits nine to eleven o'clock across major global cities.
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House Naval Committee
Senate
Harrison
D-Miss
The
Star
London
Berlin
Rome
Alexandria
Bucharest
Public Auction Of Small Farm In Virginia
Public auction to sell a 31 acre farm with dwelling and out-buildings in Frederick County Virginia. Sale in front of the Winchester County Court House at 11 a m on January 9 1941. Terms cash. Trustee James P Reardon.
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Robert
J. R.) Knight
County Court House
Winchester
Fred. Co
Creers
Ridge Road
Finchem, McKeever, Et Als
James P. Reardon
Court Rule Pleasing To Labor Heads
Labor leaders welcomed the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Labor Board power to require written contracts in bargaining. CIO President Philip Murray and AFL President William Green praised the decision as boosting collective bargaining and possibly bringing more employers to formal written pacts. The ruling stems from the Heinz case and anchors the board’s authority to order a written agreement as the final step in bargaining.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Labor Board
Philip Murray
William Green
Murray
CIO
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburgh
Shenandoah Conservatory Gains National Accreditation
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Dayton Virginia was named an Associate Member by the National Association of Schools of Music at its seventeenth annual meeting in Cleveland Ohio. The school now joins 122 member institutions and plans a four year degree program with about 78 full time music majors and 22 special students. full time enrollment is expected to top 100.
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Dayton
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Virginia
National Association of Schools of Music
Association
Cleveland
Ohio
National Association
United States
Music Schools and Colleges of Music
Shenandoah Conservatory
Virginia State Board of Education
Miller
Virginia Dairymen Convene to Study National Defense
Dairymen from Virginia gather at Old Point Comfort January 16 and 17 for the 34th annual Virginia State Dairymen's Association convention. The program covers world conditions, national defense impact on dairy business, emergency and long term Virginia agriculture adjustments, dairy regulation, nutrition, and area production issues.
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Old Point
Blacksburg
Virginia
Virginia State Dairymen's Association
Hotel Chamberlain
Old Point Comfort
National Defense
R. G. Connelly
Virginia Tech
P. C. Mass
Pulaski
John R. Hutcheson
Virginia Agriculture
J. M. Walker
J. F. Criswell
North Carolina State College
Janet L. Cameron
C. W. Holdaway
V. P. I. Dairy Department
Ashton Dovell
Williamsburg
House of Delegates
James E. Gheen
New York
Time To Build Coldframes Time To Build Coldframes
Virginia Tech horticulturists urge home gardeners to build hotbeds or coldframes now so they are ready for spring. They advise winter cleanup to reduce pests, winter plowing to loosen soil, and liberal manure applications of 10 tons per acre for established gardens or 20 to 30 tons for new farms, with organic matter provided for city gardeners.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Registration of Aliens Reports 4 720 282 Non Citizens
Alien registration director Earl G. Harrison announced that 4 720 282 non citizens residing in the continental United States had received fingerprint records at Washington. More records were expected from distant parts of the country as the four month registration period closed on December 26. The earlier estimate of aliens in the continental United States stood at 3 600 000.
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Washington
Earl G. Harrison
Continental United States
Continental
United States
Census Bureau reports 5 110 270 unemployed in March
The Census Bureau estimates 5 110 270 persons were without jobs and seeking work last March from a 5 percent cross section. Of 14 plus population, 45 350 430 in private or nonemergency government work, 28 838 484 housework, 9 070 986 in school, 5 220 098 unable to work, and 2 380 062 on WPA NYA or CCC.
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Washington
Census Bureau
WPA
NYA
CCC
National Industrial Conference Board
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
State Auto Tags Not Necessary
Fort Meade Maryland January 7 Officers and men from other states training at Fort Meade will not need Maryland license tags for their private cars. The attorney general's office advised Major General Milton A Reckord that Fort Meade is a Federal Reservation and not legally part of Maryland proper.
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Maryland
Attorney General's Office
Milton A. Reckord
State Adjutant General
Fort Meade
Paris Libraries Purged By Nazis
German Gestapo raids in Paris seized or restricted anti Nazi writings and philosophical works from public and private libraries. The American Library in Paris was told to purge but no books were removed there. other targets included the Alliance Israelite and Maison Du Livre Francais.
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Washington
Paris
Seine
Gestapo
Alsace
Lorraine
Netherlands
France
Germany
Alliance Israelite
Maison du Livre Franc Cais
War News Censored Warns U.S. Readers
The Star cautions readers that news from most of Europe is subject to censorship before transmission to the United States, signaling limited wartime reporting and control of foreign information.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Army and Navy under arms reach new levels in January
The War Department estimated January armed forces at 608 000 regulars and guardsmen near a threefold rise in a year. The navy and marine corps approach 250 000 active duty. Land forces will gain about 500 000 in three months, including 400 000 selective service recruits.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
June Week at Naval Academy for Graduates
Four hundred seniors at the Naval Academy will graduate in February but will observe a regular June Week starting February 2. Dances a concert and athletic events are planned through February 7 with graduation in Dahlgren Hall. The farewell ball will be held the night before graduation and the baccalaureate is set for February 2.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Dahlgren Hall
National Defense
Delaware Solons Begin Meeting
Delaware’s Republiceae Legislature gathers for the biennial session in Dover on January 7. Members aim to complete organization to receive the governor’s message on schedule and expect possible delays in setting up session machinery. Secretary of State John Hilvel Jr. will present Governor Richard McMullen’s message after organization.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
John Hilvel, Jr
Richard McMullen
Mrs Harlow Hospitalized After Nose Bleed In Maryland
Mrs. Dick Harlow wife of the Harvard football coach is under treatment for a nose hemorrhage at Maryland General Hospital Baltimore. Harlow says she is much better today after entering the hospital Sunday and delaying a Florida trip.
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Baltimore
Dick Harlow
Harvard
Maryland General Hospital
Here
Harlow
Westminster
Florida
Super Roads Favored for Defense by Engineers
Detroit January 7 An engineer from the Pennsylvania Bike Commission says a system of express highways serving 67 percent of the nation s industry 50 percent of assessed valuation and 40 percent of the population is feasible and practical. He cites a deluxe for all classes of traffic linking the middle west and Atlantic ports to aid peace or war financed by bonds like the Pennsylvania Turnpike and George Washington Bridge.
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Detroit
Les M. Noble
Pennsylvania
Bike Commission
Society of Automotive Gineers
A. Jones
Pike Commission
Middle West
Atlantic Board
Noble
George Washington
New York
New Jersey
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Virginia Guernsey Breeders Association
H. E. Hutcheson
Gloucester
Virginia Holstein-Friesian Club
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