Chest Tests In Alexandria Spark Statewide Interest
Inquiries at Virginia Tuberculosis Association headquarters show broad Virginia interest in compulsory chest X ray exams for Alexandria school teachers barbers beauticians and workers. Nine active TB cases were found in 2425 Alexandria exams with three from school staff and others including a barber chef dairy handler and domestic servant. Nearby cities consider adopting Alexandria's compulsory health survey.
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Richmond
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Alexandria
Leslie Combs Foster
Virginia
Alexandria Tuberculosis Association
City Health Department
Doris D. Tompkins
Calorie needs for desk workers and laborers
A sedentary desk worker needs about 2500 calories daily. A farmer requires around 3500 calories, while a lumberman or wood chopper needs about 7000 calories per day.
Valley Advertising Draws Inquiries From Shenandoah Region
Shenandoah Valley Inc reports hundreds of inquiries after a June 22 ad campaign across 14 metropolitan newspapers and one travel magazine. The ads promote scenic drives, natural wonders, and shrines inviting readers to request booklets and local info from chambers of commerce in Ber yville to Woodstock and Martinsburg W Va. Officials hope campaigns continue into fall as regional tourist opportunities are described as unusually strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Shenandoah Valley
Chambers of Commerce
Berryville
Clifton Forge
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Luray
New Market
Roanoke
Strasburg
Staunton
Waynesboro
Winchester
Woodstock
Charles Town
Martinsburg
W. Va
Holiday Schedule For Winchester Postoffice
Postoffice hours observed in July include no window service city delivery or rural free delivery. Street letter box collection occurs for night dispatch while all mails are dispatched as usual.
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Winchester
Fierce Russian Defense in Minsk Region Shapes War Fate
The war report centers on brutal fighting near Bialystok and Minsk as German and Russian forces clash along the vital 2,000 mile front. Moscow and Berlin trade claims while Russia seeks aid from the United States, and pundits weigh Hitler’s motive in seizing Ukraine and Caucasus oil as the blockade tightens.
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Minsk
Bialystok
Pripet
Moscow
Leningrad
Hitler
Ukraine
Reich
Germany
Europe
Caucasus
Russia
East Virginia Rural Coops Organize Eastern Generating Electric Cooperative
Five Eastern Virginia rural electric co operatives formed a super cooperative to generate and transmit power for about 18 000 farm homes and industries. Walter P. Coppinger Rural Electrification Administrator regional rep urged the plan and pledged aid for a 1 500 000 self liquidating project including a 1 250 000 generating plant and 250 000 lines near Blackstone. Officers include Frank White president J B Massie vice president W H Copley secretary treasurer H F Scott and W B Raffora directors.
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Richmond
Eastern Virginia Rural Electric Cooperatives
Walter P. Coppinger
Eastern Generating Electric Cooperative
Frank White
Southside Electric Cooperative
Blackstone
Coppinger
Defense
Jones
Onslow
North Carolina
White
State Corporation Commission
J. B. Massie
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative
Lovingston
W. H. Copley
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
South Hill
H. F. Scott
Prince George
Engagement by Mail Brings Copenhagen Couple to New York
A Copenhagen to New York couple met after a two year separation when Said Yes by Mail author Pretty Hytte Kolp Sorensen arrived in New York to marry her fiancé Adrian Daniel of Washington. They first met in Stockholm and kept up correspondence. He proposed by mail and she accepted by mail.
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Hytte Kolp Sorensen
New York
Copenhagen
Adrian Daniel
Washington
Stockholm
Weather keeps crops moving with late week rain
The week ending June 28 saw generally dry conditions for Virginia crops with only a few northern counties receiving early rain. An average temperature of 77 degrees and 0.64 inches of precipitation were recorded across nineteen stations. Late week showers helped stimulate growth in many areas while progress remained slow in drier sections.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Extension Division
Virginia
Weather and Crop Conditions Across Eastern Counties
Crop reports show eastern regions still dry with some rain after week end. Most crops range fair to good, hay and truck crops fares poorly due to moisture shortage. eastern shore faces badly damaged potatoes and truck crops. Harvest and threshing of wheat and cultivation of corn tobacco cotton and peanuts dominate farm activity with farmers making good progress.
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Jeremiah Buckley
The
Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
AFL
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
LbShesterfield
Chesterfield
Tey Saag
Double S
Shady Rest
Leme
Texas
Stalin
Lithuania
Josef Stalin
the Food Center
SREC
VEAL
Chuck
Pork
Swift’s
Borden’s Cheese
CERTO
White House
Kenney’s
KIRK
Kenney
Klee
Pillsbury’s Best
P&g
Food Center
N. Loudoun St
East Virginia
George W. Kurtz
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
U. S
National Bank
Defense Bonds
Federal Reserve Bank
R. Gray Williams
Harold G. Brown
Carl T. Cather
Robert J. McNally, JR
Ruse Trust
Robert D. Glaize
John C. Blackburn
Frank Armstrong, JR
National Fruit Product Co., Inc
P. W. Boyd
Eugene B. Cooper
Stewart Bell
Clifford D. Grim Hansbrough and Carter
Winchester Cold Storage Co., Inc
Harry F. Byrd, JR
Winchester Star
T. Russell Cather
W. Nelson Page
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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