Washington Holds Key To Production of War Planes
The piece explains that 50 000 warplanes depend on engine supply, pilot training, and available funding. It notes pilots will not reach 50 000 planes this year or next and outlines coordination among government, industry, and schools. It cites Kettering and Packard motors and the need for definite appropriations to expand capacity.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
New York
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Corporation
National Defense Commission
Packard Motor Car
Britain
White House
Washa
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Germany
Mountain Camp Dedication Set for Friday at Powell’s Fort
The article notes the dedication of Powell's Fort Organ Camp in the Massanutten mountains near Woodstown by CCC chief in the U.S. Forest Service on Friday July 12 at 2 p.m. Attending will be Congressman A Willis Robertson and James J McEntee CCC director with advisory members. The camp houses 112 sleeping spaces plus dining hall infirmary bath facilities and more. A rural children group sponsored by the Children's Bible Mission of Elkton Va will use the camp during the event which is open to the public.
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Cne
Onied Sea Forest Service
Powell’s Fort
Massanutten Mountains
Woodstock
CCC
Camp
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
George Washington
National Forest
A. Willis Robertson
James J. McEntee
Children’s Bible Mission
Elkton
George Nisley of Columbia Celebrates 99th Birthday
George W Nisley of Columbia Pennsylvania who was rejected for Civil War service as physically unfit has just celebrated his ninety ninth birthday and remains in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Nisley
Columbia
Nisley
Average Motor Driver Uses 724 Gallons of Gas in 1939
A Virginia study shows an average vehicle used in 1939 consumed 724 gallons of motor fuel and paid about 96.36 dollars for gasoline plus 39.39 dollars in taxes. The data covers cars and trucks and reflects all vehicles in operation for the full year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Petroleum Industries Committee
Two Hit Run Drivers Sought in Md Fatal Bicycle Crash
Police search for two hit and run drivers after Samuel Phillips 52 of Pocomoke City was struck by a northbound car then a southbound vehicle along the Pocomoke Cedar Hall state highway. Dr John L Riley Worcester medical examiner said Phillips was left on the highway. bicycle found nearby.
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Snow Hill
Samuel Phillips
Pocomoke City
Pocomoke
Cedar Hall
John L. Riley
Worcester County
Phillips
Fire Chiefs to Elect New Officers at Maryland Convention
The Fire Chiefs' Club of Maryland meets in Cumberland on July 9 for its annual convention. Heads of volunteer and paid fire companies attend and a banquet precedes the election of new officers tomorrow night.
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Cumberland
Mad
Fire Chiefs’ Club of Maryland
Policeman Suspended For Too Accurate Target Practice
Lancaster July 8 Police Officer Paul Glick who won last city police shoot received a one day suspended sentence after scoring bulls eyes on fellow officers at the police school with a pea shooter. Commissioner Albert Carlson suspended him for his marksmanship which officials deemed excessive and unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Paul Glick
Albert Carlson
Glick
Wrong Alarm in St Louis After Robbery Citizen Turns In Fire Alarm
A man on a street corner reported a fire alarm at the request of a street car motorman who had just been robbed of $20. Police with firemen arrived and arrested the man who gave the alarm.
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ST. Louis
Espionage Convicts Largely Not Black, Collier's Claims
Collier's asserts that among 10,000 convicted espionage cases in the country not a single person was Negro, highlighting alleged racial disparities in prosecutions. This statement reflects wartime anxiety over loyalty and civil rights debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's
Woman Miner Digging Copper Ore Solo in Mojave Desert
Grace E. Finley, 31, runs a lone copper mine near Copper City in the Mojave. She digs about a ton weekly and sells ore for roughly $19 a ton, rejecting marriage proposals and noting two former workers quit. She plans to continue mining alone, saying she loves the desert and its companionship.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Mohave Desert
Sawtooth Mountains
Grace E. Finley
Grace
Copper City
Ovens Mines
Never Found A Wholly Bad Boy
Homer White of Des Moines says many spirited boys can become successful adults and he has guided over ten thousand youths during his 52 years with the Western Union. He asserts he has never met a boy who was entirely bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Homer White
Homer
Western Union
White
Owls Taught to Dive Bomb Passersby in Laurel Neb
A family of owls in Laurel Nebraska learned nightly swoops from telephone wires to attack passers by. The irate citizen finally shot and killed the young birds after their parents trained them to dive at people.
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Laurel
Neb
Federal loans to state exceed thirty million
Virginia received an estimated 30 965 where Federal 7 4 on a month envered July 1 1939 th a December 31 E Leigh Stev ehincene of Office ens State the nt Reports announce of this amount loans repay able to the Federal government amounted to 2 611 444 Expendi tures which were largely grants in aid parity payments and oth er non repayable disbursements for public works and the conser vation of human and natural re sources totaled 28 354 344 In addition the Federal government through the Federal Housing Administration insured loans of private capital in the amount of 7 092 117 for housing improve d notes and mortgages in the Agricultural loans amounted to 2 043 242 while loans made by other agencies including the new Federal Loan Agency totaled 568 202 Agriculture expenditures amounted to 2 510 106 grants in aid and direct federal expendi tures made by the principal agen cies within the new Federal Security Agency totaled 5 970 758 and disbursements for public roads public works and housing under the Federal Works Agency with 9 691 298 Data on loans and expenditures by states and agencies are con tained in the Consolidated State Report of Selected Federal Expen ditures released by the office of government reports for the first half of the fiscal year 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
E. Leigh Stevehincene
Federal Housing Administration
New Federal Loan Agency
New Federal Security Agency
Federal Works Agency
Office of Government
Refugee Andrew P. Andrew Finds Freedom in United States
Notes from Princess Anne Maryland report a Jewish refugee formerly of Vienna, 20, who recently arrived to work in a local nursery. He says in the United States Hitler’s words are mere discussion, while at home they dictate life and death. He contrasts personal freedom with secret police control in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Anne, Md
Andrew P. Andrew
Vienna
United States
Hitler
Secret
Missouri closes gap with licensed woman guide
Hollister July 8 report notes Mrs. Charles Smith of Lake Taneycomo district, 25, now Missouri’s licensed woman guide. She handles rifle and fishing tackle skillfully and knows land and water routes around Stone and Taney counties in the Ozarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Missouri
Charles Smith
Lake Taneycomo District
Bass leaps into boat on holiday fishing trip
Parsons Eas July 8 reports a family fishing outing by Mr and Mrs Russell Crawford and Mr and Mrs Bill Thurston ended without a bite until a two pound bass jumped into their boat. They swear to it.
Poplars: Fast Growth, Short Lifespan Described
The article notes poplars grow quickly and live only briefly, averaging 10 to 15 years. It highlights their rapid height increase and their relatively short life cycle compared with other trees.
Training Underway at Fort Monroe Citizens Camp
Fort Monroe opens a thirty day Citizens Military Training Camp with 277 enrollees from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. D W Howe and J C McCabe of Richmond are the first arrivals. Training is in three periods led by Lt Col A E Fogelberg Col E A Zigler and Col C M Deakin with base staff Major L Lohman and Ist Lt E E Lockhart.
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Fort Monroe
Citizens Military Training Camp
D. W. Howe
J. C. McCabe
Richmond
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
A. E. Fogelberg
503Rd
Uniontown
E. A. Zigler
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Hubbard Keavy
Stakas
Brenda Joyce
Hollywood
Free Chesterfield
Mme Tessome
Tobaccoland
U.S.A
Chesterfield
Borrowi
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Firestone
Were
Ocean Breeze
Isave
Radio Phonograph
Fiberglas
Res
Sentinel
Speedy
Roamer
Whitey” Moore
North Braddock St
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