Virginia to Canneries Drum up 200 Million Cans for War
Virginia officials announce a massive canning drive targeting close to 200 million cans of fruits juices and allied products mainly for the military effort. The effort will require about 10 000 volunteers and workers with housewives students and businessmen urged to enlist. Peak season runs August and September with major counties listed for canning activity.
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Inginia
Frank A. Cavedo
itheeWar Manpower Commission
Virgina
United States Employment
Cavedo
Virginia
Illiam
Westmoreland
Page
Kingham
Augusta
Botetourt
Orthumberland
Lancaster
Jord
United States
Rationing And You: Driving To Summer Cottages Rules
Q and A explain whether a government permit is needed to drive to a shore cottage during rationing. Driving to repair or close a summer home may be permitted only in specific cases when essential to protect property and no other options exist, with strict limits on travel purpose and return timing.
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OPA
Helena to Fight One Last Time for Captain Cecil
Captain Charles P. Cecil, skipper of the light cruiser Helena, has survived the sinking of his ship in the battle of Kula Gulf. He previously commanded the destroyer Peter, sunk in the battle of Santa Cruz last October, and has led the Helena since last November.
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Cecil
Kula
Charles P. Cecil
Helena
Kula Gulf
Tom Yarnbrough
Associated Press
South Pacific
Peter
Santa Cruz
Sd Helena
Helena sinks in Kula Gulf final battle after swift attack
Captain Charles P. Cecil of Flat Rock North Carolina says the light cruiser Helena pressed a bold assault in Kula Gulf early July 6, sinking five enemy warships including two cruisers before going down. The Helena vanished with a crunching finish as torpedoes struck and anti aircraft fire pounded Japanese destroyers. Cecil recalls a focused plan and crews firing with intensified discipline amid darkness and heavy debris.
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South Pacific
Charles P. Cecil
Flat Rock
N. C
Helena
Kula Gulf
Cécil
Cecil
Porter
Santa Cruz
Kula Qulf
Tire Inspection Calendar Update
Book and bulk coupon holders must complete second inspection before August 31. A and B book holders have deadlines of September 30 and October 30 respectively, with T book holders due within 60 days from the last inspection date.
Survival and ship sinking recall in perilous voyage
Survivor accounts describe leaving a sinking ship into oily water, eyes stinging from fuel, and paddling away as salvos rained around rafts. Five hours to rendezvous with other boats followed by a crowded raft scene and a captain who stayed behind on the water before his group reached shore fifteen hours after the sinking.
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Cecil
Streamliner City of Los Angeles Collides With Freight
A head on collision near Carp between Union Pacific City of Los Angeles and a westbound freight injures a fireman named Keene from Caliente Nevada. The Chicago bound streamliner left Los Angeles yesterday and returned to Las Vegas after the wreck with minor injuries reported among passengers.
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Carp
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Keene
Caliente
Nev
Las Vegas
Probing NYA Laundry and Dairy Projects Urged
Senator McKellar urged a Byrd Committee inquiry into NYA spending on a Alabama laundry and Georgia Mississippi dairy farms. He cited liquidation of NYA funds and equipment and questioned use unrelated to youth training for war.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Byrd Economy Committee
National Youth Administration
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
NYA
Byrd
Whio
Birmingham
Ala
Slossfield
W. McKay Wright
OU plans Braille courses by correspondence for blind students
The University of Oklahoma announced it will offer some high school and college courses in Braille by correspondence. The move aims to expand access for blind students, enabling study from home through adapted materials and mail correspondence.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the Daily Quiz printed on Page 1 list Beaumont and Anatole France among others. The responses include True for a statement, Henry L. Stimpson, Isabella of Spain, and a note that the Bank of England nickname is incorrect. Kimberly diamonds and the Klondike region gold discovery are cited, with Enrico and Winter also appearing.
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Anatole France
True
Henry L. Stimpson
Isabella of
Spain
False
Bank of England
Kimberly
Klondike
Enrico
Winter
Basking shark yields two hundred gallons of oil from liver
A single basking shark yields around two hundred gallons of oil from its liver, illustrating the scale of product sought from large marine animals.
Limit on charges for small loans proposed in Virginia
Richmond Va July 13 A provision limiting charges on small loans to no more than once every six months was among amendments offered for a proposed Virginia bill regulating small loan companies. M R Morgan state banking commissioner said the amendments had the backing of the state corporation commission and were offered to clarify the act at a public hearing before the legislative advisory council.
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Richmond
Virginia
M. R. Morgan
Banking
Virginia Legislative Advisory Council
Comerters
Morgan
State Corporation Commission
Alphonso I Aids Crusaders and Lisbon seize
In 1147 Alphonso I aided French German and English crusaders and helped establish Portuguese independence by capturing Lisbon from the Moors, marking a decisive medieval milestone.
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Alphonso I
Lisbon
British Lend Germs To U S Troops
London reports a British germ factory under reverse lend lease supplying American troops in Britain and Northern Ireland with culture media to test water and combat typhoid cholera dysentery and other diseases. It operates as a London County Council laboratory mass producing culture media for labs across the country and for the U S Canadian and British armed forces.
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London
Britain
Northern Ireland
British Information Services
London County Council
United States
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