Congress Urged to Retain Men Indefinitely in Army
The War Department drafted a bill for the Senate Military Committee to keep selectees national guardsmen and reserves in active service for the duration of a congressionally declared emergency. It would lift the 900,000 draftee training cap and allow use of armed forces beyond regular limits during national defense. General Marshall rejected Taft’s 16 month limit, stating the current 12 months should be a flexible range toward indefinite service.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Stimson
United States
Hemisphere
George C. Marshall
Taft
Ohio
Marshall
Army
Berlin proves Witler not ill with Russian reports
Berlin papers cite Russian dispatches claiming Hitler is ill and that Keitel and Von Brauchitsch were dismissed. Rommel reportedly returned from Africa to command in the east while Von Brauchitsch appeared with troops. No official comment on Moscow radio or Carl Clodius in Turkey negotiating troop passage.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Keitel
von Brauchitsch
Ernst Rommel
Africa
Bente
Rommel
Moscow
Hecndai
Carl Clodius
Turkey
Bible School Commencement at Opequon Chapel
The Bible School commencement will be held at Opequon Chapel with the session ending at 7:30 PM. Teachers and students prepare for the encement exercises as the program closes for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opequon Chapel
Will
Mining Industry Opposes Seaway Plan
Julian B. Conover, secretary of the American Mining Congress, told the House Rivers and Harbors Committee that growing power needs could be met faster by building modern coal fired steam plants. He said the industry has consistently opposed the waterway and power project as unwise and harmful to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julian B. Conover
American Mining Congress
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Conover
Bicycle Tags Issued In City Reach Four Hundred Twenty Seven
A check with Commissioner of Revenue C. P. McVicar shows that since sales began July 15, 427 bicycle tags have been issued to wheel owners or operators in the city. The count reached 2:30 this afternoon, the day after the police deadline.
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Commissioner of Revenue
C. P. McVicar
French Weekday Names in a Police Licensing Note
A fragment shows the list of days in French and English used for licensing exams. It mentions exams at police headquarters to prove knowledge of traffic laws governing operation of licensees and lists the days dimanche lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi samedi.
Purebred Swine Breeders Will Hold Sale Here
The Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association schedules its third annual summer sale of pure bred hogs for Friday August 8 at 1 p m in Winchester stock yards. Consignments include bred sows open gilts and boars from Berkshires Durocs Poland Chinas Hampshire and Hereford with multiple farms in Berryville Locust Dale Rapidan Upperville and Winchester among consignors. Government support promising hog prices through July 1 1943 underpins expectations of strong demand for breeding stock.
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Virginia Purebread Swine Breeders Association
Winchester
Patterson
New Hope
Samuel
Turner
Orange
G. F. Jackson
Max Meadows
Ed Carpenter
Russell
Hickman
Lovettsville
Audley Farm
Berryville
K. A
Ickes defies power commission over expansion plan
Interior Secretary Ickes says he will ignore Federal Power Commission recommendations as poorly prepared. He argues the Interior Department will run its power projects to serve the public interest, amid a proposal to expand national facilities by over 1 billion dollars and about 13.5 million kilowatts over a year.
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Washington
Ickes
Defense
Federal Power Commission
Interior Department
Power Commission
Roosevelt
Rumford Baking Powder Ad Promises Baking Help
An old advertisement urges Ginnie-tell Paul to improve baking with Rumford Baking Powder. It claims you can use any amount and promises dozens of bright ideas for better baking. The notice offers free materials and provides a Rumford Box Reuse address.
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Ginnie
Paul
Rumford Baling
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Bible School
Ae Sid
Wood
Thomas Credit Jewelers
N. Loudoun
Florewei
Table Top
Florence
Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
New York
Lilyan Andrus
Mary Alice Rice
Mildred Borst
Florence Sullivan
Freddie McDaniel
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Salvage
McDaniel
Reds
C. P. Rediophoto
Dimanche
Marci
Mercredi
Jeudi
Sam
Philco MU
E. Boscawen St
Philco
the Gas CO
Asco
Asparagus
Farmdale Green
ROB Roy Cola Beverages
Calif
N. Loudoun Street
Armour’s Star
Dromedary
Eandy
Dinty Moore
Wahie
Lamb
CAMAY
Jesco
Ical Soc
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