Coast Artillery To Hold Joint Maneuvers Near Bowling Green
The seventy first coast artillery regiment will move from Fort Story by early Saturday with 1700 men in 30 motor vehicles to A. P. Hill reservation near Bowling Green for joint maneuvers with the 44th division from Camp Dix. Anti tank operations will feature the exercise and about eighty percent have five months service with gas masks and steel helmets.
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Norfolk
Seventy First Coast Artillery Regiment
Fort Story
A. P. Hill
Bowling Green
Camp Dix
44Th
Caroline County
Wist
Road And Bridge Bids Asked For Five Projects
The Virginia State Highway Department seeks bids on five road and bridge projects to open August 7 routes include Route 60 in Warwick County with a concrete roadway and Warwick River bridge near Lee Hall Route 1 in Mecklenburg County a 45 mile segment from near South Hill to south of it Route 28 in Pittsylvania County 27 miles of waterbound macadam with bituminous top north of Danville near Chatham Route 71 a 182 foot bridge over Big Moccasin Creek near Gate City Scott County and Routes 146 and 5 in Henrico County 18 miles of concrete roadway at Richmond eastern limits.
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Richmond
State Aashway Department
Warwick County
Warwick River
Lee Hall
Mecklenburg County
South Hill
Pittsylvania
Danville
Chatham
Big Moccasin Creek
Gate City
Scott County
Henrico County
Japan Moves Into French Indochina and Rise of Eastern Asia Heuristic
Japanese officials cloak Indo China maneuvers as a coup to cement hegemony across eastern Asia. The move risks enlarging a regional threat to American and British interests, potentially aided by European war progress and possible sanctions.
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Dutch East Indies
Far East
Japan
Europe
Tokyo
Washington
London
Atlantic
America
Britain
Manchuria
Hitler
Vichy
United States
Germany
Nippon
Indo-China
Singapore
Railroads Meet Demands Say They Supply Defense Needs
Roanoke July 24 W J Jenks president of the Norfolk and Western Railway said prompt delivery of equipment and materials to railroads is vital to the national defense program. He noted rail carriers have invested billions in new equipment and better methods and are operating at peak efficiency to meet the mass transport needs of defense materials and armed forces.
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Roanoke
W. J. Jenks
Norfolk and Western Railway
Porch Chats and Summer Desserts Echo Youthful Nostalgia
A nostalgic reflecting piece recalls childhood porch evenings and simple desserts that banish dog day doldrums. It evokes memories of waiting out heat with family, simple treats, and the rhythm of summer evenings.
Lightning Kills Defense Worker at New River Ordnance
PULASKI July 24 A. Rus sell Perdue of Shawsville Montgomery county employed in construction at the New River ordnance works near Dublin was killed yesterday by lightning that struck a steel igloo shelter where he stood. A companion was stunned but revived and not seriously hurt. The two men were alone as a large tree near the igloo was struck.
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Pulaski
C. Russell Perdue
Shawsville
Montgomery County
New River Ordnance Works
Dublin
Perdue
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues
Readable crossword clues list across and down with definitions and partial answers. Includes entries such as A picket residue from bar material living diversion com with Arabian chieftain and more, forming a compact puzzle prompt.
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Lake Eri
Ever
Puzzle Clues Point to Wordplay Challenge
The reader lists a series of cipher like clues numbered 44 45 47 49 27. The fragment hints at a themed puzzle item requiring cross reference of synonyms and wordplay to yield a final answer.
Meades Men To Play War Three Months In South
Meade’s 29th infantry division will leave Fort George G Meade Md Sept 13 for three months of southern maneuvers with possible pretraining near Bull Run Manassas Va if land is secured 6000 acres are eyed for field training near Ma nassas and A P Hill reservation while portions may train at Bull Run and Wadesboro N C before November war games near Fort Bragg involve about 400 000 soldiers in a major US Army exercise.
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Fort George G. Meade
29Th Infantry
Winchester
Twenty-ninth Division
Manassas
Bull Run National Monument
Bull Run
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Milton A. Reckford
Baltimore
Milton A. Reckord
A. P. Hill
Caroline County
Wadesboro
N. C
Indiantown Gap
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Bragg
Woman Gets Life For A Slaying
CHATHAM July 24 Miss Pearlie Fuqua a 30 year old South Boston woman was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Rufus Salmon on July 8. She waived trial by jury in Pittsylvania county circuit court and pleaded for mercy. She broke down when Judge J Turner Clement passed sentence. Fuqua admitted stabbing Salmon but said she acted in self defense after discovering an embrace with her sister Mrs Minnie Whitfield.
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Chatham
Pearlie Fuqua
South Boston
Rufus Salmon
Pittsylvania County
J. Turner Clement
Miss Fuqua
Salmon
Glenwood
Danville
Minnie Whitfield
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