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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
6
The governor directs extending drill time from one and a half hours to two hours weekly and mandating full weekly training for the state staff. He also orders immediate filling of all commissioned officer vacancies and urges units to reach authorized strength while occasionally training away from armories on nearby terrain.
Handley Summer School registrations take place at the Handley Building on Thursday June 13 from 9 to 12. The program runs eight weeks starting Monday June 17 with classes five days a week from 8 am to 12 noon. Only high school students may enroll and may take up to one unit. tuition is 15 dollars per unit or 10 dollars per half unit.
A historical notice stresses that no organization can be well trained without discipline. It urges officers to improve training, warns that only strict discipline will be tolerated, and directs regimental and battalion commanders to inspect units. Limited funds are provided to support this effort and to secure officers of the National Guard for war strength vacancies.
New York reports Mussolini declares war with Italy joining Germany while Reynaud in Paris declares France cannot be conquered. Duff Cooper and Roosevelt address the nation with network broadcasts and translations as major programs fill the night schedule.
Winston Hutton 36 Roanoke begging three months. William Mauck 18 Corrigansville Md investigation auto theft turned over to Harrisonburg Va. Mauck recovering in Memorial Hospital from crash injuries. James James 34 Market Street disorderly conduct gambling $10.25. Elliott Bundy 39 Market Street disorderly conduct gambling $10.25. Charles Nickens 41 South Kent Street disorderly conduct $10.25. T F Finley 38 E Piccadilly Street disorderly conduct gambling $10.25. Henderson Cook 44 South Main disorderly conduct $10.25. Louis Randolph 23 Millwood Va disorderly conduct. William G Nichols Miller Street speeding $14.00. Maurice Murnan city drunk returned to Western State Hospital Staunton. T J Sandlin investigation auto wreck turned over to county authorities. Harrison Crowser 23 city driving under the influence license revoked transporting illegal liquor $160.25 fine and four months jail. May 17th is a national holiday in Norway Constitution Day adopted 1814.
Presents 24 hour rainfall 0.59 inches ending 8 a m and June to date 1.81 inches year to date 17.04 inches. Lists average monthly precipitation from 1913 to 1939 with values for January through December and an annual average rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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