Home Guards Planned If War Reaches Nation
Richmond June 21 Brigadier General Samuel Gard ner Waller adjutant general of Virginia said state staff plans for a home militia or home protective force would form two volunteer regiments totaling about 2000 veterans from the American Legion and similar groups if the National Guard is drafted. Detachments would guard armories and key sites to prevent riots and sabotage while others would defend essential points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Samuel Gardner Waller
Adjutant General of
Virginia
National Guard
American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Waller
Home Militia
Contest Winners At FFA Meet
BLACKSBURG June 21. Winners at the FFA rally include Dairy John Wilkinson Bridgewater Poultry Kenneth Harner Marion Harner McGaheysville Bertram Hawkins North River Granville Crabill Strasburg Douglas Raynes Port Republic Livestock B Showalter Mt. Clinton J Mohler North River Crops Calvin Fadley Edin ure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
FFA
John Wilkinson
Bridgewater
Kenneth Harner
Marion Harner
McGaheysville
Bertram Hawkins
North River
Granville Crabill
Strasburg
Douglas Raynes
Port Republic
B. Showalter
Mt. Clinton
J. Mohler
Calvin Fadley
Edinure
Britain Faces Dual Threat as Warcontinues
Dewitt Mackenzie outlines that with the Compiegne armistice terms, continental resistance collapses and Britain braces for invasion and aerial bombardment. He notes German control of Atlantic ports, unemployment of supply lines, Churchill's vow to defend the island, and Britain's air and naval strength as the main counterweights.
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Compiegne
France
Britain
Brest
Brittany
North Sea
Atlantic
Arctic
England
Churchill
House of Commons
Norfolk To Build Aircraft Carrier
The Navy Department notified Representative Darden that Norfolk Navy Yard will construct a new aircraft carrier larger than any before. Estimated cost is 48.1 million dollars excluding armor and weapons, with a design radically different and size close to a battleship.
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Washington
Navy Department
Darden
Dva
Norfolk Navy Yard
Department
Trucks In Emergency Mobilization Considered By ATA
Richmond June 21 James C Calvert of the American Trucking Association staff said America could convert about 2 500 000 trucks for military use if needed He is arranging a truck rodeo here Saturday and will then go to Washington for a meeting of the presidents council to consider possible mobilization of the trucking industry.
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Richmond
James C. Calvert
American Trucking Association
America
Washington
False Alarm To Be Costly In Hagerstown
Unidentified person triggered a false alarm in Hagerstown last Sunday risking a $7000 cost to the Hagerstown Hook and Ladder Company. A fire truck involved in the response collided and suffered damage. Fireman Edwin Loo was seriously injured in the crash.
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Hagerstown
Service Offers Referred for Virginia Defense Council
Governor Price announced that a Veterans of Foreign Wars offer of service in defense of Virginia was sent to the State Defense Council. He also forwarded plans from Col. Marion S. Battle to use veterans as home guards if the National Guard goes federal and a proposal to arm several thousand minute men with twelve gauge shotguns.
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Richmond
Price
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virginia
State Defense Council
Othr
Douglas S. Freeman
Marion S. Battle
Division of Motor Vehicles
National Guard
Assembly Acts Become Effective This Saturday
About 75 percent of the 1940 General Assembly laws take effect Saturday among them the Tidewater Bridge Ferry Authority act giving toll bond and ferry authority to the Highway Commission. Also the poll tax block payment ban and eyeglass sale repeal take effect.
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Richmond
General Assembly
State Highway Commission
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Health Department
Statewide Teletype System For Virginia Police Forces
The Virginia police teletypewriter network will go into service enabling quick message exchange among 15 municipalities and the state police. The nerve center is at the new state police headquarters on Midlothian Pike near Richmond. Circuits link Richmond Fredericksburg Alexandria Charlottesville Staunton Harrisonburg Winchester Cobington Roanoke Lynchburg Suffolk Portsmouth Norfolk Newport News Peters burg with Apomattox Culpeper to be added soon. Virginia becomes the eighth state in the nation and first in the South to adopt statewide teletypes system.
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Richmond
Virginia Police
State Police
Midlothian Pike
Fredericksburg
Alexandria
Charlottesville
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Cobington
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Suffolk
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Newport News
Petersburg
Appomattox
Culpeper
Virginia
South
Motor Vehicle Division
City and County Realty Transfers
A list of real estate transfers shows multiple parcel sales with names, parcel locations, and prices. Transactions include Martha Bowman to Harold C March at 610 South Gameron for 2030 and Mary Glenn Lupton from J Sloan Kuykendall as administrator for 3000, among others.
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Martha Bowman
Harold C. March
South Gameron
Lizzie A .Riffey
Stella Riffey Hockman
Ross Street
Stuart Pope
Et Ux
Sewell J. Goode
Valley Turnpike
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Henry V. Willis
Mary Glenn Lupton
Fred L. Glaize
James Taylor Simmons
National Avenue
Joseph C. Ritter
Lawrence C. Hollis
West Whitlock Avenue
F. W. Danley
William Schneider
Crossword clues and answers from daily puzzle
Notch and equipped with weapons across clues list answers such as White wine Shine Bent Groan Unwind Pieces out A gypsy Color of a horse Fearless Egyptian god Stately Short letter Meshed Cogwheel fabric. Yesterday's Answer appears as a reference.
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
A sensational diet pitch claims Kruschen tablets melt fat in 80 days with a half teaspoonful daily in a glass of water. It promises liver and bowel activation, reduced calories, and steady weight loss with a money back guarantee.
Pair Clark Finds Bee Tree Yields Honey and Surprise
In Madison Missouri on June 21 Pearl Clark cut a bee tree and extracted 90 pounds of honey and two swarms of bees. The tree produced an unanticipated bonus a mother opossum and 11 youngsters emerged from another section of the trunk.
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Madison, Mo
Pearl Clark
Calex Tooth Powder Ad Claims Star Approved Shine
Hollywood stars use Calex to brighten teeth. Pure pleasant tasting powder with five ingredients, approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. Economical and enamel safe. Available in five sizes from 10 cents to $1.25 through McKesson & Robbins in 1939.
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Hollywood
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Wartime WIB Chairman and Lyons Chain Facts
Bernard Baruch was appointed chairman of the War Industries Board on March 5 1918 and resigned January 1 1919. J Lyons & Co Ltd of London owned by Isidore Salmon operates 257 tearooms and restaurants and four hotels in Europe, making it the largest restaurant chain in the world.
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War Industries Board
W. H. A. Bernard Baruch
J. Lyons & Co . Ltd
London
Isidore Salmon
Europe
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Lord Woolton
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