Virginia WPA to survey why workers miss defense jobs
Richmond March 25 The Virginia Works Projects Administration will study why WPA certified workers in defense areas are not moving into defense industries. A $1 500 fund funded by the federal security agency will back a two week survey of Hampton Roads area workers and may extend to Roanoke and Radford with interviewers from the open market conducting checks. The study compares WPA records with Virginia Employment Service data and examines workers age sex training and experience as part of a national defense area survey.
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Winchester graduates receive Dale Carnegie diplomas
Members of Dale Carnegie Class No. 2 in Winchester completed their program with 20 graduates listed from Winchester and nearby towns. A banquet at Skyline Terrace in Front Royal with Dale Carnegie Institute representative William H. Strauss was announced to follow, the group planning to persist as The Winchester Speak Easy Club offering speechmaking services locally.
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Herman S. Barr
Earl Beaver
J. Ben Cather
Carson C. Dettra
J. Emmett Dettra
Paul R. Dettra
Wayne S. Guthrie
Lucille Kendrick
John A. Leatherman
H. Clay Manuel
Carl G. May
Everett Lee Molden
W. Glen Nichols
Leslie K. Smoak
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J. Floyd Wine
Winchester
Frank L
Body At Funeral Parlor Tonight
The body of Robert S. Paynter former colored undertaker died Sunday may be viewed after 6 PM at Cartwright funeral parlor. Funeral from the Paynter home at 1 PM tomorrow with burial at Woodstock Virginia.
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Cartwright Funeral
Paynter
Woodstock
War news neutrality and shifting Axis allies in the Balkans
The piece weighs Yugoslavia's neutrality under Prince Paul, the risk of internal revolt, and the gamble over alliances with Germany Britain and Turkey. It notes potential Turkish help against the Nazis and reports Russia's oil ban on Germany since March 1, a blow to the German war effort.
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Belgrade
Paul
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Germany
Hitler
Grece
Balkan Peninsula
Dardanelles
Rusia
Black Sea
Near East
Russia
WPA bookmobile to bring library service to Radford workers
In Richmond on March 25 the State Library extension division announced a WPA bookmobile project for Radford defense workers. With 3 000 books, a graduate librarian, operator, and clerical help, the Radford Public Library will host the service while WPA covers roughly 175 percent of the cost.
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State Library Board
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Hercules
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Robbery suspects face charges in Woodstock drugstore heist
Thurman Kersner and Marilyn Lowe, both in custody, were turned over to Shenandoah county police to face armed robbery charges for the Woodstock drugstore holdup two weeks earlier. West Virginia authorities hold Jesse Henry, indicted with Kersner, who allegedly pointed a gun at store manager Joseph Clower and fled after the robbery amid a car chase through New Market Harrisonburg and Franklin.
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Marilyn Lowe
Shenandoah County
West Virginia
Charleston
Marshall Henry
Kersner
Henry
Joseph B. Clower
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Harrisonburg
Franklin
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Mr. Clower
Jesse Funkhouser
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