Virginia Employment Service Urges Defense Worker Registration
Instructions to step up registrations of workers for defense industries were sent to thirty four Virginia offices by Director Frank A. Cavedo. The national campaign targets unemployed and underused skilled labor for aircraft shipbuilding and machine industries amid rising defense demand while advising employed workers not to quit their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Employment Service
Frank A. Cavedo
Washington
Cavedo
Employment Service
Virginia
Isaak Creek Notes Readings From Local Social Visitors
Isaak Creek notes detail a weekend of visits and family gatherings in Gaines and Risley West Virginia. Residents including Mrs. J N Whitacre, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Shaffer, Miss Alice Marple, Robert Marple, and various Whitacres share time at homes in Winchester and with relatives, with shopping trips noted in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Creek
J. N. Whitacre
Gaines
Clarence Shaffer
Risley
W. Va
Samuel Sern
Kerns
Robert Marple
Laurence Marple
Alice Marple
Winchester
Joe Kerns
Samuel Kerns
Jess Whitecre
Julian Bulman
Juanita
Baker
John Whitacre
Betty
Julian
Ida Whitacre
Hilda Whitacre
Ee Holmes Wingfield
D. Whitacre
Terend
Alvin Whitacre
Marvin Slonaker
Melvin
Jone
Mrs
Eva Whitacre
Stanley Riley
Drainage Is Farm Problem in Virginia Agriculture
Virginia farms face droughts and heavy spring and summer rains making drainage a key conservations task. James H. Lillard of Virginia Tech outlines permanent waterways and natural channels, erosion controls, and careful outlet placement to protect fields and prevent runoff damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia Farms
James H. Lillard
Virginia Tech
Denver Sinks After Explosion 80 Miles South of Cape Lookout
The 9 316 ton City Service Oil Company tanker Denver sank after explosion and fire 80 miles south of Cape Lookout North Carolina. Nineteen crew members were missing and believed killed while survivors were rescued by the steamer Bruce and tanker Pan New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Service Oil Company
Denver
Cape Lookout
N. C
Bruce
Pan New
Benton rails at modern architects over Indiana murals
Thomas Hart Benton accused modern architects of antique hunting in an open letter to Indiana University. He criticized gilded urns on a staircase near his new auditorium and warned that architects ruin wall paintings by overemphasizing past decorative touches.
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Bloomington
Ind
Thomas Hart Benton
Indiana
Missouri
Ta & University
Auditorum
Ae Plage Yy Ogy Hhote
Paul Eggers
Newee
Dork City
Frank Lloyd Wright
Waterways and erosion control require planning and cost
Runoff water control is essential to soil conservation but costly and often needs mechanical structures. Local materials for concrete dams and overfalls may be unavailable. A civil or drainage engineer is often necessary to design an adequate system, and farm labor plus equipment must be sufficient to implement it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perman
Rouss Loses To Washington Dairymen in Duckpin Match
In a return match at Health Center alleys the Rouss rollers lost to the Chestnut Dairy Farm five of Washington, D. C. by 87 pins. Stine led the Rouss team with 136 while Lamp topped the dairymen with 141. another meeting is planned for later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duckpin
Chestnut Dairy Farm
Washington, D.C
Rouss Rolers
Stine
Rouss
Lamp
Milkmen
Western Union Collect Policy Endorsed by Local Manager
Co. B. Wester, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, states a long standing policy to accept collect telegrams. The policy applies to everyone except clearly irresponsible individuals and will continue without requiring deposit or government guarantees. This includes service members and personnel on defense projects none of whom need hold guarantees to send collect messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wester
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States
National Defense Project
Army
Navy
Air Force
Airplane Swoops Low Kills Woman in Farm Field
In Robertsdale Alabama a low flying plane decapitated a 35 year old mother in a 40 acre turnip field. Sheriff W R Stuart said Mrs Robert Phillips was among several workers who fled the plane as it roared by. He noted the fatal contact likely came from the tail rather than the propeller and the pilot's awareness could not be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertsdale
Ala
Florida
W. R. Stuart
Robert Phillips
Stuart
Alabama
Crowd selects cowgirl from Stephens College tour in Wyoming
In Sherdan Wyoming on March 26 a crowd of ranchers invited to pick a genuine cowgirl among 700 Stephens College students touring from Columbia chose surprisingly the contestant Strasburger of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherdan
Wyo
Stephens Colleges
Columbia
Strasburger
Atlanta
Notice of Annual Meeting of Union Bank Stockholders
Notice to stockholders of the Union Bank of Winchester Virginia to meet at the banking house 101 N Loudoun Street Winchester on Thursday April 24 1941 from 11 to 12 for election of directors and other business and any adjournments George Bushnell Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank of
Winchester
Virginia
Union Bank
Union Bank of Winchester
N. Loudoun Street
Bank of Winchester
George Bushnell
Youth Writes How It Feels To Be Dying
In Portland on March 26 a 20 year old youth identified as David E. Johnston died from gas poisoning. He had been registered at a rooming house and signed the name David Edward Sutter on a hotel stationery note that described his intent to write how it feels to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Orc
J. J. Keegan
David E. Johnston
David Edward Sutter
Minneapolis
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Ad Campaign
Itchy pimples and skin blemishes are blamed for breaking romances in a promotional ad for Peterson's Ointment. The copy promises quick relief from itching eczema and skin irritations plus soothing foot care and cracked toe relief, with money back if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Strike Ends As Detroit Produce Terminal Reopens
An inter union dispute over loading by independent drivers is resolved with a dissolve and join agreement to the Teamsters Union. Local 337 had blockaded the terminal, halting fresh fruit and vegetable shipments to small wholesalers and retailers across eastern Michigan, Ontario, and northwest Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit Union
Rasso
A. Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters Local No. 337
Michigan
Ontario
Ohio
Teamsters’ Union
A. FP. L. Teamsters
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Poiana By Products Co
National Mediation Board
Roosevelt
America
Clarencestra
University of Wisconsin
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Tor
Dykstra
Cyrus Ching
George M. Harrison
Walter C. Teagle
William H. Davis
Array
Frank P. Graham Thomas Kennedy
Eugene Meyer
Roger D. Lapham
George Meany
Gooce
Puen
Yao
Nortel Carolina
Pecape Lookout
Atlantic Ocean
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Chapman Motor
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