Winchester Adopts Franchise Ordinance for Gas Mains
The City of Winchester Virginia invites bids for a ten year gas franchise to use streets for laying and maintaining gas mains. The ordinance grants rights to a grantee to install extend repair and relocate gas mains with city supervision and requires a $100 bid bond and publication at bidder cost.
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Bank Robbery Plot Arrests In Putnam Conn
Ralph C. Brearley aged 37 an Alderman and Police Commissioner and two others were arrested in Putnam Connecticut over a bank robbery plot. Police say the plan involved attempting a bank heist while dispatching police cars on a wild goose chase.
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Ralph C. Brearley
Putnam
Conn
Training camp notes mix humor and induction tales
Camp Blanding and Camp Walters anecdotes show selectees writing home and saying goodbye as induction nears. A Brooklyn draft tale involves a conscientious objector who later dons a soldier’s uniform after watching the Giants beat the Dodgers. At Bowie beans top the mess sergeants’ favorite dish. Private Thomas Sutton discovers a misprint in his induction card, noting hair and eye color with a blunt description.
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Tex
Lewis M. Hverdes
Youngstown
Ohio
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Dodgers
War News Censored Warns Readers On Europe Reports
The Star cautions readers that wartime news from most of Europe is censored before transmission to the United States, warning that details may be altered or withheld by authorities.
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the Star
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