Floyd Cave Elected President of School Patrol Organization
The School Boy Patrol to aid traffic safety completed its organization with Floyd Cave elected president and Jack Lake as vice president. Officers include Claude Triplett secretary and Lawrence Massie captain. belts and uniforms prepared for patrol members from grades four through eight. Meetings to finalize staffing were held, with prior efforts interrupted by funding and participation gaps.
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Boyd Cave
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Gilbert Helsley
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Horace McInturff
Bobby Peston
Frank Duckworth
Howard Hart
Frank Taylor
Bryan Minnigerode
Dick Owen
Edward Miller
Joseph Yogel Létis Dodson
Charles Pappas
Edward Hartley
Frank Kalafat
Beverley Patton
Evean Creswell
New Ear Operation Reported to Restore Hearing
Dr. O. Jason Dixon and Dr. Sam Roberts of Kansas City describe a new middle ear surgery at the American Academy of Otolaryngology. The procedure creates an external canal, connects to the ear drum, and shows partial hearing recovery in many cases with minimal hazards and a two to three week healing period.
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Cago
American Academy of Ethalmology
Jason Dixon
Kansas
Easo
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Sam Roberts
Kansas City
US to arm 168000 with Garand rifle by 20 months
Washington reports an $8.71 million order for 65 000 Garand semi-automatic M 1 rifles to Winchester and Springfield arsenal output expansion. Roosevelt cites aim to reach a 600 000 strong force across regulars National Guard and reserves as Johnson notes Poland's fate underscores mobilization need. The War Department also orders war plane motors totaling about $6.96 million for a new 11 500 hp bomber engine.
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War Department
Springfield
Mass
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New Haven
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Poland
United States
In Memoriam Elizabeth M March Two Years Gone
In sad and loving remembrance of our dear wife and mother Elizabeth M March who departed this life two years ago today October 11 1937 She taught us to love and pray Our mother in Heaven God bless her today By her devoted husband Robt E March and daughters
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Iroquois to Dock Under Naval Escort Tonight
Protected by a U S naval convoy the liner Iroquois was expected to dock late today with 584 passengers from Europe. The arrival time was kept secret as destroyers and a coast guard cutter guarded the ship and intensified sea and air search for an alien submarine off Maine.
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Miriam Hopkins Freed in Uncontested Divorce
Reno Nevada October 11 actress Miriam Hopkins won an uncontested divorce from film director Ana tole Litvak on cruelty grounds. The cross-complaint for desertion was filed but unsupported. The couple wed in Yuma Arizona on September 4 1937. Hopkins spent weeks at a Lake Tahoe resort and avoided discussing her plans or posing for photographers.
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Anatole Litvak
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Ariz
Lake Tahoe
Death Ray In War Possible
Cleveland scientist Dr Antonio Longoria says a death ray could be used in the European war but insists he will not reveal the secret or help recreate it. He described a 1923 device that killed pigeons at four miles and warned it could kill humans. he also demonstrated its power on pigeons and rabbits despite its danger.
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Cleveland
Antonio Longoria
Longoria
California
O'Sullivan Rubber Co Expands to Meet Demand in Winchester
O'Sullivan Rubber Co παραγωces 3000 products and employs 623 workers in Winchester. The plant operates 24 hours a day six days a week with three shifts, producing rubber heels and soles plus other items. In the past year payroll neared $500,000 annually, while raw material purchases run about $750,000. A secondary unit at the Old Paper Mill adds 15,000 pairs of soles daily, and 100,000 gas masks were produced for the Army and Navy under U.S. contracts.
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United States
Winchester
R. J. Punkhouser
Funkhouser
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O'Sullivan
Virginia
Dixie
Valley Pike
R. L. Hunter
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Navy
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Victor Products Corporation
Hagerstown
Victor Products
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New York City
O’sullivan
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County Official Holliday Dies From Wounds At Courthouse
Parkersburg West Virginia October 11 Wood county commissioner P W O Holliday aged 69 died from pistol wounds received while in his courthouse offices. The discharged janitor Samuel Creel 55 shot Holliday and then killed himself after locking himself in a lavatory.
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Parkersburg
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P.W. O. Holliday
Wood County
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Holliday
Health unit discussed by council in preventive medicine plan
City officials reviewed a proposed public health unit funded by the city with no additional yearly cost unless population growth requires more staff. Dr. Roper cited Winchester as size peers lacking a unit while Alexandria recently approved 29000 for a similar program. Local officials and physicians attended, with support noted though action stalled.
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Roper
Winchester
Alexandria
Cooke
Virginia
Rockbridge County
Rockbridge
Auction of Seized 1935 Ford Coupe in Virginia Notice
Treasury notice states a 1935 Ford Coupe with accessories seized in Clarke County Virginia on September 28 1939 for tax law violations. Interested claimants must file a Claim and Cost Bond by November 10 1939 with the Alcohol Tax Unit Richmond Virginia or lose the property to disposal.
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Treasury Department
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
Internal Revenue Laws
Internal Revenue Code
Clarke County
Richmond
R. E. Tuttle
What makes a mouse waltz and southernmost US
A mouse waltzes due to a defect in the inner ear that disrupts balance. The southernmost point of the United States is the A. Samoan group rese ise far southern.
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A. Rese Ise
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