Increase In Land Forces Of U.S.Army
War Department plans a 148000 troop expansion for U S land forces. Roosevelt may be asked to fund a regular army of 280000 and a national guard of 320000 at the January session. Total force could reach 600000 as administration aims. House committee predicts 850 million to 1.25 billion for the army. funding depends on recruitment and munitions capacity. Regulars rise by 17000 to 227000. national guard to 235000. Panama Canal locks project at 277 million and preparations continue.
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House Appropriations Committee
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National Guard
Woodring
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Panama Canal
New York Herald Tribune Forum Sets Civ ilization Challenge
New York October 10 four teen and a half hours of the ninth annual Herald Tribune forum on current problems will air next week with the theme The Challenge to Civilization. Speakers include President and Mrs Roosevelt and Mme Chiang Kai-Shek with front line talks and network broadcast possibilities discussed amid censorship concerns.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Roosevelt
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
France
MBS
London
Charley Keller Returns to Maryland Campus for Honor
Charley Keller visited College Park on October 19 for an honorary luncheon hosted by Maryland University baseball coach Burton Shipley. The event included a regimental review and a student rally to honor Keller, famed for two World Series home runs.
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College Park
Charley Keller
Burton Shipley
Maryland University
Oyster Rules Debated in Chesapeake Bay Meeting
In Crisfield Maryland on October 19 watermen and the conservation commission discussed restrictions on harvesting oysters in the head of Chesapeake Bay and the cull law enforcement. Packers were slated to meet with the commission in the afternoon while tangers and dredgers were to meet at night.
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Crisfield, Md
Chesapeake Bay
Watermen
The
Conservation Commission
Real estate operator draws jury duty in own commission suit
St Paul man S R Thompson 28 real estate operator entered court for jury duty and faced his own suit to collect commission on a house he sold. Judge continued the case to the end of the month.
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St. Paul
S. R. Thompson
Diphtheria Defense Through Immunization and Timely Care
Dr I C Riggin Virginia health official notes diphtheria is preventable by toxoid immunization. Early antitoxin treatment dramatically reduces mortality. delays raise death risk. Emphasizes vaccination for children between six months and one year and Schick testing after three months of toxoid.
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I. C. Riggin
Schick
Hhis
Virginia
Diphtheria Deaths Prompt Call for Broader Action
The text urges that fact coupled with intelligent action remain broader than current efforts to curb diphtheria. It argues that reducing cases and deaths requires more comprehensive measures than presently in place.
Samuel Hobday to Speak on WWI Trip at Fairview
Reynolds Store Virginia October 19 Samuel Hobday of Angers Store will give a talk on his overseas trip when World War started at Fairview Schoolhouse on Saturday night October 21 at 8 o'clock. All are invited. Also notes of local visits: Purcell Dick and family of Sunnyside with Walter Moore and E D Shenk with James Jolley.
Nesmith Guests Visiting Family in Martinsburg Area
Mr. J. K. Nesmith was the guest of Mr. Ardell Moore Sunday. Mr. Guy Reynolds and son of Martinsburg, Mr. Floyd Luttrell of Cross Junction, Mrs. Rich Hughes, and Mrs. C. W. Moore visited Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Sunday.
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J. K. Nesmith
Ardell Moore
Guy Reynolds
Martinsburg
Floyd Luttrell
Cross Junction
Rich Hughes
C. W. Moore
Reynolds
Community Notices From White Post Virginia
White Post Virginia October notices list Dr C O Dearmont in Richmond on business. Mrs Grim and Dora Winchester visited Misses Mary and Cathleen Thompson. Polly Green spent a week at home. Betty Meade Stuart hosted or visited family and will attend a Lynchburg football game. Sam Bryarly ill at Walnut Grove. Cecil Cadwallader and family visited Lela Gardiner.
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White Post
C. O. Dearmont
Richmond
Grim
Dora
Winchester
Mary
Cathleen Thompson
Polly Green
Betty Meade Stuart
Lynchburg
Sam Bryarly
Walnut Grove
Night Owl at Milwaukee Tavern Behind Bars
Nine patrons lined up at a Milwaukee tavern when a large owl perched on the bar and uttered who. No one bought the joke as customers ducked for cover and police were called. The bird was taken to the station.
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Milwaukee
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