Enlistment Surge Draws Virginia Recruits to U S Army
Recruiting officer T. Smith reports August enlistments in the Richmond district push total Army recruits to 1,418 since the defense campaign began in July. The Southwest Virginia region shows the strongest rate, with a goal of 800 set for September, and vacancies exist across US and overseas branches including Hawaii Panama Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
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Ie T. Smith
Richmond
Southwest Virginia
Smith
Virginia
Army
United States
Hawaii
Panama
Puerto Rico
Phillippines
Scraps Make This Bright Afghan Pattern 66783
Crochet a colorful afghan from odds of yarn with flowers in varied color schemes. Pattern 66783 provides directions stitches materials and illustrations plus a photograph of a medal lion. Send ten cents and write NAME ADDRESS PATTERN NUMBER to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th St New York New York.
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Winchester Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
New
Road allocations to be announced in autumn
Richmond Virginia September 3 1940 Road allocations for the new fiscal year will be announced in about six weeks by State Highway Commissioner Henry G Shirley Hearings will follow in highway districts for local input before final approval Primary road maintenance and construction costs in Virginia have averaged over 16 million dollars annually Engineers are surveying flood damage but total losses are not yet estimable He predicted the cost will be quite high.
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Commission
Virginia
Shirley
Fredericksburg Fire Insurance Rates To Change
The State Corporation Commission ruled that Fredericksburg fire and lightning insurance rates switch from a flat-rate to conform with Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau schedules. Effective today, the change aligns Fredericksburg with state practices and follows a July 31 public hearing, leaving Charlottesville and Alexandria as the remaining flat-rate cities.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Fredericksburg
Handbook of the
Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau
General Assembly
Charlottesville
Alexandria
Commission
Pebble from sling shot injures signal tower operator
In New York a stray pebble fired from a sling shot struck Thomas Bennett in the forehead at his rail road signal tower. Police treated the injury as minor with Bennett expected to recover. A 44-year-old man admitted to indulging in his boyhood hobby.
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New York
Thomas Bennett
Bennett
Average Rainfall by Month and Year to Date
Present and Past Rainfall show 24 hours ending 3 a.m. None. September to date 1.08 ins Year to date 30.78 ins. Average precipitation by month from 1913 39 includes Jan 2.56 Feb 2.04 March 2.90 April 3.23 May 3.53 June 3.79 July 3.59 Aug 3.69 Sept 3.19 Oct Nov 2.35 Dec 39. Average annual rainfall past 27 years 35.53 ins. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
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