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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1940

Page

7

Personnel for 150 Virginia draft boards announced soon

The article outlines new selective service procedures for men ages 31 to 35 from Virginia. Local boards, advisory committees, and registrars will process registration cards, with Washington drawing serial numbers for examinations. Induction timing depends on classification, occupation, and essential industry status, while both army and navy options remain possible.

Virginia Richmond Selective Service Washington Army Navy

Car Loadings Of B. and O. Rise in Week’s Traffic

Report shows the Baltimore and Ohio Railway handling 47 473 cars in the week ending date. The line notes a rise in car loadings from connections and lines, with traffic higher than any other activity. A stray sentence about walking appears damaged and not tied to the main item.

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Guardsmen Mobilized Into Regular Army 60,000 Ordered Into Service

Washington dispatch reports about 60,000 National Guard members from 26 states mobilized as the first federal call since World War II. They will be trained in 10 days and undergo medical exams before deployment. divisions 44th 30th 45th 41st and related units to be mobilized with tank companies later.

Washington National Guard National Guard Bureau Roosevelt

Mocha Named After Arabian Trade Center Origin

The Mocha coffee variety derives its name from the Arabian port town of Mocha where coffee was first cultivated. Arabia held a coffee monopoly for two centuries and Mocha was a central hub of the global coffee trade.

Mocha Arabia

Second Naval Academy On West Coast Is Proposed By Tolan

Washington reports that Representative Tolan proposes a second naval academy on the West Coast, to be modeled on the Annapolis institution. The bill H. R. 10510 would authorize an initial 10 million dollars and split future officer training candidates between both academies. Tolan doubts committee action this session but pledges full consideration next.

Naval Academy West Coast Tolan Washington Francisco Bay House Naval Affairs Committee D-Calif Congress Navy Department Newsman Wwest

Hundred Thousand Enrols In NAC Aviation Course

More than 100000 applicants including many women seek NAC ground school prep for flying careers in military and civil aviation. Government training plans require 700 centers and 150000 trainees. NAC offers a 54 weekly mail course with 1200 lectures and 1500 visuals for twenty five cents a week.

National Aeronautics Council Civil Aeronautics Board National Aeronautics Council, Inc N.A.C Army and Navy Air Service

Hospelhorn Planned as Bankers Association President

Virginia Banking Commissioner Milton R. Mor announced that John D. Hospelhorn deputy bank commissioner would likely be elected president of the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks at its 89th annual convention in session. Hospelhorn, first vice president, would be the first deputy to hold the post if chosen, with officials from federal agencies among delegates arriving for the meeting. Lectures and addresses are set for Thursday and Friday featuring Eddie Rickenbacker and Leo T. Crowley.

James EB. Fechet Air Corps U. S. Army Holden C. Richardson Bureau of Aeronautics U. S. Navy Alexander Klemin Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics New York University Don Ryan Mockler Harold E. Hartney First Ae.f Roger Q. Williams R. W. Schroeder United Air Lines Jean Piccard University of Minnesota National Aeronautics Council West 47Th Street New York N. Y Milton R. Mor Virginia National Association of Supervisors of State Banks Probab John D. Hospelhorn Cceed D. W. Ae State Banking Department of Maryland Federal Reserve Banks Peronatives Federal Te Insurance Corporation Board of Governors Federal Reserve System

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