Enlistments May Fill Much of First Quota Says Officers
Washington reports show volunteers may cover a large portion of the 400000 initial selective service quota with 435000 men volunteering from April to June. New York centers received many recruits as officials note a crowd of 700 in one day. Idaho asks a lawyer to avoid interrupting practice, while officers see 19 or 20 year olds finishing careers through voluntary enlistment. Major Parker says voluntary workers to run draft machinery are plentiful, with federal funding requested for service expenses and states expected to donate time and space to operations.
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Education Week Observed With Lions Club Events
Handley School hosts National Education Week activities the week of November 11. Garland Quarles, Handley Schools superintendent, spoke on Virginia education history from 1870-71 to today. Lions Club guests included W. L. Young Jr of Bedford and J. E. Jordan of Warrenton.
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Bedford
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Police Mascot Killed By Auto In New Jersey
Atlantic City New Jersey September 25 Police mascot Sergeant Brownie known for biting incidents and pardons died when a police truck backed over him as he rested in a driveway behind the station.
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Irvington Police Recorder Fined For Driving Without License
East Orange reports Police Recorder Thomas J. Holloran of Irvington pleaded guilty to driving without his license and said he should be fined for enforcing the law. Fellow Recorder Herman E. Hillenbach agreed and fined Holloran $2.75 after a patrolman ticketed him.
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Answers to Today's Quiz and Nuts Facts
Answers printed on page 4 include Battle of New Orleans and Seward's Folly. The quiz lists ten items with names such as James Madison and Frank C. Walker. A trivia note explains Brazil nuts grow in clusters inside a thick shell and can weigh two to four pounds per group.
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Wilmington official named to National Unemployment Board
William Ward Donohoe of Wilmington has been appointed administrative analyst of the National Unemployment Compensation Division of the Social Security Board in Washington. He is chief of the division of claims and benefits for the Delaware Unemployment Compensation Commission. The announcement came from Dr. Charles M. Wharton, executive director of the Delaware Commission.
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Beauty Goes To Bat For Roosevelt
Hollywood for Roosevelt announces Joan Bennett as vice chair of the film group backing the President for a third term. Assisting committee includes Lamour Faye Hopkins Lane Grable and Eilers. Screen notables will attend Saturday's welcome for Democratic vice presidential nominee Henry A. Wallace.
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Government Pay Increase Noted
The Census Bureau estimated that State county and city government employees rose one percent from January to April with payrolls up two percent. About 2,100,000 workers earned roughly $200 million in wages and salaries. The estimates drew on reports from over 3,000 governmental units. Half of state employees were in highway maintenance construction and state hospital work. About one-fifth were in general administrative legislative and judicial service plus charities and natural resource development.
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Census Bureau
Your Health Read Dr. Logan Clendening
A brief health feature highlights Dr. Logan Clendening as a trusted authority offering practical medical guidance. The column frames reliable care tips and patient-friendly explanations for common health concerns.
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Willkie Attacks 1937 Roosevelt Price Statement In Butte
Wendell L. Willkie claims FDR’s 1937 price plan harmed world economies and sparked a copper price drop in the West. He pledges to appoint a Westerner as Secretary of the Interior if elected, criticizing executive power and its impact on copper mining towns near Butte, Montana.
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Willkie vows Western insider for Interior post
In a speech seven years of concentrated power in Washington are criticized. Willkie pledges to appoint to the Interior portfolio a Western native who grew up in and understands the Western atmosphere if elected.
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Co Eds Oblige And So Does Nature
College Park Maryland September 25 Pi There may be something to this collegiate hazing after all University of Maryland sopho-
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Campus prank ends as rainstorm arrives after buckets
Freshmen were rounded up and herded to the yard outside the women's dormitory, forced to “pray for rain.” Co‑eds dumped buckets of water on them in the stunt, and a real rainstorm soaked the campus a few hours later.
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