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At a regular meeting of the City otuuczl, held April 27th, 1948, there
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<br />Charles O. Ba~c!ay, ~,-~ed A. Duke, ~_rthu~ P. Henderson, Carl C.
<br />Houghton, Jr., James N. Howa~ E. Robie Sturtevant, C. E. Warren,
<br />H. Earl Weisemmn, Pearle J. Wilson aud~R. C. Barclay, City Attorney
<br />and acting City~ Manager.
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<br />The President being absent, Vice President Wilson in the Chair.
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<br />~{inutes of regular meeting of Ap~l 13th, 1948 were read and approved, l
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<br /> On motion of '~r. Howard, privilege of the floor was granted M~r. Mar-
<br />~hall W. Butt~ ~nai~man of the Portsa',outh, Virginia World V~ar II HistolV Cow~tttee, who pre -
<br />sented the following report:
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<br /> "The followim~ is a report of the Portsmouth Virginia World %Var I!
<br />History Cou~nittee to the City Council of Portsmouth, Virginia, covering the period from ~pril
<br />1st, 1946 through December, 1947.
<br /> In twenty-one months of work, the Portsmouth Virginia 2~orld F;ar II
<br />~_istory Committee compiled a reasonably complete record of Portsmouth's activities in World
<br />%~ar II.
<br /> The accomplistnnents of the cozmnittee are as follows:
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<br /> 1. Roster compiled of honorably dischs_vged men a nd women who
<br />served in the armed forces dttring ~orld Ws_v II. An individual
<br />card was made up on each person consisting of the following infor-
<br />mation: name, service~ serial n~mber, address, selective Service
<br />Board number, Order number, date and place of bir~ race, date
<br />entered service, date discharged and branch of service. Seventy
<br />five hundmed names were recorded. Check lists hav~ been dis
<br />played in t~e public library and in the ~meric~u Legion Home so
<br />t~at interested members of the public might submit any names
<br />omitted.
<br /> 2. Reports were ~o~ected from the municipal government,
<br />civic oeganizattons, churches, newspapers, youth organizations,
<br />war agencies, and various drives and special activit~les further-
<br />ing the war effort.
<br /> 3. The committee reviewed newspapers for the yea~s 1936 through
<br />September, 19~V for items of more than cu~ent interest, analyzing
<br />an5. evaluating the material concerning the changes which came to
<br />Portsmouth in that period.
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<br />did work done and that
<br />get, was adopted.
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<br /> The notes contain, among other activities, ~ae folloWing:
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<br /> 1. Work of the City Gover_~ent (executive department and city
<br /> Council) in meeting the war ~nergency.
<br /> ~o Navy Yard contz~ butions to Victory and the effect of the
<br /> Navy Yard expansion on the community. 3. Houszng conditions ~ the City.
<br /> 4. Employment i n r elation to lo'cal industrial trends.
<br /> 5. Change Lu population.
<br /> 6. Recreations~ p~ogr~ss.
<br /> 7. Material shortages and Portsmouth's effort to combat their..
<br /> 8. Transportation an~.~ traffic problems.
<br /> 9. Economic conditions, etC.
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<br /> Upon conclusion of the work of compilation the committee's files wer~
<br /> stored in the City Earket Building Lu accordance with t=e suggestion
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<br /> of City anager ~rthur S. ~ens.
<br /> Dr. W. Edwin Hemphill, Director of the Virginia World War II History
<br /> Commission, has urged strenuously that the Portsmouth World War II
<br /> History Cow~ittee proceed ~th the preparation o f a war history sim-
<br /> ilar to those prepared by other~communities in t he State. Dr. Hemp-
<br /> hill has expressed his willingness 'to appear before the Council to
<br /> explain why he believes such a publication would benefit the City.
<br /> Our Comm_ttee stands ready to engage the services of a pro2essional
<br /> historian to write Portsmouth's War History, if the Cottucil authoriz
<br /> es such action. We are willing to proceed, if the City so decrees.
<br /> The decision rests with the Cotmcil.~
<br /> Motion of Er. Howard to offer our g rati$~de and thanks for the splen-
<br />the employment of a histoxy, by the City, be referred to the City Maria-
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<br /> Motion ~f l~r. Barclay to grant the privilege of the floo~ to
<br />0verton, Secretary of the Retail Merchants Association, who spoke in favor of ~,Daylight Sa~_ng
<br />Time. Dayli~at Saving Time becoming the theme of discussion, seven persons talked against
<br />Daylight Saving tim8 and three talked in favor of same, and the following petitionsin favor
<br />of Daylight Saving Time were presented:
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<br />The Kiwanis Club,
<br />~s. E.E. Chadwick
<br />The Working Wives
<br />PortsmouSh J~ior Chsm~ber
<br /> of~Co~dmerse
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<br />Employees, Remington Rand, Inc.
<br />Parker B, Battm
<br />Nurses and employees, Eings
<br /> Daughters' Hospital.~
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