June Building Permits Highlight City Growth
Harrisonburg issued June permits totaling 60 335 bringing first half year construction to 259 310 and 12 month permits to 147 822, a likely city record. Major items include P E Hostetter 32000 store building at Main and Water and J H Sisler 5000 addition for a bowling center.
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Harrisonburg
Hostetter
P. E. Hostetter
Main and
Water Streets
J. H. Sisler
North Main Street
John P. Burke
West Bruce Street
Percy Sowers
West View Street
Snell Cash Coal Co
West Bruce T
North Main — St
J. P. Burke
West Bruce St
Rockingham Feeds, Inc
West View St
South Main
George G. Grattan Jr
West Water St
Blanche A. Blakemore
North High St
H. M. Canter
Franklin St
Sadie Hartman
Camp Will Be Dedicated July 12 at Powells Fort
Formal dedication of Powells Fort Camp in the Massanutten range will be held July 12 at 2 00 p m. Forest Supervisor M C Howard announces the event. About sixty Children’s Bible Mission of Elkton will participate. The camp, built beside a swimming pool with 72 000 gallons, opens with 60 children and operates until early September.
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Powells Fort Camp
Camp
Roosevelt
National Forest Service
M. C. Howard
Children’s Bible Mission of
Elkton
Massanutten Mountains
Sebrell Named ABC Board Chairman in Virginia
John N. Sebrell, former Norfolk city attorney, was named chairman of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control board in Richmond on July 1. He will serve a one year term before rotation to Hunter Miller of Bedford, who is vice chairman. R. McC. Bullington had chaired the board the past year.
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Richmond
John N. Sebrell
Norfolk
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Hunter Miller
Bedford
R. McC. Bullington
Democrats Call Willkie Easy to Defeat as Disunity Champion
Congress members denounce Wendell Willkie as a champion of disunity and say they can beat him easily. Senator Pepper blasts his blitzkrieg tactics while Willkie defends a future acceptance speech as he resigns from Commonwealth & Southern posts and plans a hometown victory address after the Democratic Convention.
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Congress
Willkie
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Capitol Hill
Philadelphia
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bankhead
Coughton
D-Nc
Roosevelt
Charles J. McNary
Oregon
McNary
New York
Commonwealth & Southern
Elwood
Ind
FDR Proposes Steep Excess Profits Tax
President Roosevelt asked Congress to enact a steeply graduated excess profits tax to fund national defense. The plan targets all individuals and corporations without discrimination and aims for equitable burden sharing. The message goes to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees for study.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Doughton
D-Nc
House
White House
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Potomac Valley Compact Passed by House for Potomac River Cleanup
The House sent to the White House a resolution granting consent of Congress to an interstate compact among Maryland West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia for abatement of pollution in the Potomac River and its tributaries. The compact creates an Interstate commission on the Potomac River basin with three members from each state and three appointed by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Congress
Patouinc Valley Conservancy Distel
Maryland
West Virginia
United States
Death in Pool Accident at Echo Amusement Park
Horace William Evans, 26, a Bethesda Maryland janitor at Echo amusement park, was electrocuted today while cleaning the pool filter room. A single electric cord in his possession touched a cable leading to the pump motor, causing the fatal shock.
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Washington
Horace William Evans
Bethesda
Echo Amusement Park
Closing Notice for Independence Day Shutdown
Our office and yard will be closed Thursday July 4th. A watchman will be on premises for emergencies at Harrisonburg Building and Supply Pes Tk 20ate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg Building & Supply
Harenburg
First National Bank
Rockingham Nat'l Bank
the National Bank
Streams Must Be Kept Cleared in Rockingham
Rockingham County officials warn landowners along streams in the western section to keep stream beds free of obstructions under Virginia Section 4753. A Spring Creek Briery Branch delegation praised flood control work while noting the need to prevent future flood damage. Penalties apply for noncompliance.
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Rockingham
Board of Supervisors
Spring Creek
Briery Branch
Beaver Creek
Rockingham County
North River
Augusta County
Bridgewater
Old Cook Place
Rawley Springs
Shenandoah River
Cootes Store
Shenandoah County
Navy Building at Newport News
Navy officials said negoti ations with Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co and others covered financing construction of additional shipbuilding facilities at the Newport News yard. Proposals included up to two additional building ways and one drydock if work from the new construction program is allocated. Contracts for remaining vessels were expected to be awarded soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Newport News Yard
Congress
Department
Hinton Band Concert July 4 at Ed's Park
Independence Day program announced for July 4 by Hinton Band at Ed's Park with local banks closing in observance of the holiday.
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Ed’s Park
SrReRte
Hinton
Navy orders 45 new warships amid rapid buildup
Washington reports the Navy placed the largest order in history for 45 warships worth about 500 million dollars two hours after President Roosevelt signed speed-up shipbuilding laws. The Army promoted 1,350 regular officers and called 9,000 reserve officers to active duty for intensive training. RFC agencies to buy 150,000 tons of rubber and 75,000 tons of tin for reserve stocks.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Army
Defense
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Panama Canal
Hungary Prepares To Send Troops Into Transylvania
Budapest reports a wartime mobilization as Hungary readies forces toward Transylvania amid frontier incidents with Romania. Reservists rush to centers, restrictions rise, and officials warn of possible Hungarian entry to protect Magyars as Russian advances threaten the Danube region.
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Budapest
Hungary
Transylvania
Rumania
Bucharest
Romania
Red Army
Germany
Italy
Europe
Foreign Office
Visk
Austria- Hungary
Nine die as daylight raid hits Britain in first strike
London reports nine killed and 20 injured in Britain's first big daylight raid. RAF fighters shot down two German bombers as a night raid had been carried out at sunset. Official word says damage to military targets was limited and a high explosive bomb struck a row of houses, with most casualties among women and children.
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London
Britain
Scotand
Royal Air Force
Auto Victims Resting Well After Elkton Pike Crash
Herbert Hensley fifty of near Elkton suffered a probable skull fracture when his car overturned on the Elkton Pike near Spotswood Country Club. He was resting well at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Miss Velma Eppard, injured in the same accident, was reported to be getting along nicely.
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Herbert Hensley
Elkton
Elkton Pike
Spotswood Country Club
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Velma Eppard
No News-Record Issue On Independence Day Holiday
Advertisers are told there will be no issue on Thursday July 4 due to the holiday. Ads meant for Friday July 5 must be submitted by 10 a.m. on Wednesday July 3.
Nazi Prisoners Reach Canada
A motley shipload of Britain's prisoners of war arrived in Canada for internment after a guarded voyage. One prisoner fled overboard during the crossing and another ship officer described some Nazi airmen as insulting, with varied personal belongings noted and some prisoners classified as interned enemy aliens.
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Quebec
Britain
Western Hemisphere
England
Canada
Lawn Party at Mt Zion Home of Gilmer Smith
Cherry Grove U B Church hosts a lawn party at Gilmer Smiths home near Mt Zion on July 6 with proceeds for church activities.
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Gilmer Smith
Mt. Zion
Sal
Cherry Grove U. B. Church
British Isles Again Bombed in Second Night of Attacks
London reports German air raids on the coast and northeastern Scotland causing eleven deaths and many injuries. The RAF counters with strikes on Hamburg and air battles over France. Britain confirms German seizure of Guernsey and Jersey with authorities signaling continued defense.
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Air Ministry
Hamburg
Germany
Royal Air Force
France
Britain
Guernsey
Jersey
Channel Islands
Germans Take Channel Isles Occupy Guernsey and Jersey
Berlin reports the occupation of Guernsey and Jersey in a German air force coup de main. London acknowledged enemy landings and suspended communications with the islands as British ships and merchantmen faced losses to German operations.
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Berlin
Germany
Channel
Guernsey
Jersey
English Channel
Britain
France
London
Western Union
Alderney
Sark
Channel Islands
England
Orion
Brest
DeGaulle Names Muselier Leader of Free French Fleet
General Charles DeGaulle appoints Vice Admiral Muselier as commander of all free French naval forces. The announcement notes existing ships and air groups under his command. Muselier, linked to Clemenceau, has a history in French military defense and postwar coastal duties. He aided De Gaulle by helping organize the resistance and evading German capture.
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Britain
Near East
Muselier
Ypres
France
George Clemenceau
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
de Gaulle
Syria
Lebanon
England
London
Charles DeGaulle
Germany
Marseille
Reich Seeks to Stop Reds in Balkans Amid German Aid
Bucharest reports a large fleet of German bombers arriving at Brasov amid Romania’s push to halt Soviet advances and curb Communist influence in southeastern Europe. The move follows Romania’s rejection of British guarantees and signals possible German support for Transylvania and Dobruja.
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Bucharest
Brasov
Reich
Romania
Russia
Rumania
Transylvania
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Dobruja
Europe
Carol
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Tass
Moscow
Balkan
Nazi
Foreign Office
Visk
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John Sebrell
ABC
FDR
Potomac Valley Compact
RFC
Senator Connally
D-Tex
War and Navy Departments
Jesse H. Jones
RMS
British Isles
North
Scotland
Channel Isles
DeGaulle
Paris
Bordeaux
Gibraltar
Reds
B. Ney & Sons
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