Roosevelt Praises Russian Resistance As Magnificent
President Roosevelt called Russia's fight against the Axis "magnificent" and better than German experts expected. He said Russia would not fall under lease lend and could pay for war equipment, noting Hopkins' visit to Moscow and possible early leave next week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Moscow
London
China
Far East
Japan
Britain
Visitors flock to George Washington Quarters Building
The building reports 4911 visitors from May 1 to July 31, up from 3592 a year earlier. Monthly figures show May 1459, June 852 1086, July 1281, reflecting broader gains in tourist activity noted by The Star.
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George Washington Quarters
The
Star
Miss Winchester Named for Nine City Festivals
The article profiles Miss Winchester as a versatile representative for Winchester's celebrations from Berkeley Springs Tobacco Festival to Harrisonburg Turkey Festival. Three individuals hold the title across events, ensuring a charming and beautiful presence at each Fete.
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Winchester
Old Town
Berkeley Springs
South Boston
Harrisonburg
Mexico Resists German Demand on Axis Policy
Mexico rebukes a German call to influence its postwar stance and its blacklist cooperation with the United States. Mexico says Berlin overreaches by warning that signed acceptance of anti Axis measures could shape postwar trade.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Washington
Berlin
Three Killed In Odd Accident Near Williamsport
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train stalled on a rural route near Williamsport Pennsylvania hurled a track onto an adjacent line and derailed a northbound Washington Buffalo passenger train killing engineer F E Snyder Sunbury fireman H F McHenry Northumberland and road foreman of engines K K Shaibley Williamsport on inspection duty Three baggage and mail cars remained on the right of way and all passenger coaches stayed on the rails as the freight crew tried unsuccessfully to flag the train
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Williamsport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
F. E. Snyder
Northumberland
H. F. McHenry
Sunbury
K K. Shaibley
Willamsport
Washington
Sarah Zane Fire Co. to Hold August Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday at 8 p m. All members are requested to be present. Capt. Loryn M. Grabill announces the gathering.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Grabill
Rouss Fire Co. Meeting Notice
The Charley Rouss Fire Co holds its regular monthly meeting Friday evening August at 8 o clock. Every member is required to be present. Refreshments. M. D. Weaver, President.
Filipino prisoner writes jailer in broken English for favor
In Spokane on August 1 Chief Jailer John Scott received a letter from a Filipino prisoner asking to be made a trustee and promising good service. The prisoner said he would be a fine house boy who would sweep and dust. He thanked the boss man for consideration and stated he could get the job.
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Spokane
Wash
John Scott
Agreement Reaches Compromise on Army Service Extension
Senator Hill said sponsors agreed to limit Army service extension to a maximum 24 years for citizen soldiers. They seek an amendment to cap the additional service for selectees Guardsmen reservists and regulars at 18 months beyond the existing 12 months. The plan would apply to all regular Army enlisted men.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D.-Ala
Hill
Winchester Schools Plan 1941 42 Opening and Faculty
Garland R. Quarles announces the Winchester Public Schools session 1941-1942. Schools will open Monday September 8 with a teachers meeting set for Saturday September 6. Registration for new students is scheduled for September 2-3 at John Kerr and August 28-29 at Handley School.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Public Schools
John Kerr
Handley School
Handley High School
Bessie L. Corkey
Virginia Barr
Virginia Boyd Barr
C. Dudley Bennett
E. P. Browning
Mary Elizabeth Clowe
Chas. A. Coe, Jr
Ella Grace Collette
Mary Q. Dechert
Sadie Finkelstein
Edith C. Garrabrandt
Loudelle P. Hale
L. S. Hale
Gwendolyn Haynes
Russell A. Joyce
Erma Kelley
Nancy Gray Larrick
Marion Laughton
W. R. Legge
Hunter J. Maddox
Virginia McCue
William H. McIlwee
Nancy Smith McVicar
Edna H. Ochs
Gertrude H. Organ
Katherine Pannill
George W. Parsons
Lena C. Payne
Gertrude R. Peery
Gatherine
McV. Rice
Susan
Ruby
Craig Sipe
Opal R. Solenberger
Paul W. Sybert
Betty F. Thresh
R. E. Walton
James
License business still brisk in Winchester
In the last fiscal year 4739 marriage licenses were issued in Winchester. The figure compares with 6944 in the two clerks’ offices during 1939 1940, with 2858 issued by Clerk Payton Marshall in the city hall and 1883 by Julian Baker of Frederick County. Winchester Memorial Hospital offers the pre marital examinations. For 1939 40, 4485 licenses were issued in the city clerk’s office and 3358 in the county.
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Old Dominion
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Northern
Virginia
Payton Marshall
Corporation Court
City Hall
Julian Baker
Frederick County
Woman nets 12 pound catfish on Shenandoah trip
Esther Fuller of 309 South Kent Street reportedly set a local record with a 12 pound catfish caught Friday night while fishing with her husband in the Shenandoah.
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Esther Fuller
South Kent Street
Shenandoah
West Point Returns Spark Wide Welcome for 388 Passengers
The US Navy transport West Point docked in New York with 388 passengers, mostly consular staff, as 2,400 relatives cheered from the pier. Frederick A. Sterling and Prince Karl Bernadotte denied links to Sweden entering the war while reports spread that German liners Bremen and Europa were completely burnt out by saboteurs.
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New York
United States Navy
West Point
Europe
Frederick A. Sterling
Sweden
Sterling
Washington
Prince Karl Bernadotte
Lisbon
Alfred R. Thompson
Silver Spring
Hamburg
Bremen
Europa
Thomson
North German Seaboard
Paper mill to hire 100 workers amid rapid production start
About 100 men applied for jobs at the Eddy Paper Corporation mill after The Star announced the facility would begin production at once. Superintendent Dr. R. Erbe said arrivals started before 7 am and by 10 am staff needs appeared easily met. Initially 25 to 30 workers will start, with about 80 more expected within a month or six weeks.
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The
Star
R. Erbe
Frederick County
Winchester
Eddy Paper Corporation
Ribbentrop Invited to Hear BBC Broadcast
The BBC announced a German language broadcast directed at individual leaders will air at 8 p m German summer time on Saturday. The program will be on medium wave to Germany and only listeners with very powerful radios in the United States can hear it. The message said it will surely interest you Herr Reichsminister.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
BBC
Germany
United States
Herr Reichsminister
Cooler Weather For A Few Days
Extended forecast shows generally fair weather in the Middle Atlantic States until midweek with light to moderate showers and thunder in parts. Slightly cooler tonight and Saturday, with temperatures rising slowly Tuesday and Wednesday. Yard parties noted at Fairview U B Church and Macedonia Church on Saturday August 2.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
London Hears Germans Stall On Entire Red Battlefront
Japan presses south with demands on Thailand for bases and resources while offering Laos and Angkor in exchange. Britain fears Thai bases would bring Japan within 400 miles of Singapore and threaten Burma and India as RAF Burma defenses expand. Reports say Chinese Communist and Russian officers discuss joint action if Japan strikes Siberia.
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London
Japan
Laos
Angkor
Shanghai
Thailand
Britain
Singapore
Burma
India
Bay of Bengal
London Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Siberia
Manchukuo
Refuse Collection Complaints Prompt Police Appeal
Chief of Police Hollis urged citizens to use proper refuse containers and place segregated trash at the curb to aid collection. He noted numerous complaints from Roy Clem under contract and from property owners about system failures, with as many as three to four daily reports.
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Hollis
Roy Clem
Phone Returns To The Star Office In Frederick County
Election officials in Frederick county are asked to relay absentee returns to The Star office as votes from each precinct are counted next Tuesday night. The Winchester office will be open to provide local forms. notice states Mrs Irene Corrigan, formerly with Riteway Cleaners, now works at Davis Dry Cleaners specializing in hand finishing of dresses.
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Frederick County
Star Ofice
Winchester
Star
Irene Corrigan
Riteway Cleaners
Davis Dry Cleaners
City Seeks Bids on Collection and Refuse Services
Notice invites bids from interested parties to provide collection and refuse services in the city. Submissions must be sent to the City Manager by the stated deadline with the city reserving the right to reject any or all bids.
Nazi forces claim encircled Red Army wiped out south of Smolensk
War Today reports German advances with 35,000 prisoners captured as Soviet units are said to be encircled near Smolensk. London monitors say German armies stall on the Soviet front while Moscow claims the Red Army takes the initiative and Hitler’s High Command says fighting continues in their favor. Hopkins sees Stalin’s collapse and predicts Hitler will lose. Mexico rebukes Germany over a blacklist case and Avila Camacho acts against Nazi fascist movements. Argentina tells Germany to re export or destroy short wave transmitters. Japan seeks bases in Thailand as Britain fears new threats to Singapore. Tokyo says a new credit pact with Thailand follows U S and British credit freezes.
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Associated Press
DNB
Smolensk
London
Moscow
Hitler
Harry L. Hopkins
Stalin
Mexico
Germany
U. S
Avila Camacho
Argentina
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
East Front
Dniester
Cetatea-Alba
Russia
Black Sea
Odessa
DNR
Red Army
Zhitomir
Kiev
Ukraine
Novorzhev
Leningrad
Berlin
Porkhov
Red Air Force
Baltic
Hopkins
Jo Stalin
Canadian Army Third Division Arrives in Britain
The Canadian army's third division landed in the United Kingdom after a swift Atlantic crossing to join the Canadian corps, rapidly becoming one of the empire's strongest military formations.
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United Kingdom
German Air Force Claims Big Soviet Front Losses
Berlin reports the German air force destroyed two armored trains two munitions trains and forty tanks on the Russian front yesterday according to German sources.
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Berlin
Ryti States Finland Fights for Rights and Peace
Helsinki August 1 President Risto Ryti told foreign correspondents that Finland is defending its rights with no imperialist aims, seeks friendship with America, and hopes that after the war all European nations will live in peace.
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Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Berlin
America
Europe
Bombers Sink Axis Ship Off Belgian Coast
Big Blenheim bombers escorted by RAF fighters attacked an Axis convoy off the Belgian coast in daylight and left at least one ship of about 2000 tons sinking, according to the air ministry.
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London
RAF
Air Ministry
Canadian-born pilot reported shot down over English Channel
London reports United States born Wing Commander Whitney Straght an R A F Hurricane fighter pilot was shot down in a dogfight over the English Channel today but is believed to have landed in occupied France.
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London
Whitney Straght
English Channel
France
Campaign drives past goal for Winchester USC quota
Quarles, campaign director for United Service Organizations in Winchester and Frederick County, announced the drive exceeded its $1,500 quota. He noted more subscriptions are expected but funds already in hand surpass the target and thanked supporters. Formal acknowledgments will follow as cards are returned.
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Quarles
United Service Organizations Drive
Winchester
Frederick County
Norwegians Chase Under Restraint
London reports from a Norwegian news agency say friction with German occupation forces is growing and Germans are uneasy about a British counter move. The Germans are described as hurrying military preparations with ruthless disregard for Norwegian people.
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London
Nazis Claim Gains Frontwide as Hopkins Sees Russian Defeat
News wires report German forces push along the Moscow Smolensk front with claimed encirclements and 35,000 prisoners. Harry Hopkins in Moscow says his visit strengthens belief Hitler will lose. RAF style air raids on Moscow continue as Red Army fights to hold positions.
Public Auction Notice for 193 M C 2 Ton Truck
Public auction announced for a 193 M C two ton truck on August 2 at a.m. in front of the Court House. The notice specifies the sale location and date, listing an impending disposal by court authority.
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Court House
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