Suspects Plan to Use Troops Beyond Hemisphere
Washington Aug 4 Senator Wheeler accused the army of planning to use selectees and guardsmen outside the western hemisphere once the service extension bill passes. He backed prompt action on the bill but vowed to filibuster any move to deploy abroad. Senator Walsh supported lifting hemisphere limits, while Senator Hill challenged the claim.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Administration
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Army
Hill Wheeler
Hill
Alabama
Congress
Selective Service
Winchester argues curfew on gas may not curb rationing
A columnist contends a 7 to 7 gasoline curfew will not prevent shortages. She notes motorists buy early, may still run low on Sundays, and suggests a general ration plan with fixed hours and alternate services. The piece ends urging votes for Colgate W. Darden Jr and Wm M. Tuck.
Campaign Closes as Governors Candidates Plan Final Efforts
Campaigning for the Democratic primary nears end with Colgate W. Darden Jr. Hunsdon Cary and Vivian L. Page wrapping up tours in Virginia. Cary to broadcast on four statewide hookups, Page from Norfolk at 8 30 pm, Darden at 7 30 pm. Voters face light turnout. 59 nominee slots in the primary across 31 House districts.
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Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Norfolk
Hunsdon Cary
Henrico
Vivian L. Page
Cary
Page
WRVA
Richmond
Darden
WTAR
Willam M. Tuck
South
Boston
Japanese Ships Sail For Home
San Francisco August 4 Japanese liner Tatuta Maru sailed for home after unloading 2.5 million dollars in raw silk for the defense program. In Seattle the Heian Maru prepared to follow, while the Amamu Maru left Honolulu with 140 American passengers and nearly three million dollars of silk aboard.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Honolulu
N. Y.K. Line
Tokyo
Japan
Tomorrow Virginia Voters Decide Governor Ballot
Editorial urges all citizens to vote in the upcoming Virginia election with three candidates for governor and two for lieutenant governor. It warns that lethargy and venality threaten democracy and recalls Andrew Jackson's call for eternal vigilance by the people.
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Virginia
Andrew Jackson
Germany
United States
Division Worn Out By Tactics In Virginia Maneuvers
The 44th Division, after two weeks of maneuvers at the AP Hill Reservation in Caroline County, Virginia, rests at the post range before continuing to Fort Dix New Jersey. About 15 000 to 16 000 men arrived in two main columns of roughly 1 850 troops at 3 15 am. They set up bed rolls tents and scavenged abandoned farm houses to rest for the next leg of their trip. The columns leave at 8 30 pm and are expected to pass through Baltimore about an hour later reaching their home post near 4 am tomorrow.
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Fort George G. Meade
A. P. Hill
Caroline County
Virginia
Post Range
Fort Dix
N. J
Baltimore
Hymn to A Virginia Doghouse in Editorial Gibe
The Atlanta Constitution editorializes a Virginia doghouse for an absent minded Illinois tourist who drove 30 miles past his wife. A trooper reunites the couple near Winchester as the piece mocks the husband’s lapse and suggests a Colonial doghouse as fitting punishment.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Star
Virginia
Illinois
Winchester
Shenandoah Valleereint
Ol’ Virginny
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Survives On Skeleton Crew Amid Silk Ban
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Co. operates with a skeleton force of 25 as the silk processing ban by the OPM limits production. Manager Richard Veitel says mixed silk cotton and rayon can sustain six weeks of output, with hope for rayon supplies and a favorable New York buyer decision to restore full operation.
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Oscar Nebel Hosiery Co., Inc
Anv Ering 4
O.P.M
Richard Veitel
New York
Veitel
Stacy Lloyd Sr Dies Suddenly at 65
Stacy Lloyd Sr prominent Philadelphia financier and bank president died suddenly at his North East Harbor Maine summer home. He was buried in Philadelphia after final rites at Church of the Redeemer Bryn Mawr. He served as Major in the J A US Army during World War I and was a director in several banks. He studied at Princeton and UPenn and is survived by his wife two sons and a daughter.
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Stacy Lloyd
Philadelphia
Stacy Lloyd, Jr
Millwood
Northeast Harbor
Church of the Redeemer
Bryn Mawr
Lloyd
Philadelphia Savings Bank
Pennsylvania Railway
Judge Advocate’s Office
United States Army
Princeton
University of Pennsylvania
Malcolm Lloyd
Anna Howell Lloyd
Morris Lloyd
Lloyd Dunham
East
Names Committee To Get Out Voters
George T. Barnsley president of the Junior Board of Trade has named a Get-out-the-vote Committee for tomorrow’s election with Fred Ritter as chairman. Other members include J. P. Arthur W. R. Barney Ben Belchie Wm H Bell Douglas Cather Richard K. Eddy and Laurens Jones. The group says it does not back any candidate and urges all citizens to vote as a civic duty. Call 3848 or 3879 for transport to the polls.
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George T. Barnsley
Junior Board of Trade
Fred Ritter
Ritter
J. P. Arthur
W. R. Barney
Ben Belchie
Wm. H. Bell
Douglas Cather
Richard K. Eddy
Laurens Jones
Barnsley
Cantalegtsios
Hopkins Expected To Return To United States Soon
London reports Harry Hopkins, coordinator of lease aid, is expected to return to the United States soon after a four day Moscow visit where he conferred with Joseph Stalin. The U S embassy kept his whereabouts secret, refusing to confirm his arrival in London from the airport.
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London
Harry Hopkins
United States
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Hopkins
Colgate W. Darden Jr Announces Gubernatorial Bid
A note urging support for Colgate W. Darden Jr as candidate for governor appears, asking readers to vote in tomorrow's election. The message cites Darden as the gubernatorial hopeful.
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Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Substitute For Separated Return Is Turned Down
Washington August 4. The Ways and Means Committee rejected raising revenue if the House cuts the joint return provision in the 3 529 200 000 tax bill. A substitute to allow separate returns was also rejected due to timing and complexity. The president urged changes to the joint return and exemptions but the committee stood firm and the bill moves to final passage.
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Washington
Ways and Means
House
Roosevelt
Rep
Dingell
D-Mich
Doughton
D-Nc
Dp. m
Coughton
Rayburn
Friendship Fire Company to Attend Virginia Firemen's Convention
Staunton hosts the Virginia State Firemen's Association convention August 12 15 with Friendship Fire Company well represented. The squad will participate in the grand feature parade and reel team races and MclIiwee's Municipal Band will march in the parade. The band contest and Gypsy Hill Park events are on the schedule with the Friendship team coached by Ed Jones and led by Harold Anderson Norman Garber and others in uniform.
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Friendship Fire Company
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Staunton
Friendship Company
MclIiwee
Gypsy Hill Park
Friendship
Ed Jones
Harold Anderson
Norman Garber
John Jones
Lawrence Patton
Edward Smoke
Alton Hoover
Raymond Campbell
Cecil Brown
William Payne
Bernard Hodson
William Smith
John Eagle
Harry Lewis
William Pollard
James Thompson
Ely Chrismore
President Roosevelt sails Potomac for Atlantic vacation
New London Conn August 4 The White House yacht Potomac sails the Atlantic on a week long vacation for President Roosevelt after a secrecy shielded voyage from Washington. A special train moved to Boston so he could return if world events demand and his physician advised rest.
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New London
Conn
White House
Potomac
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt
Naval Submarine Base
Washington
Bostom
Britain
Russia
Far East
Ross T. McIntire
Germans claim new gains on Moscow drive across Smolensk front
German high command said the bulk of Soviet forces east of Smolensk had been destroyed and the remainder faced dissolution. They noted rapid Junker and Hungarian offensives in Ukraine cutting rail links behind the Red Army, with gains reported along the central front toward Moscow.
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Ukraine
Red Army
Kiev
Moscow
Smolensk
War Today: German Troops Reach 50 Miles From Kiev
Associated Press reports German forces push toward Kiev with grave threat to Soviet Ukraine. Axis claims say bulk of Red Army east of Smolensk destroyed or captured. Moscow and Berlin exchange casualty tallies. Tobruk raid yields 17 killed and 50 wounded. Suez alarms trigger in Cairo Alexandria Port Said. Mussolini says lines are set. Japan cancels U.S. sailings. tensions rise as clashes denied and business leaders seek U.S. aid.
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Associated Press
Kiev
Soviet Ukraine
Nazi High Command
Smolensk
Berlin
Moscow
Tobruk
Suez Canal
Cairo
Alexandria
Port Said
Gas Curfew Triggers Surge at Winchester Stations
Motorists rushed to fill up before the 7 to 7 curfew in Winchester causing higher than normal Sunday fuel sales. By 7 pm stations shut off service for latecomers and out of town drivers from Pittsburgh joined a heavy highway flow with no relief in sight.
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Winchester
Pittsburgh
British Warships Placed In Gulf
A British naval squadron led by the 30 600 ton battleship Warspite was reportedly sighted in the Gulf of Siam to counter Japanese moves toward French Indo China and Singapore. Shanghai reports say Japanese troops keep arriving at Dairen while rumors of clashes with Russia circulate. the American Chamber of Commerce at Tsingtao telegrams for aid against Japan after the U.S. froze Japanese assets.
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Japan
Indo-China
Britain
Singapore
Warspite
Shanghai
Dairen
Manchukuo
U.S. S. R. Siberian
Manchukuo-Siberia
Tsingtao
North China
American Chamber of Commerce
State Department
United States
Enormous turtle and local fishing notes report
The Great-great-great-granddaddy turtle weighed about 25 pounds after a long struggle near Coldstream while Claude Grim and Miff Clowe fished for minnows. Ray Rae caught two bass as others reeled in perch. Lester Forney sails to Oklahoma City to train as a pilot. his wife and mother may join him by November. Mrs. J R Richards of Shenandoah county reportedly shot a 48 inch wing to wing hawk, her second this year.
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Capon River
Claude Grim
Claude
Miff” Clowe
Coldstream
Rae
Lester Forney
Friendship Fire Company
Oklahoma City
Army
Hagerstown
Oklahoma
Fred Forney
J. R. Richards
St. David’s Church
Shenandoah County
Hull calls for unity and defense to liberate victims of barbarism
Secretary Hull, returning from a two month absence, urged absolute unity among Americans and other free peoples. He said the world movement of conquest requires ever increasing military preparations and production of arms to defend against force and safeguard liberated victims.
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Washington
Hull
Japan Suspends Direct Steamship Services to United States
Tokyo reports Japan has halted all regular direct steamship services with the United States. A government move toward national economic mobilization is possible next week to cope with pressure from the United States and Britain. Vessels like the Nitta Maru and Hikawa Maru were postponed, with passengers removed at Kobe for quarantine as ships suspend service.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
China
San Francisco
Kobe
Ars
Phone Returns To The Star Office
Precinct officials in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties are requested to send primary election returns to The Star office tomorrow night. The Star office will be open Tuesday evening for those desiring local returns. Officials are urged to cooperate with The Star in compiling the returns.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Star
Ice Cream Social Benefit at Church
Community ice cream social set for Thursday evening August 17 at the front of the church. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served to raise funds for the W. D. C. For details dial 3631 Willis Real Estate listings noted.
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DIAL
Willis
South End Hose Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Hose OBE is tonight at 8 in the company hall. All members are requested to attend. Howard Hart Captain will appreciate help in the election. Tuck, candidate for lieutenant, to attend.
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South End Hose Obe
Howard Hart
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