Senate Sentir Burke-Wadsworth Drill Bill To Debate
Senate Military Committee voted 12 to 3 to send the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill to the floor. The measure would require registration of about 12 million men aged 21 to 30. Senator Sheppard said Hitler would attack the United States and urged passage.
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Washington
Sheppard D.tex
Senate Today
Hitler
United States
Senate
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Sheppard
National Guard
Military Training Bill Advances to Senate Floor
The Military Committee voted 12 to 3 to send the Burke Wadsworth compulsory training bill to the Senate. It would register about 12 million men ages 21 to 30 and is linked to President Roosevelt's program with War Secretary Stimson backing. Some opposition is anticipated in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
War Stimson
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Downey
D.-Calif
Johnson
D. Colo
Thomas
R.-Idaho
Lundeen
FP. L.minn
Congress
Winchester Pledges Resolve Against Totalitarian Threat
MA Winchester voices staunch defense of democracy over Hitler and totalitarianism. She expresses pride that Americans will uphold wartime heritage, defend peace, and support service members as they train and persevere for liberty.
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Hitler
Orces
Churcill
America
Western Hemisphere
Winchester
Willkie Confers With Governors on Farm Problems
Wendell L. Willkie met with governors and farm leaders from the corn belt in Des Moines to discuss agricultural issues. More than 70 farm spokesmen attended at Governor George A. Wilson’s office as governors outlined concerns and Willkie’s stance on the party platform and agriculture policy.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
George A. Wilson
Willkie
Wilson
Midwest
Guardsmen Depart for Training in New York Parade Echoes 1918
Winchester relatives saw off 107 members of Headquarters and Company I, local National Guard units, as they boarded a 3 PM train to Rennsalaer Falls New York for field maneuvers. The mailing address for Winchester units was changed to Canton New York with Private John Doe listed for Company I or Headquarters Co.
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Winchester
Pennsylvania Station
Berryville
Clarke County
Frederick County
National Guard
Rennsalaer Falls
N. Y
Canton
John Doe
Company I
Headquarters Co
Hollis Missing From Headquarters Roster
In publishing the Headquarters Company roster last week, Staff Sergeant John William Hollis was omitted. Hollis and the company entrained this afternoon for the New York concentration area.
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John William Hollis
Hollis
New York
Guardsmen Mobilized for Peace Time War Train
Flags were raised in the business section as the McKiwee Municipal Band led the color guard and firing squad to Piccadilly street. At 2:10 PM the units moved with full field equipment toward the Pennsylvania Railroad for a special train to Hagerstown Maryland expected to carry 15 or 16 more coaches. Mayor Anderson and C P McVicar spoke as guardsmen in heavy uniforms and overcoats were issued, signaling a large mobilization in peace time.
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McKiiwee Municipal
Piccadilly Street
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Lawrence C. Hollis
Paul R. Hartman
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Boscawen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Anderson
C. P. McVicar
Chamber of Commerce
Hagerstown
Treasury August 2 receipts and debt figures
Treasury daily status shows receipts 40,687,929.85 dollars and expenditures 40,524,850.34 dollars for August 2. Gross debt stands at 43,774,148,500.81 dollars, an increase of 1,998,110.12 dollars from the previous day.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Public opinion split on compulsory military training
The Inquiring Reporter collects Views from Stephens City Berryville Winchester and Clarke County residents on mandatory training for ages 21 to 31. Some support training for self reliance and national defense while others oppose war convictions and overseas deployment.
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Norman Uphouse
Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
Roosevelt urges unity in defense and警察 cooperation
President Roosevelt called for unity between federal and state authorities to strengthen national defense and root out subversive activities. He urged adherence to lawful channels, warned against vigilante excess, and praised joint state federal action to curb spies saboteurs and fifth column threats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jackson
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
United States
Congress
Licenses Issued In Day At Winchester And City
Forty three marriage licenses were issued Sunday across Winchester and the county, with twenty couples obtaining permits at the County Clerk’s office and Julian Baker and 23 licensed at the City Clerk Peyton Marshall’s office. In a hospital executives meeting, it was decided blood tests will be conducted only on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at noon, with reports available around two. This temporary schedule will affect couples seeking tests for Monday Wednesday or Friday marriages.
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Winchester
Julian Baker
Peyton Marshall
Aek
Another Way of Taking Big Ones
J R Davis fishing for carp saw minnows jump under his boat. A big fish struck his boat head on, buckled the hull, and landed on a bank knocked out and unconscious according to Davis.
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Charlotte
N .C
J. R. Davis
Davis
Turns Tables On Friend Wife As To Alimony
In Los Angeles on August 5, 81 year old Amy L. Goodwin was ordered to pay temporary alimony of 40 dollars a month to her 71 year old estranged husband Michael while their divorce suit proceeds. He says he was left without funds while she controls income properties valued at 35000 and required him to do manual labor. Superior Judge John Beardsley notes matrimony as a mutual undertaking and says it usually is the husband who can provide support but in this case the wife."
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Los Angeles
Amy L. Goodwin
Michael
Goodwin
John Beardsley
Dogs Slay Sheep in Frederick and Clarke Counties
Game wardens F W Pingley and Charles T Levi report that dogs roaming Frederick and Clarke counties killed and injured dozens of sheep over several weeks. They have captured six dogs and killed three, with two more to be cornered. Multiple farmers reported losses ranging from two to eighteen sheep, prompting upcoming supervisor meetings and animal-ownership claims.
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Frederick
Clarke
F. W. Pingley
Charles T Levi
Longmarsh
Jordan Springs
Red Bud
Pingley
Levi
Clay Carr
Boyce
Frederick- Clarke
James B. Wingfield
Stephenson
Wingfield
John Fishpaw
Jake Childs
Summit Point Road
Bradford
W. A. Bradford
D. D. Clevenger
la Ee
Pingley Sa
Illness Fatal To Fred Cook in New Rochelle
Dr. Frederick A. Cook a 71 year old Arctic explorer who sparked a polar discovery controversy in 1909 died after a long illness. Stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage three months earlier he was hospitalized again ten days before his death. His 1908 claim to find the North Pole was disputed by Admiral Peary who reached the pole in 1909. Cook later faced mail fraud conviction in 1922 and was paroled in 1930.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Arctic
Cook
Robert E. Peary
Peary
Defense spending may top twenty billion in coming budget
Revenue and defense tallies show pending appropriations and contract authorizations could push Congress spending past 20 billion dollars, with 13.8 billion already appropriated and 1.06 billion in contracts. Added defense measures may exceed the threshold, while tax gains offset a large deficit.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Budget Bureau
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Army
Department
Navy
Orthopedic Clinic To Be Held August 10
The District Nurse Association sponsors a free orthopedic clinic at Memorial Hospital from 10 to 2 on Saturday August 10. Dr. Robert V. Funsten of the University of Virginia Hospital will run the clinic, aimed at youths not over 18 years old. No charge for examinations.
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District Nurse Association
Memorial Hospital
Robert V. Funsten
University of Virginia Hospital
Spectacular Air Offensives Foreshadow New War Phase
Surviving passenger from the French liner Meknes arrives in London after the ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Channel by a Nazi torpedo boat. Naval officers and crew were aboard. more than 300 people died in the disaster.
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London
Meknes
France
Norwegian Steamer Sofie Baake Sinks After Collision Near Scotland
The Norwegian steamer Sofie Baake went down off the northeast coast of Scotland after colliding with the Swedish ship Lima. All 39 crew members were saved.
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London
Sofie Baake
Scotland
Lima
Hitler appoints Otto Abetz as ambassador to France
Ambassador Otto Abetz, formerly with the Berlin foreign office, is designated as Nazi Germanys new ambassador to occupied France. Abetz was expelled from France in 1939 as an unwelcome Nazi agent.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Otto Abetiz
Berlin Foreign Office
France
Abetz
Hitler Returns to Berlin After Conference Day
Adolf Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop returned to Berlin on Sunday. German radio reported numerous meetings at Hitler's chancellery as officials held conferences through the day.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Trade Pact With Soviet Russia Nears Completion
Sumner Welles acting secretary of state announced a new trade agreement with Soviet Russia to replace the expiring pact, with completion expected shortly. The statement frames ongoing U S efforts to renew economic ties amid shifting wartime exchanges.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Russia
Cox Widow In London Reports Tokyo Death Inquiry
Mrs. Melville James Cox widow of a Reuters correspondent is seriously ill in London after her husband fell to his death from a Tokyo police headquarters window while being questioned in an espionage inquiry.
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London
Melville James Cox
Reuters
Tokyo
Has His Crypt Well Furnished
Shelbyville Indiana August 5 1939 baker Robert O Wright plans to be dead when laid in his mausoleum and has furnished the crypt with a radio clock cot rug towel comb mirror candles matches cigarets cigars corncob pipe tobacco and two brandy glasses ready for the afterlife
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Shelbyville
Ind
Robert O. Wright
Shelbyville Baker
Navy storekeeper honored in service as sea duty stretches long
John Carbaugh of Stephens City has served 24 years aboard the U S S Helena and is presently at Norfolk Naval Hospital for a sinus infection. He is a storekeeper third class and brother of James Philip Carbaugh, whose discharge is noted in a separate column.
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John Philip Carbaugh
Stephens City
U.S. Navy
John Carbaugh
U. S. S. Helena
James Philip Carbaugh
John
Norfolk Naval Hospital
British Bombers Hit Ruhr Oil Plant in Sterkrade
Air Ministry communique reports RAF bombers attacked the Sterkrade oil plant in the Ruhr area causing considerable damage and leaving the target afire. An additional strike hit Krefeld airfield with fires at hangar and buildings. all aircraft returned safely.
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London
Air Ministry
Sterkrade
Ruhr
Spectacular aerial offensives raise European war stakes
British and Italian reports describe raids along the English channel and East Africa as both sides claim air successes. Axis and Allied accounts differ over losses with Britain claiming several German aircraft downed and Italy asserting attacks on bases and targets in Africa. Diplomatic tensions flare as Japan and Britain arrest nationals and Bulgaria and Romania move toward settlement over Dobruja.
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Italy
English Channel
British
Air Ministry
Channel
Germany
East Africa
London
Rumania
Europe
Sofia
Bulgaria
South End Hose Co Regular Monthly Meeting
South End Hose Co announces its regular monthly meeting set for Monday August 5. All members urged to be present. Captain J P Sheetz signs the notice. Also appears a line about Wayland Harrisonburg and a taxi service listing with contact numbers, though details are fragmentary.
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South End Hose Co
J. P. Sheetz
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