Johnson Urges Hand Work For Nation's Defense
Louis Johnson former Assistant Secretary of War told the National Association of Broadcasters in San Francisco that America must work harder for national defense and hemispheric unity. He warned that an unprepared nation could threaten civilization and urged strong armaments and sacrifices.
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Louis Johnson
America
National Association of Broadcasters
War Department
Johnson
Blue and Gray Division Reunion Planned in Norfolk
The 29th Division Blue and Gray will hold its annual reunion in Norfolk August 30 to September 2 with events at the Monticello Hotel. Richard O Connell Baltimore vice mayor Col national commander will preside and Col Charles B Morland Norfolk city manager chairs committees. Activities include naval base tours memorial services reunion dinner smokers and beach gatherings.
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Monticello
Richard O'Connell
Baltimore
Charles B. Morland
Naval Base
City Auditorium
Norfolk Post No. 5
Virginia Beach
Cape Henry
Ocean View
Names Added To List of Eligibles for School Posts
The state board of education added six names to the eligibles list for division superintendents of schools in Hot Springs. Names include W. K. Barnett Radford B D Bunn Oxford N S Chaplain Princess Anne J L Francis Capron Ben Hilliard Tappahannock and O M Munsey Oland. Reports from Madison College Mary Washington College Farmville and Radford State Teachers Colleges were heard and presidents recommendations accepted.
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Hot Springs
State Board of Education
W. K. Barnett
Radford
B. D. Bunn
Oxford
O. S&s
Princess Anne
J. L. Francis
Capron
Ben Hilliard
Tappahannock
O. M. Munsey
Oland
Madison College
Mary Washington College
Farmville
Virginia praised for aviation progress by Bendix winner
Richmon d Aug G Noyes, winner of the 1936 Bendix cross country trophy and air marking specialist for the Civil Aeronautics Authority, commended Virginia for advances in aviation facilities. She noted the state handles many non scheduled flights and stressed the need for reliable air markers to guide pilots under varied conditions.
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Richmond
Blanche Noyes
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Virginia
Union
Byrnes seeks probe of Kresge employee fund appeal
Senator Byrnes asked the Senate Campaign Committee to investigate an appeal to S. S. Kresge Detroit employees for contributions to aid Wendell Willkie's Republican presidential campaign. Byrnes cited a letter signed as trustee by C B Tuttle, identified by Byrnes as Kresge's vice-president and treasurer.
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Washington
Byrnes
D-Sc
Senate Campaign Committee
S. S. Kresge Corporation
Detroit
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Kresge
C B. Tuttle
Slain Advocate for Moscow Ties in Helsinki Meeting
Tass reports a member of the Society for Friendship and Peace with the USSR was shot dead in Helsinki at a public meeting. The advocate of closer Moscow relations was mortally wounded by a Canadian volunteer who joined the Finnish international brigade during the Russo Finnish war.
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Moscow
Helsinki
Society For Friendship and Peace
Tass
Finnish International Brigade
Young Democrats Meeting Tonight at Winchester Courthouse
The Young Democratic Club of Winchester and Frederick County will meet at 8 PM tonight at the courthouse. All members are requested to be present as important business is to be transacted.
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Young Democratic Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Court House
British Brace for Possible Major Luftwaffe Assault
London observers warned a major German air attack could strike within days or weeks as Goering described raids as reconnaissance. RAF reconnaissance reportedly found large German activity in occupied northern France while RAF bombers targeted barges on the Holland and Belgian coasts.
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London
British Isles
Goering
France
Holland
Belgian
Westrick Holds Conference at German Embassy
Washington August 6 A German embassy spokesman said Dr Gerhard Westrick after a conference with Hans Thomsen German charge d affaires returned to New York last night The subject of the conference was not disclosed but was believed connected to Westricks recent publicity in New York
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Washington
Gerhard Wesetrick
New York
Hans Thomsen
British Put Teeth In New Food Laws
London reports Britain tightening enforcement of food conservation rules as winter nears. Parliament’s food minister official Robert Boothby says the aim is to avoid extending rationing and possibly raise tea allowances despite German air and sea blockades impacting merchant shipping.
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London
Britain
Germany
Robert Boothby
Food Mintry
House OKs Wire Tapping for Sabotage Espionage Probes
The House passed a bill authorizing the Justice Department to tap wires in investigations of sabotage treason espionage and seditious conspiracy and sent the measure to the Senate. It limits wiretap information to the named investigations.
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Washington
Justice Department
House
Senate
Roosevelt hosts luncheon for Latin American delegates
Hyde Park August 6 President Roosevelt resumes activity with a press conference and luncheon for four Latin American delegates from Havana Pan American Conference. Reporters seek outline of national defense inspection plans as he hints at a Norfolk style survey to begin tomorrow and continue later in the week.
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N. Y
Hudson Valley
Roosevelt
Havana
Norfolk, Va
Shuttle Coach Had Orders To Sidetrack In Crash Inquiry
Akron Ohio August 6 One of the surviving crewmen of the Pennsylvania Railroad doodle bug wreck said today the crew had clear orders to sidetrack their gasoline propelled coach a mile back of the collision. Conductor H B Shafer testified to coroner R E Amos. He offered no explanation why Engineman Thomas L Murtaugh did not take the sidetrack to permit passage of a freight train with which the doodlebug crashed head on killing 43. Shafer said the Hudson Akron Shuttle coach was likely traveling between 50 and 55 miles an hour as it neared the freight train.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
H. B. Shafer
R. E. Amos
Thomas L. Murtaugh
Shafer
Baltimore Man Found Dead After Hotel Registration
New York dispatch reports Morris Ehrlich a 68 year old retired Baltimore businessman was found dead on a third floor extension under a window of his eighth floor room at the Paramount Hotel hours after registering. Ehrlich resided at Cordova Apartments Lake Drive Baltimore.
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New York
Morris Ehrlich
Baltimore
Paramount
Cordova Apartments
Lake Rive
Mussolini Mobilizes Large Italian Force in Africa
British sources say Premier Mussolini has mobilized about 500000 Italian troops in Africa in preparation for a major push toward Egypt. Reports claim Italian advance guards crossed from Libya into Egypt and a British comm unique mentions an offensive into British Somaliland.
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Mussolini
Africa
Egypt
Rome
Libya
Cairo
Somaliland
First airedale shown in New York in 1896
Charles G. Hopton presented the first modern airedale in New York in 1896 before the breed had show classification.
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Charles G. Hopton
New York
Salvation Army Leaders Detained in Tokyo Arrests
Tokyo reports seven Salvation Army leaders, believed Japanese, arrested on espionage charges. War Office announced the arrests made July 31 and that all seven remain detained. The organization’s world headquarters sits in London.
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Tokyo
Salvation Army
War Office
London
Federal Building Halted By Strike
Washington August 6 All work on the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Buildings was halted by a strike Officials of the Public Buildings Administration said pickets from the teamsters union surrounded the buildings and workers refused to pass them to deliver materials The teamsters were enforcing demands of building laborers striking for higher wages and concessions
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Washington
Public Buildings Administration
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Building Laborers’ Union
Stock Market Report Amid Downturn And War Nervousness
The market leaned down with reduced pre noon bids for steels motors and aircraft as volume broadened later slowed. Final hour declines ranged from fractions to about a point while bonds and commodities traded unevenly. Several Dow and other major stocks closed lower with large cap movers like US Steel at 52 1 2 and Ford at 45 1 2 reflecting cautious sentiment amid Nazi invasion fears.
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New York
England
British Japan Tension Easing as Ma kihara Arrests Spark Debate
London reports tension easing as Britain prepares a Commons statement. Satoru Makihara, London agent for Mitsubishi, and eight Japanese nationals were arrested in a drive Britain says targets home demmity. Government denies detentions are reprisals for Briton arrests in Japan.
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London
Britain
Japan
House of Commons
Satoru Makihara
Mitsubishi
French seek U.S. pressure to ease blockade on occupied France
Berlin reported that French political circles claim the government asked Washington to pressure Britain to ease the blockade against occupied France. The dispatch from Vichy cited the appeal as a move to mitigate wartime restrictions.
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Berlin
United States
France
Vichy
Strasburg Group To Get Charter
The newly organized Junior Chamber of Commerce in Strasburg Virginia will receive its charter Thursday at a charter presentation dinner. Powell Harrison Jr of the Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce will present the charter and Ridgely White of Winchester will give the president's lapel button.
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Junior Chamber of Comerce
Strasburg
Powell Harrison, Jr
Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Leesburg
Ridgely White
Winchester
Short Term In Shenandoah Co
A short term in Shenandoah County during the 1940 41 session seemed likely after the Board of Supervisors refused to reconsider the school budget at an all day meeting. Division superintendent Milton C Hollingsworth reported only verbal assurance that the temporary loan of 20755 48 dollars would be refinanced. His request to retire a deficit of 5840 80 including teachers salaries was met with no success beyond cooperation when funds permit.
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Shenandoah County
Board of Supervisors
Milton C. Hollingsworth
Burma Road Traffic Resumed for Nonprohibited Goods
An official announcement from Rangoon says traffic over the Burma road to China has been resumed for goods not restricted by the British Japanese agreement which closed the road to war supplies for China.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Border Traffic Being Arranged In Berlin Negotiations
German radio reports border traffic talks opened five weeks ago in Berlin will be concluded in Moscow as the commission arrives in the Soviet capital after negotiations at the German–Soviet border.
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Berlin
Moscow
Army Officials Push for Lowered Registration Ages and Wider Draft
Wheeler urged reopening registration age limits to 18 to 64 or at least 18 to 55 with men 21 to 45 liable for service. Marshall General George C. Marshall said Congress delays threaten manpower plans. Other moves include easing tax hurdles to defense contracts and Roosevelt seeking 11.2 million for Coast Guard emergency construction including a floating drydock at Curtis Bay Maryland. Rep Sabath proposed a bill to punish fifth-column activity with heavy fines or prison terms.
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George C. Marshall
Congress
War Department
Treasury
Coast Guard
Roosevelt
Guard
Navy
Curtis Bay
Sabath
Secretary Hull urges $500 million loan power for Export-Import Bank
Secretary Hull told the House Banking Committee that a half billion dollar loan authority for the Export-Import Bank is essential to U S cooperation in the economic defense of the western hemisphere. A State Department telegram was read as hearings opened on the administration bill to raise the bank s lending powers. Loans could develop orderly Pan American marketing and stabilize and enlarge hemisphere economic resources.
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Washington
Hull
House Banking Committee
United States
Secretary of State
Nonalcoholic beer spreads in Germany amid abstention claim
Berlin reports that four Germans started drinking beer without alcohol as a thirst quencher and work beverage. The practice, linked to abstentionist Adolf Hitler, is now widespread as chemists brew a beverage that resembles beer and shares its ingredients but lacks alcohol.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Van Nuys Defends Willkie Against Guffey Attack
Senator Van Nuys denounces Senator Guffey for partisan politics after a remark claiming Wendell Willkie was born and baptized under a false name. Van Nuys states he has known Willkie since birth and calls the accusation untrue. He defends the Republican nominee as a Hoosier whose family and career he respects.
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van Nuys
D-Ind
Guffey
D-Pa
Senate
Wendell L. Willkie
Lewis Wendell Wilkus
Wendell Willkie
Declare Dividend Of Six Percent At Southern States Winchester Service
The board declares a 6 percent dividend on capital stock for Southern States Winchester Service with a 3 percent patronage dividend on purchases and a special cash patronage dividend on fertilizer totaling $1 056 79. Volume for year ended June 30 is 138 427 35. Checks are available at the service office.
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Southren
Winchester Service
J. W. Larrick
Winchester
Stephens City
I. W. Scothorn
Chinese Gunman Slays A Russian in Shanghai
SHANGHAI August 6 Capt Paul Yankovsky a former imperial Russian air force officer and director of the Japanese affairs section of the French concession Police was killed today by a Chinese gunman at his home in the international settlement. Yankovsky was the second White Russian slain here within four days as Charles Metzler a White Russian leader who resisted reorganization of the emigrants committee on a pro Japanese basis was killed by unidentified assailants last Friday.
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Shanghai
Paul Yankovsky
Imperial Russian Air Force
International Settlement
Yankovsky
Charles Metzler
Russian Emigrants Committee
Streicher Reported in Perfect Health in Germany
German authorities said Julius Streicher was in perfect health on his farm Bleikertshof near Nurnberg. The London report of his death was denied. Streicher had been relieved of duties as gauleiter for Franconia, reasons undisclosed.
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Berlin
Julius Streicher
Bleikertshof
Nurnberg
London
Streicher
Franconia
der Sturmer
Game of Change Costly To Four
Four men faced fines in Trial Justice Donald Weems court after a pool hall gambling raid. Fred McDaniel Ed Fowler of Clina Tenn Carl Crabtree of 12 Freemont street and W B Shanholtz of 368 Charles street were fined 15.25 each including costs for engaging in a game of chance.
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Donald Weems
Winchester
Fred McDaniel
Ed Fowler
Clina
Tenn
Carl Crabtree
Freemont Street
W. B. Shanholtz
Charles Street
Many At Rites For Mrs. Smith
A large crowd attended the final rites for Frances May Smith 45 at Jonas Funeral Home Saturday afternoon. Rev Charles H Punk of the Church of Christ officiated and interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Fred Affleck W E Perry Cochran Edward Rainsberger James Loy and Edward Orncorff listed.
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Jonas Funeral Home
Frances May Smith
Memorial Hospital
Charles H. Punk
Church of Christ
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Fred Affleck
W. E. Perry
Cochran
Edward Rainsberger
James Loy
Edward Orncorff
Treasury Status Figures for August 3 Receipts and Debt
Treasury data shows August 3 receipts of 49.06 million dollars and expenditures of 31.15 million. Gross debt stands at 43.77 billion with a decrease of 4.50 million from the prior day.
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The
Treasury
Speeder Fined in Middleburg Police Court
B. Turner of Middleburg Virginia was fined 14 dollars including costs in police court today for speeding.
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Middleburg
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