Program Mapped Out For Real Test of Soldiers
Fort George G. Meade Md Aug 6 Troops of the 18th Division take a back seat to pay while commanding officers test tactical prowess under simulated combat. First Army officials observe with Maj Gen Henry C Pratt and Lt Gen Drum present. The 29th Infantry Division part of the First Army Corps and Second Army Corps conducts HQ setups and missions. The exercise assumes Second Army Corps envisions a Potomac river defense and a two column advance north of Washington along Route 1 and Bowie with the division in place by 10 0 TM.
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Fort George G. Meade
Hugh A
First Army
Henry C. Pratt
Secondorps
Wilmington
Del
Drum
29Th Infantry Division
Milton
Reckord
Bowie
Russian and British Centers Pounded by Nazi Air Attacks
Berlin reports German night raids on Moscow causing fires and heavy damage to airframe factories and supplies. A 6 000 ton freighter was sunk off the British east coast, another damaged, while British raids over Germany reportedly downed eight planes and set fires at Karlsruhe and Mannheim with civilian casualties.
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Berlin
Mostow
Adolpf Hitler
Germany
Karlsruhe F
Mannheim
Labor tensions at Riverton Lime and Stone Company spark state police presence
State police from Front Royal and northern Virginia responded as a precaution amid labor strikes at the Riverton Lime and Stone Company. Workers from Local 47 seek a five cent hourly raise while negotiations continue. company officials declined comment.
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Front Royal
Virginia
Riverton Lime and Stone Company
Harrisonburg
Culpeper
W. E. Carson
Local 47
United Stone and Allied Products of America
C.I.0
Mr Light Rushes Events At Democratic Picnic
Supervisor Harry Light of Stonewall district arrived at the courthouse in a Democratic Picnic outfit and pressed for a start. Ron Ridgeway, organizer for the Young Democrats picnic, said the event would begin tomorrow evening with meals prepared by the Apple Blossom Restaurant at no charge and attendees departing the courthouse around 5 o clock.
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Harry Light
Stonewall
Ron Ridgeway
Ran
Light
Apple Blossom
Wright Resigns As Driver Of Frederick County School Bus
At a Frederick County School Board meeting, Leslie Wright resigned as Middletown School bus driver. The board approved teacher appointments and the salary scale for the coming year, and approved rezoning plans to take effect within a week or two. The board will follow State Board guidance on kindergarten entry rules for six-year-olds. All members attended except Samuel Braithwaite who was ill but improving.
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Frederick County School Board
Frederick County
Stephenson Methodist Church
Francis Asbury
Leslie Wright
Middletown
Star
Samuel Braithwaite
Steel Workers to Bring In Scraps for Job Protection
Coatesville Pennsylvania August 6 Lukens Steel Company employees were urged to join a home-to-home scrap iron drive to prevent plant curtailments. Purchasing agent Hugh Kenworthy warned that without more scrap the armor plate producer may shut about half its furnaces.
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Coatesville
Lukens Steel Company
Hugh Kenworthy
Navy
Mrs. Hardy Rites To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Hardy will be held Thursday at two o clock from Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Cather and Rev. W A Wilkerson officiating. Interment at Mount Hebron. Pallbearers include Marshall Elliott Amos Wilkerson George McFarland Philip Fixx Joseph Herring and Herman Boyce. She is survived by fourteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren in addition to survivors listed earlier.
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Margaret Hardy
East Kern Street
Jones
Ralph Cather
W. A. Wilkerson
Mount Hebron
Marshall Elliott
Amos Wilkerson
George McFarland
Philip Fixx
Joseph Herring
Herman Boyce
Allis Chalmers Men To Vote In Delegates Election
Buffalo August 6 The C I O United Automobile Workers approved a three member committee to conduct an election for delegates among Allis Chalmers Milwaukee Local 248 members Delegates to the union s sixth annual convention were denied representation at the convention The Allis Chalmers local which staged a 79 day strike this year says it represents 8000 workers George F Addes UAW secretary treasurer condemned OPM interference and urged focus on defense production not internal matters.
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Buffalo
N. Y
C.I. O. United Automobile Workers
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
George F. Addes
UAW
OPM
Price controller warns silk stocking prices may be profiteering
Price Administrator Henderson told the House Banking Committee that further silk stocking price increases could be profiteering. He rejected excuses from halted silk production and warned against using World War I methods to regulate prices. He urged a definite statutory basis for price control and cited past damages from uncontrolled price rises.
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Washington
Henderson
Congress
House Banking Committee
Williams
D-Mo
Woodmen To Hold Meeting Tomorrow
Local Modern Woodmen of America lodge plans a meeting tomorrow at 8 PM in the I O O F hall on Bosca wen street. All members are urged to attend.
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Lodge
of Modern
Woodmen of America
Boscawen Street
RAF Loses Nine Planes in Raids Over Europe
British bombers faced bad weather but found clear skies over Mannheim Frankfurt and Karlsruhe and scored heavy explosions. Raids also hit Aachen Ostend and Nantes where a Beaufort scored two direct hits on a German supply ship. Nine planes were reported missing with a dense smoke pillar rising from the target. German raids were seen over the south coast in daylight.
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London
Germany
Mannheim
Frankfurt
Karlsruhe
Air Ministry
Aachen
Ostend
Beaufort
Coastal Command
Nantes
England
Road Policy Veto Is Overridden
The Senate overrode President Roosevelt's veto of a 320 million dollar road program by a 57 to 19 vote. The measure would apportion 25 billion among states for strategic defense roads, provide 150 million for defense access roads, and include 10 million for highway airplane landing strips and 10 million for surveys. Roosevelt objected to apportionment of the strategic funds.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Two Executed As Spies By British
London August 6. Karl Theo Drucke 35 a German citizen and Werner Heinrich Waelti 26 identified as Swiss were executed today at Wandsworth prison as secret agents for Germany. Arrested near Edinburgh they landed by seaplane and rowed ashore in a collapsible rubber boat. Each carried a portable wireless set a large sum of English money and emergency rations. Both men held foreign passports and spoke English.
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London
Karl Theo Drucke
Werner Heinrich Waelti
Wandsworth
Germany
Home Office
Edinburgh
Scotland
Big Odds Given Washington Won't Be Bombed
Lloyds of London offers odds of 1000 to 1 that Washington will not be bombed. War and bombardment insurance rates apply for one year with no cancellation clause. Premiums are $1 per $1000 for typical buildings, $1.50 for non manufacturing commercial risks, and $2 per $1000 for manufacturing risks excluding armament works.
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Washington
Lloyds of London
President Roosevelt Churchill Rumors Spark Secret Conference Talk
Rumors circulated that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill held a secret wartime conference with MacKenzie King and Harry Hopkins, possibly at sea or in North America. Officials and Ottawa authorities denied any knowledge of such a meeting amid secrecy around the Potomac cruise.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Winston Churchill
High Seas
Churchill
MacKenzie King
Harry L. Hopkins
Canada
Iceland
Greenland
Newfoundland
London
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Ottawa
Lodge Reported To Be In Army At Benning
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr of Massachusetts reported for active army duty at Fort Benning Georgia. The 39 year old Republican and four year reserve captain has spent about a month each year in active service. He serves on the Senate Military Committee.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Fort Benning
Senate Military Committee
Capital Keeping Continued from Page 1.1
The article contends Britain may absorb Thailand, the last small independent in South Asia, with full U.S. backing. It notes U.S. stance on Indo China and a threatened Thai coup, warning of security consequences if Japan gains bases. Thailand’s fall would harm rubber tin and other supplies for U.S. defense.
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Thailand
South Asia
Britain
United States
Sumner Welles
Vichy
Welles
Philippines
Indo- China
Japan
Stephens City Council Requests Parking Zone Markings
The Stephens City town council in regular session last night passed a resolution asking the state highway department to mark off parking and no parking zones on U S Route 11 through Main Street. The move follows notice from the department that action requires council approval. The meeting also addressed several routine matters.
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Stephens City
State Highway Department
Lomax Parker
Yankees humbled by Red Sox in opener of doubleheader
In Boston on August 6 the Red Sox tagged Spud Chandler for four runs in the big fourth inning including Joe Cronin’s homer. Tex Hughson and Mike Ryba held the Yankees to six hits as Boston won 6 to 3 in the first game.
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Boston
Red Sox
Spud Chandler
Joe Cronin
New York Yankees
Tex Hughson
Mike Ryba
Yanks
Glass Swears In New Senator From South Carolina
Roger C. Peace a 42 year old publisher from Greenville and Piedmont South Carolina was sworn in as a U S Senator. The oath was administered by Senator Glass the president pro tempore and Senator Smith escorted Peace to the vice president's desk in the Capitol.
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Washington
Roger C. Peace
Greenville
News and Piedmont
South Carolina
Glass
D-Va
Senate
Peace
Smith
D-S. C
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