Senate Moves To Vote On Guard Call As Burk-Wadsworth Debate Looms
The Senate agreed to vote by 4 pm on a measure to call up the national guard and reserves for training, paving the way for the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory service bill. House committee delays on the draft persist as partisan exchanges flare over wartime conscription and slacker accusations.
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Washington
Senate
National Guard
House Military Committee
May
Norris
Ind-Neb
Nye
R-Nd
Senate Military Committee
Holt
Indiana
West Virginia
Neelyee
Rules Comme
Wall resigns from Frederick County post to join Luray school
Robert A. Wall resigns after a ten year tenure in Frederick County to accept a position at Luray. He advanced vocational agriculture standards and developed the Stephens City student fair attracting thousands of visitors. The community wishes him continued success.
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Stephens City
Middletown
Robert A. Wall
Luray
Wall
Frederick County
Virginia
Windsors Welcomeed in Hamilton Bermuda Landing
TheExcalibur carrying the Duke and Duchess of Windsor anchored offshore at Hamilton Bermuda. The city, decked in flags, welcomed the pair on an unofficial stop as the duke prepares to assume post in the Bahamas. They planned a drive from the Royal Yacht Club to a government house in Hamilton before departing.
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Bermuda
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
Duke
Royal Yacht Club
Groves
Excalibur
Lisbon
New York
Grassy Bay
Hamilton Harbor
Willkie Seeks Hatch Act Revisions for Tightened Reform
Willkie urged broad amendments to the Hatch Act at a press conference aiming to require sworn asset disclosures from the President and cabinet on taking and leaving office. He also proposed banning compensation for family members of officials who lobby federal agencies. He pledged asset statements if elected and urged Hoover and Landon to back the changes.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Willkie
Secretary of State
R A Wall To Go To Luray
Robert A Wall a 33 year old instructor in the vocational agriculture departments at Stephens City and Middletown High Schools announced his resignation to accept a similar post at Luray Virginia The Frederick County School Board will appoint Fred Dobbie to succeed Mr Wall Dobbie is currently connected with the United Mills headquartered in Winchester Virginia Wall opens a larger field for his endeavors as department facilities are located There is no further detail on the new post.
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Robert A. Wall
Stephens City
Middletown
Luray
Wall
Frederick County
Fred Dobbie
Frederick County School Board
Dobbie
United Mills
Winchester
53 Nazi Planes Claimed Downed
London reports an official communique stating 53 German planes were destroyed while attacking convoys in the English Channel. Sixteen British fighter pilots are missing.
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London
English Channel
Gray predicts German collapse from blockade and starvation
R L Gray, brother of Allen B Gray, writes from London July 17 predicting Nazi Germany will be ruined this winter despite control of Europe. He cites Britain's blockade, Europe’s self reliance, and says his analysis is informed by years in Europe and Turkey. He notes Gray fled Paris before its fall and traveled to England by air. Continued on Page 3.
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R. L. Gray
Allen B. Gray
London
Germany
Europe
Britain
Hitler
Gray
Turkey
Italy
Switzerland
France
Holland
Rotterdam
Mosul Oil Company
Paris
England
Pauly in legal trouble over insufficient funds case
John G. Fosbrink current head of American Legion post reveals a letter from J. L. Hollingsworth of Greenwood Voiture 435 asking Pauly be held for authorities when his case in Corporation Court is settled. The note cites a bad check for 78.69 with 2.50 protest fee drawn by Ted Pauley and Associates. Also notes a wanted status in Hagerstown for 1600 tied to a Zephyr car.
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John G. Fosbrink
Robert Y Conrad Post
American Legion
J. L. Hollingsworth
Greenwood Voiture 435
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Greenwood
S.C
Hollingsworth
Pauly
S. Petow
Greewood
cHeee
York Trust Company
York
Ted Pauley and Associates
Mrs Ward Rites Friday for Emily Ward 76
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Funsten Ward 76 who died at her residence on Washington Street will be held Friday at 3 PM from Christ Episcopal Church. Interment follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery with active pallbearers named. She was a prominent Winchester figure and is survived by a sister Mrs Edwin Hinks.
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Emily Funsten Ward
Washington Street
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Harry Byrd, Jr
W. R. Legge
Peyton J. Marshall
William Beverley
Ben F. Arthur
W. Nelson Page
Burr P. Harrison
H. P. Powell
Douglas Fuller
Champ Connor
H. Clay deGrange
J. B. McKee
B. B. Dutton
Robert M. Kennedy
W. A. Baker
Robert Glass
P. W. Boyd
L. M. Allen
A. S. Pennypacker
Herbert Larrick
John C. Woolfolk
John Minnigerode
Ward
Winchester
Edwin Hinks
Robert M. Ward
Winchester Far
British hunt for raiders widens in Atlantic clashes
British search for Nazi merchant raiders expands across the south Atlantic centered on Trinidad Island after the armed cruiser Alcantara clashed July 28 with a German raider. Alcantara sailed from Rio de Janeiro 300 miles southwest of Victoria after four days of repairs.
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Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Trinidad Island
Alcantara
Rio de Janeiro
Victoria
Taxi phone 576 24 hr service
Taxi service advertisement listing 24 hour phone number 576 and operator C Hodge.
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C. Hodge
Not To Restore Carpers Valley School Building
Frederick county school board decides not to replace the Carpers Valley School destroyed by a twister. 8 V A rooms will host about 90 students from the Carpers Valley area, using the same bus. The board plans to sell beds and fixtures and has received offers for the property.
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Carpers Valley
Frederick County
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Walker McC. Bond
County School Board
Clearbrook
Gravel Springs
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Rotary Club
Timber Ridge Bid Accepted By Virginia Valley Conference
The Virginia Valley Central conference accepted an invitation to meet next year at Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church in Tenth Legion, Va. Roy A. Larrick of Winchester was re elected president. officers include Rev. Robert A Whitten vice president Rev. W J Andes secretary Rev R E Newton assistant secretary Samuel Earman treasurer Roy Hoselflook director religious education Miss Amy Louderback assistant R O Rothgeb mission secretary. Delegates from Winchester and Frederick county attended as churchmen and educators spoke. Reports showed progress over the past year.
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Timber Ridge
Harrisonburg
Roy Hoseflook
Walston Synder
Elkton
Amy Louderback
R. O. Rothgeb
Leakesville
Winchester
Frederick County
Lista Beached After Fire On England-Bound Freighter
The Norwegian freighter Lista, 3671 tons, bound for England with a heavy general cargo, was beached in New York Harbor near West Bank Light after a mysterious engine room fire. The crew of 34 abandoned ship. police deny an explosion.
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England
West Bank Light
Master Mechanic Wanted with Electrical Experience
Wanted master mechanic with electrical experience and general maintenance of heavy machinery boilers and pumps. Must be good foreman. Write Box 603 Winchester Va. August 7 1p 3.
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Winchester
Japanese Speed Plans For Army Navy Moves South
Shanghai dispatch reports trusted sources say Japan’s army and navy are hastening southward moves toward French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies. A rapid thrust may align with any Hitler invasion threat, while lacking that, Japan would push its influence southward.
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Shanghai
Hanoi
Issaki Nishihara
Tokyo
Japan
Yunnan
Kunming
China
Indo-China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Hainan Island
German High Command Reports British Losses At Sea
Berlin bulletin lists 34 British planes shot down and 12 ships totaling 55 000 tons sunk in a single day. The announcement frames heavy aerial and naval losses as a major wartime setback.
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Berlin
High Command
July air raids kill civilian toll in Britain
In July air raids on Britain caused 258 civilian deaths and 321 serious injuries, according to a written answer to a House of Commons question.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Powder Harmless Found After German Raid
Chemists identified a white powder found in a northwestern town after a German raider passed during the night. Preliminary tests showed the powder to be harmless.
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London
Two Polish Soldiers Killed Crossing River into France
Two Polish soldiers were killed by a German patrol while attempting to cross the Boubs river into German held France after escaping a Swiss interna ment camp.
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Boubs
France
Morgenthau weighs using frozen French funds to cover war debts
Secretary Morgenthau said the United States may seize frozen French funds to cover World War debts, after assessing effects on American investments. France owes about 4 billion dollars to the U S from the last war, with policy on German funds deemed not applicable.
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Washington
Morgenthau
United States
Treasury
France
Germany
Resignation of Farley Accepted
President Roosevelt accepted with real regret the resignation of James A. Farley as Postmaster General effective August 31 two weeks after Farley leaves his role as national chairman of the Democratic party. Farley plans to return to private life and possibly head a syndicate aiming to buy the New York Yankees. Roosevelt announced the move ahead of a cabinet conference with Wallace and Hopkins to discuss campaign strategy.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Democratic Party
Chicago
New York Yankee Baseball Club
Wallace
Hopkins
Swedish Steamer Atos Sunk On Glasgow to Scandinavia Route
Swedish steamer Atos of 2,161 tons was sunk August 3 on a Glasgow to Scandinavia voyage. Twenty-seven of 28 crew members were saved, according to a radio broadcast.
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Stockholmn
Atos
Glasgow
Scandinavia
Speedy Approval For Refugee Bill
House Immigration Committee swiftly backed a sub committee compromise to shield about 200000 European refugee children under 16 with two year temporary visas. The bill, added late yesterday, would run two years unless the President shortens it.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
United States
City And County Brevities From the Shenandoah Area
Notes from the region report Daniel O Connell grows a massive self seeding asparagus patch on Senseney road and yields heavily each spring. Confederate veterans reunion at Mr and Mrs Wood home near Sperryville set for August 10 with one veteran deceased since last year. George W Dellinger remains Winchester s lone survivor. Garden note cites Lillian Farrady of Frostburg Md growing tomatoes on a potato vine with potato blossoms. pomatoes noted by University of Maryland extension. Milton F Payne of Berryville landing a 24 1 2 pound shopping turtle while catfishing on the Shenandoah River near St Johns place and Springsbury. largest river turtle on record among rivermen recollections.
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William G. Wood
Sperryville
Francis Marion Trimble
George W. Dellinger
Winchester
Hale
Lillian Farrady
Wood Street
Frostburg
Cumberland Times
University of Maryland Extension Division
Milton F. Payne
Berryville
Shenandoah River
St. John’s Place
Springsbury
Payne
Free and Equal Partnership Promised to Asia
Promises of free and equal partnership reach Asia as postwar pledges. German reports claim loss of nine planes in canal raiding raising concern over canal security.
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Asia
Diet backs move to curb British influence in Asia
Tokyo reports 126 members of the Diet adopted a resolution urging the government to take all available and effective measures to drive British influence from East Asia, signaling strong anti British sentiment in parliament.
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Dred
Diet
Gov
East Asia
Ajax Rejoins Active Duty After Graf Spee Engagement
The admiralty stated the Ajax cruiser is back at sea after aiding the Graf Spee clash off Uruguay last December. Britain seeks continued aid from India while R A F air defenses repel a major Nazi attack over the Channel as plans unfold for an independent Indian constitutional framework within the British Commonwealth.
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Ajax
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Associated Press
Britain
India
Italy
Red Sea
British Commonwealth
England
Commons
House of Lords
Channel
Holdry
Iica
London
Zeila
British Somaliland
Berbera
Africa
French Somaliland
France
Supreme Court
Riom
Meter Reader Caught Failing to Read Five Years
McKeesport Pennsylvania August 8 Councilman George F Young acting water superintendent said a meter reader had not read a meter for five years instead guessing figures. When new books were used the reader began actual readings and the councilman saw his bill rise from 4 to 13 dollars.
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Mckeesport
George F. Yound
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Landon
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Valley Central Conference
Lista
Lower Harbor
Terious
Gine
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Senseney Road
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