Tragic Necessity Declared In Debate On Draft Law
Senator Holman cites imminent peril of Alaska invasion as open debate on Burke Wadsworth bill frames conscription as tragic necessity. Senator Sheppard argues only universal service can quickly provide manpower for defense, while Senator Vandenberg notes many recruiting stations reject volunteers.
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Sheppard
Washington
Holman
Ore
Alaska
Pacific
Senate Military Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Windsors Plan To Visit America At Early Date
In Bermuda the Duke of Windsor said he and his American-born duchess would visit the United States soon notes the duke in his first interview since arriving en route to his Bahamas governorship. He adds that the duchess has not been to the U S in eight years and he in 16 years and recalls the Woolworth building as a high New York landmark from his last visit.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Duke of Windsor
United States
Bahamas
Woolworth
New York
Why wait for a tornado to strike the town
MA Winchester critiques drivers who boast about horns and safety bans. The piece laments unsafe habits and suggests condemning or removing vulnerable structures like the Carpers Valley schoolhouse, arguing for proactive destruction of unsafe buildings rather than waiting for a twister.
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Carpers Valley
Marriage License Examinations To Be Daytime Daily
Winchester Memorial Hospital will begin daily marriage license tests next week with a new lab technician. Blood specimens will be accepted until 1 p.m. daily, and tests will run simultaneously to speed processing. In the first seven days of August 107 couples were tested, about 30 daily.
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B. J. McCarthy
Winchester Memorial Hospital
McCarthy
Memorial Hospital
Mr. McCarthy
Guardsmen Hit Training Stride in Northern Maneuvers
Ogdensburg New York August 9 A first army training buildup intensifies for the Battle of the St. Lawrence. Troops conduct land and air drills with mock weapons and improvised armor as 9 000 soldiers and the fighting first division prepare amid scouting expeditions and simulated combat across a 1300 square mile area.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
First Army
New York
Louisiana
John N. Hopkins
Polio outbreak warning sounded in Ohio Valley
Health officials in two states warn of a major infantile paralysis outbreak in the Ohio Valley with over 40 cases in two weeks. Huntington reports 26 cases and declares a danger zone six nearby counties. A two year old Delores Maynard dies in Huntington. Louisville notes 20 active Kentucky cases in 60 days near border counties.
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Huntington
W. VA
Ohio Valley
A. M. Price
Charleston
State Health Department
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Delores Maynard
Louisville
P. E. Blackberry
Public Opinion Split Over Compulsory Military Training
The Inquiring Reporter collects reader views on compulsory training for ages 21 to 31 to strengthen national defense. Responses range from strong support for preparedness to calls for selective drafts and home defense only, with commenters citing personal stakes and safety concerns.
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Star
W. B. Obaugh
Winchester
United Brethren Charge
Europe
Investigators Renew Probe Of Air Slugging Incident
An American Airlines investigator plans to renew inquiry into the mid air slugging of Rosemary Griffith 24 of Flushing New York as crew members fail to clarify the event Roy Mitchell assistant operations manager to arrive from Memphis to question a stewardess Griffith said she was struck in the women’s lounge and swallowed a key to the mail compartment after a threat. In Memphis Capt James Stroud and others discussed the case calling it a mystery with passengers later finding her unconscious in the rear luggage compartment
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Nashville, Tenn
American Airlines
Rosemary Griffith
Flushing
N. Y
Sky
Roy Mitchell
Memphis
Miss Griffith
Mitchell
James Stroud
Paul Stanley
Airlines
Master Mechanic Wanted in Winchester Virginia
Want ad seeking a master mechanic with electrical experience for general maintenance of heavy machinery boilers and pumps. Must be a good foreman. Write Box 603. Contact E. J. Snapp 321 N. Cameron St Winchester VA. Ip-11 Ip-3t
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Winchester
Excess Profits Tax Advocated By Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to adopt an excess profits tax to fund defense costs and widen revenue. He warned the 1941 deficit and debt limits may require higher borrowing, and called for prompt action on pending tax legislation to accelerate defense production.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Treasury and Budget Bureau
Maintenance of Streets Underway in Berryville and National Avenues
City employees have spent days applying a seal coat treatment on Berryville Avenue and are now working on National Avenue. Additional streets will be included in the program.
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Berryville Avenue
National Avenue
Lawmakers Hear War Officials Cite Tax Uncertainty Slowing Armament
Secretary Stimson and Assistant Secretary Compton told a Congressional committee that profit limits and tax legislation uncertainty delay production of planes tanks ships and other defense items. They cited contracts hampered by Vinson Trammell act limits and private financing enabling only partial expansion. The Navy seeks faster output to meet urgent needs.
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Washington
Stimson
Lewis Compton
Navy
Congressional
Army
Compton
Navy Department
President approves $150 million nonmandatory cotton loan plan
Hyde Park N Y August 9 The White House disclosed President Roosevelt approved Secretary Wallace recommendation for a 150 million nonmandatory loan on the 1940 cotton crop to be handled by the Commodity Credit Corporation. The action follows the 1938 AAA act and accompanies a bill increasing CCC resources to 1.4 billion to back mandatory loans for 1939 act crops.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Evelt
Wallace
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington
AAA
Agriculture Department
City And County Brevities In Winchester And Surroundings
High winds lifted a garage on the Lewis farm near Rouss Spring 20 feet and left it upside down. A. C. Stottlemyer, tenant, was away in town with his car. A dog note recalls Trial Justice Donald Weems and jokes about dogs on Tennyson avenue. A fishing party from Winchester and Frederick county caught 42 trout at Breezy Point. A pickup truck rolled into Arch Longerbeam’s parked car after a brake issue, while Ed Wray freed the truck and drove off. Pigs are included in a closing joke with no distress.
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A. C. Stottlemyer
Lewis
Winchester
Rouss Spring
Stottlemyer
Donald Weems
Tennyson Avenue
Stewart Street
Washington
Baltimore
Frederick County
W. H. Crim
Pleasant Valley
Wm. B. Obaugh
Wm. Obaugh
Leland Dick
Greenspring
Charles Ziler
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Zinn
Albin
Beverley Perry
Fred Morris
Berryville
Arch Longerbeam
Ed Wray
Hobson McGehee
Audley
Runnig
P. S
President Opposes Guard Deployment Beyond U S Possessions
President Roosevelt said odds were 100 to 1 that the national guard would not leave the United States or its possessions in peacetime. He spoke during a press conference on an amendment tied to a bill to limit guard and reserve service to the continental U S and American possessions.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
National Guard
United States
Senate
Wallace
Britain Takes Large Share of U.S. Exports Amid War Orders
New York reports show British Empire markets absorbing about half of U S total exports due to expanded war purchases and continent-wide shipping closures. Analysts note England and Canada may gain more in coming months if the UK holds out against Nazi attacks while aircraft orders remain largely unshipped.
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New York
United States
Europe
England
Canada
British Isles
United Kingdom
Valuable horse Wise-Child struck by lightning near Remount Station
Wise-Child a 12 year old brown mare owned by Dr. Orville Van Deusen near the Remount Station in Warren county was fatally struck by a bolt while grazing. The foal she carried by Breastplate may have survived, insurance partially covers the loss, and the animal had numerous show ring prizes.
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Wise-Child
Orville van Deusen
Winchester
Remount Station
Warren County
Wise- Child
Onone
Martin
Star Master
Dr.Van Deusen
Ee Zeigler
Upperville
British Troops Withdrawn From Shanghai and North China
London dispatch says the war office reports British troops in Shanghai and North China are being withdrawn for service elsewhere. Authorities note the U S government is informed and Japan has been notified.
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London
War Office
Shanghai
China
United States
Britain
Japan
German Bomber Downed by AA Fire After Coastal Raid
A lone German bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire shortly after bombing a northeast coastal town. The attack occurred early this morning and caused damage in the town as defenses responded.
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London
Fires Near Embassy Hit Chungking By Japanese Raid
Large fires broke out near the United States embassy in Chungking after 64 Japanese war planes attacked in two waves, marking the city’s worst bombing in weeks.
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Chungking
United States
Yangtze River
Mail Excerpts Seized From Excalibur Aboard by Censors
British censors under wartime rules examined mail today from 700 bags aboard the American Export liner Excalibur which paused to land the Duke and Duchess of Windsor yesterday.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Excalibur
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Ex Premier Chau Temps to Face Riom Tribunal
German radio from Vichy reports former French Prime Minister Camille ChauTemps will be brought before the Riom war guilt tribunal. The bulletin notes the detention and frames the event as part of postwar proceedings.
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Berlin
Camille Chautemps
Vichy
France
Burgunder Confesses to Desert Slayings Before Execution
Florence Arizona August 9 Robert Burgunder admitted the killings of two Phoenix salesmen as he faced execution. He said I admit the killings and offered no defense. Burgunder died seven minutes after the cyanide released in the Arizona Penitentiary chamber.
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Florence
Ariz
Robert Burgunder
Phoenix
Arizona Penitentiary
Burgunder
E. B. Peterson
Ellis M. Koury
Here
Robert M. Burgunder
Seattle
Arizona State Teachers College
Tennessee
Peterson
Koury
Bell Appointed To High Kiwanis Group
Andrew Bell the Winchester Kiwanis Club secretary was named to the International Business Standards Committee for the ensuing year by Kiwanis International president Mark A. Smith of Thin Ga. It marks the first local club member honored by the international group. Bell is a former lieutenant governor of District 1 and long-time club secretary, and he accepted the appointment.
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Andrew Bell
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Mark A. Smith
Thin
Kiwanis International
International Business Standards Committee
Bell
District 1
Bombing in Gulf of Aden Yields No Damage Claims
British admiralty reported Italian planes bombed British warships in the Gulf of Aden with no damage. A British naval plane attacked and damaged Italian headquarters at Zeila, a recently captured port in British Somaliland, as stated in tonight's communique.
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Gulf of Aden
Admiralty
Ital
Ian
Zeila
British Somaliland
Air battles across Africa and Britain escalate as claims mount
Communiques from Rome and Cairo report the largest air fight in Africa over the Libyan Egyptian desert with both sides claiming victory. Britain and Germany offer divergent tallies on losses and ships sunk as German raids hit Britain, while Cairo tightens precautions and Egypt seeks to avoid war.
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Africa
Rome
Cairo
Britain
Berlin
Egypt
Far East
Shanghai
Nco
English Channel
London
Aiken Declines Campaign Promises for Labor Party
John W. Aiken of Chelsea Massachusetts will not pledge campaign promises in the Socialist Labor party bid for president. He cites practical odds saying he has no chance of election, in Seattle on August 9.
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Seattle
John W. Aiken
Chelsea
Mass
Rutin
Soc Labor Party
Aiken
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