Death Claims Carrie Legge Mother of Ten in Frederick County
Mrs. Carrie R. Legge wife of John E. Legge of Middletown Frederick county died at Memorial Hospital Winchester at 4 AM after four weeks illness She was born February 9 1873 near Winchester daughter of the late David B and Henrietta Cammer She is survived by her husband ten children 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at the house then Methodist Church with Rev J T Brown officiating Pallbearers named E R Sperry Trone Sperry Walter Little J H Fisher Herbert Brumback and Leslie Wright Interment Mount Carmel Cemetery.
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Carrie R. Legge
John E. Legge
Middletown
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Legge
David B
Henrietta Cammer
Dorsey Carrier
Woodrow Laem
Methodist Church
J. T. Brown
E. R. Sperry
Trone Sperry
Walter Little
J. H. Fisher
Herbert Brumback
Leslie Wright
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Air battles in Africa spark widest bombing claim
In Africa stations went off air as Britain hints RAF strikes widen. Indian leaders offered no immediate response to possible Indian independence talks as war help looms. British papers said terms must be broader to combat the Italian threat and Romania hedges on Transylvania while Roosevelt gains broad wartime powers.
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Royal Air Force
Britain
India
London
The
Daily Herald
News-Chronicle
England
Africa
Rumania
Ion Gigurtu
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Hungary
Transylvania
Senate of the
United States
Roosevelt
National Guard
House
Cameo Pin Recovered After Station Wash Room Delay
Mrs. Thomas R. Reeves of Martinsville Virginia and her husband were traveling to Bronxville New York when the cameo pin was found missing at a local filling station. Attendants at the Republic station on Amherst Street recovered and held the pin pending inquiry after a call from Hagerstown.
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Thomas R. Reeves
Martinsville
Bronxville
N. Y
Reeves
Hagerstown
Republic
Amherst Streets
Germanized Alsace Lorraine Nears Final Occupation
German occupation forces push to complete the re creation of Alsace and Lorraine for the Reich replacing French with German administration. Street signs renamed Adolf Hitler street and German is sole language in public life as food shortages and price controls spread from Strasbourg Mulhouse and Colmar backed by Baden welfare centers.
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Charles S. Foltz
Basel
Switzerland
Alsace-Lorraine
German Reich
Germany
Bismarck
Kaiser Wilhelm
Adolf Hitler
Alsace
Lorraine
Baden and
Saar
Wildemannstrasse
Wildman Street
Mulhouse
Strasbourg
Colmar
Baden
Legislation Uncertainty Plagues Company Expansion
Compton cited amortization doubts delaying an 18 million expansion and noted similar issues with a 60 thousand ton steel order requiring a new plant. The discussion followed on page one.
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Compton
Inquiring Reporter voices on universal military training
The Inquiring Reporter gathers Berryville residents views on military conscription and universal military training. Jetson F. Spates supports strong home defense and conscription as fair. Mayor H. B. Harris praises training for preparedness and broad social benefits.
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Jetson F. Spates
Berryville
Washington
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Trade notes from Philadelphia and Baltimore show poultry and egg values firm with slight shifts in pork and beef, while Chicago and Winchester report higher spring lambs and mixed hogs. Prices reference multiple regions, including U S Department of Agriculture quotas and local grain markets.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agri
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Best
Cash Grain
Chicago
Winchester
Grain Quotes Hold Fast Amid Market Indifference
Chicago August 9 The grain trade shows little interest in offerings as quotations for future and cash wheat and other grains stay stalled. Traders wait for clear price signals amid cautious demand and uncertain market tone.
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Chicago
Stocks edge up from rut lifting select steel issues
New York stock market closed with gains as steels led a broad rebound. Notable finishes include Bethlehem 18 1 8, U S Steel 53 1 2, Union Pacific 84 3 4, Penn R R 20, Sears Roebuck 76 1 2, Western Union 17 3 4 and Woolworth 33 1 8 amid renewed investor activity.
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Chrysler
Goodyear
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Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
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Penny (Jc
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas. Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Va.Car. Chem
Western Union
Woolworth
Threat Made Against President Roosevelt Charged Man Bound Over
Walter Fuhrman 22 of Leech Lake resort work er was bound over to the December federal term in Duluth on charges of threatening to kill President Roosevelt. He allegedly said on July 18 he hoped for a chance to shoot the president before he could serve again. Treasury agent Joseph Sullivan arrested him.
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Bemidji
Minn
Roosevelt
Walter Fuhrman
Leech Lake
Duluth
Fuhrman
Joseph Sullivan
Treasury Department
President Plans Brief West Coast Visit During Campaign Parley
President, addressing a Des Moines parley on August, denied plans for trips as Democratic candidates debated campaign issues. He said he would stay within 12 to 14 hours of the capital, then tonight begins a tour of New England to inspect defense projects in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Marriage Delays Lead to Honeymoonless Winchester Wedding
John J. Thomas and Rose Murphy delayed by hospital blood tests in Winchester, missing the deadline to complete examinations. The couple wed after obtaining a health certificate and license the next day, delaying their plan to travel to Washington and Baltimore. Local labs offer free or low cost tests, cheaper than Pennsylvania, where fees run to $20 per couple and results take three days.
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John J. Thomas
Westaburg
Rose Murphy
Beelington
W. Va
Winchester
Mr. Thomas
T. M. Swann
State Health Department
Abingdon
Norton Luray
I. C. Riggin
Pennsylvania
Six Months For Clarke Negro
Willy Thomas a Webbtown Negro faces potential appeal after a six month sentence on a state road for assault with a deadly weapon. He cut Luther Richardson, another Webbtown Black man, during a Sunday altercation. Richardson suffers knife wounds to arms and abdomen and is recovering. Sheriff Buckner calls the fight possibly due to an old grudge.
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Berryville
Willy Thomas
Thomas
Webbtown
Lorning Kackley
Luther Richardson
Buckner
Richardson
Westrick Denied Motoring Rights
New York state motor vehicle department revoked the permit registration and license plates of Dr. Gerhard A. Westrick a German financial adviser in the country after a hearing on charges he gave false statements in his application. He allegedly misrepresented his physical condition concealing an artificial right foot and failed to notify the bureau of a change of address.
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New York
State Motor Vehicle Department
Gerhard A. Westrick
Germans Control Patents Vital To Defense Program
New York August 9 government sources say a federal grand jury found evidence that patents essential to U S war industries are German controlled. The probe seeks to determine if production bottlenecks and price fixing hamper the defense program and whether wartime needs are being met.
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New York
Thurman Arnold
United States
Arnold
Mead says no ship sales or transfers to Britain planned
Washington Aug 9 Senator Mead of New York stated that Congress does not plan any sale or transfer of ships to Great Britain or to any other power at this time.
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Washington
Mead
Great Britain
Congress
Prisoners Transferred to State Road Camps from Local Jail
A number of prisoners have been moved from the local jail to state road camps. Lee wood Ashby of Middletown has been sent to Camp 4 near Millwood and Camp 14 near Vienna. Camp 29 previously at Frederick and later Route 55 has been relocated to a site near Hot Springs Virginia.
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Leewood Ashby
Middletown
Millwood
Vienna
Frederick
Hot Springs
Mrs Ward's Funeral Held in Winchester
Emily Punston Ward 76 died at home on Thursday morning at 211 South Washington street. Funeral service held at 3 o clock by Rev. R B Nelson at Christ Episcopal Church. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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South Washington Street
R. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
Harry Byrd, Jr
W. R. Legge
Peyton J. Marshall
William Beverley
Ben F Arthur
W. Nelson Page
Burr P. Harrison
H. P. Powell
Douglas Puller
Champ Connor
H. Clay deGrange
J. B. McKee
B. B. Dutton
Robert M. Kennedy
W. A. Baker
Delaware Vote Lists Looked At
Washington reports that Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee investigators will probe Delaware registration irregularities for the presidential election. Gillette says names of nonresidents or nonexisting people appeared on lists and may have led to fraudulent ballots on election day.
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Delaware
Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Tragic Necessity in Calling Up National Defense
Senator Sheppard argues for a broad conscription to form a modern national defense, urging registration of 2,000,000 men aged 21 to 30 and warning that without a strong armed force the U S and western hemisphere face danger. He cites threats from dictatorial regimes and the need to protect strategic areas. The proposal followed Senate approval enabling a national guard muster and sparked talk of wider age ranges up to 44.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Panama Canal
Panama
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Herbert Lehman
New York
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Home Guard
Lehman
National Guard
Senate
O'’Daniel
Congress
Burke
D-Neb
Military
Cudahy Reprimanded For London Interview On Belgium
John Cudahy American ambassador to Belgium was publicly rebuked by the State Department for a London interview about Belgian food conditions and the German occupation. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said Roosevelt directed his return to the United States for consultation and that the ambassador’s views do not represent U S government policy.
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Washington
John Cudahy
Belgium
State Department
London
Sumner Welles
Cudahy
Roosevelt
United Is
Department of State
Department
Department, of State
Probes Slow Down In Aviation Works
United States conciliation service officials said mediator James F. Dewey was assigned to investigate a reported slow down by C I O union members at Bendix in South Bend Idaho. The dispute centers on hiring three new foremen and the union’s objection to outsiders, arguing foremen should come from the plant's seniority list.
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Washington
United States Concilation Service
James F. Dewey
Bendixco Company
South Bend
U. S. Plans 70-Ton Land Battleships for Army Use
The Army has awarded Baldwin Locomotive Works a $5,689,725 contract to build heavy 70-ton land battleships. The units, meant to resemble German tanks, will reportedly carry 75 millimeter cannons and are intended to pierce fortified positions in Europe. Details of the order were not disclosed by Army officials.
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Washington
National Defense Lion
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
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