Democrats to hold Seventh District meeting in Waynesboro
Democrats of Seventh District will gather August 19 at the General Wayne for a dinner and campaign conference. Col. Carroll Menefee district chairman will preside, with invitations extended to Senators Glass and Byrd and Governor Price. Delegates from 13 counties and 4 cities, state lawmakers, and Young Democrats will attend to plan a unified campaign for Roosevelt Wallace Byrd and Robertson. Louis Spilman named to assist arrangements.
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P—Orbaynesboro
Democratic Workers of
Seventh Congressional Diswill
General Wayne
Col. Carroll Mennefee
Sperryville
State Senate
House of Delegates
Col. Menefee
Carter Glass
Harry F. Byrd
James H. Price
Willis Robertson
E. R. Combs
Cleveland Davis
Virginia State
Democratic Central Committee
C. Franklin Williamson
Virginia Young Democrats
Francis S. Miller
Roosevelt
Wallace
Byrd
Robertson
Waynesboro
Louis Spilman
East Augusta
Democratic Club
Supa
British Bombers Carry Out Raids
British bombers conducted day and night raids on the Guernsey air drome in the German occupied channel islands. Several fires were started and munitions factories in Germany were hit with heavy damage, according to the air ministry.
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London
Guernsey
Channel Islands
Air Ministry
Germany
British Flying Boat Returns From Long Cabot Voyage
The British commercial flying boat Clare returned to its home sea base in England today after a lengthy trip that started in New York Thursday afternoon and included stops at Botwood Newfoundland Montreal and Toronto.
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London
Clare
England
Botwood
Newfoundland
Montreal
Ont
New York
Defendants in Charlottesville Note Case Face New Details
Information from American Legion posts links a Pauly note for 41 dollars to Charlottesville Virginia. The note is tied to Theodore L. Bogert as commander of Albemarle Post 74. The text then oddly shifts to a Ford inquiry and 1939 labor hours, which does not align with the main items.
Middletown Grangers Celebrate Thirteenth Anniversary
Middletown Grange marked its 13th anniversary with a program led by State Grange Master Mark Turner and guests from the National Grange. Fred Brenckman noted the Grange’s role in rural improvement. birthday cake was presented to Gladys Hammond. charter members honored. refreshments served.
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Middletown
Mark Turner
Turner
National Grange Home Economics Committee
Herndon
Fred Brenckman
National Grange Legislation Office
Brenckman
Washington, D. C
Middletown Grange
National Grange
Grange
America
Congress
Brenchman
B. O. Brumback
Brumback
Gladys Hammond
Cartie Lee Brumback
J. H. Fisher
A. S. Brumback
D. N. Grover
The
Five Die in Head On Auto Crash Near Elizabethtown
Five persons were killed and four injured in an early morning head on crash two miles north of Elizabethtown Kentucky. Three identified dead were Carl Thomas Miller 23 and Edward Ray Gardner 26 both of Magnolia and Walter Polley 27 of Hodgenville. Two women remained unidentified. One woman and three men were taken to Louisville hospitals in non critical condition.
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Elizabethtown
Here
Carl Thomas Miller
Edward Ray Gardner
Magnolia
Walter Polley
Hodgenville
Louisville
Eightieth Vets to Meet in Virginia This Year
BLUEFIELD Va Aug 10 The Eightieth Division veterans association elected A P Terry of Wytheville Va national commander by acclamation and picked Fredericksburg Va as the 1941 convention city The group adopted a resolution urging that Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees receive military training with pay equal to that for trained men if the selective service act passes
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Bluefield
W. Va
Pinchot Sets Birthday Celebration on Hold
Milford Pa August 10 Gifford Pinchot a two time Pennsylvania governor and noted conservationist turns 75 tomorrow but his birthday party is postponed until his son and daughter in law return from a cruise the public note states Pinchot’s long career and public service are highlighted in brief.
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Milford
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Air Forces Punish Each Other In Global War Tactic
The article outlines a multi continent clash of air bombardment and diplomacy as Egypt shifts from a British ally stance to active cooperation with Britain in Africa. Italian propaganda is denounced while forces prepare for action if Libya is attacked. Tokyo cites Britain’s Shanghai pullout as prewar bargaining. The U.S. maintains its China policy as China pledges aid to Indo China if Japan weakens French control.
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Egypt
Britain
Africa
Libya
Tokyo
Shanghai
Japan
United States
China
France
Conscription Debate Fires Up Over Imminent Attack Fears
The article fragment shows Shun disputing conscription necessity for a looming attack, with Sheppard warning of imminent danger and Danaher unable to forecast near term. Senator Wheeler challenges backers to tell the nation to declare war rather than speculate.
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Sheppard
Danaher
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
Germany
Motives Sought in Oilton Woman's Murder and Jail Escapes
Two prison escapees Bill Hall and Joe Lovelace fled after tossing a slain woman from a speeding car wounding Oilton Police Chief Ben D Clark and kidnapping a farmer. The gunmen and a third suspect Henry Washington were arrested after a chase that left the woman, Jeanne Culp of Asher, dead and Hall and Lovelace wounded.
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Oilton
Okla
Bill Hall
Joe Lovelace
Here
Hall
Bill Glimp
Drumright
Patroknen
L. L. Fisher
Lovelace
Jeanne Culp
Asher
Dilton
Ben D. Clark
Fisher
C. L. Irwin
Clark
Glimp
Irwin
Henry Washington
Perkins
John Boyd
J. R. Butler
Oklahoma
McAlester
Nebraska
Muntzing Resigns From Kernstown Principal Post
David J. Muntzing resigns as Kernstown School principal to accept a position with American Viscose Corp. in Front Royal. He previously served as assistant principal at Middletown High School and taught at Mount Williams and Reynolds Store, joining Ro bert A. Wall in resignations this week from county education posts.
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David J. Muntzing
Kernstown
Leslie Kline
the Star
Robert A. Wall
Stephens City
Middletown
Wall
Lager Luray
Muntzing
American Viscose Corp
Front Royal
Middletown High School
Mt. Williams and Reynolds
Hoover Celebrates 66th Birthday Quietly at Trout Resort
Former President Herbert Hoover marked his sixty sixth birthday with a quiet day at a trout fishing resort near West Yellowstone Montana. He planned to travel to Colorado Springs the next day for a talk with Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Herbert Hoover
Here
Colorado Springs
Wendell Willkie
Man of Letters Faces Police Commission Action
Franklyn P. Allen a San Francisco traffic officer was ordered to appear before the police commission on charges of conduct on an officer. The charges stem from letters said to have been written by him to Dorothy Ferguson a 26 year old from Flint Michigan.
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Franklyn P. Allen
San Francisco
Police Commission
Dorothy Ferguson
Flint
Mich
Nazis Confident Food Prospects Improve for Germany
Berlin reports on August 10 said Germany faces a secure winter food outlook with Germany able to feed itself and Balkan crops sufficient for the southeast. The press warned occupied lands may face shortages due to British blockade and argued Germany must prioritize its own needs. A German broadcast to the United States urged Britain to ease the continent blockade to avert a wider shortage.
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Berlin
Germany
Romanian Institute of Business Research
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Low Countries
France
United States
New York
Okay
Britain
Continent
Rites Thursday In Ohio For Grover Dunlap
Grover Dunlap died in Plymouth Indiana on Monday August 5 and services were held Thursday at two o clock from Barnes Funeral Home in Eaton Ohio. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery with the Masonic Lodge officiating. Survived by wife two children sister Helen Dunlap Cincinnati brother Frank Dunlap Dayton and brothers Charles Russell Dunlap Winchester and their mother Nellie V Dunlap.
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Grover
Dunlap
Plymouth
Ind
Eaton
Ohio
Barnes Funeral Home
Mound Hill Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Edward J. Dunlap
Plymouth Canning Co
Helen Dunlap
Cincinnati
Frank Dunlap
Dayton
Charles and
Russell Dunlap
Winchester
Nellie V. Dunlap
Allen Russell
Great Steamship on Maiden Cruise
New York August 10 United States Lines flagship America embarks on a Caribbean 12 day maiden voyage as a cruise ship. At noon she sails with 190 passengers in neutral waters calling at St Thomas Virgin Islands San Juan Puerto Rico Port au Prince Haiti and Havana.
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New York
United States Lines
America
Caribbean Sea
United States
Europe
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Havana
Answers to Today's Quiz on Page 4
The page lists quiz answers: 1 Monday 2 No 3 a jumping rodent 4 Federalist 5 No 6 Graphite 7 Montana 8 France 9 Leonard da Vinci 10 Mercury.
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Federalist
Montana
France
Leonard da Vinci
Mercury
Clark Attacks Levy Linking Munitions Amortization Plan
Senator Clark charges at a tax hearing that an excess profits levy is sugar coating a plan to permit defense expansion costs for munitions plants to be deducted from taxable earnings. He says the combined tax and amortization proposal, viewed as a small slice of a large budget, masks the larger issue of spending.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Senate
House
John L. Sullivan
Treasury
Joint Committee
Sullivan
Flood Drives Evacuation For 10000 In Crowley Region
Crowley Louisiana faces the largest rain flood in state history as coast guard and Red Cross evacuate about 10,000 residents to shelters including court houses and schools. Up to 24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. towns including Lafayette Rayne Kaplan and Gueydan inundated.
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Crowley
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Louisiana
America
Lafayette
Rayne
Kaplan
Scott
Erath Delcambre
Gueydan
Sam Jones
Southern Pacific Railway
Gabi Maraist
Grass Fire Alarm Spurs Fire Department Response
Firefighters responded to an early morning grass fire on Parkway that threatened to spread. Two fire companies arrived, containment efforts prevented damage, and crews cleared the scene.
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Parkway
Guest Pastor At Opequon Church Tomorrow
The Rev. F. M. Barton of Smyrna Delaware will be guest pastor tomorrow at 11 A.M. at Opequon Presbyterian Church announced by Rev. E Summers Mc Gavock. Barton is rector of the Episcopal Church at Symrna and is staying with C Grattan Crawford at their residence.
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F. M. Barton
Smyra
Delaware
Opequon — Presbyterian Church
E. Summers McGavock
Mr. Barton
Episcopal Church
Symmna
C. Grattan Crawfords
55 807 366 In U S Are Churchmen
The Census Bureau's 1936 figures show 256 religious denominations in the United States with 55,807,366 members nearly half the population. Catholics lead with 19,914,937 members, followed by Jewish, Negro Baptist, and various Protestant groups. the smallest denomination, Friends Primitive, has 14 members.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Negro Baptists
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southern Baptist Convention
South
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Protestant Episcopal Church
Northern Baptist Convention
United Lutheran Churchn America
Disciples of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Ohio
Congregational and Christian Churches
Friends
Invitations For Virginia Safety Conference Set 1941 Plans
The Virginia Statewide Safety Conference executive committee received invitations from Roanoke Richmond and Norfolk for the 1941 meeting and named a subcommittee to choose site and dates. Members include Col Marion S Battle Col William M Myers Major W Ben Davis A R Kyle and C E Blakemore. The Roanoke meeting reported 2290 attendees.
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Richmond
Virginia Statewide Safety Conference
Roanoke
Norfolk
Marion S. Battle
William M. Myers
W Ben Davis
A R. Kyle
Victoria
C. E. Blakemore
Listening Posts To Be Set Up
The State Department announced the creation of diplomatic listening posts at Dakar in French West Africa and at St. Pierre-Miquelon off Canada. The Dakar consulate, closed in 1931 for economy reasons, will reopen soon. Dakar serves as the jump off point for France’s trans Atlantic air service to South America, currently dormant but slated to operate again.
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Washington
State Department
Dakar
French West Africa
Africa
South America
St. Pierre-Miquelon
Canada
American Foreign Service
France
Trans
Fair Value Is All Law Allows
Frederick county sheep losses prompt Game Warden F W Pingley to urge reliance on Section 75 of the Dog Laws. The law caps compensation at the then fair value of livestock or poultry, regardless of assessed value. Several claims exceed current fair value, which cannot be allowed, Pingley notes.
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Frederick County
F. W. Pingley
Pingley
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Pinchot
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Goodrich Truck Tires
Easy Terms
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Silvertown
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Great Steamship
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Jones Funeral Home
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Nazi Foreign Organization
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