Extended Time Is Favored By Hull
Secretary of State Hull says failing to extend army service would have an exceedingly bad psychological effect on international relations. House leaders push to authorize Roosevelt to extend rank and file service despite stiff opposition as August 1 deadline looms.
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Washington
Hull
Congress
United States
House
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Albert G. Rutherford
Pennsylvania
George C. Marshall
National Guard Unts
Hawaii
Marshall
War Department
Alaska
Con
Vichy
Germany
Winchester Sees Gratifying Street Improvements Near Catholic Cemetery
The Star notes completion of streets adjacent to the Catholic Cemetery, calling the work long overdue and applauding public progress. Meanwhile readers urge repair of the town clock stuck on daylight saving time, warning the worn cable for the weights poses danger.
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Waa
Commercial Apple Crop Declines In 1939 Season
Winch ester and vicinity reports from commercial agencies indicate the nation’s apple crop this season shows a decline from last year by about two percent and from 1939 by over 11 percent. The present crop is roughly ten percent below the five year average and over 11 percent beneath the ten year average.
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Winchester
Winchester Adopts Savings Time Clocks Advance
Winchester inaugurates daylight saving time at midnight last night for the first time since World War I. City and county offices, businesses, and households set clocks ahead one hour. The statewide seven week period ends September 28, with few exceptions in Bluefield Bristol Arlington Alexandria and near Washington.
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Winchester
Bluefield
Bristol
Arlington
Alexandria
Big 14
Washington
West Virginia
Virginians Implement Daylight Saving Time Statewide
The Associated Press reports Virginia switches to Eastern Daylight Time after a 20 minute radio program led by Governor Price. Most areas advance clocks while a few border communities stay on Standard Time. The shift affects government workers and transportation. The change runs through September 28.
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Associated Press
Arlington
Fairfax
Washington
Bristol
Bluefield
ABC
Automobile Hit Man Bystander Then Driver Left
Truett Dean was knocked down by a passing car in Los Angeles. A stranger helped him to his feet and checked his injuries before departing. Dean later discovered his billfold containing $38 was missing.
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Los Angeles
Truett Dean
Dean
Four Billion Tax Limit Proposed by Senate Finance Committee
Harcourt Amory of Boston presented a plan to limit the new federal consumption tax to four billion dollars. The proposal includes a three-tier rate on purchases, with exemptions for necessities and a 5 percent middle tier and 10 percent on luxuries. Amory suggested slowing income tax increases and broadening the base, with estate and gift taxes kept @ current levels. He estimates the plan could yield about 4.6 billion in total revenue, while Senate action is expected to cap increases to around 500 million above the House bill.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harcourt Amory
Boston
Amory
Great Britain
Morgenthau
Treasury
Treasuryex
House
George D.ga
Shenandoah Valley Folders Feature Winchester Tourism
Winchester is highlighted in new Shenandoah Valley folders printed to 100000 copies. The two color twenty four page booklets showcase scenic drives parks Natural Bridge and five caverns with a full page on Winchester and Merits of twelve valley communities including Berryville Buena Vista Clifton Forge Front Royal Harrisonburg Lexington Luray Roanoke Staunton Strasburg Waynesboro.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Valley
Berryville
Buena Vista
Clifton Forge
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Luray
Roanoke
Staunton
Strasburg
Waynesboro
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Four Puppies Born To Mutzie In Defense Move
St Louis Aug 11 Four puppies were born to Mutzie the $10 dog who held up a $10,000,000 defense project. Owners Mr and Mrs Mark J Boundy delayed moving to stay with Mutzie. The litter includes two-year-old Mazzie a Boston bull and two sons and two daughters.
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St. Louis
Mutzie
Mark J. Boundy
Sam
Mrs. Boundy
Muzzie
Mazzie
Boston
Klegermen Ends Field Work on Sewer Survey
M. H. Klegerman of Alexander Potter Associates completed field work for Winchester sewer disposal facilities and returned to prepare a report for council. The full findings, due in about two weeks, are expected to be discussed at the next meeting. He indicated conditions in parts of the city, especially Berryville avenue, are unsanitary.
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M. H. Klegerman
Alexander Potter Associates
York City
Eco
Winchester
Council
Klegerman
Berryville Avenue
Two Ocean Navy For U S Ahead Of Its Schedule
Navy sources say speed-ups in shipbuilding cut construction time by about 12.5 percent per vessel and push the two ocean fleet two years earlier than planned. Keels laid include Cabot and South Dakota with a projected readiness by 1944 barring labor troubles or war.
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U.S
Sterling F. Green
Washington
United States
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Cabot
South Dakota
Knnox
Edison
Bunting Named To OPM Group
Earl Bunting president of the O Sullivan Rubber Company is named to the Office of Production Management rubber defense industry advisory committee. He joins seven new members on the 17 member panel representing 1 200 rubber manufacturers. A Washington meeting will coordinate committee activities amid possible crude rubber allotment cuts.
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Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Rubber Defense Industry
Office of Production Management
Washington
Soviet Cavalry Breaks Through Front and Routs German Forces
Soviet Semeon Budyonny’s cavalry corps drives into Ukraine fronts, covering long distances in hours, dismounting to fight as infantry, and then striking rear areas. Pravda notes a regiment routed a German unit after a two hour battle near village Q. Fighting continues near Smolensk, Bel Tserkov, and a new battle forms in the Uman area between Kiev and Odessa.
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Associated Press
Semeon Budyonny
Ukraine
Pravda
Evon
Smolensk
Bel Tserkov
Kiev
Uman
Odessa
America Considers Break With Vichy After Cabinet Talks
Washington reports the United States would sever future relations if Vichy accepts German demands and allows Nazis to defend French empire bases. Officials weigh possible recognition of De Gaulle’s Free French while awaiting Petain cabinet decisions in Vichy.
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Washington
United States
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Charles de Gaulle
State Department
Atlantic
Chary
Paris
Ferand de Brinon
de Brinon
France
Henderson Contends Price Control Preserves Free Enterprise
Washington Aug 11 Leon Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration argued before the House Banking Committee that a proposed price control bill would not destroy free enterprise though it would suspend market play temporarily. He said markets need not be destroyed, and noted wartime regulations did not wipe out competition. He admitted a ceiling on second hand car prices might be needed if auto production drops 50 percent and said a fair allocation system could be worked out. He defended his request to Chrysler not to raise prices while acknowledging tough questions on curb speculators under price control.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Wolcott
R.mich
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Chrysler Corporation
Navy Offered Seizure Ready Shipyard at Kearny
The Federal Drydock and Shipbuilding Company announced its strikebound ship yard at Kearny New Jersey was offered to the Navy Department for immediate possession and operation.
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New York
Federal Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Kearny
N. J
Navy Department
Government considers take over of shipyard in strike standoff
A U S defense official said plans for government seizure of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co at Kearny New Jersey were ready in the Navy Department to use if the firm does not end its intransigent stance on the strike that halts 493 million dollars in defense orders. The move could follow a Defense Advisory Board settlement or direct government operation of the yard within 48 hours.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N. J
Navy Department
OMP
Defense Adiation Board
C. I. O. Industrial Union of Marines and Shipbuilding Workers
OPM
Corities
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
Federal Shipbuilding
Navy
Roosevelt
New England
Mediation Board
William H. Davis
Pacific
Suspected Nazi Plot Placed on German Freighter Arauca
At Port Everglades investigators questioned the German freighter Arauca and its Norwegian crew after a seaman Edward Haroldson was jailed on disorderly conduct charges. Immigration agents sought a warrant for a man reported as illegally remaining in the United States amid alleged sabotage ties. The ship remains in port for engine repairs as a guard keeps visitors away.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Arauca
Stems
Stern
Edward Haroldson
Walter R. Clark
R. O. Scott
Friendship Fire Company reel team clocked 27 seconds in practice
The Friendship Fire Company reel team posted 27 seconds for a 100 yard reel to the first fireplug with 150 feet of hose laid and water flowing. They head to Staunton Wednesday evening for the State Firemen's convention and a photo was taken in their white and red uniforms.
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Friendship Fire Company
Staunton
Smolensk Falls as Germans Drive Deep Into Soviet Front
German forces report rapid advances along a 1200 mile battlefront with 60 miles gained. Nikolaev imperilled near Odessa while Dnieper bend and Smolensk face major losses for the Soviets. Reports from Berlin and Moscow describe heavy combat and continued Soviet resistance amid a scorched earth retreat.
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Leningrad
Ion Iato
London
Odessa
Nikolaev
Dniester
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Moscow
Estonia
Belo Tserkov
Kiev
Ukraine
Union
Associated Press
Joseph Stalin
Hitler
Japanese Nationals Leave Singapore
Japanese nationals depart Singapore by international express to Bangkok as a request reportedly goes to the Japanese government for a ship to remove about 300 people. The exodus follows closure of Japanese business due to British freezing actions and staff cuts at major firms.
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Singapore
International Express
Bangkok
Big J
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