McKinley Chapter of Eastern Star Launches Safety Campaign
The McKinley Chapter Order of the Eastern Star announces a safety campaign to reduce juvenile accidents, distributing safety bookmarklets, posters, and displays. Committee members include Mrs. A W Shade Mrs Largent and Mrs E C Hretehuller. The drive urges Winchester and surrounding county residents to cooperate under the slogan Drive Carefully. Police Chief Hollis endorses the effort citing rising highway deaths and the need to protect children and families.
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McKinley
Order of the Eastern Star
A. W. Shade
Largent
E. Cc. Hretehuller
Eastern Star
Winchester
Fef
Hollis
Winchester’s Apple Capital Heritage and Historic Sites
The Winchester page notes the city’s 1744 founding as Virginia’s oldest west of the Blue Ridge and its Civil War history with over 100 skirmishes and 72 changes of hands. It highlights the Apple Blossom Festival, a major apple industry center with the world’s largest fruit storage plant and many apple product factories, plus Points of interest including Glen Burnie and Handley Library.
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Winchester
John Handley
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Frederick County
Glen Burnie
Col. Wood
General Morgan
Christ Church
Lord Fairfar
Fort Loudoun
Mt. Hebron
Stonewall
National Cemeteries
Washington
Sheridan
Jackson
Red Lion Tavern
Handley Library
Forts
Extended Time Favored By Hull Extended Time Favored By Hull
The piece notes a pending House measure to grant indefinite extensions of service for selectees guardsmen reservists and regulars. Presidential lieutenants say they could accept 18 or 12 months if it wins support from a bloc of at least twenty votes. The Senate recently approved 18 months and final votes on amendments and the bill look close.
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House
Roosevelt
Senate
Court Docket List Of Drunken Driving And Speeding Offenses
In The Court Of The Trial Justice City Fred Taylor fined for drunkenness with $5 costs. William Shanholtz fined $5 and costs for drunkenness. Elmer Fletcher and Lester Richardson each $5 for drunkenness. John Lillis fined $10 for drunken and disorderly conduct with costs. Fred J. Technell fined $10 for reckless driving. Lloyd T. Peele ordered to pay costs and purchase both state and city licenses for Foxhall Kitchen. Theodore Haines fined $10 for speeding with costs. Morris W. Perry $14.25 for speeding. W H Wells Jr fined for speeding with costs.
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Fred Taylor
William Shanholtz
Elmer Fletcher
Lester Richardson
John Lillis
Fred J. Technell
Lloyd T. Peele
Foxhall Kitchen
Theodore Haines
Fairchild Wins War Dept Contracts for Aircraft and Parts
The War Department awarded contracts to Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation of Hagerstown Maryland for airplanes and parts totaling 4 746 951 dollars.
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Washington
War Department
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Hagerstown
Dick Reunion Set For August 17 At Unger’s Store Grounds
The annual Dick reunion will be held on August 17 at the reunion grounds near Unger’s Store. All relatives are invited to participate in making the event a success, Charles Dick said today.
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Unger’s
Charles Dick
Russian Bombers Stab At Berlin
Berlin air raiders from the northeast pressed the defense as two enemy planes were shot down. Moscow reported German bombs hitting armament plants, while the Luftwaffe raided the English Channel and Suez area with 17 British planes destroyed in sky battles.
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Berlin
Luftwaffe
Moscow
High Command
DNB
Channel
Britain
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Night Raid Fails To Break Moscow as Bombs Rain Down
German planes dropped thousands of incendiaries and fire bombs on west and east Moscow targeting armament sites. Soviet reports claim intensified front action with civilians trained for street fighting while Kremlin defense holds.
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Moscow
Kremlin
DNB
Red Capital
Berlin
Red Air Fleet
Ukraine
Hitler
Jerseley
Eastern Front
People’s Army
Stalin
Red Army
America Ready on Franco American Attitude to Bases
The piece notes Roosevelt’s May 27 warning on keeping Hitler from bases like Dakar and Martinique, and asserts France’s stance on German use of bases. Officials say France has no reason to doubt U S attitude, while Sumner Welles warned that future ties with Vichy depend on protecting against expansion by force or threat.
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Germany
Island
Martinque
Caribbean
Africa
Roosevelt
Dakar
Americas
United States
U. S
France
Vichy
Sumner Welles
Bread Price Increase Expected In Maryland Area
Cumberland Maryland August 11 a Cumberland bakery spokesman predicted bread prices in Maryland and nearby eastern states would rise by one cent per loaf sometime this week. He cited recent price hikes in tertiary flour sugar shortening and lard as reasons for the anticipated adjustment.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Cumberland Bakeries
Nine and a half hour air alarm in Chungking
Japanese planes kept Chungking under alarm for nine and a half consecutive hours today, a record for the bomb battered capital. The warning began at 4 10 a m after four Sunday raids in which about 100 Japanese planes crossed over the city and American mission property was hit. The Sunday series themselves kept the underground for a total of 14 hours. Thousands, exhausted, slept on after the pre dawn until an urgent warning at 8 20 a m.
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Chungkeing
China
Chungking
J W Whitmore Dies In Maine
John W Whitmore 80 died last Tuesday at Miles Memorial Hospital Damarsicotta Maine. He spent most of his life in Lowell Massachusetts in the nursery business. Survived by daughter Mrs Howard M Solenberger of Winchester two sisters and two nephews. Final rites at Waltz Funeral Home Waldboro Maine burial in Evergreen Cemetery Medomak Maine.
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Winchester
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Maine
John W. Whitmore
Howard M. Solenberger
Montville
Lowell
Mass
Solenberger
Medomak
Philip W. Solenberger
Charles Johnson
New Mexico
Peter Collins
Connecticut
John W. Whitacre
Lynn
William Whitacre
Boston
Alma Keene Whitmore
Whitacre
Waltz
Waldboro
Evergreen Cemetery
Freedom of city given notables in their absence
Portsmouth surgery ward grants freedom of the city in absentia to Harry Hopkins for his work as Roosevelt’s agent in Britain and to Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Neither man was present and their whereabouts were unknown amid unconfirmed rumors of a conference among Churchill Hopkins and Roosevelt.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Britain
Hopkins
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Another Drop In Steel Output
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported a further weekly decline in steel production to 97.5 percent of capacity from 98.3 percent the prior week. Year ago output was 89.5 percent and a month ago 97.2 percent, with the drop linked to scrap metal shortages.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Tokyo Crisis Forecast Linked to Ambassadors Return
London dispatch reports Tokyo awaiting a developing crisis with a note that U S Ambassador Joseph C. Grew and British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie were returning to the city. The report does not specify the crisis or location of the ambassadors.
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London
Reuters
Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Robert Leslie Craigie
Mrs Holsinger Rites Held Near Endless Caverns
Mrs. Lottie Shomo Holsinger widow of Perry Holsinger died at her daughter’s home near Endless Caverns Friday afternoon after a yearlong decline from heart disease. Born November 3 1866 near Tenth Legion she was active in Bethlehem Christian church and survived by several children and two sisters. Funeral services were held at Fairview Church of the Brethren with ministers from Winchester and Fairview officiating.
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Lottie Shomo - Holsinger
Perry Holsinger
Homer Brown
Tenth Legion
Holsinger
Godfrey and
Mary Chapman Shomo
Bethlehem Christian Church
O. A. Bazzle
Berlin W. Holsinger
L. Brown
Broadway
Gordon Holsinger
Winchester
Mary Thomas
Cora Cline
New Market
Fairview Church
Congregational Christian Church of Winchester
Samuel D. Lindsay
Mollison Flier Delivers Planes to DeGaullist Troops
London reports James Mollison, British aviator, piloted 35 Cunliffe-Owen flying wig planes to French equatorial Africa for DeGaullist troops. He undertook a 4,000 mile unarmed flight along a dangerous route within enemy patrol range, using a prewar US designed flying wing model.
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London
Ministry of Aircraft Production
James Mollison
Cunliffe-Owen
French Equatorial Africa
Mollison
United States
Hull outlines fundamentals for US Japan settlement
Secretary of State Hull told a press conference that a settlement with Japan must cover all fundamental questions involved in the current policy differences. He denied reports of any concession based plan and said any general settlement would be based on fundamentals enunciated by the United States in recent years.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Hull
Lucas Named Commander of Third Infantry Division at Fort Lewis
The War Department announced the assignment of Major General John P. Lucas to command the Third Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Washington. Lucas succeeds Major General Charles F. Thompson who moved to command the First Army Corps in Columbia South Carolina. Lucas previously resided in Kearneysville West Virginia.
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Washington
War Department
John P. Lucas
Fort Lewis
Wash
Lucas
Charles F. Thompson
First Army Corps
Columbia
C. Lucas
Kearneysville
W. A
Floods Kill 28 in Chile’s Central and Southern Regions
Floods across central and southern Chile claim 28 lives as rains lash Santiago and nearby areas. Rescue teams search affected neighborhoods while authorities issue warnings and assess damage.
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Santiago
Chile
Smith Sues Ethel Merman for Divorce in Santa Monica
William J. Smith, an agent for movie actors, sues Ethel Merman for divorce charging cruelty. Filed in Santa Monica California. The couple wed in Elkton Maryland on November 16 1940 eight weeks after their first meeting and have been separated since December 25.
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William J. Smith
Ethel Merman
Santa Monica
Cal
Elkton
Action Taken In Railway Wages Dispute
The National Railway Mediation Board invited railroad representatives and labor union leaders to a mediation conference in Chicago on August 14 to avert a strike. Negotiations have been ongoing since July 24 over wage increases sought by about 1,150,000 workers. The five operating brotherhoods seek 30 percent for 350,000 train service employees. fourteen non operating groups seek 30 to 34 cents an hour for about 800,000 members.
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Washington
National Railway Mediation Board
Chicago
Plan for 1820 Mile Pipeline Network Proposed
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced the oil industry submitted an 80 million plan for the longest single type pipeline, 1820 miles, delivering 250000 barrels of crude daily from the southwest to New York. Construction could start after approval and a national defense proclamation, with completion in about nine months.
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Washington
Ickes
New York
Two Axis Vessels Leave Bangkok
Two Axis ships, one German and one Italian, had taken refuge in Thai waters near Bangkok since the outbreak of war and reportedly slipped away Saturday night toward French Indo China. No word on two Thai customs officers aboard. Two Italian vessels remained near Puket island off Thailand’s west coast.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Bangkok Bur
Indo-China
Puket
Three Hart In Stephens City
STEPHENS CITY Virginia August 11 In front of the Frank Bailey property Harold Mauck and two passengers Harold Clemons and Charles Fishler sustained severe head injuries when Maucks car left the road and struck a telephone pole Mauck was thrown through the windshield and his companions were thrown against it A second crash on the Double Tollgate White Post road involved Ernest Armel of Winchester hitting the rear of Troy L Parker of Front Royal with damage estimated at 75 dollars
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Winchester
Troy L. Parker
Front Royal
Veteran Texas Editor Carries On To The End
E. J. Kiest, 79, publisher of the Dallas Times-Herald and AP charter member, died today in Dallas. He would have turned 80 on September 24. Despite months of illness he kept working and visited the paper each morning. He received a doctor of laws from Texas A. and M. College and Southern Methodist University. He served on boards for the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children and the Dean Memorial Home for Children until 1937. A thirty-third degree Mason, he held life memberships in the Red Cross Elks and Boy Scouts. He was recently named a member of Sigma Delta Chi.
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Dallas
Tex
E. J. Kiest
Dallas Times-Herald
Associated Press
Times-Herald
Texas A
Southern Methodist University
Scottish Rite Hospital For
Dean Memorial Home For Children
Boy Scouts
the Red Cross
The
Elks
Sigma Delta Chi
National Fraternity
Richard Guess Enlists in Air Corps From Local Office
Local Army recruiting reports three new air corps enlistees: Stephen A. Brzuska of CCC Camp NP 12 Luray Virginia Richard L. Guess of 604 South Cameron Street Winchester and Charles H Barney of Wardensville West Virginia. They reported to Fort George G Meade Maryland before assignment.
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Army
Frank Likar
Stephen A. Brzuska
CCC
NP 12
Luray
Richard L. Guess
South Cameron Street
Winchester
Charles H. Barney
Wardensville
W. Va
Air Corps
Jefferson Cks
Missouri
Fort George G. Meade
Jefferson Barracks
Likar
Regular Army
Panama
Puerto Rico
French Diplomat Named Ambassador to Indo China
The Petain government agreed to a Japanese demand for an envoy extraordinary with ambassadorial rank to French Indo China to study issues raised by stationing Japanese troops in the colony. France will have an ambassador to its colony.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Indo-China
Not This One Robert Lowery Denies Earlier Conviction
Robert Lowery of 911 South Cameron Street asks The Star to state he is not the Robert W. Lowery convicted of a permitless offense last week. No relation to the other Lowery is claimed.
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Robert Lowery
South
Cameron Street
The
Star
Robert W. Lowery
Navy Yard Says Sub Fleet Near Schedule at Mare Island
Mare Island California Navy Yard reports submarine construction ahead of schedule by two months to a year for the fleet under construction. The claim suggests a smoother pace in yard operations and production milestones.
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Mare Island
Calif
Navy Yard
Appeal for Thirsty Birds Urges Water in Common Containers
A member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals urges residents to put water in tin cans, saucers or other vessels to aid birds as streams dry up. She notes many birds nest twice a summer and that fledglings cannot travel far for water.
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the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Nalda Baughman Injured After Falls From Car
Four year old Nalda Baughman daughter of Mr and Mrs G Virgil Baughman Sunnyside was treated at Memorial Hospital for injuries from falling from the back door of her father's car on Route 50 just east of Hayfield en route to Winchester from Wardensville. She sustained cuts and bruises with no broken bones and remained overnight. The family with Richard Combs and Richard Alah were returning from Ward where they attended a Baughman Hershman reunion.
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Nalda Baman
G. Virgil Baughman
Sunnyside
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Wardensville
Hayfield
Baughmans
Richard Combs
Richard Ala H
Supervisors Hold Routine Session In Wreese County
The Wreese County Board of Supervisors met in regular session to transact routine business. Reports were received, approved and ordered filed. Mrs. Eulalia Savage Nally requested funds for a NYA project to employ women displaced by the WPA sewing room closure, estimated at not over 30 dollars per month. Several livestock claims filed by the game warden were approved for payment.
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Wreece
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists quiz answers including Montpelier Leif Ericson for question 2 and Robert Burns for 5. It mentions non commissioned officers for 6 and an estimated two million for 7. Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is cited for 9 with India as the final item.
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Montpelier
Leif Ericson
Robert Burns
Haile Selessie
Ethiopia
India
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Wallhide
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Golental Williame- Incorporated
E. Fairfax Lane Lumber Building Supplies
Colonial Williamsburg
Western Hemisphere
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
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Morris W. Perry
W.H. Wells, Jr
Fairchild Co
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores & Seapio
America
J.W. Whitmore
Rockingham County
Pine Motor CO
Braddock & Cecil Sts
DODGE
Rasereoey
Hart
Stephens City
Texas
Richard Guess
Kimsul
John W. Rosenberger and Co
Nalda Baughman
Chapman Motor CO
Farm Bur
E. Piccadilly St
Dial
Miles Music CO
W. Boscawen St
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