Hitler and Ciano hold axis policy talks at Berghof
Adolf Hitler and Italy's Count Galeazzo Ciano meet at the Berghof in Berchtesgaden for a long conference on Rome Berlin axis policy after a luncheon. Ribbentrop and Attolico present. officials say no sensational announcements expected as Rome and Berlin are said to be in agreement.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Fuehrer
Here
Hitler
Galeazzo Ciano
Salzburg
Ciano
Berghof
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Miussolini
Il Duce
Bernardo Attolico
Berlin
Otto Dietrich
Friedrich Gaus
Foreign Office
Ciano-Von Rippen
Rome
Danzig
Senate
Mrs Nannie Merryman recalls long Subscribing to The Star
In Charleston West Virginia Mrs Nannie K Merryman writes that she subscribed to The Star from its first issue around July 1895 when it was a small six by eight inch sheet. She notes it was sold weekly for five cents and that many of her family served as carriers for years. She invites others to write and share their subscription history.
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Nannie K. Merryman
Charleston
W. Va
Star
John I. Sloat
Studebaker Champion coach offered with $100 discount
Winchester Credit Corp announces a new Studebaker Champion coach never titled with a $100 price reduction for buyers without a trade in. Limited to one purchaser per offer. Promotion may apply to selected models and requires standard credit approval.
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Studebaker
Winchester Credit Corp
Frederick's Share of The National Debt
Judge Thomas W. Ozlin spoke to Middletown Subordinate Grange on its eleventh anniversary denouncing federal spending. He asserted daily outlays reach 28 million dollars with over half borrowed, urging concern over interest and future tax burden. He claimed Congress adjourned after adding billions to the deficit despite recent efforts to curb the rise.
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Thomas W. Ozlin
State Corporation Commission
Middletown
Grange
Congress
Rainbow Banner Flickers In Sky Over North America
Northern lights of unusual brilliance flickered in rainbow banners across the sky last night, seen by thousands in Canada and the United States. The color display disrupted earth communications and intermittently grounded the Associated Press nationwide news network. Winchester residents reported notable auroral activity with pink hues, brighter than years past.
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New York
Canada
United States
Associated Press
Winchester
Quinces Grow on Firebush in Brucetown Yard
S J Swimley of Brucetown reports a fire bush growing beside his quince tree has yielded a large crop of quince like fruit this year. A small branch brought to the Star office shows seven fruits two thirds the size with defects. Swimley invites interested readers to view the unusual freak.
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S. J. Swimley
Brucetown
Star Office
Swimley
Oceanic Fliers Reported Missing in Transatlantic Attempt
Ireland waited for news on American aviators Alexander Loeb and Dick Decker as their fuel supply neared exhaustion at 4 p.m. local time. The pair departed from St. Peter’s Nova Scotia aiming for Ireland in a Lindbergh style monoplane, after taking off at 9:04 a.m. yesterday carrying fuel for about 25 hours. Parents of Richard Decker, aged 23, expressed shock at the unexpected flight.
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Dublin
Ireland
Alexander Loeb
Dick Decker
St. Peter's Nova Scotia
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Rochester
N.Y
Richard Decker
Atlantic Ocean
St. Peter’s N. S
Abraham Decker
Virginia bans helgramite shipments to other states
The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries passed a resolution prohibiting shipments of helgramites from Virginia to other states. The move aims to prevent bait depletion and protects fish food supplies. Violations carry a fine of not less than $10.
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Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia
Kelly Demands Roosevelt Run For Third Term
Pittsburgh August 12. Chicago mayor Edward J. Kelly urged President Roosevelt to seek a third term before the Young Democratic Clubs of America. He said the convention supported continuing Roosevelt leadership to fight unemployment and insecurity and to expand work and wages. Homer Mat Adams was elected president of the club for two years amid enthusiastic demonstrations.
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Pittsburgh
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Roosevelt
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Kelly
Young Democracy of America
Adams
Homer Mat Adams
Springfield
State of
Illinois
Pat Beacom
Huntington
W. V
Work Orders Issued to 15000 Building Trades Workers
Fifteen thousand striking building trades workers nationwide received back-to-work orders from the American Federation of Labor building trades department. The walkout stemmed from union jurisdictional disputes that halted construction activity.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Building Trades
United States
Building Trades Department
The
American Federation of Labor
Jealous suitor shoots prominent divorcee in Long Island home
In Smithtown New York a socialite Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolyn of Delafield Farm Noroton Connecticut was critically wounded after a house party when Lawrence Sprague 30 a jealous admirer shot her a state trooper and then killed himself. The attack happened at the home of Madeleine Higgins near North Shore locales including New Rochelle and New Canaan. Bright ties include Sprague son of Dr Shirley Sprague and Caldwell’s father William Greve ex president of Prudence Bond Company. The victim’s status was reported as critical with plans to fly from Bermuda for treatment.
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Smithtown Branch
N. Y
Long Island North Shore
Charles la’ Forge
Elizabeth Greve Caldwell Carolyn
Delafield Farm
Noroton
Conn
la Forge
Lawrence Spragu
Shirley E. Sprague
New York City
Madeleine Watterman Higgins
Charles Higgins
New York
Higgins Ink Company
Tracy Higgins
Carolyn
Greve
William Greve
Prudence Bond Company
Brooklyn
Bermuda
Southside
Roek Bayshore
Higgins
Sprague
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Richard Emmett
St. James
North Shore
Huntington Watts
New Canaan
Maginot Line Interfers With Diaper Derby
Paris August 12 L Ordre lauds France plan to pay cash prizes in a national Diaper Derby to boost birthrates. It notes the Maginot line keeps thousands of young husbands underground for military service and may hinder the objective. It suggests Premier Daladier permit childless young married men to serve nearer home instead of in tunnels under the Rhine valley.
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Paris
L’ordre
Daladier
Rhine
Squalus Lifted From Ocean Bottom In Historic Salvage
The United States Navy raised the submarine Squalus and its 26 dead from the ocean floor near Portsmouth New Hampshire after a lengthy salvage operation. The stern and bow sections emerged amid foam and rising bubbles as salvage teams prepared to move the vessel toward shallower water off the Isle of Shoals.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United States Navy
Squalus
Falcon
Isle of Shoals
Merchants Plan September Route 5 Celebration
Local merchants formed a committee with the Board of Supervisors, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Junior Board of Trade to sponsor a September 10 15 event marking Route 5 completion. Members include Earl Crowser Henry Moling Jr C S Campbell Allen Gray and T F Timberlake.
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Board of Supervisors
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Earl Crowser
Henry Moling, Jr
C. S. Campbell
Allen Gray
T. F. Timberlake
Andrew Bell
High View
W. Va
W. C. Poston
Treasury Budget Figures For August 10
Treasury shows receipts of 13,325,399.52 and expenditures of 29,337,239.28 for August 10. Gross debt stands at 40,772,585,978.30 with an increase of 6,410,801.29 from the previous day.
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Treasury
Washington
The
For Sale Peaches in Georgia and Hale bushes
For sale peaches of varieties Belle Georgia and Hale starting Monday 75 cents per bush. Listed by Clyde Thompson of Middletown Virginia. Sale details include pickup and pricing terms for orchard products.
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Belle Georgia
Hale
Clyde Thompson
Middletown
Yard Party Benefit for White Hall Baseball Club
A Yard Party is set for Friday August 18 at Green Spring Mill to benefit the White Hall Baseball Club. Proceeds support club activities and equipment for the season.
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Green Spring Mill
White Hall Baseball Club
C P Buys Property On Braddock Street Winchester
C and P Telephone announces purchase of a house and lot owned by Mrs J Mack Noonan and Mrs George R Barr on Braddock Street. The deal was recorded this afternoon. The Winchester exchange now serves about 3,500 telephones and handles 25,000 local calls daily, with long distance calls exceeding 600 daily.
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L. J. McElligott
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
J. Mack Noonan
George R. Barr
Braddock Street
Indian Alley
Corporation Court
McElligott
Winchester
Larkin Homes Damaged By Fire
Fire destroyed most of the nine room brick residence on Valley Road near Route 7, east of Berryville, with losses likely over 5000 dollars. Mrs. Patton and daughter Helen spotted flames from the attic as two fire companies battled for over an hour and a half. The old Eddy place, built starting in 1808, suffered extensive water and smoke damage, while Larkin and neighbors saved valuables before firefighters arrived.
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Schuyler Larkin
Valley — Road
Ere
R. C. Patton
Piccadilly Street
Helen
Berryville
Abrams Creek
Larkins
Larkin
Frederick and
Clarke
Eddy Place
Frederick County
Black Men of Dixie Given a White Coating
State police investigated a raid by white men on a shack housing seven Black potato pickers near Cranbury New Jersey. The attackers stripped the men and smeared two people with white paint including a woman. Five victims fled pursued by gunfire and two were driven away then abandoned smeared with paint and told to return south.
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Cranbury
N. J
Imuts
Train Crash in Denver Kills One and Injures Dozens
A collision on a South Denver crossing involving Santa Fe No. 6 and Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 1 killed conductor A. S. Mack of Pueblo and injured about 35 people. Five ambulances, a fire crew, and emergency responders rushed to the scene as cars were damaged and the Scenic Limited train was derailed.
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Denver
Colo
A. S. Mack
Pueblo
Santa Fe
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake City
Royal Gorge
W. A. Marlett
Denver and Rio Grande
Filipino Baby With Pneumonia Dies Pending Recovery
Six day old Mary Heart Rafael in Manila suffered bronchial pneumonia with cyanotic attacks as doctors reported a short time to live. The infant’s chest heart is encased in a cocktail glass and circulatory irregularities strained the exposed heart.
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Manila
Mary Heart Rafael
Diary of Henry Crow Found at Crow's Nest Mansion
Rediscovered diary of Confederate veteran Henry Clay Crow from Berryville Virginia documents his 1864 muster in Company D Sixth Virginia Cavalry and service through Appomattox. Includes debts, letters, philosophy and an oath of allegiance. brother John Crow adds notes on battles near Brandy Station and Culpeper.
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Henry Clay Crow
Old Co
Berryville
Crow’s Nest
Omarie Crow
W. R. Royce
Virginia Cavalry
Front Royal
Appomattox
U. S
John Crow
Brandy Station
Culpeper
Board Probes Fire-Seared Douglas Bomber Wreckage
A Board of Inquiry investigates the fire damaged wreckage of a Douglas bomber after it had taken off on a routine flight. Initial findings focus on cause and circumstances surrounding the incident at the airfield. The inquiry aims to determine accountability and safety implications for future missions.
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Board of Inquiry
Langley Field reports second crash within 24 hours
At Langley Field Virginia an attack plane crashed during a routine flight about 15 miles from the post. Pilot Second Lieutenant C. T. Murrell and Private Amelia Lenzeni bailed out and survived though injuries are unclear. A prior bomber crash killed seven enlisted men and two officers yesterday.
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Langley Field
Fort Eustis
C. T. Murrell
Air Reserve Corps
Amelia Lenzeni
Here
Air Corps
Col. Churchill
Ofeficer
Washington
War Department
Eighth Pursuit Group
Murren
Disaissance Squadron
Walter Bender
Weather Outlook and Cat for Adoption
Weather outlook for August 14 to 19 shows occasional showers early in the week then mostly fair, with above normal temperatures first part and near normal later. Wanted good home for a cat with kittens and a half grown tiger striped cat, contact phone 41. 8-9-1p-f.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
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MR Winchester
Frederick
Loeb and Decker
Long Island
Elizabeth
Emmets
Spragu
Larry
Maginot Line
Braddock St
G. R. Barr
Friendship
John Enders Company
Dixie
South
Bulletin
Homer M. Mackay
Back River
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