Knox Urges Huge Army as U S Needs Two Ocean Defense
Secretary Knox told the House Military Committee that the United States lacks a two ocean navy and must build a huge army via conscription. He warned that if England falls to Germany the U S will lose a crucial ally and foresaw a possible 60 day defeat. He pressed for larger navy funds and noted continued White House defense discussions with Roosevelt and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
United States
England
Germany
Navy
House Military Committee
Capitol
Byrnes
D-Sc
Harold R Stark
Naval Operations
Senate
House
Britain
France
Battle England Faces Intensified Luftwaffe Assault
London reports the battle of Britain is underway as mass raids by hundreds of German bombers and fighters press across the channel. The Times warns this could be the blitzkrieg beginning with air bombardment, while German claims of British losses and fires accompany the aerial offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Times
Germany
Great Britain
Poland
Six Year Olds Raise Funds for Red Cross Candy Sale
Two Fairmont Avenue girls aged six Mrs Betty McIntyre and Miss Mary Marshall Steck organized a neighborhood candy sale. They took orders and delivered bonbons to raise three dollars for the Red Cross, inspired by a desire to aid the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Avenue
Red Cross
Betty McIntyre
W. W. McIntyre
Mary Marshall Steck
John M. Steck
Frederick County Band wins Front Royal contest prize
The Frederick County School Band was judged the best band at Front Royal, winning a cash prize of 25 dollars. The Stephens City Independent Hose Company Auxiliary aims to raise 1,000 dollars and has nearly met the goal, needing less than 20 dollars for the new firemen's hall. City officials urge slow driving on treated streets to protect the fresh stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Front Royal
Stephens City
Contractor’s On Job Planned Seven Years Ago
Louisville reports three black laborers showing up for a job once secured by a deceased company president in 1939. The contractor had paid $5 in advance seven years earlier, got involved in a killing the same night, served seven years, and now is released with two workers to complete the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Jefferson Wood
Robert Mercke
Convicted in Loudoun for drawing benefits while working
F. W. Bailey said Oliver M. Mullen and Bernard P. Payne of Leesburg were convicted of drawing unemployment benefits while employed. Each was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail plus refund of the money. Bailey noted counties and Winchester unit will prosecute future cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bailey
Unemployment Compensation of
Virginia
Loudoun County
Oliver M. Mullen
Bernard P. Payne
Leesburg
Mr. Bailey
Clarke
Loudoun
Frederick
Winchester
Local Eagles Honor Winchester Aerie Visit
Virginia State chaplain James O. Jones and State Secretary Edward I. Young visited Winchester Aerie No. 824 on North Loudoun Street. They lauded the home established here and the Aerie for its Eagles Memorial Dormitory pledge in Boys Town Nebraska. Worthy Vice-President Robert Dale presided as speakers included Kipps and T. B. Spillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Jones
Virginia
Edward I. Young
Alva Aerie
Alexandria
Winchester Aerie
Order of Eagles
Lewis H. Lyles
Board of
James & Jones
Mr. Young
Loudoun Street
Baker
Aerie
Eagle’s Memorial
Boy’s Town
Nebraska
Worthy
Robert Dale
Kipps
T. B. Spillman
Danes Clash With German Soldiers at Frederikshavn
Reuters reports a Copenhagen radio account that Danish civilians clashed with German troops on August 3 at Frederikshavn. Eight men were arrested and sentenced to prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Copenhagen
Frederikshavn
Denmark
Bomb Capsule Harmless Gadget Found in RCA Building
Police and fire officials after an all-night vigil over a suspected bomb capsule in the 70 story RCA building decided to bury the device at sea. Army experts advised and the capsule was revealed as a harmless gadget used by air conditioning engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fire Department
United States Army
Willkie and Landon Press Conference Signals Campaign Controversy
In Colorado Springs Alf Landon meets Wendell Willkie who accuses political machines in Chicago Jersey City and the Bronx of fraud. Willkie endorses investigation into Hatch Act violations and urges return of 640000 in campaign funds to corporations while noting Roosevelt's alignment with Flynn and Bronx politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Hague
Jersey City
Ross Flynn
Bronx
Willkie
Landon
Elwood
Ind
Democratic National Committee
Admiral Hart At Shanghai In U S Interests
Admiral Thomas C. Hart arrived at Shanghai from Tsingtao and met Col. Dewitt Peck to discuss a foreign defense council meeting. Observers foresee a possible compromise letting U S Marines control key downtown areas from the British, while Japanese take over sectors north of Soochow Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Thomas C. Hart
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Tsingtao
Dewitt Peck
U. S. Marines
Foreign Defense Council
Peck
China
Soochow Creek
U. S
Britain
Nankins
Prosecution Seen Unlikely For 1940 Campaign Book Purchasers
Justice Department officials privately predicted a low chance of prosecution for buyers of the Democratic 1940 campaign book if the Democratic National Committee sells the volume despite the Hatch act. An official called enforcement for mere purchase an impossible situation. others noted potential legal gaps between buyer and seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Democratic National Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Charles Michelson
Flynn
Hatch
D-Nm
Jackson
Set Date For Own Appeal In Virginia Tools Case
Trial Justice A J Tavenner received a note from Lee Cave who was convicted of transporting tools owned by Arnold Sirbaugh from West Virginia to Virginia. Cave said he will appeal and set the date later. The judge expects the appeal in the first week of October when Frederick Circuit Court's grand jury convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tavenner
Lee Cave
Arnold Sirbaugh
West Virginia
Virginia
Tavener
Frederick Circuit Court
Guardsmen In Good Spirits From New York Camp
Captain George Lester Branner formerly of Frederick County writes from a New York concentration area that National Guardsmen are training in fine spirits. He details travel, camp sites, weather, and his assignment to the 104 Quartermaster Regimental Staff. He expects more training next week and expresses support for expanding military forces. Branner is a relative of W H Branner and works as a mail clerk at the Washington airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lester Branner
Frederick County
New York
Branner
Winchester
W. W. Glass
104 Quartermaster Regimental
116Th Virginia Regiment
W. H. Branner
Bendix Blueprints Thefts Probe In South Bend
A 33 year old South Bend draft man Frank Lipke says he belongs to the proletarian party and is charged with felony petit larceny for stealing blueprints of a new airplane carburetor from Bendix Products Corporation aviation division. He is free on $2,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Bendix Products Corporation
Frank Lipke
Bendix
H B Harris Elected Commander of Berryville Legion Post
At a Lloyd Williams Post 41 American Legion meeting in Berryville H B Harris was elected commander to succeed Ernest Locke. Officers named include Alward Levi Scheuer Hooker Burwell Crim Casey Beeton Zumbra. Delegates to the Virginia Department meeting in Norfolk were Zumbra Beeton Scheuer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Williams
American Legion
Legion
Berryville
H. B. Harris
Ernest Locke
Mr. Harris
H. J. Alward
Rice W. Levi
Harold Scheuer
J. F Spates
P. W Hooker
J. T. Burwell
John Zumbra
Dr. Casey
Robert Beeton
James Crim
Virginia
Norfolk
British Bombard Italian Troop Concentrations in Somaliland
British light naval forces bombarded Italian troop concentrations along the Somaliland coast. The dispersion disrupted the Italian advance toward Bulhar, west of Berbera. British circles termed the Somaliland situation serious but not critical amid two days of Italian attacks and counter actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Somaliland
Admiralty
Bulhar
Zeila
Berbera
Italy
Jugargan Pass
Adadleh
Africa
Britian
National Guard Training at Rennsalaer Falls N Y
Members of Company I and Headquarters Company train at Rennsalaer Falls New York based on a letter to Andrew Bell from First Lagagian George Miller. Miller says the maneuvers inspire a rare send-off reflecting 16 years in the National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennsalaer Falls
N. Y
Andrew Bell
First Lagagian
George Miller
Miller
National Guard
Meeting Called for CMU Carnival Arrangements
A call meeting is announced for Friday August 16 at 8 oclock to arrange the carnival at the old Airport Field next week. All members are asked to attend. Wm. Argenbright, Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Airport Field
Wm. Argenbright
Bingo Tonight At New Eagle Home
Play bingo tonight and every Wednesday at 8 p.m. at New Eagle's Home located at 211 N. Lou doun St. Community notice invites locals to join weekly game sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Eagle's
Loudoun
Nazi raids blitz southern England despite air defense
Berlin reports massive Luftwaffe raids over southern England with waves of German Dutch and Belgian aircraft. DNB says 20 British planes and five German planes were shot down as fires erupt at Dover and British planes plunged into the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
England
DNB
Dover
Parachutes Found in English Midlands Amid Invasion Alerts
Seventeen parachutes with German markings were found in midland villages as the home security ministry urged the public to report any sightings of parachute troops in England. Eleven German airmen were captured in the industrial midlands after abandoning telltale parachutes. seven were taken in one group and four in another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Home Security
England
Coast Howling Battlefield Crunches English Coast
Nazi raiders blitzed the south coast with 300 planes in a fourth straight day of fighting. German Heinkels crossed coastal defenses to strike inland targets while Messerschmitt fighters clashed with British Spitfires and Hurricanes in high and low altitude engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
England
Heinkels
British and international wartime dispatches summary
AP reports losses and security actions across several regions. The Elizabeth Angela trawler was sunk by enemy air attack with one fatality. Chang Hsiao Ling, 63, was shot by a bodyguard in Shanghai. Costa Rica excludes Germans entering for espionage. A Berlin broadcast cites a Swedish ship Canto sunk off the Irish coast. Refugees arrive in Madeira from Gibraltar. The Varia steamer sinks in the English Channel with eight crew missing and ten saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Elizabeth Angela
Admiralty
Shanghai
Chang Hsiao- Ling
Chang
Berlin
Stockholm
Canto
Reuters
Britishens Agency
Varia
English Channel
Pauline Betz Upsets Helen Jacobs At Manchester
Pauline Betz of Los Angeles, 21, captured a major upset by defeating Helen Jacobs, the nation’s No. 2 player, 6 1 6 4 in the Essex County Club invitation tournament quarter finals in Manchester Massachusetts. Betz was unseeded but ranked eighth nationally and has won eight of her last 16 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Mass
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
Helen Jacobs
Essex Country Club
Miss Betz
Miss Jacobs
British Air War Turbulence Shakes Axis Cities
report describes British air raids against Italy and Germany with strikes on Milan and Turin and a 1 600 mile return mission over the Alps. Berlin notes question long range shelling claims while RAF drops incendiaries on target cities amid wartime leaflets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
English
Channel
Britain
Alps
Caproni
Milan
Fiat
Turin
Italy
Your Eyes Know Your Eye Condition Page
An advertisement urging readers to visit Hodgson & Brown Registered Optometrists for eye examinations and savings. It also promotes Philip's Specialty Shop final summer clearance with dresses and hats at low prices, located at 9 North Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Philip’s Specialty
North Loudoun St
W. O. W. Plans Important Meeting Friday
Will hold an important meeting Friday evening to complete picnic plans and handle other business. Socially oriented event. all members urged to attend.
Yard Party at Old Bethel Methodist Church
A community yard party is scheduled at Old Bethel Methodist Church on Friday August 16 from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event invites neighbors for fellowship, food, and activities. Proceeds may support church programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bethel Methodist Church
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Atlantic
Pacific
Hitler
White House
Barkley
Repre
Admiral Hart
Colonel Peck
Capt. Branner
Courtland
Heaverton
Canada
Lloyd Williams Legionnaires
Mussolini
J. Edgar Hoover
Liberty
FBI
Lee Dick
Clearbrook
Lee
Bulletins
San Jose
Costa Rica
Funchal
Madeira
Gibraltar
Jacobs
Royal Air Force
Margaret L. Hodgson
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