Trinidad and Newfoundland Are Picked As Needed Sites
Defense experts named Trinidad and Newfoundland as the most desirable locations for U S naval and air bases amid negotiations with Britain and Canada. Congressmen weighed the price, suggesting exchanges of destroyers or debt settlement, while planners emphasized securing fleet and air facilities on both southern and northern Atlantic flanks. Trinidad’s base would guard southern approaches to the Caribbean and Panama Canal. Newfoundland would strengthen northern defenses.
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Washington
Trinidad
Newfoundland
United States
Roosevelt
Hemisphere
Britain
Holt
D-W. Va
Routzohn
Ohio
Army
Atlantic
Caribbean
Panama Canal
George V
Trinity Lutheran Church Celebrates 175th Anniversary
At Stephens City the Trinity Lutheran congregation marks 175 years next week. The church, among Virginia’s older houses of worship, traces roots to 1800 when members joined from the Old Pine Church near Ridings Chapel. The log structure, about 25 by 30 feet, featured a center aisle, a large ten plate stove, oak plank floor, and gendered seating with men and women divided. No organ was used and a member led singing.
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Stephens City
Trinity Lutheran
Virginia
St. Joseph
Old Pine
Ridings Chapel
Snyder Alleman
Trinty States
Willkie Opens Campaign Welcome in Elwood Crowds
The Elwood Indiana welcome for Wendell L. Willkie marks the official start of his Republican presidential campaign. Crowds gathered for a 12:30 P.M. train arrival and a speech at the red brick schoolhouse, with Willkie and family visiting Rushville and farm stops. The celebration featured Willkie portraits on lamp posts, a 35,000 seat Callaway Park platform, and a formal acceptance address planned at the park.
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Theodore F. Koop
Elwood
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Cc. S. T
Willkie
Callaway Park
Phillip
Rushville
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Dorman Severely Injured in Clearbrook Collision
G Russell Dorman of 320 Pomeroy Street suffered open knee fracture chest injuries and facial cuts after a car crash in Clearbrook yesterday afternoon. Doctors say his condition remains favorable. A second wreck nearby involved five West Virginia residents in a sedan that hit a pole near Stephenson. one man Philip Busey of Martinsburg is treated for a fractured neck vertebra. The other occupants were not identified.
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G. Russell Dorman
Pomeroy Street
Clearbrook
West Virginia
Stephenson
Philip Busey
Martinsburg
Memorial Hospital
Pennsylvania Crossing
Leaving Today To Meet Refugees
Dr C R Anderson will depart this evening for Montreal and Halifax to meet three English refugee children sent to the country for the war. Betty and Roger Edmonds and Brenda Carter, all under 16, will join the Andersons and Mrs Lerenes Castleman at 305 North Loudoun Street. The vessel is part of a convoy with several thousand passengers. landing time unknown, he may stay through Wednesday.
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C. R. Anderson
Montreal
Halifax
N. S
Betty
Roger Edmonds
Mayor Edmonds
Winchester
Eng
Brenda Carter
Edmonds
Anderson
Carter
Merenes Castleman
North
Loudoun Street
Preparations Speeded For Digging Deeper Channel For Panama Canal
Washington Aug 17 Panama canal office chief Bernard L. Burdick said preparations are nearly complete for a 277 million dollar project to dig a deeper channel. Dredges are enlarging the canal and bids for dry land excavation will be sought within weeks. The new locks to be built as a defense measure will be for U S Navy use only and engineers hope to finish in fewer than six years.
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Washington
Bernard L. Burdick
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Burdick
Cucaracha
Italians Demand Greek Policy Clarity on Albania Claims
Rome's Il Popolo D’Italia says Italy will press Greece to define its stance on Italian claims to Albanian annexation within days. The piece portrays Greece as pro-British and hints at possible invasion as tensions rise over the Adriatic border and Greek alignment amid regional pressure.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ti Popolo D'Italia
Italy
Albania
Greece
Britain
Fruit Growers to Hold Picnic Meeting Near Berryville
Specialists will discuss apple problems at the Saturday picnic meeting of Virginia fruit growers August 31 at the Rosemont orchard of Senator Harry F. Byrd on Berryville's western edge. Speakers include Dr Baetjer from Beltsville on a new spray to prevent apple drop, W J Schoene on mealybug and soil, Walter S Hough on orchard pests, and Fred A Motz on foreign markets.
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Rosemont
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville
Virginia
Byrd Packing and Cooling
Norfolk and Western Railway
Baetjer
United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
W. J. Schoene
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Argentina
Motz
London
F D R Gaining In Local Vote
Roosevelt narrows Willkie’s lead in a George Washington Headquarters straw poll. Roosevelt 327 to Willkie 366 after a week with 357 votes from 26 states including Ohio and Pennsylvania. Results list by state with small tallies across the nation.
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Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Frank McCormick
George Washington
Willkie
Ohio
Virginia
Maryland
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York
Oklahoma
Michigan
Ilinois
Roanoke College President to Speak at Anniversary Service
Dr. Smith, president of Roanoke College and son of a former Trinity Lutheran Church pastor at Stephens City, will preach tomorrow night at 8 for the church's 175th anniversary. Tomorrow at 11 he will preach at Grace Lutheran Church in the pastor’s absence while Rev. Carl Honeycutt and Mrs. Honeycutt are in New York for a week.
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Roanoke College
Smith
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Grace Lutheran Church
Carl Honeycutt
Youth 14 Hurt In Car Crash Near Millwood
A 14 year old Upperville youth Henry Bridges suffered a left arm fracture and lip cuts when the car he rode in overturned near Old Chapel two miles north of Millwood at 12:30 am. Owner Norman Huff and two Upperville men escaped injury while two other occupants were also hurt.
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Millwood
Upperville
Old Chapel
Here
Henry Bridges
Henry Clay Smith
Boyce
Duke of Windsor Takes His Oath as Bahama Governor
In Nassau on August 17 the Duke of Windsor pledged to serve as governor of the Bahama Islands. He arrived from Bermuda aboard a camouflaged vessel and, with the duchess beside him, listened to welcome addresses and recited two oaths to King George VI.
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Fred L. Strozier
Nassau
Bahamas
Duke of Windsor
Bahama Islands
Bermuda
Little Islands
Legislative Council
George VI
Edward
Delegates Return from Virginia Firemen's Convention
Fred Forney and George Eagle local firemen returned from Bristol Virginia after attending the Virginia State Firemen Association meeting. They reported widespread flood damage near Kingsport Tennessee and Gate City Virginia with a house seen floating away along the route.
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Fred Forney
George Eagle
Bristol
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Kingsport
Tenn
Gate City
Forney
Wanted Damsons 100 bi for Tues Aug 20
Koman Brothers Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Co located at 600 North Loudoun Street seeks 100 bushels of damsons for delivery on Tuesday August 20. Contact the firm for pricing and pickup arrangements.
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Koman ‘Bros. Wholesale Fruit & Vegt. Co
Loudoun St
Nazis Proclaim Total Blockade of Britain
Berlin announces a total blockade in response to Britain's sea warfare. The German government says it will use all strategic positions from the Bay of Biscay to Norway and seeks neutrals to restrict their ships from the danger zone. The warning notes a naval war near England with mines and air attacks threatening neutral vessels.
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Berlin
Britain
Germany
Bay of Biscay
North Cape
Norway
England
Argentina
United States
Onis Seston
Sailors Sailed From Egypt Under Mussolini Safe Conduct
A party of French sailors on the steamship Athos departed Cairo to be repatriated under a guarantee of safe conduct by Premier Mussolini of Italy. In Dublin, telephone links to London were restricted and telegraph services faced strict censorship without explanation.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Athos
Mussolini
Italy
Dublin
Ireland
London
Dutch warn on sabotage and forced landing in war update
In Amsterdam the German commander warned that communities involved in sabotage and the birthplace of the guilty will face a high price. A British bomber force landed at Rysevenberg north of Brandt with six crewmen who vanished after abandoning uniforms for civilian clothes as the aircraft burned. Berlin reports three large steamers struck mines near the Isle of Man with two sinking and a third list uncertain.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rysevenberg
Brandt
Berlin
Isle of Man
DNB
British daylight stays free of German raiders for a seventh day
London report notes that for the first time in seven straight days the daylight minutes until 5 30 p m passed without massed German raiders over Britain marking a lull in Luftwaffe activity.
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London
Britain
Britain claims mastery of skies in fierce air war
London reports continued control of air space as Britain's fighters and ground gunners repel daily Nazi raids. German air force, facing heavy losses, is said to have adopted a new tactic after six days of major attacks began last Sunday.
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London
Britain
Germany
German Air Force Uses Larger Bombers Against England
Berlin reports intensified raids as the German high command lists heavy destruction from yesterday’s massive attack. German accounts say British losses reached 89 planes with Nazi losses at 31.
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Berlin
England
High Command
Destructive Nazi Raids Hit Britain Across Wales and London
German bombers pounded Wales and parts of southeast England in new raids as Britain reported air defenses active over inland towns and the Thames estuary. Homes were destroyed and many civilians left homeless while British bombers struck at Leuna, causing very large damage to a major fuel plant.
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London
Germany
Britain
Wales
England
Air Ministry
Leuna
Leipzig
Messerschmitt
Business Session At Democratic Picnic In Winchester
Fred C. Braithwaite of Cross Junction announces a 6 30 p m business session during the Winchester Frederick Young Democrats picnic on August 21 at Ralph Pifer's cabin on the Capon river. Delegates to the State convention in Richmond September 5 7 will be chosen. Other matters may be considered..picnic will begin mid afternoon before delegates close.
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Fred C. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Winchester-Frederick
Young Democrats Club
Ralph Pifer
Capon River
Young Democratic Clubs
Richmond
Parachutes Found After German Aircraft Incident
Fifteen parachutes believed to have been released from a German plane were recovered in the northeast coastal area. No evidence suggested any of the parachutes were manned.
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London
County and City Squirrel Season and Local News
Sheriff Bywaters and deputies ready for squirrel season from September 1 to 15 and November 15 to December 31 per Carl H. Nolting chairman of the Game and Inland Fisheries Commission. Route 11 crashes south of the Pennsylvania line noted, timber harvest near Timberville eyed for 300 carloads, Georgia Bell crop harvest starting Monday, and a Farmington dance tonight for Madeline Carroll and Fred Mc Murray of the movie Virginia. Winchester police teletype aids Ed Thoma with Route 29 flood area updates. road remains blocked north of Altavista at Otter River.
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Bywaters
Wigginton
Frederick County
Carl H. Nolting
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Timberville
Georgia
George Washington Hotel
Farmington Country Club
Charlottesville
Madeline Carroll
Fred McMurray
Winchester Police Department
Ed Thoma
Clarke County
Thoma
Altavista
Otter ‘River
Moore to Deliver Keynote at Virginia Young Democrats Meet
Blackburn Moore of Berryville Virginia has accepted a keynote invitation for the Young Democrats of Virginia convention in Richmond September 6. The program starts at 1 pm. Frederick County and Winchester delegates will be elected at a meeting next week.
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Blackburn Moore
Berryvile
Young Democrats of Virginia
Richmond
Frederick County
Winchester
Public sale postponed for Middletown household goods
A public sale of Middletown household property was postponed to Monday at 1 p.m. The auctioneers listed are Mrs. Rose Byron Brumback.
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Middletown
Rose Byron Brumback
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