Bill For Two Ocean Navy Approved By Committee
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 5 008 169 277 dollar bill funding the start of a two ocean navy and equipping 1 200 000 troops. It adds 45 017 320 to direct outlays including 7 000 000 for armor and ammunition and 15 000 000 for plane armament. Debate on Burke Wadsworth conscription continued as Congress faced House Senate differences on mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Capper
Four Meet Death In Bomber Crash
A military bomber crashed seven miles southwest of Ruston Louisiana during an electrical storm killing four people. Second Lt. James H. Griffith of Asheville North Carolina was the pilot, with First Lt. Hubert T. Elders of Columbia South Carolina, and Privates E. E. Quinker of Valdosta Georgia and Daniel C. Johnston of Eaton Ga. all dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Here
James H. Griffith
Asheville
N. C
Hubert T. Elders
Columbia
8. C
E. E. Quinker
Valdosta
Daniel C. Johnston
Etberton
New Driving Tests May Trump Old Field Sobriety Check
George Jones at the National Traffic Institute argues new laboratory methods will deter drunken driving. The tests assess alcohol content to determine how much a driver has consumed, potentially punishing offenders while exonerating those affected by shock or carbon monoxide.
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George Jones
National Traffic Institute
University of Tennessee
George
Uranium explosive claim shocks Burbank
Dr. Arthur W. Shandovtsky says a uranium explosive has been developed and tested in the United States claiming at least 15 times TNT power and possibly 100 times potency. He and two engineers tested 100 grams producing 4,270 foot-pounds of work versus 1,500 grams of dynamite yielding 868 foot-pounds in a remote area.
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Burbank
Calif
A . 19
Arthur W. Shaudopv-sky
Brussels
United States
Shandopvsky
Wilmington
Del
Farmer Dies Of A Broken Neck In Haymower Fall
Albert Herbert Largent 63 of Slanesville West Virginia died after a haymower fall on his Bufflick Road farm. He likely suffered a stroke at the moment of the accident. Survived by widow Edna and several children and siblings. Funeral arrangements set at Jones funeral home with services at Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue. Burial Mt Hebron.
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Bufflick Road
Memorial Hospital
Albert Herbert Largent
Slanesville
W. Va
Largent
Deskin Largent
Nan Alkire
Jones Funeral Home
Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
Emerson Rohart
Sargent
Mt. Hebron
Roosevelt seeks names for joint Canada American defense board
President Roosevelt discussed with State War and Navy Department officials by telephone to obtain their suggestions for naming American members to a joint Canadian American defense board, which he hopes will be established by Thursday.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
State, War and Navy Department
Defense Board
Wickard Named Secretary of Agriculture in Roosevelt Move
President Roosevelt nominates Indiana farmer Claude R. Wickard to succeed Henry A. Wallace as secretary of agriculture. Wickard has served as undersecretary of agriculture since last winter. The president also named Paul H. Appleby of Maryland to succeed Wickard as undersecretary.
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Indiana
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wickard
Senate
Paul H. Appleby
Maryland
Driver Charged In Death Of 2 Young Cyclists
Warranted charges issued for Howard R. Clark 23 of Papermill Road in the deaths of Reginald Frye 25 and Bessie Moore 21 after a Berryville Turnpike collision Saturday night. Inquests pending as authorities cite head on impact and internal injuries. Moore, a native of Rapahannock County, died at 10 40 p m and Frye died at 12 45 a m at a local hospital. Funeral and burial details follow for the two victims with services in Winchester and Thurmont.
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Howard R. Clark
Papermill Road
Reginald
Jim) Prye
Bessie Moore
A. J. Tavenner
Commonwealth
W. Erle Edwards
Frye
Miss Moore
Clarke
Berryville Turnpike
J. A. Miller
Miss Moroe
South Cameron Street
Frederick County
Winchester
Robert DeHaven
Dennis Stine
Clifford Moore
Helen Peyton Moore
Rappahannock County
William Whitbeck
Warrenton
Stanley Combs
Baker
W. Va
Raymond Hughes
Nina Hughes
Dorothy Hughes
Marie Hughes
Naomi Hughes
Charles Hughes
John R. Moore
Thurmont
Moore
Stine
Lillie Martin
Alfred H. Frye
Virginia Frye
Jones
South Loudoun Street
United Brethren Church
L. G. Bridgers
Wm. Obaugh
Mount Hebron
Charles A. Pine
Afred Chapman
Herman Batt
James B. Cave
Raymond G. Patton
Linwood E. Patton
Peace-Time War Opens In Northern New York Mock Invasion Begins
Ogdensburg N Y Aug 19 The largest peace-time war in the nations history opened with 90000 troops maneuvering along a 35 mile front from the St Lawrence to Sparring for the opening blow The mock M Day follows Roosevelt visiting the area and will run four days and nights of training and lessons for future defense all without live ammunition or real weapons.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
New York
St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
Flareup Between Bund and Ku Klux Klan Emerges
At Camp Nordland in Andover New Jersey an uneasy tie between the German American Bund and the Ku Klux Klan surfaced. A rally yesterday sparked disruption as six men passed out a pamphlet titled An appeal to Friends of Fritz Kuhn, signaling growing tensions within the movement.
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Andover
N. J
Rale
Nordlandere
Fritz Kuhn
Bullitt Speech Deemed Near Treason by Senator Clark
Senator Clark of Idaho denounced Ambassador Bullitt s Philadelphia address predicting a German attack if Britain falls. He called the appeal to enter an unprovoked war false to the Republic and warned of dictatorship suggestions inspired by the State Department.
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Washington
Clark
Idaho
Senate
William C. Bullitt
United States
Great Britain
Treat Bullitt
Bullitt
France
Philadelphia
Clarke
State Department
River Recedes After Record Flood Peak Near Shenandoah
River crested near 17 feet at Castleman's Ferry and Riverton, then fell to 12 feet by noon as floodwaters receded. Shepherds Ford road remained blocked, with residents using Providence Chapel and alternate routes. Debris and damaged crops noted along the east bank.
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Berryville
Shenandoah River
Castleman's Ferry
Here
Shepherd's Ford
Providence Chapel
Shepherd’s Ford
Riverton
Ernest Shull
Shull
Castleman’s Ferry
Wallace shapes campaign plans for Roosevelt ticket
President Roosevelt accepted Henry A. Wallace's resignation as secretary of agriculture freeing Wallace to campaign for the New Deal starting September 5. Roosevelt said voters will determine issues. Wallace will interpret the agricultural program to the public. other officials will handle defense and political debate without his direct involvement. No debate with Willkie appears planned.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Wendell L. Willkie
Buick 1940 Demonstrator Radio and Heater Sale
Milence 4000 H. W. Ebart Jr. offers a 1940 Buick Super demonstrator with radio and heater. Sale details and contact information appear in the abbreviated listing.
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Buick
Foes of Draft Win Delay in Senate Showdown
Anti conscription forces claim a Senate vote to defer the draft until 1941 after Wendell Willkie's endorsement of selective service. Senator Maloney faces pressure to modify his post ponement plan while contrasts with the Burke-Wadsworth immediate service bill.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Maloney
D.conn
Maloneyites
Willkie
Burke-Wadsworth
Railway Worker W H Bowers Killed by Train at Ellicott City
William H. Bowers, 58, a Baltimore & Ohio railroad veteran and father of Mrs. Laurens Jones of this city, was killed Saturday near Ellicott City Maryland when he slipped under a moving train after shifting a switch. He had 38 years with the company and left a widow Mrs Georgia Bowers and two daughters Mrs Jones and Mrs Henrietta Brown. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Easton Funeral Home, with pallbearers from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, followed by interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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William H. Bowers
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Laurens Jones
Ellicott City
Bowers
Flemister
Winchester
Georgia Bowers
W. B. Flemister
Jones
Henrietta Brown
Woodstock
Easton
Brotherhood of Railroad
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mount Hebron
Herman Womeldorf
Frederickson to Speak on Europe at Rotary Meeting
Dr Otto F Frederickson economics and political science professor at Madison College Harrisonburg will address the Rotary Club Thursday afternoon on the European situation and the economic systems of Germany France and Great Britain. He has spoken here several times and recently at Berryville open forum.
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Otto F. Fredrickson
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Rotary Club
Frederickson
Germany
France
Great Britain
Berryville
State Central Committee to elect chairman in Richmond
The Democratic State Central Committee meets at Hotel Richmond at noon tomorrow to choose a successor to the late J. Murray Hooker. After the vote, plans will be laid for launching the Democratic campaign.
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Richmond
Democratic State Central Committee
Hotel Richmond
J. Murray Hooker
Frederick County Man Dies at Home in Virginia
Van Meter Hack 61 prominent Frederick county resident died this afternoon at Springdale Bartonville Virginia. Cause believed heart attack precluded arrival of his physician. Survived by Katherine Heiskell wife and two children Elizabeth Reiman and Home Hack, plus three sisters and one brother. Funeral arrangements pending.
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van Meter Hack
Frederick County
Springdale
Bartonville
Winchester
Clarke County
Henry R. Hack
Elizabeth van Meter Hack
Col. Joist Hite
Shenandoah Valley
Hack
Opequon Memorial Church
Kernstown
Fairfax Club
Katherine Heiskell
Moorefield
West Virginia
Elizabeth Reiman
Home Hack
Charles Borum
Aubrey T. Mussen
Strasburg
Katherine Stover
Frederick Hack
British air raids cut Ruhr and Rhine output by over thirty percent
AP bulletins from New York Berlin London Rome and Edinburgh report German industry in the Ruhr and Rhine regions fallen by more than 30 percent due to Allied air raids. Germany claims destruction of 147 British planes with many losses in air battles. British raids hit Milan Turin and German targets while leaflets drop on northern Italy. A 26 year old Elphinstone relative named John Alexander Buller Patterton Elphinstone is identified as a prisoner of war in Germany.
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Associated Press
Britain
Berlin
England
British
Air Ministry
French
Ministry of Home Security
Scotland
Wales
Foreign Office
America
William C. Bullitt
United States
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
R.A. F
Italy
Milan
Turin
Cuneo
Germany
Hitler
Channel
New York
NBC
Ruhr
Rhine
Edinburgh
John Alexander Buller-Patterton-Elphinstone
Elphinstone
Queen Elizabeth
Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Seen as City Value
The Inquiring Reporter asks locals if the Apple Blossom Festival benefits Winchester. Responses emphasize commercial gains, city reputation, and year round advertising value from merchants, pharmacists, restaurant owners, and officials.
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Ammie M
Buddy” Locke
Winchester
Joe Anderson
Nick Kellis
W. Ford Barry
Kenneth Brengle
Police Department
Transylvania Border Talks Reject Hungarian Return Plan
Rumania told Hungary at a formal conference that a Magyar proposal to return about two thirds of Transylvania to Hungary could not be considered. The statement came from authoritative sources in Turnseverin Rumania.
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Turno Severin
Rumania
Hungary
Transylvania
Two Winchester Babies Born Within Days at Memorial Hospital
Mrs. John W Sibert and Mrs. Herbert Jolly of Winchester welcomed sons, both born in Memorial Hospital to the former Misses Derflinger. Rotary official D J Howard returned from Tennessee after club visits. flood conditions along the Shenandoah prompted residents to watch rising waters and closing roads near Castleman’s Ferry and Shepherd’s Ford road.
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John W Sibert
Herbert Jolly
Winchester
Jolly
Mabel Derflinger
Sibert
Alice Derflinger
Memorial Hospital
D. J. Howard
Rotary International
Tennessee
Kingsport
Rogersville
Johnson City
Mountain City
Tazewell
Staunton
Augusta Springs
Robert "X-9" Miller
Laurence Castleman
Washington
Castleman
Wesley Dean
Clarke
Jimmie Cordon
Von
Potomac
Norma
Firemen Responded to Three Alarms on Millwood Road Blaze
Winchester firefighters answered three alarms before extinguishing a stubborn dwelling fire behind Shawnee station on Millwood road. The first call came at 7 30 p m with a second shortly after midnight and a third at 7 a m. The blaze smoldered in the walls of the occupied home of Minor Corbin and family, with neighbors and firemen saving most of the upper floor.
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Winchester
Millwood Road
Minor Corbin
Seeee
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Farmer
Albert H. Largent
Indiana Farmer
Reginald Frye
City
Sen. Clark
Wallace Shapes
W. H. Bowers
Island Kingdom
Bulletins
London
Boulogne
Freiburg
Hamsheim
Rome
Star
Carl Pitta
Blue Ridge
Castleman's
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