Congress panel rejects delay in draft until war
The House Military Committee voted 16 to 3 to defeat an amendment to defer drafting until a war declaration. Senator Walsh argues aircraft and shipmakers seek peacetime profits, citing 18 percent foreign orders versus 7–8 percent under U. S. contracts. Senator Lee counters with wealth draft calls amid industry pushback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
United States
May
D-Ky
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Lee
D-Okla
Spokesmen Urge Clergy Exemption Battle Echoes Muhlenberg Tale
In Winchester community debate yesterday the clergy exemption opponents cited Peter Muhlenberg’s Woodstock sermon ending when he denounced preaching for fighting. Dr. G Morris Smith recalled Muhlenberg’s drum command to recruit nearly 300 from his flock, urging readiness and sacrifice for war. Local readers seek named unsigned letters from New York readers to verify the real side of the story.
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Peter Muhlenberg
Woodstock
G. Morris Smith
Stephens City
Muhlenberg
New York
Wieners Fall Models At Loudoun Street Boutique
College women preview dresses and coats in smart stylish fall ensembles at Wieners 128 North Loudoun Street. Prices are described as smart and stylish for the season with selections highlighted for wear in cooler weather.
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N. Loudoun St
Wieners
Germany Claims Its Navy Bothered No U S Vessels
Berlin reports that Germany handed two notes to the U S embassy stating that misunderstandings in the American note about the American Legion relief voyage are clarified. German sources say the navy will not harass any U S military ship and that the Legion’s exact position to Petsamo was provided.
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Berlin
United States
American Legion
Petsamo
Finland
British Isles
Germany
U. 8 S
Berl
Bing Crosby Buys Colt From Clarke
Kenneth N. Gilpin of Boyce offered a Colt at Saratoga last week and it sold for 11 500 to Bing Crosby the radio and screen star. The colt Bull Dog out of Felina I will join Crosby’s string under Crosby colors. Gilpin’s other offer a bay colt out of Lady Emmeline by Granville sold for 2300.
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Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Saratoga
Bing Crosby
Radio
Screen Star
Mr. Gilpin
Bull Dog
Felina I
Crosby
Lady Emmeline
Granville
British Seek Military Accord With United States
London reports indicate unofficial but well informed sources say Britain aims for a full military alliance with the United States. Canadian American talks on mutual defense are viewed as the opening wedge toward a broader pact to defend Canada and other British possessions in the Western Hemisphere.
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London
United States
Britain
Canada
First Group of Refugee Children Reaches New York
The British liner Samaria docked in New York with 138 refugee children saved through the United States Committee for the Care of European Children. Marshall Field greeted them, after the ship left Liverpool August 9 and crossed the Atlantic under escort.
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New York
Samaria
England
Donald Miller
United States
Marshall Field
Liverpool
Atlantic
Revenge
Before the Blitzkrieg serial opens in The Winchester Star
A new secret service thriller opens tomorrow in The Winchester Evening Star featuring Gunston Cotton, a jaunty air force secret agent battling a sinister gang and fifth columnists with Coral, a standout heroine. Critics hail Rupert Grayson’s Gun Cotton as better than Oppenheim.
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Winchester Evening Star
Gunston Cotton
Coral
Oppenheim
Rupert Grayson
Gun” Cotton
Secret Anrman
U S Moves To Secure British Base Leases
Washington reports that the United States has ready plans to establish new naval and air bases in the hemisphere once leases for strategic British territory are finalized. President Roosevelt is expected to push negotiations after Lord Balflax announced in principle 99 year leases from Newfoundland to the Caribbean approaches to the Panama Canal. Army and Navy officials expect to begin work as soon as sites are available.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Lord Balifax
Newfoundland
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Theodore
Eye injuries of Middletown youth under evaluation
John Fred Larrick of Middletown remains under medical evaluation for eye injuries after a viscose pipe burst at a Front Royal plant Sunday night. The 1930s era report notes burns to eyes and face and says the full extent cannot yet be determined. Larrick is a VM I graduate. No other similar incidents are reported.
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John Fred Larrick
Middletown
Winchester Star
Young Larrick
Front Royal
Robertson to Attend Winchester and Frederick Outing Tonight
Congressman A Willis Robertson son has accepted an invitation to attend the Young Democratic Club of Winchester and Frederick counties annual outing this evening at the cabin of Ralph Pifer on the Capon River. Large attendance is anticipated with an excellent program and refreshments arranged under Chairman Randall Ridgeway.
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A. Willis Robertson
Young
Democratic Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Ralph Pifer
Capon River
Randall Ridgeway
War Nears End Before Schedule
Ogdensburg New York August 21 mock battle concludes 24 hours early as the blue unit of Americas first army defeats a larger black force in a northern New York exp erimental battleground. An observing force of about 400 umpires notes the defenders' simulated weapons outperform the attackers and that the 52,000 defending troops earned a victory over 30,000 opponents.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
America
New York
Trotsky Gravely Ill After Pickax Attack in Mexico
Exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky lay “very grave” in Mexico after a skull fracture and brain exposure from a pickax attack at his Coyoacan home. Surgeons operated as Dr. Walter Dandy planned to fly to Mexico City to aid his care.
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New York
Leon Trotsky
Walter Dandy
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mexico City
Napoleon
Mexico
Trotsky
Coyoacan
Jose Manuel Nunez
Federal District
Josef Stalin
Ogpu
Jacques Mortan Vandendrieschd
Teheran
Persia
France
Belgium
Vandendrieschd
Winchester to Receive New Hook and Ladder Truck
Progress on the Rouss Hook and Ladder unit for the Winchester Volunteer Fire Department continues with delivery slated for October 4. Built by the Peter Perch Company in Kenosha Wisconsin, the truck will undergo underwriters tests after arrival. The old truck will be sold and the pumper kept in reserve. Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association met recently in Hagerstown with David M. Beale of the Charley Rouss Company attending.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Peter Perch Company
Kenosha
Wisc
Marvin Weaver
Charley Reuss
Reuss Company
Cumberland Valley
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Hagerstown
David M. Beale
Charley ‘Rouss
Slightly Warmer Weather Probable
Semi weekly weather outlook for August 21 to 24 calls for showers in the north portion of the Middle and North Atlantic States midweek, otherwise fair and moderately cool in the District with slightly warmer conditions Friday and Saturday across the Middle Atlantic States.
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Washington
Middle and
North Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Jacksons Plan Used By Hitler
Dan E. Wright, former Winchester resident and sanitation head in Ankara under the Rockefeller Foundation, told Winchester Kiwanis Club that Stonewall Jackson methods aided Hitler's rapid European victories. He argued German leaders studied top brains to craft radical tactics that surprised defenders. Wright, on leave from active duty, returned month ago to Frederick and Berkeley counties with his wife and children.
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Wright
Star
Stonewall Jackson
Hitler
Europe
Dan E. Wright
Ankara
Turkey
Rockefeller Foundation
Winchester Kiwanis Club
France
England
Germany
The
Dan
Grace Vernon
Frederick
Berkeley
Ansel Solenberger
Ansel Groves
L. I. Miller
Andrew Bell
Richmond
W. Alan Peery
C. B. Harlee
H. I. Pifer
Garland Quares
Frank H. Krebs Fractures Hip in Fall
Frank H. Krebs, 67, longtime clerk of the city council and former police magistrate, is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital after fracturing a hip when he fell at his home on North Braddock Street. Brother Clay Krebs travels from Philadelphia to be with him as Mrs. Krebs remains seriously ill.
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Frank H. Krebs
The
Star
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Krebs
Clay Krebs
Philadelphia
Judge Krebs
North Braddock Street
Air port bombings reported in England by German fliers
Berlin reports German aircraft bombed Manby near Grimsby and Leamington near Birmingham in England today. The claim comes from German sources.
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Berlin
Manby
Grimsby
Leamington
Birmingham
England
Raiders Hit Rock of Gibraltar in Mediterranean Clash
British censored report from Gibraltar said a small fire started atop the Rock as Italian raiders attacked the fortress. Observers near La Linea saw flames, while Stefani claimed a fierce naval air battle with seven RAF planes shot down. The era saw a shift to hit-and-run tactics by German forces and rising Greek Italian tensions with Albania.
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Mediterranean
Britain
Rock of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Stefani
Mediterranan
Italy
Hitler
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Virginio Gayda
Albania
Rome
Germany
England
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Communists arrested in Norway raids by German police
AP bulletins report in London that Communist leaders in Norway were arrested by German police in raids beginning August 16. Britain plans to move flag to near last notch in China as Seaforth Highlanders and East Surrey Regiment board ship Tak Sang for Hongkong or Singapore. In New York a CBS pickup says three German bombers attacked the mail steamer St Patrick off the Irish coast but the ship zigzagged to safety. French air ministry says 306 planes lost and 982 German craft destroyed in month ending June 10 ahead of armistice. About 800000 refugees and over 1,000,000 demobilized soldiers returned to homes in France.
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Associated Press
London
Norwegian Telegraph Bureau
Communists
Norway
Shanghai
Britain
China
Seaforth Highlanders
East Surrey Regiment
Hongkong
Singapore
New York
CBS
St. Patrick
Vichy
Air Ministry
France
London Cabinet Changes Hinted
London observers expect a British cabinet reshuffle after Parliament adjourns. Neville Chamberlain may retire as lord president of the council and Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax could be replaced. Duff-Cooper and Morrison are also discussed as possible departures amid health concerns and Spain crisis coverage.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Herbert Morrison
Alfred Duff-Cooper
Duff-Cooper
Commons
Spain
City And County Brevities Shows Local Oddities
C Bac Cochran and W A Leslie both earned 25 year buttons at Goodyear Akron and met by chance at Apple Way Camp. Deputy DeHaven seeks a squirrel gun trade and jokes about a failed homemade firearm. William Parker, a Middletown resident, owns nine mahogany trees in his yard, with another large mahogany on Luttrell property along Apple Pie Ridge road. Local mahoganys are noted as rare and less valuable than tropical varieties.
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Bert) Cochran
W. A. Leslie
Goodyear Company
Akron
Ohio
Appleway
William Parker
Middletown
Parker
Itsa
Luttrell
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Winchester
Yard Party at Montague Ave Methodist Church
A yard party at Montague Avenue Methodist Church is scheduled for August 22 and 23. Bingo runs tonight and every Wednesday at 8 p.m. at New Eagle's Home, 211 N. Loudoun Street.
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Montague Ave. Methodist Church
New Eagle’s
Loudoun St
Weathered Note from Carper's Valley Schedule
The fragment notes Friday August 23 at Carper's Valley. If rain occurs the plan shifts to Saturday night from 8 to 21 hours with a 20 to 1p window.
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Carper’s Valley
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