Congress Split Over Russian RFC Loan Debate
Congress divided on whether to lend Russia money through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for war supplies. Senator Danaher pressed for full details before any credit. Senators Bailey, Thomas supported loans if repaid in raw materials like manganese ore. Senator vandenberg warned about lent money becoming fighting money, while Senator Johnson condemned the idea.
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Washington
Russia
Danaher
R-Conn
Congress
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Connecticut
Jones
Thomas
D-Utah
Bailey
D-N.c
Hitler
United States
Crete
Finland
Winchester Band Dramatizes Civic Value Across Community
Publicity from the Winchester Band is described as priceless to the city with hours of practice behind a few public performances. The band offers unselfish service on many occasions and seeks community support to fund events like the Tobacco Festival and yard parties. Also noted is the Handley Library’s 28th birthday, growing from 2 120 books in 1913 to 28 000 volumes, reflecting its expanded role in the city.
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Winchester
Board of Trade
Plaza
Olive Maumee Bie
Handley Library
Two Injured In Collision At Double Tollgate
A morning crash at the Double Toll Gate intersection on the Front Royal pike injured Frank Reese Jr Rural Rehabilitation supervisor for the Farm Security Administration and state trooper E L Keyser investigation notes Reese’s car northbound on Route 522 and damage to Mrs Schmidt’s car. Mrs Schmidt and six passengers from her vehicle were involved and treated at local hospital.
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Front Royal Pike
Frank Reese
Farm Security Administration
Winchester
E. L. Keyser
Luray
Acciwest
Reese
Schmidt
Waeter Memorial Hospital
Omps
Rees
Front Royal
Four Bids For Refuse Removal Are Submitted
Four sealed bids have been submitted to the city manager for the removal and disposal of refuse during the ensuing year. The committee will meet to sort the bids and make recommendations to the council at the September 2 meeting when the contract will be awarded. At that September meeting city employees and officials will be elected including city manager and city solicitor. The police department posts remain under the police commissioner's appointment.
Major Wise May Quit As G O P Committeeman
Roanoke Virginia August 22 Major Henry A Wise of Kiptopeke Republican national committeeman for Virginia since 1936 will resign his post. The state executive committee will choose his successor before the G O P convention in Roanoke tomorrow.
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Roanoke
Henry A. Wise
Kiptopeke
Virginia
The
National Committee
R. A. Fulwiler, Jr
Army Work Fatal To Gen. Chaffee
Boston reports Major General Adna R. Chaffee 57 died at Massachusetts General Hospital after a breakdown during a campaign to organize armored defense units. The Army said he had battled illness since last winter and was honored by Congress just before his death.
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Boston
Adna R. Chaffee
Massachusetts General Hospital
War Department
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Chaffee
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Soviet air raids claim sinking of transports to Ukraine front
Soviet radio reported three sweep raids along the Romanian coast routing a German transport fleet moving reinforcements to the Ukraine front. Two transports were sunk and another set afire, while others were hit. Drydock Company at Kearny New Jersey mentioned in the copy.
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London
Ukraine
Romanian
Roosevelt says government not to take over shipyard plant
President Roosevelt told reporters at Hyde Park that the government does not intend to seize control of the Federal Shipbuilding strike bound plant. He described the issue as a labor dispute needing settlement through existing channels.
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U. S
Vichy
Gaston Henri-Haye
Washington
Cordell Hull
Atlantic
Germany
Henri Petain
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Federal Shipbuilding
British Ambassador Lord Halifax Arrives in London
Lord Halifax the British ambassador to the United States returned from Canada aboard a bomber and landed at a British airport after crossing the Atlantic on August 22.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
Atlantic
Canada
Red Army damaged near Lake Ladoga and Sortavala
Finnish high command reported today that Red Army forces were pressed at two points northwest of Lake Ladoga and that the main body of the Russian 168th Division had been destroyed below Sortavala.
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Lake Ladoga
Sortavala
President Roosevelt refutes Byrd defense figures
President Roosevelt challenged Senator Byrd's defense production data at a press conference. He said War Department checks show Byrd wrong in all categories but planes, alleging someone misled the Virginia senator about tank and other deliveries to England.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Byrd
D-Va
Roosevelt
Washington
War Department
Rosevelt
England
Roosevelt heckled for purging Democrats in foreign policy
The paper critiques President Roosevelt for seeking to bar Democrats in Congress who oppose his foreign policy. It warns national unity requires openness and condemns Johnson for urging zeal like Nazi youth, stressing that Americans worship no one but the crucified figure two millennia ago. It cautions against sacrificing democracy in pursuing Europe’s fate.
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Sage
National Convention of
Young Democratic Clubs
Louisville
Democratic Party
Congress
Congressman Johnson
President Roosevelt
Hitler
America
Mystery Fire Aboard Finnish Freighter Aurora
A fire of mysterious origin raged five hours aboard the Finnish motor ship freighter Aurora, anchored in the Hudson a mile north of the George Washington Bridge. The first officer suffocated while sleeping, eight crewmen missing, and 18 aboard including two waitresses were rescued as police and private boats intervened.
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New York
Aurora
Hudson River
George Washington Bridge
Ths
Gas Rationing Reaches Winchester Retailers This Weekend
Gasoline deliveries to Winchester retailers were cut by 10 percent effective August 16, with some stations limiting tourist sales to five gallons. Blue Sunoco stations may close next Sunday, and retailers weigh city wide Sunday closings as September nears. Some suppliers report exhausted August allowances while others remain able to meet remaining demand if carefully managed.
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Winchester
Blue Sunoco
Perry Wright
Harry Nelson
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Staunton
Virginia
District of Columbia
Wheat farmers to be curtailed thousand acres
Frederick county wheat farmers face further 1942 acreage cuts as county committeemen set a total of 7,438.2 acres for 420 commercial producers, down from 8,438.8 in 1941. About 2,500 additional acres may be sown on non‑commercial farms, with a meeting slated at the courthouse to discuss the 1942 program.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
New Station Set to Open Saturday in Braddock District
C T Cooper distributor Moody Slonaker Jessee and Cal Fogle announce a new general service station at Braddock and Boscawen streets will open Saturday August 23 Richfield products including high octane gasoline will be handled exclusively Assistants at the station are Charles Clevenger and Warren Fletcher.
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C.T. Cooper
Moody Slonaker
Jessee
Cal” Fogle
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Pennsylvania Oil
Charles Clevenger
Warren Fletcher
Nat. Fruit Prod. Co. Announces Apple Intake
A notice states Nat. Fruit Prod. Co. Inc. is now receiving apples. The notice is dated August 20, 1910, with reference code 10t.
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Nat. Fruit Prod. Co., Inc
Huge Battle For Leningrad Defies Nazi Threats
Moscow reports the Red Army checked the German offensive around Leningrad as fighting rages near Kingisepp Novgorod and Gomel. Russians admit a strategic withdrawal from Gomel to preserve forces while countering toward the central front and Moscow.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Russia
Kingisepp
Novgorod
People’s Army
Gomel
Smolensk
Kiev
Soviet Information Bureau
Sizh River
Dnieper
Semeon Timoshenko
Vigorous Steps To Curb Nazis Vigorous Steps To Curb Nazis
London officials consider vigorous measures to curb Nazi influence in oil rich Iran amid tension with the Shah. Britain may move to send troops if the Shah bans 3000 Germans, with Iran expected to respond to the latest British note though observers doubt full compliance.
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London
Britain
Iran
Shah Riza Khan Pahlavi
Americans Take No Part In Chase Of Nazi Plane
In Reykjavik on August 22 American pilots stayed on the ground during an air alarm as American built Tomahawk fighters chased a German Heinkel bomber. British fliers drove the intruder away without dropping bombs. The German aircraft disappeared before British forces reached firing range. US anti aircraft batteries were silent throughout the alert, marking the first such incident since July 7 when American forces occupied the island.
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Reykjavik
United States
Iceland
North Atlantic
Japan fears American bombers kept at Vladivostok
The Associated Press reports Japan pressing for U S assurances that American made bombers sent to Russia not stay at Vladivostok. Tokyo seeks to avoid threats to its empire while mobilization plans aim to secure iron steel and coal within East Asia. Thailand Siam urges air raid shelters as defense grows. Shanghai sees barbed wire barriers around the city as fears of non Axis residents rise.
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Associated Press
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Soviet Pacific
Singapore
Koh Ishii
Tokyo
Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Thailand
Siam
Malaya
Burma
Shanghai
Local Briefs Highlight Rotary Attendance and Victory V Symbols
Wendell Barney reports Pinckney Arthur of the Rotary Club attended Ottawa, with a large Victory V and Morse code three dots dash marking mail. F E Smith grows yardlong beans admired by neighbors. Clifton's Storm sails to Memphis for Bonheur Charity Horse Show under Raymond Firestone, first in Firestone colors and full brother to Clifton's Beau. Commonwealth's Attorney W E Edwards and party travel to Beal Md for Chesapeake Bay fishing, returning with evidence. Porpoise school cavorts near Deltaville boat, 20 to 25 animals, estimating 800 pounds each, with Capt Tom Boyd and others aboard.
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Wendell Barney
Ottawa
Pinckney Arthur
Rotary Club
Clifton
Storm
Deltaville
Bob DeHaven
Tom Boyd
Mitchel Boyd
Holmes Wisecarver
Mr. Anderson
Dowell Fogle
B. E. Williams
Russians Put Fresh Reserves Into Big Battles
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet forces inserting fresh reserves to halt the German eastward advance. It notes Islands of Opposition in the Dnieper bend and behind the central front lines, with continued fighting in the Dnieper bend and east of the Pinsk marshes. Hitler headquarters claim Russian losses exceed 1,250,000 prisoners as the invasion enters its third month with lines about 300 miles deep from the Baltic to the Black Sea.
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Berlin
Dnieper
Ukraine
Pinsk
Pripet
Milse
Gomel
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Wehrmacht
Baltic
Black Sea
Red Army
President Sets 18 Month Extension for Selective Service
President Roosevelt ordered an 18 month extension of service for selectees reservists National Guardsmen and enlisted personnel under the selective service extension act. The order allows release after twelve months if national defense interests permit and enables transfers to the reserves after a year to build a large trained reserve while keeping the Army ready. Reservists on active duty would be released after a year when spared and similar procedures apply to regular Army enlisted men.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hearing Set In Fatal Accident In Martinsburg Turnpike
Mason Wesco of Middleway West Virginia charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal accident on the Martinsburg turnpike. A hearing before Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner is set for September 3. Wesco is free on a $500 bond.
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Mason Wesco
Middleway
W. Va
Martinsburg
A. J. Tavenner
Wesco
Yard Party and Sale Notices From Local Listings
Various small ads include washable silk and cotton fabric sales at Wiener’s 128 N Loudoun St, Elberta peaches for sale near Stephens City, money lending at five percent, a yard party at Epworth League, and a bake sale with a benefit in town W. C. 8. Ads span dates August 18 to 23 with location hints in Clarke County area.
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N. Loudoun St
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