Navy moves to reopen New Jersey shipyards at Kearny
The Navy plans to resume work within 24 hours on 493 million dollars of naval and maritime ships at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny New Jersey. Rear Admiral Harold Bow en will oversee production with the day shift set to begin at 6 30 A M E T. Union Local 16 says the strike by 18 000 workers may end as the executive board's recommendation is approved by 3 500 members in Jersey City.
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Kearny
N. J
Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Harold G. Bowen
Daniel Deans
Penel
Local 16
Industrial Union of
Marine An Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
Mii Local 16
Jersey City
Ping
John Green
Svervening
National Defense Mediation Board
Winchester drunk driving case ends with revocation and fines
A Winchester Trial Justice Court hearing saw a guilty plea in a aggravated drunken driving case. The defendant received a 30 day jail term suspended, $111.49 in fines and costs, and a one year license revocation after side swiping three cars. Police stopped him at the city limits following the incident.
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Trial Justice Court of Winchester
Clarke
Winchester
Serence Neanes
Capital Ponders Real Import Of Churchill Speech
Washington observers focus on Churchill's East Asia remarks amid concerns over US Japan tensions. His warning to Japan and pledge of reaction in an Orient showdown shapes diplomatic reading as officials study his Atlantic meeting with Roosevelt.
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Churchill
Washington
Winston Churchill
Far East
United States
Japan
Britain
Orient
Atlantic
Roosevel
Fatal Crash Ties Family and Bus Driver In Collision
A Central Greyhound bus from Albany to New York crashed into the Bason family car after a Sunday outing, killing Joseph Bason and several relatives and injuring at least 16 others. William Bason died later. Carl Ramsey, 30, Albany, faces charges of causing death by reckless driving.
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Peeee
Joseph Bason
Charlie
Marian
Ursula
Bason
Elizabeth
Ann
William
Meee
Carl Ramsey
Albany
N. Y
Edward Shaheen
Sheridan Avenue
New York
History Repeats as Coon Family Welcomes Two Sons
ELAMAT FALLS Ore Aug 25 A family tale recalls L L Coon and his wife racing to the hospital on August 21 in two successive years 1940 and 1941. In both trips a son was born before arrival. The stork won again with another son.
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Elamat Falls
Ore
L. L. Coon
Coon
Stork
Roosevelt Hosts Duke of Kent at Hyde Park Visit
President Roosevelt and the Duke of Kent traveled to the capital by special train. The pair planned a conference with congressional leaders before the Duke’s flight to Norfolk to inspect defense operations. The visit included WPA art displays and signing defense-related orders.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Duke of Kent
Norfolk
George VI of England
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Plantation Pipeline Company
Baton Rouge
Greensboro
N. C
Mr. Roosevelt
Posthumous Honors For An Indian Who Put the Hole In Doughnuts
A Cape Cod historian urges posthumous honors for an Indian credited with puncturing the first doughnut forming a hole. He cites grandmother tales of an Indian chief and a bow shot at a frying cake that dropped into a pot, creating the famous doughnut hole.
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Hyannis
Mass
Cape Cod
Camden
Hanson
Henry Ellis
Arro Ellis
Plymouth
New School At Clearbrook Nears Opening In 1941
The Clearbrook elementary program for Stonewall district and first three high school subjects is nearly complete. Division superintendent Leslie D. Kline says a formal opening program may be held soon. A new school bus is being finished at Wayne Body Works in Richmond Indiana. Several resignations, including Miss Ethel White Miss Ruth Rogers and Miss Mary Virginia Slimerly, prompt last minute teacher recruitment as the 1941 42 term starts September 8.
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Clearbrook
Stonewall
Leslie D. Kline
Wayne Body
Richmond
Ind
Miss White
Old Age Pension Advocates Seek Higher Benefits in Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted to cut exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married filers and from 800 to 750 for singles, aiming to tax 6 million more people. Downey pushes a $30 monthly pension for those over 60, while Pepper supports higher old age benefits.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Clark
D-Mo
Pension Plan
Downey
D-Calif
Roosevelt
Pepper
D-Fla
Nine Nurses To Get Diplomas Thursday Night
Memorial Hospital will honor nine student nurses with diplomas Thursday night at the Handley Library auditorium. Commencement speaker J Sloan Kuykendall will address the graduates, who include Naomi Saylor Hilda Boyd Mary Boyer Elizabeth Funk Verna Hauser Sara James Sara McLean Emily Rosenberger and Anna Tiffany. Evening events include a movie and supper party, a Junior class dinner, an Alumnae dinner and a dance at the Nurses' Home after exercises.
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Memorial Hospital
Handley Library
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Naomi Saylor
Martinsburg
Hilda Rebecca Boyd
Winchester
Mary Elizabeth Boyer
Strasburg
Elizabeth Funk
Verna Hauser
Shoals
N. C
Sara James
Remington
Sara McLean
South Boston
Emily Rosenberger
Anna Tiffany
Hamilton
Ellsworth Johnson
Wayside Inn
Clifford Street
Mary J. McCone
Hilda Boyd
Tiffany
Soviet Tanks Destroyed in Three Days Central Front
Berlin dispatches report 127 Soviet tanks were destroyed in eight assaults by mechanized forces during three days of counterattacks on the central front.
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Berlin
German artillery within range reported at Dnieperopetrovsk
A Berlin broadcast cited by CBS quoted a Nazi war front correspondent saying Dnieperopetrovsk was within German artillery range. The report appeared in New York on August 25.
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New York
Berlin
CBS
Ukraiian
Dnieperopetrovsk
Britain bars exports to Iran under license rule
The British government revoked all outstanding export permits to Iran and prohibited any further exports to that country unless a license is issued.
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London
Iran
Tabriz Bombed by Hostile Planes Causing Damage
An official spokesman announced Tabriz in north Iran was bombed by hostile aircraft early today. The attack caused damage and resulted in casualties.
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Berlin
Tabriz
Nationwide Showers Dampen Most Areas Across Regions
The article reports widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms across the United States with only six southwestern states remaining dry. Forecaster R E Gumpf notes dry zones in Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado Arizona and Nevada while disturbances bring rain from the plains to the Great Lakes and a Pacific Northwest system develops. A warm humid air mass pushes temperatures toward the upper 80s to 90s as rain spreads from the Mississippi Valley to southern New England.
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Chicago
R. E. Gumpf
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
Plains States
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
New Engand
Leo M. Powers Killed In Atlantic City Car Crash
Leo M. Powers 26 of Baltimore former Calvert Hall and Lasalle College athlete and pro football player was killed in a head on collision on White Horse Pike ten miles west of Atlantic City. Driver Edward J. Prachtenberg 21 of Philadelphia and another Philadelphia driver Harry K. Chin 32 were seriously injured along with Edward C. Wong 30 of Atlantic City a passenger in Chin s car.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Leo M. Powers
Baltimore
Calvert Hall and
Lasalle College
White Horse Pike
Here
Powers
Edward J. Prachtenberd
Philadelphia
Harry K. Chin
Atlantic City Hospital
Tech Maryland football series to begin in Roanoke
Virginia Tech has closed a three year football contract with the University of Maryland. The first game will be played in Roanoke on September 25, 1943. The 1944 game will be in Blacksburg and the 1945 game in College Park, Md. Athletic Director W L Younger announced.
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Roanoke
Virginia Tech
University of Maryland
W. L. (Monk) Younger
Blacksburg
College Park
Persians Resist as Reds Claim Nazis Held in Iran
London reports Iran’s army of about 190000 men resists British and Soviet invasion across the oil-rich country between the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. Soviet forces advance toward key junctions while British desert troops strike east and north from Iraq with Indian mechanized support and RAF backup.
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London
Iran
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Ankara
Caucasian
Iraq
Baluchistan
Cairo
Middle East
Bandar Shahpur
Yunis Bagri
Berlin
Clarke Storm Leaves Damage Across Clarke County Area
A Saturday hail and wind storm near White Post damaged farm land and trees including a roadside tree by Blandy Experimental Farm. Corn fodder shredded, some ears spared, and glass broken at the H. F. McKay home as Clarke county, Frederick, and Winchester area report heavy rain.
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White Post
Shenandoah River
Blandy Experimental Farm
H. F. McKay
Clarke County
Frederick
Winchester
Germans suspect U S approved invasion of Persia
Berlin press claims Russia and Britain moved into Iran after an approval from Washington. Newspapers say the United States was deeply involved and informed of Iran plans at the Roosevelt Churchill Atlantic meeting. No clear German counter-measure indicated.
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Berlin
Russia
Britain
Iran
Washington
United States
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Churchill
German War Machine Rolls Forward on All Fronts
Berlin reports claim the German war machine advances on all active fronts with good progress in the east. Official statements offer only brief notes, with no details on major battles around Odessa, Tikhin, Leningrad, Kiev, or the Moscow region.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Odessa
Tillinin
Leningrad
Kiev
Gomel
Moscow
Mocked Nazi Station Voice Clips Deutsch lander Broadcasts
In London on August 25 a foreign radio prank echoed through Deutschlander. A mysterious voice interrupted the German station during broadcasts with mocking lines after news reads. Official claims attribute the tactic to Bolsheviks and countermeasures against Russians.
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London
Germany
Deutschlander
Britain
Grass grows through potatoes and farm yields rise
Wallace Lutz reports potatoes show blades of Army grass growing through in his Parkway garden. Wheat yields vary by locality with some declines from dry months. Jack Seal, son of J H Seal Jr, serves in the U S Air Corps and heads to Scott Field for advanced radio training, en route to a postal carriers’ convention in Los Angeles. Winchester residents at the Luray concert note 19 states’ cars nearby. many out of state vehicles bound for Shenandoah National Park between Riverton and Winchester.
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Wallace Lutz
Star Office
Parkway
E. B. Clevenger
Grimes
Jack Seal
J. H. Seal, Jr
Tucson
Arizona
U. S. Air Corps
6Th Reconnaisance
Los Angeles
Scott Field,ll
Winchester
Luray Singing Tower
Riverton
Shenandoah National Park
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Soviet Counter Attacks Narrowly Halt German Push In Baltic Front
Soviet reports claim large scale counter attacks by Red Army across the Baltic front with tank masses and cavalry. They say two German troop transports and an escort destroyer were sunk, with several ships lit aflame or grounded. Red Army advances near Dnieper bend and Leningrad are described, while Romanian losses in ODESSA are noted amid heavy night fighting and worsening weather in the region.
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Moscow
Red Army
Baltic Sea
Leningrad
Red
Russia
Black Sea
Odesssa
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Soviet Bureau of Information
Kakisamiangorod
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper
Teningrad
Lenin
Kaekisalmi
Karelian
Restrictions on Newsmen Lifted in Iceland Mission
Washington Aug 25 President Roosevelt lifted prior restrictions allowing American newspapermen photographers and radio commentators to report from Iceland. Stephen Early announced that news picture and radio men may carry out assignments in the north Atlantic island under new procedures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iceland
Stephen Early
North Atlantic
Agr
Navy
London
Amecan
Lincoln MacVeagh
The Colonial Reopens At 35 West St Opp Grace Lutheran
The Colonial at 35 West Street opposite Grace Lutheran reopens as a ice cream shop. They thank patrons for support and invite continued enjoyment of homemade ice cream. Also classified lines note junk paper and rag pickups and used pipe for sale from Chester Junk Co. and notices about Fred Sturm Co. and Nat Fruit Prod Co. listings.
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Colonial
W. St
Grace Lutheran
Chester Junk Co
E. Fairfax Lane
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Admiral Bowen
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Charles Johnson
Frank Armstrong
G. M. Gilkeson
Johnson
John M. Webb
Staunton
Hitler
America
Kent
U. S
Duke
Bulletins
U.S
Persia
Trescott
Fred Sturm Co., Inc
Nat
Fruit Prod. Co. Inc
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