Senate weighs draft limits as 4 million army goal looms
In Washington the Senate backs a 900000 cap on active peace time trainees amid debate over a 4000000 man wartime goal by early 1945. War Dept aims to train 3.4 million conscripts, while opposing voices warn against curbing debate. The Burke Wadsworth bill moves through committees with a final vote anticipated this week.
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Washington
Senate
Burke-Wadsworth
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Lodge
R-Mass
Sheppard
D-Tex
Military Committee
Senate Today
War Department
O’mahoney
Roosevelt
Winchester Urges Readiness of Homeward Army Boys
MA Winchester remarks on Headquarters Company and Company I returning from training. They faced swamp trails and 25 miles daily marches, acknowledging war's brutal demand and the need for citizens to defend themselves if called to service. He stresses that national defense is more complex than before.
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Company I
Crader
Marching Home From New York Blitzkrieg Training
Members of Company I Headquarters Co. 116 Inf returned to Winchester from three weeks in New York where they trained in blitzkrieg tactics. They endured a 25 mile forced march in rain to surprise an imaginary enemy and faced cold nights, with 38 degrees noted. Officers said guardsmen returned fit and any ill effects were limited.
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Headquarters Co
116 Infantry
Winchester
New York
Upper New York
Manassas
Canada
United States
Briton Paish Said Aimed To Draw U S Toward War
Sen Wheeler charged Sir George Paish an economic adviser to Lloyd George sought to pull the United States into war or provide aid "short of war" while in the country. Wheeler said Paish claimed to be advancing Britain’s aims and noted he was not registered as a foreign agent, per State Department checks.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
George Paish
Lloyd George
United States
Paish
Montanan
State Department
Plenty of Work While In Field
Corporal Paul Fries of Company I 116th Infantry returns from maneuvers in New York. He describes hard field living, long marches, and damp cold nights, while noting the unit escorted President Roosevelt and served as color company for the Third Battalion. Only one accident is mentioned, a Roanoke youth struck by a stray bullet.
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Paul Fries
116Th Infantry
New York
Roosevelt
National Guard
Corporal Webb Jenkins
Sheppard Wohlford
Robert Warren
Wilson Gardner
Fries
Roanoke
Guardsmen Exempted From Active Duty Warned to Fill Ranks
Secretary of War Stimson announced that National Guardsmen with civilian jobs crucial to rearmament would not be drafted. He urged that their military posts be filled by others before Guard units are activated.
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Boston
Stimson
Red Rose of Williamsburg Named in Brooklyn Murder Ring
New York report says Rose Pantiel and her daughter Sylvia Pantiel tied to a Brooklyn underworld murder ring. District attorney O'Dwyer says six murders linked, focusing on Rubin Shapiro slaying for double crossing the ring. Pantiel charged with homicide, daughter held as material witness. The group operated like a large gambling and loan shark syndicate.
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New York
Red Rose
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
William F O’dwyer
Rose Pantiel
Sylvia
Rubin
Ruby the Mock) Shapiro
Pantiel
O'Dwyer
Ruby the Mock
Abe Reles
Phil Strauss
Pantie
Ring
Max
Meyer Ludkowitz
Shapiro
Two Killed In Wreck On B and C
Two men died and a third was critically injured when an eastbound 175 car Baltimore and Ohio freight plunged into the Patapsco River near Sykesville Maryland. Engineer H N Evans was badly injured and burned as he leaped or was ejected from the cab. A broken rail was suspected but not confirmed.
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Sykesville
Patapsco
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Here
W. F. Good
Brunswick
L. M. Ambrose
H. N. Evans
Good
Ambrose
Jacob R. Jensen
Evans
University Hospital
Baltimore
Ellicott City
Bequest To Market Street Church From Kern Will
The will of the late Miss Lona A. Kern probated in the Cororation Court directs the residue of her estate to Market Street Methodist Church as a memorial to Nimrod Kern her father Bentley Kern and Hunter Nimrod Kern. Jewelry goes to Jessie Kinney Katrina Ormond and Kate Kern. Furniture to Elizabeth and Kate Kern and Alfred Allen Kern. Harry R. Kern is executor with a bond of 8000 dollars. Appraisers named: J W Arthur H R Kern Jr W L Davis Taylor L Barr and J W Baker.
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Corporation Court
Lona A. Kern
Market Street Methodist Church
Nimrod Kern
Bentley Kern
Hunter Nimrod Kern
Jessie Kinney
Katrina Ormond
Kate Kern
Elizabeth
Kate Kerns
Alfred Allen Kern
Mrs Sirbaugh Recovering After August Crash Near Martinsburg
Mrs. Carl W. Sirbaugh, injured in an August 6 crash at Pikeside near Martinsburg West Virginia, is recovering at Memorial Hospital and will likely remain for about 30 days. She was a passenger in a car driven by her brother L. C. Smith when the vehicle skidded during a severe rainstorm that swept the area.
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Carl W. Sirbaugh
Pikeside
Martinsburg
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
1940 Dodge Four Door Sedan Like New at 9000 Miles
H. W. Ebert Garage presents a 1940 Dodge four door sedan with only 9000 miles. The seller markets the vehicle as like new and available through the Ebert dealership.
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H. W. Ebert
Willkie presses Congress for draft vote and planes push
Willkie urges rapid action on conscription bills and backs selective service while calling for faster military aircraft production. He commends Senator Byrd for probing why 100 days yielded only 343 army and navy planes, noting no deliveries this year and delays into 1942. He rejects debate with McNutt.
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Theodore F. Koop
New York
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Byrd
D-Va
Army
Navy Orderine Corps
Navy
War Departments
Francis Biddle
Seattle
Army Experts On New Turnpike Opened for Preview
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania's 160 mile four lane turnpike from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg opened for a preview by Congressmen Federal officials and military experts. Commissioner MacDonald called it a strategic military route and said it favors Philadelphia access. Brigadier General Devers noted he would report to the War Department as the commission plans to turn the toll road over to the state after bonds are retired.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Tomas H. MacDonald
Federal Roads Administration
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Hershey
Philadelphia
Jacob L. Devers
Stimson
War Department
Public Sale Saturday August 31 at 727 Berryville Ave
The sale at 727 Berryville Avenue offers a living room suite and a frigidaire along with household goods. Hosted by Mrs. C. W. Dwyer. The event begins at 10 A M on Saturday.
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Publis Sale
Berryville Ave
C. W. Dwyer
Contracts for Army and Navy Planes Reach 6747
The Defense Commission told President Roosevelt that 6747 planes were outstanding as of August 17, funded by the 5.008 billion defense bill. Delivery dates were undisclosed, with 3916 army planes and 2831 navy planes in the works, including combat, observation, and training types.
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Washington
Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
White House
Robert Horton
Navy
Horton
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Byrd
Dva
Army
Uncertainty Over Cabinet Posts in Roosevelt Administration
Washington reports uncertainty as to successors for two retiring cabinet members, Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins and Postmaster General James A. Farley. Jesse H. Jones declined to state intentions while vacationing in Michigan, Hopkins resigns for health reasons, Farley set to retire August 31, and candidates like Frank C. Walker and Louis Johnson are linked to the posts.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
James A. Farley
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Petoskey
Mich
Farley
Frank C. Walker
New York
Louis Johnson
Comsenerce
Presidnt
Edward J. Noble
Connecticut
Weather Outlook For First Half Week North and Mid Atlantic
Forecast covers the first half of the week in north and middle Atlantic states. Generally fair conditions with light showers in the north Monday and in the middle area Monday or Tuesday. Cooler in the north Monday night and Tuesday, warmer in the middle area around Wednesday.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
North Area
Middle Area
Berlin says war industries to be destroyed after preliminaries of Battle of Britain
The Dienst Aus Deutschland said the preliminary phase of the Battle of Britain is over and the detailed destruction of Britain's war industries will begin. The statement followed Berlin's heaviest air raid since the war began.
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Berlin
Britain
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Britain ramps up fighter and bomber output in wartime drive
Lord Beaverbrook announced Britain produced more fighters and bombers last week than ever. RAF fighters repelled two waves of German bombers near London at 20 000 feet. Dover suffered raids on a 30 mile front with at least 10 Nazi planes shot down. Bombs fell on Ireland near New Ross killing four, with over fifty Britons killed inland to the Midlands.
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London
Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Associated Press
Hitler
Hell’s Corner
Dover
Julius Caesar
England
Ireland
New Ross
County Wexford
Republic of Eire
Southern Ireland
Midlands
Britain
Driver Fined In Accident Near Winchester
Eston Hoard of Cincinnati was fined 15.25 for reckless driving in Trial Justice Tavener's court after an accident on U S Route 50 west of Winchester. The crash injured Harvey T. Brock and his wife Janet and two year old Clifton Brock of Baltimore. Brock sustained minor injuries. the child suffered cuts and a neck and back wound. Mrs. Brock had a compound fracture of the wrist. Whitlock, 68, of near Kernstown, was injured in a separate crash on U S Route 11 and may have been the victim of a hit and run. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and listed as having a quiet day.
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Eston Hoard
Cincinnati
A. J. Tavenner
Winchester
Harvey T. Brock
Janet
Clifton Brock
Baltimore
Brock
Heard
Whitlock
Hunter Whitlock
Kernstown
Robert DeHaven
Memorial Hospital
Roosevelt Allocates 30 Million for Camps
President Roosevelt has allocated nearly 30 million dollars for preliminary construction of camps for the first 400000 young men to be drafted. The money is drawn from the 100 million dollar defense appropriation approved by Congress and set aside for national defense under executive discretion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
City And County Brevities From Camp Minivanca News
R A Wall, former vocational agriculture instructor at Stephens City and Middletown, writes from Camp Minivanca, Selby Michigan, praising The Star for keeping him connected to home. He heads back to Stephens City after September 1 to resume duties. P W Unger of near Gainesboro grows a freak pomato, tomatoes on potato vines. Grandsons John C Thompson and Warren Thompson visit from Thomas, West Virginia. The Star also visits Company I and Headquarters Company in New York during field maneuvers as Lieutenant Lawrence C Hollis notes blitzkrieg style activities.
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R. A. Wall
Stephens City
Middletown
Minivanca
Selby
Mich
Times
P. W. Unger
Gainesboro
Unger
John C. Thompson
Warren Thompson
Thomas, W. Va
Company I
New York
Lawrence C. Hollis
London and Dover Under Fire as Luftwaffe Attacks Continue
British shelters filled as alarms sounded in London and southeast coast towns like Folkestone and Canterbury. Berlin reported heavy bomb totals as RAF raids over the German capital marked a long-range response to the night’s events. Casualties were heavy in a southeast England shopping district hit during morning rush hour.
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London
Folkestone
Deal
Canterbury
South Foreland
Dover
R.A. F
Berlin
British Isles
England
Couple Seeks Marriage License Inquiring Names
In Kansas City Deputy Recorder of Deeds Kilmer reviews a pair seeking a marriage license. The man jokes about the bride’s last name after two years together, and the ceremony is postponed indefinitely. A note adds a lost Scotty dog named Haya missing since Sunday morning near Amherst Street with contact phone 286.
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Kansas City
James A. Kilmer
Kilmer
Scotty
Haya
Amherst Street
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