British Admit To Loss Of Seven Vessels In Gibraltar Convoy
The British admiralty reported the loss of six merchant vessels and one tug totaling 11,094 tons from a Gibraltar bound convoy that reached Lisbon neutral port. Lisbon reports thirteen merchantmen heard that six ships a tug and an escorting corvette were sunk after a four day clash with German air and submarine forces. The German high command claimed 21 ships totaling 122,000 tons and three naval escorts were sunk.
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London
Lisbon
Local Shares Distributed Among Virginia Cities
Revenue from a 10 percent alcohol tax totaled over 2 million dollars with one third of remaining funds to the state and two thirds to localities. Richmond leads with 223,078 in city returns followed by Norfolk 166, Alexandria 38,738 Bristol 1,287 Buena Vista 5,009 and other municipalities including Danville 37,844 and Newport News 42,834.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Alexandria
Bristol
Buena Vista
Erge
Danville
Cksburg
Hampton
Harrisonburg
Harri
Well
Newport News
Stamp
Suffolk
Wilburg
Winchester
Sleepy Glenn New Coach in Berkeley Springs
Berkele y Springs West Virginia selects new coach Glenn New for football program at Sleepy High School after midseason leadership change. The move aims to steady team performance and restore training discipline.
Berkeley Springs picks Glenn to lead 1941 football squad
Albert "Big Sleepy" Glenn, renowned West Virginia University athlete, is named head coach of the Berkeley Springs 1941 football team replacing Paul "Moose" Hodges who will shift to teaching full time after three seasons at the helm.
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Berkeley Springs
Albert
Glenn
West Virginia
Paul “Moose” Hodges
Hodges
Reich Reprisals Against Mexico
Berlin reports that Germany will withdraw Mexican consular privileges in Germany after Mexico ordered the closure of 15 German consulates by September 1. The moves come amid strained German Mexican ties following protests over the U.S. trade blacklist and other German actions in Paris and German-controlled cities. Germany also closed Haiti’s consulates for political reasons and notes Cuba and Honduras have severed consular ties with Germany.
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Berlin
Mexico
Germany
Paris
United States
Haiti
Reich
Cuba
Honduras
Wealthy Banker Found Slain in Lake Forest Home
Charles H. Schweppe a 60 year old banker was found shot in bed at his Lake Forest residence. The Lake County Coroner s jury ruled the death a self inflicted hot wound while in ill health. Dr Joseph Capps testified he had been in poor health for months and overworked. A maid discovered the body around 730 am with a .32 caliber pistol nearby. The inquest was led by Coroner J L Taylor.
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Waukegan
Ill
Charles H. Schweppe
Lake Forest
Lake County
Joseph Capps
Chicago
Schweppe
J. L. Taylor
Germany Warns Japan Against Axis Split
Tokyo dispatch notes a German embassy warning Japan against leaving the Axis. The Japan Times and Advertiser urges Britain and the United States to seize the chance to renounce past errors per the Roosevelt Churchill eight point declaration. The cabinet reportedly discussed Japan's future opportunities amid postwar aims.
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Tokyo
Japan Times and
Foreign Office
Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Times and Advertiser
New Zealand Prime Minister Calls Far East Crisis Very Critical
Prime Minister Peter Fraser described the Far Eastern situation as very critical and said New Zealand would agree to mutual defense arrangements with the United States. He met with Secretary Hull, during a long U S trip ending in Washington before returning to New Zealand via the Middle East and England.
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Washington
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
United States
Fraser
Hull
Frank Langstone
Middle East
England
Impressive Rites For Mrs Quantz
Funeral services for Mrs Rosabelle Quantz were held Sunday afternoon at 3 in the Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Ronald Wilson. Readings included Psalm 23 and John 14, and two prayers. Hymns included My Jesus Will and Tarry We My Savior. Pallbearers were R Bruce Slonaker, Robert G Van Meter, Robert O Fitch, Hoye L Riley, C Burton Ritter, Edgar Mason, J R Alexander Jr, and J Fred Thwaite.
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Rosabelle Quantz
Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
R. Bruce Slonaker
Robert G. van Meter
Robert O. Fitch
Three Accused of Operating Gambling Radio Are Held
Three Detroit residents, William M. Brennan, Joseph M. Wozniak, and Reed W. Lindy, pleaded innocent in Federal Court in Clarksburg on charges of operating a radio transmitting station without a license during races at Charles Town track last December. Trials set for September 22. Two others indicted in the case were released. U S District Attorney Joe V. Gibson asked that charges against Robert Keller and Fritz Detlefson be nolle pressed.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Detroit
Mich
Charles Town
Wiliam M. Brennan
Joseph M. Wozniak
Reed W. Lindy
Parkersburg
Panhandle
United States
Joe V. Gibson
Robert Keller
Fritz Detlefson
Two Injured At Double Toll Gate
A car and a truck collide at the Double Toll Gate intersection on the Front Royal pike injuring a woman and her son. The driver of the car is described as a White House policeman. both victims were being treated as details and names remained unavailable. It is the second crash at Double Tollgate within a week.
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Front Royal Pike
Harry Lewis
Friendship Ambulance
White House
Washington
John Cash
Strasburg
B. E. Williams
Double Tollgate
Senate Finance Committee Approves Simplified Tax Return
The Senate Finance Committee approved a simplified income tax return for earners of 3000 dollars or less. The measure mirrors a plan urged by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and aims to ease filing and speed tax calculation under the record 3.5 billion dollar tax bill.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Commi
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
McKlwee's Municipal Band Receives $140 for Travel
The Junior Board of Trade yard party raised 140 dollars last week at the plaza to pay traveling expenses for McKlwee's Municipal Band as they attend the Tobacco Festival in South Boston on Thursday and Friday. Additional funds of 20 dollars were donated to the Virginia Protective Force uniform fund.
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McKlwee
South Boston
Junior Board of Trade
Plaza
Uniform
Virginia Protective Force
Allen Hawthorne on Lionism at Lions Club meeting
At the hotel Lions Club gathering Bryan Stotler reported on the blind committee and a planned campaign for underprivileged school children. Dr Allen Hawthorne spoke on Lionism Today citing 40 000 Lions activities last year with 23 000 for community benefit and linking democracy to Lionism through love and understanding.
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Lions Club
Bryan Stotler
Allen Hawthorne
Lions Clubs
Government Sets $1 Price for Elberta Peaches
The Federal Surplus Marketing Administration fixes a $1 per unit price for U S No 1 two inch minimum Elberta peaches with $1 10 for canneries to cover hauling. About 30 cars to be purchased in West Virginia while Virginia faces drought damage and Maryland and Pennsylvania harvests late next week.
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Federal Surplus Marketing Administration
U.S
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Totalitarian Sports Week Opens with Propaganda Speech
In Breslau Germany August 26 a German led youth sports week opened with Helmut Moeckel deputy Hitler Youth leader declaring the British conceived boy scout movement broken He blamed American and English influence for the absence of Swedish and Swiss scouts Participants include representatives from Japan Hungary Belgium Norway Croatia Iraq Finland Slovakia Holland Denmark Portugal Spain and Thailand
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Breslau
Germany
Helmut Moeckel
Hitler
Bay Scout Movement
Moeckel
Jahrhundert Halle
Japan
Hungary
Belgium
Norway
Croatia
Iraq
Finland
Slovakia
Holland
Denmark
Portugal
Spain
Thailand
No Germans in French West Africa Denied by Dakar Office
The government general of French West Africa issued an official denial that there is no German infiltration into Senegal. A subsequent Vichy assertion claimed there is not a single German in all French West Africa, not even an armistice commission. Senegal is a division within French West Africa, including Dakar and dependencies.
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Dakar
French West Africa
Senegal
Vichy
Dakar and
Dependencies
Elliott Roosevelt Leaves London After Weeklong Visit
Capt. Elliott Roosevelt checked out of a London hotel after a week in the Empire capital. Embassy staff could not confirm whether he had departed Britain.
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London
Elliott Roosevelt
Empire Capital
Nia Noday
Britain
Russians report counterattacks in Gomel and Ukraine fronts
The article notes Red Army counter-attacks near Gomel and in the Ukraine around Odessa and Dnieperopetrovsk, suggesting new shifts on the battlefronts as reported by observers.
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Gomel
Ukraine
Maine
Odessa
Dnieper
Dnieperopetrovsk
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